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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-07-20
LETTER FROM SPARTANBURG.
Electric Cars Rain--GOOd Crops
Moon-SuzinS-- Warm Politics.

EDITOR UNION TINES:
will give your readers little
news. We have six electric cars and
our good friend, Me. McEowen, is
getting ready t. get them on the track
by the ooh of this month. | wish
they were running a. this time, and
the park was built; the park will bs
near Glendale. You must come up
and take ride when they get starte1.
The rail came in due time, we we're
needing it, hope you and your readers
81 ,yed the same good season. Cops
are looking fine, they are small but
that is alright. Iu '02 l was on the
farm aud the fir . OF July cotton was
8, anal c>uld hardly se, it at a
distance. and when laid it by l was
ashamed to say l had flushed work it
was 60 small, and rains came aud |
made tho hest cotton crop ever made
in my life. O,d Msj,r B. II. Rice
s,id to me once: { Sold him | had
tn, f,sst ibid Of ,t,ou [ ever saw
'B il1ie, what 10 you think you will
make OH that icld?' / said bale
to the acre. Major said, "but cotton
is like young CALI very easily stunt.
ed, so ,yor cau't tell what cotton ia
until you have it i'll II bale. Cotton
don't fruit in this county like it does
in old Union. II you clu got the
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ciOss Keys Letter.

Me- ISiZ Zor:---I have Just returned
from a I'ist.ict Conference a. L,u-
fens- hal good meeting, the
ID D;strict ksswell represented. l was
giveha 5has with a Uaion county
.man.sk9egsto many of the people OF
this codat Asim,re Davis. II,
married an hstimsble young LADY.
daughter of ID. L,urens Fuller, OF!
Laurens, 8, c. lie is in the mere ,u-
tile bushes under the firm of Davis
4 Rope isey, aFs de%j4lssn Win tns f &c bus %n,
tRsSs ttRRsy ad WI tise. l noticed On my way
to old Laurens many notices, but
theirs was built on a rock. There is
hardly a rock of any s;z, on the pub
lie road that was not cleaned off and
Davis & R,per printed there u; aad
to be thrown in the family OF this
christian gentleman, ons would readily
believe that his aui hec hopes w,re
built upon rock. 1t ml1e mo fee
proud of old Ulion to see the stand
that one of her boys had taken.
Union is advancing bus not far ahead
of Laurens.
Bros. p. P. Hamilton, Ira Harris,
DR.. Carlisle and john NJ. Bolt were
elected delegates to the annual
ference which convenes in Chester in
the near future, with T. l. Hamas
and j. M. Switzsr as alternates.
There was difficulty between two
negroes this morning in our midst,
one shot the other, both hurt, neither
killed.
Qrite a crowd at old PadgetL's
Creek yesterday. Bro. E. G. Watson
preached good s:rmon; he is faith.
full pastor.
THOMAS IT. GORE.
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Items of Interest Gathered from
Various Sections by our
Correspondents.
MABEt'S ADVENTURE.
Unexpectedly Meets a Rejected
Lover in the MOuntains-i
Hero to the Rescue.
(Writ.on for THE UNION TIMES by
Annie Laurie.)

