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THE UNION TIMES Published Every Friday. ?bv the? UNION TIMES COMPANY Rooms 1, a, 5 and 7, Bank Building. L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the 1'ostoffice in Union, S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 50 cent'! Three months ----- 23 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square,[first insertion - - $1.00. Every subsequent insertion - 30 cents. Contracts for three "months or longe; will be made at reduced rates. Rejected manuscript will not lie re4 .. nivituorino Qiwl uf TO ttllimi. VyiMUKllilO OIIU Vi ?IM?WW .1 spect will'be charged for at half rates. [UNION, S. C.. APRIL 27, 1800. At the recent meeting of the State Medical \ssociation Dr. (Jcorge U Dean was elccte<l president of the association, this is a compliment to the city of Spartanburg. Another knock-out by a close vote was in the case of Senator M. S (Juay, of Pennsylvania, which has been occupying the attention of Senate for months. lie was finally ousted by a 851 to 512 vote. The Democrats of each township will remember to meet at their res pcctive places tomorrow (Saturday ^ 1\a ?Mi*?r\rvoA r\t mArrrn n ? ?. ., p. I... 1V?? li.O puipwov. W. 'W.,,.izatlon. Let every Democrat in tlx county make it a point to be present Latest advices 'report that the bu bonic plague has broken out in Ma nila. Fourteen fatal cases have oc curred in the last week, some of th victims dying within an hour afte "being attacked. Get ready to answer questions w'? ei the eensus man comes around. Yci c in render him material aid and soot get him off if you will mako up a lis of auswers to the necessary questions Look up your Bibles and get the age of the fatnilj'. Tho round bale trust is going l< find that they will have a hard roa< , to travel. Tho sqare bale people hav organized and a long article in t he Ag Herald, of Alabama, on the proceed ings of the association, evidences tin fact that the square halo people nr< going to tnako a determined elfort t< resist the round bale trust. Kx-Senntor De Witt Warner says In voted against and worked for the de feat of Bryan at the last election, but sees his mistake now in supporting th< Palmer and Buckner ticket, and thai he believes that nine-tenths of the men who voted as he did will supper' Bryan, free silver or no free silver He has a long head on his shoulders $100,000 is awaiting distribution ir. the State treasury. These funds belong to the public schools. The Comptroller (Jcneral is anxious 1c distribute it among the counties entitled to it. This is something new, to have money go begging for some one to claim it.* This money cannot be distributed until the reports rf all the county superintendents are in. The superintendents should not delay in getting in their reports, so that it can be determined what counties are entitled to the money. "Hurrah for Union, grand old town that, she is. She was only shout ?]<>(> Ire'hind us in population in 1890. Our love for her makes us have hopes for her future."?(IntTnev I.r>d<rni* Is this a fact? Bat what about 11MK)? However the census will he tiken soon now, and if the Ledger is nursing th?* hallucination that our S9() record is any indication of what we will show in 1900, his love for Union guarantees to us that he will run against an agreeable surprise when we show down. Let's compare notes about June Loth or May 1st when the returns are complied. The report of the committee on the Clark bribery case in the Senate made its report on the 2Urd. It reads as follows: "The finding of the committee is, that tlie election to the Senate of William A. Clark, of Montana, is null and void on account of briberies, attempted briberies and corrupt practices by bis agents, and of violation of the laws of Montana defining and punishing crimes against the elective franchise." So Mr. Clark, notwithstanding bis barrels of money, will step down and out. They are turning on the lights, let the good work go on. McKINLEY'S PETS IN CUBA. Section 176.") of the Revised Statutes reads as follows: "No ollicor in any branch of the public service or any other person whoso salary, pay or emoluments are fixed bj' law or regulations shall receive any additional pay, extra allowances or compensation in any form whatever for tho. disbursement of public money or for any other service or duly whatever, unless tho same is authorized by law and the appropriation therefor explicitly stntos