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"I ? THE UNION TIMES l ublishcd Every Friday. ? BY THE? UNION TIMES COMPANY Rooms 1, ?J, 5 and 7, Bank Brn.niNG. L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the Postoftice in Union, 8. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- fl.OO Six month? ------ cents Three montlis ----- J.", cents. advertisements One square, first inseition - - ?!.<?>. Every subsequent insertion - '>0 cents. Contracts for three months or long?u will be made at reduced rates. Rejected manuscr'pt will not he re turned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will Le charged far at half rates. UNION, S. C., AUOt'ST is, 1S!M. BUILDI.xa INSPECTOR. Trfiifw ni'v nnd town of atiV i:n. "-V portancc lias an inspector to whom all plans and specifications must l?o submitted for approval before any building can be erected. We heartily agree "with other cities in this ilea but would insist that the selection be one who is thoroughly competent and unapproachable bv interested parties. Does anyone suppose for a mo m jnt lhat an inspector would have allowed such a building as the Dunn building to have been erected on Main street for the use of the public in trading with the occupant Any bum inspector would have turned down a gable constructed with brick bats and pieces of rock with a roof of some fifty feet span aid no mud beams or angle braces to prevent spreading. The young men who occupied the store looms, thinking they were running oflf the street to a place of safety. came near running to their death. For while Mr. Rico was delayed, a ?iu cuutu net reach his j * * - 1 1 - 1 11 DacK uoor, wnerc nu ?uuiu nave aurcly been killed or maimed lor life , Mr. Brown did get to his do >r just as the gable and roof fell in and was wedged in by the ceiling joists, which formed a kind of arch over him and held up the weight of the debris; though he was considraMv scratched and bru'scd. W ho will be the next one to take such chances? Tho present style is to k* je* down the contractor to a point that does not allow him to make a living, if he pays his help, and consequently he has to slight his work ; and the landlord is only nf^- ' " " "j wuw jaw iegaritlGSS ot the safety ol| the occupants. This is the day of cheap h use consttuction and every week tho j papers contain accounts of a cyclone i whereas the genuine cyclone rarely ever passes over this country and only gets so named by a number of cheap houses being blown down by ' ever)' hard wind that comes a! ng. Wc think it time the <' >uneil was i taking the matter in hand and see- j ing that houses are built to s:nn 1 ; the storms that may reasonably br! expected through this section, (Of! course wc admit nothing will with- ! stand a genuine cyclone) and if tiiey :? cannot do it through the present of- ^ ficers employ some one who is com- , potent to handle the matter. I The Council have wisely prohibit cd the construction of wooden build- 1 ings with.in certain distance of main 1 street, now let them go a little farther and prohibit the construction of j , any kind of house that does not come up to standard specific iti-m.s and we will not haveanv more lJunn buildings or death traps in town. , ; i A bund of whiteraps are teroiiz ing the negroes of Crcenv.ood conn-11. ty by going to their houses and whip j ? ping them and ordering them t > '' leave the county many negroes ha.c '' gone to town Jot safety while others " sleep in barns. The Governor should ' ( U9e everh effort to apprehend ih"|l( perpetrators of these outrages. ' v M i Uli/yriXC COTTON CROP. '! h?? next cut' ii crop v: 11 - on 1 >o wadv f >r market. Will our cotton farmers a^ain be forced to sell their cotton for the rcdieu'.ously low figures which have obtained for the last few years ? The Natches (Miss.) l>emocrat. has taken hold of the matter, and is i:rnring the fanners to