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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-12-04
Mis siOna1y service at Pad
Gett'S Creek Church.

EDITOR UNION TiMES:-With Your
pSimiss!on, | Will sketch You the pre-
co 'diI rs OF vc!y pleasant and Irulit-
"bi" day siCni at Padgett's Chmch last
Sunday. In The abstlce Of our pastor,
Ne listened to All inte. est ting sermon hy
fev. Mr.. Woifo! d, Of Enoree. He used
lrr a text tie middle clause Of the tenth
Verse OF The sixth chapter nf Matthew,
which reads, "Tny viii bs done.'' Tie
sermol and communion services com.
pletcd, the w. II. Society took charge
ot "a missionary service and carried out a
Deaulfui program, beginning with sing-
i3g and prayer
IA Missionary Plea was lcci.ed by
four girls, w, Misses Helen Murphy.
MARY Bailey, Frances and Nellie vii.
burn, Who rendered their parts W II
"A Flower Exercise" came next. six
llttls girls came forward, singing, lis
RELIGION that can give" c;c. 1St. Frau
csS Wiiburn, carving IL bruQuet of
roses, 2 d, Nellie Wiburn, a bunch of
lilies; Bad, Iona Humphries, a sheaf Of
WHEAT; 4th Manuel Murphy, a pee. of
vine; 9Th, IEtZ Johns III, Il s,a,: Oh
larger girl, Miss Ella Wilburn, becomes
$50 ,n "l,' '.e'' III each Sii,' as 'hty
rr',,;,'' ''Sui ~ ',.i' Ssnhool OF The
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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-12-04
HAMPTON MONUnIsNT FUND.

The. committee in charge of collect.
ing the $40, 900 Of popular subscrip
tion, which is necessary 10 secure tie
States appropriation Of $2O coo, for
the erection Of monument 10 Gen
Hampton, has written a letter to
Senator Douglass asking him to see
that Union county's assessment Of
$3.50 be made up and forwnric be
fore the meeting Of the legislature
next month. Capt. Douglass has
appointed collectors in several place.
in the county, bat ifany orc wishing
to subscribe doesn't meet one of
these collectors, ho can send rontri-
button direct to Capt Douglass. Aoy
amount, no matter how small, will
be received. All should give accord
ing to their means for this noble pnr-
rose.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-12-04
UNION, S. c., DECEMBER 4, 1903

The SuDre re Court has hr1Ae'i dow:
an imp mtant discussion thai y Il rha'-'
th3 cininc: Of dis0srsa"y c'mrtatlS IT.
regard to seiziag liquor in Tie EaadS "t
comm N clrriers. They can 10 io".tr
order Ialros or exintss agents to viii
hold suspicious Ioo&inu packages, even
should the cDr-iSnee be n0tmiotN
bird tiger. L'quor h'ou2ht iito tie
State bya Common clrti"r is ot !i"t (
to seizure till i; has leCn actually d,liN-
cred. The opinion If the court was
written by Jus, ice Wood and coScurrcd
in all he ntler nc nbrrS.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-12-04

7 he Spartarburg Journal says J
Northern men and 3 capitalist ore IL.
terested in the manufactures o: six
goods, aud the other = railroad man,
spent Monday il SrHrtanhurg look
ipg over the city with the phrp"ss III
view OF establishing plan. for II"
manufacture of silk goods.
Silk manufacture is assuming large
propotions in America, but has not
yet reached a point as far South. 1t
is believed that this section is better
a lap pied tn silk manufcc.mrr, as well
as culture, than any other.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-12-04

which was about to enter on difficult
financial undertakings. In bis
speech MIR. Piatt, the author of the
Plat amendment, denied that we ex-
crclsed u prctectorate over Cuba, or
that Cuba was in any way our ward.
Senator Teller said that without
wishing to enter into the debate, he
wanted TO declare that Cuba was in
no way 81 dependency Of this coun-
try, aud that any international law
Yer would set such contention
down as absolutely absurd.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-12-04
FHrniaH Endowment Raised,

TIE Baptist Minister'S Conference
%Ssertb!cd in -, First baptist hurch
j. ~un,t on No d,y.
Pastor Blown uperrd the meeting by
rraf'Ig il telegram stating that Rev.
joel | Allen had succeeded in raising
SlO5 600 for tn endowment of Furman
University, thus securing Prof. Judson' $
$50 $50. The totai addition to Furman
Is ST. 1000
he conference elected G. W. Bass.v.
Chairman, and Louis j. Brstow, Sec'y.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-12-04
}TaShiu ItOu Letter.

