The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 20, 1900, Image 4
THE UNION TIMES
Published Every Friday.
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UNION TIMES COMPANY
Rooms 1, 8, 5 and 7, Bank Building.
L. G. Young, Manager.
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S. C., as second-class mail matter.
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ADVERTISEMENTS
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will'be charged for at haif rates.
UNION, S. C.. APRIL 20, lfKO.
Better think over this bond issue
business before you east j-our vote.
We have the electric lights and the
water work", and they should bo
mado efTicient, but are we ready for
the expenditure of twenty odd thousand
dollars for sewerage and town
hall? Think it over.
The storm that swept over Northern
and central Mississippi a few
days ago was the most disastrous
that has occurred in many years.
The loss to property will amount to
many thousands of dollars also a
considerable number of lives have
beon reported lost.
The first Annum musical resuviu
of the Limestone Choral Society, of
Gaffney, S. C., will take place in thattown
May 8th and Dili. They have a
very elaborate program and a fine
corps of musicians who will contribute
to the success of the occasion. Reserved
seats for sale by AV. It. DuPrco,
GafTney.
It begins to look very much like
the interference long hoped for by the
Boers is about to come to their aid.
It is stated that Russia, Franco and
Germany are preparing at. ultimatum
to England which says if she does not
conclude hostilities within a week in
South Africa Afganistan will he invaded
with 120,000 troops. It is high
time.
"A young soldier in tho Philippines
was saved from death by b"*vf '
^ . - . , . pocket, tho
* P1."? ?U9teiK-k him burying itself
in the weed instead of in his heart.
The moral Is obviously favorable to
tho users of tobacco and the preachers
must try again."?Charleston Post.
The preacher will very naturally reply
that a pocket bible would have
afforded even greater protection than
a plug of tobacco.
AY abater Davis, assistant secretary
of tho Interior, who has just returned
from the Transvaal, has resigned his
place and will tuke the lecture platform
in the interest of the Boers. In
his first speech in Washington he
scored tho British for the manner in
which they are conducting their war
against the Boers showing up some
of their actions in a very bad light.
Mr. A. C. Jones, chairman of the
Stute Board of the Prohibition Party,
in a tftlk with us while in Union last I
week, said that the Prohibition ]
strength in the State is, in his opin- ,
ion,'greater than ever before. lie i
says the vote at the last election < ist r
for Featberstone is an illustration of 1
the strong sentiment in this State ?
in favor of prohibition. i
He says tho prohibitionists are not ;
making much fuss but that they are i
sawing wood, and that while it is not <
yet definitely known whether a can- <
didate will he put up by the prohibi- 1
f i An no i' K o ^?/vhtk!i!.-! < " *
v.v?.? ptnij, uiv {jruuiuil lU.'liSIS Will J
1 not support any man who is not in I
sympathy with their platform. The r
Executive Committee, who have this
matter in hand, will meet soon to
consider the question, among other *
things, of putting up a candidate. 0
They will do nothing to conflict with '
the rules of the Democratic party. s
Mr. Jones is for Featherstone, if he ''
can Do prevalcd upon to make the ''
race, and thinks if Feat herstone is
nominated for Governor lie will carry ^
the State. If a candidate is put up;''
ho will be nominated as a prohibition ,
Democrat. j"
Mr. Jones thinks that should tlio s'
executive committee decide in put- 'e
ting up a man, the selection of a w
manager of the campaign should bo
left to the nominee. ?'
Mr. Jones is an enthusiastic advocate
of prohibition and is a hustling
and faithful worker, looking forward ?'
to the ultimate success of the effort, ai
to elect a Governor of tlio State of 'J<
South Carolina, who is a prohibition- ^
ist in principle as woll as iu name, n
UNION THE HUSTLER.
"Hon. A. N. Wood spent yesterday
in tho city of Union on business.
Union is a pretty good town bub it
takes a hustler like GnHney to keep
Mr. Wood in it long at a time, so bo
came homo yesterday evening."
?GnlTney Ledger ltlth.
We are glad to have tho good oitizons
of tiaffney visit our city and
would be glad for them to make their
stay long enough for us to show them
the town. We hare no doubt that it
was a matter of regret to Mr. Wood
that the nature of his visit did not
allow him more time to remain and
take in tho town, lie was on his
way to Columbia to visit a sick child
when he received a telegram here,
thnt his child was better and he did
not go further. GnlTney is a sprightly
child, and has a live and wideawake
paper in the Ledger to pu>h it
along. We wish for the little town
continued prosperity. Rut wVen the
Ledger speaks of Union as n "pretty
good town" he don't half express it,
and it makes us smile when Rro. DeCamp
attempts to hold GntTney up
to Union as an example in the hustling
business. If our esteemed contemporary
will compare the Union of
today with the Union of ten years
ago, ho will sec that Union is tho
pilot, and hustler in the broadest acceptation
of tho term. Keep- your
eye on Union for points, brother, in
the hustling business.