"Murder! helpI' rang out on the
still night air, reaching the ears of a
young man who was hurrying down
the mountain.
"Halp!' 'agaia can, the c:y fteoz.
ing the blood in his veius and roo.in.
him to the spot; while help. help
echoed and re-echoed over trees aud
rocks Gying away in soft accent far
down into the valley.
1T is US ,less t, call for help, Mab,l,
for no QUE will hear you, we are all
alons on this m)untain; and | swear
By heaven that y)a shall never leave
uutill you consent t, be my wife,"
"L,oss mo wretch let me 60, how
dare you treat me in such manner
II dare do anything, Mabel, so long
ss it aids m, il winning you. have
done everything that Al honorable
MIN c,uld do - win you, and you
have only sc,rnsd an | laughed at me.
Nov you are in my power, and in.
teni to hold you prisoner on this
mountain until you consent to be my
Wife"
"Then I shall stay here until die. -
"V 'ry we'll, it matters little to ma,
% long as | have you"
"Walter Piercs, are you mad?'
al don't know, M ,bsl. 1 am not
certain Of anything excop. that 1--we
you. l love you 80 we'll that l would
stain my hands with blood. Yea, l
would sell my soul to Satan. if By so
doing, l might win one look or ole
word of love from you"
at is useless to spend more words
upon the subject, Walter, so let's go.
Oh! see how dark it has growa. my
friends will be searching f)r ms."
"Hs! ha! ha! let you 60? Your
friends will be searching for you, HI
ha! let them search, search this old
mogntaiu over, search until the hair
on their heads tnrns gray; but they will
never fad you, Mabel, never, never
till you are nine"
"Villian, stand aside and let ms
pass"
"Never."
"Stand aside and let this lady p ,sp
or by the Saints I'll put bulle
through your head"
Turning they beheld man st md
ing near them, an caught gleam o
n pistol.
stand aside, sir" came in the SAM
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Owing III sickness your c,rre
spondent din't get his letter I'll t,
THE TINES st week.
Camp Jefies U. G. Veterans viii
meet at Wkinsville next Saturda,
to elect degates and a sponsor t,
represent tn camp at Gre ,nvil', Aug
l,s and Pad
Mrs. job A. M. Estes was qnit,
sick last yek. She is batter now.
DR.. I. S. 7 Ward, Of Hickory, was
hsr physi}m.
MIR. anf Hrs. Joe Estes had very
sick bah lat week. DR.. S. G. Sar
ratt at}6Sd it ami the little sufferer
is nowhIch better and sill iimprov
ing.
LargYcongregations attended both
A5inga6 Creek and Salem churc hes
yesterdE! The former congregation
e'ectedGC. Dormer, p. S. Weber
sl2 ;,MesC 9. Jeflcie, as delegates to
reprasenk at the meeting of the
association IT GaffIey next m )nth.
- The prot acted meeting will begin
at Salem oj Friday before the first
Sabbath iJ August.
The eph along Thicke'y and
Gilkystcieeks planted after the
recent fRfets is now up and ready
nr the pgws, and farmers will pusi,
it, 1t Wf make hard even if the
fall is. lae, otherwise, it will make
good shoyfeed.
Everybody th,t wants an office in
Cherok i bounty hereafter must 60
before te primary and get the en-
lorsemeltefa maj ,rity Of the Dem
ocratic ssdses s7ss:, ~, II
The co1ntl campaign will open at
Mabry sMIsou the OH and close al
Ga1ney tae 9th of August.
.-aslA ~ VOX.
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LETTER FROM TOWNSVILLE.
Grass COnquered--Bie Excursion.
Good HeaIth-- Board of Health.

We hna fine rain in this section
of the country last Thursday night,
which has given the crops a good send
off. Most of the grass has been con-
quered, and the crops are getting in
g,oi shape and are being laid bye.
Crops are late; but they are looking
we'll, and there ia no reason to de-
spair If the seasons hold out.
About one hundred people from
Lockhart c,me up by ra | on an ex.
cursiou last Thursday. The excur-
sion was in charge Of DR.. Brawley
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There is living il Lea i"r-in fact,
he holds n high possession ia ficm of
eastera msrchalts-, Chinese gentle.
man who has for mary years belonged
to the Boxers secre; society in China,
and with whom a epra'"uta'ive of the
Express mas hsA m IS. s.i.iecasting in-
terview. It is as'o i'oin how much
this terrible B'x.r had - say for him.
self and fJr his asoc;a.es.
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authoritative tone. 1t was all 9, su 1.
den, and unexpected that he stepped
back with an exclamation of surprise,
aud in doing 80 his f,ot slipped IN a
rock, aud Walter Pierce f,ll head
long down . steep precipice.
:isOa!stha TX you, sir, for coming TO
my assistance aud rescuing me from
the insults of that man."
"Do not speak of thanks, am only
too gla1 to be of service to you. Per
init me-" with bow, to escort YOU
back to your fsiends."
Il am stopping at the Glenn"
she said, taking his offered arm 1--WE
only arrive! this afternoon, and 1 bs.
ing perfectly familiar with the SIR.
roundings decided to take a stroll
a.onc as the rest of the party was tir
ed. l became 80 engrossed in med:-
tation that l took NJ heed of time or
my footsteps, and before was aware
OF it, l Wis far up the side of the
mountain, and it was growing qaite
late. l turnsd and was hurryisf
isss ne%s with %hsa %a.sss ssdlsa|s sssa
was surprised is putting it mildly, for
to tell tn, truth left New York to
escape his attentions as they were
disagreeable to me, and he would not
take q refusal. 1 was very cautious
not to let any one, except my warmest
friends, know that 1 was leaving, OF
when | was going; aud how he found
it out | do not know, unless come of
them betrayed ne.
When We met I made a pretense
of being glad to see him, and I told
him that l was hurrying back to my
friends; but to my astonishment he
laughed at me aud told me that
could never see my friends again, ex.
cept consented t. become his wife.
What the result would have b zen ha
you not come to my rescue. do not
know for l could never have given
my consent"
When they arrived at home they
found Mable's friends greatly alarmed
o'ei hot PioiouSou doseuce, anu
party was in the act cf starting to
search for her. Q ,estions were asked
and j)kes cracked at their expense,
but when they related their adven.
ture, their friends were quite indig.
nanI; and called down terrible ven.
gence upon Walter Pierce's head.
But in spite of her unpleasant ad-
venture, Mabel spent delightful
summer at the little m)uatain hotel.
In fact the pleasaut,st of her life, for
when tho roses come again, there will
be grand wedding II New York.
The contracting parties b,ing our
hero aud heroine.
And Walter Pierce what becam, of
him? R,aly | do not know. Some
said that B,elzsbub carried him of
alive. others that he hal escaped nn>
harmed and had left for part, IN
known. b. that as it may, he has
never crossed M4bers path again,
and let us hope that he never will.
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FARMERS ,T;rurE CLEMSON.

