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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-25

IIession that she had "been in tie
asylum, ,he would stop shaking
hands with me. Yes. man, I will
with pleasure, how l made the n, 8.
take am unable to account for now,
but we fellows arc capable of serious
mistakes sometimes.
The voluntary meteorological OBJ
server will C, operate with the Weath>
er Bureau officials, by taking obser-
vations, at this place, of the shadow
hands CT the eclipse of the sun on the
2S.h. Preparations are being made
to got everything that can be gotten
by observing The eclipse, by the
Weather Bureau. The center of the
track will be near Alston, will strike
Edgefeld on the edge and Lancaster
through the center. 1 hope the 2S.h
will be clear day.
A very troublesome little worm is
using young corn badly, killing about
or possibly more than half Of the corn
on the land. 1t is a small, yellowish
worm, never more than about half an
ZACH long. and looks very tender. If
you examine the corn that seems slow
il coming up, you may fad from one
to half d z,n on Que sprout, killing
i; even before it has had time to
come up. l always dread this kind
more than the old wire worm.
Very likely the strange bird car-
tured by Mr.. Frank Israel last week
was a coot. Let me describe thu
c)ot: rather of a dove color, rather
l'ng legs and neck, long toes and
has semi.webfeet. short tail, long,
pointed. sharp bill, Inclined to whitish
oor and a red or game eye. Ia this
il? Some people call them water
chickens, but coot is tEe proper name
They are very good to eat. have
killed veral on Broad river, but
have not seen one for some time
Sometimcs they are very gentle and
will allow bateau to be run near
enough for man to kill them with q
pole. Sometimes they bite, when
caught alive, and it is bite, you will
not soon forget. HEY DENVER
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Union Boy i'm Sparianbure.

EDITOR TIMEs:-As I am all alone
l will give you few lines.
Court has been in session here this
week several cases disposed of. Mr..
Tom Smith came clear in his case for
killing negro on Glenn Springs
train.
When / came to this county some
years ago from Union everybody
would say you came from bad place
they would say to me did you ever
have court in Union without having
a half dozen cases Of murder?
would answer some times. They
would ask what did the people mean.
But can say the same thing to them.
l do think there are more murder
cases in this county than 1 ever heard
of in my life, we can't have a court
but what there are three or four
murder cases to be tried.
| must ask you to trade with one
of our harness men. A man in your
county and / am o witness, he is to
give a man q fine set Of harness if he
gets married this year tho man who
is to marry is Charles r.. Long and
he said he would get the harness but
Charles has been on the road toe
long to get off at this late hour, but
he looks as young as he did 90 year:
ago.
Mr.. Editor ] did not get my paper
last week and / feel like / am lost
have been in this county sever
years and have not missed it single
] ime as can recollect. look forward
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-25

"Oh, life Is Il kettle of trouble,
That sizzleS from morn till Light:
spothing but sputter and bubble
HASS,'mult from darkness to light,
si,s sfovs sSc tro of ~ misi"rtnnc'
It's handled each day without caution.
And greed is the fuel used there"
I hate to ride a mule that persists
in putting down it's foot before it gels
there.
Mckinley does not know how to
conqior the PHILIPPINES, he ought to
sing to them "Whisper you'll be mine
love-"
Four inches of rainfall last Friday
was very beneficial to suff ring small
grain and made land easier to plow.
L,nd never baked fister or harder in
. short space of time than since the
late hard raius, and plowins was
almost at a g.andstill, practically.
Farmers arc badly behind. Plant
ing uafiiished. Som, c,tton seed to
plant still. Much that was planted
was put in under uufavorable condi-
tions, land was never in warm con.
dition for planting.
Fruit prospects are very enccur
aging in these parts, except apples,
which are blighting. The weather
crop bullitins report apple aud pear
blight all over the State. Wild
p!ums and berries are good.
While twJ negro men W w,rking with
rs were going to spring for water, they
fund large mink near the house.
began r-cking it aud SOON succeeded
in killing it, AMI likely many chicken
lives were sayed.
FisheFmeq seining in Meirs Shoals
are meeting with success ca oiing cats
The river Is In splendid condition
for seining. Some partie. from Union
have been down making hauls.
About two weeks ago somebody
stole out the two COWS of Mr.. Il f.
Moore and DIR we them off at night
aud he only found them the mex,
evening several miles ir)m home
where negro had impounded them
It 10 thought the thief was overtaken
hY morning light aud fearing detec
tioH ! f. the cattle to drift and they
we're thus taken up
Three days religious services have
been conducted at the Presbyterian
church by R.v. J. Rissell. Yester
day, Sunday, the Lords supper wa,
observei, and q moro impressive dis
courss, on snch an occasion than tha
Mr.. Russell gave the communicates
never heard.
Some time sgo in personal notice
! mentioned Miss Mary Russell "whe
has been an attendant in the hospita
. 70, the ins ans. etc but she says sh,
has never been there in any capacity
and that il I did not change the i'm
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-25
WIN. A. NICHOLSON & SON.
BANKERS.
RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT YOUR
Banking Business and Your Fire Insurance
And promise you the best protection and
the best service.
BANKERS,
RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT 70
the best service.

