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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
PALMETTO POINTERS
CONFEsSEs EMBEZZLEMENr.

Irregularities Pracr.ced for Five Years
by Chester County's Treasurer.
A startling sensation was occasioned
in Chester Friday when it became
known that there were irregularities
in the tax receipts issued by County
Treasurer John b. McFadden.
A few days back one or two tax-pay-
ers in the county found ont by COM
pairing their receipts with the auditors
books that there was q mistake, they
having paid more than the returns
called for. These receipts were taken
to the treasurer, the mistakes pointed
out and corrections asked for. Mr..
McFndden promptly paid back tho
overcharge, and the parties were satis-
tied.
Taxpayers from the town and several
sections of the county took their re-
ceipts to the auditor and in nearly
every case the receipts showed that a
grenter amount had been paid thun
the auditors books called for. These
irregularities have been carried on for
the past five years. Mr.. McFadden
has been treasurer of Chester county
for 16 years. He had the entire con-
fdence of the people of the town and
county and there wns no other treas
urer In the State more efficient and
held in higher esteem by State officials,
and by his home people than was Mr..
McF,Alden. Mr.. McFadden has beea
granted bail.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
Two Marion Banks Combine.

The directors of the Bank of Marion
and of the Merchants and Farmers
Savings Bank, ut separate meetings
held in the last few days. have decided
that it Will be we'll to wind up the
business of these two institutions and
organize one new bank. Committees
have been appointed to arrange the
details which will he presented to tho
stockholders meeting Friday. Both
Che banks have had very successful
careers, but it is thought that ono
bank of 500, 600 capital is ample suffi-
cient for the business of the town and
will be even more remunerative to tho
stockholders than the two have been.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
A Twenty Years Record

New Orleans exchange, says the Norfolk
Nirginian, notes that while the South has
gained "a per cent in population during the
last 20 years the enrolment Of its school at
tendance has increased 130 per cent. The
value OF Southern school property Is ,lso
shown to have increased at the same time
from @l6,OOO,OO0 to S5l 900, ,000 and the
in the South for the same period ioots up
32O,0OO,O0O. These figures speak volumes
Tor the educational interest of the South, and
future compilations will show u still greater
advance. Twenty years Of progress and en-
terprise makes great difference, and the
South in all such matters is forging ahead at
gratifying rate.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
Slapped His w @ to Death.

Irwin Simmons, young negro man
living on the plantation of Mr.. J. C.
Wolfe, in the Santee section of
Orangeburg county, killed his wife in
rather peculiar manner. 1t seems
that Irwin told his wife that she must
not scour the floor of their house, but
she, being rather cleanly inclined, dis
regarded the injunctiors Of her spouse
and the floor received its cleaning.
This enrnged Simmods SO much that
he slapped his wife's face with snch
great force that her neck was dislocuted
and death ensued.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
VIII Pay the Money.

In" venezuelan government has agreed t.
pay fl,GoO demanded by Great Britain for
The Crnan incident, the arrest and irnprison-
ln"nt OF British lo!icr officers. on condition
that Ii - considered simpl, as indemnity for
personal! dhnaS"s and not ~ affecting the
boundary dispute. The Venezuelan govern
i"'h, however. mas not consented to make
publ" apology To- Great Britain ~ n prn
fr'!niSitc To III" resumption Of diplomatic re-
iatiohs, although it is understood that the
h'tcd states in carrying ont its friendly par
pos" us an adviser OF Venezuela. couIiscicd
!l'"t sI'h condition should be compiled with
demand
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29

