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j? iii i THK U N ION 'I MES Pl'BLISIIEH EVERY l'ltlHAV ?11Y TUP UNION TIMES UOMl'AuY second fj.ook times 1ji ii.i?in . JXO. It. MAT 111*, lidito L. (i. Young, Muuager. JYfglMWIV"(l <11. niu i wovwu.v. ... . ... .., y8. C., as secaml-chiss luaii mailer. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00: Six months ------ 50 mil*' Three months ----- 2"> coins. ' ADVERTISEMENTS On" sq isire. first insertion - - $1.00. Every dwequent insertion - ou wmh:-. j Com acts for three nxc i!. or ] > . <i will be nade at rehired rates. Locals insert <1 at cents a i c. Rejected manuscript v' not be turned. Obitiruie- an i a rc- , 8i>eet. will !' ' charm i ; a' nail UNION, S. C., M \ Y u::. lhcj, 1 CAN Tin: TAXI'AVi:K> TTAXI) IT? j $ 100 per year for Wardens, ."jajii'i ! per year for an Attorney, tjioOO fori Clerk ami Treasurer. .fti' o for Mayor. Wo think the last two it-ms reasonable and probably if v( u?.stood tlio amount ot legal business now required of the all no \ we might pass :| ;> i;.-m be for tuett who were elected with the understanding t hat lltey were to receive their taxes free in loll for their services to \ote thein-o!v? - tflfsi per year, is unreasonable .ml unwarrantable. What good ivasoo. call be given for paying Ward ns ^it ii when they were elected for the honor and abatement of their individual tax-s? It might be urged that their taxes ar.. tiro,.ii,.I l.n? tlio?- iv..|... on that ba?is and should have accepted it or asked the people or the legi-lature to change it. It certainly , comes with bad grace to change it themselves?without notice. Such a precedent established would warrant the next board in paying themselves $5t?0 or if they should do some extra good turn for the town and i think they were worth it. The precedent is wrong and should be corrected at on.ee, and every can- ' didate olTcring for election next | month hould be made to express himself if lie proposes to serve for 1 the old stipend or vote himself a sal- 1 ary. Everybody who owns property is ; complaining of high taxes and whil< the item criticised may appear small we protest at the beginning to prevent a precedent being established.* All salaries should be lixed by the Jegislutare. A few years ago the Mayor received ? now St,up. the 1 Attorney $f>0 now nMii, the Wardens part of last year at rate of sj?kM. J low m,uch next year'.' or the tu-x: ? fan the taxpayers allow such a precedent ; to be established? We do not know of another town ( in the State paying wardens a salary , Why this one? Years ago when the Cou,ticii had to meet and try eases-as a body there might have hen s one j excuse in asking ttie people t pn\ the wardens a salary for sueh di agreeable work, but now that labor has been put on the .dayor, and j 1 tnost of the work now of the Wardens is to meet once or twice a ' month, attend to routine busitx - j , pass some ordinance or order their i j salaries paid. I t . O^YOU P ' ' Sgss IF YOi 1 WE DON'T | BAILED .i Tjn" ro >\ i (' iilii u.-ii I it ;n j'.t 1.) > glit ; !>... 11 ; tho luiir.M'l, J'/.? \ I no )i 1 a- t vc* it ; lit in ' ?t r i- * Hon " o i. u |o \rr | :iM ??: !< '. h-iiit s) n.i' > !' m For' i V. or ii to r : i" h ? > o: oe?n 1 (ini.