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THE UNION TIMES Published Every Friday. ?bv the? UNION TIMES COMPANY Rooms 1, 3, 5 and 7, Bank'Buildixg. L. G. Young, Manager. Registered atjthe'I'ostofflce in Union, S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.(X Six month* ------ 50 cent! Three months ----- 25 cents ADVERTISEMENTS ~ _ _ SI GO v/na square,mi i ftu iiioci v1u1i ? Every subsequent insertion - 50 cents Contracts for three JJmonths or longe will be made at reduced rates. Rejected manuscript will not be rc turned. Obituaries and tributes of r< spect will'be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C., MARCH IH, 1900. The Jim Crow Car law goes lot effect April 19th. We fear that the 9 cent price c cotton is going to kill more Holds r oats than the freeze did?but we hop not. Our Manager, Mr. L. G. Young left, on Tuesday night's train for Cr lumbia where he joined the joll editors in a trip to Cuba. We wis for them all z, pleasant trip. Kentucky has been trembling o: the very edges of war for the last to days. But things seem to be gcttin a little more quiet out there, and wa may yet bo averted. It is expecte that the clash will como if Taylor i arrested. The Boers seem to be offering onl Blight resistance to "Roberts' advanc s'neo the taking of Ladysmith. It i slid Roberts will take Bloemfonteir without^much of a struggle. Th Boers are soliciting the powers t take a hand and bring about peae< Roberts is within 15 miles of th Capital Citv. Wo have on our desk a well prv pared and neatly printed pamphlet c Limestone College Studies. This i one of the very best institutions i the State for young ladies, and d< serves the very liberal support of th parents of upper South Carolina, an parents living at a distance could n< do better than sendjtheir daughter f A t lit J nvnnlloot Ar.1 I Ar?A VU 11UJ CAV.CI ICU U UUII I _____________________ J It develops that the killing of Go; ernor Goebpl of Kentucky, was th result of a deliberate" plot, an?l l!i assassin was selected by lot, twenty four -white and one black marble were put in a box and the black mar ble was'to decide who should do th killing. It appears this program wa carried out the night betore th shooting. It is a very singular, and apparent ly a remarkable over-sight that ther was no coroner's inquest upon th body of Goebel, the murdered gov ernor of Kentukcy. This fact will n; doubt be used by the defense, an give the State considerable trotib! In establishing the fact that Goebel': death was the result of the wound as he lived several days under treat imnt, and hopes were entertained bj all of his recovery. Prof. J. C. Menrs, of the Coda 0 ? _: ? 1 opinion iiismuu', was iouno gum; of the charge of seducing the glr Cora Jenkins, at his trial in Spartan burg Monday. lie still declares tha he is innocent, and says lie will figh the ewe m ?n he is able, am will not pay the mother or child on cent. The law imposes upon hir the support of the child. A motioi for a new trial will be argued befor Judge Buchannan Monday. THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY Hy Rorlrigttcs Ottolatgni. A Fascinating Detective Story fnl of absording interest from begin ninj to end. Renders who take an inter est in fiction know wbaf aduteetiv story by Dr. Ottolengui means. 1I< is ftlltif.loH t.rt i.O /?..llo.S n.n ... vv ./V V>c??l*y?* UIU jJUIJC'J () detective story writers. }te is the author of the famous do teetlve stories "An Aktist in Ckimk,' and "A Conflict ok Evidbnok.' Tlie one we will begin next week " I'm Crimk ok tub Century," possesses the same strong characteristics that made the others famous. It is full of mystery. The plot is complicated and ingenious. The dotail is worked out in u remarkably clever manner. The exciting climaxes appear often enough to keep the interest at a high pitch throughout. A reader who once gets started on the story will look forward to following issues of the paper with hearty zest. THE MILL SITE. T In company with a few friends wo took a stroll a fow days ago over to the site of the Monarch Mill. It is gc a pretty site, a high, level plateau, N from which an unobstructed view to can be had of a great acopo of country on tho left of the Santuc road. b< One can stand upon the ground, where ol the mill is to be built, and seo over 111 into Chester county, and when the ^ largo four-story building is raised _ there is no doubt that the town of ) Chester and possibly other towns cj < will be In sight. 