there. In addition to this a m,p Of
the city and grouuds is also sent to
anyone desiring information.
The memorial meeting at Salem
last Saturday was all that its most
enthusiastic friends could wish for it..
o. account of the recent rains which
put the gr 'und in cool plow orler,
and there being no way for the pc,
pie to eros, the river at Uowells
ferry except in the small bateau the
crowd wa' small. The programme
was carried out TO the letter. Mr..
Mellow was present and made Fl ,e
speech and the ladies decorated the
graves in h,a"tifrl etyle. Miss Eliz,
a. Garner sent lot of fl h,wsrs to the
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-25
C0IdBeU Chronicles.

Spring is fast m ,lting into summer.
Bat we thought the other night tha,
s'me of cur fishermen would have
qlits c>ol nap, "if they trieI to
secure ONE" They tried to play it
off as 1ke next morliag by tayiue
"Shen lhey were invited in TO a nice
fce" that they re lily were so warm
that they almost felt like drawing of
their c)ats. AS you know fishing
s2rees are generally warm ones any
way.
Plenty of nice fruit growing now,
if we only can get nice sea IONS to help
it matur,, we'll have some god old
apple, cherry aud peach pie and black
berry Jam. There is nothing any
better. Also plenty of nice fresh but
ter to g. with it. And did you know
we are growing hop vine t. make
yeast for light bread? And that goes
right we'll With .m and butter you
know. ak the q ,estion why do we
farmers evss lack Ior plenty of vege.a
tions or frufs OF a,y kind without it
is from dsouth or something like +?
1t i, almost ridic ilous t. think, as
hive remarked bsf,re, that people
wh> even run large farms sre here
buying corn aud have been since the
lst. of March and when you ask than
how much they intend planting for
anoth r year, they probably will FAY
ten acres, and we say, right here that
If a farmer c)nnot Ia;se enough cJrn
to run his farm without buying, il
simply does not pay to raise cotton
Now does it? And 1 will also say
Fht farmer who is going to plant ten
acres in cora, what do you sIpp )se
his c,tton crop will be? Mt les.
than 60 to - acres M,ybe we'll
yst right some day.
Success to the B,p!ist Sunday
School Convention. L,ug may she
live and prosper where'er shs g,es
| didn't have the pleasure of attend
ing at PAdgstt's Creek bus know it
must have hsen one Of the most enj ,y-
abe occasions tf tho day. l know l
missed one of the grandest treats,
when l missed heariug Prof w. b
Compton sing with his accomplished
daughter, Miss Leila. The Piof
certainly kno ws exactly how it should
b, done and he cla act acc )rding t.
his teaching, l believe him to be
one of the finest vocal music teachers
in the State.
Miss + I'M Davis, q very charm.
ing young lady who hes been visiting
friends and relatives here, returned
with her brother Mr.. w. Lester Davis
to Cross Keys not long since.
A most epj ,yable day was witnessed
on 1st. Sabbath at Mt Vernon Presoy.
terian church had two service, in
sor,noon De-. Cliff ,rd delivered a very
touching sermon on the City of Refuge
and then commuuion services were
held. Iuterm;ssi,n, and Mr.. Elitor, if
You were not hers then, you ought to
have been for such spread as those
I'D people dill have. In the after
no IN there was a musical servico such
as we don't hear often, by Mrs. George
O.'z,l at the organ, with Mics M ,rie
Clifford with violin. The congrega-
ito sang with them. Aud there we're
iutermingled with these lovely aongs,
two most touching Solos by Miss st.
Clare, tho efficient music teacher, at
tn, Seminary. Mrs. O-tz,l and Miss
st, Glare dill lstics to those So!o's,
thu last was certainly the most thrill.
ling cong ws ever heard. We hope to
hive them sing for US again.
WELLwIsIER.
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committee for the occasion, for which
thew are very thankful. Vox.
We hope that al who find it noe.
essary to p!ow up their tton will
take the alvice of Vox and plant
corn.-ED
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M ANAGER WANTED.

