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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-08

j. b. Corton,
farmer and lum-
BERN an, of
Deppe, n. O.,
says II suffer-
ed for years
with my back.
It was SO bad
that 1 could
not walk any
distance nor
even ride in
easy buggy. L
do not believe
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-08
ST. DENIS HOTEL NEW YORK

Cor. Broadway and nth St. Centrally
located. European Plan. Moderate
Charges. Excellent Cuisine. 3 2e-Iyr
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-05-05

misjudge the present generation
OF young men in South Carolina
we Will see them grid themselves
for the contest with the powers
that are now in some quarters
bringing reproach upon the fair
name OF this State and wipinp
from the face of history the ele,
ments that make possible this
S5proach on the fair name of the
State OF South Carolina and
every man owes it to his State to
see that such consummation is
reached, and there is no man so
humble but that his influence
and his vote may be found help
ing on this consummation. :
Southern Home.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-05-05
The Outlook For Young
Men in South Carolina.
BY HON. w. F. STEVENSON.

The generation that is now en-
tering upon manhood has before
it possibilities which have never
been within the reach of any
preceding generation of Caro-
linians. The two courses that
are open to the young men of
this State are a business career
and political career.
The possibilities of a business
career at this time can be family
comprehended when we see the
fast development that the coun-
try has made within forty years
under the most adverse .circum-
stances, and the rapid diversifi-
cation of industries that is be-
ginning to appear. The greatest
crop of cotton ever made while
slave labor was in vogue, and
the laborer was the absolute ma
chine of the employer, was $780,
900 bales of cotton. When we
recall that during the past year,
when the labor was largely di-
verted to railroading, and manu-
featuring, and other pursuits,
and when every laborer is free
to choose his own course, this
State produced near 1900, 900
bales of cotton, we get some idea
of the vast development in the
agricultural world. When we
remember that the State was
practically without railroad
property forty years ago, and
that now the value of the rail-
road property in the State has
become a very considerable per
cent of the entire property, we
get some idea Of the transporta-
tion development. When we re-
call that there We're but few
banks in South Carolina even as
much as twenty years ago, and
now see the immense develop
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-05-05

said that his men should not re-
lieve them, when the 18th tried
to force him, they formed their
men in line of battle, but turned
every battery they had on the
prisoners for fear that they
might make an attempt to es-
cape, and the negroes never got
relieved until about 4 p. M, and
the 18th had that to do. They
put the Colonel of the 5th, un-
der arrest and sent negro to
guard him, and the Colonel or
dered him to go away but he
would not go, and the. Colonel
ordered one of his men to shoot
the negro and he did so, killing
him dead. The negroes got so
bad they would patrole the
streets at night and you had bet
ter stay in your tents. They
would shoot a prisoner for moth
ing, they would even shoot the
sick in the hospital camp, if they
caught one out of his tent, and
the provost marshall, Capt. Pat
terson said if they wanted to
shoot so bad he wodld give their
fill, so he sent them to Grant be-
low Petersburg, and I reckon
they did get enough for the white
guard said that the Confederate
scouts caught a whole company
and killed every one of them,
then they brought in another
black regiment from Indiana,
who had been free all their life,
so they did better for they had
some sense. But the time came
at last when the Gettysburg
prisoners were to leave for
Richmond on the 18th of Febru-
ary, 1865 we started down the
Bay, passed Fortress Munro on
up the James river to within
about Is miles from Richmond
and stopped. We stayed there
that day and night, and the next
morning we got off the boat and
walked three miles to Cox's
landing, the river. being so full
OF torpedoesYthey were afraid to
run up any higher, we passed a
camp of negroes on the way and
we all opened our mouths as
wide as we could, and the darkies
looked as though they had never
seen a white man before. With
JOY and gladness we got on the
Confederate boat ruin up to the
wharf at Richmond and eager to
get off they all f1ocked on one
side and dipped the boat, but we
got out all the same, went in
town and stopped awhile and
then went up to Camp Lee and
drew some rations and stayed
there several days and prisoners
kept on coming in from different
places.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-05-05
A DECISION IMPORTANT
TO RENTERS.
supreme Court Decides
That Stable Manure
is Real Estate.

