The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 13, 1900, Image 4
THE UNION TIMES
V
Published Every Friday.
?lty the?
UNION TIMES COMPANY
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L. G. Young, Manager.
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UNION, 8. C., APRIL 13, 1000.
It seems that Dewey lias not re
covered from the swelled-head, causer
by that Savannah punch, yet.
Smokeless powder is to be supplier]
to all new war ships hereafter, also
to all old ones as they come to rloel
for repairs.
fn fit 1> A nn?Ti? V.ll Of] ill 1> i <
i/c?i rj oaj o ?iv uv ? ? * ? v *. ...
lifo. The only man lie ever wanted
to vote for was Cleveland. Very enthusiastic
Democrat for president,
very.
The recent Texas floods have played
havoc with the crops, forlunatelj
very few lives have been lost, and it
is not yet too late to replant most oi
the crops, if seed can be secured.
The Famous Ferris Wheel, whirl
was one of the attractions at tlu
World's Fair, has had iM day, tin
receivers cannot give the stock awnj
and it will be consigned to the junk
pile.
The latest from the Doer war is
that last Saturday the Doers killed
and wounded (100 and captured OOt
British with a loss of only 5 men
The present Boer strength at tlu
front is said to be 33,000, a formidable
army of hard fighters.
The Boers have so far captured 2;
cannons from the British while they
tiie Boers, have only lost 7 guns
This is til ft 1 lftfl V i osf. lncu nf nrtitlni-i
in tho military history of the Ileitis}
since she locked horns with America
over a hundred years ago.
And here comes a report thut an
uprising, or socialistic revolution, is
about to burst forth in Italy. Doethird
of tho subordinate oilicers at
Madrid have been dismissed, bein?
suspected of collusion with the antagonists
of the present regime.
The Franklin County, Ky. Grand
Jury havo been instructed to return
indictments against Governor Taylor
and all the Republican State officers
charging them with usupation of tlie
offices they claim to hold. This is a
high misdemeanor under the Kentucky
1 iW3.
The court of appeals, of the State
of Kentucky, at their meeting last
w. ek decided the Governorship contest
case in favor of the Democrats,
and declared Heckham to be tho govApnni*
Tn t'lrvn'a -?til -- ' A ~
JI1J1UI .1 tfUrtU Will II pjjt'il I HI
t.he Unite I State; Supremo Court,
and Taylor proposes to hold on until
its decision is rendered.
"Snpho," the indecent piny, of
which so much has been snid in the
papers lately, won its case in court
and has been declared within the
bounds of deconcy, and the show will
continue. With tho great, amount of
notoriety that lias come to it and the
columns of tree auvertising 10
had from, the metropolitan dailie;,
there ought to he "millions in il" for
Netherole and her managers.
It seem3 tho net is closing around
Taylor, of Kentucky, as one of the
parties concerned in the killing of
(rOebel. It seems that tho evidence
of one II. E. Youtsy and others back
up the evidence given by Golden in
t,he preliminary trial of Caleb Powers.
The testimony tells how the alleged
plan to kill (ioehel was carried o:it,
of the purchase of a well-known Oincinnati
house, of twenty-five sleel
bullets with smokeless powder cartridges,
of the procuring of a US calibre
Marlin rifle, with which the
shooting is said to have been doneti
the weapon being returned an hour
afterward, and the payment of $1,G(K)
In advanco to the man who did the
hooting.
FOREIGN JtVILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION#.
Wo nro proud of our record in never
having boon nn original stockholder
in any Building and Loan Association I
outside our town, and if some of our '
friends had taken our advice they
would not now bo on tho mouners
bench. Wo hnvo never hoard of a
fair settlement being made with anyone
and most of tho stockholders are
lucky if they nro nble to turn loose
and get out with a small loss. To
cap the climax of unfair dealings, the
repacious oflice holders as the time
approaches for the maturity of some |
of tho series find an excuse to have
receivers appointed, and getting in
the courts will have to pay out what
little is left, as tho court inay direct,
after tlie receivers and their lawyers
. lawyers get tho largest part in fees.
. All the interviews with the receivers
and former presidents state that they
"hope to be able to pay stockholders
100 per cent, on the dollar." "Under
favorable management 100 cents on
tho dollar may be realized, etc, etc."
