The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 06, 1900, Image 4
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.
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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
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.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
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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
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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
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Can you afford to waste time making these j
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15 Gents.
So well done for sc little money
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25 Cents. Wif'
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A triumph of modern industry. TV:: a . many f
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50 OBilfe. tfeg
These pictures give but a hint of the threat va
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75 Cents. ^ "ft 2
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If you have any doubt about great va; :: lor 1;
Lot 6 |W v'v ,tr
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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
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is a marvel. The garments speak for themselves. Liste
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;arnionts in this assert:.-\-.t .*3 you wish, cxceot the gown
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lacs offered at this : Ounces hk; tins arc seldom fo
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ttle money, come and see car goods. Only at tras Sale c
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fpSy ycurscii now, you v/on't f;ct another chance. T?ke
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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
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>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.
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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
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Dmc ana see the goods. I
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n to them. ^
s. Only one to a customer. I
or.J. Take your choice.
if! ?MI
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you get so good value.
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a- few while they last. * i
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ness of |
and neigh- mS
iy a new ^j.
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of Vehicles w[!
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ALWAYS
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ade or an old
oing all kinds
making anyr
stock. We
ilids of buildild
on a posiUMBER
CO,
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) PAItLOR GROCERY,
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88 and dispatch.
CCL> FREE,
fs on band.
S PAID
litable for table use
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