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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
~Wm. A. NICHOLSON & son,
BANKERS.
RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT YOUR
Banking Business and Your Fire Insurance,
And promise you the best protection and
the best service.
the best SerVice.

low. How's this" he said, "my 1900
bushels of wheat should have kept me
in affiusnce until another crop is rails
ed but have parted with the grain
and have instead only vast number
of accounts, 80 small and scattered
that l cannot get around and collect
them fast enough TO pay expenses"
SO he posted up public notice asking
all those who owed him to pay quick.
", but few came. Th, rest said
Mine is only mall matter, and |
will 60 and pay it one of these days"
forgetting that though each account
was small they meant large sum to
the man. Things went on thus. Th,
man got to feeling 80 badly that he
fell out of bed and aw)ke and run.
ming to his granary found his 1890
bushels of wheat still there. lie had
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
Put This Away for Reference.

Here are the questions you arc ex-
pec:ed to answer when the Census man
comes around. 1t you are not posted
you should post yourself and be ready
to answer when he comes:
/. Surname, Christian name, ini-
tial.
2. Residence, street, number of
house.
3. Relationship of each member
to the head Ct the family.
4. Color or race.
5. Sex.
6. Age a. last birthday.
7. Day, month and year when
born.
8. Are you single, married, wild
o~. widower or divorced ?
8. Number OF years married.
10. H)w m,ny children,
II. Number OF children living.
-. Sax of these Children.
Ia. Where were you b r.: If in
the United States, give state or terri.
tory if Of fareiga birth, give name
Of the country only.
1t. Where was your father born ?
Your mother? (Same conditions as
the foregoing
Is. If of foreign birth, when did
you CONS to the United States?
1G. How many years havo you
resided in the United State
II. Have you been na.uraliz d
How many years 'ince you became a
citizen?
1S. What Z, your occupation
trade or protestant (rhis q ,es:iou
applies 10 persons 10 year, OF age OIL
over J
10, How many months during the
year are you employed
30. How many moaths have vol
attended school ?
2l. Can you read
%. Can you write?
23 Give the main fact, concern
iug your education.
24. d. you owa the hou:e il
which you live?
25. Do y IL rent the house il
which you live?
26. IF you own the house. is i
frse or mortgagsd2 The same ques
ton applies to farms -Chicig'
Rec ,rd.
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Cross Keys Chronicles.

E litor Union Times:-The health
Of our section is very god.
Mr.. Robert Garner, of Pinckney,
is visiting friends in Cross Keys.
l have been infor med that our old
friend 7. j. Alverson has about one
hundred bussels of fine cotton seed,
known as tho Early King variety,
that he will sell TO his brother farm.
ers at n reasonable price. Mr.. Alver-
800, as many of Us know, generally
sells the first bale ofcotton every fall,
AMI it is attributal to thi, early kind.
| wouli give you an account of the
Sunday School convention last week
at OH paigetts Gre k, but my friend
+ w. j was there and kindly con.
saated u do that work imself, and it
suits him much better any way, judg-
ing from his general movements at
sail c,nveaiion. You lst ought to
have sem hin. He announce him
self a candidate privately to me, and
he tod me a great deal about it, i:
only takes one vote to elect, and he
70 md ber, and went away troubled
il his mind, "about tn 1t pretty girl he
lett go far behind" | believe he is
lid f,r | saw him smile AMI she
smiled roo-',e sail.
Bro. d. 9. Freeman, Of Kelton,
proIchsd the Missi nary Sermon on
Sunday and a great sermon it was,
one co&ll j!dg: from the handsome
c,llectiol taken afterwards. | hope
much god was done.
The second qlar,erly conference OF
the Belmont circuit wa, held a,
Trinity or the 25.h inst. Rsv. w
p. Meade gs was with us in the Spirit
rhi following delegates were elect I'd
t, District CJnf;rence which meets al
Laurcns in July: DR.. j. M. Ian
him and r. III. Gore. Alternates
d.. w. Z. Pat,oa and J. +. Waldror
Mr.. l.. J Browning has the fines
Fl I'D of clover l have seen ia thu
county,
Miss BESSIE Miller, Of West Springs
is Flushing the unexpired term o
Padgetts Creek school, made vac
by the i'll health Of Miss Matti
. Browning, Miss Browning I am glat
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Does This Interest You?

