The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 25, 1900, Image 4
THE UNION TIMES
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UNION, S. C.. MAY !Ki, 1000.
For the information of enquiring
friends as to what section I was appointed
as census enumerator, I will
state that 1 received tho appointtnent
for that portion of Union township
lying North of the railroad. Finding
that I could not spare the time from
the paper I declined to accept, and
Mr. Howze has been appointed instead.
Jko. R. Mat his.
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" KepUCJ lCHIUSUl uuca nun,,., .r
and so does its carpet bagger*-, Xeoly's
postal steal in Cuba, for instance.
Rathbone, the head of the postal
affairs in Cuba has nlrendy gone so
far as to make the boast that tliejdare
not remove him. This boast
hath a meaning.
As soon as the rottenness in Cuba
is cleared up suppose the search light
be turned on Porto Rico and the
Philippines and let us have a squint
of how affairs are being conducted in
those quarters.
Post master Thomson, of Cuba,implicated
in the stealing of post
office funds could only raise $1,10 1
of his bond. So the bond was changed
to suit his convenience and he was
released, while two poor subordinates,
who acted under his orders, are in
jail with bond fixed at $1,500.
J. T. Ouzts, of Spartnnburg, who
while walking along the streets of
that city some time ago, stopped in
an open hole made for a telephone
pole receiving several injuries he sued
the city and the telephone company
and received a verdict for $:J(X) damages.
The United States Supreme Court
in the case of the Gubernatorial contest
in Kentucky, decided in favor of
Governor Beckham, tho Democrat.
Taylor says he was net surprised at
the decision. lie may yet be surprised,
however, if they succeed in
fastening responsibility upon him for
the killing of Gov. Goebel.
As an evidence of tho terrible rottenness
of the carpet hag government
in Cuba, the military authorities
have built a railway live miles long
through the level public streets for
which work they have charged $dl2,000,
with no cost for right of way or
duty on material, about $'">0,0)0 a
mile. Oh, it's a grab over there, and
Cleveland's pets are surely making
hay while the sun shines.
The postal frauds in Cuba perpetrated
by the American Carpet baggers
is one of the heaviest blows the
Republican party and McKinley have
received in some time, so far as their
chance of holding to the reins of the
national government is concerned.
It will furnish, among a lot of other
rottenness of the present administration,
an abundant sufficiency of
campaign thunder for the Democrats
to use against the Republicans.
The Confederate veterans from the
various sections of the State will assemble
at Spartanburg on May 28th.
This city having been selected as u
rendezvous from which to start
for Louisville on account of
Its central location. Tho fire
from Spartanburg to Louisville
and return will be$9.Ho. Tho people
of Spartanburg with their enterprise
and hospitality have determined to
make the veterans enjoy their short
stay. They have arranged for speaking
on Morgan Square, and the unveiling
of the cannon recently secured
from the government. The occasion
will be made interesting.
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It appears that an effort is bcit >g
made to shield Neely, the postal fund
thief of Cuba, as much as possible,
for fear that things might come out.
that would not be nice for some ( liicials,
high in authority. But Representative
Jones, of Virginia, has introduced
some resolutions that are
likely to stir up w unsavory odor,
and to go to tho bottom of tho wholo
business. His resolution directs tho
Secretary of War to furnish information
in connection with tho Neely
disclosures in Cuba. It follows the
Bacon resolution in tlie Senate and
adds throe further inquiries, viz:
"What amounts have been paid in
tho way of allowances and salaries to
the commanding general, tho heads
of the various departments of the
'United States military government
in Cuba,' including all persons employed
as clerks or otherwise und< r
said government?
What amounts have been paid in
Cuba to the ollieers of the late Cuban
army and what amounts, if any, are
being paid at the presont time to
said oHieers?
In each of the expenditures concerning
which inquiry is made, out
of what fund was said amount paid?"'
Good. Let there be moro light.
Let's have an itemized statement.
No total of about so much will answer
the purpose.
The peace envoys of the Doers who
arrived in America a few days ago to
solicit the aid of the U. S. in stopping
the war were given a rousing and enthusiastic
reception in New York
where several sympathetic speeches
were made by Congressmen and Senators,
a number of whom were on the
rostrum. But they weie turned down
upon their arrival at Washington.
In a conversation with Secretary Hay,
they were given to understand that
the United States could do nothing
for them. The Boers would not talk
for publication when they came from
the oflico of Secretary of Slate. The
Secretary then went to the President,
and after a consultation with him,
nn interview, alleged to have taken
place between the Boer envoys and
the Secretary, was given out for publication,
setting forth why it is that
the U. S. cannot interfere to bring
about peace. This result, of their
conversation must have been not a
little disappointing to the envoys.
They are fully aware that they have
the sympathy of the American people.
But the American people is one
thing and the present Republican
administration is another.