has SEN word to Minister Nari!la
that the document viii be signe1
quickly and returned to Washington.
This promptness was urged by Min
lister Narila and is in marked con-
trast t. the slowness of Coiombin iu
taking any action on the treaty.
The Colombia peace or war ennis
sary, General Reyes, has arrived
here, and if he shows that he is duly
accreiittcd, viii be received by the
Presi lieut.. lie has, Of course, no
hope of saving Punama to Columbia,
Tor as the Panama minister expresses
t, Panama has served the meal.
and it has been caten." Neither
vii! he be able TO make the Aimiuis-
trarion look seriously u ca Colon,
bias threat Of war lie may succeed
in getting money indemnity for
Columbia, and in forcing Panama 10
take over her share Of the Colombian
debt, This question will be p:cscnt.
ed to our government by the new
British Ambassador, Sir Henry
Mortimer Dnrand. who will press tbe
claims Of the English bondholler1,
that the new republic should assure
"a pro rata portion Of the common
debt. Alter such m agreement is
reached, England will no doubt rec
oguize the republic. Much Of the
debt was incurred by Colombia, dur
ing the war Of liberation from Spain,
started in 1919, Panama took prrt
in tie war, but did not sign tic pa
pers, uniting her to Co}ombia until
1929. From this fact thc Panamese
argue thnt they arc not bound b. the
debt.
A discussion Of the situation in
Panama Was brought up in the Sen,
ate by Senator Morgan, who made u
long speech, severely criticising the
President aud his policy toward the
new republic. The occasion Of the
speech was the announcement that
Senator Morgan was succeeded by
J Va
tue Committee on lnter-OCeauic Ca
mails, ard before IL vas finished these
two rivals in canal matters became
involved il Il discussion a. to whether
President Mckinley favored the
NiCarauI1n route. Senator Hanna
showed that lie did no..
HAS tic President any excuse,
said the Senator from Allbama, "foy
his failure to carry into effect tic
agreement with Nicarauga and Costa
Kica, unless it be resentment TOWARD
Colombia and qualification Of person
al ambition which the law dcpriv,s
him Of further po"cr to indulge:
Whatever the incentive, he will fail
to carry The people with him in his
wild and ineXcusable raid"
There have been several discus.
sions in the Senate on Cuban affairs.
The Latest was speech by Senator
Carmack in which he attempted to
ridicule the Presidents message
urging the passage Of an act 20 rem
der the treaty valid. He told us
that We must ratifY il to save our
honor and help our trade Il vas
an opportunity to worship God and
get your money back; to be dill
gent in business while serving The
Lord. lie presented the Cuban
treaty in the Il ,uhln .snnrt of , kr
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-12-04
, SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ADVERTISER ENTS

One square, first Insertion I.0O.
Every ,bsequent insertion 50cents
Con acts for three months or LONGER
will be made at reluCed rates.
Locals inserted at 81 cents 4 Live.
Rejected miouStCirr VIII not hr re-
turned. Obituaries and tributes If re-
spect will hs charged for at hall rates,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-04

THE senate had under consideration
last Friday a bill providing that rail-
road and steamship lines doing busi-
ness in this state should be required to
carry free Of charge dispensary Off
cials and county officers, travelling on
official business. This same PROPOSE
ton has been before the general as
sembly on two or three previous occa-
sions. It is important principally as
showing the bent Of mind Of some
would-be lawmakers. Why it would
be more Just to require railroads to
carry these officials free than it would
be to require hotels to feed and lodge
them free or merchants to give them
goods free is difference we cannot
understand. Possibly the idea Of the
originator Of this remarkable bill Is
that the railroads should be required
to do that much for county and state
in addition to the taxes they pay.
Even if that were all, the bill would be
outrageous in principle; but it is i'm
possible that that would be all. Many
officers would make use Of their priv
ilege to travel on their own business
and pleasure and would virtually own
the transportation lines, etc. The bill
was very properly killed by an over
whelming majority.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-04

