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T1 IK UNION TIMES rublishcd Every Friday. ?by the? UNION TIMES COMPANY Rooms 1, 8, 5 and 7, Bank Building. L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the Postothee in Union, S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six monthi ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion - - $l.(iO. Every subsequent*.insert ion - 50 cents. Contracts for tiiree months or longer will be made at reduced rates. Rejected manupcrpt will not l>e rrturned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be chap-god for at half rates. / UNION, S. cl, SEPTEMBER 10, 1890.* < rj - _____ The Dreyfus trial and comments thereon has filled more newspaper columns than any case ever brought to trial. Let Justice prevail?in France with her Dreyfus; in America with her Carter and in Soul h Carolina with her Neall. The scythe blndo of justice needs whetting; it has lots of work to do. The people are becoming impatient. By reference to Hey Denver's article on 1st page it will be seen that we havo had some fearfully warm weather this summer. In 02 days there were only 20 days that registered under 90, find JJ."> days 95 and over. Several days above the 100 mark are reported. During the last six years there had only been one day that registered as high as 100, No moro beer privileges. All such privileges will be revoked on Nov. 1st and thereafter beer will have to be bought from the regular dispensaries. This is a good move, as the dispensary docs not furnish a loitering place for either beer or whiskey drinking and those who buy it have to take it home <>r elsewhere to drink it. If we are to have the dispensary let it manage the whole business, We seo very little dilference between the beer privilege system and the open bar rooms of former days, so far as beer drinking is concerned. We are satisfied the disponsary system of handling liquor is the best ever introduced and if the people are ever to derive much benefit from the profits the expenses should bo cut down to basis of other mercantile establishments. Cornelius Vauderbilt, the American railroad king, diod at his hom* in New York, at 5:45, a. m., September 12th. He was in his 5tith year. He was ? self-made man; having begun life as a messenger in n bank, lie ascended tho ladder of fame and fortune 9tep by step until he stood on the top rung as the railroad king of America, and was able to count his millions by the hundred. He was born on Staten Island, ."^ot. 'J7th, i84.8. He was a liberal contributor to religious purposes, and gave freely to the V. M. C. A. of New York City. Ho was much more charitable than the majorl'y of his class. If President M< Kuily doesn't - > >r: get a move on himself and ?!o s >n thing in the Carter case, it will splendid campaign timber for t :> democrats in their .ight next year, to "turn tho rascals out." And toe delay on tho part of Mc.'vii.ley in passing on the act! >n of tho court marshal convicting Captain ("?ut?r, of the engineering department of the army, of embezzling $1 of I'ncle Sam's money, Jiows Mek'inl.-y to be the biggest rascal of them all. The delay is w.iolly inexcusab) \ Carter is in the meantime, r>la; i g gentleman at a ,ne< ropoiitan iiotrl doing nothing, drinking line wi<s, smoking line cig ir.>. nt.d I osi 1. in is drawing his salary right along. ir? sits back and snaps his lingers at tr.e high-cOo'k-alorunrn- and says don't yon dare do It, f>r T 11 tell. He says n" will take others >vith liim when m goes to the pen:f-vitlaTy. This i? a pretty state of aifai^a. A man nonvicted of an embezzlement of one no" a half million dollars defying proceedings against himself. '1 here cm tithing dead up the brand), and Me Kinley stands in u bad light lis regard* thil case, HOLD YOUR COTTON. We have suggested that it would bo advisable for tho farmers, the titer- j chants and the hankers to get together m:h1 make some arrangements to hold back a portion of the present cotton crop, as it appears from nil the reports we have from various sections of the country by the newspapers, the cotton crop will be, in this country at least, one third short, and Texas, tho great cotton growing section, is ludly short on its cotton crop, and the N'eiil report of 12.<_K.h>,ooo is going to be badly ofT this year. The manipulators are making strenuous ef luns 10 nave conon ru<neu to market while the price is low, and as a result many cotton growers have taken the buck ague and have been rushing their cotton to market as the following clipping wiil show : "The statements show receipts at ail United States ports since Sept ! of ll.j,771 against .