The \.ork of putting down the
electric street ruilway in Spartanburg,
which is to connect the near-by mill
towns with the city is progressing
nicely. We believe this is going to
he a big thing for Spartanburg. The
Herald is very enthusiastic over the
electric railway, anticipating wonderful
results. 11 says :
"We have had Soma's band and
Thomas's Orchestra, but no sound
ever heard in this city struck home
to the hearts of the people like the
driving of the spikes in our Kloctrio
R-.ilroad."
As an illustration of how little importance
is attached to the signing of
orin'u n o m n t r\ nvAfV il ihn lit fit 1-i
handed out for signature, by theaverage
man, we note that a petition
was recently circulated in Washington,
which was signed by a number :
of the members of Congress. In its i
preamble the petition says, '"we, the j
parents of colored children" etc. It!
is not a good idea to stick your name j
to a paper until you know what that
paper contains.
Knitting Mill Motes.
I have tailed t> gleam nuc'i
news tiiis week but s;veral pi^sons
have promised t> help uj, so I feel
co ifidaut that I will s>un bi able to
relate cv? ry thing of impirtanco thai
trail pi re i on tin Knitting Mil! hill.
Miia Klina ICirby and Miss Myrlt-1
Khon visited the Monarch Mill sit- ]
Sunday. They returned loade 1 wi h !
geraniums and other 11 >wei> which j
they procured on their trio.
Messrs. A. T. Charles and \V. S j
Gregory visited Mr. Charlos' paranti
at Kelton Sunday.
Miss Inez Kvane spent the p:ut
wcok with her grandpironts who live
in the count* y.
Mr. II land Go? left Saturday f< r
Orangeburg whero In g>e# to super
intend a knitting mill.
Mr, W. S. Gregory vis'te 1 hi#
v.ucle, Mr. Dav'd Charles, Sun'ay.
M ss lJulah Counts is BuHjring with
her eyes.
And n> v j.ut a wcrl about on:
p?*>p'e an i I will close. Ojr young
girl# aro m alest and pret'y and <uyoung
men quiet an 1 orlerlv, of
course there are a fjw wli ? are n< t
in i*, H) to 3peak, but I lie in-j ?ri#\
are quiet, well educated and /eliunl
people. A stranger cm Id not help
but note the above fact.
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interested and tiny will help you
gather up lota of uewa on the hill.?
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jll^PATH OFThc ECLIPSE
On the morning of May "JS, when the
spring sun is riiling high In the heav- ,
ens, a strange thing will happen. The
moon, invisible, of course, will get between
the earth ami the sun. Al- !
though the moon Is an insignificant
little hull when enmimreil to the suit.
it is so much nearer us that the great ,
oil) of day will bo entirely blotted out. '
Reaching down through space will
dip, like a great pencil, the black j
shadow of the moon. This shadow will
draw across the face of the earth a
broad black line. It will be a rush- '
lug, sweeping stroke, that will swing :
eastward at the rate of nearly 12,00t> !
miles an hour. This will be the path j
of total eclipse. The line will be about j
30 miles wide. It will cross .Mexico J
and strike the United States at New
Orleans. Front there it will sweep
northeast to Norfolk, whence it will
pass out across Cape llenry and over
the ocean.
So from New Orleans to Norfolk the
eclipse will be total. This means that
for the space of about 0;) seconds this
part of the country will be in semidarkness.
All the rest of the country,
from Salt Luke City east, will have to
he satislicd with only a partial eclipse.
But this will be well worth seeing. If
you are anywhere near the line of total
eclipse, you will see the greater part
of the day star obscured, as if a great !
hand were trying to shut out the light, i
Eclipqps of the sun, as >uU know, 1
are not everyday occurrences. Even i
when they do come it often happens !
that America is left out. The last total i
j eclipse visible in the I ni:..d States :
j cast of tlio Heckles was iu Iv7?>. aud 1
the next one will not occur until 1'JlG. j
} So if you are loi innate enough to be
| within the path of totality during the j
j coining eclipse you should make the j
j most of it, for this is the chance of a "
| lifetime. The people who have seen
i more than one total eclipse are the
j astronomers who have traveled to
the ends of the earth for that purpose.
Hut this is a popular eclipse. It Is
not one of those shy affairs that go
! off to inaccessible parts of the earth ;
[ to be seen by the favored few. It will !
; come to a thickly populated and easily j
reached section of our own country.
It will occur on time too. There is to
bo no uncertainty about this pbeuotue- 1
11011. There will be no disappointment,
as there was about the meteor showers
last fall. Eclipses are reliable. They
never cancel dates. Only cloudy or
stormy weather can obscure the show, j
The eclipse will go on, clouds or no j
clouds, but unless there is a clear sky j
we cannot see it.