SINCE the arrival Of Mr.. Bowen, the
United States minister to Venezuela, at
Washington, that city has been the
centre Of the Venezuelan quarrel.
Minister Bowen, as has already been
stated, has charge Of Venezuela's inter-
est, with power to settle in accordance
with certain instructions from Presi-
dent Castro. 1t appears, that ante
dating the British and German claims
there are certain admitted claims by
France, Belgium and the United
States. AS the result of a previous
affair with France, the Venezuelan
government agreed along about 1866
to pay a certain amount that had been
fixed upon as equitable. With the con-
sent Of Venezuela, France had been
administering the customs at two or
three ports and applying 80 per cent. OF
the same to the payment Of her admit
ted claims. Later there was an ar
rangement under which the French
government surrendered her right Of
administration of the Venezuelan GUS
toms on condition that Venezuela reg
ularly pay certain stipulated amount.
The amount has not yet been paid in
full. Venezuela has also acknowledged
certain Indebtedness to the United
States; but has never paid any part of
it. Last week Minister Bowen propos-
ed that Venezuela would accept the
claims Of Great Britain, Germany and
Italy, provided those countries would
be willing to put their claims on the
same basis with the claims already
acknowledged. Great Britain and Ger
many refused to consider this PROPOSE
tion, insisting that their claims must
be paid at once, and regardless of the
previously acknowledged claims. This
demand has brought the French gov
ernment more prominently to the front
than at first and created community
Of interest between the United States,
France and Belgium. Up to last Sat-
urday, Minister Bowen was still hold
ing out for his proposition. A compro-
mise measure looking to the surren-
der Of 30 per cent. Of the Venezuelan
customs for a given time, after which
this 30 per cent. will be divided among
the various claimants equally until all
their claims have been paid, has been
submitted by the representatives Of
Great Britain and Germany. This
proposition, however, has not yet been
acted upon and so the matter stands
at this time. 1t is beginning to look
as If the quarrel will not be settled un-
til it goes to The Hague tribunal. No
body seems to be looking for any real
ly serious complications.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-04
LOCAL AEFAIR5.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

]. L. Stacy, Surveyor-Offers his ser
vices to parties wanting land sur
veyed or other work of that char
acter.
D. C. Clark-Requests that parties who
have subscribed for The Enquirer on
his club and have not yet paid for it,
to please do so before March 1st.
R. Banks Black-Requests parties sub
scribing for The Enquirer on his club
to please pay him or at this office be-
fore March 1st.
]. @. Wray-Says he does not carry the
biggest stock Of shoes on earth, but
he does claim to give you as good
value for your dollar as any dealer
in these parts. -
Heath Elliott Mule Co.-Wants you to
know that they do not consider the
mule season closed, and also that
they are ready to serve you. when
you want a mule. ...s.i
T. w. Speck, The Jeweler-Talks about
his new line of cut glass-in this
week-and his sterling silver and 9TH
er goods suitable for wedding souven-
irs. He says his prices are right.
J. ]. Keller & Co.-Their cat tells q
pitiful story of its fear when people
tools and building hardware at such
low figures.
Jas. M. Starr & Co-Talk about the
merits of the w. c.. Macmurphy Co.'S
high grade fertilizers. They say that
there are none better made.
w. M. Kennedy, Agent-Invites your
attention to his stock Of tinware, and
says you cannot do better than see
him for goods Of this character. He
also tells you one or two Of the many
uses that can be made Of meat
chopper. Price $1.25 each.
Sam M. Grist-Says he Is proud Of his
two-year old fire insurance agency
and is grateful for the patronage Of
his friends.
Strauss-Smith Co.-Offer their entire
stock of millinery to close 1t out
They will sell 1t to any responsible
party and rent the party buying the
stock the room in the rear Of theil
store. They prefer to sell out the
millinery business, but say that they
may be forced to continue 1t, If ne
purchaser Is found.
Riddle & Carroll-Have several mules
on hand that they want to sell fol
cash or on good paper, or they vii
rent the animals to responsible par.
ties. They want you to see them FOL
fertilizers. "
w. B. Moore & Co.-Have recently re-
ceived a new stock cotton mattress
es ranging in price from "a to $40
They want to sell you anything yol
need in house furnishing goods.
Longman &. MartineZ-Offer free pain
to institutions supported by volunta
ry contributions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-04
ny WAY OF SUGGESTION.