The poSitionof Resident Manager for
the State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of
Massachusetts. for Union and vicinity.
is open to man of character. and ability.
~ good contract with renewal interest
Will he given to Il good man. Address:
SANBoRN CHASE, General Agt.
Florence, ). s.
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1900 MAY 1900
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1914 Is 16 II |18| 19
2O|21 % % "a Isl 26
UNION COUNTY NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered from
Various Sections by our
Correspondents.
Sanfuc Siffin9S.

"Oh, life Is Il kettle of trouble,
That sizzles from morn till night;
Ns.pothing but sputter and bubble
asss&>,imult from darkness to light,
1t sits u e stove of misfortune,
Right ONS4 the fire of despair;
It's handled each day without caution,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-25

SIN lllsr gams trot him out.
Homo.
That was bad, lie ought to have
killed it oh the head.-ED
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-25
the TOWN OF UNION HAS

Two Cotton Mills, one the
largest in the South. Two Fur
niture and Wood Manufacture
ing Concerns. One Female
Seminary. Water Works and
Electric Lights.
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The largest Knitting Mill and
Dye Plant i'm the State. An Oil
and Manufacturing Co. that
makes an unexcelled Guano.
Three Graded Schools. Arte-
sian Water. Population $500.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
Nevvs of Minor Note.

There is promise in Oregon of the larg-
est fruit crop ever harvested.
A Frenchman named Dufour claims to
have found way of melting and molding
quartz like glass.
Ashley B. Jordan of DAYTON died Of
oyer-exertion while participating IN
17Ia-mile bicycle road race.
After calling on his sweetheart, at MI,
,arton. n. Y, Michael Collins fell down
an embankment aud was killed.
A Concord, n. a.. judge has decided
that soda water is one of the necessarles
of life. and may be sold on Sunday
Lemons and oranges from Los Angeles,
Cal were kept perfectly fresh in a cold
storage voyage Of 5000 miles to Paris.
a pet robin gave the alarm when burg
lars entered the house of Walter Sigler,
at MiIlerton, n. II, frightening them on.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
Care OF Soldiers, Feet.

In the German armies recruits for
foot regiments have their feet carefully
examined, in order to see whether they
will bear the strain of long marches.
The greatest attention is also paid to
the fit Of the boots with which each re
cruit is provided. Moreover. in war
time, whenever practicable, the KNAPP
sack of each soldier is carried in a cart
attached to each company for the pur-
pose, which, of course, greatly facili-
tates rapid movements.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
O-I--C


When a preparation has an advertised
reputation that is worldwide, it means
that preparation is meritorious. If you
60 into store to buy an article that
has achieved universal popularity like
CASCARETS CANDY CATHARTYC
for example, you feel it has the in
dorsement of the world The judgment
of the people is infallible because it is
impersonal. The retailer who wants to
sell you something else in place of
the article you ask for, has an ak to
grind. Don't it stand to reason? He's
trying to sell something that is not
what he represents it to be. Why? Be
cause he expects to derive an extra
profit out Of your credulity. Are you
easy? Don't you see through his little
game? The man who will try and sell
YOU a substitute for CASCARETS is a
fraud. Beware of him! He is trying
to steal the honestly earned benefits Of
a reputation which another business
man has paid for, and if his conscience
will allow him to go so far, he will go
farther. If he cheats his customer in
one way, he will in another and it is
not safe to do business with him. Be
ware of the CASCARET substitutor!
Remember CASCARETS are never
sold in bulk, but in metal boxes with
the long-tailed &c" on every box and
each tablet stamped G. G. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
WORK OF ANGRY MOB.
RACE WAR AT NEW ORLEANS
CAUSES MANY DEATHS.
Negro Murderer Smoked Ont of HE
Refuge and Slain After Making
Fiendish Resistance-Five White Men
KiI1ed-Negro School Burned.

