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THE UNION TIME! Published Every Friday. ?by the? UNION TIMES COM PAN1 Rooms 1, 8, 5 and 7, Bank Builium L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the Postoflice in Unioi S. CM as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES On# roar ? _ ? _ ? ? _ $!.( Six month 1 ------ .r>0 con Three months ----- 25 cent ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion - - SI.0 Every subsequent insertion - 50 cenl * Contracts for three months or long will be made at reduced rates. Rejected manuscript will not l>e i turned. Obituaries and tributes of i spect will'be charged for at half rates. UNION, S. C.t JUNE 20, 1000. It is estimated that between il< and 500 foreigners have been mass t-red in China. A special from Chu Foo Ohir dated 20th states that Admiral Se inour and his Marines, who lur beon surrounded for several day havo been captured by the Chine; and sent somewhere in the interio Victor Blue, South Carolina's hoi at Santiago, is now Admiral Kempfl Hag Lieutenant . If our forces shon become involved in war with Chii Blue will probably play a prominei part, and be in the thickest of t! fight. There is possibly other bono yet iu store for Victor Blue. Reports from Alabama say th the town wns under water tl 20th, as a result of a, terrib cloud burst. The streets were fi feet under water, causing great dai age to property, every loose objo was swept into the raging river, number of lives were lost in the tloo The Republicans will claim th McKinlev is responsible for Southe prosperity and development, while has about as much to do with it Balaam's mule. He may be in measure responsible for the indivi ual prosperity of some of those Cub officials, and some of the trusts, t Iial all. It is stated that KstesG. Rathbon the suspended Postal Director, wi probably be arrested in a few da; for implication in the postal fraiu of Cuba. The Inspectors assert tin they have evidence implicating hit beyond any question. The neari the core the more rotten seems tl fruit. The situation in China is very ser ous. After several futile attemp to enter Peki.i the Americans final! succeeded Saturday, Juno 23rd, an were closely followed into the city 1j the foreign troops. It is officially ar nounced from Shanghai, that the Etr press has issued emphatic instrui tions for the extermination of a foreigners in China. With our war in the Philippine* (he Rritish in the Transvaal an China against the world, there i surely enough war news to satisf all. Il looks like the time is fast u[ proaching when the whole world wi bo at war. When China is gobble up by the powers, there is going t be n squabble over the division of tli spoils if wo are not very much mil taken. The recent rnins have not been ( a local nature. The reports in th papers show that they have been gcr oral and many rivers have got out< banks and played havoc with eroj and propertj*. Houses have bee swept from thoirj foundations, man poople injured, but fortunately n lives lflat. ('pons nlnnri in Alabama and Georgia are a tot! loss. < 'loud-burstR, floods and torn! does have done great damage in Goo gia. The United States is entering so against the State of South Carolir for $248,7o0 and damages, these ni old war claims. It happens thi South Carolina is pushing Uncle Sai for a settlement of South Carolina old war claims against the U. S , ar thanks for the indefatigable eflor of Mr.#.l. T. C *aiilt> and other Claims have been found that call f< a much larger amount than the nbov< We have no doubt that an early so tleinent will bo very agreeable t South Carolina. ^ A GOOD YIELD. Our versatilo correspondent, Mi I'lios. H. Gore, records n very fin yield of wheat made in his section b y Mr. "Gist" Prince, he planted onl _ three pecks of wheat on an acre an (he yicK was 510 bushels. Ho use ? two sacks of guano and It) bushels ?: cotton seed. Ho used a variety c ? wheat that Mr. .1. 