that it is for such udditiomU pay, extra allowances or compensation." Then why is it that Mclvinley's pets in Cuba are allowed many thousands of dollars extra money above their salaries? The McKinlcy commission's humbuggery, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars for junketing tours was another wanton waste of funds. The value of these commissions to tho government, judging from tho good that has resulted, is about 51 for a quarter. In addition to this we find a few ad tl i t ion ill plumbs handed out to our officers in Cuba, outside of regular salaries. Maj. (Jen. of Cuba $7,500; Military Governor of Havana $5,000; Collector of Port of Havana $8,000; Sanitary officer $2,500; for the renovation of the palace of Gen. I.rookc, $1(50,000, a single set of harness of bis costing $1,400. This is outrageous and should be stopped. If congress has no authority in section 1765, nbovo quoted, to hold the president and his cohorts down from such a useless and senseless waste of the " public funds, it is high lime a 1 ?w ) giving it power be enacted. PROHIBITION COXFEKENCE CALLED. A formal call for theStato Prohibition Conference has been called to meet in Columbia on Wednesday, 0 May 2;>rd, for the purpose of eonsid.. ering the propriety of suggesting candidates for governor and lieutenint governor to represent the pro, hibitionisls of South Carolina in the j Democratic primary, and also to nn1 nounce the principles and purposes t of the prohibitionists in seeking to obtain control through the Domog cratic organization of the executive and legislative departments of the Stale government, for the e.n5,et m.ent 3 and enforcement of measures which ] are in best accord with the highest e interests of the people and which will e tuko the State out of the liquor busi. ness. 5 In order to obtain a full and free expression of the prohibitionists in 5 regard to these matters, a call will be issued for them to assemble in their respective counties at the court J houso on Saturday, May 1-ih, to elect three representatives, with ^ or without instructions, and to choose : a county chairman for the ensuing ^ campaign. t CUBA. . EOU111H INSTALLMENT, C'OXTIXUKn l ltOM LAST WEEK. 1 Fort Almendciies on the South and Piincipe further back are well Incited ' for the protection of the city from tlieii ' side?Almendciies has I lie distinction of Iioinrr <l i> i.xltr I I. .( I...1,1 ....I IU*y WIIIJ M/i V lillb 1JI,IV4 \/?IU d^Cllil^l tin ]?iiiit>h in ldCO. It has been convertel into a city convict piison by tbc Americans and there the W'ra y Willie on anyone coming it wit r the eye of Mayor Pritch ml without $10 0) g >os to break roc'c for the city. The const met i ?n of Principe, is more intricate than any. The Foil awl barracks pobably twenty acres, t?ra on an elevation several hundred fet t above the city. The outer wall, Ssparat* d from tlie tort by a morass probably thirty feet deep by tlfty wide, is perforated by tunnels which communicate under the morass with every part of the fort, with holes for guas to lire into the morass should an enemy make a breech in the outer walls and reach the walls of the fort?a system of water w.nks is also arranged by winch t!i" morass could l>e flooded and drown tine besiegers. These additions wero made after the war of laOO when the fort was taken by the Ihitiih anil would beshnply impregmh'e without the use of cannon and dynamite. It is .'akl that as soon as the Engineer finished the improvement'.; lie was reculb'd to Spain and he widi his driwings were put wliero tliey could tell no tale. By the by this freined to l?a a favorite way of the Spaniard; for lining to keep a lenet. Their grout Engineer A tares, after constructing a system of water works fioin which the Engineer of to day draws lessons was put out of the way i s soon as lie finished his work and a handsome monument erected to his memory. * * # * The water supply of Havana is excellent. A large spring ah nit nine, mi eg out affords more than enough for the city. Without nny storage reservoir the pipes take the water as it 11 >ws from t spring ami conveys it down the mon tain across the valley and throughc tiie citv at no coat except a guard at t spring to see that no one polutes it. The maintenance of the supply 1 these :5C0,000 people does not cost much as to furnish Union. S> parma e it is all tlie work that I doubt if tli repair bill is as much. * # * * The old Cathedral in which ths a.l of