-i! i il. Tin. I'limVii ?t c* > < i' out' r. i*t troii' s a :' 1 F it U'or h. Ii however, is huliioiout op -rati- one 1 car slowly and 1 w uteol on - t unning as \vc passed. Too car line is no I. doubt in operation bv tho tune you lead this. It is a gtval thing for the I'iwns seem to have spruni: into existunco. following tlie establishment of ] some indu-try. rather than the ileitis- J1 tries rnllowin*rtlie hniidiicjof the t >\vn. !' All this i~ lintiirally oiihaneinji the value " ?if the laieis all alonjf the railroad. 1 I he laml i~ exeejiii"tia 1 ly line fariniinr [ami aiel while twi vt v yearsayo, it \\a- !' a yrra 11 -1 expanse of prario, ami the pick t it eoiihl In- had for a mere si>11 iT. it tiow 1 inters from twenty to ' sixty dollars per aero. a A1 ?out 1 miles from Pallas we entore 1 the famous helt "f timlier. known ' as the (Toss timber of Texas. This 1 limber belt averages about e'mht miles 1 in width, while it extends entirely 11 aeri s? the state, from the Indian Tern- 11 ton to tin ?IulI" i"if Mexico, t he land " inihi-he'.t i- of an entirely dilTerent J i|tiality and i- exceptionally iine for the production of \ rotalih s, fruits and ' melon-. I.'r. Uus.-ey informed me that '' he one day saw -100 wa^ron loads of 1 melons <ut the streets of Tort Worth. ' hauled in for shipment. This is tin- 1 only belt or timber to be found in this ' L'reat State. n Our attention was called to a very ' large orchard in this timber belt on the right of 1 he road. This orchard eon- i lained loo acre-ami tie* trees had been set out in the most precise manner, and were full grown. presenting a mo-t beau tifill sight. This was an experiment by . ^oine eaoitalists. livery variety of fruit , imaginable that could he grown in that , kotile eoiintry were to lie lotiml there, . iMil strait ye t-> say it 11:t< 1 proved :i fail- ( me. bee utse tln-re w as a hill "i i i?? tlie North side of it. Our astonishment 1 found expn ssioit in our i'a<*e when t! i? leelaratioti was made, as we th? u.dit the very l'aet* of the piantiny <-f tie tees to tlio Smith of the ridye t< pro- ' ioel 'hem from the N-rlh win Is would issiiH* the siteces- the experiment, ind v. e ssi<l a- lntteh. that i> the very I rouble, explained the doet'.r, the proleeti"n from the North wind allowed '< them not only toyn w t apidly hut eau>e?l < them to put forth fruit too early and the eonseotu-nei wa- the fruit was kiii? 1 every time, t he promoter- have dei -rmine-1 to tran.-piant this great orrhatd to l lie North o| the ridye. "i'liiwill eut ?:1 an enormous outlay ol eapital hut if the new experiment proves sUc issiul. wliieh it tin douht. will do. J it v.ill pay a larye dividend, on the outlay in no great while. The vegetables for hoth ! oit Wo; th and Dallas are .'town in thi- timber belt. <?ne of the new towns half wa\ be- 1 t ween Dallas and l'ort \Voitli, e ''Arlington," with a p pulatioJi of be I I ween live and six thousand is settled c ilinost ex?*!usively by e-ti/ens of Ala- ij aimt, Tent).-?ee tin ! Mississippi. i ] H ard it -aid that there were as many n \ labatniai.s in l'e .as as there were in j p Mabatna. 1 do not know'liow trite 11?i- ' <. it ,-eeiiis I.. 1 e an exayyerated state- j nent. 'lb roads are worked by the ' onviets ami are beauties every one of . Ihmilley is ilu? st:iti"ii wJiero tlu- . imiT |>hmt for the electric ruilw av w;i? ' >11 i211i:i<_r. It j-, t iyht miles from I'ort 1 '' A ortli, ami will no doubt soon lie an ; WILL 3E To fir;cl he it will cos t vni i i ui J WILL FIGURE VVI y!"A HI By this th l\/l i~ !Vi only high >> ' L_< T i '? goes furth the markd ESTIMATES FUR fvocifi*- iU.tl ties t.ivin together:!