>0,908 last year and 8S,.r)20 year before last; overland across the Mississipppi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 10,2951 against 2,5190 last year and 2.V) year before last ; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 19,-105 aguinst 1,090 last year, and 511.SoO year before lust; southern mills takings 82,170 against 88,970 last year and 20,922 year before last.'' Cotton is sure to rise later, in fact it has already begun to rise, we notice several other papers are taking up the matter utnl urging the farmers to hold back even if they have to put their cotton in a warehouse and borrow what money they absolutely need. We think this is right, it will surely pay. Bonded warehouses are building Tor this purpose in Newberry and other towns in the Slate Union should do likewise. We clip the following from our exchanges as to holding cotton etc : From the County Messenger: "We have interviewed a number of leading farmers from various sections of the county, and nearly all of them ssy that there will not be more than two-thirds of an average crop of cotton made in Darlington county. Several of them say that the farmers in this section are in a better condition than ever before to hold their cotton awhile, and we believe the farmers can get 7 or S cents per pound for it within ninety days." The Greenville News says: "New Orleans seems to stick to Neill's estimate against the government report on the cotton crop, but unless farmers throughout the South have combined to pile up a most amazing fabric of falsehood, the government is right ami prices ure bound to go up." Speaking of the prospective rise in cotton the Columbia State says: "Reports from Texas seem to settle the question. The crop of that State will at least be below the average of the last two yaars, and elsewhere it will bo materially smaller. Cotton, therefore, is a good thing to hold. There is a great revival in the mill industry all over the world. The demand for cott >n goods is increasing and manufacturers will need more cotton than ever before. Cotton will respond to the prevailing movement toward higher prices. Those producers who are able to hold it on their plantations should do so, thus keeping it from entering into the reports of receipts. Those who cannot afford to go without money should store their cotton in bonded n iiieiiiiusu!) uuu gei iohus on n, l ne prospect of an advance of half a cent a pound will warrant warehousing it for throe months," The monthly report of the statistician of the department of agriculture shows a groat drop off in the cotton condition. The serious decline in the main is the result of the long continued drouth. Where local rains have fallen they have generally heon so heavy aa to stili agravate the situation. The average of the different States on S<T>t. 1 were as follows: Virginia, v7: Nor.h Carolina. : S'lith Carolina. <">'5; (loorgia, i'.1: Florida, 77; Alabama, 7'?; MC>.>Ct[.,7^; Louisiana, 7? ; Texas, ?! ; r kan-ns, Tennessee. 7<'?; Mi.-s. io-i, ; Oklahoma, <>??; Indian Terrlto-v, V2. Average (>v.*> as to 7.,v> I 7k i average last ten years. Krom the repor, of the South Carolina crop hulletion we le.irn ilia' t ie mean i unp'-mtu e las' week avrig ?d H'l degrees, 7 degrees a'? >vo norma' ? Local showers ail over too Sow ? l>ry weather is nee led over the ;-r ?: er portion of :ho State for the grth ring of crops?Army worms ar< f - liBflppearing? Young corn icok* promising, l>u; t ho i-rcn gor.or; ' 1 y ] ? * not improve 1 :;.ul ! pv>r on* ? 1\?! (Ur is in goo.l oomii ion nn 1 r.eir;. all pul!"?i?l-ooal heavy rains 1 i({ imaged cotton nudlv : lm!f to t vo tnir.U of the hoi's a**e o;,nn, ar.d pe<i; i?f jo ing on rapidly whore t !io wit or will permit, i'oor cotton vigils a *? reported f om till *|tmrtr *h r. nil pryv*o:is estimates are hoi rig ri.iu ? ! I I'll gonetui prosoc a for minor c >are promising. fs* His St Ft'-* Begins Xext Week. the sad news of Col. McMaster's death he received with regret by many of his old comrades in this county who remember with pride his conduct in the engagements around Petersburg and particularly the explosion at thrt Crater, where the brunt of the attack was met by his command , out tho war he conduct*. anse'f with gallantry and on his rctur..'home tilled his place with equal patriotism, defending his people when accused of klu-kluxism. Capt. Childs has loft a vacancy in the prohibition ranks that will he hur l to fill, but the good work inaugurated by him is sure to tind another to keep it moving, though his friends may be discouraged by his sudden death. ORGANIZED. The Buffalo Cotton Mill Co. met at the office of Munro it Munro September 11th, an organization was perfected, by the election of tho following board of directors: T. C. Duncan, Emslie Nicholson, A. II. Foster, Wm. Munro, \V. E. Thomson, J. A. Font, A. S. Wattles, Roger B. Hopkins, Morris Whitridge, W. R. Walker. T. C. Duncan was elected President and Treasurer, J. A. Fant Vice Prosi i 1 .1 rt t 4: '.I II I ~ / ?1.