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THE UNION TIMESi Published IIvery Friday. ?MY THK? U N i(JN I i M ES COIvi PAN Y Booms 1, y, 5 and 7, Bank Building. "" I t n v??- %' Ba^istered at the Postoffice in Union, S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RA""ES On? year $1.00 ?"?i\ luuimn ? ? ? ? .. v>v IIM' Three months - - - - - -Jo cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, lirst insertion - - $1.00. Every subsequent insertion - oO cents. Contracts for three months or longei will l>e made at reduced rates. Rejected manuscript will not lie return^!. Obituaries and tributes of reajiect will'be charged for at half rates. UNION, S. C., AUG 21, 1P00. Gov. Russell, of North Carolina, if seems, has finally de nied to honor requisitions from the Governor of South Carolina on him for criminals. It is higli time he was coming to his senses. Now the alliel forces hive entered and are in possession of the capital city of China. What next? The issues growing out ot the trouble are up to tli-* <llnlAnvjli! fnv SAll Inmpllt, wll it will the harvest ' e." The interest of the whole country on either side of the hi# pond his heun eenteml in the China trouble, to the extent that the wars in the Trai.svaal and in the Philippines have lost their usual interest, and the combatants have in a measure l>e*n lost sight of, but the lighting goes merrily on neverthi less. AVe notice tint, in tiie awaidi-g ol prizes in the wheat, contest in Greenville. S. C . the largest, jield from one aere of of land was made bv a ln>y under '20 years of age. and his acre jiiUhd within a fraction of 70 uushels; the next highest prize went to a lady. This is a tint showing for the Pitdmont country, aiul cotton is not in it a little bit beside sucl wheat recoids from a financial point. Bourke Cochran, Perry Bellmont and Kdward M. Sheppard three of the inost bitter opponents of Biyan in the last campaign have come ont in an emphatic maimer fur lixiiuu Wim ... IW* shut up shop and come along and join the host if they don't want to get 1< ft out iu the cold when the wedding supper is spread. We acknowledge receipt ftom Senator D. It. Tillman, of a copy of tlie twelfth annual report of ihe Commissioner of J.almr eutithd "Economic Aspects of the Liquor Problem." It gives comprehensive tabuUi'ed statements of the liquor tratllc of the different States, also the laws of each State beating on the sulj ct. The Senator has our thanks for same. It is a valuable book for reference. Powers'" for the muid? r of Governor Goelwl, of Kentucky, has at last been linished, resulting in a conviction of Powers for tiie murder of the Governor. The sentence is life" imprisonment. Powers expected a disagreement among the jurors, but they were out only lift vfive minutes. He came near fainting when the verdict was announced .Now for Taylor for his complicity, l.e should l?e sent along with Powers tokeip him company. The following clipping from an exchange shows pretty well how completely this country is in the clutches of the octapua "Trust:" "Trust in matches, trust in soap; Trust in iron, trust in rojx\ Trust in wiie, trust in grease; Trust in tinware, trust in ll -ece, l nisi in Hour, trust in meal. Trust in rolled oats, trust in steel. Trust in clothing, trust in shoes; Trust in school lmoks. tiu-t in lmoye. Trust in leather, wherein we'ie .-hod. And the jieopleare l:?ftto trust in Cod." We hive reclived with pi nisureac >py of the "Summer School Number"of the Carolina Teachei'a .'o irn d. It is very neaMy printed on good paper, and is iilltd with interesting matter in legard to the summer sch<>ol at Winthrop. So highly did the teachers appreciate it that immediately njion its appearance the following rt solution was unanimously passed: Kesolved hy the teachers assembled in the State Summer Schoo', That their thanks are due Mr. J. Frank Fooshe, (of Winsboro.) for securing to the Carolina teachers this progressive i mrnal And he It fuither resolved. Tint our I i teachers, collectively and individually. < ought to encourage and ':up|x>rt tlie Journal, and thus make it Mill more \ worthy of the great laxly of vvoikcixiu t whix-u interest it is maintained. 1 i H /; KAISi: OUR CHAPPKAU. C v Wo have rtceivtd the follow ins cordial tiibute u;>on the fiftieth anniversary of Tun Times from ou* versatile corro?l>ondent Cryatel Hay, for which we arc duly appreciative: "M.