' and such rot. If tho affairs of the
company had been managed properly
they should by this time have paid
' 200 cents on the dollar. There has
1 never been a day since our two home
: associations?The Union, under the
management of J. A. Fant, President :
W. K. Thomson, Vice President, and
\V. W. Hughes. Secretarv and Treasurer,
and tlie Peoples with P. M.
('olion, President : K. Nicholson, Yioe
1 President and Geo. C. Perrin. Seere ary
and Treasurer?was organized
that a stockholder, whether the rieh*
' est man in town or the negro with
only one share, could not get 10O
cents for every dollar that h i.I been
paid in and after a series was one
year old could get a premium.
Why pc-ople will listen to the slic'; !
1 talking strangers, with large diamondstud
buttons and rings, and give
them their hard-earned dollars instead
of investing with their home folks has
always been a mystery. A stranger
will come .to town, get the merchant
to leave his business to listei to him
unfold his scheme for making big
( money and as a kindness will soil a
limited number of shares that are
allotted to "your thriving little
town." These few are taken at once
and each successful(?) holder begins
to sing the praises of Mr. Big Blow
j and his association until a demand is
created that he telegraphs the homo
office and is allowed to offer another
' block and another until the Iambs
are loaded and fleeced.
Wo are enthusiastic advocates of
Building and Loan Associations that
are run by home people for I lie benefit
of their stockholders. In fact it
is about the only way a poor man
has, the3o hard times, of building a
homo, but deliver us from the foreign
ii <2J c\f 1 n i Iauq "W'o 4 1\ ? 1 - f 1?a ?-?.%? I ? ?
f i?u.7vv>uvivuii v, iuii.it mi; 4,io
r ecord will convice the most skeptical
and even our old friend J. A. Brown
will not have the nerve to solicit subscriptions
nor the disposition to complain
of the prohibitory tax the
council some years since placed on
the foreign agent.
The National Railway Building and
Loan Association gone into the hands
of receivers with the head officer as
receiver, assetts $300, GCo.
The Atlanta National Bailing and
Loan Association al-o in hands of re- '
reivers, assetts $.")(K),000. as well as 1
tho Southern Building and Loan As- '
social ion, asset ts $1,0C0,000. 1
The Inter-Slate Buildfng and Loan |
is asked to show cause why a receiver
should not be appointed. Petition
filed by R. 1*. Coiner, for appointment
of receiver, charging insolvency.
We are not familiar w'<h the loans .
that have been made in this county
but we would not be surprised if
payment was demanded at once. In
case any of our readers are coughb
in such a fix there is yet time to
. i
CilOII en e t nil!.' 1 ?'???" no .. ' ' ' L" '
o yw*i w lit nr* ?c^ ? *JI I III* I
Peoples Building and Loan Associutluu
If liiv/li nt-nrto'l Inei T?t nil^TV fllicl I
get a sufficient loan to save their M
homes.
In reply to a telegram from the I
Xow York Journal, requesting his j
opinion of the candidacy of Dewey !
for President, Governor MeSwoenoy 1
replied:
"Don't tliirik Dewey's candidacy
amounts to anything serious. Bryan '
will undoubtedly receive the uuai- .
mous support of ail Southern States."
Right you are, brother Mo., B yan '
is tho man, and the sooner the malcontents
make up their minds to this
effect the better. Bryan was never |
so strong as now. The bosh about ,
his silver plank tripping him won't ;
scare tlie Democratic party into put- |
ting up some one else. That is what ! j
the Republican's want , they nro very 1 a
much afraid of Bryan, and well might i i
they be. 1 >
CUBA.
I
8ECONI> INST.VI-IJMKNT.
Our steauier dropped anchor out in the
larbor some distance from tlio wliaif and
>n the approach of the lighter the rail
iraa lined with agents for the diff.uvat
lotels trying to persuade us, in their
jrokea English that the'rs was the best.
It sounded strange and w? ird to hear
.heir jargon, with just enough Strang -ly
aronounced and transposed K iglish
words, connected in disjointed sin.eiuvs.
to b? unintelligible until you disc wore 1
what they were trying to say an 1 then it
was very plain. Our arrancr-?mont.s bad
been m ule, through tha kindness ?.f a
flieud of Mr. Gonzales, with the Hotel
Inglaterre, the best in the city, and thither
we went after passing tho custom lions?
inspector, who discovered what every
body in the States know, that newspapei
men have nothing dutiable and little b>
sides.