Stable manure is real estate.
This is the substance of a de-
clslon Just handed down by the
South Carolina supreme court.
The famous case of Rober.s
VS.. Jones has been decided, This
Is case that has been plugging
along in the magistrates courts
and the circuit court in this
county for the past four years.
and some months ago landed in
the supreme court.
The facts of the case are az
follows: In 1900 Mr.. j. T. Jones.
the county dispenser, rented a
house and small piece of land
from MIR. j. T. Roberts, in the
upper part of the city. When
Mr.. Jones vacated the premises
at the end of the year he carried
several wagon loads of stable
manure with him, as he thought,
ne had a right to do. Mr.. Roberts
objected to the removal of the
manure, claiming that it was
real estate and belonged to the
soil, and demanded that Mr..
Jones pay him for it or return it.
Mr.. Jones refused to do either,
and Mr.. Roberts thereupon
started suit in the magistrates
court for the value of the manure,
which he placed at SIP.
Mr.. Jones won in the first
round and then the case went
up to the circuit court, where it
was reversed and sent back to
the magistrate. 1t has followed
a shuttlecock course ever Since,
going from one magistrate to
another and back to the circuit
court on one point and another,
until not long ago it got up to
the supreme court. The pre-
sumption is that the supreme
court has been studying it ever
since.
The decision of the court, Just
handed down, is in Mr.. Roberts
favor. Mr.. Jones will have to
pay for the manure and pay sun
dry costs besides.
The case has been one of the
most interesting, as we'll as one
OF the most unique, ever started
in Anderson county. The out
come has been waited with a
great deal of interest by the law
yers as well as by the laity.
Mr.. A. H. Dagnall represented
Mr.. Roberts in the long drawn
out suit and Messrs. Breazeale
u Rucker represented Mr.. Jones.
Anderson Mail.
!
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-05-05

tuition OF the art. Oh, but con-
gregations say we want some
thing pretty to listen to-solos
guartets and such. TO my mind
the main hindrance to the de-
velo9pment of a dignifed and solid
style IN our church music Is the
the existence of the mixed quar-
tet, which -pass.el,--a1r-fxmerEan
institution. Our music should
hta-renderod ~hy--a-chorus with
Just as little solo work as possible.
singing such music that all NAV
JOIN in this, one of the most in
spring and uplifting acts of our
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-05-05
IN THE WORLDOF MUSIC
BY HENRY F. ANDERSON.
HOW TO PRACTICE.

| What force there is in per-
sistent reiteration. Practicing
is to some students a very dis
agreeable matter. l have heard
the expression, IF / could only
play without practice!' If that
Were possible, what an empty
pleasure it would be. It could
not compare to the delight and
satisfaction of overcoming such
an obstacle by diligent practice.
Now, since practice is a necessity,
let us go at it in the most sensi-
BILE way; not. in an Indifferent,
slipshod fashion, but with every
faculty engaged on the task in
hand. Do not waste time. In
dividualize on the difficult pas
sages, one hand at a time.
Nothing should interfere with
the practice period. An hour in
the morning, when the brain is
free and in receptive condition,
is most beneficial. Slow practice,
sure practice, gradually increas-
ing the tempo if necessary, and
finally work in the light and
shade by accent, phrasing and a
proper use of the pedals. Under
the guidance of a good teacher
such practice must surely attain
to success.
Schumann once remarked:
Whenever you play, play as
though master were listening"
Franklin Taylor, an authority on
piano playing, gives the following
as a formula for one and half
hours practice:
Finger exercises, scales, 25
minutes; study, Is minutes; old
study, already learnt, 10 minutes;
sonata, or piece, 80 minutes;
playing over piece already learnt,
or sight reading, 10 minutes.
ORTHODOx1 IN CHURCH. MUSIC.
Chateaubriand remarked that
Music is the child of prayer, the
companion to religion. :" Why is
it that in our organ lofts and
chancels are heard melodies un-
seemly and harmonies quite as
trivial. The music of our services
should be guarded as jealously as
the tenets of our faith. From
the Greeks in the fourteenth CEN
tury we have inherited the stately
and dignified descant or plain
song, mostly in unison sung by
male voices, a step to the Grego-
rian of the Roman church and
then the modern Anglican chant.
This is the foundation of the
present school of English church
writers.
These composers have made
the most Of this glorious heritage;
their works are heard in the
tchurches of every denomination.
Verdi wrote a Requiem full of
religious, fervor. He wrote
Lucia Di Lammermoor" and
| III Trovatore." By what right
dove cross his purpose and ar
range one of his operate melodies
to sacred words and sing them
at divine service? 1t is a prosti-
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-05-05
"REMINISCENCES or THE
WAR BETWEEN THE
STATES.
History, Sayings and Do
ingS of Company H.
18Th Regiment, South
Carolina Volunteers,
BY w. HI. H. BEVIL.

