The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 10, 1900, Image 4
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UNION, S. C., AUG 10, 1900.
The Spartanburg Herald is whooping
up the trolly line in that thriving cilv.
This is right, and we like to read of the
trolly parties and the happy puticipuits
tiding in thp electric cars of their own
f ity. It will not lie long lx fore yon will
hear something of the same kind for
Union. Our electric car line is coming.
"Inmati. S. (J : Mr. T. C. Dune in, of
Union, and Mr. .1. A. ( hanman are
promoting a movement for the establishment
of a cotton mill here.?Cor.
4-J..1 VniLo u
1IKIIIM I Iftl A1C*? O.
Well, all we have to fay to 01 r fiionds
at Inman is: if you want a mill there,
ami have got Tom Duncan avold of the
project, you aie mighty apt to gt t jour
mill.
The Democrats of N'oith Carolina
won a great victory last week They
carried the State by an overwhelming
majority. Many negroes voted the
Democratic ticket, and the Democrats
voted to a man. The constitutional
amendment was cirried by 4't,0 ><? mej >rity.
and white supremacy lias been established
in the Old North State. W?
extend congratulations.
The allied forces and the Chinese
forces fought a hard battle lasting seven
hours, last Sunday at IVitsang, about
seven miles from Tien Thin, emoute In
I'okin. The report says that the all'es
."Japanese, ncrouril of"lhiiish and
A nerican losses. The Aim r cans who
n rliniiwlul 111,11. I'm Yii.tl, ,ln,| p
te:ntli Itegiments.
The latest thing out is a mm'cal b'cyc
le. Tliis will relieve the monotony, and
furnish deveriienent during long and
tedious rides. The inventor was also considerate
enough to arrange far throwing;
the gear so as to stop tha music when
tire rider gets enough. The musical apparatus
is held between the frame tul>es
of the wheel. It can he attached to any
gentleman's wheel.
Mr. J. L. M:\Vhnfer. of Jnnesvi!!**.
Union county. raise i 4S huslnds by measure
and fri hy weight of wheat on one
acre. What one has done another can
Union had U'tter look out next year 01
she will he left. ? Laurens County News.
And this was only a kin 1 of experimental
crop in Union this year, hut it
has taught our farmers a valuable le.-son
tliat tle> will not be slow to u'ihze.
We are expecting a much large wheat
crop next year, and more line yields.
Jwiiirens will h-tve to stir about to down
ns on this crop next year. Watch
Union.
'Tiik Uniov Timxs, a pr>?g weave
up-to dite all home pi int. pap r has j is:
ground to complain. l.a>t week w
ci edited Progress with one of Till*. 1'imks
articles, hut it liHpt*>ned in this way:
a friend, who saw ilie article, clipyxd tt..
and showed it to ie; we a'-ked him to lei
ns have it, as we wanted to publish it,
He is the blame for credit Wing given
wrong."?Laurens County Mews.
We a ipposed it was some such unintentional
oversight, and that proper acknowledgment
would be made hy the
News, that is why we did not shoot ofl
our mouth toitonally alxnit it.
It liegins to hx)k like the Legation al
Tien Tsin is safe after all. K port.have
been so conflicting that one haul y
knows what to believe. The following
however has revived hope somewhat,
that the foreigners have not been massacred:
New York, July 3d.?.V d.&pi'ch to
The Herald from Che Kim>, .July 27, says.
"The Japanese consul at Tien Ts n
sent a runner to l'ekiii on .Inly loth
On the 10th the i tinner left IVkin, hiinging
a cipher telegram to tlie Japanese
government. It lead?:
We are defending on*selves against
the Chines** very well, but now the
attack has stopped.
We will keep up to the la. t of the
month, although it will Itn no easy ta.sk.
Tlie Japanese casualties are: Killed,
Hossima, diplomat h attache, captain
and one student, and also a few matilies
Wounded, five or six: sli^lo ly wounded,
very many.
The Che Foo consul says that n tilling
was written abuu. the other uiiuisteia."