\ Editor: 1 have read with much interest jour editorial of last week under the option 'Fifty Years Old.' In all the half century of The Times'exist nice, it 110 v more nearly approaches its /..mil' ? * dh CIS itITSit 1 'credit upon its present management." "Dour old Union'Times. May she l>e the cradle of wi d m to rock the clnlI dren that measur.s '1m principles of J right, and open the *1 ?>>r which prm-ti- I cally admits us to th? literature of nobler dveils " . "Fifty vears ago el.e wai wrapped in < ; swaddling clothe 'oil ?v she shines a ! | Miming beaco' , i upon the shores | of -greater ii?v ! j? ???-1 s upon which : men may soon Io?k wiih ? udering I vision. AH sui'lVdS an I Is-st wi<iu?tO th-elitor." CltYsTEh 1!\Y. Kissimmee, Fl i., Aug ltfdi. P.M >. We also clip the following from lli? j Union correspondence to the Columbia State: Till- UNION TIMBH ."> ) YKAUS OM>. "Union, Ans. IT. ? With its last isaie The Times, a weekly piper published here?U. G. Voting, iiiauag-r, ami J no. 1?. Math is, editor?complete I its fiftieth anniversary. The Times has ever fought the battle of the people and used us utmost endeavors to further the i iterests and upbuilding of this town." 8tisoxo team. 1 "The Un ion Times has just eelibratcd its seini-e-nt? nni.d. The Times is one of iair best exchanges and has a strong team in Publisher I., G. Young and Editor J no. It. M it his."?Greenville X ews. 1 We congratulate our contcmj?orar> The Union Times, on being able to c-U-biate its fiftieth birthday, and tend-1 it our lieaitv good wishes for auo'.hu long p-1 iod of pro.1- pct ity and us. f.duess." ? Union Prog-ess. ' The Union Times has pas^.d the half century mark. U'lst week the last number of Vol. 50 was printed. Age as in some cares, has nut detracted from the sheet one whit. It is as full ofhfi aid on* rgy as younger papers in South Carolina. May she have . mutiv rplnrna nf tlm ' aurftnu County New*. ? SCR A TC II TIJJ.MA X. ( hainnan Jones, Democraticehaiinnui of tliis State, has given an olUcial opinion to tlie (ffect that a ballot with the candidate for Senator scratched will l>e count ed. Senator Tillman has said unless I he gets a majority vote he will not accept the otlice. We hojie that eveiy tnan in South Carolina, who does not desire to place his seal < 1' approval on a blackguard, a I prevaricator and a traducerof chatacter, will run his pen through Senator Tillman's name. Scratch Tillman'.?Spartanburg I.Ier' aid. * d-t^ft/SRldh" IniT. "the gauntlet thrown | down by Tilllmin, when he said, if lie did not receive a majority ofthevot s cast lie would resign, is about to h-| picked, and as Cliairm m Jones has decided that it will not invalidate a ticket to scratch Tillman's name. There milieu surprise in store for Mr. Tillmin, as a r esult of his attack on the preach 'is Kudorrenients of the candidacy of Win. J. Ihyan for President con'inue to flow in. Many prominent and influential men from various parts of the country, who supjnjited McKinley in the last campaign, came-out unqualifiedly for Ilrjan. lie is gaining ground daily. The Liberty Congress of the Amoric.i" . or -iiui-nnpeilalt.'-t whicTi convened'iu Indianapolis, Ind., last week emphatically endorsed the candidacy of Win. J. Bryan for the Presidency. Tli resolutions to Unit effect were read to the Convention by Col. Charles II. Cadman, of Massachusetts, who moved their adoption after stating that thentire committee of twenty-live had indorsed thun. With the solid Democracy, thrt five-silver Republicans 111 > IVpnlis's, the League of Anti-Imperial ists and a large pumher of influential puh ie men joining the rank, Bryan and Id11 eket will sinely win not. withstooding llannn and his barrels of nimev, and the trusts combined. However th v will make an elTott the like of which has never been witnessed, to de'ia' Bryan. It seems that MoKiulev is setting to lie too much of a monarch for his health Fourteen -foreigners were arretted in I New York upon larding on our shore, under the charge of lieir.g a party of conspirators wlin had come over for ilie purpose of killing the IVesi lent. It. is !: said they arc from the anarch st eirc'n of Naples, sum] they were Ciiost'n l?v lot for this business. Tt ey need not. b ?!!?#>?about MeKinley his row is alwait Iir? ?!. ' and his nllicial lend wi 1 m >re than likely (hop in the basket when the election re- v turns are in. They had hotter remain ( on tlieir own sid-?. an I attend t> th* 1 kings on their list. Oar people will look after affairs over here. \ ' The race war in New York city wa< *' most unfoitunatc and uncalled for. i 1 When white men Po far forget themselves as to go out and shoot down inno- J J. cent negroes became of the act of some i : degenerate of that race, it would In a I good idea to bring a gating gun to play | v on the mob. New York ought to know _ lietter."