Saturday, July 4th, everything
was quiet along the line. Gen.
Lee was making preparations to
return to Virginia. | went to
the company that evening to see
the boys, but had to, go back to
the hospital, and that night the
army commenced moving back
and passed by the hospital where
| was. The next morning, July
5th, l concluded l could not stay
there, and / started to come on
to Virginia, but l did not get far
before / came to where the 18th
was, and DR.. James was thefirst
man saw standing in the road.
He told me to go back and stay
with the wounded, they were
283 in all, nurses and three doc
tors, DR.. Pierce Barruch and DR..
Mott, as DR.. James had kept me
waiting on him before he left.
DR.. Pierce kept me still to wait
on him and the rest.
About 9 or 10 o'clock that
morning, July 5th, che advance
of the Yankees came on, and a
captain of cavalry rode up into
the yard of the hospital and look
ed about and said, boys it has
been a hard fight but | believe
we have got the best of it, we
told him according to the num-
Der of men we did not think so,
he passed on and a short time
afterwards, here come the
infantry, then artillery passed
the most of that day, and they
seemed tosbe very cautious, going
slow, for / don't believe they
were very anxious to catch the
Confederates. William Adds
was one of the nurses and when
any one of our fellows would die
he and l would bury him in the
cemetery just above the house
and / would mark their name on
a plank or board with pencil
and Bill Adds would cut it out
with his pocket knife. Col. w.
D. Desaussure was buried there.
In a few days after the army
had passed, the citizens that had
run from home, began to come
back, bringing their horses and
cattle that they had taken with
them. Also the U. S. Christian
Commission came round to see
what the men would need, and
ladies from Baltimore, mostly
refugees from Southern cities,
would come and do all in their
power to relieve the wants of
the wounded, and as fast as the
wounded could be removed, they
were taken to some other place.
1t was about the 9th day OF
August our hospital was broken
up and carried away, the. doctors,
myself and some 2 or 3 more
stayed until the 10th of August,
then reported to headquarters al
Gettysburg.
1t will be remembered that
Vicksburg, Miss, fell about this
time with $1,000 prisoners, the
north thought it best not to ex'
change prisoners, but we did not
know that, we thought we were
coming straight on to Richmond
they allowed us to go where we
wanted to at Gettysburg until 6
train came to take us to Balti
more, we went as far as Yorl
junction and stopped, waiting
for aicar to come down from
Harrisburg to take us to Balti
more. We rambled about AM
saw where a party of Confeder
ates had torn up an iron foundr!
and machine shop. After SOM
time the train came, and we Ger
- tainly were glad, but when w
sot to Baltimore our hearts faile'
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-05-05

The TIMES and Metropolitan
magazine one year for $3.50.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-05-05

Eve Graded Schools, Water Works,
Sewerage System, Electric Lights, Three
Banks with aggregate capital of $3.50, ,OCo,
Electric Railway. Population 1000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
LOOKING OVER CHATTANOOGA.
Atlanta Capitalists Spend the Day on
 Lookout Mountain.

Lookout Mountain, Tenn. July 1.-(Spe- ciaI aI)-Opportunities for investment of large sums of outside capital in Chatta- nooga will be investigated by a party of fifteen of the heaviest capitalists of At lanta, who will arrive in Chattanooga this afternoon at 1:15 o'clock in a private car, over the w. & A.
 The party will come as guests of the Crystal Ice company. and their entertain ment while here will be in the hands of J. H. Wilson, secretary and treasurer of the company, who has engaged the best rooms that 1t is possible to obtain at Lookout Inn for over Sunday. The men, aside from inspecting the local plants of the ice company, will also look into the business conditions of the city and the possibilities of it's future. with the view to investing heavily in case they should be confronted with the opportunities.
 In the party will be w. G. Raoul. G. F.. Woodruff, E. E. Eagan, F. II. Inman, Dr. A. w. Calhoun, J. w. English, Jr.. Joel Hurt. Charles A. Wiekersham, Charles R. Winship. Dan B. Harris, w.. F. Chapin, R. T. Pace, H. NJ. McCul- tough. Thomas Eggleston, Thomas B. Paine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

