The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-26

with a Great FIariDe of Trump
cts and Blowing of Whistles.
Prospects Favorable For Good
Weather.
The Big Carnival under the aus
l'pices Of the Knights OF Pythias Is in
full blast in Union. The speelers are
putting in their best licks, and the
surging crowds arc swaying hither
| and thither with a desire to take in
the whole thing. The small boy is
in his glory, and the larger ones are
not losing any Of the enjoyment Of
the occasion.
The erection Of the tents, booths,
ETC., began Monday, and the ringing
hammers aud saws could be heard on
oil sides until noon of Tuesday, by
which time everything was in readi.
ness, and the show people took rest
to await the signal at o'clock Tues
day night for the grand opening Of
the whole business all at once.
There are fourteen shows and
dozen booths, lunch stands, shooting
stands, ring pitching stands, etc.
There are something over $50 per PIE
in the aggregation. The whole com
posing the
CLAYTON CARNIVAL COMPANY.
Each show is under the general
supervision Of the owner, w. s. Clay.
ton, a native born South Carolinian,
and an excellent, high-toned gentle
man. He has his accomplished wife
and charming daughter along with
him, and they have already made
number Of friends in Union.
Each show is under the manage
ment of different men. Mr.. H. L.
Bush, of Texas, is in charge Of the
Adams & Hatch shows, Of which there
are four. These shows consist OF the
Eruption Of Mt. Pelee, the Funeral
of Mckinley, the Electrocution of
the Assassin Czolgosz and the Mon
key and Dog Show. These shows are
clean and high classed and are pat
roDized by ladies and children as
we'll as men.
TO sEl THE SHOWS.
To take in all the shows q good
plan is to 60 down below the jail and
start at the beginning, you will find
the first three tents on the vacant
lot this side of Mr.. Dan Blacks resi-
dence.
The merry-go-round occupies the
first position, where you can get
ride either on horse back or in char
lot.
Dog and monkey show. This is
the second tent, where you will find
the well trained dogs and the mis-
chievous monkey. Ono Iof the spec
ial features Of this show is the high
diving dog, which is seen to leap
from height Of As feet. This dog
show is an interesting sight.
Gay Paris comes next. Here is
where you can get glimpse of the
famous Midway dancers and high
kickers. Gay Paris will no doubt
receive a very liberal patronage. It
always does.
ON MAIN STREET.
Then comes the tents erected on
Main street. First you see an attrac-
tive sign in front of a tent Of solid
black cloth, which announced that
on the inside is to be seen the Girl
From up There. The features are
the Spanish dance, the fire dance,
illustrated song and poses plastique.
Then comes the Old Plantation,
which Is q vaudeville entertainment
showing the old time plantation me-
gro miustrels, interesting to ladies
and children as we'll as men. 1t is a
clean show and the old time negro
camp meeting, corn shucking, frolics,
ETC.. are irresistible.
Then comes the moving picture
show, produced by an electric ma
chine, the Funeral of Mckinley, the
Electrocution of Czolgosz, and the
Eruption of Mt. Pelee. The statute
turning to life is sight worth see-
ing, 1t is full Of mystery, and you
can't help wondering how it Is done
after you have seen 1t. The eruption
of Mt. Pelee is calculated to jar your
nerves, but it is an interesting sight,
and gives some idea of the terrible
disaster, of which SO much has been
written this year. The funeral of
Mckinley is reproduced by tho ia
NOUS electric pictures. You can al
most imagine you hear tho tread Of
the horsesand the tramp of the SOL
diers, who seem to be real living
beings. President Mckinley is shown
delivering his address 20 minutes be-
fore he was assassinated. This, the
funeral and the electrocution are
very realistic.
Then comes CISCO, the snake eater,
who leafs 'em alive" This is a
sight worth seeing once, but when
you have seen 1T once you are salts
fled, the horror Of the thing makes
one shudder. This tent Is near po-
lice headquarters. While across the