Judging from I ho reports published
in tho newspapers regarding the telegrapher's
strike and the unblushing
statements made by both sides as to
the effect the strike is having en the
Southern Railroad Company's business,
we are forced to the conclusion
that there is some boss lying being
done liv somohodv. We understand!
Hint the brotherhood has a number
of men going over the road with hundreds
of dollars in their pockets ready
to furnish money to any operator
who went out and needs money, and
in many instances paying and operator's
salary for a month to i/iduce
him to go out. If the money holds
out this is going to count without
doubt in favor of the ultimate success
of the strikers. We are not in a position
to know the true situation of
affairs, but if it is true that the
operators are only asking for the
privilege of being heard by the road
officials in matters of grievance, and
that a schedule of honr*. catafilished
11 Jus^ nn(* equitable remuneration
be allowed for overtime,
we cannot but say this is a just demand.
All other depart merits of the
transportation service are allowed so
' much per hour for overtime, the engineers,
the conductors, the firemen,
train hands and flagmen, and why is
not overtime allowed the telegraph
operator? It can hardly he because
lie is already receiving too fat a salary.
They are surely the most poorly
paid men in the railroad service
taking into consideration the grave
responsibilities that rest upon them.
It .strikes us that the fight to the
finish is being made by the railroad
authorities, more for the purpose of
breaking up the order, than as a resi-stnr??>
r\f 1 ' ?
*.? liiv scrim ngiy J list JUKI
moderate demands cf the telegrapliers.
The Atlanta Journal has changed
hands. The purchasers were Messrs.
II. M. Atkinson, Morris Brandon and 1
Inmoi It. Gray. Mr. Hoke Smith (lie
nojority sto'-k holder realized for 1 |
>n his stock and the other stock 1
udders received 2A for I for their '
stock. This an evidence that one '
lewspaper at least has made money. '
Ur. lloke Smith will devote his ent ire '
ittention to his law practice, lie re- 1
reived for his stock $ir>0,0t>0 the entire '
stock brought The Kditors
lave been asked to remain and the 1
aaper will no doubt be kept up to its '
ligh standard. It is one of the best
icwspapers in the South.
The State has perils!cnlly held on <
o the spelling of Puerto Rico instead !
f Porto Itieo, nearly all of his eon- I
emporarios to the contrary, notwith- j j
landing, and ho has pretty good J (
acking, as it seems the Geographical i j
>oar.l at Washington declares that to v
o the correct way, however the e
Linerican way of spelling it "Porto ?
iico" seems to be the way adopted d
y ?;ongros< and it has been mod !(
lat way in the tariff b'll and the ! ?
gnaturo of tho President. makes i! j
gal, "Porto Rico" then is tho legal (]
aj'. Under the circumstances, j|
owever, wo don't look for Ihe editor <j
t the State to drop "Puerto Rico." t
Tho Paris Kxposit ion was formerly t
period last week and many visitors j,
o arriving, It will bo a month yet
jfore all exhibits will be in poSttion. n
isitors from all nations aro arriving j.
ipidly. g
CUBA.
THIKI) 1XSTALLMKNT, CONHNCED I KOM
LAST WKKK.
(ienorul Gomez now occupies Ihc old
Governor General's summer palace,
a .placo which must hnvo been grand
a few years ago when Spain was in
her glory. The building is similar
to the other government buildings,
but tho grounds arc more spacious
and beautifully laid out. Cactus and
inangrovo make a hedge around tho
grounds, the Royal Palms f)0 to 75
feet high form beautiful avenues, the
walks are bordered with smaller
shrubbery with marble statuary at
most of the angles and a small fish
ponu to nnisn oir the grounds?all
now in bad shape and much in need
lot a gardener.