of the south are from European com
 munities in nearer sympathy, in Europe,
 with each other than those other Euro
 pean communities whence flow immigra-
 tion to the north. Therefore the homo
 geneous population of the south may ex-
 pect to assimilate the immigrant from
 any part of Europe with infinitely greater
 facility than the people of the north. To
 us there is no necessary danger of in-
 ternal revolution.
 Fifty thousand European farmers no
 matter their nationality, might settle
 within forty miles of the railroad, all the
 way along from Eufaula to Demopolis,
 every years, for the next five years, and still the influence of Alabama, as 1t is,
 would prevail with the settlers. Look at the difference between the strike that has been on for a year in Jefferson county and the strike that is on now In Chicago! The miners strike in Jefferson county is a practical argument. fairly , used in controversy over principle in- volved. Let one side or the other finally triumph. the cause of free government
 will triumph. Not so in Chicago. from
 present appearances. The native sou thern people in Jefferson county leaven the social life and keep 1t strong. Immigration is needed in Alabama to enable the instinct and capacity of the Morgans, Pettuses, Johnstons. Corners, Bankheads, etc, through an, interminable list of statesmen, to apply to civil affairs here the evolving principles of the civili- zation of the era. We need population | to handle our wealth of nature and we 1 cannot afford to drift away from dormant | wealth, because we must keep abreast | with California, and Missouri, and ono, 1 with whom we are linked in the ponds l of normal social organization.
 J. w. DuBOSE. MnntgomerY, July 1, 19Oo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
MORE INDICTMENTS RETURNED.
Many Cases Are for Violations of the
 Whisky Laws.

Meridian, Miss, July 1.-(Special)-ln the circuit court today eighteen more indictments were turned in making total of forty-eight for four days. A large number of these were for viola tions of the whisky law, and pleas of guilty have been entered by thirty-five of the indicted sentence in all cases be- Ing postponed until Friday, July IA.
 c. I. Fixes, with nine other negroes who were convicted in justice court some two weeks since. and sentenced to pay fines of one hundred dollars each for soliciting life insurance for fra ternal order not licensed to do business in this state, were tried upon appeal today and promptly convicted by the jury. The grand jury is apparently de- termined to be guided by Judge Coch- ran's earnest exhortation to make an ex- haustive inquiry into conditions here and the result of their labors is looked for ward to with lively expectation. Many policemen have been before them and significance attaches to this feature.
 The Masons of the city held mass meeting last night at the temple at which steps were taken to secure the location in Meridian of the Masonic widows and orphans home. an institu- tion provided for by the grand lodge at it's last meeting with an endowment of s1O0OO0 The several Masonic lodges here pledged $700 to the purpose and appointed committees to interest the board of trade and citizens generally in the movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
ALLIED AT FATHERS CRAVE.
Rumor Says Boy Who Testified Against
 Father Was Shot.

Decatur July 1.-(SpeciaL)-A report is being circulated here tonight by some negroes to the effect that when the bodies of John Collier and Harvey Smith were taken to Tennessee, for burial, Smiths 14-year-old son was shot dead at the grave just as SmlCh's body was being lowered into the ground. It is said that the assassin was a close relative of Smith.
 On the trial of Smith this boy gave strong evidence against his father in the nature of a confession. Your correspond- ent has made every effort to confirm the story, but has failed thus far.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
WEEKLY AVERAGES
 OF CLEARING HOUSE
THE OFFICIAL BANK STATEMENT SHOWS A DECREASE IN SUR PLUS RESERVES DUE TO THE EXPANSION IN LOANS.