1). Graham plants tb Mr. Gore says we nro familiar wit that wheat bread. Yes, we have san ? pled the kind of bread Mr. Graham1 wheat makes, and if wecould ect. ths W flour all the time we would uso ver ts ? little of the foreign patent stiilf, an wo believe there are many otherWe need more roller mills in thi county. If there were roller mill 's* established conveniently about tli er country it would be an incentive ft the farmers to grow more wheat an re- the great advance of Hour, of whio e- the markets for the last three week is an example, would cut very littl ? ice with our farmers, or our tow citizens either, as they would glad! ? bay of our farmers if they had tl K) opportunity to do so, and we siuecr a_ ly hope to see the day, in the ne? future, when the farmers will ha> plenty of home raised flour for the in own use and to sell, v- The above illustration bears on re the idea of not sowing wheat to <tt thick. The best yield seems to com so from about three pecks to the acre r. ???? That was a terrible wreck whic ro occurred on the Southern rnllron j. near McPonough, (la., Saturda ](1 night last. It caused the loss c in more lives than any wreck that ha occurred in the South in a long tiim 1P Every person on the train exceptin rs a few passengers in the pullman wcr killed. The crash came without i moments warning (luring n heav t rain storm. An embankment ha ,1(> washed away and the track had bee j0 left suspended, nud the train wer crashing to the swolen stream helo' at full speed. The forward eoache were completely wrecked and lloode ^ with water, and the bodies could L (l seen floating out in the stream as tli wreckage went to pieces. The pas sengers in the pullman luid a narro escape as the car was caught and le swinging by the rear end from tl 1JS abutment. The wreckage soon toe n lire and the ghastly sight wa. soc ., lit un bv the flames. Nothing eoul id- ? he clone for those in the wreck wli must have been killed instantly, ( drowned, as not a single cry wt heard from the poor unfortunate! There were ten persons rescued fror the pullman coach, while the cng 1 ' ncer, fireman train crew and thirt rs j passengers met a horrible death, nc one escaping to toll the story, it . . ... j no stones tout by tlie rescut In parties are horrifying. The Superintendent speaking of tii 10 deplorable affair, says : "It can only lie explained as on of the inevitable acts of God. 1 i- seems that it was the result of a tei ts rifie rain storm or cloud burst, som< ly thing similar to that which cause ^ the .Johnston Jlood. The acciden occurred at a deep narrow erect y which had become so suddenly an l- so completely filled that the volum of water carried such weight as t wash out the masonry of stone an brick from under the trestle, whio spanned the stream." It is now beyond question that moony war js on or will soon bo o <1 in China. Pekin is in the hands of is Chinese arm}' numbering 200,00 f men. This immense force has >- strong array of artillery of the latcs 11 models, a great number of improve* d rifles and a practically unlimited sup o ply of ammunition. ie Thus equipped they will oflVr a de s- termincd and desperate resistance t the powers. It will take a lurg force to ta' o Pekin, there will, n doubt, be thousands of precious live ie lost in 1.1 n eantiine. The chines v are desper. in their hatred to foi eigners. To conquer these 100,000, >8 000 people will be the grcatcst undci n taking in the annals of war history y The United States had best stcc o clear of this bloody business, exeep 18 to protect American citizens in Chins j. We notice that The Laurens Count r- News, one of our soicv excham/e? will publish a daily edition durin Iho campaign without extra charg Jt for tho paper. We also notice tlui )a the wide-awake editors have dctci ro mined to make the paper an all hotn vt print discarding tho patent outside in Wo congratulate them upon thi 's move. Nothing like having the mar id ngeinent of tho ontiro paper in you ts hands. The I'arrott I'.ros. are tlioi 3, otighly competent to till the entir >r paper with fresh, spicy reading. I ?. will he an improvement, and*we hop t- the increased patronage will full o compensate them for tho extra ex pcuse of mukiiig the change. "The prico of wheat continues 1 soar. July contracts closed on tl " Chicago market last Saturday at 5 e cents, an ndvauce of -1$ on the dr y before, 12 cents higher* than on tl previous Saturday, and 22 con ^ higher than three weeks ago. It ^ claimed that the advance is due I d natural conditions rather than I ,f speculation, a principal feature belt the fact that tho Dakotas and Mi nesotn, which last year harvestt ' 200,000,000 bushels of whoat, wi h this year harvest not rnnro than 7~) i- 000,000. Flour has risen from $1 s .