* * * *
Colon Cemetery is a terrible place
for contemplation. "Six feet of earth
make us all of one si/.o" everywhere
else save here. The church places a
tax on the dead body and unless it is
paid every quarter b}' endowment or
friends, the dry bones are cast not
into outer darkness but into (ho
broad light of day, to be gazed on by
any one with such a morbid curiosity
?of course our party were not in a
morbid state but as we went to see
everything, wo took an old metallic
coffin that hud been thrown out and
using this as a ladder wo climbed on
the wall of the bono yard and saw a
mass of human bones and skulls that
had been accumulating for years. (1
have a very good photograph of those
bones on exhibition in Tin: Timks
office together with several o'her
scenes around Havana, call and see
them when in town.) in contrast
with this glaring disccration of the
grave arc some of the finest monuments
over erected. The bones of
these men are now safe for the United
States government has forbidden any
more consignments to the bone yard ;
but had the endowment funds, left by
them, become lost, ihrnnoli iihIiii-I/v
investments or otherwise the bones
of the men to whom monuments costing
hundreds of thousands of dollars
had been erected would have bleached
iu the enlosure for delinquent grave
tax payers.
* * * *
I was struck with tlie contrast between
freedom and despotism, bruto
force and libertj*, when seeing the
happy, contented peoplo under the
at rang arm of the Americans, and
thinking what must have been their
condition under the iron heel of Weyler.
Surrounded by impregnable forts,
as far as the Cuban army was concerned,
he issued his rcconcentrado
proclamation concentrating all the
country people, who obeyed, in the
city to sturve and murdering those
who remained without, after deviating
their homes, if lie could catch
them. So well were these orders
uiirntu out mat there are villages
near Havana as large as Union with
not a soul there now?whole families
have been exterminated and the U. S.
government is now in possession of
real estate for which they can tind no
claimant. I was told the pitiful tale
of the condition of these poor help- '
lesi creatures, hurdled together on i
the side walks starving to death, even j '
after the U. S. army had entered tho j (
city and begun to feed tlsein. An |
oliicer, who was on duty during those [
times, told ir.e his provost guards | (
would have to use groat care to keep (
from stopping on them and every '
morning tho wagons would bo sent 'j
through the parks and streets to
gather up the dead and haul them otl". ( i
i)ur people think they had a hard *
Lime when Sherman and his raiders v
devastod our State and when Cham- I
berlain and his gang wore hunting | ''
down and driving from home our host' '
" i *
ritizons under the cluirgo of being 1 t
Ivll KIllV 1111 r. ne ( nmnonn.l 11? ! '
Cabanas with quarters for 4,000 to
5,000 soldiers, and in a push two or
threo times as many. Tho bombproofs
seem to the novice safe, but I
was informed that the fort could have
been demolished and forced to surrender
without any great sacrifice
tho place has plonty cannon
of lifo on our part for though
they are of ancient make?muzzlo
loaders and smooth bore. Our fleet
could have anchored oil shore out of
rungo of such armament and at their
leisure shelled her into subm'ssion.
Fort Fun to on right of entranco is
much smaller and of courso would
have fared similar to Cabanas but boing
in a thickly settled part
of the city much damage to property
would have resulted from
a bombardment and those in authority
adopted tho hunters plan of
treeing the o'possum and catching
him alive instead of perforating him
with shot. While in Cabanas I was
shown what is known as the dead line,
a long mark on a straight wall, along
which the prisioners were made to
kneel and a s juad of soldiers a few
paces back soon put them in suitable
condition to be thrown over the walls
to feed the sharks, which were thick
in those days being fed regularly
on massacred patriots. Tho signal
station and light house aro also
on Morro aiul I found the chief
both kind and obliging and apparently
a very intelligent man though he
could not sp ?a'c or understand a
word of English, lie and his assistants
are on duty night and day and
on the approach <?f a vessel signals |
the proper authority in the city a: d
the port ofTieia's nro promptly on
hand when the vessel arrives.
E. G. Y.
(Continued next week.)
IS TERESTISG LETTER
FRO M FTTA J A NR.
A Trip to G reea ville? Fa r titers
I* eg in Planting ? Compulsory
Vaccination?Death of Mrs. Jane
Ilishop?Delegates to Louisville
From Cam> Jeffries?Ladies'
Memorial Association Meets May
3th?Personal and l.ocal News
Notes.
Etta .lane, April l<i.?lly si me means
om lafct letter didn't aiptnr in Tiie
Timics. 'J liis 1 as bwn the case only a
few times Ik fore. But I trust your
readers lost little or nothing 011 that account.
Yi.ur correspondent stent iwst of lad
week in Greenville attending Enorce
Presbytery. Dining my stay in llio city
1 met. among others, n y young friend
O'iver Goimr, formerly of Union county,
w ho is now hvmg in Greenville and d- ing
well Oliver is a chip iff theo!?l
block? a son of our old and worthy comrade
in arms, W. G. W. Going, ?>f Mt
J. v. Our meeting was as jovous as it
was unexpected. Parsing along one of
the. crowded streets of that bust iuir cilv
I heard some one call out. Hello Vox!
faking the hint and looking round wh
did 1 liud but Oliver Going. O.iver i>a
Iirst-class gentleman.
