University of South Carolina Libraries
THE UNION TIMES Published Every Friday. < i by the? UNION TIMES COMPANY Rooms 1, a, 5 and 7, Bank Building. L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the I'ostofllce in Union, S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year - -- -- -- $1.CO Six months ------ r>0 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, lirst insertion - - $1.00., Kvery suosequem, insertion - ou cents. Contracts for three montlis or longe? will be made at reduced rates. Rejected manuscript will not t*? returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will'be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C.. AUG 17, IfXlO. FIFTY YEARS OLD. With its last issuo Thi: Timi:s completed its fiftieth anniversary. Just fifty years ago this paper made its bow to the public under tiie name of Thk Union villi: Journal, a li column four page paper, with Robert A. McKnight as editor and proprietor. When the war broke out Mr. Mcknight went to the front and Mr. 1'. M. Wallace occupied the editorial chair, during his absence. IJndtr the headlines on the editorial page this line stands : "The Constitution, as our fathers gave it, or separate independence." The paper was later purchased ny ;ur. ti. m. stoxes, who ran it /or a number of year?, and finally sold it to a joint stock company, and Mr. Josiah t'rudup was the editor. It some years later passed into the hands of Messrs. Hunter it MeNally, with l)r. M. W. t'ulp as editor, then to the present management. The volume number was changed while the paper was in the hands of Mr. Wallace, and again while in the hands of Mr. Stokes, and later by Mr. t'rudup, so that the volume number should begin with the first of the year, and it so stands. The Timer has had its on* ?n?t that can point to a fifty year record. It wts increased to an 8-page paper with a patent inside during Hunter A McNally's control. It has been made an all home print under - its present management. The Times his ever fought the battle of the peo. pie, and used its utmost endeavors to further the interests of and the upbuilding of its town. It has bent its energies in recent years especially to the industrial progress of the town. Our thanks are heartily tendered to the patrons of the paper in holding up our hand-*, assisting lis by their very liberal patronage. We think we can safely say Thk Timks has never enjoyed the advertising patronage, the circulation or the prestige that it now can boast of. We promise in the future to use our best efforts to keep Thi: Timks up to the high standard it has attained, and to strive to further improve it from timo to time. We are proud of the posit ion Thk Timks occupies among the leading country publications of the State, and shall endeavor always to hold our ground. catastrophe occurred la which seventeen iKMFons were killed while return, in; from the funeral of King llumbrit. There were two sections of the special train. The piston rod of the first engine broke and stopped the train. Before warning could be sent kick the second s ctien crashed into the rear of the tbsf, an whin; tl e it ar coach into kindling w-'.orl, killing seventeen and wounding forty others. The South Carolina l'reas As-oc'-ation will convene at Harris' fathia Springs, Tuesday, Sept. lst.h, at 4 p. in. an I will remain in session three days. Suhj-cts of importance to the fraternity will be discussed at length by the members of the association. All the railro ul i have granted transportation for the mnmb>ra and one female member of the family. The rates of the hotel will 1 e one i| >11.lift day. It is proposed t?miketh s m *ctone of unusual interest. "When I say that the contest of loot) is a contest between Democracy on the one hand and plutocracy on the other, I do not mean to say that all our opponents have deliberately chosen to give to nrganized wealth a predomina iug inllnence in the affairs fit' the government, but I do assert that on the iinpirtaut issues of the day the Itepiiblic.iu party is dominated bv those influence which constantly tend to elevate perviniarv considerations and ignore human ritrhts. ' From Bryan's speech of acceptance. ; -- . THAT SAL A RY QUESTION. We notice in out Jones v ille cor re qnnd9 ice this week that the Assistaut Attorney General has rendered a decision to the effect that the Supervisor of Union county's salary is cut by the act of the r e- nt Legislature from ft>00 to $250 the same salary as the two commissioners. We hive read the act as printel very carefully and