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THE UNION TIMES Published Every Friday. ?ky the? UNION TIMES COMPANY Rooms I, Ji, 5 and 7, Bank Bi ii imnc. L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the I'ostolDco in Union, S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six month* ------ Tift cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion - - Jl.00. - incortinn ? HO lUMltS. livery biiuwiuuuu m.ibiwv. Contracts for three months or loupes will be made at reduced rates. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will'be charged for sit half isiVs. UNION, S. C., JULY (1, 1000. It is stated that the Virginia Chemical Co., has sold its interest in tl e phosphate plant at Darling'oi. S. ('. The people hero are not tlie only ones that wish to see n general expose of tho Cuban scandals. The Cubans themselves sny they would like the thing shown up for all there is in it. Rnron Von ICctley, tho (Jerman niini8lerto China, was piil'c I from his horse ami beat to deal h by i heChinese. Germany will avenge 1 i> death. The reports of the slaughter of foreigners bv tbo Chinese are torrible. Democrats would commend tin action of the President in sending troops to China if they could bo sure that this were all that MeKin'ey intends. But they remember Ids f irmer departures from "plain duty," and understand to (lie fall bow be wobbles when pressure is brought to bear on him, and they deeply distrust his ultimate course in China. As an evidence of the fact that McKinley's pets in Cuba were living in clover, we see that none of thorn have seen fit. to resign their ofiices because their salaries were o ;t to correspond with the pay for the same service in tlie I*. S. We have no doubt they have tluir rusts so well feathered that they could - * l. /!: ?. 1. .Stand a i.?w m.-. Isn't it wonderful that Mr. JJryan, who was practically unknown four J years ago, should today be the head of the great. Democratic party, and should have proved his right to that post by four years of untiring and unsparing efTort, meeting and solving every problem submitted to him in ?i way that left him stronger than before-/ Is there another case like his in the history of the country/ That was a rich find of gold in Alaska, at Tepukink, .~m miles below Nome, many have struck it rich already. Sovcral fortunes as high as .f2."),()00 have been taken out. Parties with wooden rockers are said to be getting $1,000 n day. One stretch of beach (100 feet long by r.n average of 00 feet wide, has yielded $175,0(0 in the last few weeks. But the trouble with us is it is too far to walk, to get into the harvest. Telephone, our correspondent, reports another record breaking > h id of wheat that was made in 1KC.S in the incorporate limits of .lonesville, by Mr. .loe Sims. He harvested 45 bushels of wheat from if of an acre. The ground had been used for a cow pen nnd was very rich. This record was equal to that made by Cnpt. 1\ ('.Latham in the fifties, of which mention was made in last week's Ti mks. Mr. McWhirter's prize acre ; came within 12 bushels of this record this year. Mr. McWhirter's nereis the best we have a record r\( 1 1- ! J cMl The adoption of the [Chicago plat form, by the National Democratic f!Anvonfirtn will ( ! ? ? 1 ' von, mil no iiiit iiuujh ion among other features of the bimotalic standard of 10 to J. It is not necessary nor do wo think it advisable to make the Hi to 1 question the most prominent feature of tho platform. No uso of adopting a special 10 to 1 plank in addition to the Chicago platform, it is superfluous, and should such plank he left out, It will \ in no sense mean that tho issue has heen abandoned. Kvery ono is agreed that the most important issues before the people now are imperial- ' ism, militarism and trusts. These questions should he considered the t most important, and should have t he , prominence in the platform. If tho Democratic party makes Iho fi^ht along this lino wo believe that ilryun ' will b? our next President. 