* i Hi IT A i"! - M'llOillllr v. ili ho put l? <>ti ami a niua' er <>I ears u ill he run "ii ^ tin* lim>. Tin' fart' f<?i the loitU'ltiip ' will In: lifty rants. Tin.' line will. n<> P <h>uht. receive a lilx'ia! patronage. as ' tin* cheapest rottml trip lata on the railioa'l is *1. 1,1 There i- quite a rivalry hetwo; 11 the ' cities of Da I Ins nn<l Fcrt Worth, ami " wliile I'alias is the oldest and larger of " tlie two cities. Kurt Worth is a Ionni<l- l* able rival, a'al is <..niin^r with seven '! league stride-. 'ibis fity seems to ho '! favored l?y tie- : rent trunk lines of ]Vx;i?. 'I'iiere are thirteen railroads ? iunnini: into l-'ort W ortii ami i noli 'cd 11 a new ;_rr.ele near i y. which I was told ? \\;i> nil >lher new n,ei coming into the " city. It appears to ho only a matter < f time when Dallas will have to look well to her 1 uirels m have them capture 1 by r I'ort Worth. C' It i< astonishing to see the number 11 of mammoth industries established all l' alone the railroad at little way stations, some >f them apparently not larger :l, than Santue or Carlisle, these little T. In' track then the other, while he ratle.l oil' the names, the date of creel ion, he cost of same, the owner's names, heir previous conditions, their present til 11* nee, etc., etc., and kept me inbhericckinir until I begun to get enon<_'h f it and l'eit a threatening < ! a crick in he neck. The passengers stare I at ns ike they might have thought it was "rince Henry that theglib-tongucd decor had in tow, and that he was negotltiny a sale of the whole town. This lung was kept up unt il we hec line a :!;p? n,ore conspicuous than was (Minor! able, and I suggested that we go out. m lite fnm1 platform which we did. and kme it was no l>-tter. lor i-> an n slant ' rep-11 in tin- iii<do! in.til to hack Up lis Sis-.] I ions and 1 liti.iilv < ono*,:t? d ;a> ! hv assent r,i l 11is <':,l?'(d l:' 1 eil h nilh I'llllie.it, uivin- li't-.u'e i niters nid Hat! any old ?hi i; r ti <;? li iS'tos'ab went, until we li*ia!lv :iriv-,i at the picking works, lint a'l in !! I.lie ?l?K-'..r was a line talker. He is h 1 n,aly pas^d. In traveled all over lie p,. <<t ,i ; ! ein jiii'y knows p hv >e. l He is the best adwi'iser and 1 V\ I I ,1 'iU't' Wn fVid fill* I 111 tnfliiwl .f lin* l ily d< ;-.s i.<il pay him a salary h .al l do s? lie i> a worker tor ;t Worth lrotn way back and that 'all!'; no lie," ii.eoi tii* first thinr-* that tin- visitor ?v upon colli im; out oi il l- d-p i! is li1 'it nuui-id of Al ib- .iy. v lio was si-1 1'o d'-ath a' the Imrtiitnr of the it ton I'ulaee, while rescuing women inl children. A tin -liir * li" li.Malsouie buildings we oil on t he wr.v Mill. I nolie.'d tiie 1 -ae |>. i in -.* biiiulmar, willi 1110 it It dral i i front; it<' city hall is ana i luiililii.fr. The i'atni gie 1;.i > . uotln r j'-joii.tjuo building, Car a>- hag "iv-'ii ?l?ti'.- ;i towards its ' strueii : The Martin Blown build.r i-i a ha ids me structure nt.-d has a iic * summer gaideii on t<>;>, building rd'.'i.ooM, X' \' come- the Masoaic eino'e. a line foiir stor\ In iek building. ! )!e. Woitii. the h ading iiotel of the i" . cost rioU.O'ti). The White bnild> stoics. e-'Mt .-'lb.i.i) io. Iiotel ) '..i are i.st .^11m.i) io. ibe (ioyern.< * lr lidimr co-t flioii The court ,iii-i! ni ilea 1 ot Main slieet, a languid > ;.l : i;- 11n* co.siiiijr over .^HjU,UU(J, '.i!: t r. '.v m' Texas hi iib'.c and stone, .a* a' which is v~i line, and ?qual to lauims Tonnes-.-" marble. The c t l.uiidii ii. < isi $7 V'' .h occupied by i ! i ;r> clothing est ibbshioent in the i ll.