The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, October 19, 1900, Image 4
THE UNION TIMES
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UNION, 8. C., OCT. 10, 1000.
Don't let the BlueX mark hit your
paper. If you got so far in arrears
that the Blue X mark appears on
your paper the jig is up with you
until you come in and settle up.
With coal bills, grub hills, insutanco
and taxes all coming together
this winter is going to cause some of
us to scratch gravel to make er.es
meet.
As the price of both coal and stoves
continue to advance there is nothing
left tho poor man to do this winter
but to warm by the fires or iris indignation.
It is loss expensive.
There must be quite a number of
"charming" young ladies and "prom
ising" young men in tho city of
Chicago. Ten arrests have been ri ported
in that city during the week
in broach of promise suits.
It will be seen by notice of elections
in another place in this issue
that two amendments are to he voted
on at the coming election, ltead the
amendments, see that your registration
ticket is all right and don't fail
to vote.
The Democrats, it is true, have little
money to battle against the overwhelming
resources of Mark Huqdh.
nf things existed
a century and a quarter ago, when
the colonists were lighting Cireut Ilrittain,
yet the people won then anc)
judging from the signs of the times,
the people (the Democratic party)
will win nguin.
Here is a telegram from Democratic
Chairman Jones, to the Atlanta
juauy .>ews, it sounds very encouraging:
"I consider the outlook most encouraging
in New York, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. In all these states
we have a superb organization, the
people are thoroughly aroused and
imperialism, the trusts and Ilannaisin
are as cordially detested as in all
other sections of the country. I am
sure we will carry a large majority of
the electoral vote, James K. Joxes."
The Charleston Inter-State Exposition
has the assurance of some of
the most prominent peoplo of the
country of their hearty co-operation
in making tho Exposition a blooming
success, among them are editors and
bankers from every section of the
country. It ought to be a success,
and we have no doubt it will. Wo
are glad that Charleston has awakened
at last and is stepping to the front
with rapid strides. Tho Exposition
will be a grand thing for tho city by
the sea.
It i.i a rude shock to be inform -d that
the story of Emily Geiger and her famous
ride, as told in our histories, is huncomb
and very little truth in it,merely a stretch
of the imaginat ion, founded possioly upon
some unimportant, act of ' s. It is almost
cruel to thus crush this idol, this
famous southern heroine, whose name
lias been revered for many many long
years as the shining example of the
noble, true, brave and patriotic women,
who stood shoulder to shoulder with our
forefathers in their h?roic struggle f? ?r
independence; ever ready and willing t<>
lend a helping hand in times of neeI.
But letters have been published
showing the story is a rnjth,
that it could not possibly have happened
as related. T1 e two generals, Green
and Sumter, veiein daily communication
with each other and only a few
miles apart instead of one hundred.
Emily Geiger may have carried a letter,
but there is no mention of the fact hy
either Sumter or Oreen. It is a rude
awakening from a i-leasant dream.
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COTTON Slili I) AT so CIS NTS.!
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Cotton seed seems to bo on an extraordinary
boom, the price of seed
has advanced from $1*2 per ton at the
beginning of the season to tho very
St;.* liguru $-0 per ton, i.n i even
more lias been pni I by some mills.
We can hardly realize the fact that
otily a few years ago cotton seed were
considered almost worthless, and tons
of them were havle 1 to tho rivers
annually and dumpel in to get rid of
them. Tho cotton seed has in recent
years, however, become an important
factor, and tliero seems to be as great
domand for tbe seed as for the fleecy
staple itself. A cotton seed buyer
can now bo found at nearly every Hag
station along the various rail road
lines that Worm their way through
the cotton-growing belt. Willi cotton
at ten cents and cotton seed at
$20 a ton, there seems to be a bright
future in store for our southern farmer
alter all. It is claimed .hat $20 a
ton for cotton seed is out of all reason
a id that mills cannot afford to make
oil from seed at that price. The high
price is caused by comoetitive mills
bidding for the seed and they know
that the longest poll knocks down
the persimmons; but the fanner is
n it worrying himself over what is
c vusing the rise in price. One thing
he has learned, however, that he is
not likely to soon forget , is that supply
and demand control the price of
his products, and that a glutted
market means a low price while a
short market means good prices. It
is a long lane that has no turn, and
it. seems that things are beginning to
come the farmer's way at last. So
mote it be.
