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1 THM.juNlONTlNlES Published Every Friday. ! ?by thk? UNION TIMES COMPANY R00M8 1, 3, 5 and 7, Bank Building. L. G. Youxo, Manager. Registered at the TostotBce in Union, S. C., as sccond-class mail matter. y tA *. * i SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.0C Six month* ------ no cent? Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One srpm* first insertion - - $1.00, Every subsequent insertion - 50 cents, Contracts for three months or longei will be made at reduced rates. Rejected manuscript will not l>o returned. Obituaries and tributes of re ipect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C.. DECEMBER 22, 1890 O. W. Shell, author of I he fnmoii' Shell Manifesto, died suddenly at hi: nome in nnurens county mat, rnu?,) The next meeting of the Confeder ate Veterans will take plnce in Louis vllle, Ky., May 30, 31 and June 1, ! and 3 1900. The Southern railroad has shu down on the habit of smoking clgnr ettes by its employees. But will i stop the habit? That is tho question After a short existence of only tw< moiths the Spartanburg Eveninj Telegram went to the wall on the 1 l?b This makes tho third evening pnpe 4 ^ in Cnnefonhnff* i W WilApOO I** Mpwi vw?? Our people have to thank Hon. J Wm. Stokes for the securing of fro delivery of mail along the star route of this State. It will be a great eon venienee. We'direct your attentloi to Mr. Stoke's letter in nox week's issue. When Hoberts Kitchener and Ih 179,000 troops reach the battle field of Africa, England will have there force six times aa great as she had a Waterloo, and seven times as grea fnree an aim snnt.M firimen. All Xort! Cape Colony is now in revolt njrxins England. There is trouble yet aheai before England can claim victory. JDuane A. Russell, a postalcle-k 01 the Birmingham Railroad, has beei arrested in Atlanta charged with rob bing the mail. Mr. Russell is frot Isewberry, S. C., and wo have know him from our early boyhood, and i grieves us to hear of this charge Knowing 1-im as we do we simpl, don't believe that ho is guilty, an we hope he will bo able to fully vindi cate himself. The appointment of Maj. Gen T.^nnftPil Wnnrl to lin militnrv (mvoi nor of Cuba, is considered by th< Prosidont to be a lone step toward the restoration of civil governmen on the island. Gen. Wood woulhave been* appointed civil governor had it not been strongly pointed ou to Mr. McKinley, hy .Gen. Wood him self, as welljas"many others, tliut th appointment of aCivil Governor wouh havo a bad effect at this time, arnon; the Cubans, as it would give the pro fflssional agitators a foundation ti build stories upon the intention of tin U. S. to keep Cuba. Although Gen Wood will bo military governor, hit administration of the whole of Cuba will be largely performed througl Civilians, just as it has been in Sai.ti ago province. The Gold That Glitters. DO RICHES MAKE HAPPINESS. OR I DOES HEALTH MAKE vvc.au i n t The richest man cannot always be aid to bo tho most successful, for true success is not possible without, happiness. Many a wealthy man would give all ho now possesses to have the health and happiness of n young athlete. Health is not hard to get and keep il good judgment is used iu caring for and supplying tho needs of the system. Nature often needs assistance; you sometimes abuse nature by overtaxing your nerves, your brain, or your body, and you haven't time to relax, and take the rest that you need. You must have outside help. Pabst Malt Extract, : The 'Best" Tonic, will supply the exl tra fuel, food, and stronglh; it is absoi Intoly puro--?an unequalled assistant to i nature la giving health, vitality and t?pnglh. It will make you eat and leap >vell, and cause you to feel like n yourself again, or perhaps, hotter than vou ever fait in your life. Tho " Best" ' Tonic was awarded the 100 points of perfection at the World's Fair, and was lf( the only Malt Extract which received S that honor. Your nearest druggist" < tr rr pubst Malt Extract, The "Best" ll? Tonio in rtock. pi V^ ' .... % THE NEW CENTURY. (Juite a lot of discussion has arose iu Union regarding tlie beginning of the new century. We hav? thought , the matter over, and the more we think of it'themoro firmly we become convinced, that the position wo took at first is tho correct one, that the new century will begin after 112 o'clook midnight of December Hl6t, ' 1801). Wc