?Spartanburg Iferald. I !l t>r?ecia/ty as the Xtrrth has so persist- ' ^ entty harped on the Pout'i's treatment' h >f the negro. '1 he negroes :lionl 1 draw ol i lesson from the New York riot, that *1' vould enlighten then as to who are heir fiiends in reality and who for pc- ? iticul purposeti. at SPEAKERS AT I WEST SPRINGS. | i /' l /; i ? Tin: 11 f f; V lauIES'TRESENT IPf FORCE. Tor>sd.iy was canruig 1 diy a^Vetl springs and tlic.ro were quite a large congregation of Ihe good people of llogantwille section, wit h a c onsiderable sprinkling of visitor? frojn Union and other places present. One pleasant feu'uro of the gathering was the unusual number of Ud:es present which a Med much t. > the enjnym ?nt an 1 attractiveness of the occasion. The speaking took p'ac a' the f uncus sp 'nig*, note* I far and near for its health res to riig waters and the audience he!pel <h -me Ives to lilM'.ral drafts of the water \\ it. ever they felt sj inclined and listened it tin *P??!cing at the same timr Tlv; canilid.it-i were all given courteous nttention alih mg't there was no cheering of conseq i ei-v. There s-?em ? to h n > ro iters in ill -s an liences, and thsy are listening attentively to whan the candidates liave to say, and the result w II no doubt be a careful so'.ec'uon at the ballot b >x. As it will be a matter of impossibility to give a reproduction ofMhe speeches with the limited amouulof space which we have to devote to same, we will try and c >ver the positions of the different candidates l>y a slioti synopsis: 1 Mr. .J. 11. Luncjtster acted as chairman, and introduced the can lidUtes The speaking began about 10:110 a nt. The speaking rotated front Coroner up Mr. A. (l. ll^ntley was the on'y caiT I d r? r,?r funnier, having no opptsili m he i< lot ing Lhmgs c.iB.v. 'l'h lire eandt lates for County C >ntmlssiorv in, Messrs. I. M. Mohley, Y. s |{ '1?\ .! ?s. A. lletsill, (iiInter C. (itver and .1. A. Chambers, have little to say, a, there are no issues. They of course pledge I la.ir I?.>t t Hurts for the discharge <>f the dut ies of llt-dr ollice in the handling of the finances of the county in the" lost economical manner. < 1) 11. Fant referred to his ste-eessfnl administration of the r Iliac of CotraCk. Superintendent of Education. and ijjfg hearty- commendation that lie hail vtivrtt Tor trie imeiiiRmti mo tft^-rn. ^ like manner in which liu had li:indl"d llie schools and school funds dining his administration, a id asked a reelection upon his tn"i itoi ions record. Mr. M.I.,. I.emaster, alsi a candidal" for tiie same otVi.:1. was sure that h * could till the ollice successfully and to the satisfaction of all concerned. Thus. J. lietenbaugh, County Supervisor, speech was somewhat spicy. lie said that some people had an idea t hat they could gc iid? ollice iy Inrpiiiu up >n tlie demerits of others when they had no merits of their own to offer. Mr. Hetenhaugh claimed that he had managed t he chain gang in a judicious m inner, and that they had put in go id time, and had done a great deal of good and th it the roads should la* put in licit-r condition generally, and was in favor of a continual improvement, hut it was neeessaiy to have funds to do this with, that ST.00 or $ >.()!) per mile was not adequate to to the demands. lie had done as much as p Hsihle with tli > funds accessible. He had built a number of new tir dges, and had rep lire 1 in my ol I ones The poor house farm had h-?en well managed; tin inni ites had been well cared for, and a good crop had h en in ule. lie will endeavot to in ike all necessary improvements as rapidly as IHissihle. He had a clear conscience that his duties had been faithfully discharged without fear or favo-. and promised if re elected to c intiniie to Hive liis best efforts, aud hurdle the< funds of the county in an economic and , business-like manner. . .1 ,, Kir county Superviso-, advocates good roads an bridges, aud did n >t lielieve in any shoddy work, and thinks lie saw where improvement can lie made in the management of the oflice. lie would employ the best overseers obtainable, lie thinks lis o in 111 ?nage the chain gang to b'tter a (vantage to i he county than has been done. Iteiieves in making the p ?or house farm a purely stock at.d grain farm. Ise ><1 nved wo 11 ordinary intelligence and a suilicien' busiiie.-s expeiience to successfully conduct lbs ?(lice. IVomises best efforts if elected. .1. 