Robert Charles, the negro desperate,
who had killed Captain Day and Patroi-
man Lamb and badly wounded Omcer
Mora, was smoked out of his hiding place
in the heart of the residence section OF
New Orleans Friday afternoon ana snol
to pieces In a desperate battle astlng
several hours he shot nine persons, Kill
ing five Of them and seriously Woundlng
the others.
Charles was discovered in little frame
building at Clio and Saratoga streets.
His body was cut to a thousand pieces,
but he sold his life at terrible cost.
Before his body was riddled with Dul-
let's before 10000 persons, Charles shot
and killed Sergeant Gabriel Porteus, Al
fred j. Bloomfield, boy, and Andy van
Kuren, a deputy keeper of the work
house Corporal John r. Lally was shot
in the abdomen and died. Frank ii.
Evans, an ex-policeman, received Iatai
wound in the right side of the abdomen.
A. S. Leclerc, proprietor OF Names
sieur's confectionery at st. Peter ana
Royal streets, was shot fatally IN the
right hand and the right groin. George
LYONS, son of l. L. Lyons, was shot
MORALLY.
1t was found necessary to burn the
building in which the murderer had
sought refuge and from which he poured
a deadly fire at policemen and citizens
who were seeking to take his life. Never
before was such desperate courage wit
messed in the city.
Charles knew that he would be killed
the minute he tried to get away, SO ne
a house and fired on anyone who came
within range. But the fire finally drove
him out and the moment he was exposed
a dozen rifles and pistols cracked at him
and soon his body was filled with lead.
Great excitement prevailed. Hundreds
of persons armed with rifles and revoi-
vers were on the scene. Policemen ran
about as if insane. Many held revolvers
in their hands, which they never used.
To add to the excitement the fire de-
partment was summoned to the scene and
many firemen exhibited great courage.
After midnight mob which had evaded
the militia and the citizens police at
tackled the Thomy Lafon schoolhouse,
9Th and Rampant streets, upon the sup
position that negroes had stored arms
and ammunition in the building. Unop-
posed they had no difficulty in gaining
possession and, firing the structure, de-
stroyed it completely. The school build
ing was erected few years ago by the
city and being devoted exclusively to the
education of negro children it was
named for the well-known colored phil
anthropist. No negroes were found IN
the school, but a number who emerged
from houses in the vicinity were pur-
sued for quite distance. A strong
force was dispatched to the scene as
soon as the alarm was given, but too late
to save the school. The mob was quick
ly dispersed.
The Mayor, Paul Capdevielle, has is
sued proclamation imploring all good
citizens to aid in suppressing the lawless-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
MISFORTUNE CANE IN CLOUDS.
New Jersey Family Was Visited by an
Extraordinary Series of MishaDs.

New Jersey Family Was Visited by am
Extraordinary Series of MishaDs.
Francis Fielder, who lives at Turkey,
a small village near New Brunswick,
N. J., is wondering why misfortune is
persistently pursuing him and his fam
lily.
Recently ibis son Edward fell from a
scaffolding at Long Branch and was so
badly hurt that for long time his life
was despaired Of.
Then Mrs. Fielder slipped from the
stoop of her home, breaking her collar
bone and several ribs.
The next day Mr.. Fielder slipped on
some loose hay and fell out of the NOW.
He was shaken up SO badly that he had
to keep in his bed for several days.
Next fayorite horse died of CHAMBERS
and all his live stock had to be quaran-
tined and the outbuildings disinfected.
While this was being done message
was received from son, Ebert, at
Asbury Park, announcing that he had
lost horse by theft
The younger son, Garfield, was the
next victim of the family Nemesis He
was riding his wheel to work when he
ran into chicken and was thrown
against a post, having collar bone
broken and shoulder dislocated.
Now that all the members of the fam
lily and most Of the live stock have been
victims of misfortune in one way or
another Mr. FIELDER homes the fatpS
have been satisfied and that brighter
days are about to dawn.-New York
World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
THE BIRTHPLACE OF CYCLONES.
Rocky Mountains Their Home, Their
Cradle and Beginning.

