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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-03-09
CctOScnariaH.

Mr.. A. G. Means, Of Jonesville,
dropped in 10 see us Monday and we
enjoyed very pleasant chat with
him. Among other things, we learn
ed that this venerable gentleman,
though having passed the S3rd mile
post in his lies journey, his eyesight
is perfect, his second sight having
come to him several years ago. He
showed us an elctro- plate copy Of q
page from the bible which had been
reduced to the size of 2x8 inches,
reducing the size of the type print
much smaller than diamond, the
smallest type in use. He could read
this print readily. He says he wore
glasses awhile during the war but has
not worn them for q number Of years.
Mr.. Means is one OF Union Coun-
ty's most highly respected and SUBJ
stantial citizens. In 1869 he moved
from his home in Union County, to
Spartanburg, where he remained un.
til 1891, when he returned to his old
home.
About year ago, while busily at
work, he received O stroke Of paraly-
ais in the right side, which disabled
the lower right side Of his body, and
has been a great annoyance to man
OF his former excellent physique and
indomitable energy. He is also some.
what afflicted with rheumatism in
the back, otherwise he Is apparently
in perfect health, is jolly and full OF
life as man in his thirties and says
he still feels like he had energy
enough 10 almost turn Broad river
up stream.
Mr.. NJ. is one Of the first subscrib.
ers to this paper, and has in his pos.
session copy Of it printed over fifty
years ago.
He has seven children, one son and
six daughters, one of whom is Mrs:
II. M. Chapman, now living In West
point, Miss. On January 1st, last,
the family all met together in Spar.
tanburg, for the first time in eighteen
years, and there was happy reunion
Of loved ones. We trust that Mr..
Means may be spared to enjoy many
more such happy meetings with his
children and his children's children
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Remaining in the Post Ofice at
Union, S. O., for the week ending
March 8. 1900.
Miss Miranda Burnett
Miss Linda Baldwin
Mr. VIM Beatty
John Carson (cof
Miss Jane Chouch
NJ Jessie Glenn
Mrs NJ f IIarrall
Miss May Harris
Miss NJ q Jeter
Rich L., les
Miss Nora Starnes
MIS- Mary Sims.
Persons calling for the above at-
ters will please cay if advertised, ans
will be required to pay one esa! tsr
their delivery.
J.C. HUNTER. P. NJ.
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL MENTION.
KApPLNIN Gs OF INTEREST ABOUT TOWN

Capt. Gee. w. Sullivan, Of Willistor,
S. g., il in town.
Treasurer Bnrtles will go to L"ckhar!
on the l5;ll inst to collect road tax.
Nr. D. II. Miller, Of West Springs.
vas In town "Wednesday.
Mr.. ]. F. Garter, Of Jonesvil!e, dror,
psd in to see Us while in town Tuesday
Tie New York Racket has something
to tell you this week about the wreck il
Union. See their big ad.
BE on hand Saturday night at The
Racket 8 to 10 p. m. object, coat arc
vest at about half price.
1t Is with r. gret that we learn the oa'
crop has been very materially injured
throu3hoaC-',e county generally.
Green " Boyo are building a WACO
shed near their buggy house on east side
Of the railroad. They have beautiful
line OF buggies in stock.
DR.. l.. J. Wood, of Kelton, pail us ;
pleasant visit Tuesday and said the,
had Il big time at the spelling Bee" q
Kelton last week.
Mr.. r. NJ. McDermid, who is nov
In business in Charleston, spent las
week with his brother in Unio'
county. He left for Charleston-Sun
day. Mr.. McDermidh has many ware
friends In Union who were glad t.
see him. This is his first visit in I
year. Don't make it 80 long mex
time Mr.. Mac.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-03-09

We were compelled for lack OF
spnce, to crowd out nearly u column
o. local and personal news this week
making room for hot stuff.
The Lockhart Dramatic Club after
earrest solicitations have decided to re-
peat their play which made such lii
re e.,tIy, IA Perplexing Situation" ard
"Rsscal Pat" they will add farce en-
tifhd "wanted-A Valet" Play GENES
OF Saturday night, March 18th.
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Mr. Hunter Dead.

Mr.. J. F. Hunter, of Buncomb Go
North Carolina, carpenter who has
been employed at the Knitting Mill,
has been occupying a house in the
yard Of the Hix House, with his
wife nnd11 mother. He was taken
sick some seven weeks ago with fever.
He died on Sunday night, after con-
siderable suffering. His remains
were inferred by the city at the Gem
etery Monday afternoon.
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Child Hurt.

