The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 16, 1900, Image 4
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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. ?
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Store of Union."
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>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,
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vntle made or an old
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rlc and making anyregular
stock. We
< )f all kinds of buildP
aint sold on a posi&
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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.
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