There was ono, firme-, who had
1900 bushels of wheat, which ho sold
not to single grain merchant, bu: to
1900 persons, bushcl to g e,ch. l..
A few Of them raid him c,sh,
bat by far the greater portion tf them
slil it was not convenient tlen but
would pay later. a few MOI tbs pa :
sed aud the mans bank acc unit ran
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

Why doesn't Secretary Hay send
Gen. Bates to make a treaty with the
S,ltau of Turkey? The General
succeeded very we'll with the Sultan
of Su,u. L2t him offer Abdul anew
wife.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

Virginia has been persuaded to
abandon her intention of giving
man hunt with blood hounds. We
hasten to assure the country, however,
that the hunt was not arranged in
order to capture Republi vics presi.
dental candidate.
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only been dreaming; had not sold bis

only been dreaming; had not sold his
wheat at all.
Moral: The next day tho man
went to the publishers of his psper
aud said: Here, sir, Is the pay, for
your paper, and when next gears
subscription is due you can depend on
me 70 pay promptly. I stood in the
position of an editor last night, and
know how it feels to have ones honest.
ly earned money all over the country
in small accoun.s."-Ex.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

to report is convalescent. Miss Mil
ier Is quite an accomplished teacher
and is making a host Of friends over
here. THOMAS III. GORE.
Cross Keys, April so.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
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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-@ISS@$
THE TOWN OF UNION MAS II
y
The largest Knitting Mill and I
Dye Plant in the State. An Oil
and Manufacturing Co, that
makes an unexcelled Guano. n
Three Graded Schools. Arte- 4
sian Water. Population $500. h
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24
RAILWAY TAXATION
The Railways Obtain ore Injunctions
Against b Commfssion-Hon. John
w. Graham Counseling the Anti
Amendment Crowd.
Messenger Bureau,


The corporation commission devoted
today TO the exceptions filed by sew
eral railways to the assessment. The
attorneys who represent the three
great systems in this state went to
He~ndersonville yesterday afternoon, in
order to see Judge Sinaonton n Sc
cured a continuance of the federal in
junction which was granted last Au-
gust and which restrained the COM
mission from making the 1899 assess
ment greater than that Of 1898.
The commissioners were asked by
your correspondent today if a fresh in
junction would be necessary. They said
yes; that each assessment stood on its
own footing and hat the injunction Of
last year against that years assess
ment does not apply TO this year, but
is out of date, as the law requires the
commission TO make an annual assess
ment. The commissioner went on to
say that the value OF the railway might
f~luctuate greatly in a year. The West
ern Union, it will be remembered, pro-
cured an injunction against the COM
mission last year, and day before yes
d it procured a new one from
Judge Simonton.
The Norfolk and Western railway
today notified the state treasurer of
its readiness to pay taxes for this year.
Major John W. Graham, attorney for
Populist State Chairman Butler, was
with the latter until late last night.
Democrats say they think Butler plans
to have some election registrars ar
rested and thus follow in the footsteps
of Republican Chairman Holton. But
Ter is ten times as smart as Holton.
The latter has made a failure of his
campaign. 1t is quite clear hat Butler
is ratified. They are now trying to take
some steps by the aid of the attorney
general OF the state.
Democrats here express much pleas
ure at the dropping from their ticket
in Brunswick county of DIR. Mcneil,
who twice voted in the legislature
against the constitutional amendment
disfranchise of illiterate negroes. He
ought to have been dropped long ago.
Reinhardt, of Lincoln county, the only
other democratic member who voted
against the amendment, has declared
for it.
1t is the current m that after
the intense excitement Of the state
campaign the presidential campaign
will be very fiat and tame, by compari-
son.
The penitentiary authorities have
filled up the shirt factory with state
conVictS. Ninety are now at work
there. Of these, thirty are women. The
officials say the work done by the
state convicts is far better than that
by the federal, and hat since the lat
ter were taken away the change is all
for the better.
Cotton dealers here insist that the
intense heat and drought lave not in
the least hurt the cotton.
Last night near midnight Holman's
gin and mill. a quarter of a mile south
of here, were burned. The loss is put
at $4,000, with 5000 insurance.
1t is not yet settled whether there
will be any encampment his year. The
soldiers say they want to go to Wrights-
vile.
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Marines Order to China.