Little Geraldine Miller, sister 10
Mrs. Geo. Cummings, received very
painful injury Sunday morning She
Was trying to get some object from
the top OF tall cupboard when the
cupb oard foil forward and struck her
on the nose, while the bone was not
broken the nose was severely injured
Fort unately chair caught the cup
board and kept the object from final
ly falling upon her after knocking
her down.l
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SAFE BLOWERS
AT TOWNSVILLE.
J.E. AIlman's and Sam LittIejohn's
Safes Blown open Wednesday
Night. t...$85.00 Stolen.

Attempt was also Made to Enter the
Store of J. l. McWhirfer and the
Post Office, but Entrance was not
Effected,
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Final Discharge.

Notice is hereby given that B. G.
Gregory, administrators of tha estate of
Nancy Gregory, deceased has applied to
Jason M. Greer, Judge of Probate, in
and for the county of Union, for final
discharge as such administrator.
1T Is order d, that the 4th day Of April,
A. ID. 1900 ie fixed for hearing of petit
tion, and final settlement of said estate.
JASON. M. GREER,
Probate Judge, Union County.
0-<t.
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Joe Whitmire, who was convicted
Of larceny at the March term of
court 1898, and sentenced to three
years in the Penitentiary, and whose
sentence was later commuted to two
years has served out his time and has
been released by the Governor on
Feb. 2Sth.
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Store of J. l. McWhirfer and the
Post Office, but Entrance was not
Effected.
News reached here from Jonesville
yesterday (Thursday) Of bold rob-
berry committed at Jonesville the
night before. The safes in the stores
of Mr.. j. f. Altman and Mr.. Sam
Littlejohn had been blown open.
$5G had been taken from that Of ALI
man and $50 from that Of Littlejohn.
Nothing else was missing from the
stores. There is great excitement in
the town over the bold robbery, and
every effort will be made to capture
tho thieves. They effected entrance
to the stores by first breaking into a
blacksmith shop and getting tools for
that purpose. They also made an
attempt to enter the store Of J. l..
McWhirter, and the post office, but
from some reason abandoned their
| purpose. Mr.. McWhirter found an
axe sticking in his door when he
opened it yesterday morning, show
ing that the burglars must have been
alarmed and left hurriedly before eff
fecting an entrance.
1t seems that man protesting to
be n hipnotist has been hanging
around Jonesville for several days.
He left day or so ago saying he was
going to work on farm, and
Wednesday evening five strange
white men came into the town, and
it is reported that they were seen at
tho water tank conversing together
Wednesday evening, they have dis
appeared ard have not been seen since.
A lever car has been stolen from the
railroad tool house, and the thieves,
no doubt made their escape on it.
An old man living near the rail-
road above Jonesville heard lever
car pass his house about 3 o'clock
Thursday morning, which no doubt
carried the robbers. The lever car
was found Thursday morning by
Supervisor Gillson's track force at
tho 73 mile post near the east end Of
the Glendale swith. It had been
lifted from the track, and the robbers
had proceeded on foot. Mr.. ellison
says that four white men came by
the camps on the Lockhart road and
asked for something to eat, Wednes-
day. These are no doubt the same
parties who arrived at Joncsvillo later
in the evening. 1t ought not to be u
hard matter to catch the thieves.
Mr.. Altman had four or five hun
dred dollars in his safe on deposit,
which was in pigeon hole that the
burglars overlooked.
We have the following description
from our Jonesville correspondent Of
the hypnotist who is supposed to
have engineered the scheme: Tall,
slender, dark-skin, dark moustache,
and wore n narrow-brim derby hat.
lie bought ticket Wednesday and
checked IL trunk to Uuion. Yesterday
he checked his trunk to SpartanburE.
The authorities Of the neighboring
towns have been furnished deScria-
tions OF the suspicious characters ard
instructed to keep sharp lookout
for them. We hope t. hear Of their
early capture,
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We shall Lc glad to see the time ar
i've when we can announce that dit has
oeen broken for the cithsIIal

The County Pension Board met in
the Auditors office Monday and pas.
sed upon the claims before them.
They have been sent on to the State
Board, which it is to be hoped will
promptly nct:upon them as a number
ot the old vets. would like to attend
the reunion which takos place al
Louisville, Ky, on May 50th. This
money would assist some OF them
very materially.
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Do You Want A
Pair Of Oxford Ties?