- I >inn 1 ? building cost iviOU,ot. Winlivid Scott owi.s .-several other SURPRI dw little Un it you to -H R Hi TH US ON YOUR F at we sell a cheap j grade goods, but our er, last longer than i t today. It has stoo NISHED FREE. ? !R &, M'F mportant town. There isa fine lake at !ii- |i tint; a club house is to I>o I?tti11 by iio l o t Woitb Club, also a summor boat fit ami pavilion, ami a boat house \ it ii pleasure boats for tbo lake. 'Mm it mot < if company have bought ovorv out i.l latnl that limy could half a mile i> i'ither side of the track, conse<|Uontv laud iias advanced along its track r >in >">(( an acre throe months ago t?.? an amo now. Approaching K,?rt Worth one cannot mlpn iticingthe I'olytechnic College to lie left, sitiiatatcil on a beautiful site verlooking the city. It is a magnificat ami imposing structure, and was uilt by the Methodist Conference. Further on we see the beautiful Home i >1 Masonic Widows and Orphans, wjth | s*spacious and attractive grounds sur- I nindiiiir it. 'l itis great institution was I uilt l>v the Masonic Fraternity of the latent I'e.xas, at a cost of S'JKi,0tHt. j lie people of Fort Worth are very I toud of this line institution, and they J ave reason to be. I made ttpmy mind > pay a visit to this institution while I Fort Worth, but ! was unfortunately .. l .r 4i.: . I .. i :II * i'lutu vi ii:i> jik'iimih' a.s i ? hi r.\lain later. The Home is ahout I miles nt of the citv. Visitors cau take a ear ? the Polytechnic College, an 1 from ior?* they are taken to the Home by ic Tallalio belonging to the Home. Arriving in Fort Worth we were ushreil into one of the finest depots 1 have ver heen in, and it is said there is only lie liner in the United States. It is seless to attempt a discription f this magnificent depot, sulliee t > say it is strictly up-to-date in very particular with every modern rmvoiiience attached. Sleeping apartlents are ahout all that are necessary e *nvert it into a veritable palaee. fathering me by the arm our irresif.thle doctor sa'nl come along i want to how you a town, you have not seen exus till you see Fort Worth. When on have taken in this town you eui go onie s at idled and toll your people you aye seen Texas, not before. So raiding a street ear we made a long run hrotightown to the suburbs on the tiler side where the great packing ioii>es of Armour and Swift are lmildng eiiornioii-packeries, each of which > to cost s.-,,01111,00(1. < in th<" way the octor was nudging me to look at this, nd tlii-; mid tlii-; on lir-t < > 11 > d.l<> T\ ft \S3Ta LJ C iasaBsa In fm | I j It is a real treat to and see the many att goods every day, the every time you ccme WE HENTK All-Wool 10-inch Mistrel, black, a new weave, very light weight, a very stylish fabric, per yard.... (50c o<S-inch all wool Venetians, very nretty for walking olrii?h? i \ m* xril \i \i? 1 t?lYIl IOJ 1 IYT- * * J'\ I JU U\M | Crepe de Chine, silk and wool, 44-ineh, beautiful soft weave, n" w shades and black, per yd ?1.25 Bilk and Wool Voile, 14 inch, very light weight, makes a very handsome suit or skirt, per yard ?1.00 Ladies' black mercerized under-kirls with aceordoon nleats. etc. Prices dOe. | 31.00, 31.25 ami 31..50 Heavy 'S':iiv 1 Wide Bleach, smoothe finish, value 7dc oulv * 5c A visit to our store wi had and our prices are r Opposite Hotel Union. i li ,e ii; th" city, II ' is si lui'tjy I c.utlo dealer aieI in hV- his in "icy n! Hits i business. The Santsifi'e