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THE UNION TIMES. ~ Supervisor Scott publishes an important notice this week in regard to the Road I,aw. lie gives Notice that the highway will be made twenty feet wide, and that people must not plow nearer ?than ten feet to the middle of the road. It is a timely notice, but in many pluces it would be hard to lind the middle. It would indeed be hard to tell which is the main line and which is the "switch." Senator Blackburn is very |x>pular with his colleagues. When he returned to the Senate from the fruitless senatorial cont?>st in the Kentucky Legislature lie was greeted by a mammoth tloral twelve I feet high, prepared by his admiring friends and colleagues, bearing on top of it the motto: "United we stand, Divided we falf." It was i} fitting rebuke to those Democrats who deserted their party because they were in a minority on the money question. ... Tho Road Law still distu rl>es the people. They do not understand it and the elucidations published have served rather as mystillers. A good many want to know if they can Ret hack one of the two dollars commutation tax that they had to pay. We do not intend to attempt an elucidation of the law, certainly not until it becomes llxed by tin; (.Jovernor's signature. It is quite clear however that those who have paid tho$2.(K) tax, will get no part of it back, under any present (law. The only question is whether those who did not pay it will have to work six I or four days. We will have more to say about the matter when we get a copy of the act, which we hope to receive in a short time. J ^ In another column we publis acirculam or letter from Mr. E. L. Roche, asking towns and cities and certain business interests to send delegates to the Convention which meets at Spartanburg on Wednesday, 15th of April, for the purpose of devising plans to have our State well represented in the Southern Exposition to l>e held at Chicago next fall. Of course we are thoroughly in sympathy Iwith every more calculated to advertise South Carolina and the South. , We believhthat we have the grandest country 011 earth and that if other people knew the. facts tJiey would come here too. all that could get here. Well 111 is K x 1 h ?si t ion at Chicago is to advertise the South and the Convention at ...Spartanburg is to plans to advertise South Carolina's I parc&fsifct Under the call! Jnion County ' will lie entitled to several delegates, -v The Mayors and intendants of the town are invited and in addition to that three delegates froiu each town to lie ap|>ointcd hy the M\vor. Cotton factories are also invited to send delegates, l.'nion County lavs five towns, Union, Jonesville, Carlisle, Santuc and Kellon, all of which are entitled to delegates. We hope that Union will have a laigeanil eomjietent delegation. >V o are glad to that a trvorabtc re[avthas Imh'H made on tin* constitutional mend men t to have I'nitcd Stales Sentors elecUtl by a direct vote ?.f the peolc. The Senate of late years has gotten :> lie a stumbling block to legislation and lie sooner the senators In come directly [ sponsible to tlie jicoplo for their posi10ns, the sooner this stumbling block nil be reinov< d. Many jM>ople indeed avo come to look njion the senate a- > [ind of Ilonse-of-I.ords clieek oil the owerof the jtooplo. It was intended as a heck, but rather as a check on hasty >gjslation. When our forefathers placd the election of the senators in the amis of the Legislatures it was on the resumption that a large majority of the pnate would always lx> wise and patritic men, profeiing the good of the w hole ountry alwvo all parly or pecuniary eon iderations. Cut the presumption was a cry rash one, as the less enthusiastic nu 11 oresaw from the lieginning. We have Mimed that self interest is ajx.werful inentivc even with a senator. Then-fore re believe it will Ik- a good thine to make hem personally resi>onsihle lo and deleiident on the votes of the people directv, so that it will In- to their ow n interest o work for the I test interest of the jk-c ? ITiie Cuban question is now taking on a von- grave aspect. In the light of present facts, what has lieen saiil and what done, it looks as if the Tnit?d States will yet have some trouble if not a war with Spain over the l>cnutiful island. Senator Mills in" a speech in tic I'nited States Si nate on Tuesday strongly advised that the I'nited States demand self government for the Cubans. His