$1 2o a harrol, and there is as yet r apparent weakening of tho upwai 1 tendency. It looks as if our Yoi 5* county farmers have this year strut d it just about right."?Yorkville E quirer. [3 Same way in our county Jirothe IS '"ir iariners maue a Jucky hit \vh( ic they do voted so much of their hu >r to wheat growing. We hope th< (1 will profit hereafter by this year h experience. It makes our farmc ls smile to know they will have plor.t le of broad no matter where the pri< 11 goes. IC The rural free delivery postal se 0. vice will go into etfect next Sundn; ir Congressman Stokes urges that tlio: e living along tlio free route will pi ir up neat boxes convenient to the ma rider and then notify the post ma ,( ters to instruct the mail rider 1 ,0 deliver your mail at the box. Tli 1(. is going to be very much appreciate % by the people of the country, an M r. Stokes deserves much credit f< h his work in securing the system. 11 (] says there ought to bo at least .*>0,01 v ready by the 1st of .1 uly, which woul ,[ give a grand impulse to the cause ? c rural delivery, and we agree wit him. lie has done his part and d! ^ it well. Now let there bo no lack < o boxes. a N . W illiam Mo Kit. ley is the Ropnb! can nominee for President. He wi cl ^ unanimously nominated at the coi vent ion in Philadelphia, -Wedncsdn of last week. Theodore Rooscvol IV "Teddy, the Rough Rider" was non iii'ite.1 fni" I l.n .if notwithstanding all his kiekin :0 " against this action of the conventioi ie ^ am 1 II annas strenuous elTorts i s^ stave it otT. l'hero was a great j demonstration over his nominal ic than that of McKinley. Rooseve ic J j accepts the nomination, and will 1 McKinlcy's running mate, llanr m * ? , , was elected chairman of the Nation III ^ Republican Committee and will bo the Republican campaign. is The following is a partial list n the missionaries who represent Soul . Carolina in China, whose lives mt or may not he in jeopardy. Presb terians, at K ash ling, Rev. and Mr Hudson, at Sing Chang, Rev. ai j Mrs. F. F. l'rice, and Miss R 1 Wilson. Episcopal, at Soo Choi Rev. and Mrs. C. Duboso, .1. S. W; kinson, M. ])., and wife, I)r. .1. V ( Brawley, Miss K. McICnight and M r [r M. P. McCormick. At Chu ('h< r- Fco, Rev. and Mrs. M. H. Uric Our readers will recognize some f fl miliar names in the list. It is to 1 hoped they will all escape t he terrib d ccTict of the F.mpress of China thi e all foreigners be slain, o . '' Washington Notes and Comment li (From Our Regular Correspondent a Aro wo at war with China? T1 n Chinese Minister says no; the Seer tary of State says no. and the Eur '' poan government says no, but Adm " ral KemplT cables the navy depar a mont that Russian and America t Marines have had a fight with il I Chinese Army, been diiven back an prevented from getting through I Tien Tsin, and after being reinforce until the total force was 2,000 we; .. about to again try to fight their wa 0 tlirough to tlie city, which looks hk war if it isn't war. Id Hung Chan ' has cabled Secretary Hay that he 0 on Ins way to Pekin, and will stop a s the trouble and protect all the fo eigners if that allied army will onl postpone its intended invasion < China, and the Chinese Minister coi i* f r, ineiuf Hint liia imimi>riivii,r has not sanctioned any fighting < foreigners end that the l>a111o nt Tak r was tlie result of soino sort of a mi; understanding, and tliat ids goverr ment doesn't want to fight anyway ' Meatiwhilo preparations arc bcin rushed to send American troops froi y the Philippines to China. (> Tho Census bureau has stnrnpe ? with its disapproval the publicatio n of figures not officially given on showing or purporting to show tti t result of the census in any locality r- characterizing them as "mere! ? guesses," which may in sotno cast approximate the truth, but aro ur ' authorized nnd untrustworthy. Tli s is u hit of torn foolery for wiiich thei i- is no nioro excuso than there woul r 1)0 for keeping tho result of an impo; . I ant election from the pooplo unt tlie ofllcinl count was completed. 