But before long the good people OF
the valley got tho hang of the business
and surrendered at discretion. I never
had much trouble with those who were
on our side.
One day seized 400 barrels of flour
in merchant mill not far from Orange
Court House. The man was desper-
ately mad but had heard that his
wife was rebel to the core, and 80
visited her and made good impress
sion, for was right good looking then.
She invited me to stay to supper, which
did, and played with her baby and
captured oil the family except her hus-
band. He was suspect and was on
both sides of the war. put guard
over the mill that night or he would
have hauled the flour away. 1t was
hard on those Virginia farmers, for if
one army dident take their substance
the other would. For nearly four
years they were between two fires, and
remained true to their great leaders.
What blessing is law-the laws of
the land and the protection of the
courts. Any law is better than no
law. We old people remember when,
toward the close Of the war, this part
of the country that had been desolated
by Sherman's bummers was infested by
30. called scouts who were mounted ON
stolen horses and pretended to ba
commissioned to protect the women
and children and to get up supplies
for our r-my. Every vagabond and
deserter Joined them and they were a
terror to the old and helpless. NV
wife sometimes tells the children about
her refugee life, and how all her
brothers were in the Virginia army,
and how her father, the elder
Judge Hutchins, was farming on
the Chattahoochee river, trying to
save something for the grand
children, and how one morning band
of these so-cailed scouts came there
and demanded the keys of the smoke
house and said the army must be fed,
and how he tried to reason with and
told how many he had to feed at home,
and how little meat he had, but they
got rampant and said they would break
down the door if he didn't surrender
the keys. He kept three double e-barrel
shot guns we'll loaded, and when they
went round to tho smoke house he
"Sne u upothiIS W WluuOW unU Ba1u IN
determined voice: "Stop. Don't you
go any nearer to that door. If you
do will kill You. I am old and not
afraid to die, but will kill some Of
you before do. -"
They saw the muzzle of tho gun and
they knew the man and stopped. After
abrlef consultation they retired. There
was my wife and six children and two
little orphans and score of little ne
groes, and these lawless men would
have taken the last morsel away from
them.
Friends! sometimes we abuse the
law and the lawyers and the court, Int
after all the law of the land is the
strongest bulwark of liberty and JUS
tice. Blackstone says that a mans
house is his castle, into which the king
of England dares not enter without
permission, but we remember when
vagabonds and thieves not only en-
tered but drove the inmates out. Let
us all sustain the law and courts and
leave them rs blessed heritage to our
children. ARP, in Atlanta Con.
stitution.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
MIssIssIPPps WAR GOVERNOR.
Why the Bones OF fEx-Governor Pettus
VIII Not be Removed From
Arkansas

At the last session of tho Mississippi legisla-
ture II liberal sum was appropriated to bo
used in removing the remains OF Ex-Gov-
ernor Pettus from Arkansas to Jackson, it
being reported his grave was in cotton
patch and sadly neglected. Pettus was
Mississippfs war Governor, but after the
surrender moved to Arkansas, where he soon
died, and a letter from a cousin, Edward l..
Pettus, Of Selma. Ala, states that Governor
PcHus's daughters, Mrs Lapzcy, OF Selma.
and Mrs. Wcedcn, of Arkansas, object to tho
removal. and declare their father is buried in
country churchyard with other members
of his family, and their graves are well cared
for. Mississippi will, of course, respect their
wishes.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
The First Rebel Flnr

}. c. Rictta has received from Now York
what is perhaps the first Confederate flag
made in Mississippi. 1t was presented to tho
FIRST Mississippi Rifles on the eve of their
departure for Pensacola. % years ago. Phil
lip Ehin"landcr. of New York, sends the flag
mere Tor identification, saying he purchased
it from one James Scott OF Dalton. Ga A
SCOTS nam" is on the old company roster.
survivors Of the First Mississippi would like
to know how he come by it. The flag is full
OF bullet holes. showing it saw warm service.
1T was stolen from Jackson about the middle
Of the war.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS
ihirty-four Passed the Examination
Successfully

Successfully.
The board began examination in tho
senate chamber at Columbia Tuesday.
nt lo n. M, there being present DR..
w. III. Nardin, Of Anderson, president:
Dr. W. IL. Lowman, of Orangcburg,
secretary pro TEN; DIR. l.. w. Nettles,
or Clarendon and DR.. A. Z. Williams,
OF Colleton. The other members. DR.
W. Dek. Wyleie, of Chester, arrived
during the day and DR.. G. II. McGra-
ham, OF Aiken, the secretary, came in
on Wednesday. The largest class that
ever presented themselves before the
board were examined. There were 40
applicants, of whom "a passed, rs
follows: Drs. j. j. Watson. c. A,
Kush, W. ID. Murray, j. f. Dick. F.
IL. feiSer, G.. \. Il. johnson, J. M
Strickland, II. w. Rice, C. b. Earle.
n. NJ. Potts, f. Fl. Harrison. J. w.
Bradley, a. ID. Cudd, T. II. McElvccn,
j.: &. Fillmore, Sidney c. Zemp, T.. NJ
Whnley, w. NJ. Long, A. j. BUST, f.
a. Smith, j. +. Powell, W. p. Doyle,
.. IL. Bolt, L. L. Gregory, r. w.
hbbes, Edward Ruthledge, J. j. Win.
gard, +. }. Carroll, B. l.. Allen, j. A.
Clifton, L. T.. Morrow, w. II. Nc
'lnrc, Il. ID. Earle md F. j. Carroll.
Seven applicants failed. The class
was well up. DIR. j. j. Watson, of
Columbia, Is the first honor man.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29