Columbus laid until the capitulatio year before la it, is of great interest anl visited by all tourists. The piinting the dome over the principal pulpit, fres work around the ceilings and numero altars, sanctuaries, memorial arches a tablets, niako a lovely place for worn! and though I could not understand th mstoni3 they all had the appearance bei* g w ry .devout. Tim rich and t p >or all entered the same door and aft crossing themselves with holy water fr? tli* same bowl took their turn kneeli ?ii/ <11 tain ana aituw.u'ii 111 uie cereiirjii being carried ou by the Priest. A largo oak near tho Cathedral claimed to bo the identical one uiu which Coluinbu3 held mass m hen hitvhd ; at any rate they have erected m inumetit here to his memory. * * * ? Havana under the iule of the Ami cms has been changed from the di.ti city in the civili/.jd world to the cleant Tiie Government through its inilit; o'dicers hive washed, scrubbed amldh fee'etl until tin business part ha? lid nes> of a well kept yard. The strc arc swe.it every day after being spruik with a disinfectant and germicide wh is manufactured at a cost of one cent hundred gall >m. No filth, rubUh refused matter of any kind is allowc accumulate in the streets or the huu As soon as a leceptiole provided for sam is full it is hauled olT by the auth ties. So well has the work been d tha' not a single case of small pax yellow fever has appeared in tho wl -or slum districts sine i the Governru go', eveia thing clean a 1. If tho inspeo! is kept up, as thorough ill when 1 there, in a few years confidence will restored and passengers from there . the StaUs will not have to lay up quarantine ten days for fever or su pax to develop or to prove lli it th i ve has a clean health bill, before jou leave tho city you have to pas? a lie; examination before the Marine II >v board, who make a thorough exauii.iati nfnt ii <1.\j udivf i.tn a \ it i f wl in I r . tt/tit ? uc^un^tiua aj ?* ? i?u iuguiii) landing or if drowned; see that you h a pitted scar from successful vaccinal or pav in'the Vitus that will causa c Some of oar party who had been dodjj vaccination at ho ne, thinking it was ftoo.l, soon became persuaded tint it the very thing to do? when he found could not return without i'. The f geons seem to lay inme stress on va nation than any thing. They will take a health certificate but in ik personal * Nomination and it struck that if the Government of the-Un States insists so persistently on va nation as a preventive of small pox, 1 foolish is a little town or a little in in set themselves up as authority and sa d )0s 110 good. L. G. ^ (Continue 1 next week.) ? > Suntuc Sittings. "Iti* n/.t always the cout that toll.*, Nor i!ic collar your friend may wear; Iti* not always the obi no of tho shoe. Nor the tinished touch of his hair," The forest?, the beautiful green ests. Tho earth is heinc ramiHir * !??* 1 ? ?? / v,vv' iu verdure. Peach93 are being well tel, and ft prospects aro now very encoiragi Borne hogs havo die! around, I if people git to make any paus rntat next winter it will be a ' grot iiog" affair anyway. Chioks aro being hatched off n plentifully, and I believe th<?y rather robust, and I have heard complaint of hiwta. l)>n't many of us wish that could train stock like tho Swhs Fam Kobiuson did, that wo might 1 him lee 1 them in had \v iathir? Many of us are, like 11 >biu8oi C so?, wrecked on a lonely island, a when we shoot a bird it i3 carri an 1 unfit f >r 1 jo I. ' For the employment of Americ workingmon in tho mines, f >re rami*, milli, factories, etc, wo < nn:nt iimvie li i!o enactment of leg 'ation," etc. Iljpublicm State pi form ?oh! that surely does not lia refereucj to republican negroes a tho mines of Faun, 111., aud rnu about there; for a ncjrro can't wo thero. Wonder why tho while u did not toil tho black una tha ? Garden "dais" ij coming on a puluroi p itting oat. Willi milk a buttsr, potatoes, vegetables aul hon ma io in jIusk'p, one need not b at: 11 pric *d meat. Hut liow about homo-raise 1 flj nn i rice? Wheat is looking well those part', but there is not emu; 8owu. Il ea wai planted heio a? i experiment last year, rnd wo are g ingti plant a good deal this ye: and ship it lor cleaning. The outfit to be cii'iugh raised iu tfc ceinty t> have a hu'.ler hero. Thero was a wavy light in tl 1 ho Northeast Friday nighf, as if tber< in- was a bright light behind the clouds ?ut I ibought it was a reflection fronr be lighting of a far ofl storm. It was somewhat awe-inspiring. Did any o; Tor you notito it? ils Pas* tho blue ribbon this way pleato m. I think we're entitle 1 to it. lliclo' c,jr Mike Lie did a good day's work whet he killed the 70 rata at his rat killing Hie cxceudiug dry weather lust ytai out our c ?r:i crop rather short, and getting stingy, wo di I not care to d: vide s) much with rah aad have ouj boxes catou up to b>>t, and our ciU 11 ran over, so last Friday waaraaed up ;CJ in 1 moving the or a car folly, wc be gun the w rfire o:t the rats, and w got 1G."