After registering wo were not pal ia
charge of a boll boy a* is customary here,
but shown the elevator, put out on tho
proper ll?ior and placed in charge of the
porter of that door who showed us our
rooms. Mine was on third fl K>r about
tw? n'y feet sqn ire with ceiliug* of about
the same height and two windows six f? e
wide and extending from within "> feet
of the il >or to ceiling, no glass, hat bile I
witli iion bars to keep anyone from enter
ing. with woodeu shutters t> make it
private when n? cess-try, the il ior* of
white marble and the furniture of
mahogany. In fact, all th? s.voa 1 an 1
third doors with the stiirways are of
white marble, Xo wood in sight except
doors and window shutters. This !i >to!
hts gas, electric lights and candles, the
laiii'i >n> nvTO>a: >, its uiu g!M iUlvI
electric lights are cut off of the sc.-eo.id
aud thud .floors at ? o'elook, before wo
generally got in.
I was delighted to liiul waiting at the
hotel Mr. Harney 1>. E vans who hasap >sition
in th > p >>t oilLv department, speaks
Spanish fluently an 1 shows 1 tli li??pitableintluenee
inculcated in all South
Carolinians l>y promptly getting a leave
of ab.-enoe fioni bis department and acting
as our guide and interpreter, taking
charge of us day and night while 0:1 the
inland. Another South Carolinian who
called next morning and placed lii:n-elf
at the service of our party and who is a
"peach'' as a cicerone was I)r. Arthur
McCain, a son of the Itev. J. K. McCain,
whom all the older people of this
county will romemlier as faithfully serving
his Maker on the Jonesville circuit
before the war. The doctor left a lucrative
practice in Marion to volunteer i:i the Cuban
Army and ma le a good record; chance
threw him on one side of the Tree ha an i
Editor Gonzales on the other, h-nce they
ne\er met until our visit to Havana. The
experience of these two young veterans
would make good climaxes l'oc a novel
writer. The d ctor lias located in Havana
and is building up a tine practice,
but no one is surprised at it for brains
will tell anywhere.
Th j morning afit r our arrival 1 began
to move around and was at once struck
with the substantial character of the
buildi gs?everything is of stoi c. Nature
has again provided hero for the lazy j
man. lie only has to g/to the quarry
it. f . . i ii ..... f frt,.'. 1 i- .... * - 1. !
W .U.I lli.-J lll.Ul/UOV 111$; Uill. 14 UilUUIV OI
this peculiar formation s'.mpj it in
blocks 1] to 2 feet square by or -1 fe?-t
long, allow it to lay in air a few ?iays
and be lias bis dimension stone as hard
as is necessary for building purpjs s
I'.ie build in ;s o:i tlie principal streets are
twoorili.ee stori.-s high witb a .broad
walk or p!azz i or. the street which takes
tlie place of a side walk. The roofs of
the a- walks, which are always on s i ne
I "ight of tlie main building aie supportd
b?* ntusaivo columns and the whole
laesent a pleasing sight to tbo eye as it
i reaks tlie monotony of bare walls and
dissipates th it n l! -cted glare of the hiu
it daily so di.sagreeable. There is not a
wooden building in the intin pact of the
ity. a 1 iw having been passed 200 years
go prohibiting them, hencu tlie ci y lias
Is-en free from lires and age has put in
its work and stained everything a yellow
lint. Thccky years ago was enclosed
by a wall and space being scarce little of
i:. was given to the streets, hence in the
ilder pa:t tbo streets arc very narrow j
bar. Iy permitting two vehicles to pass
aj.d tlie side walks, or its we would call
Lkctu h;oil cii'b stones, will not admit
of two walking abreast. In tbo beat of
ll.e day tli - thiiily and energetic merchants
have awning stretched from the !
lop of o: j ositc buildings that make a ;
shaded way. The streets in t lis newer i
lait. <if tin* iu.il.una On i !