are well aware of tho fact ( that there are many men ~of strong minds and recognized authority on other questions on the other side, still we think wo have a right to out ^ opinion and do not hesitate to express it. The opposition puts up nr guments that look well at first glance and appears feasiblo from their hash oi argument, dud ic seems lo us thai tlieir basis is wrong. They argue that ' as a year has to be finished before nno ' liter begins, consequently one hundrec r years have to bo finished before Iht new century begins, this is very true but they go on to say that tho yeai 1900 will have to be complefcod by the addition of 12 months to 1900 befoi< : 1900 years will have elapsed since th< . beginning of the Christian Era, ant - i right here is where we think thej * make tho slip. We contend that tin * 1900 years has been completed ai . soon as 12 months has been addet j to the dating 1895); that wo have beer - fi'ling out the months, weeks ant - days necessary to make up the lOoOtl 2 year ever sinee the last day of lasl December. Wehavcseen the matte discussed in the columns of the met I ropolitan journals and magazines - some holding to one side and some t< t tho other, each furnishing imaginary . dialogues to sustain their side ant proving up to t heir cnt ire satisfact ion We take tho position that a-tin - Christian Era began at the birth o Christ, nnd tukini? for crnntod thn , O o r I lie first year began with January Is and ended with December 81st, thei while the year one was passing it wn not one year of the Christian Kri 0 until the 81st of December had ex s I pired then the year closing ccuM h properly narned*the year Anno Dom n iiii 01. The beginning can only b 1 represented by the cipher (0) and i required 12 full months to oomplet year 1, if this is true then the nex 0 month following would necessarily 1> s the first month in the twelve g-dn, !l to make up the 2nd year, or the yea ' 2, and when the twelve wore finishe 1 two years had expired or two twelve h ?? ant] tlto rear rt-<irr nafncci i Same as to centuries, 100 years ha 1 passed immediately at the close c the 12 months following 99, therefor when 1S99 was written 1S99 years ha n passed and 12 months added make 11 another year and carries the ligure to 1900. n As others are illustrating by di: I 1 logues we will give a few illustratioi to hold up our end. v 1st. .Where will you find mile roc No. 1? j. Ans. When you have traveled mile from the court house, 2nd. Where will you find the 10 i. mile rock? An*. Just 100 milts from th a court house. 3 Jlrd. Will you have to travel an t other mile after you reach the 10 * mile rock before you have travelei '? 100 miles from the court house? k Ans. Not much, I will have mad " 100 miles as soon as I reach the 10 e mile rock. * Then you have no right to nam | your 100th mile till you have reaehe it V j Q A. So, i was in my lOUth mile u soon as I passed the 99th rock, bill lun j reach the next post before I couh call 100, but did not. have to go anothe i yard. Then when tlic month Decembo ISO*.) has passed it means that 189! - years and 12 months have claps- d? A. That is the idea exactly, nod i i opens the new cenlury, and the (irs I d iy of the year 1900 is the first duj going toward the 12 months nccessar; t complete the first year of the 20tl J century or 1901 yours of tho Christiei era. 1 This seems to he sufficient to con 1 virce the most skeptical but hero i some more. You are an author. A. Yes. When do you count, your first pngi of manuscript? A. When I have finished the page of course. Then you begin your hundrdil page as soon as you leavo your 99t I but do not call it 100 pages until yoi have filled the page. A. Certainly, that is right. Then your next pago Is a new beginning. A. Of course? Then when is the your 1000 com plated > A. As soon as it is named of course, as it took 12 months to make it so after 1890. After writing the above we find there is such a difference of opinion 1 on tho subject that we have taken a census of opinions among our business men of tho town and find them nearly equally divided. We give it on the local page. If you have any special preparations to mako for tho new century ' you had better be about it for it will 1 bo here in a few days, viz, January 1st 1900. A MERRY CHRISTMAS. Christmas comes but once a year ' hut it cets hero iust tho same, and we always look forward with olensant anticipations to