The annual far rners' insti ute at
C':msor College begins on Auyrst
18th an | continues through on- week.
The railroads have granted one fare
rate f;om all parts of the State. Good
hoard and c,mf'rtahIe lodging will be
furnished at so ceAts a day. Tents
may be used by those who wish them
snsussaeaa 5 aaast spsf f1 A number Of dis
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-07-20
THE TOWN OF UNION HAS

Two Cotton Mills, one the
largest in the South. Two Fur
ntture and Wood Manufacture
ing Concerns, One Female
Seminary. Water Works and
Electric Lights.
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band wa, on hand to discourse sweet
music. After a st,y of about twJ
hours taking in the town AMI dispens
ing of refresments, the excursionists
returned to L,ckhart. They we're a
very good looking, Intelligent an or.
derly crowd and will be quite vel
come to come back again ON an ex.
cursion to our town.
Mrs. A. G. Spencer, wao has been
in the hospital for the insane for f.w
months, was discharged and returned
to her home last Saturday. Nc. Spen
GER, the husband, has the sympathy
of hi, many friends in his troubles
with his dementsd wife. 1t ia hon id
that she will now re:aia her reason.
Boyd Scott, the little son tf Mr..
Il, w. Scott, was monkeying with
freight train last week. and got his
hand and arm badly hurt. aud his
face consi lerably bruised. Boys had
better qrit jumping on and off the
moving freight traius.
Rev. l.. M. Rice filled the app,in
ment IF Rev. d. G. Freeman here Sun.
day, and Rev. Mr.. Freeman preached
at Union for Rev. Mr.. Rice. This ex.
change of pulpits seems t, b, quite
good idea aud VIII prove bsne Fl .ial
to the church.
The delegates from j )nesville who
attended the District Conference at
Laurens last week returned Saturday.
We expected to get the District Con.
ference here next year but are disa,.
pointe1 as Pacolet was elected FIR the
next Conference.
Mr.. B. M. Whitlock, who is very
successful with watermelon culture,
has brought several loads of fue mei>
ons to town. He will have q IAN
tity of melons for the marke. this
season.
Miss Willie S,uthlrl has returned
from an extended visit to relatives in
GsffIey and G iftou. -
Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Harris. sof
Browns Creek, Speut yesterday inJ
Jonesville. = 81
Mess,s. NJ B.. Lssss. 4 Greg,ry| e
AMI r ,b.. Ho.c5mbS of 3 9ansville,
were in J9nesyills Inst week. They
brought oysr 5a wheat to the Nc
Whirler x6)1er niills.
q Bale, and family have
g ksd From Z visissto relatives
ness In our town, we are very free
from anything like fever or any other
loaths) )me disease aud our town is
really in very healthy condition.
The local board of hsalth is very
active and energetic in trying to keep
the town we'll policsd and in a healthy
condition. The board don't, however,
always meet with a welcome reception
when they g. round inspecting peo.
ple's premises. A very Improbable
and unthankful Office Is this board of
health.
Mr.. John w. Sanders, candidate
for Sheriff, was in our town last week
shakin hand with his friends.
TELEPHONE.
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STATE NEWS.
Gathered From Our EXCHANGES and
Condensed for Quick Reading.
WHO CAN BEAT IT!

