The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 17, 1900, Image 4
THE UNION TIMES
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by the?
UNION TIMES COMPANY
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L. G. Young, Manager.
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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.
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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.
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