3J A gentleman who lives beyond
Turkey creek, on the Pinckney road,
wants THE ENQUIRER to call the at
tention Of the people interested to the
fact that the almost impossible hills
just without the corporate limits OF
Yorkville may be profitably avoided
by changing the location Of the road.
To grade down these hills and put
them in proper shape for ordinary
travel will cost some $4,000 or $4,000.
By relocating the road, however, so as
to follow the course Of the branch just
beyond the first mile post outside OF
Yorkville, the hills may be avoided
with but a trifing addition to the dis
tance to the travelled. The idea SEEM
to be worthy of serious consideration.
81' A number Of people who live o..
the Lincoln road, are becoming arous"
ed at the Importance Of making needed
improvements. The road is in horrible
condition for almost it's entire length
through the county, and especially af-
ter it approaches within two Or three
miles of Yorkville. Because the Char
lotte road is so much better, a great
deal Of the travel from the northern
part OF the county has been diverted
over it, many people going miles out
Of the way to avoid the hills and mud
through which they have to pass as
they near Yorkville. Because of the
extraordinary demands upon it, the
Charlotte road is giving away more
rapidly than would be the case If 1t
were only required to take care Of its
own traffic. All Of these things have
been taken into due consideration by
some Of the Lincoln road people, and
hence the interest that is being awak-
ened. One responsible citizen advises
THE ENQUIRER that he will contribute
500 for the improvement Of the road
in cooperation with others interested,
and he says he Is not alone in the mat
ter. Many Of his neighbors are will
ing to subscribe according to their
means. 1t Is quite probable that so
soon as all the people who are interest
ed begin to appreciate the situation as
it really is, something practical will
be done.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-04
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Last Monday was a good day for
almost everybody. There Is hardly a
business in the town that did not get
some benefit from the crowd Of visi-
tors that filled the town.
The trade in mule flesh was lead
ing feature Of Mondays business In
Yorkville. Altogether there were more
than a hundred mules on the market
and numerous sales were made during
the day.
AT the suit Of Johnson Bros. VS.. B.
F. Briggs, the sheriff on Monday sold
a lot of II acres, located In the town
of Yorkville and levied on as the prop
eryt Of the defendant. Bought by J..
@. Wray for $50.
The size of the first Monday crowd
came fully up to expectations. There
were people here from all parts of the
county, and speaking generally, the
visitors were on their good behavior
There was much less drunkenness and
rowdyiSm than has been seen on sew
eral previous salesdays.
Constable Rose and Policeman
Whitener arrested Negro named Bob
Davis in back lot last Monday for
sellirg liquor in violation of the dis
pensary law. Two cases were made
out against the Negro before Mayor
Willis, and the sentence in each case
was $50 or thirty days. The Negro
went to the chaingang.
The Tennyson club met on Friday
afternoon last with Mrs. G. H. O'Leary.
There were more in attendance than
usual, so that it was an especially good
meeting. The Idyll under discussion
e,f,, irrc q IL
tiful one Of the series, Lancelot and
Elaine; and as the matchless words
of the poet fell in silvery music from
the lips of the reader Of the occasion,
Mrs. w. F. Marshall, new beauties
unrolled themselves before the minds
of the listeners, and the pathos Of the
saddest love story in English literature
sank deep into their hearts. The dis
cussion after the reading is always
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-04

they sell to the public just as other
commodities are treated by other bus
mess men. Instead Of conniving with
the newspaper men in perpetrating
such frauds as are outlined in the six
propositions laid down above, the Fed
eral government is trying to do all it
can to prevent the use Of the mails
for the purposes Of blackmail. Un-
der the postal regulations as they now
stand, a publisher violates the law
when he send a paper to a subscriber
without authority from the subscriber
or when he sends the paper beyond the
limit authorized and paid for. The
postoffice department grants an es-
pecially low rate Of postage on news
papers sent to bonafide subscribers;
but does not allow the privilege of
this rate on papers sent to others than
subscribers or to papers sent to sub
scribers beyond the subscription pc
riod. In the case Of an issue between
a publisher and an alleged subscriber
under any one Of the six conditions
laid down above, the publisher would
find that not only was he mistaken as
to the assumed obligation Of the al
legged subscriber; but that his own
obligation is even more exacting than
the assumed obligation Of the other
fellow only. appeared to be.
Of course If would-be subscriber
makes a bona fide contract to take a
newspaper for six months, one year or
two years, as the case may be, then
there is no question of the fact that
both he and the publisher are bound
alike by the contract. But contract
for six months or year does not war
rant a publisher in assuming that he
has a right to send paper for two
years and collect for the same. The
proposition is so utterly repugnant to
all the principles of law and equity as
to be absolutely absurd and it Is diff
ficult to comprehend how anybody
could give the thing second serious
thought.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-04
THE COMMON PLEAS.