Mr.. E. P. Hen 1ers,n, on Thu. .May
last, picked a tomato out of his garden
that weighed 25 ounces. 1t was Peter
Henderson's Ponderosa variety. This
will be hard to beat journal & Re-
view.
NEW EASK AT HONEA PATH.
The stockholds of the Bunk of
Honea Path met last week and organ.
'zsd by clecting the f,lowing officer.:
President, j. j. Fretwel'; Vice Prosi.
lem, &. M. Sair!e,; Cashier. J. G..
Nj f,rd; directors, II. A. Moore. J. II.
Callahan, l. A. M rris, Il. F. Gassa.
way, }. II. Austin and DR.. J. + Shirley.
This gives Honea Path two Banks.
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The largest Knitting Mill and
Dye Plant in the State. An Oil
and Manufacturing Co. that
makes an unexcelled Guano.
Three Graded Schools. Arte-
sian Water. Population 6,5CO.
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OVER COME BY THE HEAT.

A negro convict on Nr. w. @ Ham
mrnd's t',rm aud one on Mr.. +. S.
Fo vler's farm died last Wednesday
afternoon. B'th were overcome by the
heat of the sun aai died in a short
while at er they were stricken down,
though everything possible was done
to relieve them.-Auiers IN late ii.
gencer.
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8 MA Tow evident purpose is 10 .
retire In flvoF of Mr.. Stevenso
Such action OH his part will advance
him in the estimation of his fellow
countrymen, since it will show con.
C usively that he places the principles
t)r which he stands abJve his personal
ambitions Daily (Columbia( Record.
THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE.
TIE burning issue of imperialism,
growing out OF the Spanish war, in.
wolves the very existence of the Re
public and the destruction of or free
institutions. We regard it as the
paramount issue of the campaign.-
From the Democratic Platform. T..
LORD ROBERTS CHANGES HIS TUNE.
1t was "liberty, peace and prosper.
ity" which Lord R,bsrts in his fret
proclamation said he was going to
secure for South Africa. Liberty has
entirely disappeared, peace has been
indefinitely postponed and prosperity
has adj burned sine oie.-The Atlanta
Journal.
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The whitc man who waits for argu.
mauts to prove to him that he is su.
perior to IL negro is a poor specimen
of the Anglo Saxon. A vote against
the Amendment is q votc to ca ializs
the negro and the white man. A vote
frr the Amendment means that you
alrca ,y know that the white race is
the superior race.-The Wilson On.
CO. News.
u THIS Nor TRUE2
Curses, like chickens, c)me home
to roost." That jealousy of Russia
and the greed of gain which prompted
the representatives. of European
powers to drill the Chinese in modern
warfare and the merchants Of Europe
to supply them with unlimited stores
of tho finest war material has made
the slaughter of Pekin possibly and
the the snbjection of China impossible
without vast expenditure. The
Chinese took tho German drilling that
was ment to strengthed them agains,
Russia and applied is against Christen
dom; they took the arms of Europe
and used them against the world
Ten years ago such reverse as tha
suffered by the allied troops would
have been impossible, but now there
is no knowing what forces will be re
qrired to overcome the hordes who
! have been drilled and equipped with
the best of modern arms--The Colum
bia State.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-24
The First House.

Some time ago the dead letter Office In
Washington received foreign letter ad.
dressed to the First House In America"
The chief clerk of the puzzle bureau sent
the letter to the federal barge Office of
New York on the theory that this would
be the first house entered by a foreign
Immigrant landing In America. His the
ory proved correct, for when the letter
was opened it was found to contain a
communication in Russian informing the
immigration commissioner of the impend-
Ing arrival of some Polish Jewesses who
expected to be met at the barge Office by
their relatives. "The first house In Amer
lea" is not bad description for the little
gray stone building that stands at the tip
end Of New York surmounted by turret
and flagstaff flying faded specimen Of
Old Glory above the vertical stripes and
stars of the custom house. This is where
all immigrants admitted to New York
first set foot on dry land.-Collier's
Weekly.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-24
NO TRUSTEE
ELECTED.
The Deadlock in Levy
Court Still Continues
Despite the Fact
that Hanley was
Dropped.