1 ADVERTISE YOUR TOWS. "Tin: Union Timks, published lit Union, S. C., and one of the best exL'hunges on our list, carries at the head of its first page, on either side <>f the title the following succinct statement of the town of Union, its industries and advantages: 'hik town ok union* mas two Cotton Mills, one tlie largest in the South. Two Furniture and Wood Mnnufncturirg Concerns. One Female Seminary. Water Works uud Fleetric Lights.' 'Tit;: town -t ;n:on has the largest Knitting Mil! and l>yo l'lant in the State. An Oil and Manufacturing Company that makes an unexcelled tiuano. Three tiraded Schools. Artesian Water. Population ti.o'JU.*" No wonder Union grows and ex pwids, and is one of the livest and most progressive towns in the Snuth. If newspapers published at other Southern towns would follow the e::eellent example of Tu:: Union Tivi.s. not only would the towns be benefitted, hut the newspapers themselves would -hare in the resultant prosju e ity. Don't bo afraid to advertise yourself freely. Tell the world whni you have to oiiYr en I the i|ua!ity ol it. Remember that 'He that blowet! not his own horn, the sun:.- shall not be .tooted." And keep on tooting until you command attention from more force of iteration."' We dip trio above from The Sot;'., ern Indus-trial News, >;f At' mta, (la., one of the lead in;* Journals of en: Southland, devoted j rir.cipally to thi industrial progress and dev. logmen , of the South, which it waichesVilh a: ! eagle eye, ami never allows an c; tunity to pass unimproved, to sic.v. up in glowing colors the many natural advantages of our climate, soil and t ii wonderful water powers yet to he <1 veloped, and the g dder. opport u:.it olTercil for the investment of out-id. capital. To The Industrial News at ! otucr .1* urnals of its character is du-\ in a great measure, the unprecedent i o industrial devel >; incut of the South during the last decade. The above clipping, from a J urn. i of such high standing and r* g:.: ; ability i- very tattering it.'", ul, \. raise our hat, a- ! may be i urd ?:< ! for reproducing the clip;.!: g. V> c hav. been tooting our horn f.r a 1 >:g tits; i:i cur I-.c. .?. way, puijj ig i.uiw 1 attention to our little town. \' o I < gun when I t .0:1 was c 1 ?<: i of I ho dead towns of the State, a;, it M-caiO'l that its 1 x -!enee upon tin map was hardly known b?yot.d tin borders of the State. Wo began nun; mering on 11 o idea of build-' g a f.to tory. it was stated tlu 1 il v.guo not pay, that a factory of ait antj u: money, and a damper was thrown the enthusiasm that was spring?! . up. Wo continued to perd-i. .\ factory was soon begun at I.ockhnr! Shoals in tho county, then a corporation was organized in I'ldm, and Mr. T. C. Duncan, who has since developed into one of the foivntu.-l mi!! men of the South was made prosidctit. the mill stock was taken rapidly, and soon the foundation was laid, and the mill was rapidly pushed to completion. It proved to be a navinir investment, confidence was restored and in two years arrangements were being made to build a companion mill. The stock was rapidly taken by our citizens and by Northern enj italists and the foundation was laid for the largest mill under one roof in the South. It grew liken mu-h roots1, and was ready for the next year's crop. This mill building business istill going forward with rapid stride-, two mammoth mills are now going up, one on either side of town, the ItutValo mill <>n one side and the Monarch 011 the other, in addition to t h*'--?e one is being erected at Jonesviile a few miles above Union, another will soon begin building at Whit mires, a few miles South of Union, and an eirort is on foot to build or.e at Carlisle, a few miles below Union. So we can safely say that Union has kept in the front ranks in the ini'l business since the first one was begun, lie sides