cannot see low this dec sion is arrived at. We quote from the Ac'ap|uoved 19th day of Februaty, 19O0, eliminating w'i it dies not bs.tr upon the ofllce in Union county: Act 1UJ, which i t an amendment to siveral amendments of the county government Act approval March 0th, 1895, ' l?e it enacted oy the General Assembly that Section 1 of said Act bj amended to read:" '"Sec. 1. That them shall bo in each of the counties of lliis Stite a G mnty lioanl of Commissioners, which shall lie coin(Hise?l of the County Supervisor, who shall he elected and hold oilios :H no a* nrovidwd by law, and two commissioners. * * * Provided, that in Union tiu Siqiervisor shall bo chairman of the Board. The two Commissioners shdl ea<*ti give bond in the sum of one thous anil dollars, they shall each icceive as compens ition the sum of two hundred and lUty dollars per annum, sod salaries to t?e without mileage. * * * See. 2. That the County Supervisors of the various conn I i a shall receive annual sal uies, payable as now provi led by law as follows:" ' * * From this lis*; Union county was omitted, therefore its the election of the Supervisor baa been provided for, :u usual, and nothing appears in the act conflicting with his former salary we cannot see any grounds for reducing the salary, in the copy of the recent acts before us. All that we can see 111 it is that the two commissioners are to get $2">0 perj annum instead of per diem allowance as formerly, and are to given $1,00) bond each. We understand it was the intention of the Senate to mike th ! reduction and require a S2,0J0 bond. The question is did they make the act so re id, if so did the House agrea to it I or no% or dd the printer overlook the matter. Who is responsible for the tangle? We do not see any necessity for an opinion from the attorney-general's otlice. The original manuscript copy of the act is accessible, and it simply tequires a glance at this copy in the engrossing department to ascertain if the act stipulates the reduction, if it does that etMes it. If it does not, and corresponds with the printed act then the s.ihry muit remain as formerly. A MIGHTY POWER. Very few of our readers, nossiblv a mighty power is gained by the centra'izatiou ot' capital in the formation of trusts or combines. As an illustration of tlie wonderful power of one of them, we clip the following from the Xe.v York World regarding the Standard 1 Company, besides which many others sink into insignilieance. It is powerful enough to dominate the industrial, cunmcrcial and financial field of the nation. It is to hi hoped that the next President will not bo the tool of such concerns: "Th 5 Standard Oil Compiny has paid 5-18,000,000 in dividends thus far this year and will have paid by the end of the year $48,000,000 ?48 percent. upvi ' its capital sto :fc and tfiree or four tim-M 48 per cent, up >n the actu ti invasuna it Toe sum is S-.00 J greater thin the dividends of all the national hanks in the country. It is $0,000,000 more than the Government's annual disbursement for interest on the entire national debt. It represents a .*1} pur cent, dividend upon a capital of $1.071,000,000? a sum greater than the v due of a'l th gold an 1 silver, coined and uocoine t, publicly and privately held in the whole United States. And this is only a pirt- of th n >wer of the little group el Standard <0.1 magnates. There are their ten great hinks and trust companies, with annuil d *posits of $-432 000,000 and auuii il loans of .'142,000,Ot)'.)?a financial 'combine' that controls the money market of the United States in ire perfectly 111 iti a motorman controls his electric car." A NHW RAILROAD. A reporter for the Columbia It word interviewed ltailroad Commissioner WilIsirn, after he had inspected our Iluffa'o railroad and has this to say ahjut the new load. Viii nope the extensions re1'erre 1 to will be built in the not distant future. Wo need another outlet for Union, and we hope to tup the Seabxud: "Railroad Commissioner Willtom iu?l>ected the Union and Glenn Springs railroad and it has l>eei> formally opened for business. The railroad is but three and a third miles long and runs from Union to the Buffalo cotton mill. Tinline will Ik; eventually extended to Glen i Spring, where there is already a railroad to Spartanburg. A branch of the road will also be built from Wiiiuuire's, on the SeaUnrd. The oil! *ers are T. C. Duncan, president; G M. Wright, gener.il managei; W. II. Duniv, siipeiiitendeiit; \j. II. Carlisle, freight claim avri.t. The engineering of the road is i the woik of Mr. J? G. Young, a well ! known new.