.1 CURIOUS COMBINATION.
Uncle Mike Lee showed us u curiosity
n few days ago. While coming
to town Wednesday, ho noticed a
wry tall, and curious looking cctton
stnlk in Mr. T. < . Duncan's cotton
held near HufTalo, lie went to it and
found that it was a cross between a
cotton and an okra stalk, lie cut
the top oil and brought it in. Thero
are a number of large okra leaves and
one okra bloom on the stalk, also
quite a number of cotton bolls and
cotton blooms. While Mr. W. S.
Key, oi the low country can grow six
crops on the same land in oncseason.
Union county can grow two dilU rent
| crops on the same stalk. It is hard to
I set ahead of Union. < >nc neculiarit v of
j t'ue stalk is that there are no cotton
loaves, all the leaves being okra.
The Go'd Democrats will not put out
a ticket. They have about concluded to
swallow Ihyan, fue tilver ami all to accomplish
the <l.'feat of the Hi publican
parly. Good for them, now with a long
pull, a strong puli ami a pull together,
the next Lhesidvnt will lie a Democrat
w iih a big 1). Si euking of t!:e si!nation
IJrxan says:
' Several goV. stand.ml opponents of
impel ialiin have already annouiiceil
their inteiiiioii to.support the Democratic
ticket. Ill such a ma ter each individual
isgovenud by bis own views as to the
relative importance of the issue. The
Democratic platform declares the question
of imperialism to lie the paramount
issue. I f any opponent of imperialism
refuses to suppoi t the Democratic ticket,
because of the silver plank it must lie
i In came h~ considers the money question
j in Ore impoitant. than ill- I'nd'ppiue
?in* suoe; dial is, lie preieis a gol l sumuHtil
< mpire to a bimetallic republic.
When Ili?* lest comes I Udieve that those
i who adhere to tin* doctrine that
i governments deiive tl.eir just pow!
cis not fiotn supei ior foices. but Iroin
the consent i f tb- governnl, will support
our ticko even though they do not
endorse tlie siber plonk A largo inaj
>; il.V of tic Democrats believe I lia'. :>
ics:oral ion of biin?-tallism wouM prove
a blessing. but the nut i-imperialist* who
dispute this will admit tint any evds
that might aiiae from biinetaliie could
be corrected more easily than tie* evils
which would l'o'.lo.v from the delibeiate
endorsement of mil tarisin and impciiulistn."
That is well spoken and just like lhyau's
arguments. It cavers the win le
11 >ii g iu a nut shell.
We clip the following from the News
and Courier, which shows that there b
one farmer in the State, who is fanuii;<.
for all the good there is in it. making
i Hix cioui iu .me v^u li\V,
reproduce it so that out farmersein givi
it a try if they are so inclined. Making
two blades of grass grow where only o:i<
giew Ik. fore isn't in it alongside of this
recoid. In shaking of the several line
crops the editorial says:
"One example will sulliep. Mr. W
S. Key. it is notrd, favors a 'po>r, light
piece of land' just outside of lleiufort.
hut after laisieg a line crop of oats
'averaging 3b bushels to the acre." planted
it iu corn in May, making :?') to 3.*,
bushels to the acre, at the same time
growing "a full crop' of peas, which
yielded 10 to Id bushels per acre; an I
now has growing 'a S'eoud crop of cowpeas,'
w hich w ill lie hat vested in tiim* t<>
make way for crops of turnips and cabbages
on the same ground?making six
' crops grown on the same ground in one
year."
As to the "light, poor land" Union
county has scads of that kind. Our
farmers ou;ht to get i.nm^ns jly rich.