We have an immense stock which we are going
to slaughter at soc the dollar. Now is your time
to prepare for the Spring Shoes haveadvanced
considerably since last and the prices we are
offering these Shoes at is better than buying cotton
futures
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

or the day reports He was much chaffed
thereat, but it was not long before the sue
cess of the organization attracted notice in
quite different vein and kept it increasingly
before the public eye
We cannot follow the details of this long and
varied history as Mr.. Wilson discloses them.
1t Is history of active and stirring life. with
many vicissitudes and dangers The first dan
gers We're from the French, those complacent
canadian traders who now found their pre-
serves as they considered them invaded, and
VINO made desperate efforts to drive out the
English and secure for themselves the country
ana It's trade There were long series of con-
hlcts-Wars. in fact, on small scale-though
england and France were then at peace There
were sleges, assaults by storm, the loss and
capture OF forts. Then came real war between
the TWO countries across the water and opera
ions In Canada were carried on all the more
vigorously. All this time trade was growing.
the companys power and profits were waxing
FINALLY. in 1760. the French dominion in Can
ada was coded to England, and this conflict was
brought to an end, while French competition
was swept away
Ceaseless struggle, however, is the lot Of the
adVenturer. merchant or other and In 1888 was
concocted new trouble in the shape of the
Northwest Company, a consolidation OF Cana
olah poachers (or So at least the Adventures
"NNAN 'iS1F0 Us DeleEe), VINO carried n bitter
opposition for long years. with bloodshed and
implacable strife. There was no end till 1921.
when these Mortimer" as they were called
yielded to the longer heads OF their adversa-
rleS IN the directors room at London and
there was union that practically amounted to
ahnlhllauon for the younger company. Then
came the long contest with the United States
over the boundary-it practically the com
pany's battle that England waged for 1.-THE
half breeds instruction IN 1869 and other
troubles; but wise counsels have brought the
oIo corporation through all the storms. The
same counsels have caused it to yield to the in
eVltable and to give up its sovereign rights and
powers an anomaly in the DEVELOPMENT of
North American institutions. 1t coded them to
the Dominion in 1869, and the company took its
place as. in form, one like many others 1t is
sun king in the Northwest none the less, Mr.
Wilson assures US 1T is still one of the great
est corporations and the greatest fur company
in the world"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
NANCY OF CHIGWELL ROW.
A POETS CHARMING HEROINE.
From The London Athenaum.

80 - Nii<NiIAiI-Nb fiE1ftOiNE
From The London Athenaum.
correspondent has sent us some details
throwing light on the Identity of Nancy pride
OF Chigwell Row., referred to in James Smiths
once well known lines on "Chigwell" and CHG
wei revisited" from which quotations are
given by Mr.. BeaVan in chapters and XXI OF
MS recent lives OF James and Horace smith
The verses quoted are:
Yon pew, the gallery below,
Held Nancy, pride of Chigweu Row
Who set all hearts advancing;
In bonnet white, divine brunette
Ger Burnets field thee yet
To Sunday church advancing;
and from "ChigwelI Revisited:
/ pass the Wears white abode
And, bordering, gain the upward road
By busy thoughts oerladen,
To where The pride of Chigyell Row"
Still lives-a handsome widow now
AS erst lovely maiden.
Nancy, pride Of Chigwel Row, was one Mary
Hodgson. She lived with her parents in a large
house on Chgwell Row called Bowls, and
walked on Sundays to Chigwell parish church
through the vicarage field the vicar being a Mr.
Burnet, because there was then only a Dissent
ing chapel on ChigWell Row. which is about a
mile from ChigWell Mary Hodgson's married
name was wilkins, and one Of her daughters
Caroline Wilkins, was also celebrated for her
beauty when a girl. Her miniature painted at
the age Of twenty-one in 1878 by Sir William
Newton, the miniature painter of that period,
shows a lovely face. Among Caroline Wilkins's
acqaintances she was often referred TO as a
daughter Of Nancy, pride Of Chigwen Row
The house Bowls ChigWeU Row has only
quite recently passed out OF the hands of the
representatives of the family, who possess a
large old oil painting showing a group Of the
Hodgsons at home. In this picture Mary Hodg-
son is depicted a girl before her marriage
1t was painted apparently about the time of the
American War Of Independence, Mary HOdg-
sons father being represented as receiving from
Of his sons document on which painted
the words, ITO the Committee for Relief Of
American Prisoners The picture is the work
of a firstrate artist. but his name is unfortu-
nateIy not known No other portrait seems to
have ever been taken of Nancy, pride of CHG
well Row.
Mary Hodgson never made James Smiths &C
quaintance his admiration for her being only
that of a boy while at ChgWell School AS an
old lady she would color with pleasure when
the lines on Chigwell referred to In her
presence. These lines given in full in the
Comic Miscellanies of James Smith and
Memoir of His Life" written by Horace Smith
A work still easily procurable at second hand
bookshops They were at one time familiar to
the reading public the concluding verse in
"Chigwell Revisited" affording a still current
quotation:
fear not Fate, thy pendant shears
Three are who pray for length Of years;
To them, not me, allot EN-:
Lies cup is nectar at the brink
Midway a paIatable drink
And wormWood at the bottom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