1 0 is perfectly natural for tho rosidcnl t of growing cities and towns to he ir e terested in knowing tfie total enuu y eration of their inhabitants. Wlm harm could possibly ho done by gh rg out the totals as tho ennmer; ^iou of ouch district is completed, u< 0 to eompunied by the statement thut tin >e llgrures nro subject to official revision' ?8 Labor has been given a new repre iy tentative on t lie Industrial Com mis ie sion?Mr. Charles II. Ltthmnn, o ts Now .Jersey, who has been appointed is to succeed Mr. M. II. Ratchford, re to signed. Mr. Litchmnn has beci to prominent in labor organizations fo lg twenty-live years, having served a: n- Con. Secretary of tho Ivnights o h! Labor, from 1878 to 1881, and fron 11 1880 to 1888. i,- According to .Judero M. T. Hitch to cock, of Seattle, Washington, tin 10 crops of that Stutc are a determining d political factor. He said : "The out k come of t Ho wheat crop and tho hoj :k crop will have no little influence upor n- the rural vote. The outlook for I hi wheat crop is good. On the othei r hand, hops are bringing only fou and one-half cents a pound and i 11 costs live cents to raise them. So:m months ago the farmers could hnv< \v made contracts to sell their crops at iourieen cents a pounu dih reiusec because they thought they were go rs ing to receive more." ty A report to the Department o! :e State, from E. L. Harris, U. S. Con sular agent at Eibcnstock, serves tc call attention to tHo fact that Eng land wiil be a long ways from domi natlng South Africa when the Boei republics become British territory re ft says: "German South West Af it rica is probably the mdst importanl ;j of all German colonies, ft has a tor ritory two and one-half times large: than Prussia and possesses a climate '? similar to that of the Transvaal nnc is Cape Colony. The development o >ti this colony depends somewhat upc i j circumstances. A groat portion re mains unexplored. The port of Swa kopmund, trgcthcr with Walliscl le Bay, forms the finest harbor on tin o west coast of Africa. It is prohablj i(< destined to outstrip Cape Town ii r time; for with a railroad through tc Pretoria arid steamship lines to En h rope und America, Cape Town wi! id lose an immense amount of tralTi[jf destined for the interior of Africa.' Aciv Hope and Vicinity. Mr." Editor:?The rain Lag con tinuod from my last writing up ti yestorday. This morning the cloud f> and r.t.uo?pberc ia somewhat cliangei i- and I believe we are going to hav t, some auushine, at least 1 hope so. Ai g old colored man said to me the othoi n day it would rain until the iuooi ,0 worked, and today ia the time lor i f), to work. S.rango how we farmer waut to tc out from the house to th M cauc, corn and cotton fields, where tb< If graes ought not to grow. That oh je sajing comes to my mind this mornm ing, "whatsoe\er thine hand liads t al do do it with ttiy might," and i ss s ems to mo that might will give ou with hands full. 1 never saw a much work needed at oice iu my li!e of tho work let us go. j We havo no sickucs3 in our com munity,everybody socms to bo wci! ^ and oh how we appreciate good health y~ The blackberry ha1-come and read_ for us?, how tine they are, they an ul well grown plenty of moisture t E. make them fully develop themselvct x, I tell you sir they are line, il. I can? very near getting hit by y 1 highland moccasin laBt Sunday morn / ing, I went for some Irieh potatoc y and I was getting them from a vin 0 when I saw tho euake in his coi r- about four inches ot my band, why rt" didn't ge? bit I do not know. Whei )0 I taw the fellow so close to me le jumpe 1 eight or ten fwet with sue! itt feelings as I novcr had before. 