Dunn's Wheat Ileview siy*: '"There
wasa further increase in the Am-Mcan Visible
supply Inst week, taking the total m>
to l">,ft(it),00() bushel4. against fl(?.l.'52.0:K)
a year ago, ami h,00;{,0!Vl in 1S5H. Tne
total western receipts of wheat for t he
crop year thus far am >unt to
bushel*, against 2 J,.Y?7..Vv? l>usliel.s <lurthe
previous ve.tr. A'.lanPc exports o1'
whea'. including tint:-, this -?eek were
2,TT'1,7'.M bushels. aguiytt 1 <?)1.1K?"> last
week, ami .'5,7t?"?,7s7 bushels a war stgo
Pacific exports were .W.t.iiJl lac-he's
against ?,7.'o last week, an 1 11 > x >7 A
year ag ?. Kxpitts of wlc-at ami tl air
from all points, since July 1, have Icon
1'2,'J-f5,olil bushels, against 1 o.ti'J ',t>7(>
last year."'
It will he seen that whin the actual
receipts so far are some three million
bushels short of this time last year, ow
ir.g to the f-hoitage in the western yield
this year, hut still the increase in the vis211
villi I' 5o nn??. h? ?" - *--!?!! ? ' 1 '
, m ik-iiiij icu minion mi
gro iter than lust year, and neatly thirlylive
million greater tlian lS'.is This i>
to hi acoount"d for, we tliinV, in si
greiter measure hy the inhivst that has
lieen tiken in tin copi in tin SjuMi.
An attempt was mile to assassinate
the Shall, of Persia, hy an unknown
party, the pistol was knocked fiom his
hand liefore he could use it. The Shah
did not seem to 1m* much distnibcd hy
the occurrence and proceeded upon his
plcastue tlip. It is also nunortd ili.it
an attempt was made to kill Kir g Alexander
the same day. A shot heing liie 1
at him while lie was driving through tin
town of Helgrade. The s ot missed th i
maik. It seems that a secret < rganization
has |*assed resolutions to thin out
the crown heads. We wouldn't like t? '
lie a King just now. ' Ui.eis/ 1'cs tiehead
that wears the crown'' seems to lit
the prv.ent time. i
ljuite :i sensation was sprung in Abbeville
last Saturday, by certain parties
stealing the ballots and election returns
of larft week's election from the clerk's
olllce. They askeil the clerk for certified
copies of the voting lists of tlie precincts;
the clerk refused. Some of the
party called the clerk 011 the outsi.le.
While he was out, others of the party
I'll* rr?t nrnu TIia 1 ml't t\,\i
"?"?v v*iv i vvvti uu, a iiu Vllvi U nci>) 1I w v |
discovered until later in the day. It is
said the parties are prominent in politics.
Stringent measures should be adopted, if
necessary, to bring lite parties guilty of
such conduct to the bar of justice. We
cannot imagine any circumstance that
would justify such an act.
It seems that our contemporary,
Progress, got into somewhat of a tangle
last week. Friction arose lietween the
edi'.or and the manager, and it began to
look like the affair was going into the
courts. We undcistand that the matter
has dually been arranged and I). .1.
('alter, the editor, has withdrawn, and
severed his connection with the paper.
Mr. Carter has gone to Picken*. S. C.
One of his last acts before leaving town
was to subsciibo for The Times. We
suppose lie wants to keep up with the
news of the town and county. The fact
of his subs tribal for The Times shows
he knows win re to get it.
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The liist scrap of the crupiigi ov
cuircd at Laurens 'a t Saturd iy l>?twe< a
1 '.il f :im?1 (l.'in' rrnf. lir il f
Patterson's continued nagging him about
local option and his Chaileston spinel-.
Tin; nun faced each other, and when
(buy intimated that l'atleison lied, both
men ttiuck almost simultaneously.
Ib'sul1: a bloody nose for Gary and
j a bloody m ruth for Patterson, and S"? 00
| from eueh to help along the imp'ovei
ment of the to vn, and later a rec m ihalioii
and h uulshike an 1 a remittance u!
the lines by th? couoe'l.
HAVING A GOOD TIMIC.
1 ()t:r Crosn Keys Correspondent is
Having a liig Time About Over
the County, :m<l Writes Interesting
Notes Taken
at Random.
Mr. Editor. ? I spent a while at
\j cihart tiwi, a mora hospitable,
kind pe-ip'e cann it be found anyi
where. 1 was entertained at the home
: ofth.it christian gentleman, W. W.