Norfolk, Va, July 19.-Orders were
received at the marine barracks OF
the navy yard today to send fifty-foul
men to Washington this evening
they will join a battalion which
Sunday for San Francisco
thence to China. This leaves 142 mer
at h barracks, eighty of whom arr
raw recruits.
tions from General Haywood, com
mandant of the marine corps" said the
commanding officer today, Ito drill the
recruits as rapidly as possible, so that
they may be forwarded to China at the
earliest possible moment. One hun
dred and thirty men have been drawn
from here within the past month"
The fifty-four men left on the Wash
ington steamer tonight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24
CUBAN PROGRESS
General Wood Comes North Loaded
With statistics.

Washington, July 1S.-Governor-Gen-
eral Wood, of Cuba, came north loaded
with enthusiasm and statistics con-
corning the Pearl of Antilles. He
said the present year would show a
cash balance of 2 800, 900 in spite of
of spending 100000 a month for
schools. There have been 800 new
schools established, $500 teachers en-
listed in the work and a summer
school for teachers started in addition
to the large party Of teachers now at
Harvard.
The island, General Wood says. is
more than self-supporting, the tobacco
crop next to the largest on record and
sugar is improving. Municipal courts
and Jury trials AVE just been author
lied and will be in operation in a few
weeks.
One of the hopeful signs is that the
military authorities have been able TO
close twelve of the orphan asylums In
Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces
in the past few weeks, the liz
having all been taken care OF by rela-
tives who were able and glad to pro
vide for them under h new regime
of quiet and prosperity.
Regarding annexation General WOOD
had nothing to say except that 1t was
a question entirely of h future and to
be determined by the mutual interests
of Cuba and the United States.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24
BLOOD POISON CURED BY b.
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Deep-seated, obstinate cases, the
kind that have resisted doctors, hot
springs and patent medicine treatment
quickly yield to B. B. B. Botanic Blood
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Have you patches in your
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ing Sores? Bone Pains? Itching Skin ?
Swollen Glands? Stiff Joints. Cop
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alton on the body? Hair and eyebrows
fall out? is the Skin a mass Of boils
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cannot return. B. b. b. builds up the
broken down constitution and improves
the digestion. So sufferers may test
B. B. B. a trial bottle will be given
away free of charge.
b. B. b. for sale by druggists at 81
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bottle, address BLOOD BALM CO., At
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24
FAMINE HORRORS DESCRIBED
DIR. Klopschf says 10000 East Indians
Die Daily.
Especial to Baltimore sun,


New York, July 1S.-Louis Klopsch,
who has been in India visiting the fam
ine-stricken districts and inspecting
the work OF relief. has returned to this
city.
He said today that the reports that
have reached this country OF the dis
tress of millions of inhabitants % IN
dia have not been exaggerated, and
that, while large sums of money n
quantities of grain have been contrib
uted, there is much yet TO be lone TO
prevent many thousands more from
starving.
''One-half Of India" he said, lis a
great charnel house, in which count
less thousands have already persisted
OF cholera, plague, d~ysentery and
starvation, and as many more are
doomed TO a like fate. Twenty thou
sand new cases of cholera weekly, with
10 per cent. mortality, representing
5000 deaths every seven days; plague
on every hand, dysentery moving
down its victims right and left and
starvation staring millions in the face,
reaping a harvest unprecedented, sums
up the horrible story"
DR.. Klopsch a that since the first
of the year 300, 900 famine victims have
died, a number equal TO Il losses in
the civil war, and that the average
daily death roll in India is 10000. while
the famine-Stricken area includes 3d.
900, 900 inhabitants.
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Fife ct of China War in Cotton Mills

Philadelphia, July 19.-AS q conse-
quence of III situation in China, all
exports to that country of American
cotton goods, principally heavy sheet"
ing and drills, ave practically ceased.
This statement was vouched for to-day
by Frederick L. Baily, OF h firm OF
Joshua L. Baily & Co., n of the larg-
est dry goods commission houses In
this city. Mr.. Baily stated that the
mills of this country annually export
about $40, 900, 900 in cotton goods of the
foregoing descriptions to China alone
and that those most likely to be at
fected by the sudden Stoppage OF snip
ments are located principally in the
south. These have been fitted with
machinery adapted for the China
trade. 1t is believed, however, that
they will be compelled to close, but in
stead. Much Of the trade, Mr.. Baily
said, can be diverted to the Philip
pines, Cuba and Porto Rico and a por-
ton of the goods al be sent north
and there transformed by the mills in
that section.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24
GENERAL GHAFFE PROMOTED
The President Appoints Him Major
General of Volunteers.