? of the ' varini iie." J>it <f *'P ihe3> eight were y >u ig ones aud 157 ur ctrn otters. O to of our men caught of aboot a hundred in hi? hand and wa? ha bittea four time*. Tito rats hid gutter ton so bad that th?y s o no 1 to be g..?:n ing to destroy all the on. (J;eat i)r? quantities of c/bs wire tako.i oat ies Oar experience i: lh.it; it ia a very h\rlj>bto make a r it?pro jf cor a crib. I,.,. Tueoll siyi <g "caught a tartnr,' jlt, is ma!? to mean tnw that somslhiii^ h is boon "w.irs.c l"' etc. O io of tin fioa do^s tint *.hunks" on thi place ''eaiiglit u tartar" 8 radar. I is in the bid habit of sera'ching iut the chicken coop for chicken feed. A ?",t gam i lien, pa-t Kiglish tartar, for " tu.iatoly or uuf>rt ?natcl/ made a b.\< u v j ib hatching chickens, and was a's accuse 1 of eating eg<i, >ha was put it (b' a coop for p'tuishtn aid was in i jets very t>a! liu nor, ivlieu again the fio 1" I forced a:i e:i;r..ii J ', (ho heu flew on it ioli biting, flipping, scratching and Kick per iug; lite fioa heya i to trek around tin or coop and bowl !ur me-cy. 1 don1 ; to think it vti.l tike much risks ngaii for a few months. The dog speut th U,,. balance ?.f the day speculating o m.-,. fnlnre.i. Wo havo h*l much r un the pns week. lltinfull 4.7 S, ot which ->2 ^ wai in less linn tvseatj-four hour 1,1, Bat liltlo farm work war. done. Y?.r liltlo planting has been done. .Sire-un 'lo:' hxvo been sent sweeping ovor l!; u:,M biltcni lands and in places u.ui '-'0 daru> gJ d me. Broad ririr was oi j? t?f its banks Saturday and Sunda 1 i:l It was not an extra high r.v.r, but 111 was a grind tight t? ?33 itentcii.i ssel the sboala, a s vollen t lrbuleut strcai cm <Aift and roaring, the waves rollin ilih uigh, then bursting and foaming, ai ital sending th> side waves upon the lane on. Tho rivor I suppiso wts about 10 o at 12 feet abivo lo.v water, avo No matter what man doe3 it is c i,\u easily uudque by a power higher the ,nc. he. So it is idle to Dank oil ones ow strength or boast of what things 1 hu\ i ,r> done. Few realiz i the power of watt rt> is until they see it pent up with ragin j torrents oii l coming. A britheran siiyseif j >ir.ed an 1 e'eared a cie k b > iKj.ii ami used coruo of the clearing! mako a ''breaker" aFtlie lower end no" partially check the water in <aie tl 13 u creek ovv'ifl ?wod. Wo biuked log lnL> brush and other trers against inu ited ;r^es, and at an op?n space draggc ec'* tries and put them down endwise I low ,,ur breaker site, cross piled to lie ther to uatii wo could get no more ther y it then hauled pino biush and put ab i\ them, thinking thoie trees wiuhl i hard to waih away, and it was a fa aiiduble looking harrier. We won not sty* we lad it seci.ro bi wo thought it would li d 1 au or lion !l ud. It hel 1 too. but last Wedm day that creek roso as it is soldo a ea to rise, aud such quantities < h'gJ, brush, trash, etc.. want a^ai.. ^r, that brenker, forming such a p >ti ibovo lliat Uio breaker hid to gi\ bed '*'XY- creek was like a po vdt mill explosion, it moved almost ever^ ,ujt tiling in e?ght. 1 1 >8t goo 1 ti -e woo a? oaongh to last, with good r< a i :g firei b u -l w'H,'e winter. Most of this w; s ?8 timbtr, and some good block I jr wage M1 j timber. Si reader when you ri workiug whore water goes, don't s.i 0 v 1 will hold if," hut say you wiil d ure 'omelhiog to check it ou small oi u ; (asiona. You arc nothing in torn things, comparatively. W3 IItY rENVF.It. jjy S.iutiic, S. G\, April 2d. ike * * The total eclipse of the sun whie fl1" is to occur on the 28lh of May \vi ,a^ only be a total eclipse ulong a stri 1 of the earth one hundred and fort to fifty miles wide, and as the cente m l(t of the path will lie along the eart jv near New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ale 3 Columbia, S. C., llaleigh, X. C. an at- Xorfolk, Va.. it is finite r>rnh;ilit? iiiu .ve' it will bo a totul eclipse to ever vl ; watcher in Union. It will be remeni n* bored that Union is only 05 mile L * from Columbia, the center of th path. Taking for granted the calcu j ; lations are right, wo will bo withii ' the dark line with a margin of ... | miles to spare, This "of course, i jy dangerously near the edge, and thos who do not wish to tako any chance ur of tho moon's varying in her cours in had best arrange to go to Coluinbi. upon that occasion, an ?? . ?? Tho grading of tho eloctrie railroa< ir' from Spartanburg to Olondale, Ark ijj wright and Clifton has begun. 