The new Chaucer memorial window in the
Collegiate Church OF St Saviour Southwark, is
TO be dedicated with special ceremonies on Oc
tober % This window will commemorate the
fact that the scene of the Canterbury Tales
was laid in the parish of st. Saviour. 1t is the
gift of an anonymous lover OF Chaucers immor-
tai verse.
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suaded by circumstantal evidence that he COM
mitted a murder with which, a matter Of
fact, he had nothing to do, and the untanglng
Of a plot full Of bewiIderment is accomplished
with unexpected skill We name only two of the
diVerting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

a mask of Blaise Pascal, taken after death by
the sister of the philosopher has lately been
discovered, and moulding from it is to be ex-
hibited in Paris. Pascal always refused on re-
llglous grounds, to have his portrait painted
while living.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

The strange experiences of the Baroness de
Bode the English wife of German nobeman,
during the French Revolution are the subject
Of a volume which the Longmans will
bring out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

The industrious Charlotte Yonge has written
a story Of mission life in China 1t is coming
from the Whitaker press, under the title OF
The Making of Missionary; or Day Dreams
in Earnest"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
LITERARY NOTES.

"Shadowings' is the odd title of Mr. Lafca-
dio Hearn's forthcoming book. This like all his
later works, deals with Japan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

Mr.. Gilbert Parker's new novel, THE Lane
That Had No Turning is a story of life In
Canada The heroine, Madelinette, is famous
singer, and the hero is her husband, Seignior OF
Pontiac.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
FICTION.
AN ADORABLE HEROINE OF THE CARD
TABLE

THE PRINCESS SOPHIA. A Novel. By +. F.
Benson. 12mo, PIP. &9 Harper & Bros
THE SECOND LADY DELCOMBE. By Mrs.
Arthur Kennard. limo, PIP. S2S, J. B. Lppin-
colt Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

THE SEEKERS. BY Stanley Waterloo.
251. Herbert S. Stone & Co.
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AFIELD AND AFLOAT. BY Frank r. Stockton.
illustrated. 12mo, PIP. 422 Charles Scr1bners
Sons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
AN EPIC OF TRADE.
THE HISTORY OF THE HUDsoN,s RAY
COMPANY.

HE GREAT COMPANY. Being History Of the
Honolrable Company OF Merchants Adventur-
eTs Trading into Hudson's Bay By Reckless
Wilson with , an Introduction by Lord strath-
the Hudson's Bay Company with Ori@inai
Drawings by Arthur Hening and Maps Plans
ana ana Illustrations Svo, PIP xxi, 51 Dodd
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-02-22
ExoicisnlO
animal,

Dice un periodico de Berlin, que
una mujer de Silesia pose1a una va
Ga, que lleg6 a star poseida de los
malignos.
La mujer busc6 un hombre pru !
dente le pregunt6 como curar1a a
su animalejo. : ~ +.
Ell curandero le respondi6 que
bastaba para clio colgar de la chime
nea de la casa una jarra con leche
fresca. El espfritu, atraido por la
leche; iria beberla, Sc manchar1a
de holm, no volverfa mas.
La mujer sigui6 el consejo, i
cierto dia oyo un ruido espantaso en-
Ia chimenea, que le hizo pensar en-
que el esp1ritu Sc estaba manehando
de hollin en- aquel momento.
AL cabo de un instante VIC caer
de la chimenea un ser espantoso, pa
recido un hombre, enteramente ne
gro, al cual suplico Ia pobre mujer
que dejase en- paz a su vaca.
Pero el desolhnador, que tai era
81 recien llegado, SO di6 a conocer.
Aunque tarde, porque la infeliz
supersticiosa campesina esta pun
to de morir del susie.
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Notas
dOn1iniCanaS.