-pi|k;r win, and Mr. Wil- ] born compliments him highly on hit success. The I'liffalo mill is to be oneoflbo largest in the Stale and it is now going tip with all possible speed. It in pro* |k>sed to make it a model factory Ioami. There will be water works, supply in ? an j abundanceof watei to operatives, liousea and all will be lighted by electricity."? Columbia Record. ORGANIZATION NRCRSSARY. The following address lias been given out by the National Democratic Association to the Democratic clubs: "To the Democrats of the United States: The democratic party and its friends must meet the forces of corruption and intimidation in politics this year *? ? ?- fmh AMWIfllwAfUvi A lIlMMAAPstttA UJ tliuitiii^ii vyi^??ui?i-%viviu> A*. uvmvfviLt*v?\> club or society shouldbe organize-1 in every city, town, village and precinct in the United States. Democrats an I all who are in sympathy with the principles set forth in the K insas City platform are earnestly urged to join denvicratic clubi, '/i n ikii iiuiic ' *v iv? cwxjiou in Ui^dU" izing them. This work of uniting the forces of hiw ami liberty into one great systematized cavic army should be carried on bimulataneously in every part of the country and without deiay. The friend* of government, acconling to tlie hitherto unchallenge 1 American theory of political equality everywhere under our ll-.ig, cannot afford to be less zealous or less active thau the Jul vacates of an American colonial empire supported by ntlss. No patriotic citizm can ignore the attacks which are being made ni>on the very, foundations of our present irre pro ichahlo form of government. This year every citizen should be a political!. Club and societies should at otice communicate with tlie secretary of the National association of the Democratic Clubs, 1.570 11 road way, New York city, so that tlie united membership may work systematically in defence of the republic as the fathers made it. All democratic Committees, State and local, ?re requested to aid tlie National Assxjiation ol Democratic Clubs in this work. W. J. Jilt vax. ADLIB li. STEVENSON. James K. Jones. Chairm iti Demoraiio Committee. William It. IIeast. President National Association of Democratic Clubs." What's the matter with the Governor of Noitli Carolina? There have been seveial requisitions made upon liim, we understand, from the Governor of this State, for fugitives from justice, who have gone to North Carolina, where they seemingly found safe refuge. Does the Governor of North Carolina mean tc make a practice of harboring criminals: If so we think the good people of the tar heel State have done llienaselvei proud in making a good ridance of bar 1 rubbish in the lvcent election. We an now among the number to make corn plaint. One Balaam Lvles, colore! who, it will l>e remeuiliered resisted ar rest in this county some time ago, am shot at Deputy Sheriff James Long, win was attempting to make the arrest, ha been arrested in M inroe, N. C., upon in formation received from Sheriff Long r? quisition pajiers have been sent to tin Governor of North Carolina for him hut no attention has been paid to tli matter. Also one Kdmond Lyles, win iur n'ln^ieiiMirj' taw tied to North Car.) Una and lias been arrested at Gast-inia '1 be police at these jHiiuts can only liol< 1 a prisoner for a certain length of time when they will have to turn them loose We can see no excuse for tlie Goveruo of North Carolina for such conduct. Good news has been received from China. The telegram from Genera! Chaffee, dated Aug. 7ih, says lie ha arrived at IIo Si \Yu. Attliesaimra'eo! advance the allied forces must be ii sight of Pekin if not already arrived They have not met with as much resist ance as expected afte: t lie hot engage ment at Vang Tsun, in which the alilec forces lost some 1,100 men. A fierci resistance is expected at Pekin. Tb< Chinese are suing for peace tlirougl Eirl Li IIung Chang. lie will rncel with little encouragement so long as tlx Chinese continue to lire upon the Legations, however. The reports from all over the StaU seem to l>ear out our opinion, expressed some time ago that McSweeney ami Iloyt a-e going to bo the leading candidates for Governor. It is going to l>e si warm race tietween these two men. Both of them have many ft lends ir Union. It is haul to say which will lead. Had the prohibition movement not sprung up this year with a man ol Hoyps standing am. character to chain pion the cause, we lielieve McSweeney would have h ul a walk over in this county. ' A farmer in (Leanwood county, it is up)'ted, who recently purchased a hroid tire wagon, is 'more than p'ea*ed with it,1 l:e is 'enthusiastic ' He doubtless regrets no v that he did not put chase it long ago ami save much wear and tear i of horse tl *sh and useless expense an I vexation in the tiansfHutnt i->n of his , products O h'U-farmers would shorten I the scope of their own regrets in future I 1... I.:. 