Spnrtanburg is to have a county fair
TINS fall and 1T promises to be big
thlng for the town and county. The
loung Mems Business league is taking
an active part in the undertaking, and
1T IL safe to say that it will be pushed
forward successfully.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
DR.. DiaZ Invited to Spartanburc.

The Ann Judson society of the Bap-
tist church, Of Spartanburg. has invi-
ted DR.. A. j. Diaz to deliver an ad-
dress IN that city some time this sum-
mer. He will talk on the terrible
massacres committed by the Spaniards
In Cuba. While there he was at the
head of tho White Cross society and
learned much of the methods of war.
fare carried on by both sides.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
The Secretary of State has issued

The Secretary of State has issued a
commission to the Charleston Shoe
Manufacturing Company of Charles
ton. The corporators are Andrew
Simonds, i. G. Williams, Jr., james
L.. Simons and James Reddipg. The
capital stock is $4,000, divided into
shares at 500 each
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29

commission for charter has been
issued to the Beaufort Waterworks
Company. The capital stock of the
company is to be $40, 900, with the
right to increase to &25, 900. The cor
porators named are, Messrs. Geo.
Holmes, L. w. Scheper and C. C.
Townsend.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29

1t viii cost over S13.OOO.O to buy
new sites for the Schoollrss children of
New York. But even at tais figure
schools are cheaper Than jails.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
Headquarters
United Confederate Veterans,
Na,r n.1o.. r NJ ~ 10, on =,

United Confederate Veterans,
New Orleans, La., May II, 1896.
Major Gen. G. Irvine Walker, Com
manding s. G. Division, u. C. VS.,
Charleston, S. C.-My Dear General:
Yours of the 9th instant received, and
l certainly thank you for the news
papers, giving tho account of your
grand gathering Of South Carolina he
roes.
yield to no man in intense admira-
ton for the superb courage of tn
South Carolina Confederates, and :
only wish their precious lives could De
spared, as long as the record of their
valor will illnmine the pages of history.
This would carry the grand old fellows
through all the cycles of time. They
certainly do deserve to be classed with
tho "immortals." Fraternnlly,
GEORGE MooRMAN,
Adjutant General and Chief of STAFF.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29

1t may sound like an anomaly, but the
man discovered in crookcdnoss is il a,
strait.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29

The Columbia Water Power Compa-
ny has increased its capital stock to
one million dollars.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
CLASSED WITH THE EINlIORTALS.
Gen. Moorman Pays High Tribute to
the Veterans of South Carolina.

Adjt. Gen. George Moorman, of tho
United Confederate Veterans, has writ
ten letter to Gen. G. 1. Walker, of
the South Carolina Division, in which
high tribute is paid to the old sol
dlers of this State. The letter which
is rs follows will he read with pleasure
not only in Charleston, but by thou-
sands of Confederate veterans all over
South Carolina:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-12

AS long ago as the time of the annexa-
ton of the Transvaal this was ap-
parent enough in the rough Boer far
mers. 1t was, for instance, a matter
of common talk in the Transvaal that
Hans Erasmus made a big fortune by
buying up the Transvaal greenbackS,
valued at half a crown at the time of
the annexation, and selling them at a
sovereign when the British government
redeemed them, as it did, at their full
value.
The operations of members of Presi-
dent Kruger's government in matters
of various kinds display the same not
altogether Arcadian knowledge of the
value of money. But perhaps the best
proof of the real character of the Boer
is brief survey of the way in which
England has come out of its dealings
with these innocent Arcadians The
Beers were unable to cope with SOco-
cent, and were in danger of annihila-
ton at the hands of the formidable
Zulu army of Cetewayo. England, at
the expense of much money and many
men. delivered the Beers. Then the
Transvaal state was bankrupt Gt had
but Us. 3D.. in the treasury, and the
greenback of the nominal value of EOS.
was worth half a CROWN when it was
taken over by England, and when 1t
was given back Can abandonment OF
our responsibility to the English popu-
lation) our rule had raised the income
to f150,000 year.-The Fortnightly
Review.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-12
CAPTURING ELEPHANTS.