The extra term Of the court Of COM
mon pleas recently called to be held
in this county, convened on Monday
with his honor, Judge Chas. G. Dantz-
ler presiding, according to appoint
ment.
The following jurors answered to
their names upon the call Of the
venire: w. ]. Jones, ]. Hope Adams,
w. D. Dunlap, J. Brown Neil, J. N
Benfield, J. M. Caldwell, John W.
GLADDEN., J. B. Davis, Leslie
Smith, L. A. McGill, ]. G. McKeown,
M. L. Thomasson, w. J. Roddey, W.
C. Whitesides, Samuel Mccall, J. P.
Darnell, R. B. Bigger, B. F. Bennett,
A. L. Neely, w. P. Locke, H. A. Falls,
w. R. Biggers, S. H. Hay, Jr, J. E.
Lowry, w. G. Duncan, J. C. Harper,
C. H. Sandifer, R. G.. Shillinglaw.
The sheriff reported P. B. Phillips,
w. S. Henry, T. B. Roach and w. M.
Kimbrell, mot found" and Messrs.
Woods N. Steele, H. A. Falls and w. j.
Roddey were excused.
The first case taken up was that of
the M. C. Mayer Grocery company VS..
Grist Cousins. The amount claimed
was $239.50 and the suit was really
against Mr.. r. B. Riddle, who had been
held out as a member of the firm. The
plaintiffs swore that they had sold
the goods on Mr.. Riddles credit on ac-
count of certain advertisements that
they claimed to have seen previously
holding Mr.. Riddle out as partner.
The defense claimed that Mr. Riddle
had never been an actual partner in
the business, and endeavored to show
that the plaintiff had never seen the
advertisements in question until after
the debt had been contracted. 1t was
shown concusively that the plaintiff
had been selling goods to the defen-
dant before Mr.. Riddle was held out
as a member of the firm. The jury
found for the plaintiff in the sum of
$3.50. Defendants counsel gave notice
of a motion for a new trial. Thos. F.
mellow for plaintiff; w. B. McCaw
for the defendant.
The next case taken up was that OF
c.. G. Parish against S. S. Smith and
others. This is a suit on a bond given
by the defendants as security for GER
tain property seized by the sheriff from
r. J. Smith. Thos. F. Mellow ap-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-04
MCLEOD DEAD-BOYCE BETTER.

Medical student G. r. MCLEOD, or
Robson county, N. c., who contract
ed blood poison at Davidson college
recently, died on last Friday morn
ing at $50 o'clock. Mr.. John M. Boyce
who was infected at about the same
time, is getting along very nicely, and
the physicians think he will recover;
but they fear that it will be many
months before he will fully regain the
strength he Is losing in passing
through the terrible crisis. The Char
lotte Observer Of Saturday contains
the following review Of the sad case:
The death Of Mcleod was not unex-
pected. On January 18th, while dis
secting the body Of colored woman
in the medical college at Davidson, he
absorbed into his system a poison so
dangerous in it's initial symptoms aB to
Without knowing it, he had on the
back Of his right hand a slight, un-
seeable abrasion, which was the gate
Way through which the poison entered
the system. He did not know his dan
ger and suffered no ill-effects until the
following night when he had chill
and noticed that there was small
blister on his hand. This wound was
cauterized, but the remedy came too
late. He developed high tempera-
tura, which could not be kept down.
DR.. Munroe, one Of his physicians,
wired for formalin, the new remedy
for blood poisoning, and this was used
for several days, but to no advantage.
Septicaemia became septico-pyaemta,
and his physicians stated that the
death Of the student was only mat
ter of a very few days, but still Nc
Leod, a boy 19 years old, held his
nerve and coolness, and with a per-
fectly clear brain watched every symp-
tom in his own case; even going so far
as to hold a mirror in order that he
might see an operation that was be-
ing performed on his own body.
Seldom has the illness Of any person
attracted such widespread attention.
Papers in a dozen or more states daily
published accounts Of the illness of
Mcleod and Boyce, who had also been
poisoned on the same day that Nc
Leod was poisoned, but who has never
been considered mortally Ill.
In Davidson the students and resi-
dents have shown the most intense
concern and sympathy during the en-
tire illness of Mcleod, and interest
here has always been great. It was
known that Mcleod was the only son
Of a widow, and that he was good
student with very promising future;
and the plucky courage and composure
Of the young athlete stirred every
heart to liking and appreciation. But
medical science, diligent day and night,
could not prevail against the terrible
disease.