We clip the following on the subj
set from a Charleston correspondence
to the Atlanta Constitution:
"Manufacturers of cotton seed oil
i i this state nre up against a proposition
which has already closed fou
?c more of the largest mills, ari l
which will likely cause other mills to
< lose down. At the beginning of the
season the market price of seed was
$12 per ton. Later the quotation
ranged about, the $17 mark. This
I itter price was set by the Atlanta*
Cotton Oil Company, which operated
four of tlie largest mills in South
Carolina. Since then the price ha-*
hounded past the $20 quotation, and
there is a chance that it will even go
ldgher.
Years ago the farmers used to empty
cotton seed in the gullies, arid
now the seed bring 510cts a bushel.
The manufacturers claim that when
the seed are bought for $20 per ton,
anywhere from $2 to $5J is lost in th i
transaction by the oil people. There
is no expected advance in the price of
? ? ~ ?.?uf in in air iniils
which nre now buying seed at $20 are
engaging in the wildest speculation.
According to some of the mill men,
refined oil can be bought in New York
$2 cheaper than it can be manufactured
by the mills paying .$20 a ton
for the seed.
'The situation is a serious one',
sivid a well-known manufacturer toda}*.
'The policy which some of the
mills are pursuing by paying $20 a
ton for seed is destructive. The
cause of the advance is two-fold.
First, there is the late season and
the opening of ten or more mills in i
the state. The new mills aro anx-1
ious to get down to business, and
most of them aro buying at $20 or
thereabouts. The demand and prico
of the product of the seed, viz: hulls
meal, oil and linters are not of such
a nature to warrant the safe buying
of seed at $20. The mills are simply
cutting each others' throats, and i:
seems impossible to reach any agreement
whereby the price can be regulated.'
"
A UNION GOLI) MI NIC.
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The Palmetto Gold Mining Company,
of Spartanburg, has applied for a charter.
The capital stock is $1.00o,000, audi.
C. Cannon, of Spartanburg, and Harry
Kourtzand Lucius O. Emhrev.of I'rinc.?
ton. Indianna, are the coiperidots.
Mr. Kourtz was in the city and stat-1 '
that tlm mine is at West Soring*, in the 1
t-xtreme northern part of Union count v. 1
Tne company has owned and op-rate I
the mine for some time, he said, 1> r
<v? .. >iun ui Iin.n a.nun (.111 IIllU'ULT
facilities, and (ho capital stock of tie* i
company is to lie increased. Most of it
will lie taken by Indiana capitalists.
Mr. Kourtz, in speaking of the mines
said that there were great opportunities
for developing the property. lie sn i
that already two shafts have lieensnak.
one 150 feet and the other 157 fee', d *ep.
It is proposed To run them over 50'> feet.
The ore pays a ton. and th?? c ?st of
mining is not more than Si. A twenty,
stamp mill is now in opeiation.
Mr. Knurl/. is ipiite eidhusias'io over
the gold mining prosjiecbs rf tli?* Piedmont
district, in this >> ito IT hubie i
a coal nrner in Indiana, but owing |.>
l be fieijuency of strikes tie I bought t>e
would come to a section w'cre lab ?r wa?
not so much disturbed "?(,'o!ufni>. i
llecyrd.
This company is hold of a coo l thin?.
'Ih-.rc is plenty of gold in tlie We t
Splines section of Union (hnmiv ?? uo
stated i.i our article some time ago,
quite a number rf peisms make f otn
two to three dollars a day when they
clu (Hp t > do so by simply panning a'ong
the ptie.in<. Some veiy line mi gee's
have been picked up around Webt Spr.ugs J
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tiii: cizssus bulletinno. s.
Twelfth Census of the United
States.
For the beuefit of the readers of
Tub Times we have uuulo arrangements
to receive the reports from
Washington of tho census returns
frnn tlie cliiTerent States of tho Union
as taken in tho twelfth census this
year. It would be well to filo away
every copy of The Timk3 containg
these reports for future reference.