[ i i/viuhj/i ?\r\j ) fill 3 j
younger than the old intramural, has!
neon laid out in jjood wide streets with '
irees lining e.?ch side and in some civa j
i double raw through t!io center, with i
litre mid time a statue or a fountain!
surrounded by a small grass plot or jktaps
planted in lloweis. As mngiiiti:
at a Si net as 1 ever saw is (lie nrinc>il
street of the city, called the l'r?td??
aid oil' i.eaily North and South,
he projection would strike Mono Cast lo
ifrii s the harbor an 1 i?n the South teruiiuiting
in Central l'ark. 1 would
udge from one borne line to the oppoite
side was 20 ) feet, on each side is a
Macadamized drive about 50 feet wide I
vhiic the central 100 feet space is raised j
' fm:n two to four feet aK>vo I lit* stieot
level rolled graveled until it is as J
MtKtivlt and level as a ll>H?r, with a douI
Mo row of trees and a lovely grass border
I along the edg?s makes a lovely pronioj
nude.
The Park is laid off in aitistie beds,
planted in llowers that would make our
n o li.wis-.. UroniMs siek with envv. for the
] n ost doliea'o varieties grow to |ierfeetion
here in the open air. Every Simday
afternoon llio stores elo?e atp. ni.
anal the business im n ami clerks tnruout
for an ailing on tin1 lV.ulo. Those who
bave'vi hiclesjt'all in'li: e, under police legi
illation, and. one side goes North and the
I otlier South in a continuous 1 ne till
dark; while the cii.trai portion or promi
nado is p.ickc 1 wiii people walking, I
would guess that fully 20,000 had possesion
of the Prado the Sunday 1 was in
Havana. It was a jolly, good nattired
iwople, and in all this crowd not a single
jam or Wocade t com nil, tior did I fee a
roul ui.dvr VIto inlhcjiico of liquor,
though the cafe and uv tan rants were in
foil blast, and liquor being served in
every one of them, and by the fruit venj
d. rs ni d news stands on every corner,
j Another will laid out street is Zanji
extending from Central Park to Fort
Piie!i?e aid iliui i:i a gradual curve
j with light gradients to the eminence
; beyond on which is located Poland Cemj
ete:v. This stnet is piobably 150 feet
! wide d Macadamized from curb to
curl) the full length. The hilly section
j shows tie1 work of an engineer and
i ih nigh Tom Paloe r mi.bt liavo pre]
ft rn d a straightcr line to the top "and
i seine i f our fcot-soie party who were
; caught on the i idge at p'ght. would liafe
| voted also for a shorter one, yet it-has
j .toed th" steiuis fir centuries anil is
j n??vr in ii jTuv ut ruawr m j'lr.'vri > .imni,
! The t\pe made us say last week that
the island was odd miles lot g, it should
haw been TiHi | ]j. ti. Y.
(CVntk.u.d :.u\l week.)
ADVHRTISIXG.
A iu 'reliant should look upon his
advertising business as 0110 of the
I necessary essentials ton successful
| business. lie should select a good
roomy space so that his nnnounce;
meats will not appear in a cramped
and unattractive style. lie should
then devote a resonablo time to the
; preparation of his advertisement and
write it up in the best style and bring
out the different departments and
what he lias to offer in a catching
manner. This will attract the attention
of the newspaper subscriber,
lie becomes pleased at your description
of articles, and possibly interested
at the prices you quote, this
i iterest will naturally 1)3 followed by
a vNit to your store for verification
and right here comes I he Important
point of advertising. Never make a
statement in a:i advertisement that
i mi i\ ro nr^ nltv?ira Kw.t
. - ....... J - vv, llg
wit'.- goods. When your customer
linds this to bo tHo case it inspires
confidence and you secure a purchaser
who will hereafter watch to
see what you have to offer. It is no
mean accomplishment to be a good
adveitisomont writer.
j Charleston is making a great effort
t > have an exposition in that city
next year. The committee soliciting
subscriptions seem to - bo mooting
with encouragement. $13,000 of tho
necessary $130,000 have been subscribed.
Subscriptions only of $300
or over are being received until $73,0)0
is secured then lessor amounts
will ho received. *\o cull is to he
made until $130,000 hon.afide sub- i
scription.s have been received, then
20 per cent, will ho called, the balance
to he pa'd in monthly installments
of 10 per cent. Tho organization
of the association was perfected
Wednesday. Wo hope the|
inouiod men of Charleston will back j
up the enterprise and make a success
of it. It will ho a good thing for the
city by tho sea.