1 ? I ... >>y inn ?-xjwniii?'ut ami experience."? Xows and Courier. We believe that what the man from Ureenwoml says could a!s> bj siidof Union, if the experiment was tried. We j l> licve v e. would have better roads with < the broad tire th in wrh tIm? siiifj'e. j A terrible mistake occurred in the taki >of Van;? Tsnu. The Konrteenlh Ue?iineiit, Americans, as the Chinese lied, advanced and occupied one of tlie Chinese positions. The Ilussian battery lx iiicr some distance away did not notice the movement, and lx'gan throwing shells into the Americans and a number of our foldiers wcie kilhd before the Hessians could t?e notified. It is pftid the casualties amount to about seventy. Tin Americans captured the Chinese ( works. The American mini tor wires from Pekiu that the foreign legation are still besieged by the Chinese, but they will fight to the last. The situation is desI>erate and the arrival of the allied forces to their rescue is anxiously awaited. The legatioii casualties are (>0 killed and 100 wounded. C. P. Huntington, the Tamous railroad man, president of the Southern Pacific or the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, which water terminus is at Newport News, Va., died of heart failure in . New York August 14th. Mr. Huntington was many times a millionaire, and to him is largely duo tlio building up of- the NewjKjrt News, Va. It is said his estate is valued at $50,000,000. "If elected president I shall couveno congress in extraordianry session as soon as I am inaugurated, and recom- { ' mend an immediate declaration of tie nation's purpose, . "First, To establish a stable form . of government iu the Philippine islands, just as we are now establishing a stable form of^govcrnmcnt iu the island of Cuba. "Second, To give independence to ] J the Filipinos, just as wo promised to give indipendence to the Cubans. . "Third, To protect the Filipinos from outside interference while they work out their destiny, just as wo 1 have protected lho republics of Cen teral and South America, and are, by j the Monroe doctrioe, pledged to protect Cuba.''?Wm. Jennings Bryan. WASHINGTON LETTER. ] , (From our regular Correspondent.) ! Washington, A ig. 16. 1900.?If 1 1 R issia'a order to its Miuister to ac> c*pt a Chineso escort from Pes in to < Tisii Tain, after all the other govern > rumta hai ordered their Ministers to ? remain iu l'ekin, should turn out to ' mean that a deal had been made be, tweea Russia and China there would . be very little surprise in Washington, I where the probability of one or in >re , of the p>wers supposed t> be acting in concert against China making some sort of a dicker on their own hook for ' their own benefit has been recogiiz d " from the first as one of the most pre plexiug things about the whole busi * uess. s Li Hung Chang request that this " government endeavor to prevent the i landing of British troops at Shanghai ? wdl be ignored, as it is the recognize! , right of any nation to laud armed h forces in another country when it is [> considered necessary to protect the . " Mucff1 ffepeatrtr Q^iVr ftStf'irninTg 1 a rl An A U..- f V. L.. ^ ?? CI o v.wuc x vi ? v^uuxii or opauiaru or 1 anybody else, to call the average American a liar means to get knocked down, yet in effect they are constantly ' calling our government a liar and a cheat and tli9 mo3t that any American does about it is to scratch his head and wonder if the talker hai got it I straight. Following are words use 1 s by Mr. Roderick Alvarez,of Havana, . in Washington hotel, while discusjiug the announcad intontion of our government to withdraw from Cuba next ' year: ' If the better class of the Cubans and the Spanish on the Island believed that the United Slates had 1 auy intention of turning tin Island } over to the Cubans you would see a 5 scatteration and removal of everything > movable that woull surprise you t The fact of the matter is, we all think > that the Uuited States will be in c>n trol of the Island for the next ton years. It is not safe to turn the Island over to a people utterly iuj capable of self government." 