11 T. Seott, for County Supeivi.so**, referred to his previous rec ed while in charge of the elli *e; has no remorse of cotiseietic *. Had limit nine and better h.idges t!i in anyone Ik I'oio or sine*; pointed t<> hi s rccoid with pride. A man of coiieagc arid character wasth- man for i his, the most important cilice in the county, having the disbursement of the funds of ilie county in his hands. If honored with election would ms-'t. out iostie" m all an I *. ??;i 1 privil -g si to laiwc. It is the people's office to give and the p 'opl's money that is Ui b-disbursed, and they should make a careful t'eh rLioii of their servant. I'lodged t<? s-e every road in Ilie county otice oi twice eveiy year. .1 II. 11 .rt'es, for Tie.isurer, refcrietl I the i xcelleut, endorsement el the J in,it ml h-r (ietieral upon the n- em ii-ttlemeiit of the Treasuicr of Union rouiity, and would continue to (lis* barge .hit duties of Ilie olli .? in the same caie111 and business-like manner. Thanking in; people lor llie hourly support. Mr. ?.?11it-.s ii is no opposition, lie lias made i line record ami would Ik; a hard in.to ' 0 iK'ilt. loo. (?. Fair, the present An liter, is 11 miiiiiZ up n Ins gowl looks pirti-iliy , or re-election, also upon his line record | ii the Auditor's ollice. Referred to the ciy complimentary remarks of the ,'oiiiplroller-Uenerul at the recent settle- ' 1 Mil liei ween himself and the Trainer. 1 lad a I ways endeavored^ to^aiUflully dis- I loti-gst tli? Outlets of to wfg Vpry ^ .st of liis ability, Ills p/ the llice was wilhout#spot oM>l?niipb4lstui id entirely satisfactory, as wasevt^nCisI v y tiie. words of the UomptrolleMieneral 1 hen he said he believed Union eountv \ had tlie best Auditor arid Treasurer 1" iy county in the State." Was thoroughly familiar with the work of the olllee and j Bould guarantee as clean a record in the future as he has for the pa it. Thanking the ixvplo for their h 'arty support heretofore, is satislled tint, they believe lie has made them a good Auditor, and hoped that they would again roll him up a handsome majority on the :28th. I. It. Inn cos"?t is the other candidate } for county Auditor, aiaj saas lit . propum t<> make any claim that he will | mike a better utlici-r than the present encumbent mho'has leceived such an endorsement from tlie Comptroller General hut he will sav tint if the people wjll put him in the cl'ti ?: he will gu nan- ( tee that the ("oiiijitrolier lieneral sh i.l say the same tiling of him. lie thinks Mr. Favr lias hid the ollico long enough, then Mr. Fair lieing a line preach ir ho thinks l.o ought to step out ana give nts whole attention to preaching. Then, :u t > the other candidate he is looking for a wife ami in his campdgn along ( his line he wishetphiin stice as and a sp.jedy election. When an otlioer has made a stood one he has done nothing mote than his duty, that which is requi ed of every encumbent of the ?Ulcers within your gift. Will measure up to all requitej ineuls if ot? cted. J. 1). Kpp<, for Auditor, offers his past oducitional a I vantages and liis expjiienca ia the Tn iu iret's olllee, as evidence th it he is fully ijualitied to discharge iu a s iti' factory maimer, all the duties pertaining t> the ollice. JSlak'.s no afiiok o.i any one, running 0:1 his own merits and qualifications, and if elec'ul will promiiti to discharge the duties faithfully to the very best of his ability. For C.'erk of Court, J. F. Peakc, presents himself for the first time asking the suffrage of the people. lie is in favor of rotation ia oflice and thinks it about time tho present encumbent was rotated out and some one else r ita'cii in, and he would like t) lie thai someone. While ho has 1:0 political record to point to he is now ready to begin one, and if elected, will 11 leaver faithfully to make one that ho mid they will he proud of, aud that he will he able to point back tj with c onniMidrfb'e pride iu future yearj to come. Was running strictly upon Infis o vu merits, au 1 couaiderel him- I self thoroughly competent to discharge. Jtfl the duties of the office. Hoped Who peojle would give him ft trial by IHdtiJi: him h good iuhj irity at the prinury. 