position Was a strong one too. lie said ihat by our Monroe Doetrine we would not let Spain sell Cuba, or even five it to any other F.uropean power. I'm! the Spanish government was nothing Inn a series of atrocities. Therefore it was our duty to lay aside our Monroe Doetrine or to give I our'protect ion to these helpless ( n ha lis. That by onr foreign |K?liey we had denied to them the protection of all other first irate powers, and for us torefusq tointerMecb in their behalf now would like hocking them Up ill U dungeon for Spain to torture them. lie used no doubtful 1 uiguage either, but said that if 8]>aiii persistently refused to give them home rule the United States should take military possession of the island and give the Cubans time to arm and equip themselves for war. That means that one senator at least is in favor of giving CuIki her freedom, p.aeibly if we can, but forcibly if we mast. It is by no means probable that SiKiin will give up her control of Cuba without a war, : \d it is scarcely less proliable that she will lie able to rule the insurgent Cubans. 80 the probability is that the war with its savage atrocities will continue until the United States uses her good offices, or that failing, her military strength, to stop it. japlter'a Doable Bloon. Tlio most wonderful of nil the remarkablo things which nightly come within rango of tho powerful modern toloscopes is tho doublo moon which continually circles around and around Jupiter, tho "giant of tho skios." This astronomical oddity was not known until after tho great Lick telescopo was put in position on Mount Hamilton, tho discovery of tho tiny satollito only dating baok to 1891. Tho first bint of tho presonco of this "moon of a moon" was given when ono of tho Lick obsorvatory men roportod that ono of Jupiter's satellites appoarod to bo casting a doublo shadow on tho giant planet's surface. From that time forward for somo wocks a sharp lookout was kopt, and at last tho obscrvors wore rewarded in gotting a glimpso of tho curiosity?a tiny dot of a moon revolving around another moon, both hold in position by tho groat Jupiter.?St. Louis ltopublio. T\T<ilTI> A Vfipi IVCJITD t vnn niuuivnn viii inuu i\/\i FIRE!! W LIFE!! I am now representing the Bankers Guarantee Life Association in Life Insurance and am enabled to write as good and from one half to one third cheaper insurance than the old line companies. As an example, look at a policy in the Bankers in comparison with either of the old line companies - (t h e N. Y. Mutual, for instance.) $238.80 is the annual pre m i 11 m charged by this company at age 40 to secure a twent y year limited payment policy of $6000. With our company, the Bankers, we charge only $98.58, a difference of #140.22. Note this difference. Now if you can manage your own affairs, without the assistance of this old line company to act as your guardian, and will j invest this amount ($140.22) J each year yourself, it will pro-1 duce at 6 per cent, compound j interest at the expiration of i 19 years the snug little sum of j $5017. In case of death with ; this policy in an old line com- j j pany the beneficiary would j v only recive the face of the ' policy or $6000.00. \\ ith ours ! the face of the policy and all j accretions. Study this and 1 >ee what the old line Compa- j nies are doing for you. I also represent the Lloyds Fire Insurance Companies! and will write near every kind of risk 15 per cent cheaper' than the old line companies, j Country risks such as Ginner- ! ies, Grist Mills, Saw Mills, B Barns etc. will be glad to ; write. All those wishing insurance j of either kind I would lw? <d-nI if they will cull 011 inc. James E, Hunter. | FURNIT13 FURNITU T E. BAILEY'S j the most fastidious?1 Many beautiful tilings in tin 5 BUILDERS SUDD T. rvi ' LATEST SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS! BEAUTIFUL GOODS. ut ti nr-r n a /n Tr n u r\ JNJUVHii4 - ttU - UMiUAf! j | SVe offer you ill our spring aiul summer selections, art in style, skill in manufacture, and high merit in quality. It is a pleasure to reler to these facts in calling your attention to oir new line of staple and fancy j DRV GOODS, DRESS GOODS, NODONS, MIL- j ) \ LINERY C000S AND SHIES, Which are radiant with good valies and sparkling with low prices. That's the eason you get value lor value and quality for quality at our | store. ' 1>RICSS GOODS. / < f < In dress goods we can show \>u all the novelties of the