We will cover every State in the Union,
and tho information will be valuable
to some of our readers. Comparative
statements will be made showing the
gradual increase in population during
the past SO years. Now is the time
to subscribe for The Times if you are
not already a subscriber, and secure
' his valuable record. Below will be
fi'Uoil the second installment:
The Bulletins are prepared under
the direction of Mr. Win. C. Hunt,
Chief Statistician. ^
population" of NKMfllAMPSHIKL.
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New Hampshire/ was ono of the
original thirteen States. The table
shows the population of the State at
each census from 1790, to 1900 inclusive,
the census was takon every ten
years.
The population of the State in--!**
was 141,885. In 1900 the population
is -111,5S8, being nearly three times
as large as that of 1790. The largest
increase was for the decade from
179 > to 1800, when it was 1.973 or
2.) 5 per cent.
* 1
The total land surface of New
Hampshire is approximately 9,005
square miles. The uverage number
of persons to the square mile at the
census of 1900 is -13.7. It was 41.8
in 1S90.
There are ten counties in Now
Hampshire. There have been no
territorial changes in the counties
of the State since 1890. All but two
of the counties have increased in population
during the last decade. The
11 irgest guin was in Coos county, 2'"?.9
per cent. The ten counties are divided
up into a large numberof minor
civil divisions, towns, cities, etc.
There are eleven cities in New Hampshire,
with a population 3,000. Manchester
City being the largest with a
population of 3G,987. All show u
marked increase in the last decade.
Uut the most striking instance of
growth is presented by ihe city of
1 terlin which has increased from 3,729to8,8SG
or 188.2 per cent. The
.greatest neumerical increase is at
.Manchester, which has 12,SGI more
inhabitants than in 1S90. Xo otter
. ity nas a population reaching 25,'>00.
Manchester in lS20only hud
7GI inhabitants and increased but
little during the next decado but for
the two succeeding ten year periods
increased 2G8.8 per cent., and 330.0
per cent, from 1810 to 1850 having
attained a population in 1850, of
13,982.
PRICW CUTS NO ICR.
It will be seen from the letter of
"Vox," our Etta Jane Correspondent,
4 l.^i * 1- ~ # 1 _ 1- ? - ?
mm- ine winners in jus secuon nave
resolved to raise supplies for home
consumption, no matter if cotton
goes to 20 cents a pound. Wo most
heartily congratulate these farmers
upon their wise decision and com|
inend their action as worthy of emu;
lation hy our farmers. It is a most
j sensible conclusion for the farmers of
our prolific and sunny south land to
arrive at, therein lies tho secret of
the farmers' independence. It is the
only true method of throwing ofT the
j burdensome yoke of oppression weldJed
around their necks by trusts and
combines, that have held tho farmer's
nose to the grind stone, while they
have grown fat from year to year manipulating
his crop, tho fruit of his
year's labor, on the one hand while
on the other hand they manipulate
the markets and control the prices Crff
his necessities, and the farmer, auf*
fers lirst as a producer then as a consumer.
Diversify your crops, he
sure you raise your hog and hominy,'
your peas, potatoes and cane and
your necessary stock food, t^cn ralso
cotton. When your fa
systematized, and your cotton crop is
your surplus or money crop, you will
never he hurt by the price of cotton,
you will lose no sleep over market
quotations; hut may watch its contortions,
girations and fluctuations
with calm serinity and turn your
cotton loose when it suits you, you
will truly he master of the situation
which you can discuss with your
family around your festivo hoard, la- .
den with the fruits of your farm.
Could there he drawn a prettier pic- <
tun? than real home living on the
firm ? Wnillfl fltttf. munu mantf rvk/\>*A 1
- ?"??' .......J '"""J >?"?C| I
of our southern farmers had a place
in the picture. Wo recommend for r
your careful consideration the exam- j
pie set by the long headed farmers of !*
Cherokee County, who have said: j1
,-Xo matter If cotton goes to 20c a i
p mnd, wo will raise our supplies for j I
home consumption," t
The Atlanta Daily News Is one o the
newsiest newspapers that comes
to this office. It is us full of news
as an egg rs full of moat, anil has an
extraordinary advertising patronage '
f >r a new paper. It furnishes the ^
nows, uil the news, the newt fr? m
1
a very i\ It re while it is hotstuiT. The 1
N n\ s has the strongest editorial '
sit.:: po-sibly of any paper in the
State. With sueh an able corps of
writers ? f recognized ability the paper
will surely succeed. It is simply
a warm member and litis met with a
warm and hearty welcome in the
journalistic world.