Washington, July 19.-The president
today appointed Brigadier General A.
r. Chaffee, United States volunteers,
who is to command the American mil
itary forces in China, a major general
of volunteers in order that his rank
should be commensurate with his COM
mand. This action was received with
great satisfaction at the war depart
ment and in official circles generally,
where General Chaffee is held in the
highest esteem. He is considered by
his brother officers as one of the most
capable and thoroughly equipped SOL
diers in the service. Although General
Miles recommended that Major General
Bates. now in the Philippines, be as
signed to the command of the troops IN
China, he is we'll pleased with the pro-
motion of General Chaffee His recon-
mendation was made on the ground
thai the service called for required an
officer of the rank of a major general
and he named General Bates for the
reason maninly that General Chaffee
held only the rank of a briSadier gen
eral.
Adjutant General Corbin has sent a
cable message to General Chaffee notl-
fvine him of his promotion and he Will
receive the telegram on his arrival at
Nagasaki about the Is proxlmo.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24
ALLIES WILL MOVE SLOWLY
Advance on Pekin VIII Not Begin I'm
til September.
Especial to Baltimore SUM-

NSpCAIoI ~ DdlllIIIOIc Sul.D
New York, July 1S.-The Herald will
publish tomorrow the following dis
patch from Washington:
Though reports are being received
announcing the safety of the foreign
Ministers in Pekin, there is no pros
pect that the allied troops will reach
the Chinese capital before the latter
part of September, and some of the
officials fix November as the month
during which they will arrive at their
destination.
The state department is advised by
Consul Fowler, at Che Foo, that the
governor of Shan Tung had informed
him that when his courier left Pekin
July 9th h legations were still hold
ing out. 1t is conceded that this may
be so, but the first word that has come
from any of the foreigners in Pekin
since telegraphic communication was
cut off more than a month ago, receiv-
ed at Toxic from the japanese minis
ter, shows that the position of the in
ternatiOnal colony was desperate on
June 29th, when the message was sent.
This government is extremely anx-
iouS that the allies shall commence
their march on Pekin, not only because
prompt action will prevent the spread
of h revolt, but because there is a
chance that the ministers may still be
holding out, n in this case they
should be rescued with all dispatch.
Minister WI, who called on Secretary
Hay today, expressed the opinion that
the legation officials had been secreted
by the Pekin government.
"A tentative proposition is now un-
der consideration by h powers for n
appointment of an COM
mission to investigate the entire Chi
nese question and map out a plan for
the cooperation of the powers and for
the future government of China in such
a way as to give assurances of n
safety of foreigners n their property
in the empire. This proposition has
not yet taken any definite shape"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24
DR.. WORTH WAS THREATENED
The Wilmington Missionary Ordered
to His Hospital to be Burned.
Great Danger to Foreigners In the
Yang Use Valley.