1 As U9ua), the Carnegie and Beth. I lehem Companies submitted bids for . supplying armor to war ships which ( divided the lot required and made the price the same. A new bidder, the ( Midvalo Stool Co., of Pennsylvania, I entered the contest with a lower bid, but setting a longer time limit for thn . delivery i f the armor and failing to i specif/ that the armor w?uld be made by the Krupp process. Secretary Long must deciiie whether he will 1 accept either of these bids or exercise the authority oufered upon him by the last naval Appropriation llill to establish a government plant fur making armor. fie w<ll take up the 1 matter as soon ai ha returns to Wash ington. Mr. Albert Cobb, tf Augusta, Ca., is one of those who believes there will so >ner or later he a big rush of gold hunters to the abandoned placer miaes in Northern Georgia. While he Wis in Washington a day or two ago ho said: "Long years ago plenty of people were making money in the ? plac. r business there, and I know a / number of men who are washing out teu or fifteen dollars adavinthA UitU streams or branchis that run in the I ( mountains. Some very largo plants tire in operation, and are panning out good profits, but the real extent of the gold yeins in those old hills is not understood generally. Iu the olden days primitive machinery wai in use in the numerous mines that wore oponod and worked until that machinery became ineffective. Then the I mines were deserted, and the conseqnonce is that you can find deserted 'gold mines scattered all over that ' section." . EVERYBODY LIKES TO SAVE MONEY. That's a Cold, Hard Fact. A Dollar Saved is a Dollar Made. That's Another Cold, Hard Fact. We are After You With Money in Our Hands, in the way of a Premium for Your Cash Trade. That's a Cold, Hard Fact No. 3. 41 'But the proof of the pudding is in the eating.M Here is what Close Cash Buyers like to see: Real Fine Val. Laco Edging, ^ inch wide, tlio kind others ask 2$c. a yard for, our price W Fine (Quality of Wash Percales, in stripes and small figures, goods fac. 88 ? inches wide, value 10c W 4 F. C. Summer Ventilated Corset, well boned, a good Corset, ordlnarily sold at 50c., our price Ladies' Night Dross with ruffled yoko and sleeves, full length and width, the material alone worth more, all ready to wear Men's Fine Gauge Half Hose, in rod, black, tans blues, all fast colors, a 25c. hose for I VfW Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Crash Skirt, full sweep and wide hem. A splendid serviceable skirt y*' Summer Prints in small figures and stripes suitable for waists and ' M children's drosses J 4 Summer Silks (all pure silk) in pretty shades for evening waists, the Chinese war makes others higher, but we reduce the lot to close out, your choice per yard Boy's Unlaundered White Linon Bosom Shirts of good Muslin Pure Linen Noto Paper and Envelopes, tinted, Scotch Granite and | Robin blue. You can write 24 letters for * Children's Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs, 1G inches square, _~ three for ? Boy's Puro Linen 8-ply Collars in newest shapes, standing or high folding *. I vC Ladies' French Modeled White Gauze - L'ndcrvests, Lisle finished, wi\s* ivrw big value , The A. H. Foster Co. Farmers Save Hay! * ut Your Grass and 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 the first mower invented, has stood at the head for Sixty-Five Years and gives satisfaction to every purchaser, it runs lighter, has no side drafr, is evenly balanced, go simple any- one can operate them, will last a ^ lite time. Call at our Carriage House in Union and see them set up ready for use. Yours Respectfully, GREEN & BOYD. The CharlottcSteam LaundrySaves YourLinen. a They wash without injurious chemicals?they iron with the latest improved machinery?they handle your clothes with such care that they cause 110 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 Cuffs are either given Gloss or Domestic Finish, whichever you prefer. Neck and wristbands replaced on shirts free of charge. A trial has convinced others?may convince you. Basket goes Wednesday and returnsSaturday. GRAHAM & ESTES, Agents, Union, S. C. THE PARLOR GROCERY Having recently purchased the business of the PARLOR GROCERY, am prepared to supply the needs of vour table. in I< ? 10 UH YOUR WANTS and they will be attended to with promptness and dispatch. ALL GOODS DELIVERED FREE. Butter, Eggs and Vegetables always on hand. 111 i I MOST PRICES PAID ror garden, farm and barnyard produce suitable for table use <5 CHAS. R. sniTH, Mgr. PIIONR 76. j