4 ir We found that tho mill is laid of! 0 somo two hundred yards to the right h of tho road to Lockhart, and fronts ti i, on tho road to Santuc, tho front of \\ r tho building will bo only a few yards c back from the road. Tho frontage ^ ^ will be 175 feet, and the depth of tlie j| building, not including the steam c plant, will bo 150 feet. t I The steam plant is to bo in thejc rear of the main building, and, judg- I t tup, irom tne appearance ot mo ground r o laid off will bo a building large enough t for a considerable sized factory itself, t This steam plant will consist of en- g ^ gino and boiler rooms, also pump and electric light rooms. Tho corners 0 hove all been established and work is moving right along in a business- j , liko manner. 1 The machinery that will be put into r v the steam plant will ho sufficient for ' j, a twenty-live thousand spindle mill, j but tho mill will begin with 10,00C p spindles. The South, or Santuc wall n of the big building will he planked u up, and the mill will bo enlarged on n g that side. It was a wise decision to k r put in motive power at tho start with h d an eye to the increased capacity of k 8 tho mill. fl Learning that there was a fine c natural basin down the branch some s half a mile from tho mill site, we t went down to take n look nt it W'p ji 1 were surprised to find everything so i ' conveniently arranged by nature v 1 There are tlirce streams (lowing to- ' gether at this point, and some 20 or t JiO yards further down, the branch, a formed by tlirco streams, runs be- k tween two hills. A dam built from 1' ' one hill to tho other would rest upon k a rock foundation on either siile. and r 18 the supply of water which would be 0 n held in the naturul basin, would only 8 be limited by the height of the dam. IC The basin extending possibly a quar u t^rof a mile back with vory" h'gli )! hills on eitlier side would liold water enough to run a dozen mill.*, if the (low of the streams were a little stronger. Coming liaclc we noticed whern the 0 side track from the railroad to the mill had been staked otr. The siding s will leave the main lino going South, .. just below the 97 mile post and comes 0 in with a left curve below the mill g site. y c notUod snma of the deepest 1 gullies between the mill and the \ branch that we havo seen in some ?' - time. They seem to drop down sud- ^ e denly from a little S cr 10 inch water i; e way to 23 feet across and 13 to 20 - feet in depth. Union county ^ 0 seems to bo noted for these kind of j 1 gullies, and it seems like gross caree lessness on the part of the land own- 1 s ers to ollow these dangerous and un, sightly washes to gain such inroads h - upon their property. v ' DIVERSIFIED FARMING IN ORA \GE I!URG. J r An instructive statement of some t y results of diversified farming, ob- () ] tained by Mr. Thomas R. McOants, 8 of Orangeburg county, on a "livehorse farm," was given in the letter v 1 of our Orangeburg correspondent, t. as follows : , - ? ?? ' - * ? i iv?u ivurua in wneiu inane -iu I e OuMib^k, nr?A at $l.5!o per bushel, was j Worth ?fSO; 0 ropca in nuts made GOO x n bushels, at 50 cents per bushel, equal r n $5100; 5 acres of tobacco brought for I o him $200; G2 acres in cotton made Go ; bales, weighing in all ill,GDI pounds, i which was only recently sold at. S 40 1 cents, bringing him in cash, $2,662 - a 20; cotton seed weighed G5,0t>0 and ' . was worth $155; (500 bushels of corn (' at a low estimate was worth $.'{00; 100 ' bushels of rice was worth $75; syrup, 528 gallons, and worth 22 cents per ' II gallon, total $110.10; 250 bushels of j ,, peas are worth $250; 75 bushels of _ pindars, worth $85. " ?News and J( e Courier. > The above is one of Ilies best argu- r f ments we could use to urge our farm- 1 ers to diversify their crops. It will , be seen that this farmer mndo $ l, kO!l.- * > ilo on a five-horse farm, and his cot? ton crop was in the nature of a sur1 t 4 plus or money crop. Wo have always t.