Ell Vice. -presidente de la Re-
p1blica, General Horacio Vazquez,
prestigiOsa tigura de este pals, con
residencia fila en- la RIGA ciudad del
Cibao, pas6 en- estos dias q la Capt.
tai, con Ell objeto de conferenciar con
el Gobierno, acerca de organizacio-
n es. Dadas las relev vantes condicio-
nes del senior Vazquez, de sus pro-
fundos conocimientos en- asuntos ad-
ministrativos, no cabe dudar que su
entrevlsta con el Presidente demas
Ministries sean para bien de la Pa
tria, particularmente para la pros
pera forecieute demarcaci6n del
Cibao, en- donde ell cafe, cacao ta-
baco toman un vuelo sorprendente.
De dichos artfculos este af1o habra
abundantes cosechas, renaciendo, CO.
m o es consiguiente, el cr6dito inte =
rior exterior, q la vez que Sc pro-
porciona la subsistencia q infnidad
de braceros.
Ell Presidente Sc ocupa con
m marcado interes, de protejer, en- con-
diciones favorables, la immigration
de canarios i puertorriquef1os que
vengan a establecerse en- estas fera
cos campifas. El Gobierno esta
dando el dltimo toque a negocio de
ia nta importancia, muy pronto SO
publicaran los Decretos que tiendan
a favorecer tan dtil empresa.
Ell Presidente de la Repdbli,
ca, los Ministries del Interior Fo
ento, han acordado, q fin de Ger.
ciorarse personalmente de las nece
sidades del pals, girar una vista of
cial a las principales poblaciones,
dando con este una prueba de sim
patfas a sus conciudadanos, contri.
buyendo con su lresencia a sostener
las relaciones de cordialidad que de.
be ia existir en- toda la Repdblica.
Durante la~ausencia, el primero de
dichos Ministries sera sustituido por
Ell DR.. francisco Henriquez Carva-
jal, que ocupa la carte era de Rela:lo-
nes Exteriores, el Sc gundo, por el
general Jose Brache, Ministro de
Guerra Marina.
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Club
"LAZO BLANCO."
Bail es de Car naval.

El sabado "a del corriente, es el
dia senalado para las dos fiestas cue
celebrara el Club <Lazo Blanco. A
las 2 de la tarde dara comienzo ell
<Baile Infantil. las 9 de la noche
ell de Cacnaval. Hemos recibido
hoy las invitaciones. Son e1egan-
tfsimas i de un gusto exquisite.
N pestra distinguida sociedad es-
ia de enherabuena, pues va sabenn nos
con la esplendidez que celebra sus
festas este distinguido Club. =
Ell sabado sera un dia que deja.
ra eternos agradab1lisimos recu er-
dos en- nuestras damas. La amir ma
cion q, he habra en- estos bales ra va.
ra en- delirio, pues el Club traba aja
con entusiasmo para quedar tan lu-
cido como es de esperar. !
Deseamos ansiosos que llegue la
noche del sabado.
La IS solicitudes para palcos de
ambos bales, Sc dirigiran don
Francisco ,Iriarte, Cruz 26.
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bgOs leAll0I0.

Esta va francamente iniciada en-
esta Jurisdiction la SEGA que suele
castlgar 4 estos f4rtilos campos d..
ocaciona Ia escac4s j carestfa de los
frutos MEMORIES, que tanto necesita
81 rico como el pobre.
Es una fatalidad que 4-veces es-
temos privados por largos meses de
las nuvias bienhec echoras, hacienda
muy penosa Ia vida del proletario i
levando 81 natural abatimiento 8 los
agricultores.
Amos hace que Sc ha venidO ira;
bajando por la cresci6n de IN canal
deariego destinado la Las hermosas
,llanuras de este pueblo, Guayama j
parte de Salinas, pero las iniciativas
tomadas en- esa colossal obra no han
podido llevarlas la practica sus en-
tusiastas1 iniciadores. Quiera Dios
qpe al fin vengan capitales america
nos & realizar el proyecto, con el q.
no solameute cam biarfa en- POGO item
poel estado abatido de nuestra agri-
cuItura, sin6 que la empresa Sc ha-
ria poderosa.
En- 81 ano de 1899 que ACADIA de
pasar, sc han registrado en- este ter
mino municipal 124 nacimientos j
179 defunciones, 10 d. da un descen-
50 de poblacion de 55 la bitantes, En-
el mismo af1o SO celebraron 33 matri
monios, de ellos 27 por 81 sistema
civil i 6 can6nicos.