The enterprise is organized for the
amusement of the maharajah and takes
place only once in about four years,
else the forest would be denuded of the
big game. A small army, consisting of
about 5000 men and perhaps three eIe-
plants, and a few horses. take part in
the hunt, and they carry tents and pro-
visions Just as if a campaign against a
powerful enemy were in progress.
When the pad marks CT an elephant
are found he is steadily tracked down.
and as soon as he is found, a trained
fighter Of his own species is urged
against him.
As rule, he steadily retreats upon
sight of his pursuers, and their object
is to press him SO as to tire him out.
He then stands at bay, and the tug of
war commences. The opposing ami
mails butt at one another with the
heads down, and should one show his
flank he is quickly brought to earth.
When finally conquered, the wild ele-
-phant is pressed by his pursuers to-
ward water Of which he is 50 much in
need after his exertions that his hind
legs can be shackled as he drinks. He
is then kept attached by ropes to other
elephants until he gradually gets ar
customed to bondage. and in a few
months he is completely under control
The sport is a bloodless one. and the
elephants when captured are most
kindly reated.-Chamber Journal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-12
listen, 20 the music and enjoy refresh
mentS az the same time.

listen 20 the music and enjoy refresh
ments az the same time.
Eddie Flynn, Of the Missouri Pacific
is camping at Salina That line gets
from there or the 10th inst. train
OF thir cen cars of sheep. Henry Nc.
kenna ships them. The D. & R. G. de-
livers them to the Missouri Pacific, anc
the latter turns them over to the Santa
Fe at the river for Chicago.
Colonel D. c.. Dodge, Superintendent
Welby and other Western officials are
up in Provo canyon looking over the
projected Park City extension. They
are expected to return. today or tonor-
row. The trip, it is said, does not
mean that work will begin either i'm
mediately or for some time.
General Freight Agent w. z. Hahn,
Of the Rio Grande Western, has return
ed from a trip over the Salina branch.
He went as far as Elsinore, the present
end of the road, and reports having
seen much that indicates great mining
activity in the Marysvale district when
the road shall have been completed to
SEWER
General Agent Gray, of the Southern
Pacific, has gone to California. He
is chaperoning the sister and niece Of
Vice-President Stubs. On arrival
from Denver he induced the young
ladies to remain over here one day,
and he certainly did the gallant all
through.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-12
Unhappy AUSTRIA.

The cruel humiliation Austria suf-
Tered in Italy was followed by the
crushing blow at Sadowa, and the not
less painful collapse of brothers am
billions in Mexico. II the dignity of a
Caesar was TO be saved for the HaDs-
burgs out of the wreck, it seemed most
likely to be achieved on the lines sug-
gested by Count Beust The choice
once made, it was impossible to turn
back. What is given rs a boon to dis
tressed nationalities in the name of
progress cannot afterward be with
drawn on the plea of prudence. The
result is pathetic, but there is no help
for it.
We see Croats, Ruthenians. Poles,
Servians, Walleclls, and the rest of the
half-barbarous hordes. cutting one an
others threats when they are not COM
bining TO insult the civilized Hungari-
ans and Germans, whose ia te it is to
be their neighbors; we see Vienna it
SET in the hands of a fanatic anti
Semitic rabble. and we see the power
of the only capable parliamentary par
ty in 4 ustria broken by hopeless dis
sensions- Truly, the domestic state of
the empire is nothing less than pitia-
bic. It's influence in Europe is also a
thing of the past. The Balkan states
which were its props in the south, have
publicly gone over to Russia, and it's
solitary remaining protection against
Acknowledgement is the alliance with
Italy, which eovets Damatia, and with
Germany, which is moving heaven and
earth to establish secret relations with
Russia. Saturday Review.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-12
PURE FOOD
AND DRINK.
It takes