Our fanners began planting this a. n\ I
Some have not prepired their c ?tu n
laud vet, and will not plant before the I
2.">ih lust.. others Ixgin to-div or tonior- I
row. I hope for a good spell ot' weatlur
for tin m.
Our county i< greatly agitited over
the Mnall lHi.v fcare, and compulsory |
vaccination is now tho order of tiicday.
Mis. Jane Bishop died at the home of
S. K. Kstes last Thursday morning in
il.e 8<> year of her age. She was l?crn
it Il< pkif s county, Kentucky, in 1S1 I J
She was a member of the Pre.sby- i
ei iati church from oailv life. She was |
nr.?d i t Sa'em last Friday. )
< 'amp Jtffi ies United Uonfederat Vet- I
nar.S met at Wiikinsville last Satmdnv f
iikI r. oigani/.ed by electing its old ? Hi- f
:?rs. Capt. (1. W. MeKown, coin- i
uandcr, and lion. Win. Jt (tries were \
leo'.ed de!( g ite.i to the Louisville (Ivy.)
I' union. t
Hi v. S?;i dcis K/ 11 pleached at A1v
i gdi n ('in k jcstenlay, and Rev. .1. 1'. [,
daiion at Salem. ?
Next. S.dtha'h the Salem Sahhalli
Vlieel wi'l decide upon the time it v. il | <
i:iv?' it's Children's Day, and all tin j
hi di.n who will take pait in the exer- .
i-.es kre veipiest-d to he present. The] '
hind iy School proposes to make the
lnldrcnks d iv an appropiiate benedieion
to the I'.nh century and a Mutable
'Ingram wiil Ik- prepao'd for the occasion
Tine Timks will l>e welcome.
We hiive plenty of fruit left after sevirt!
1'rubts.
1 regret to liud that Mr. and Mrs
,ot-pi itch, founerly of this section, but
o\v of tialTiiCy City, are IkjUi tick, \vi;b
.a gi ippe.
Tho i?idies' Memorial Association
. ill met t at Llbetliel chinch at 2 p. in ,
alurday May otli, a', which time the
ccoration of ttic graves of the Ckinf. .1- V
rates will take plaiv. Camp Jcdlnes I
f. C. Veterans will ids ? inti t tlitre
t the same time and all members of the "
amp w ho are in arrears will please I e *
i liand at that time with the aiuount
f their dins 1"> ivnts?Id cents for the
biiimal Federation "inl edits for the j
tde Division U. C. Veterans.
Ms. 1{. Ross 1 hiitton in Ring very
iw at this lime. Dr. T. S R. Wood,
f llickoiy (irove, is Inr physician.
Win at is looking well. The ncent
'low* rs have rn ale gn at improv* ments
n it. OatJ, wheie they are not killed
ut, lixik very will, esjHCidiy the fall
>*ing.
My old fiiei.d an! army comrade, .J.
l*e:-!ey MeKown attend the funeral of
>r. .1. F. McOluney, at Salem, on the
th ins.t. lie Is erjojii g good health
ml 1h always a welcome visitor to our
I'Cliou. Yox. ?
, ??o vuiii|/aivu nun 1J1U j 1
iufieriiiof the Cubans they were en- j '
oying only tlie fruits of high cluss j
civilized warfare. j e
* *k * I _
11
If one thousandth part of the 11
nonoy expended in fortifications in '
3uba had been spent on internal im- j
irovements and education, Spain s
vould have pos.ses.sod a colony un- j d
qualed as a wealth producer. In- ! V
tead of a liberal courso she "round I ;l
town her subjects with the heaviest j c
axes and whiio alio was thereby en- ! "
bled to build forts that surpass the [ y
magination, for permanency in their 1 S
ay, yet in the courso of progress, in i
tnproved cannon, could liuvo been ''
1 o
uickly demolished ; she neglected to |
each thorn to love her and no?v we | -s'
ave the child happier and moro con- ^
enled under the enro of its guard- M
in than ever with its parent.