its arrival. In chlld! hood days its approach soems very slow and these occasions seem very far apart. In our early years we are ' taught to look upon Christmas as the time of joy and gladness, the lime when we will recoive presents and many other good things to make our j hearts glad, more than at any other time during Iho year and children naturally begin to look forward to Christmas with pleasant anticipations j of an nil round good time, long before it arrives, thus the years roll along j slowly in our childhood. Not so with the grown pooplo. The years seem to ' tly around and the figures add up very rapidlv. Still we, with the children, p * look forward to the happy Christmas Possibly because we derive most of ' our pleasuro from the bright, faces and joyful shouts of the frolicsome children, and realizo that wo have in a measure contributed to their happiness. There is a great deal of " happiness to bo derived from making, ^ others happy. So let us all bestir our- | selves to muke the children happy, and thus gain pleasure for ourselves. If you have no little ones to make happy, or if you desire to add to the 1 happiness of some other lilte ones less fortunate than yours, who have 1 no loving Santa Claus to visit them and fill their stockings, just road this littlo poem and govern yourselves accordingly: e t "Wo won't have no Christinas To copie an' make us glad, Ner father?like ?c had. S It don't come to no place like this; r Wo's orplmnts?that's thes what we d is!" But Johnnie?he's too littlo l. To know our parents Is dead ; d An' thes waits for Santy Claus i( An' hears him on the shed; An' he's hung them socks erhis 0 Thes like folks knowcd wher orr.hatiU '1 is. But sis and me wc'? -dder, 's An' we thes keep awake An' ask God, please sen' Santy Claus t_ Only for Johnnie's sake, 'Cos he's done hupg them stocks er s liis Thes like Cod knowed wher orphan!?. k is." Will you not lend your aid to make J some little friendless orphan enjoy this Christmas? <- To one and all wo wish you a merry Christmas full of joy and gladness. o BRUMBY DAED. 0 Lieut-. Thos. M. Brumby, Georgia's 1 hero, Hag Lieutenant to Admiral Dewey during tho Manila campaign, o and who has been ill with typhoid 0 fever at (iarfield hospital for several week?, died at (> o'clock, p 17th. llis death, while not unex,j pcctod was a severe shock to Admiral Dewev. as well as to his many friends and admirers not only in Georgia, j his native State, but throughout the j South generally. Admiral Dewey was unremitting in his attentions to r his beloved Lieutenant until Ids condition became precarious and no visj itors were allowed to see him. His sifter nnd her husband, Mr. arid Mrs. ( \V. I. Hayward, of Marietta, arrived ( at his bedside several days ago ai d reiiiuint*u wnn mm until lie rtied. Lieutenant Brumby \vh3 44 ynrs of age and unmarried. He remained in 1 Georgia only a few days after he was presented with tho sword, ho then returned to Washington where the malarial fever resulting from hi* exposure during the campaign attacked him, and soon developed into lyphoid fever. Every effort was made to save his life by tho best medical skill available, but all to no purpose as the disease gained steadily until it cluim' ed its victim. i The Senate has re-arranged nil of i its committees and is now ready to get down to business, but as it has been agreed that Congress shall nd journ until Jan. 8, many Senators have already left Washington, and lit<le or no work of importance will be done until after Uiese "old boys" have had their Christmas. MASONIC SUPPER. A moat elaborate spread was given to the Masons of Union Lodge by the newly elected master, Col. T. C. Duncan, last Tuesday night at tho New Century. This is Col. Duncan's third successive election to the Honorable position. There wero at leat fifty members of tho lodge present and they enjoyed the occasion immensely. While there was no regular set toasts a number of impromptu toasts were offered. This was not the regular annual Masonic supper, but was simply a treat by the master of Union Lodge to tho members of his lodge. In this supper Col. Duncan, as he does in everything elso he takes hold of, achieved great success, us an evidence of tho magnificent treat i.e gave his brother members we append the menu of the supper: MENU "Summon tho Craft from Labor to Refreshment!" Lynnhavens on half shell Cream oTCclery, a la Ilarry Salted Almonds