Jirdd hack 0:10 tliird of the cotton crop. It says: "Unless a change is made as to t he mode of marketing the cotton crop the same low prices that were current last year will inevitably he the result. It is a well established fact that large port and interior receipts during the I months of September, October ami November are the great factors in making prices, atul it is in your power to prevent this as you have the remedy in your hands which is to hold hack ( n yi ur farms ore th'rd of your ginning until after I>ecem! < . or January. The two-thirds will bring nearly as much money marketed in this way as the whole erop marketed in the usual way. In doing this you will not he depriving the merchants or the banks to whom you are under obligation* of what they are justly entit'ed to. hut on the other hand, protecting almost : their salvation as well as your own. The government says th? acreage in cotton lands is eight per cent, less than last year. Kstimnting the current erop at 11. ! 2<> t.ttuii bales, it means a shrinkage i < ( 1 ' bales, or a crop of 'J. ""( bales for I s9'.'-l'.ti i Not withstanding all this, and the further fact that the cotton mills I throughout the country arc making j profits ranging from itt per cent, to in per cent, mighty eirorts are heing | made to create the imprcs-ion that i the crop will be an enormous Jone, | with the view of getting your cotton dieap and it is for you tojdetermine (whether the greedy spinner will site| cced. You will hi' assailed by the wily I speculator with all kinds of arguj meats to prevent you from holdirg your cot ton. but it is your only wea' pon and your financial salvation depends upon its use." The constant building of new mills and the enlarging of old mills t hrougltout> tiie South would certainly lead one til stmno<e tliat I tie l-iriee of ont ton should go up. It is reasonable to expect the mills, however, to-eI'tire their cotton at as low a price as they can. Thoy are looking out for number one. The farmers should do the same thing. If they do not keep an eye open for their own interest it is not likely that any one else is going to do it for them. It is very evident that there should he a unity of purpose amomr tho.m 1. mi* will amount to a row of pins. Whether the above proposition of the "Democrat" will meet the approval of those most concerned we are not able to say, but ii would certainly be a goyd way to force up the price of < >tton if the creditors of the farmers would agree to it, and if it could he unanimous. And if the cotton was held back, and sulliciont insurance carried on it to protect the merchants, we don't sec anything in I he way preventing the arrangement. 1'here certainly should be something done. We think il would boa good idea to at oneocall meetings throughout the South of the cotton growers at their different court h""?* j vi?.iisinis who have made advances attend the meetings and discuss the matter together. If this was found to he the host method t ) adopt, arrangements could speedily be made to carry it out. The merchants could a 1 vise t heir creditors of the de vsi.?n, si no me would he hurt, and the farmer would possibly be :ibio to take hi-: r. i-r a little further from the grindstone. The mills must have the cotton. at; 1 if - ?::j ? arrangement eouM !> made : ? !? ?' 1 hack until tin- surplus eoti'd he c > sumoii. l!e* farmer would he in a po sill in to eommnnd hotter pries. . OM?BUMCVl(jrVVirn yor t c.\.\Dii>.\ ti:. Since oiir?l;lsl is-tie Ue have seen j Senator Douglass, and had a talk villi liim i-vgarding the -tatomcnt, in i Spartanhtirpaper, 'hat he w >uM ?. a candidalo for C-M-gr.-s-i. Senal >r touglass mi s s there i- not a word of j ruth iu the report . that he ha- ! tever in I iimit fid an vt him.' of t he ki mi. le wishes 11< to -tatc that he .s not candidate for Congress ami <! e.ot intend to run for that plaee. < <ur -i-!ci . ?i:ni v Kj.jiriiwili'i'V ha< i ur< ! free d:iIIv ruriii ueliverv >i:.