season, both 111 wash fr.brics and wool '< floods, with nil trimmings, linings,etc., to match. j We ha*e some wonderful values in these goods. | Millinery!Miliinery! In our Millinery Department will be found on" of the largest, nest selected ad most attractive lines that has ever been showiin Union. Wo have secured Miss May Cock re 1, of Haiti more, Md., as trimmer and manager of'tis department I with Miss Hello Howell, of Uniu, as assistant. They will be delighted to show yo their goods. ! LACES EMBROIDERY ,\NI) AYITE GOODS. ! In this line we can undoubidly show you J II _ - .1? -1 i 1- *-? tin; pie\uest as wen as me cueuesi line ill me city. They were selected withiuch care and bought from headquarters. Make our store your hcudqarters whether you wish to purchase goods ornot. Thanking you tor past favors, we are most aspcctfully, I GRAHAM & V?ARKS. ! L ^ SWATCH THISSPACE^ \A/1 (1 Pnn + iniiQ ! a hi! r*!/\+U'?-? ^ vv mi wiiunuw i.v oie UiUMI.II&s oj loss, Hats anfl Seats' Furnlsliings at rrnio <>b.i> AT REASONABE PRICES. ? o ^^YOUItS FOE 'tADE,.. . THE CANNDN CO. CMWBagWWICCTHWgg&Y He rgg?g^Tt:<T3CP -JHITPiTr~V-^r?-V*-<.gVi r ? W? I i?nii?-r 1 rit,? ,Hint.!!... tv. ,>ju"" . 5. . ~U iiJ IRE! FURINjTURE! ' J s ill<? |)l]KMk to 1>U v Hjuulwoilics BSodi'oom mid I *21 r!o! tiiI ! piosiso jCSS Costly suits to suit suk: c poeketbooks. c L furniture lino, that it will j?; ou to con < atul .set LI KS J 8 CO tii X i CASK 'ATS I * E. BAILEY. A NEW YORK RACKET ^?ON A BOOM Every lady knows, and you should know that the New York Racket is acknowledged by -??ALL CASH RTTVERS^ To be the "Chenpost Store on Earth." Our buyer is now in the Northern markets, "here he is gathering some rare bargains for the patrons of the One Price Small Profit Cash Store Piles ami piles of new spring goods coming in by every train. Everything in a rush. No hard time emakers about the New York Racket. Our cut prices bring smiles and joy lo those who want a dollar to go a long way. Wc run 011 Lightning Express time and make all would-be competitors "side track"' for our UNRIVALLED PRICES On Dress Goods, Shoes, Clothing and llats Several eases of the famous two for 1 cent Rail Thread just in. Wagon loads of new fine style spring calicoes in at I cents vard i ne nest uress Oinghams on earth (pretty patterns) at j cents yard Best yard wide 36 inch Shirting at I cents yard So many bargains in Dross Goods that are arriving daily that time and space will not allow us to enumerate them. Call and see for yourself. i rv shoes w s s .,v m Even gone below the often heard of Rock Bottom Prices. Ladies Oxford Ties and Newport l ies begin at cents and up. Big bargains in childrens shoes; 25 cents and up. Men's shoes, solid full stock leather, begin at 85 cents. Men's line Sunday shoes begin at 95 cents. You pay Si.25 to Si.50 for these any where else. If you wear sevens we have a big lot of sample shoes embracing hand made good ; from the best factories at your ^>() 11' K PRICE.<^ Come on while everything is hustling ami bustling, and happy hearts are beating over the nnrivaiied bargains being picked up at 11 IK NFW YORK RACKKT, the Cheapest Cash Store on Karth. HARRY & BELK. Several Cases Men's New Straw Mats Just Arrived. Get First Choice for Faster. UNION WANTS Sin?'u and \\ agon "! ZjZ HARNESS. Also, briiiles. Lines, FreachCollars and Collar ' o Ron t I a i i to i- our Fuggies \ |.;tllolS ??A Mrs. Hopkins Boy. j nivlirn1:*. ^ | At ! c I it' )i.< ! ( r hop. FHE BEST FIRST Ami nets it while other 'r> 1 ' for ... . I \<>lir Until.)..-:' 1 ; Inlllciiow 1 lit 1. 1 U I <. t n ( illSC 1 \ CS m i vv! n ' i< I. . i: l::is 1 K'('U taking a ]>(. ( ]> at carl\ t?? in* ' . I to tlu> n, , il JH:? I <ur<- ?i i . 111 < mnhiint.-, Sl'UlNC STVi.r.S. Ill v,.,ii.?r 1 .i i: i i:i'iico ni \ ii?it Mvcinjtii . ;!' 1 ? -i. in . :;c oryjaiu . TIERS' CLCTHI88 "I'; ' \.nr;. s I Me!,,!-. W'c take time l>v the fore- " 'K ! !< . , . " I'll I ! ' 1 ' |||| III I'll. lock an.I open our .Iculiii ;m<i si,, -o ...nnicoii i?y its in'. iMi!v ni i*,. i\ I',,-,-!'s tini f HE WEST STYLES - 1 ... , ... urn r.AiiuAiN - i.\ r.;:.u tii-xi. I o tiie retail public. \\ e announce this week our BUG-GIlCS opening sale of highest iPRlNU SUITS, SPR.'NC HATS, ( ome i arly aiul get what ~rt \ou want. i . c J l.ar^e variety i.> <1. . i lioni. Call v . . line. Smith Clothing Co... FA.f,v '^";OSO hue our 1'u v liarncss ar.J L*p-lo*I>itU C]utbH>a>tiu(IX',uruial.L>rs. Icnncssec \\ a?;ons.