Sjm Jones has been forced to car
eel nil his ongigements on account of
ill health, lie said, when here, in a
conversation with us, just before his
departure, that ho had been unwell
for several days. Ho is now in Atlanta,
undergoing treatniont and recuperating
his strength. The doctors
say it will bo impossible for him to
coutinue his lectures in his present
condition and he bus decided to lay >
off and rest up. lie celebrated bis
?r>'>r 1 birth day quietly at bis home in
Cartersvillo, (la , on the Kith inst,
WASHINGTON LETTER. f
(From Oar Regular Correspondence)
TKof tKn Q/lminidf ratinn rcnronlj t lin ^
crisis, a) far as American interests are ]
concerned, as past, in Cliina, or that
it in anxious to niaketho powers think
it. does, is shown by the withdrawal of ]
American warships lrom Northern
Chinese waters, in addition to the
withdrawal ol oar troops from China.
This in.iiea'es that the purpo'e for ]
for which ho rec?nt ordering <ftho
battled)ip Kentucky and the cruiser
Alubamy to Chinese waters was d >ne
has bieu accomplished. The only ]
two American warships now remain
ing in northern Chinese waters are
the New Orleans, at Talis, and the
Mot ocasy in the Pei Ho. Tnoso tw ?
will remain all the winter. Admiral
Rsmy, abo.ird tli* flagship Brooklyn,
is on his way to Manila, which is the ,
bea Iquarlers of the Asiatic tquadr'-n
of winch lie is ovnrnindor. He will
be in easy reach of ChiJa if ho is
needed. ]
The published story that Geo
Chaffee captured 8278,000 in g Id in
1'ein Tsin and shipped it to Washing
t n is amusing to officials. Secretary
Moot was iuebned to be facetious about 1
it whan naked whether the story was
true. He said: "I never heard that t
Geu. Chaffee took any gold at Tien
v.,;.. 1# >i.. t i
inn.. ii niu irrasury peopit) git
hold of it, they took advantage of my
Absence. I wouhln't havo let ths?u
have it had I been hero." The facts .
iro wnc??ut news. S~>me money was
captured by Ivoar Admiral R m;'?
marines whcu Tien Tsen was taken,
and it waa about the amount men
tioncd. Tno other powers made 8
lem.ind f ?r the mono/, but Admiral
Iljiny declined to give it up and do
posited it in bis own name in an
Eastern hank, subject to the order of
tho Navy Department, and it is there
yet. This government has not
decided what will ha done with it
and it may be said to ha held in
trust a* present. The Chinese government
has made no demand f >r it.
Acting Director Sullivan, of tho
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
says the series of postage etamps to be *
issued in commemoration of the Pan
American Exposition, at Buffalo, will
not only be different from any eve
issued, but will be the handsomest
work of its class ever turned out by ?
the Bureau. Each denomination
?,;n U.J ? m
mil uavo uiu uuujr ui iue siamp print- '
ed in the color prescribed by law,
while it will bo surrounded by an
artistic border printed in a contrast- S
ing color. They will be the first
stamps printed in two colors ever is
sued by the government. ,
I)r. Geo. E. Lane, of Portland, Me., '
who used to be an army surgeon, is
in Washington. He said on a sub- "
ject that has been widely discussed:
'Although ours is is a temperance
State, more liquor hss been sold there
than in any other Stato of its siz^.
The fectfof the Sheriff of Cumberland
county the past year amounted to
about 850,000, The prohibition candidate
for Sheriff who was recently
elected and will go into office the
first < f the year, has charge of the city
mission in Portland. .Republicans
and Democrats united, giving him
the largest vote cast in years, because
he announced that he would take only
$3,000 as his ealary, turning the other
fees into the county coflbrs." Dr.
Lnne says prominent Republicans are
advocating legislation that will fix i "
salary for sheriff and give the state
a ingh license law.