^ itflllll liiUl I iuvui, ?pwW|VW VI LilU tpUUVjUW MUl' IV hus been sub3cribeil. Tho President lias gone to New York to seloet und purchase tho machinery. The lirst matter in hand will bo tie building of tho railroad from Uni^y to the mill site. Tho mill will havo about forty thousand spindles, and will be lurger than mill No. 2 at Union. EDITORIAL BRIEFS. The New York Journal has recently sont out inquires regarding the strength of Bryan as the coming Democratic candidate. It has received answers that show thirty states which will send solid Bryan delegations to the next national convention. if * * Tho world's production of colTee in lSi>k was 1, Too, 7(50,000 pounds, of which quantity llio poople of the Unit ed States consumed over 70J,0 > ? ? ? pounds, little over forty per card, of all tlie cotl'eo consumed in tl.o __ t l worm. 11 ^onvalescing 1 ? . ^ - ?? is more or less a very slow process, rj Yi according to the severity of the ?-j siokuccs. Vitality, v nen at a low C;.b, vorks at a great disadvantage, t" : an.'tvore tin.o is required to regain rj Hi ?I:o lost strength and power. U a a !i Pafrst i 1 oiSH Ex$saet 3 g Tfc>Be$i Ionic f. ~ produces mru vol .- is results in such i'j ~ c- .rs. The richness of the malt s gives i:ie to the blood and the hop :J _ principle gives tone to $ r. , tlic stomach?creating V: i - ., - < . hot!i .1 desire for food .i T> v * \0< x- and t!ie ability to di ) gist it g .? At ail dru? tore*. i:' aiUllllllllll!liUIIIIII)lllHIU?liB<liUUUlfc * .. *stk DREYFUS VERDICT-GUILTY. ] The verdict of "gu?lty" in the Dreyfus ease has created a perfect avelancho of denunciation from almost every quarter of the globe, and the judges are receiving well deserved sensure. No such prostitution of justice has been witnessed in any civilized country in modern times. Wo think the boycott idea a flitting . denunciation. And all countries should join in stamping the seal of condemnation on the verdict by withdrawing all exhibits from the Paris Kxposition and refusing to attend. Papers of all Nationalities are falling in with the idea, and n movement is on foot to introduce a bill in Congress for the United States to withdraw. *'i course we can oniy juugo uy l no press reports, but if the evidence at the trial was correctly reported, any set of judges who would hear such evidence, and then vote for conviction, we say they ought to be taken to Devil's Isle, chained together and sent to Davev Jones' Locker with a heavycharge of dynamite behind them, to hurry them on. Such a set of cowards are a disgrace to their country. France instead of Dreyfus is now standing at the judgment bar. She is on trial and the evidence is overwhelmingly against her. A LOSS TO THE STATE. This week chronicles the death of two of Columbia's citizens who will be missed by many, Col. F. W. MrMaster and 1.. D. Childs. Both had many admirers but especially will Although President McKlnley was ' elected on a pledge to do all In his power to securo international bimctalism, three years have passed and wh it has ho doue? * * % James A. Garfield lodgo No. 27, Independent Order of the Western Stj^r, has directed Secretary llert/fe'.d to send'a call to all grand lodges of the order for a United appeal to President McKinley requesting him to use his influence in securing a pardon for Captain Dreyfus. The order has G,tM 0 members and Secretary ller/feld expects a unanimous vote in fa vor oT the appeal.?Chicago Ex. * * Talk of an extra session of Congress is again prevalent, but President McKitiley is not anxious to give an account of his stewardship any sooner than need be. Autocratic government through military straps is much easier than trusting the people. * * > Those must bo important reasons .that induce President MeKinley to confide tho command of an army of 5C,000 to a mere brigadier general, when three major generals arc available. Otis may be a good man to command a small force, but the conviction is growing t bat he is not big enough for his place. * * The Western Union claims to litve a grant from Spain of the exclusive right to land cables in Cuba. Whether this c'aim is well