As a spectacle n total solar eclipse- J
ranks among the most tnar.elous ever
presented to the eyes of man. The race
of the moon shadow across the face of
1i? ....... < 1.,. ,.f t/.t a l_ 1
Ity approaches lias always boon described
by observers as oue of the
most staggering, awe inspiring scenes
that it is possible to Imagine. Then
| come the obscurity, tins disappearance
| of the sun, the strange chill of unnat!
ural ditrknrss, the outburst of the won!
derful coronal streamers around the
; spot where a black hole seems sudden|
ly to have taken the place of the sun,
the red tlnmes of the prominences and,
I after one or two minutes of awful
I pause and silence, the gleam of the re|
appearing orb and the swift flight of
. the shadow eastward.
During most eclipses that have heretofore
occurred astvonomcrs have had
' few eyes to assist tli eir own in showing
the picturesque features of the phenomenon.
Well la own astronomers
who have gone half round the earth
to observe an eclipse have coine back
j acknowledging that tlicy had not renlj
ly seen it, because 11: ey bad no time to
I look at ;t. Their .-attention was entirely
absorbed by tl ie technical observntIons,
and only dreamlike Impression
of the real a renders of the scene
bad been made tq ?on their ndnds.
On this occasion what has heretofore
been so seriously lacking will be sopplied
In nbtmclaa ace, and while astronomers
arc btjsy ^ with telescope, spec
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DOWNS. I
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J~A \RKve^j0L<^ T^SjjT
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trosoopc :in<l crre: a. thousands ot
eyes will note tilings which perhaps
have not before been described as visible
or as occurring during a total
eclipse.
Ilere is th.e reply given by Professor
liurnham cf Chicago. when ashed by a
budding astronomer for advice as to
the best instruments to use during the
coining eclipse. lie said:
"Use the most valuable instrument
God ever gave you?your eye. Watch
the effect of the strange phenomenon
on nature, and learn a lesson in her
laws that you'll never forget, jiir; nov
or lorgei.
Some details of tho eclipse which are
of interest are as follows; The track of
totality hey ins on the Pacific ocean just
west of Mexico at sunrise, trends due
eastward over Mexico, enters the United
States very near New Orleans, extends
northeastward over Mobile and
Montgomery, near Atlanta, over Raleigh,
and leaves this country in the region
of Norfolk and Cape Henry. It
then crosses the Atlantic ocean and
touches Europe at Coimbra, Portugal,
takes in Algiers and northern Africa,
terminating near the northern end of
tho Rod sea at sunset.
The eclipse, therefore, may he observed
in the United States in the morning
hours from about 7:2<) to P o'clock, and
In Spain and Africa in the afternoon
after 4.
The local hour of totality increases
from west to cast, beginning at 7:27 a.
in., near New Orleans, and growing later
to S:3o near Norfolk, as the shadow
sweeps over the country. The duration
of totality is 1 minute and 13 seconds
near New Orleans and 1 minute and 42
seconds m ar Norfolk. This fact constitutes
a powerful argument in favoi
of locating the stations as far eastward
as possible in North Carolina and
Virginia, since the gain of half a minute
is made i:i the duration of totality,
!<_ IniniM'to nt nVrtVt' fOf*.
owl is precious for observations.
Scientific men have made elaborate
preparations for observing the eclipse.
The United States government will
have two stations, and every big college
in the "country will have its apparatus
located somewhere in the track
of the moon shadow. From New Orleans
to Norfolk there will be an almost
continuous line of telescopes and
cameras pointed skyward. To a man
in a balloon it would look as If we were
planning for a light with Mars.
The amateur photographers, who are
a legion in themselves, will be out in
full force. They are spurred on by the
knowledge that the most successful
photograph of the sun's corona was
taken by an amateur. This amateui
was Mrs. Maunder, wife of an Englisi:
astronomer, who accompanied her lius
bawl to India to witness tbo solai
eclipse of 1st IS. She used a Dnllmeyei
stigmatic lens of 1'^ Inches apertun
amiincites iocai lengtn.
The silvery white halo of the corona
which looks as if It belonged to the
moon, Is the most impressive ebjee
seen during an eclipse. Portions of tin
corona unquestionably extend severa
million miles from the body that it sur
rounds. The structure of fhis envelop
excites wonder even in the inexperl
enccd observer, but it is made the sub
Ject of careful research by the sclec
tint.
Down at the base of the snow whit
corona lies a crimson ocean of bydrt
gen, helium and other gases. It 1
called the chromosphere. I.anglej
Young and other experts say It is aboi
ft,000 or (5,000 miles deep. Up froi
this rose red, or blood red, sea at time
rise cloudlike prominences over 100,0C
miles .high. Young has seen one swlf
ly grow to an altitude of 350,000 mile
With a spectroscope It is now possib
for the astronomer to study the soh
chromosphere and prominences at o
Tiiost any time, but the amateur can s<
them only during a total eclipse.
After it Is all over, perhaps the a
tronomers may tell us the answers
many questions about the corona whlc
as yet have never been answered. Tin
i may also have news of Vulcnn, th
mysterious star, that lost world, whlc
Is supposed to exist somewhere b
tween the sun and Morcuur.
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