. Finley. It vas Ins go id wife that did
) s'? much f ?r the building cf that new
I liautist church, that was to be dedi7"
' WU JlOCItlUJ. xtl \J"IL t vtlltll'Mi
. with he and Dr. J. (J. llriwley and
r others, it was agreed that (hey extend
an iuvitatiru to the candidates on tin
night of the 24 ".h, after the ctpeakiug
at or near Mt. Tab>r to come among
them and they would cutertaiu them
with c.kj aud ic3 cream, tic, and
that the proceeds ot said entertainment
should go to the building committee
of the Presbyterian church,
the foundation of which has been laid.
We had a pleasant day at Orr's
Crossing, no whiskey, a spleudil dinner,
given by Eavep, Garner and
Giult, more like a picnic than a barbecm,
everybody eeemel t> e- j >y
themstlvts Rain is much needed in
that sretiou.
lPo. L F. Stanford, of West
Sorinpo. romarkp. i h ? cm A nni-?i? U,-...
, o ' e> - ?
a Lw days ago that he had j iste j ?yed
j a very line breakfast, and M?\ Charlie
Weal seemed anxious to know what
lie had, and I13 was told that in ha I 11
candid a'e for break fast that in irniug.
Oar friend, 11 \V. Scott, ol Joncsvilie,
reports that one ciudida'.o came
aiound or through a portion of the
town of Joneaville on Sunday eveoi g
list, hick of the Methodkt church,
j and had gone into a hollow log (in the
; h .How) j i9t below eai 1 church. I
that report he true sonic c.aud date is
missing.
II ?Sert II de nnb and J. M. White
heaic.ro expecting daily t> catch a
candidate in a trap or bridge between
11 ?h r'.'a li >use ami Id. G. (I st's p'an?
t it ion. Friend Gist warned one < 1
them of approachirg danger aud "he
turied his course another way." I
make th's statemement i:i d fen?e < f
my crowd, I d ;n't want a -y of my
fe I >W3 hurt.
1 hive been iuf.rmsl ii .c > I cam*
h line, t!i it tl-ero was quite a crow I cr
t ic old ilr'ck Mansion, Cr >ss Key?,
| S. C, on Wednesday las', t)i > I h inst.,
1 t > witness t'u ii.oirri ige of o ie 1 f our
fairest daughti ri. M m E ila Brggs to
Mr. A S Crosby if your tow 1. I
oxt!i?dt> them our c lngraluVtio.n*
[ have know.i the bride Muro he'
childhood, 8ho was a good chid and
I know it was hard for her fa'h-r and
mother to give her up, but sushi'
lire, we simply play our part on the
stage, anl the lo*s of her it tin gain
of another; btid U-iim cou sty dies
not afihrd a more worthy man or'one
who lira a better heart than B o.
Crosby, he has rjuite a nurnb-r of little
motherless children, and for har to
volunteer t) tako and teach them the
way to God and heaven, is put as
solemn and impirtant as it w ?uM
have been for her to have gone t > any
foreign field a; a missionary; miyj
richest blessings follow you liila.
TUJMAS H. Gore.
A VERY INTERESTING LETTER. 1
Little Crystel Ray, of Kissimee,
Flu., Writes a Very Entertaining
Letter of IIer Visit to
Historic St. Augustine,
Florida.
Ki simuk, Fj.a., Aug 3.
Dk.vk Ei>itor:?Again I ask for a
aru.il! spaco itt your piper. I have j
juat returned from St. Augustine, tho
oldest and moat historic city in the
United States. St. Augustine was i
settled 55 years before the Pilgrim
Fathers lauded on Plymouth ltock.
The most unique token of Spanish
rule in America is the sculptured device
of the arms of Ferdinand and
Isabol. sov-eigns cf Aragou and Castile,
above the entrance of Fort
Marion or "St. Mark." Confronted
by this symbol wo are face to face
with the St. Augustiao of tho Past.