| ' held that diversified farming is the ci , best paying method of tilling the soil, and this is a glowing illustration ,, ' of tho truth of our argument. Let it our farmers onco mnro get into tho lv ' habit of raising everything on their j,1 I farms necessary for homo consump- m tion, then the Wall Street, and KngIt lish cotton manipulators will cut ' very llttlo Ice with them. 1???? HE HANDLE AND SHUTTLE FACTORY. "On Wednesday afternoon the Rub- j ribers to tho capital stock of the owborry Handle and Shuttle Faery held an informal meeting and it next Tuesday as the day to organe the company. Enough stock has sen subscribed to insure the success ' the establishment of the fuctory, id as soon as the organization of the impany is completed a location will 3 decided on and work commenced." -Newberry Herald and News. Wo are glad to see that our sister ity is preparing to establish a new ldustry. Wo are not only in favor f deiversified farming, but wo are eartily in favor of diversified indusrv for tho town. Wo would not ike to have overy town in the State onverted into a cotton mill town, ait would rather see various minor ndustries building along with the otton mills. The cotton mill is not he only thing that will pay ib South Jarolina, there are many other indusries that could be established at a nuch less cost than a cotton mill, hat would no doubt givo larger reams to capital. Wo wish Newberry ucccss with her new factory. THEN AND NOW. "L'nion used t o bo the deadest town n the State and it is now ooe of the iveliest. A cyclone, a suicide and a ailroad wreck were among the inci[ents of life there last week that asoutided the old inhabitants and the Jxion Times was moved by the news iressuro to got out an extra edition." -Greenville News 10th. Yes, brother, our town $vas onco lumbered among the "dead and varied" towns of the State, but there ias beeu a stirring up of the dry ?ones, there has been a resurrection, ind now we are the liveliest corpse ixtant, there are no more fcows to be ??? ~ 1 ! 1 1-- .. 1 ecu ?icepuy uruw&iag along upon ho luxuriant shrubbery, tempting ind luscious grasses on the street, as n the days of yore, no more hog fallows in the streets, the dry goods >o.\ whit tier has been relegated to he rear, and everything in and round Union is business, strictly nisiness, wo have have shaken oir the ethnrgy with which wo have so long icon environed. The wheels of progc.ss have been greased, and wo are m tho Hood tide of progress, we ee no breakers ahead. SCIZiTILA TIONS FROM SAXTUC llt y Den vcr oil Short Cotton Crop. How Rood Tax Delinquents arc Mnnagcd?Typhogrnph~ icul lirror Corrected. ' Of all the numerous to ichors I) ii-g business here on earth, Kxpeiieiice is tho dearest one, Jhit yon got your money's worth." Now spring is on her Wiiv, sure. It will soon bs lime for lliejriainty uminer gill. The past few days of bright, warm reathor seemed to turn over a new It af 11 the life of everything. Mr.'Churchill Carter, of Chester, was n Santuc yesterday and attended services it the Methodist church. Miss M. M. Russell who has bepn or sometime an attendant in tie hosplal for tl.c insane, is visiting in Santuc. The next quarterly conference for this h.rict will meet April 7th and H;h, couequently tliere will ha no services at the ilethodist church tli-re. Next Sunday, third Sunday, will he ho regular pre aching day at tie- L\eib>Diian church. VVe had a good milch cow killed in cr stall last week hy ano'h r cow, fhich had aliped h *r tether an I horning ho other, which was tied. The people, 1 liehevc, arc generally ntertaiiiing much hopo of having some ruit thh year. The cold of uniform cmperature has kept down the swelling f l'mit buds, and we hop > it, will be oiue time yet before they hloo n. Farmers have kept very busy and vliile it lias been mueh too wet for plowng, other work bad to, or ought lo tie lone. Then too, there is quite a while mtil planting time and p owing can asily lie gotten in if itii not so very wet. vand that had b -en plowed in late fall vas b:adly washed liy the recent hard ains. Comparatively no gardening lias K*en clone, and those garden sjvits look ibout as fere as mid-winter. Hut a few nolo bi ight sunshiny days, with birds tegiiming to cheer us with happy eoug.--, mil you will see peoplo happy woiking n these spilth, with an eye single or Ion do cither, to how this will effect them n the nt ar future. Tin re was a mispiiut in my let article, cheie I was commentir.g on 1 !; ? aitiele f ' U. T. 11." w! ere it made me say liavtd and it w.h intended for shove? >u-hed?aid tnuicr, where I ineasit miner. l.< t. me ic-wiifo this put whicli r i ' i '? - - - <; i in* mow lori ii i.iIh 'Sbavid" 1 hese unlets etc., to |>:iy up their dues then he former tl;<; nioie fortunate was moie !?!? t?