-?! ] i ei . HlllllfnCH ^ AlJ^'USl I ill). "!! ! ? ;; >m 'Jo miit - lonv. Oi <! rr\ - jjl.Mir ,>i i ion. Ilv :i' r? i !. *.Ut.? packages in. I all i!i r iiiiii! ij:1.? are handled > Mr. T. |? A vari't tin arri.r, whieh i? a lti"? al eonven nce to tin- |n nj.ie. Winder if we ill ever get a free ;i\ delivers in 'idon" It would l.e little shorl <>t' a les^ing, especially durii g th'M hot roathet. SMALL POX. The cpedeinie is within three miles of town iTnd should I?o ?>tu:?>i?e?I out | before eojd weather or all business will be paralized this wint'v. Remember the cost to tlreenviile I winter before last before last before ' everybody beeame immune. All i praise for the eounty authorities for vaccinating everybody in" the infected j neighborhood, but who knows where ; the wandering negro had strolled while the disease was in his svstom j nr.il before breaking out on him. I What is tlie Tow i Hoard of Health | doing? Sitting supinely waiting f?>r l it to get to town". Medical authorities assert that the only way to stop the plague is to vaccinate everybody and thereby make them immupc. Why don't the Hoard of Health give the council orders to enforce vaccination? We are satisfied our active and energetic mayor will not allo.v i tee blame, of a stagnation of business here this winter, to rest on his shoulders if the Hoard of Health should u've orders to stamp out the disease. Too much is at stake! If tho Board is so constituted that a tpioram cannot be assembled let those : on the ground act and act ijuicklv J for we cannot afford t>> have small pox become epidemic here litis lVd. STONE FOR BRYAN'. Mr. William .1. Stone, vice chairj man of the Democratic National Comi mittee says lie is for Mr. Bryan for j President, always has been and ex! peels to so. He thinks there I is not a shadow of doubt that j Bryan will he nominated by the next j Democratic National C< mmittce. In reply to a telegram from the Chicago j Tfibune asking if Bryan did say he did not care whether lie was nominal ? u or noi ; :mc tcoecpts o; me i any ; were carried out. Mr. Ilryan saiu: , 4 Whether ! shell be a candidate depend- largoiy on the platform. The i platform > 11on 111 lit the party and the l candidate should lit he'plat form." The straws are pointing toward IJryan as the next Democrat ie nominee. ' raHMMnranBnaaKsrii EDITORIAL IiKIIiFS. The Sydney Park mule case has been ended hy the mayor, after a persona! visit to the work and watching the mules at work, imposing a line of $1<> on Contractor ",M " v%as pant, ltis attorney ha> given notice to the council of an appeal. * * * A charier has been issued to the Southern Rotinl Iialc Cotton Company. of M.irnwell. The officer? are: President, Mike drown; S. 11. Drown, vice president; F. J. Devereux, <e-.vt try and treasurer. The capital si vk o? the company is t a he ij* 1? * The Crescent Cglatt Mills. uf Rik Mil!, s.(\, is tie* new e ?rp ? ;P.i v.i e.ijrtaii/.ed at $Vm? 11, organi/ 1 to operate the oi l II >rk ?I.i! Fa 'or/. Tais was hid in for 311 ,UbJ by Dr. J. i I. Me Ado i of Ciiiriottc, wltt his turn-1 th'prop city over t i A 'r \V. r. Mutch.->.?a and otit is of Rjck Hi!!, wit > will revamp tl e in 11 ami start i", up. Font ho v boilers will b > iasta'dc 1, 11? <' ?ri;s, eiigiif overlt tu.e 1, a: I t':> W Itousc engine will h.? stil. T\rl propir:i!. ?r\ :i! i ! im ? 1 i 11 r in m'ti >?? i* t\- ' l * . ? ' I pV. ul by t!i in ?<t m > 1 an I t!i 7.''n| sjiin<l!?'sami 11(2 loo:n* p'i* in good tunning order. i A i.cw Cotton null is to oe bunt in j >p it l:n burg. It is tin A illusion mill. T capita! sltH"lv is to b .-'Vt.ti't' The Ya!!o> l'ulis Matnil:: I ill ili'X ( otn| U.y, o| ^piutaiibilig. bill ;ipj lie i to. ;t j 'i i t It is to l uil l n luill nt l.olo. j 1 c.ip: i.il s t oc k is to 11' * ? i >. i ' i i. .1 . i? i ?r, or.i!. >r ills1 I. I!. *li i 11: i: it r, .1. M. j *. uvti. M. 1'. Hut in'.!. I. I'. Kptoi:, I. '>P Vet.,. 