these thero is a line kniltii g mill at .lone-svillc, also a large roll a.m we have one of the largest knitting mills an<l dye plants in tin' South at I'nion, and a line oil mill and gin plant. This last is the pioneer i f the industrial development in Union, and was built some ten years ago. All else in the industrial lino has followed since, and from a town of 3,."300 inhabitants wo have grown to a respectable little city of some 7,<XMJ souis. Wo can point with commendable pride t<? this development, and do not believe it has hcon surpassed by any county in the State. We advocated the te'eplione, it has 'Oinc, wo worked hard for electric ights and waterworks, they are hi re. Wo have been lighting for a. long imo for another railroad outlet, and tfhilo it has not yet come, we believe he prospects aro very favorable for t in the near future. Yes, we have boen looting our horn somewhatly, and if wo have in any measure been responsible for the awakening of the city of- Union from their inertia, from their Rip Van Winkle sleep, to the great opportunities for industrial progress within their grasp, wo feel well paid for the wind expended in tho tooting. TERRIBLE 1-lRlv IN II Oil OK IIX A terrible spectacle was witness*d on the Hudson river in New York June Wilt. A tire Lroke out in 5oir.e cotton stored on a pier of the North German Floyd steamship lino which SO lilJJKi I llill. 6UUM Willi. IM buildings niul vessels were envelop*, d iis the raging flainc?t. Besides a property less of tome -i 10,000,01)0 it is ^ suid 11 Kit souse 800 pori-slred eillur n the flan.es or in the water. 70bod:o< have so far boon recovered, and many are known to be yet lying at the bottom of iho Hudson rivt r, the bodies ' are being 1'ished up with grappling hooks, but it is impossible to lir.il them nil and tlse total nunsbi r of lives lost will not bo known until the bodr ies begin to rise to the top. whieh will be the first of next week. The tugs are censured by one of the captains for not making proper efforts to -ave the ships. Five ships were burned two of them passenger ships, j four great pi or.--, ;;r.<i uve nig o-siorv i buildings. Many people leaped from I '.lie pier.s and from the vessels to thej river, only lo 1 e drowned or burned i death hv the flames till around j hem. it was a terrible spectacle. ' i'he report in summing up the losse 1 says: i j rop-.-rty I ran be simp'/ !' approxl mated at this time. .V ce I s-rvative r siimate by a promi: out I re ; tmderwrili r places tbo entire damag* : ; at less thill !? 1 U,< > M. Tim thive d >-h ; of the Xorlh ll.-r- ! man Lloyd Line are total losses w it;: ' t hv'.r content s. The pier of the j Thb gva',1 i Line is totally wiped awav and tin exio is ion which hod just been i I built on the American-!lambttrr ' Line's t >:; ai.-e of piers w: s burned to, ; the pile tops. I i'iio w.uv hono-s >.' l'dmor (ti n. - ! ! i. 11 which w . re across the .-t re< I from 1 tls .\ h an !.!??} d lAi e do; k -. | - iV red ur> :?t!v ai d the houses a!or:r he -f eet v.. ; scorched. i ho ! is- * t be st ea Ui>L i n j.Toperi ;;? :*. a.- 1 the odor e.? r.panies is estled : j proximately as !'. lows: T.-.i -'. '.tm-h*:;i Maine, of r'.e Xorth (Jerman Moyd l.lne, coat I ,?;00,W 0 sit.-'.do of the cargo titling ami stores, j . I !. > loss is placed at $1 fur j i tlie ves-ei and ..boat iflhO.WO for the i lilting ami stores and cargo that was . r.r v,v.c;;i-r.ip firemen, of the [ ; <L i n. n. !.! yd i.iue, eo-t s'l ,2i>' ,! ??'