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Fort Marion is iu me i lur-nuuureuui
year of its age, yet with hut little
sign of decay. Kiteriug this dismal,
gloomy fort we wero met by S^rgt.
Browne, who required us to register,
and then proceeded to show ua over
aud through tlrs wonderful structure,
built of toq iiua as sjli 1 as in n, the
inner walla cnco white, are green from
age, and the most weir I, dismal air
pervades the scene. Bussing through
a vast hall you enter the ourr, beyon 1
which are the dungeoup, I will mention
only two. C) 10 i i whio\ during
the ''Inquisition," tlie "wl.ecl of lor
lure" was kept. O.ie member or the
entire body could be torn into shreds
by menus of this machine of death.
Bjudiug to my knees I entered an
other dungeon through an opening in
a wall 4 feet thick. Horror.-1 Onus
on earth, darkness reigus supreme so
dark that the t irch in guilt/o hand
looked dim, a id the dungeon is air
tight, o.ie half hour ia here and life
is extinct. In this dingou j <at 2 )
years ag > a :n >st h >rriblc discovery
was made. Tqc skeletons of a nian
and a woman chainel to this will.
Hon. Abbert \V. James, for forty
years in the service of the U. S. A.,
(uow ia chirge of Giveraoient prop
erty at Smth Jioich) whom 1 was
pleased to meet, rendered the f?)l>w
ing in connection with the she'etms
e 1 o ,i .
uuuu in uuujB>x; " jtars ao''
a wealthy Spanish laly was determined
to wad a geatlemm with little
worldly goods and tj prevei t which,
the lather of the lady co.ifuel them
faces to the wa'l in this air tight cell
where they died of bu If .cation."
Amid all this hoirib'.e history there
is yet deeper mjstery connected with
this cell. Just seven and one-hall
feet below the cameut 11 >or there ij a
tea of quick sand, s> whan desired
the Spauiards would thrint their uu
i*^i vuiiaic victims unaemea-ii i\?r>
quick sand f reverout of sight, Iionuing
my hand along the rock wall 1
grasped the broken links of chain
from which have sispcudod the uufortunato
victims of every nationa'iiy.
The light house on Anastasia Island
is 180 feet high from low water
mark and is one of the finest lights o:t
the coast.
The Catholic Cathedral wis erected
in 1791. Inscription on one of the
Ik-11a in open belfry: "rianote Jaseph
O.a Pro Nobis, 1<>8)," ouo of the oldest
bolls in the United States.
Under the Pyramids in the United
States Military Cemetery are the re
mains of M*j Dade and 107 tfhis
command, massacred at Furt Dade,
by Indians, D.-c. 23, 1835
Central Park is grand. A monn
meat stands in the plaza, erected iii
1812.
Now we mu3t lea7j historic, ancient
St. Augustine, over which f>r two
hundred an 1 fifty yeais Spain lield
despotic sway, and look at modern
if. Augustine. Here is the Ponce I)e
Leon hotel, one of the finest in America.
Tho interior of ono r oin alone
c >st over $100,000, it simply beggars
leacnptiou.
TheA'cz.r, Cor.lo\a and Memorial
chwrchrs, all modern structures
tud h irpassingly grain!.
Tlo treedom from i isecls is slrik ugly
ftingu'ar, but St. Augustine is
free ?ro:a dirt and itiacd?.
Wih a f. w I'uicrlptive liars of
Taiujn ami I will cea-e. Tampa is
7?> nr.lis S?uth (.1* Kisdiuoe. Vb r
City and Tampa, comprise one ciiy,
having a population ot 2").00 ). Tampa
li IV hotel. nitiulJ 1 " > 11: '
j , v?.t imn lurimi 'h
Bjy, id claimed to bo one of the line.-t
hotels in tho world. It id of red
brick comprising GOO r >n?ns, serpentine
in shupi and entirely vin3 c'a I,
1")') acres i.i the grounds fi led w (b
tripical fruits ail II ?wsrs, fmntiius
ciifsitio and c mservat ?ri u A'philt
drives liko husfJ ssrpents, thread th ?
lovely ground*, miles of arbivilae
hedges, as parul'el as lines on a map,
frame the drives an! walks, the wholj
is enclosed with vims of ma a, miles
1 f thcni. The interior of hotel contains
even m >re relict than the (''once. I
At K-. Ausru-tiiie the* (? teen's room,"
I h3 II )tund 1 nothing surpasses. Tampa
Bi?* is gl >ri msly beautiful.