> hold, or dia.v on theirs and wait r tu'ltcr prices, a l.ujj part of the f.iimra are 1 . nte.s el a. Now let me make my meanii g plain, oor men must rent laud, the landlord liargt s a ceilain amount, sine to be large iiough. It weather conditions cuts the rop off j he Mill u>.ts his full crop. At ct ills, no makes a good thing, ami the Miter scarcely makes the rent, gets othhig hut Ids food crop, etc. Jleverso If it. it a big crop, the renter making \ice as much as hy would otherwise, nd cotton sells for 5o To wit. live i!es at He. for landlord and none for nil r. With a full crop five bales at 5c. ?r landlord, a al five bales for renter at ;. ii letter than no bales and cotton l ing at 10c. Concerning what I said about road woiking in this section, liist week, I he Supervisor has kindly, and promptly infoiined me tKnt the labor of deliuiquent rood-tax j?yers was dad noted from contractors pay. I did not know how this was managed, how the deliuiquouts were worked in, ana had heard somo others wanting light. It was my intention to seek information for a long time, indeed thought to inquire when first the contract system was declared for last year. I confess that I have not kept up with the road laws sn ciose as one who ought to have the welfare of the county at heart, ought to hare done. As to the road that was worked by the chain gang a few yens ago. I asked for information, solely for 1 did not know whether it was included, and then neglected Not that it is so had, for thechain gang was made to put it in excellent. slaqH) which shape it has kept well. So I accept my information, and am satislied with the management there. Hut, I am five to say, that soni ) places in the 10 idi cannot he kept, from getting inn Idy, if left on the dirt, no matter how it is ridged, if it rains much, and there are places which could bj made better, and comparatively dry, if overseers or contractors would use h little engineering tact or would fix them. Any practical observing eye can see that, and these places are the easiest to tlx. Sometimes we may be able to all ta'.k this over together. Time and space forbids going into the modus operandi now and here. II ky Denvek. Sanluc, S. C., March 14, 1900. LOSSES IN FIFTY GREAT RATTLES. "The Whole llritish Nation Must Have Fallen in a Fit" 7Ia<l it Suffered Such Mortality. Tha United States, s lys the New York Sun, is a much younger nation than (Jrent Hritoi.i. nevertheless it has had greater experience of real war and imbibed a deeper comprehension of all it involve.; than the nation whoso "drum boat is heard arnuvl the world." In the bntclua'o bid" tlu civil war would swallo v up a dozen such wars as that of the Crimea, or the Peninsular campaigns, with Wntcrl.xi lluovn in. The Hritish forces were brought to a "dead stand-till l?v ha'f their numbers, much as tho Union foicts were by the lii'at Hull Run, which, by tho way, was a greater "battle" than anything we have yet seen in South Africa. Yet Hull Run was but a small affair compared with at least HO of the subsequent actions of the civil war. It is plain now to both North and j South that the Northern power ought not to h ive been utterly paralz *1 in the Virginia theatre bv tha sin ill H dl Its i ivver.se, nor should it lia-'e suffered de..II !...? d I 1 1> .<1, ......... il. . Hill .It Uli UII lil.lt I > ?I I 1 nt' I 11V? results of a single fault which we s>e repeated day after day by the Biitish in South Africa?tlie shortcomings of leadership. Lt' they ran overcome it as the North, did the British may yet win. These are the only particular! in which there is a parallel between the American civil war and the Biitish-Boercampaign. Correspondents from time to time quote losses of various commands in thv civil war in specific engagements In co;npari-ou with British losses in their a (Tails with the Boers. It therefore appears to be worth wit !e to tabulate 5) of the ir.ore important engagements of the civil war with the Iosmh in killed and, wounded, only omitting the missing ai.d prisoners. Numbers of tin missing however, in nearly eveiy lutt'.o were kilhd or woui.ded, but not so repot tul 1'risoneiscaptured are omitted liecausv lhey telLno tale of the cl struc'.ivo pj\versof either beligeient. Vast numbers of ]irisoners are someti: ?es secured at very little expeme of blood->hxl, at at Harper's Ferry : Killed. Wounded. Battles Union. Con. Union. Con. Bull ltuu 481 387 1,411 1,582 Wilson's Creek 238 279 701 0.?1 HhU'U ttluff 40 30 158 117 Mill Springs 39 1 25 207 800 Fort D.melson 500 403 2,108 1.534 Pea