KalomnzooCelery Olives Spanish Onions Pickles Uroiled Quail on Toast, a la Going Fried Oysters, a la Walkor Pea Riege Turkey, with Cranberry Sauce Cold Ham, a la King Solomon Saratoga Chips Chicken Salad, a la Duncan Lobster Salad, a la McKissick "The Lodge will now be at ease!'' MONARCH PUNCH, A LA KANT Fruits Nuts and Raisins Fancy Cakes Figs Tuttl Frntti Ice Cream Edam, Pineapple and American Cheese Snow flakes Wafers ColTeo Cocoa Cigars and Cigarettes "Admit the Tiler!" The cotton mills are about to get into it with Uncle Sam, in using store slips. Collector Webster has made two of the Columh'a mills contribute $700 in tho way of revenue, and the Internal Revenue Department sustains him. They hold that the slips are in effect checks and must each be stamped with a two cent revenue stamp; many of these slips are for only five and ton cents. Mr. Webster holds that the law is positive and that tho slips must each he stamped. YOUN< GREETIN u I thank you you have givei continuance of LET ME Come to Young, the gr< Thursday and Friday. ?>?> no snd Saturdays belong to the lal and eh >iee of the mammoth >to picked over. The early bird c tra Take the advice of VOL Sunday. We can give you our to wait on three customers at or IHPORTED IJ 2,000 Cocoa Nut* 5,000 Florida Oranges Stick, French Mixture, Prunes, Figs, Oat Meal, FIRE CRl There are none quality or even maki YOUNl IMMENSE 8/ OF DRY GOODS, < HATS, MILLING] Ten Thousand WORTH PUT Ut TO BE SOLD AT UFACTURERS P Profits not Cor NO W.IS THE TIN CHANGE IN B FATED 1st OF JM McLUI Master's Sale. J of South Carolina, ) Court of CotnCoun'y of Union. ) nion Pleas. J. Clougli Wallace, vs. Primus Peaty, et al. In obedience to an ord?r made herein. ^ lv.ills* 11 at Union, before the court house door, during the legal hours of sale, on salesda., 1st January, PJOO, the i following lands to-wit: J All that lot piece and parcel of land containing one acre, more or less, with f the buildings thereon, hounded by Vul>lie Glenn Springs Road on the South, by Sally Sims on East, by Elizabeth Smith estate on West and Anne E. Ilill on the S North. terms ok pale cash. i C. II. Peaks, Master. s New Prunes, !i 11 Raisins, Currants jj i and Citron, | v : 1 SCAIFE'S. ri THF rsi Wig ? -Wi GS TOTHI NION COU l for the magnift. 1 me in the past the saiie. GIVE YOU t 3cer, who is Macbeth Young, on M t come on Saturdays and Sundays>or and tke col Ted brigade. C ck of FINEST GROCERIES an< atches the worm? de catch the bargaii ING, the grocer, md come on anv b"st attention when the Ftore v ice. UPERIAL CLUS 1()0 Bunches Bananas 100 Barrels Irish Potatoes 0reams and the finest French Gun Whole Wheat Flour and vckers t in this town who can q prices as close as 3, the~< yjL CLOTHING, SHOES, RY. ? Hnllorc' uuiicjio 'ON THE MARKET LESS THAN MAN. RICES. isidered. LE FOR BARGAINS, USINESS ANTICILN. 1900. DR'C Y*-* Change in Business. TAKE NOTICE. All parties indebted to us either by not* r account must make settlement of ime by Dec, 25th, as,., we contemplate a liauge in our business on Jan. 1st I960. FANT BROS, Citation to Kindred and Creditors. tate of South Carolina, ) County of Union. J 1y Jason M. Grekr, Esy., Prorate Judge. Whereas, Malissa Aycock has made uit to me to grant her Jitters of Admin >tiution on tlie estate of and effects of asper M. Ayeock, deceased. These are. therefore, to cite and adnonisli all and singular the kindred and reditors of tho said Jasper M. Aycock, licensed, that they be and appear, heme me, in the Court of Piobate, to bo ieid at Union C. II., South Carolina, on ho 2*2d day of December next after pubication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forekx)i), to show ojiuse, if any they have, vhy the said Administration should not; re granted. Given under my hand and seal this th day of December, Anno Domini 899. Jason M. Greer, Probate Judge. Published 011 tho 8th day of Deoem>er, 1890, in the Union Times. % ROCER'S E LADIES NTY. cent patronage A.nri aalr far n. Vtiuw Wk/XJti AVJk \ POINTER. onday, Tuesday, Wednesday, ?Sundays belong to the Lord bine when I say?get the pick 1 CONFECTIONS before it is (. Ml -To-day the early us. lltllNINIIIItNlOIINHt _ j 1 1 ? - - ouier uay but Saturday and * 11 "t so crowded that we have a? ** m m m rER RAISINS. 100 Barrels Apples 15,000 lbs Candy, dy in fancy package and bulk. o BURN. * tiHi jUf iH# Aftf, |t| ya fiM, Hi MA M Jifc i or will matoh us in GROCERY . !-*V +