W-iile in Tump* I saw relics < f thu
II ittleahip Maine, part of rigging', the
sidelight', (\ibau swords, o!c At
Tampa IDy. I iy ancV>red the ship in
which Dreyfus was so it t ? Devil's Is
land. CftYsruL Hay j
[0?me again, Cryste', we are gltd j
to recjive your interesting ontrihotious
whenever you fud it ooveaicu'. j
to write.?Ed.J I
WIDE-AWAKE CASH BUYERS
Are rapidly being educated to the fact that
their money goes farthest, and reaches the best
values if spent at our store, that's why they
come our way.
Here-are-some-purse-stringand-eye-openers:
New Styles in Summer Percales, 883 inches wide, ^ ^
the 8e kind, our price
Apron Ginghams in small checks, green, brown,
pink, blue, black and red, sold every where at 7c, O
our price
Yard Wide Fine Brown Domestic Long Clotli, |"*p
smooth finish, value Gc, our price ^
Ladies' Ready made Crash Skirt with wide hem
and full sweep, worth double the money, ready ^
to wear I
Boys' Ready Made Percale Blouse Waists in navy, ^
red and fancy stripes, ullages
Soft Finished Fine Count Bleached Muslin, the 7c
quality, our price ^
Finely Finished White Lawn, big value... 10?
French Cheviots for Waists, men's shirts, wrappers
and dressing sacks, in fancy plaids and stripes, Cio
value 12 ic, our price w
Heady-Hemmed Bed Sheets, made of heavy quality ^ p
bleached sheeting, the pair for ^ O
Honey Comb Bath Towel, 23 inches wide by 54 *fl
inches long, warranted all pure cotton |
Beautiful Lot of Fancy Japanese Folding Fans
The A. H. Foster Co.
The Representative Store of Union.
Farmers Save Hayl
Cut Your Grass arid Pea Vines with a McCormick
Mower and rake it with a McCormick Rake.
Those who know most about Mowing Machines always
buy the McCormick and will name as their reasons the
following advantages the McCormick has over all others:
It's ihe first mower invented, has stood at the head for
Sixty-Five Years and gives satisfaction to every purchaser,
it runs lighter, ban no side draft, is evenly balanced,
so simple any one can operate them, will last a
life time.
Call at our Carriage House in Union and see
them set up ready for use.
Yours Respectfully,
GREEN & BOYD. '
TlicCharlolteSteam Laundry Saves Your Linen, q
They wash without injurious chemicals?they iron with
the latest improved machinery?they handle yourclothes
with such care that they cause no more wear to your
garments than your home laundry, and it is impossible
for you to make garments look as nicely. They launder
all kinds of starched work equal to new. Shirts, Collars
and Cnffs are either given Gloss or Domestic Finish,
whichever you prefer. Neck and wristbands replaced on
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milrus iree ot charge. A trial lias convinced others?may
con v i nee you. Basket goes Wed nesday a nd returns Saturday.
GRAHAM 8c ESTES, Agents,
Union, S. C.
THE PARLOR GROCERY
' Huvlnc rocentlv >?*? K-' ** ^ . ? -
_ t ... vu ./urimiin Ul IIIO rAKliUR GROCERY,
I um prepared to supply the needs of your table.
1*11< ?> 10 TT.?S V? >17It WANTS
and they will be attended to with promptness and dispatch.
ALL GOODS DELIVERED FREE.
Butter, Eggs and Vegetables always on hand.
11 I< 1 1110NT PIIICES PAID
For garden, farm and barnyard produce suitable for table use ^
CHAS. R. SniTH, Mgr.
l?I10Ne 70.
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