1 c?lh < r i . . i r i i i - * irjr a noe nnu i ju:ci mm out. 1 tei you ho was a dangerous looking fel s< low. NS'e had a very interesting addret! .) at New II.;po last Sunday by Rsv Jessie Ciwaon, his subject vrus "I'ar j' ents duty to children and the Sunday n. School." His remarks acre very ap propriatc ar.d were appreciated by a! t- that were present and will do good m in doubt. Brother Lcwaon, c ?me again >o After this Bro. J. G. Farr gave via i I(1 a good sermon, his text being tlieat " wo?ds, "If thy right hind offend The< ' cut it off and cast it away." Ilia scr ' mou was cr.j >yod by a'l Alias Cort ;t. Gosaett, the Secretary an 1 Trcaaurci tr of the Sunday School, did not forge; is her duty but gave all an opportunity II to drop a penny, nickel or dime intc r- the treasury. Miss Cora knows tba' y it tnkc-: money to keep Sunday Schooh running. I was in your town ycderday am li.id the pleasure of meeting my ole ? I'rieud, J. 1J. Li-cailer. lie seomed U; s. no in a goo 1 lnini <r. lie said ho hat rather bo Aulitor of Union ouiity /. tliia he President of tho U. S, and g that lis wanted J G. Farr to keep or 11 p-enchingaud ho do tho auditing f i ^ ihc county. TiiAVELKi: t, If Gen. Groavenor's chargi is tbu: 10 and (J,iiggof New Yotk omitted fron 7, the Republican platform the P >rt< y Ilican and rhip subsidy planks, agrec< ;s to by the committee on resolutions ^ there can ho no doubt that he did i on sudden instructions from Haunt I antl the President. This is the n.or r. likely, as it is weil kwown that Ilanut 11 wishes to put his man Dick in ForIt. nker's EC.it in tho seiiHtc, aid natural!; I* trie3 to discredit that gentleman b; having tho convention fail to ondor.i the legislation for which he was ft ^ conspicuously responsible. > Subticribo for The Tinier. ! Piling up f f ... I ; Is what you are doing i r houses and fence r JOHN LUCAS &CC READY MIXED I The old prejudice < I class against ready mixc ! to the more sensible opii I are really much better t II white lead and oil of olc f the life of paint. Is ground and m PURE Tlic base of LUCAS i'Al 0 positively superior to pure white s wears longer than lead. Mundi * painted with LUCAS PAINTS. 8, Cotton Mills and Monarch Cottoi r ; Paints hy the barrels. Think it 1 get our prices on this durable paii t $1.00 we furnish you enough rea< s with brush and sand paper to p 8 today, ride out tomorrow. a IlTHE A. H. F laRFFNi d jl Do the Buggy " |j Union C - lira Get in line with your * llfcj bors, come around ; I BUGGY, CARRIAG i 1!^ carry a complex 1 m and can suit you. " || QUALITY a ; I "OLD HICKORY" WAGC m CHATTANOOGA PLOW! ! [K YOURS TO SELL . |GREEN I ?S E E~ When you want a new n one repaired. We are fi: I of odd jobs in cabinet w tiling that can't be had i 1 also keep a big assortmer ing material and the Best i tive guarantee. BAILEY FURNITURE ;THE PARLOT 1 Having recently purchased the bus f I nm prepared to supply the needs of yc t Uirrikmi a..-* tt?j 7 jm. .m. ml x. ^ mjlj jl v and thoy will he attended to wit I Att GOODS DEL Jiutter, Eggs and Vegeti \ II I(-1IKST I?I o For garden, farm and barnyard } CHAS. R. sn Trouble fyou don't keep your s painted with - ; >'5. GLOSS PAINTS. of the painter3 as a id paints is giving way j lion that some brands ' ;han the much praised len times. Good oil is i jjl^| GLOSS achine mixed in OIL. NTS is a combination that is i load. It covers better and eds of houses arc now being Union Cotton Mills, Buffalo 1 Mills arc all using LUCAS over, call for a color card and it made for this climate. For ;ly mixed paint and varnish aiut your own buggy. Paint OSTERCO. &, BOYD I Business of W ounty. k friends and neigh- SS and buy a new Si .. E OR PHAETON. I ' te line of Vehicles m * We guarantee nd PRICE. I' INS, ALWAYS || 5 . . ON HAND. 'L AND PLEASE, 8j) St BOYD. I, u s?^ lantle made or an old *ed lor doing all kinds ork and making any? n regular stock, We it of all kinds of build-? Paint sold on a posl? & LUMBER CO. I GROCERY Inoss of the PARLOR GROCERY, 1..LU ?ur IHIMf. >UJEfc WANTS h promptness and dispatch. IVERRD FREE. ibles always on hand. . IICEN PAID produce suitable for table use IITH, Mgr. ' 13 76. t I