Dewey lias formerly announced
himself n? *l candidate for tlie Presidency
of tho United St-.tes. Dewey 1
is all right on tho bosom of the ocean I
and is a hero of no mean distinction, j
f.tul tli? r.or>r>1.i -l.-i! > .
... .. i7 .it,,- otnignieu 10 i
honor him as a sailor and a fighter.
Hut in announcing a5* a candidate for i
president, In* has made himself re-'
diculons, even in the eyes of his j
friends, it would not surprise lis if lie
is soon made to fee] that ho has !od
something or "wish ho hadn't went." i
This is got ten up h.v a clique to head
o(T Bryan, he is too timid to announce j
lt'n platform. Perhaps tho clique lias
no' yet informed him what it will be.
It ih! we thought hotter of you,
Dewey.
Will tlie prediction that all the
nations of tho earth will he engaged
in war at the name time come to pass?
It looks like the tendency of the
times is in that, direction. It is now
reported that the war spirit, is rife in
Russia, and that the disposition of
the nat ion is for conflict. The Czar :
goes to Moscow soon and it is expected
that lie will declare war, hut
whether with Japan, China or Of eat !
Britain is not yot known,
Swellest!
I
The newest ]
Fashion. The hi
and that repres
for daintiness in
ionable Spring i
gestion. merer
. buy fromus, that
the latest prodi
hats, those you
and all occasion
THE HI
W<3 show
most i*elial>lc
swellcst hind,
the i>i- ioc?tlio
is the stylo, li
not to ovcrclm
is* no ronson in
bxhorbit
At otSioi* pluco
hvtt yo
Daintiesi
Hero nt
Reasonal
Do not fail to
b afore making a
money in your po<
THE A.H.
;GREEN
jiH
i In a ?
uo tne Kugj
||| Union
jjK Get in line with yen
[8? bors, come arou
I BUGGY, CARRI/
(js We carry a comj
and can suit yo
QUALITY
I "OLD HICKORY" WA
I CHATTANOOGA PLO
w/J YOUItS TO SK
I GREEN
oSSEE
Wh en you want a ne\
one repaired. We ar
of odd jobs in cabinet
thing that can't be ha
also keep a big assort)
ing material and the L
tive guarantee.
BAILEY FURN1TU11
THE PARLC
Having recently purchased I lie
I am prepared to supply tho needs (
PIIO> 10 TJSS ^
aud they will bo attended t<
ALL OOODS EJI
Butter, Kggs and Ve
i B i* i i iios^r i
For garden, farm and bnrnyar
CHAS. R. S
PHO
Styles
n Millinery.
models from Dame
ats that really lead
ent every wisheddetail,
every fashEm
d Summer sug- ^
+ + A
s a certainly, n you w
, you always secure
action?the stylish
can wear on any
s.
LLINERY
lilllNt l>o tlio
V-1IIUSt l>o - tlio
and tlion comes
most imp6i'ttiut
nit ^ c take care
rge you. There
paying
ant Prices
h. lot" vour ?*i>riiur
u cnii find tlio
t Fashions
astonishingly
t>le Prices.
inspect our goods
selection. It means
)ket book.
FOSTER GO.
& BOYD 1
?y Business of ?
County. |
ar friends and neigh- wf
ind and buy a new j?
iGE OR PHAETON. |j
Dlete line of Vehicles s|
u. We guarantee m
r and PRICE. ||
iGONS, | ALWAYS j|
IWS . . j ON HAND. ||
LL AND PLEASE, W >
& BOYD. I
v mantle made or an old
e fixed lor doing all kinds
t work and making anyid
5n regular stock. Wc
ment of all kinds of buildlest
Paint sold on a posi
IE & LUMBER CO.
)R GROCERY.
business of the PARLOR GROOKRY,
>f your tubl e.
fOUR WA1NTH
3 with promptness and dispatch.
SLIVERED FREE,
getables always on hand.
JRICICS1?AID
d produce suitable for table use.
niTH, Mgr. ,
'TV 10 7(1.