llidge 203 300 980 1,2 ) > Shilob 1,7541,723 8 404 8,012 Williamsburg 450 288 1,410 975 Cross Keys 114 50 443 392 Port Public 07 78 393 533 Fair Oaks 700 0-0 3.591 4.719 Mtcbanie^viile 49 000 2u7 1,850 Gainers Mill 8941,700 3,107 0,720 Malvern 397 1,050 2,092 4,075 j Cedar Mount'in 314 241 1,445 1,120 Sec. Bull Bun 1,717 1,553 8,452 7,812 South Mount'in 325 200 1.403 1.150 A i it id;: tn 2,1081,512 0,540 7,SI0 luka . HI 2(15 013 012 Cojinth 355 501 1,8-H 2,100 I'iMTjville 815 510 2,851 2,025 Pra'rin (irovo 175 104 813 817 Krcilei ieksb'rg 1,284 500 0,000 4,003 Chickasaw 14'lT.s 2< 8 57 1,005 120 MurfrtiWu'li 1,73)1,204 7,802 7,043 Arkansas I*o?t 131 00 SOS 81 UjancM.'r'vilP 1,000 1,005 9,702 0,081 Cha'pion's IIill 410 380 1,844 1.4(H) Vicksb'rg, siege 810 80 > 3,070 1,938 Port 11ucJton 708 170 3,330 447 (Jetlysburg 3,153 3,803 14,520 18,741 Cliicnmauga 1,050 2,380 0,740 13,412 Hiistoo Station 50 130 335 797 Mi s'ary ltiilge 753 301 4,722 2,185 O! listen 203 03 1,152 847 Sabine (1. HMs 258 350 148T 1,850 Wilderness 2.2401,030 12,03 7 0.120 Spotsylvania 2,725 1,300 13.41G ti "(m' Dr?*wr\ ?s Muff 300 355 9.380 1 ' Coiil ilaibur 1,815 900 0,077 { nm (iiiiitowu 223 00 jut ??!> Alanla .r?l2 1, *?()') 2,010 0,000 Ti tris'l k Mine 001 3r,l} i.rtsl 1.009 (>|<quon 007 220 3,983 1,007 Fisla r's 11 ill 5? 3<j 407 210 CtdarCnek oi l 320 3 430 1.040 Kiiiitklin 1891,700 1,033 4,000 X:\hlivillo 3H7 300 2,002 1,500 lh'HU)P*\llo 101 239 1,108 1,094 Five Forks 124 350 700 1,000 Thcie were a number of other heavy engagements which are not included in this list liecauso of thu difllculty in arriving at an accurate or o;en approximatc statement of the looses, particularly tl?Mo'on the t'oufederate side, for which no official returns mi-o on tile in the war departn cut. They aro either lost or never made. The Union losses are generally officially net out in detail, but in a con!inning campaign like that of the st veii-dajs' buttle around Itichnrond, or the operations lief ore Petersburg, they aie i f lent ones ;tll grouped together as of one affair. Such was the case also in tire AilantiiJ'cannpaigii, in which tlie Con- ' ftdvrule.ieluius arc uot found at all. OURBl Is now in the Nort looking: after you Dry Goods, and Sh This means muc for von. Your inte Wo wish to omphasi: Our store is at right trading pli Buyers. Fix firmly ii this fact. It me; to you at all tin Banavwa a m m Ill A. H. Ft ' The Representative Don't Buy Froir When you can come aroui select what you want b money. We are here to GUARANTEE C to be as low as you wil Every buggy that goes oul as represented, for they a positive guarantee. A Car Load of Surreys ssseessCarru will arrive this week t'.iat \ Come tc see us, a trial is a YOURS FOR E GREEN 6 OPPOSITE NICHOLS i^sIF When you want a new m; one repaired. We are fixe | of odd jobs, in cabinet wo thing f.nat can't be had in tdso keep a big assortment ing material and the Best tive guarantee. BAILEY FURNITURE Rooms to Rent, Three rooms with Kitchen end dininfr | room attached, for rent on reasooahl ,|T. terms. Apply at the (loss House, Mat n of utrrot \V. E. Moysr, Jto 10- It. * ; di Wanted. ^ All mv fi lends and aeqr.a' jtnnce* know that] am now at tlm 1 ailey Ft?i- Jfg Dilute and Lumber (.'o'.h in; .mmoth e?- j fahlishment where I w ill lie pleased lo meet you all and show you a? ouud. ? J. II. - ILMSOJ*. 10-lt. ' # < Subscribe for Tim Times. TVFD j imi i ? . hern Markets r interest in Millinery , oes. h for us?more rests are ours, zo this fact: all limes the ice for Gash n your minii ans a saving lies. ISTER 60., Store of Union." ) Catalogbes nd to our place and efore you pay your do business and will >UR PRICES 1 find in the State, t of our house must be re sold to us under a ages and Phaetons irill be an eye opener. 11 we ask. BUSINESS, ?. BOYD. iONS'S BANK. U S ...^2?" vntle made or an old d lor doing all kinds rlc and making anyregular stock. We < )f all kinds of buildP aint sold on a posi& LUMBER CO. FINAL DISCHARGE. Noticft j* lien l?y piven tltat Manning , ttmun .anminiHi mior <i me ivn??n J)r. W. IV Kotr, deceased, has applied Jason M. Greer, Judge of Probate. in id for tlie County of Union, for a final fcharge as such Administrator. It is ordered, Tliat the ICth day of prii. A. D., 1900. lm fixed for hearing ! Petition, and a final settlement of said state. Published 9th March 1000. J A SON M. Grxkb, >bat# Judge, Union County, 8. C. l\ 1? 4t. FOR RENT. ^l[y?YnSoM,,'lTQ.YAAu' t P