a great deal Of public sem
tirnent to stop an evil. We
are too "busy."
Once upon a time there
were no sewers to carry away
foul and stagnant water; there
was no Board of Health to
check disease by vaccination,
etc, etc; and disease ran
wild. Then people made up
their minds to choke off these
diseases, and they built sewers
and hospitals and elected a
Board of Health and milk
inspectors.
VIII the people choke off
colored tea, or don't they know
how harmful this colored tea
is that pours into our country
from Japan?
But there is an easy way
out of it SeAtIllmg's Best,
money back tea, at your
grocer's.
Other members of the money-back
family: Sc1flIing's Best coffee, baking
powder, soda, spices, seasoning, flavor
ing extracts.
Il SchilIing g Company San FrGncisc0
Iss
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-12
The great
Cyclone
Shoe Sale
for twenty days.
& LYNCH CO., 124 Main
FROM GOMEZ.
Cuban Delegate Receives a Letter
From the Rebel Chief.

Cuban Delegate Receives a Letter
From the Rebel Chief.
NEW YORK, July lit. Estrada
Palma, the delegate of the Cuban rev.
olueionary party here, received a letter
from the rebel chief Maxine Gomez.
The letter is dated Camaguey puerto
Principe) June 20. and it says, in part:
This letter is written with the OBJ
ject of taking a glance at all the events
developed in this country since the
beginning of the war. simultaneously
with the uprising, Spain sent to the
colony one of her best generals pro-
vided with all sorts of resources to
quiet the rebellion, but in spite of the
strenuous efforts of the justly famed
Martinez Campos, the uprising could
not be suppressed.
The Spanish general, trusting rather
in the help of the discredited political
parties of the island than the strength
of his army, took little care TO meas
ure the proportions of the revolution.
On July IA, 1895, Campos first attempt
ed to go into the interior and first
appeared in Bayamp, but Antonio Ma
Geo awaited him and the Spanish had
hard work to reach the historical city
of Perajora, having beeC badly beaten.
From this moment the revolution took
path that obtained for 1T an unin-
terrupted series of triumphs. The Gu
ban army could not be held any longer
in the east-Camajuaya and Las Villas
and naturally commenced its march
to the western regions. We undertook
that great enterprise without Illusion
about our resources; we knew we had
but few, but we were compelled to
move on, feeling that In the end all
this would be advantageous for US.
Our army did not mind any obstruction
the Spanish placed in their path, and
continued on their way till they tri-
umphantly planted their flag in the
boundaries of the western provinces.
At the sound of our horses hoofs in
that district the government of the
colony trembled, but it was not for the
defeat or death of it's soldiers which
Spain can replace, nor for the destruc-
ton of the public wealth, for that can
be raised and increased again with
labor. It trenbed because it was los
ing forever the false prestige of its
power. AT present nothing is left to
the Spaniards in Cuba, not even the
ground where they stand. Their pres
tige is lost even in Havana, in that
vortex, which from the time of Pinto
and Narisco Lopez until that of Car
los Manuel Decesperes, has been sepul-
chural of many attempts made by Gu
bans to obtain their most precious
rights.
Our army enjoys splendid health.
Their cartridges are full of ammuni-
ton. We have received lately three
valuable expeditions. and as the Span
ish generals retire to Spain our stay
is here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-12
Ejectment COMMITTEES of.

The ejectment committee that has
been SO much in evidence on Southern
Pacific trains out of San Francisco and
other terminals, has been done away
with. While in vogue, the committee
fired off many passengers believed to
have been riding on scalper's tickets.
and no end Of trouble was thus brought
about. Besides the endless trouble, the
company has now 100000 worth of law
suits against it, they were still
growing when. 1t was deemed best to
abrogate such Stringent rules. It's now
off. It's a good thing that it is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-12
MRS. HARRIsoN,s AppEABANc.E

Mrs. Mckinley is in a position to an
preciate remark of the late Mrs. Har-
rIson in the presidential Campaign of
1883. During the summer there had been
an endless procession of visiting delega-
tons over the Harrison lawn, the yer
anda was wreck and the fence was gone
and there were already signs that the
mansion was slowly succumbing to the
assaults of an army of relic hunters.
one day, I'VE are bound either for! the
White house or the poor house. Spring
field Republican