justified, it would seem, might bo left fo: the courts to determine, but the a (ministration la? interferrcd to uphold the monopoly to thextent of employing American troops to prevent the lauding of a cable of a rival company. Thus it is again demonstrated that the big monopolies have good cause for favoring President 21clvinlej's re-election. ! * Union labor in the Uniteil States will scarcely eudorse the arrest ami sentence by Unite<l States authorities in Cub , of a man named Ferrer, a delegate to the Cuban Masons' Union, who got ten days imprisonment for having jieaeefully urged some carpenters to j >in a mason's strike. If United States troops are used against lal>or in this way in Cuba, how long will it be l>efore the same authorities will tike similar action against labor m the United States? SALE OF LAND. "Wo, the undersigned heirs-at-law of John I'. McKissi :k, deceased, will sell at public auction b-fore the court hou?e door, at Union, S. C., on SaleMlay in Octolier, 180t>, the following described land:-, towit: All that tract of land lying, being and situate in Union township, Union county, State aforesaid, containing three hundred and seventy acres, more or less, bounded bv lands of E. G. Evans and wife, 1'. M. Cohen. M. S. Faueett, Fincher Harris, II. C. Little and E. M. Smith. Said land will ha sold in three separate tracts, pints of which can l?e seen at otlica of J. II. McKi.ssick, clo.k of court. Said land will ha sold free of all encumbrance. In making sale of the lands above described, eajli of t he three tracts will be offered for sale in separate parceh as surveyed anil platted, and after all of said three tracts shall be bid off by the highest bidder, then the entire tract will be off -red for sale, and if the entire tract shall fetch more at the sale than the aggregate of the sub division were bid in at then tlie purchaser at the sale of the entire tract shall Ik; the purchaser, but if the bids for the separate three tracts shall exceed the bill for the entire tract then the purchasers at. th* sale of the three sseparate tracts shall be the purchasers. t Kit ms ok :>al.k. One half tho purchase money tobepiid cash, the balance on a credit of one year from day of sale with interest from day of sale, to lie secured by bond of tire purchaser and a mortgage of t he premises, with tin; privilege to the purchaser to pay all cash. Published in The Union Times Sept. In. Hbb. Emma Davis, .1. It. McKismck, W. I. M? Kissick, II. C. I .It 11. l?:, .1. P. M< KI-.-ick. IT '! It's no u .1.: x-1 ; I U tl(i) I IllUg IcIKC There's more durability and sc ;eat you can ?^et; besides they taste and refinement, and no h We have the nicest line t I'nion, and we are holding dc economical buyers can enjoy ti There are "no flies" on tlx your house if you use our scr< here at one-third less than th elsewhere?and we handle tr Freezer, the best made. :BAILEY FUR Showing Hf Newest Styles. ! ???i???? ????? 81 The Season's Styles ! That Meet Your Wishes. There is great satisfaction in buying from a store that keeps only the freshest and mo4 reliable merchandise. The best in each particular line is offered for your selection. We have male special oflf>rts for this season and are about ready to show you the advanced ideas in the Autumn styles, those that fashion will m ike popu'nr. Piices that will sustain the reputation of this store?that will keep you coming?that will make you a buyer here throughout the entire winter. In Dress Goods, Silks and Millinery We are showing the novelties that lead The colorings and materials that meet every fashionable requirement. All prices at their actual worth. Nothing more, nothing lees ELEGANT CAPES AND JACKETS That will strike you as being unusually handsome, that will introduce you to the proper styles for the Fall and Winter of'99. Each garment a beauty, the best results of the modern and artistic maker's art and the prices are of the correct swing as well. "EVERYTHING GOES" With the times, and it will pay you to study our styles and prices before buying a single item for Fall. The Old Reliable Department Store, A. H. Foster & Co. N. B. We have no branch stores. There Is Danger In overexerting yourself this hot weather. Ladies don't do it, use your phone, call up 76, THE PARLOR GROCERY WHEN YOU NEED ANYTHING IN FINE EATABLES, CAN FRUITS, CAN VEGETABLES. TEAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS, ETC., ETC. I A fresh lot of Uneeda Bisouits inci in - ? ? ? j | Crown Cheese, Fresh Country Butter j 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. ! se to try NITURE & LUMKRCO. I J