Tho fortitlcations around Havana j
re strong, massive and numerous, .j
Entering the harbor you find tho a
xiin walls of Morro Castle und For- 84
YOU DO, D
When you see a nice Titling
made over a good corset, and y<
way, don't you ? F. C.JCorsets;
F. C. Corsets do not sti^tch.
hold their shape. F. C. Corse
and a neat striking appearance.you
do not know the many goot
Here are the styles fc
THE PRICES ARE G
TRACTIVE AS
STYLE Ho?Is of good quality twilled
of tWo colors, white with pi
blue stripping, lace edge, >
STYLE 00?Good quality of Surnmei
ventilated notting, singh
waist, five hook, regular ;
STYLE 808?Is raado of a fine quality
boned bust, and silk (rimtr
clasp, an extra strong cors
STYLE GO?Is made of extra heavy Jca
with sat teen. lfas duul
steels; boned bust, silk t
ing. Extra heavy bone
waist, five hook clusp, a
STYLE 800?Is of very fine quality Sui
cross boned bust, stripped
waist, five hook, the warn
STYLE 101?Young Ladies' Coraot. So
soft bust, single Mrip
medium waist. For Miss<
STYLE 2.~)0?Very fine English sattcei
two sile steels, silk trir
short, medium or long wt
STYLE GO?Is a French shape. Ma
white, medium waist, four
trimmed with I ace and rib
two side steels
STYLE 7o0?Is a high bust "Dress For
ity white sat teen, medi
measurements. The pro
should be "Dress Reform'
STYLE i)")0?Improved Corset Waist.
teen, medium waist and
expansion bust and tape f
A model Corset
Once .1 wearer of 1;. C. C
friend to l'\ C. Corsets. We
Union.
THE ATTTF
N. B.?Our store will close at ?
September ist, Saturda
I'GREEN <
1 Do the Buggy
|j Union C<
||k Get in line with your
KM bors, come around
| BUGGY, CARRIAGI
i>yg wc uaiTy a compiei
and can suit you.
f|| QUALITY ai
| "OLD HICKORY" WAGO
1 CHATTANOOGA PLOWS
(h YOU US TO SKLL 1
| GREEN 4
? S E E
When you want a new in
one repaired. We are fix
of odd jobs in cabinet w<
tl"?inr? flint- />nii't- Kn lio/l II
v*? biiub wuii b Aiau ii
also keep a big assortmen
ing material and the Best
tive guarantee.
ifllLEY FURNITURE
rH K PARLOR
Having recently purchased the busir
am prepared to supply the needs of yoi
PHON ^ US Y< )
and they will be attended to will
ALU GOODS DELI
Butter, Eggs and Vegetal
I ] 1*1 I S IOST PI2
or garden, farm and lnirnyard pi
CHAS. R. sn
PHOIS 1
pp?
* **
waist or dress, you know it's
Du like for yours to look that
ire the Corsets that satisfy.
They fit; they wear; they
its always give comfort, ease
1 f you have never tried one
1 features they possess.
>r different figures.
iUITE AS AT3
THE CORSETS:
Jenne, in a combination
ink stripping, white with
*nluo f>Oo, our price
r Corset, made of strong
strip boning, medium
>0c corset
Coutil in white, cross
ii ng, long waist, six book
ot- . i 5^*
,ns in white and stripped
bis zona and three side
rimming ami hand dossil
throughout, medium
splendid corset
inner netting in white,
with satteen, medium Cftf
1 weather corset
ft finished white sntteon,
boning with silk edging,
?s 10 to 10 years old
ii in white, boned bust,
nmod nnd hand flossed,
list 3>I.OO ^
ide of Bayadere cloth in
hook clasp, handsomely
bon, single strip boning, j qq
m" Corset. Fine qualum
waist and full hip
per name of this style $1. ,oo
Fine quality white satclasp
front, new plaited
astcned buttons on side. $1. ,00
orscts you will always be a
have the exclusive sale for
OSTER CO.
iix o'clock from June ist to
ys and public days excepted.
&, BOYD }
Business of ?
ounty. i
friends and neigh- a|
and buy a new ?
: OR PHAETON. |
e line of Vehicles ||
We guarantee ||
-id PRICE.
NS, | ALWAYS a
> . . J ON HAND. H
VXD PLEASE, 01
Ik BOYD. I ^
iantle made or an old
ed for doing all kinds
:>rk and making anyi
regular stock. We
t of nil kinrlc r\f
? ?... .. . ..v?0 W A. UUIIU"
Paint sold on a posi&
LUMBER CO.
GROCERY.
io-m Of tho PARLOR GROCERY,
tr tabl o.
Uli WAIXTS
> promptness and dispatch.
[VERED FREE.
>les always on hand. ^
ICIC? PAIO
oilucc suitable for table use.
ITH, Mgr.
L? 70.
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