1 lii road will moan a big thing in tho wo; io of trado to Spartanburg. ; It Pays to I 3 [ ; Iii milking your selections while stoc ' our part?we iire showing all the 1 Summer at prices that are r Interesting to Clos< i These few items, taken at rand you an inklingof the prevailing ccor find elsewhere: Standard six cord spool cotton, 200 yard si chine sewing, black or white Holding Hros., sewing silk, in black and co and oualitr warranted. While the stock ;?<> inch Percales, fast colors, beautiful wrappers and boy's bodies. The yard Beautiful quality of corded P. K., the 1 wash skirts, value 15c, our price Pongee-looks like silk, wears hotter than sil navy "round with polka dots, just th durablo waist or suit, 2 yards will make Beautiful Nottingham Lace Curtains, p yards long, (JO inches wide, the pair.... , Fine tonality Italian Satin Duchess, 111 in< } beautiful lustre, for waists and skirts, a ? Fine Swiss Embroidery, 11 inches wide, 51 work, hand made effect, the 40c quality, All over Embroideries, S rows open wot e wide, valuo 75e, our price the y.-.rl ? All Linen Creatn Tahle Damask, 72 inches loaf pattern, value Goo, our price e i. Pretty quality of Valenciennes Lace Kdgi a yard, our price for a bunch of 12 yard r. Children's school umbrellas, paragon fri black cover, value 50c, our price London welt P. K. in solid blue, solid pir t quality, regular 15c for > (lood strong buggy umbrella with eight 51S7 ounce duck, heavy statT, complete > ) fastening to buggy seat and bottom, would be cheap at $2, our price for the w o. Cash buyers will do well to i: better to buy the ?oods which we g exactly as advertised in every insta 11 IT " I a W ? M KTDMi . : IHL A. H. R i? N. B.?Our store will close at si: u September ist, except Sc n | ?ammm_?__?__mm l\ GREEN E 'e jl Do the Buggy j? ||| Union Cc 'Ira Get in line with your f re IS bors, come around 11 BUGGY, CARRIAGE ? 11$ YVe carry a complete '? ife and can suit you. * | QUALITY an J I "OLD HICKORY" WAGOI f I CHATTANOOGA PLOWS h YOUItS TO SELL A t[| UHEEN & ? SEE h When von want a new m; ll . p one repaired. We arc fixi y of odd jobs in cabinet wo I tiling that can't be had in also keep a big assortment *i ' J ing material and the Best t j tive guarantee. arm* * ? BAILtT FURNITURE , THE PARLOR !> Having recently purchased tho busln s I jtm prepared to supply tho needs of you e PII<? 10 US VO a and they will be nttendod to with 0 ALL GOODS DELI Butter, Kggs and Vegetal II HMI10ST PII 1 For garden, farm and barnyard pi ; CHAS. R. Sn PHOIVJ oe Early j ks are full. We are doing new tilings for Spring and j ; Cash Buyers.' \ om from our stock, will give lomical prices that you won't i jools for linnd or ma- 4c ( ilors, pure dye, length _ _ lasts. Per spool IV* style for shirt waists, f\r here tind for making good IOC Ik, measures fi(> inches, \ ie goods for a sightly, 'yjc i ft waist, the yard rctty flower design, 2^ ^|.3C lies wide, fast black, , novelty OOw ; rows very sheer open- ^ ~ our price ^5^ k with dot, 20 inches 5QC wide, beautiful clover, _~ ? T 5^t i ng, sold usually at Jic . Is | v nme, strong rod, good ^4| *}y^( ik or white, good wash 10c inch rib?, covered with * j ,vith fixtures ready for a storm proof outfit, f AA hole''shooting match" N* * vF" i I read our ails, carefully, and pledge our word to be just nee. | DSTER CO.1 k o'clock from June ist to iturdays. t L BOYD 1 Business of Ji unty. |j riends and neighand buy a new % : OR PHAETON. 1 d line of Vehicles wjjij We guarantee ||| ^ id PRICE. | J MS, ALWAYS ij . . ON HAND. H ND PLEASE, ill t BOYD. I u antic made or an old ed lor doing all kinds ) rk and making any- ' i rctrular stnrk. W#? of all kinds of build- I Paint sold on a posi- j * & LUMBER CO.' GROCERY. 0=13 of the PARLOR GROCERY, r table. ? UIl WAI> TS 1 promptness and dispatch. VERED FREE, ilea always on hand. j ICF5S PAID oduec suitable for table use. ITH, Mgr. L? 7(i.