1 I 1 f) 1 -i ( M ? s %! -- x > r.* i 75 r. j 2 A LOVELY VVOMAM ~ i c!h: ! 'r : !!' ' .: in il; garden ?3 i < : . rwry woman may i." | . !>) 'i- ; }: t !: r own style, with ? . j 8 iT.Hn^ yc . rosy checks, ? . . i very line ol b *nuty fully - 'l I '--J. I [" I* Hut /.I !t Extract, The41 Best ' .? Ton! , will brin; out her beauty, " ; !! is l!) hollows, cover lip the < nr,.l , round out the ^ E -r\ r.fjll de\ ?*>,? all her lines Sr 1 r; t i.if. It i i fle.dt ami tissue jr i ' t.i'.lei tli u will ' any worn.mi 5~ p' tuip an a i ?nnJ : ?nl rosy, ? - ? site : a ir.:it ,o lie. Try it yourself ? and m ;:r ;?iir;,?r will show you a j~ m '/i.tiduiii burpri^c, n 5 r i Ar ;ii! !r::'??t ,rci. gj j ilI<IIISlllIlllllllll!ll!llllllllllllllllUflllUR 1 lottox mir.i, xicws xor/;?. Clippings I-row Textile ISxeelsior 1 .-<//</ Other Stutc lixehuutfes. T. U. Fairi. hi!?l will t;\ke charge of Ixitli entiling ami spinning at K<Jg?llvM l>. C.) Mills. A. It. W?ssi tiger of Clifton f\ C.1 Mill No. -J ij ill. thai Irs M Burgess, loomfivor. I a* chaugnl fnjai (iafiucy to Fort Mil!, C. Mr. Burnet' of the ^pirtan Mills, M'nrtnulmrg, S. is now caul entitle! at ihe Fail in mat (S. C ) Cjtt >11 Mi I .T. S. Cromer, hnss slasher man a' Spat tan Mills. Spaitanhtfrg, S. ('., w'th his wifo, has just s|K.'iit a tvu-k's vacation at 1'ieihuont, S. T. H. Hurt, boss weaver in Go->t?i? Mills, Uherryvdle, X. C..?is spending the four days this week while the factory is shut down at (1 ifi'uey. S. M. 1'. IVttoe, second hand in spituhnp at Ga ton Mills. C'!a rryvill", N. has chanped to Guii'uey. S ('.and is succeed (1 by .J. W. Short from Gastotia. X. C. ' The Union (<.(') (' >tlo;i Mills I).?j part men* Store in ike the b >3t iiv erea.n to lie had. Forty omts per (pint or : 1. *0 per pallou.'' Theforepoiup is one of the many alverfisem tits iaierted by tin; company in the Union Tinas.? 'lVxt'le Excelsior. The K-lpitUid i s. c. Manufa tniine Company will at once commence wotk ?:i an addition winch wilt double the si/.-* of their cotton factory. At present lhe\ have o.ii >n spindles and 1.10 looms. Tin new machinery isexpected to be in (Operation b> .lannaty 1. II. A. Heli has dumped from Itutherfoidton, X. to Jhulinpton, X. C.: II. ('. Thompson, from McCnll, s. C.. to Washington. Allen T. Urown from A vend ile, Ala., to Xewberry, S. i'; II. M. (libbs from Warrciivi'le, S. ! C.. to Hat!:. S. U. The cot I on mill to he l.uilt at l'ickei.s C. II.. s. ('.. is assured. I: isstrietiv a !i 'ic.e i ntirpii.-e, tlie leaders )> -dap .1. K. I litres, .1. Mrlt. Hruee, .1. I'. Can v, \\ . T. SlcFali, .1. M. 11 ay pood, s.- , Euptne Alexander and Pr G. W. Karle. I Work on the new Urr Cotton Mills. ; Andtrso '. s. is propressh.p rapidly. 1 The fontidation for the main buddmp is beiup laid, the warehouses are neaiiy I completed and the dwellinp houses foi 1 the opcialives are beinp < roe ted. To |_j< l anything lo take There's more durability and so .eat you can tfet; besides they taste am! refinement. and no Ik We have the nicest line t; I nion. and we are holding do\ economical buyers can enjoy th There are "no Hies ! on the your house if you use our sen here at one-third h-ss than the elsewhere and we handle tli 1'Teczcr, the best made. BAILEY FUR Mr. Midler, of Petersburg, \ a., i> i now surveying Ware's .Shoals, S. at j which there is iine water power. The owners, .J. T. Simmons of (. i reel t wood. : O. 1>. Mm moms of -Laurens, I. T. Jolm! >??:> of Spartanburg anil W II. Johnson of Canada, hope to soon establish a large cotton mill. The Cones and Mebanes, of GreensIt >ro. N. C.. almost consumaiated a deal for the put chase of Laudsford Shoal.", ttiat tine Water power on the Catawba Wateiee) river near Catawba Junction. S. C.. they intended building large cot: tun mills there. p:i.