?. I i :ni lit : ii ; i ing :i j.?i m r curg > was v::;ii! i 1 ho o:i) _'<>ar.tl siun s '.vc:'.' :;'i h't !y consumed. J lie loss to vi'ss. ! | j.i fwiil amount to at least r7'' >. She is beached oil Weehaw ken tonight and still smouldering, apparently destroyed save Iter machinery. '1 lie Saalc, the steamship which v. ill have the most horrible story of death to unfold when the divers go down in her, cost the North Herman Lloyd Company $ 1 ,lh"p,U'.jOf and the Sittings and cargo were valued at $5101).W.). Tito Saaie is 1.cached at Kllis Island. Tlte damage done to |he vessel proper is placed at about $800,000. The damage dor.e to the Kaiser Wilhelm !)i.r Cir >sse is estimated at $2.":,000. The three docks of the North (jorinnn Lloyd Line which were burned to the water's edge are estimated to have cost $l?s'(>,() . ?o. The docks were well tilled with merchandise just received I f:0 n abroad and valued at $"30,00U. | The Thingvalla pier which was en- ' tirely consumed, was valued at 1 i)00, counting the stores whicii were | on it. j The Hamburg-American Line dock, which had just been completed as an j i->.".t?n to their great pier, and {which was destroyed in order to pre- j vt nt the spread of tiio ilames, was j {damaged to tlie extent of $l"?,OO0. j 1 This was the only luss they sustained, { a the steamer Phoenicia, contrary to j 'report, was not oven <corched. The ware houses of Palmer Camp- i i i ..ii i . / -- . ?' i/i-ii, iiumcii j<, r , 'i juki ii, Wl'ft : hurried. Mr. Campbell said that, ho could j 'not give sr ?lelinit?' estimnto < f his j 1 losse*, but 11 to damage done to the ; | building it 1 >ii > would amount tout1 j least tnd tho contents $1,- j j K I lad 1 he lire O 'curred .* r any j j other time of tlio year, ho said, tiioj loss would have been much greater, i : as just at t!io prpsent time ihoim-l j ports are very light and tho lious< s woro not well hilled. This statement 1 ' : accounts for the comparatively small 1 j loss on tln> three piers of the Nor:h : i < iernian Lloyd Line. i i < hie lighter containing 5,000 bags ; i i of sugar was destroyed, tho loss bo- i i ing $27,000. !i J Light barges and eleven canal boats i were cither burned or sun'; with their i < j cargoes. Total valuation, $1*25,000. , j Minor losses on flouting property burned at thu liro proper or set on liro by bumingdrift wood, will amount 1 ! to about $*20,000. The peisonal losses J i sustained by tlioso aboard the steam- ; < ships can siinrdv be surmiased. es I hero is no way of ascertaining this ; ] :it the present time. | j Freight Manager Homier said that |? tiio Maine had about live thousand 1 tons of cargo in her hold. '>? thi^r there were 2.00O tons of grain. 1 ,<?:>{? j j tons of slag, about. 11,000 hales of cot - j ton unci" considerable general mer- i cbaudisu. I: ONCE U July rind August were consith ing, but being progressive, i this. Wo name prices now months that was once conside ail the time when you read tiie READY MADE Lot i ) v.. r ifi flonk N / 5W UUIIIU. ^ Can you afford to waste time making these j Lot 2 (W^} 15 Gents. So well done for sc little money s nr ^ fe-vrv v ^ 25 Cents. Wif' i'! i L i. t5 A triumph of modern industry. TV:: a . many f Lot 4 ^ \ j] 50 OBilfe. tfeg These pictures give but a hint of the threat va Lot 5 |[ t nter; i* 75 Cents. ^ "ft 2 - - r ? tr;* m | ! *** If you have any doubt about great va; :: lor 1; Lot 6 |W v'v ,tr \. . $1.00. ] y Litest styles and shapes. If you fail to su] J lie -Nutioua! Democratic: Conven- i lion convened in Kansas City 31 on-1 M day and the preliminary work of the [ (1t^ convention was begun Monday even-1 KM ing. Crowds of people thronged the | city, every train unloading a muss of | u(/ dusty and travel-stained delegates 1 ' (lv/j and visiters. The arrival of the Nc- ^/// brnska delegation fresli from n con-j Mm ference with Mr. 1'ryan caused the* [ assembling Immediately of a caucus j to get the latest news as to Hryan'sj\V7* hi to 1 views. They proved to bo as tin A ar.d unyielding as ever. IJis nw declaration of principles expressed un "unalterable opposition to any surrender of the principle of bimetalism, ic?