fSsn Francisco Dispatch. JUL 16)
Rev. s. I. Woodbridge. a Presbyterian
missionary, who has been at Chin
Kiang, on the Yang Use river for the
past fifteen years. arrived on b Cop
tic so-day from Shanghai, with his
wife and six children on ~furlough. He
expects to return to Chin-Kiang when
the present troubles are over. Chin
Kiang is now as the Chicago OF
China, and is $50 miles up the Yang-tse
river from Shanghai at the entrance
ofthe great canal. The population OF
the city consists OF 300, 600 Chinese and
about 5000 foreigners. The city as
well as all other cities and towns along
the Yang-tse were greatly excited and
on the verge OF an uprising when Mr..
Woodbridge left Chin-Kiang on June
18th. In fact a day had been fixed for
the destruction OF all property owned
by foreigners, and the murder of for
eigners themselves. and Mr.. Wood
bridge believes that by this time a ter
rible fate has met those foreigners
who failed TO heed this warning and
fee from the impending massacre.
1T would be difficult to estimate the
number of foreigners along the Yang
ISC live AC SaAu Np-daN II ~
literally thousands of missionaries In
the great valley and further in the in
terror. Nearly every one OF them has a
family and | hope the missionaries
nav at least sent their families 20
Shanghai. Just before 1 left Chin-Ki-
ang i telegraphed TO 200 Presbyterian
missionaries to wait no longer, but TO
get down to Shanghai as quickly as
possible.
.T-l e. III w. -
country hangs on the words OF two
viceroys. One of them is Chen Chih
Tung, at Hankow. the other is Liu
Kun Yih, at Nankin. If these men
waver an uprising of terrible proper
tons will result among the millions in
that thickly populated portion Of the
empire.
up to the time I left Chin-Kiang no
outrages had been committed, but the
Chinese were becoming ugly, those in
cities being more worked up han those
in the outlying districts. All the i'm
mems traffic on the Yang-tse had be-
come p~aralyzed n there was every
indication that foreigners were about
to be attacked. There is a place near
Chin-Kiang where about a thousand
foreigners usually spend this part Of
the year TO escape the heat, but nobody
had any intention of going there when
I left.
DR.. Worth, grandson of Ex-Gov-
ernor Worth of North Carolina, has a
house n hospital at Kiang-Yin, and
was ordered by the natives to leave.
His property was to be consigned to
the flames. If he stayed he was to be
murdered. All through the Yang-tse
valley, from Shanghai up to and be-
yond Chin-Kiang, these orders had
been given to foreigners and a day had
hnnr GpnI Tn. no r,y,- a,. ~ 49,
1 do not know what the date was but
there is not the slightest doubt tina
h Chinese will do as they threaten in
these things"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24
The Ogegon Safe at Kure.

Washington, July 19.-The navy de-
partment this morning received the
following dispatch from Captain Wilde
Of the Oregon:
"Kure, July Is.
Secretary Navy, Washington:
Oregon and Nashville arrived at
Kure at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Ex-
pect to dock on b 18th. Shall I make
permanent or temporary repairs? I
would suggest putting on steel patches
which can be done in a very short time
and ship go Jack to her duty at Taku.
To make permanent repairs, it will
require at least sixty days, probably
more. Not a single man injured in any
way.
WILDE"
To this Secretary Long at once re-
piled as follows:
Universal rejoicing over safety Of
Oregon. She is the Constitution of this
generation. II safety of Oregon per-
mfts, patch and go to Taku. ! commend
your preference for service there.
LONG"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-24
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKER EDGED
While Discussing the Proposed Amend
ment-UnprOyOked Assau Upon Mr..
Chas. w. Gold

Last night Mr.. w. A. Finch and Mr..
c. w. Gold filled their appointment at
Bloomery school house, near Finch's
mill, in Taylor's township, some six
miles from Wilson, where the populist
influence is strong.
The meeting was composed almost
entirely of populists, but one man pres
emit being known to be a democrat.
MI. Finch, who was suffering from a
cold, had requested Mr.. Gold to make
n only speech. This he did, calmly
discussing the value of the amendment,
making no harsh remarks, using no
inflammatory Language. He invited
questions from his hearers and ans
wered them. just as he concluded,
and stepped from the dostrum, Mr..
Wood O'Neal asked him another ques-
tion, which ne had started to answer
when through the window to his right
from the outside darkness there came
a volley of eggs.
1t was an unexpected and unpro-
voked assault. One of the eggs struck
Mr.. Gold full on the arm, breaking
and covering his Shirt sleeve, for he
had taken off his coat on cou Of
the heat. The other eggs broke as they
struck a post and the sides OF the Win
dow, scattering their contents right
and left. Mr.. Gold heard n sound OF
people running and quoted h dis
turbed audience. Those present de-
plored the unprovoked and outrageous
affair. declaring they knew nothing OF
h perpetrators.
So far as known Mr.. Gold is h only
democratic editor and speaker in North
Carolina ever egged while calmly dis
cussing political measures, and the as
sault upon him is regarded as an out
come OF the vicious advice of Butler,
Holton and the fusion pie crowd
Wilson Daily News, July 10, 1900.