-e is now a certainty. C ol. James I.. <>.r and John M. Greir. of Cireenville. S < . iuo on the hoard ol cor,orators, i he Ki-lev citiyns, lauded by \V. M. II.igood, wiI! subscribe ifTo.nuO and Greenville and Northern ca|)itaiist.s tin balance to mak 1 up a ?">>' > On > tump tn\. The wotk on the new cotton m il at ?'la-raw, S. is expected to commence son;;1 time during this month. Some delay may lx* caused in erecting the building from the .scarcity of laborers, so much new railroad work through that country absorbing spare labor. The limits Manufacturing Company is composed id' \V. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, and lliiu.de Hand capitalists. The business men of Ihtitham, Tex . met at their conn house otic evening last week to discuss the cotton mill ?juestion. J. J. l.itth j iha a cotton mi i mm front Jen;.-ville. S. . addressed the meeting. When the nuiicd was made for all to stand that would take stock ne irly the whole liousc sto >1. A ' >' > mill is aim ol a-sutv 1. James Wesley Mayti", uit eiugjoye of 11 :* Poe Mills, (Jrcenville. S. C., was artiste.I 1?V 1 ),' i >t 11 v Sii, fill Wh;l:iil.i? I'm It 4 ii);y. 1.1st .-j?i ho was inaniirt to i \ti-i K-t--lii- of (iiOt-11 villo. A t'i w i! is-; ;i;o letters weio re viveA front i woman i:i West Virginia. \v!io that >fn>no was h? r liti-haml. She >:?I >iii was almost destitute ;n: i oliil t. !! ilop 'inline on Iter. The l-Vniitain I mi < "olto'i Mil! is movie. n lot so, nicely ::: daytime oi;!y. Willi i>l i.; !;? am! plenty of orders at : ptire. and -on: ai'ovo laaikot <|tiol;;!;o;is. ( tn'i in! hall' llio im!?i.s iev." ! 'l'l:o oHi cis aio as follows : W. SJail. pnse'ii!; 1'. <Ton.'. Inas. .'.lul u nciM: mi in a; r: !. i!. Yon:!,', i iiilu it-iil .11. 1 a-oeru! owr.scei: .ins. v'.i no;ji !?-. a.'i'l oVi i-' iT of st? u- | and lh' an liic- that sl.uted tip 1 iiiiii a: i .i.c ; :.a i:. . i a lily. it's no tt i|N [TVERY JOWN - -* " j Throughout this land, will invariably b? found soaii one particular store that the purchasing public points to with pride, as being the eldest aud most reputable concern in to;vn. We claim tliis distinguished reputation in Union, which has been honestly earned and acquired by us. For many years we have been the Representative Store of Union From every pcint of view and wc shall continue to maintain this supremacy in the front ranks by being cntoprising iin/1 i*YVinrrps?iva in flip fullest decrroo ? "Just as Represented" Is the feature that lias placed us ill the lead, and no matter what the item is, th re's always a feeling of confidence that appeals to the purchasing public. SVe are already making preparations for tlie COMING SEASON Which is near at hand, and wc arc in position to sell you the best and newest goods at the fairest margins ; priced at actual worth always. Our stocks are bought principal/ from 1 manufacturers direct, during the dull season, when SPOT [CASH has its strongest purchasing power. . Tlie Old Reliable, | A. H. Foster & Co. There Is Danger In overexerting yourself this hot weather. Ladies don't do it, use your phone, call up 76, THE PARLOR GROCERY AVI I EX YOU NEED AX AT III XGIX FINE EATABLES, CAN FRUITS, CAN VEGETABLES, TEAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS, ETC., ETC. A fresh lot of Uneeda Biscuits just in. Crnwn Chppsp Frpsh FnnnIrv R11Upr and Bottled Soda water on ice. Our up-to-date delivery will deliver goods promptly. We are anxious to serve you. Very truly, L? 5. Townsend, THE PARLOR GROCERY. ' r ^ se to try the place of Rattan Rockers. aid comfort in them than any 1\ carry with them an air of good lUt >me is complete without them. W. \t? p , st lect from ever brought to ftjfc |" vn the price so that th.e most ^ >e ^oods neither will they he in \\ JE|[| ten doors and windows, made \ Yy pirce j on pay when ordered V,/ e White Mountain Ice Cream -f MITURE & LUMBER CO,