Rocky Mountains Their Home, Their
Cradle and Beginning.
For the world west of the Mississippi
the Rocky Mountains are the points OF
origin not only of the rivers and water
flows, but of the condensing of the
moisture of the air, the banked SHOWS,
the subterranean currents which form
the basis of the entire watershed. Their
cold attitudes seem to shed the waves
in the plains below, and in their bat
ties generate the cyclones and the les
ser windy terrors which devastate the
western plains. They are the begin
ming of the rt-breaking billiards.,
which tie up the traffic of the metropol-
ftan streets or chill beyond endurance
the homes of the poor. They are, in a
word. the atmospheric top of the CONT
nent, and one would expect to find
among them the same exceSses OF ma
ture that are seen on the smaller scale
when the wind whips the flags off the
roofs of lofty buildings or when dark
clouds lower over the Jersey hills or
the gentle mountains of the Cumber-
land
Yet, though the Rocky Mountains
are the beginning of such awful things
as cyclones and billiards., they are sin
gularly immune from the terrible eff
fects of these phenomena when they
reach their full growth on the plains
below The storms are sharp, strong
and typical. They are dramatic. But,
lacking in the chance of long run
across the plains, where force is con-
stantly accumulated with each success
i've mile of progress, their life is usu-
ally of short duration and their imme-
date sphere of action small They are
as If all the phenomena, the storm
from It's genesis to it's conclusion, were
given in miniature. In this respect the
storms of the Rockies differ from those
of the Swiss Alps. The latter are Sc
we're, protracted and full of catastro-
phe. The former complete themselves
briefly and then let the balance of the
continent wrestle with what they have
given forth.
Probably nowhere is storm and eli
mate so varied. All phases Of natures
cataclysms alternate with all phases
Of natures peace and pleasure. The
entire gamut from sunshine to black
gloom frequently is run within a single
day or an hour. A morning will open
clear, with the sun warm. Perhaps
at noon the clouds will gather and a
heavy rain begin. In a few minutes
this will turn to sleet and then to hail.
Fifteen minutes after the storm begins
it will be showing heavily and an hour
from the time the first cloud appeared
the sun will be shining again. The
whole shower, rain, hail and snow will
have been accomplished by thunder
and lightning. -Aineslie's Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
A Beggar's Stories.

Charities" tells of an English char
liable society which recently investi-
gated the record Of a man who, accord
ing to his various ''hard luck" stories,
had lost three wives, seventeen chill
had four times been made bankrupt
by treacherous brother; had once lost
his place because he was stanch Prot
estant, and again because he was a
stanch Catholic; and had once been
shipwrecked and lost all he had in the
world
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
CATARRfl
or Inflammation of this delicate pink

or inflammation of this delicate pink
membrane.
The system is weakened in win
ter. The delicate lining is more
susceptible to irritation or infamma-
ton, and thus we have pneumonia,
grip, colds, coughs, fevers, ETC., alt
catarrhal conditions which may
easily be checked by one catarrh
cure-Pe-ru-na.
That's the only way out of it.
You may dose forever-yo win
not be well until you try the true
cure and that is Pe-ru-na. You
may think your trouble is some
other disease and not catarrh. Cali
it what you will, one thing is sure,
your system is affected and must be,
treated, and Pe-ru-na is the only
remedy which reaches the right,
place and does cure.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
What Caused the Delay.

A small man dashed up to the chief
Of the Paris fire department just as the
latter was about to order the hosemen
to play away on the blazing Theater
Franchise.
monsieur. monsieur he shrieked.
"R-r-restrain yourself! Do not give re
yet!'
"And why not?' inquired the chief.
Because cried the little man, re
moving picture apparatus is unfortu-
nately delayed and cannot possibly
reach re fire for several pr-r-recious
minutes!'
So the obliging chief waited.-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
Crops i'm Nebraska.

There is broad smile on the face of
nearly every farmer in Nebraska, because
of the satisfactory crop conditions in that
remarkable State. In the Northwest,
drouth has seriously injured the wheat
yield. In the South again there has been
more or less damage, but in Nebraska
they have had seasonable, heavy rains,
and not too much of them.
A full crop Of oats and wheat will,
from present indications, be followed by
a bumper crop of corn. During the past
week heavy rains all over the State have
put this crop in fine condition, and it
may break the record.
The expectation is that great numbers
of people will go to Nebraska this fall,
when the cheap harvest excursion rates
are in effect, to investigate the country
and confirm by actual experience the
stories Of prosperity SO often heard. The
tendency is on the part of renters, every
where in the East, to seek homes beyond
the Missouri River, where land is cheap
and so very productive.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
Jules Verne.

In his recently published Memoirs
Edmond de Amicis describes visit he
paid to Jules Verne, who showed him
a bookcase containing complete col
sides trans1ations of many of them into
most European languages, as well as
Arabic and Japanese. "And yet said
Verne, 81 owe my prosperity not to
these books, but to the dramatization
of some of Them