New York, July 1.-The statement of averages of the clearing house banks of this city for the week shows:
 Loans, $l 12O,S69 GOO; increase. $lS'O56,3OO.
 Deposits, S,166OSs, 900; increase. sl9,246'- 900.
 Circulation. s4S, 5s6,Soo; increase, s476,- 100.
 Legal tenders. $sSl245oo; increase. sl.- 0o1, 200.
 Specie, $214,74i 100; increase, S474,50o.
 Reserve, $3OS, 1eS, GOO; increase, $l8i5,oo0.
 Reserve required. $29l, ,5O9725 increase. SASH, ,50O
 Surplus $11,65S, S75: decrease S34S5, 500.
 Ex. |. S. deposits, $14,755, 725; decrease. s3499,SoO.
 New York, July 1.-The Financier says this week:
 Last weeks official statement of banks showed d decrease in surplus reserve, bat this was almost wholly due to an ex- pansion in loans, and consequently an increase in deposits, the latter augment ing the requirements so that though there was a gain in cash, the surplus was diminished. The local expansion which amounted to $1S,056S00 was direct ly caused by the leaning of deposits Which had been temporarily made with the banks in anticipation of the dis bursements of July interest and divi- dends. As such deposits will probably be withdrawn his week through the distri- button of these semi-annua payments, the loans will be contracted and nor nal conditions be restored The cash reserve was increased $l,375,lJ and. this too, twithstandng the export during the week of $3,SO0000 gold and also of a loss to the banks of about this amount through sub-treasury operations. These losses appear to have been more than offset by net gain in the inter-ban< movement of currency and through re- ceipts of new gold representing deposits of bullion. Moreover the loss to banks on account of the exports of gold count ed for only about one-half the sum abstractcd because the withdrawals were effected in the early part of the week. The deposits were increased $19.2460o0. which amount is only $iS60O0 less than the sum of the increase in loans plus the gain in cash; therefore the statc- ment made a good proof. The reserve requirements were increased $4Sl1500. and deducting therefrom the gain of Sl- 375700 cash leaves g. 435, 500 as the de- crease in surplus reserve to s11 .65S,S15.
 Computed upon the basis of deposits less those of s12,3S7, 100 public funds the surplus is l4755,725 The daily average O. bank clearings was S296, 100000 or soa 0ee,000 greater than in the previous week. This gain was chiefly due to operations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

licemen in Decatur He was a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M.. Odd Fellows, Ma sons, Woodmen .of the World and sev- eral other secret orders. He owned con siderable country property and was quite well off in this worlds goods. He leaves wife and several children. His wife is almost crazed with grief. The scene at the home this morning was one of the sad- dest ever witnessed in Decatur
 Why Couch fired the fatal shots is a mystery. He and Baber were apparently warm friends. They spent much time to- gether on the streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Cauoht in Tennessee.

Huntsville, July 1.-(Special Percy Couch, slayer of Policeman Baber at
 Decatur, was captured at Winchester to- day on the train from Huntsville to Nash vile. After leaving Decatur Couch came to Huntsville and spent several hours with q friend and the police were notified of his departure for Nashville. The rest was easy. Couch was brought to Hunts vile this evening and the officers are awaiting instructions as to whether it is quite safe to take him back to Decatur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

When it prints good. 1t 2 good cut The Gawk Engraving Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02

ALL SHOES REDUCED
 Not broken lot of odds and ends but the most choice stock in Birmingham. All sizes; your size is here and in every style.
 Boyden's GOO Oxfords at .4.50 Boyden's 500 OXfords at.............. at 3.S5 Porter Special 400 Oxfords at ......... .O0 Porter Special $50 Oxfords at............2.S at .S5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
JOIN DAVID PRIvETT DIES.
Was Member of General Wheeler's
 Original Cavalry Company.

Anniston July l. Especially John David Privett, one of Calhoun countys oldest and most highly respected citi- zens, died at the family residence at OK ford today after an illness of over year, aged 65 years. Although expected for several days past his death came as a shock to the many relatives and friends by whom he was so tenderly loved. MT Privett was Confederate soldier. a mem Der of the Fifty-1rst Alabama, Joe Wheelers original cavalry company and a consistent member or the Methodist church. He leaves wife and eight chil- dren.
 The children all reside here except one, Len Privett of Calera, who was with him at the time of his death. The others are: Messrs. Joseph B., and John, Misses Will lie, Jennie, Ruth and Ida and Master Alvin. He left two sisters. Mrs c. J. Porter of Jacksonville and Mrs. McGown of Wisonville and three brothers, Joseph and F. J. Privett of Jacksonville and Watt Privett of Calera. The funeral serv- ices will occur at 3:9O o'clock tomorrow afternoon with interment in Oxford cem- etery.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Masons Hold Communication.

Cuba. July 1.-(SpeciaL)-At the last regular communication of Western Star lodge No. 222. A. r. and A. NJ, there were present as visitors A. M. Scott. grand lecturer of Alabama, and Dr. r. M. Peterson of Montevallo, and the most prominent Masons of Sumter county. The members were greatly benefited by three days session, and quite an en- joyablc time was had eount.' Ma sonic conference was organized and will meet at Livingston in August.