r >sr S ! "h i. The Texas I'acilicilep >l cost ?1 7~>.j OIK)?tliis is {lis* lice one. \V.t?criissed LYini y river just buck of I the court house. The eieeine power plant is incutfld o'i ll?;; opposite bunk, while t,u ?.v? r lo llie left of the cur lino can be seen Arlington Heights, where the stand pipe is situated. We then pushed Herman I'ark, the property of a I Dutchman, who arrived at Fori Worth ! not many years ago a p >or man. He is j loaded dawn with the lilthy lucre now. On the right is the big cattle pasture I of Dan Decker, who has sold in this pasture H'h.ui/u head of horses to the Ivig1 lit h army for their Boer campaign. (To la* continued.) Alplionso, the boy King of Spain, I attained his majority last Sunday 1(? j yours of age, and became * King in j fact as well us in name. An attempt I was made by anarchists to assinate him, but it was nipped in the bud i and a number of arrests were made. | The plan was to throw dynamite eartI ridges at the royal carriage as it ! passed in the parade. SED-*o| diiseS 'AINT. m (?> """ 1 - ? - 1 1 1 )rz jaint.. We han |{ paint looks bettt^r. (g any other paint o ti js d the test lor years, 1 'G.'CO.j EVERY DAY AT go through our lar< ractive lines of goc refore we have % )N BELOW A I I Clark's Machine Cotton, warranted -00 yards, hlack and whit*, Nos. 8 to 70, two spools for 5c if) Spools Basting Cotton j for 5c jOneW ladies' fine Linen | I lundkorchhds, colored holder-', worth 10c, 13o and 15c, your choice at.. 5c Nov-.' lot ladies' Belts, the latest fads in elastics, etc. Prices 25c, 50c and Sl.0( Ladies' Bleached Can/.e Yost with tape in neck, only 5 * jXew lot pear! buttons, all ! sorts and sizes, per dozen i 5c, 10c and 15 ill rnnvinrf> vnn tlmt ight. f-1111 line of Buttei R 1 ' NO QC ! | BUSIP 11 W ill let his money lit nothing, while waiting fo f vli 1 MM can get 1 per cent, liitere: I ? Y) i i V/j . . # . j j} positing it in our I 11 | SAVINGS t flu Each day we add ot] ! ||M list and why not let lis h UK UK ; |THE PEOI ; M B. F. AR+I dv | Lovers of G i ,,i, | The Freezer that Freez ) and most delicious Ice Crea J No crank movement, no lab ] lower in price than ordinan I THE XXth CE: \ Is wonderful yet simple. .Five sizes, $1.50, $1.; Union Hai I Hai dware Lea dors, INS mmmm on w "UAL. ge department store >ds. We get in new mething new to show ^ | 3W THINGS: I 127-inch Heavy Checks and \ Plaid , worth Gic, only.. 5c * , White Organdy, very sheer, I 32 inches, hig value, worth 35c, our price only 20c ' 00-inch French Organdy, very sheer, 5 yards to a dress, per yard 50c . Persian Lawns, new shipment just in, very soft I and sheer, at 15c, 20c, I 25c, 30c, 35c and 50c Men's all wool nobby suits, well made, at $5.00, $0.50, S8.00, $10.00 and $12.50 Boy's Suits in wash material, woolens, etc., at 81.00, $1.50, $2.00,83.00 c up to $10 and ....$12.50 ^ carry' the best goods to be rick patterns kept in stock. ' mahm a avvv UUMFANi. . P. HARRY, Mgr. I )0D ? I *JESS HAN I I i idle, making him absolutely f// \ r a good investment, when he St] j st. This you can do by de- | )EPARTMENT. 1 I her new customers to our long (J\ | iive yours too? * flu 1 I * "fc T -r?k A ? T W r- fll\ I riANK, w tlUR, President. ' ??) ood Ice Cream > Here's ] Something Worth Reading. es itself, that makes the sweetest ni wHl surely interest all of you. >or, less salt required and even ^ / Ffeezers. NTURY FREEZER It freezes while it stands still. 75, $2.00, $3.00 and $4.00. rdware Co., ? Union, &, 0?