/ and a demand for a specific pledge \\U for the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of ]<1 to 1, independently of what other nations >iU rnny do." The politicians of the parly have been using every efTort in \ih their power to get Bryan to moderate his views on this .point, to bring all fl'Z sections together but all to no purpv>se, Bryan is as immovable, nppnr- ymy ently as the rock of (Hbralta. "lie will run on the platform ccntaining [li/j the 1(1 to 1 plar.k or not run ut all." ^ That is what Capl. Sells, chairman wn of t.ho Iowa delegation, said after \)>3 consultation with Bryan. We see from our correspondent Vox's h ttor that (here has been no mail rider appointed for the route !>el\vc? n Klla Jure and (iall'ney, and /~~ tlitre seams to be little prospects for the appointment of one. We think and have long thought that the practice of letting out tlie rural routes, to the professional mail route sharks :s h had plan, and should ho abolished. !>:;o man will possibly bid for a whole state, he will then sub let to other--, who will possibly sub let again, und each one, of course, must receive i profit and when a poor mail rider is finally employed to do the work, 0 11 I he reirunier.it ion lias dwindled down IjjH iolh.'it lie gets the ragged edge of l be a mount apportioned fortho \yorlc, while the idler, the big man, or the irigina! bidder rcans in tin* shock If is unjust, and should be remedied. j Wo thin!; that each county should ho hid for hy citizen* of the county, and I hey should ho given the contract iirooti from headquarter.*. They can Ihen rido themselves or employ competent men to do it fit a reasonable remuneration, or better still, each separate route in oneii county ir.ighl he hid otf hy the riders themselves. i j,'ul. We imagine this plan would bo a hi;: i saving to the government, hy knock- ( ing out middle men, and would also | ufTord tlio truiil rider a much better remuneration for his services. PON A T ?red DEAD MONTHS for CASH I ip-to-date merchants, we have that keep CASH TRADE mov :red dull. You will know why v se prices on MUSLIN UNDE garments offered at 10 Cents? Don't trust these cuts. Q r ! w\ ^ :Wm/ mi IT si ? ... ' ' is a marvel. The garments speak for themselves. Liste i r* T?. v, rf ^ iv. :-' I\ psa / \. i / rI & jmw) d v : L ] fflaSA ?! ;arnionts in this assert:.-\-.t .*3 you wish, cxceot the gown C V feA / T7S I fSf) / rd ' / - k / \ ) i lacs offered at this : Ounces hk; tins arc seldom fo . n r YV-'v/v. ' i I v. . 1 / I I 1 4 f V f \ '! ttle money, come and see car goods. Only at tras Sale c rw- A" ^ T; ,5?'?r "J ;'. ' A <v i\ I a p i, - ' %; \ M I > C Hi ! \ M ^ fpSy ycurscii now, you v/on't f;ct another chance. T?ke HL Foste ?5/:SS y G R b, &i 1M & E Do the Buggy Busi Union Countj Get in line with your friends bors, come around and bi BUGGY, CARRIAGE OR We carry a complete line and can suit you. We gi QUALITY and PRI "OLD HICKORY" WAGONS, j CHATTANOOGA PLOWS . . | YOU US TO Si:i.U AND I'LH. GREEN &B ? S EE U >japr urnn Ea?J NfeX When you want a new mantle m one repaired. We are fixed lor d< of odd jobs in cabinet work and thing that can't be had in regula also keep a big assortment of all k ing material and the Best Paint s< tive guarantee. liLEY FURNITURE & L HIS PARLOR 01 Having reoontly purchased (ho business of th< prepared to supply tho needs of your tublo. 1 >1 >ZS SO II?* >UR ^ and they will bo attended to with promptno Alvlv UUUIJS DELIVER] I?uIter, Kggs and Vegetables ahvnj III^H S.<:>irV 2 * 2 ? IOJSi garden, farm and barnvard produce si CHAS. R. SriITH PlXOx\K 7(i. IME, ' fc )ry Goods retail- $ entirely changed* ing during these J ve are kept busy I RWEAR.j . Dmc ana see the goods. I 5? n to them. ^ s. Only one to a customer. I or.J. Take your choice. if! ?MI '' IS you get so good value. I j a- few while they last. * i r Co. 30YD I ness of | and neigh- mS iy a new ^j. PHAETON. I of Vehicles w[! a ran tee m CE 1 ALWAYS ON HAND. % VSE, W QYDj 1 ade or an old oing all kinds making anyr stock. We ilids of buildild on a posiUMBER CO, Jt^JK Y ) PAItLOR GROCERY, ^VAj\TN 88 and dispatch. CCL> FREE, fs on band. S PAID litable for table use , Mgr.