1) Thus. II. Gore, for Cltrk of Court, 1 was b fore the poop's ouce more tor tho otiiee < f Clerk ot Court, he thought, t was abiut time to give him a trial at it. lie was thoroughly competent and qualified to discbarge the duties ?' the otlice, and believed ho coul 1 docotothe entire satitfactiou of all. Did not believe iu keeping a ma l in otlice until be might begin to think it belohged to him instead of ihd peo p'o. He said that aalioat was usually put in the pen and well led aud slop pjd until it grew and became sleek a id fat an 1 then it was taken out aud k\V- ' -n n.n Inpv <! nla?.a >t-io present encumbent hai been in the pen an unreasonable length of time, had long heenmofat and iu good slaughtering condition. Had been in the pen eleven jears /aliening aud enjojiug the good food, while the other little pigs cmid only g?t near enough the peu to look iu, aud if they ventured teo near they were booed at to frighten them away. He did not propose to be booed away. He wanted the office aud was going to try to get it, and if elected would give his beat energies to its successful couduct aud would be williug t> give some ouo elae a showing before he had stajJ in eleven to im. J. H. McKiasiok, present Clerk of Court, defied any one to point to any misconduct ot his ofttjw. If it oauhl be shown that he was incompetent or was guilty of any misconduct, he would step down an 1 out. otharwin? I ho must construe his 1 ong term and repeated elections to the same office | aa an cvidenco of appreciation, an 1 I an endorsement by the people of a:i accrptable c induct of the affairs of the otliee. Did not propose to ca?t a slur upon the people who had put him there by stepping out to please some one who wished to step in his shoes. As t>? rotation they just wanted to rotate him out and rotate themselves in, that was the txtenl of their rotation huw!i~g. Had never charged a fie for looking up papers for any ouo who came to his office, although tic had a right to do po. 11.id always endeavored to bo accommodating to eveiy one, and cheerfully rendrrs.l them any insistence I could. As to the hog in the pen eoj ?yiog the li.ie slopi and feed, he would be a f >ol to kick down tbo pen and get out j:?-1 o 1 t s nn J o'.lnr get his place. It is f>r the po>p!e t> say whether I shall continue to serve them or uot and 1 shall leave it for their judgment and .lot that of my opponent to decide Jno. \V. Sanders, for Sierilf, thought six ton jears continual *t.iy in an cfli c w.i* j ist a little too long f ,r any one. \Vas not alter anyone's sialp but Mr. L ng'o. We are try ii'jj u? get 111 in out and trying t,i gel in. Thinks ho id going to be f^vor 1 Ably roisi.lered iho 2d:h. Have Oivn a faithful aupporter to the hherill". IS-it as tho Sheriff acknowledges ill it 35 years is an ordinary man's fr, it shows that half his lifetime ia< brou spent in the sheriffs < ffice n.d it is enough for him, and I think ho innjopity of the peoplo will agree j vith m'f. Am competent to fill the fli30 and will fill it us fearletsl/ kv Tr fiKig or ?tiv o ir. Mr. II .Hi* is ( Juu tu:ue 1 on page 7 ) TH E LAST CALJLj f i * . With this issue we make our last call on Summer Goods, for our stock is indeed low. Only a few things left here and there, but that's the reason we don't want them, there- J fore the balance of our Summer ' Stock will go at a song. Already we are planning for a BIG FALL BUSINESS CAMPAIGN. And we must get these remaining odds and ends in Summer Stuff out of the way. All Cash Buyers f who have not yet attended our cleaning up sale will appreciate the values in the remaining stock. THE FOSTER CO., "Givers of Good Values." The Cry In "Still They Couw" AND STILL THEY QO. e We want you, not your neighbor, but you, to come and look at our stock and be convinced that we are prepared to sell you a Buggy, Wagon or Carriage, or a vehicle of any kind, including Mowers, Rakes, Harrows and Plows. Our stock ot Harness is unsurpassed. Get our prices before buying, for we will sell you or make the other man "get right." Our motto is: "tO Sell and nlfieo onrl "T ?11 ' , c.vi auuvc an 10 give you ^ value for every dollar you give us." Don't forget Green & Boyd's is the place to buy your vehicles. We have one cane mill left and the first man oomes gets it at a low figure. GREEN & BOYD. The CharlottcSteam Laundry SavesYour Linen. They wash without injurious chemicals?they iron with the latest improved machinery?they handle your clothes with such care that they cause ho 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 nre 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 returnsSaturdav. J GRAHAM Sc ESTES, Agents, Union, S. C. THE PARLOR GROCERY Having recently purchased the business of tho PARLOR GROCERY, I am prepnred to supply tho noeds of your table. 1*1 IOIN E IIS YOUR WANTS and they will be attended to with promptness and dispatch. ALL GOODS DELIVERED FREE. Butter, Eggs and Vegetables always on hand. HIGHEST PRICES PAID <\>r garden, farm and barnyard produce suitable for table use CI1AS. R. SniTH, Mgr. P1IONE 70. $