Secrotary Hay, who was one of j
President Lincoln's secretaries and
pint authors of a voluminous life of
Lincoln, declares that language recently
used in a public speech, by
Hun. Adlai E Stevenson, and said by
liim to have been a prediction of
President Lincoln, aa to the ultimato
lestruction of our republic by the .
iggrcgation of wealth in a few hands, ]
ivftj) never used by Mr. Lincoln, but
itas understood to have been inventol
)y a spiritualistic medium not long
ifter Mr. Lincoln's death.
WE ARE
to our ulniost to wait on the cr
hat are daily flocking to our st(
ivi Id-fire that we are selling
NEW COT!
At old cotton prices, tliei
SHREWD Ci
Arc showing such interest in oui
hundreds of bargains equal to tl:
Wool Mixed School Boy Jeans, s
a regular loc Jeans every wh
Extra heavy double laced Outii
small checks, solids and camel
whereat 10e, our price just
Dure Linen Loom Table Damasl
wide, a splendid value at 7oc,
3G-inch Brown Canton Flannel,
to the yard, one yard of this <
advantage with 1 h of the on.
price per yard
Single Bed Conforts, topped wi
prints, extra heavy filling, ti
Trey Mottled Flannellette Skirt
Extra heavy Yard Wide "Pie<
to-day at the mill 5ic by the
Ladies' All-wool Black Cashmc
fastens with two snap buttons
big value Ladies'
Heady Made Brocaded 1
the goods and linings alone >
the skirt ready to wear for
Ladies' Misses' and Children's
Back Union Suits, 2 garment
40, per suit only - :
All-wool Medicated Bed Flann
the regular 2oc quality, our \
(in laiegant imie ot noys i\ne
cellent Cassiniere, the kind tl
hoy, all sizes up to 15 years.
Ladies' Double Cloth Cape of
with 2 rows of Fur around cc
liercules braid, a splendid seiv
You can't trade elsewhere
L>y your hard earned dollars.
The A. H.
THE PEOPI
Need bother
neither team
nor driver,
c 7
so long as the
harness is fit,
That means strong, well tann
A'ith good, honest thread, bu'
dighting little details in itu
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>11 ciiii lcus me iatai story, Si
GREEN 6
Fancy <
We have what y<
We do no bio win
We sell what we
Wre sell as oheap
We guarantee all
We know we car
Am XIv/jL
GRAHAM
PHor
THE PARLO
Having rocently purchased the b\
am prepared to supply the needs of
PHON IS TJm Y?
and they will be attended to w
AIvU GOODS DE]
Butter, Eggs and Vege
11 I^HEST PJ
'or garden, farm and barnyard
CHAS. R. sr
PHO?
i TAXED
owds of eager Cash Customers
>re. The news lias spread like
"ON GOODS
efore it is 110 wonder that
\SH BUYERS
r new Fall Stock. You cau find
icse here at all times:
smooth finish, full width,
ere, our old price ' - - 10c ?
ngs, in beautiful plaids, ^
's hairstripes, sold every
8c
c half bleached, 72 inches
nnr inst KOn
- J WWW
, weighs plump 8 ounces
3xtra width cuts to equal
linary kind at 15c, our
i2y2c
th good quality fadeless
i splendid quilt for only ' 50c
:ing, good and warm ? 10c
draont" Sheeting, worth
100 bales, our old price 5c
;re Gloves, fleeced lined
and fits like a kid glove,
25c
Mohair Skirts, full width
vorth $1.25, we sell vou ^
- 98c
French Ribbed Fleeced
ts in one, all sizes up to
25c
iel, full standard width,
irice - - - - 19c
e Pants, made of an exliat
will actually hold a
T\ * . . 1 ?
17011 t miss tnem - - 52SC
Black Kersey, trimmed
illar and 7 rows of black
riceable garment for just $1.00
if you care to do the right tiling
Foster Co.,
,E'S STORE.
LOAD
cd leather, solidly put together
ckles and rivets. No use in
iking harness?the first severe
i_ i- it i
lauucu, renaDie narness at
I BOYD'S.
Grocers. *
3u want.
g.
advertise,
as anybody.
I we sell,
t please you,
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R GROCERY
lslness of the PARLOR GROCERY,
your table.
OUR WANTS
nth promptness and dispatch.
LIVERED FREE.
tables always on hand.
RICEN PAID
produce suitable for table use
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