Tho deadlock in the Levy Court over
the election Of a Trustee Of Tho Poor to
succseed Lewis Dickey; On the first ballot
there were five complimentary votes cast
by the mem bsrs. Mr.. Nealey nomin-
ated John J. Cotton.
On the first ballot he received but one
voc. that of Mr. Mealey, who placed him
in nomination. A number of county off.
Gals were elected by tho trustees previous
to the efforts made to elect trustee.
When 1t was announced by Chairman
Scott that it was in order to ballot for d
trus ee Of the poor Commissioner White
nominated Patrick Fuhey. Commission
or John j. Mealey nomina ted j I'm J.
Cotton; Commissioner Scott Lewis Dick
Kitchens, and Commissioner Lynn A. Is.
Gillespie. On the first ballot each 70.
ceived one. On The second ballot the vote
was as follows: Dicksy, /; Cotton, .;
Kitchens. /; Gillipic, /. During he other
ballo the votes varied Sometimes Col
ton received 2 and at other times Diokey
received q After the first two ballots Mr..
Gillespie received the two Republican
votes. There wero number Of spscta.
Dickey who followed the balloting closely.
The following constablss were elected
without opposition: Wilmington hun
dred William p. Windish, Alfred Hur-
lock, H. X. smith. NJ. d. Hughes; Appo-
quinimink, N. II Van Horn. St Georges,
:. II. Collins: Brandy wins e. w. Green.
field; ChristiaDa Paul J. Began aud j.
+. Porter; Mill Creek W. G. Pisrson;
New Castle. NJ. B. Fleming; Psncad.r,
w. I. Money; White Clay creek, A. j.
Mote; Red Lion, D w. Cush
There were few changes. Collins sue
ceeda Constable Hushabeck in S.. Georges
hundred. Money succeeds Walther in
In Pepcader hundred
Bridget 'ndsrs were elected as follows:
Market street, W. L. Grson, G. K. Swan;
Eleventh ptreet, Dsvid c. Webb: Seven b
street. James I Dsviin; Washing on
stree, John Carney; Brandywins, John
I. Simpson; Hewport, William Lyman;
Christiana, Ezskiel. Wheatlsy; Church.
mans. William Hunter; Odessa, Samuel
Hugglns; Fenimore. William Shaw; |
Fleming's John Lckernan,
Dr. John ]. Black of New Castle was |
elected jail physician, and Messrs White,
Padberg and Schuart were 9 eossd jail |
The folio wing changes
were made Ia thaAssessnent: ]. H. Clark,
and S. r. Smkh, Red Lion hundred
stricken from The lit. The assessment OF
:. X. Smith in he'd Lion hundred was re-
iuced from sl2,S55 toi9S25
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Pennsylvania Railroad
PHILADELPHIA. WILMINGTON AM
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wilmington rs as SsAptes bs so ~ = n IL
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MaChiuistS Strike.

Cleveland, OHIO, March GA
largely attended and enthusiastic
meeting of the striking machinists
was held early to-day. According
to reports received more men claim
ed that not less than 1900 men had
joined the movement.
In addition to these it was point
ed out that in many establishments
a large number of moulders and
pattern makers had necessarily
been compelled to cease work owing
to the machinists' strike.
H. F.. Deyens, secretary of the
National Metal Trades Association
arrived in the city to-day to look
after the employers interests. He
said that apparently the strike
would spread all over the country.
His association would, he stated,
endeavor to furnish men to take the
places Of the strikers in Cleveland
as far as possible.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-03-24

Il reckon there are enough policemen
In New York to squclch any riot that you
might have" said western man who
had been studying Broadway, "for |
don't see any old time shutters on the
windows Of the stores. In my town. as
well as many others in the west. during
the civil war, where we had no police,
the old fashioned shutters were all the
protection the business men had against
jayhawkers and bushwhackers. The shut
tiers were made of oak and were screwed
in front of the windows at night and TAX
en- down In the morning. When the jay.
hawkers and bushwhackers came yelling
down the street. our merchants rushed
out and put up the shutters, If they had
time.
'The enemy knew better than to try to
batter the shutters or shoot through
them, for they couldn't do it. When the
merchants put up the shutters in such an
attack, they locked the door and fed to
the cellars and staid there until the dis
turbance was over. Cellars were as safe
from jayhawkers and bushwhackers as
they are from cyclones. Cellars and oak
shutters are great protection. But !
haven't seen IN oak shutter in New
York. New York Sun.