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THE UNION TIMES Published Every Friday. ?uy the? UNION TIMES COMPANY \ Y Rooks 1, 8, 5 unci 7, Bank Building. JSO. K. MATIII?, l'.ditor. L. G. Young, Manager. Registered ut the Poatv)lIlce in Union. S. C., as second-class ni.iil mutter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 8ix months ------ f>0 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion - - $1.00. Every subsequent insertion - .7) cents. Contracts for three months or longe will be made at reduced rates. Rejected manuscript will n?>t 1m> returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will'be charged for at )iu)f rates. UNION, S. C.f OCT. 20, 1900. Don't let the Blue X mark hit you-* paper. If you get so far in arrears that the Blue X mark appears or. your paper the jig is up with you until you come in and settle up. The Republican party spends its time congratulating itself upon tli" existence of things which it did no* cause aud shirking responsibility for things which it has done, says Win. Jennings Bryan. That is a fact, they don't fail to claim everything in sight that has the appearance of prosperity. 600 bushels of corn and nine bales of cotton last year, and 7*'0 bushel < of corn and 10 bales of cotton this year made with one mule is not bad farming. This is what Mr. James K. Cantelou, of Edgeiield, has done, and this year was unfavorable for the t\v > crops. 'Ho simply understands the business of farming. How many of Union's farmers can show as good record as this? On Tuesday morning Oct. 16tli th ; xMitancuf Hp{?0 Ms>!S&\ .? There was no insurance. lie lOPt A4 A.> diu.3 in monsj-, about $30 worth < f cott >n pf(d, 25 bishelj of loa*, an 1 ail the household goods. Tota !o.s ij house and contents about 81.5C0. We note thut Messrs. W. I), i'orcher Jc Co.'s rice exhibit ut the Paris Exposition, won the gold modal. ( This is <iuite a victory, as lliey had , Egypt to compete with which is recognized as the greutest rice growing | oounti-j. o/ thn world. Messrs. Par- , c'ler *fc Co., are among the largest rice ^ dealers of Charleston, and we con- t gratulato them upon tho success cf ^ their exhibit at the great Paris Expo- rj sition. . ====- tl Regarding the plan determind up- r; on by the Directors of the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Ex- tl position Company, the main building tl of tho Exposition to be held at Char- w< leston next year will be Textile, Agri- al culture, Machinery, and Electricity, ti< Minerals and Forestry, Commerce an and Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Trans- ri^ portation, Woman's, Educational to nau itogro, 11 is expected that there $-' will be stilljother buildings erected up- lav on the Exposition grounds and that u tor number of the States of the L'uion and sin; enterprising cttiea wiii ?Twt ?att?Wp nhr structures for the display of their S characteristic products and resources, dop The purpose of the Exposition is to nog bring together on oouthern soil reprt - taki sentatlvo exhibits he arts, indus- per; tries, manufactures and products of us a the soil, mine and seus, and to il'.us- in w trate, in this way the magnitude of play the resources and possibilities, partie- on u larly, of the Southern States of the you Union, and of the country at large head and in this way, at the opening of t he The new century, to cement more clos dy plon the bonds which now unite the paits then of this great country. Jnaddilionto the these "domestic" exhibits, the indus- his fi tries and resources of Cuba, Porto Ri- con si co, Mexico and the South American and 1 Republics and of the Philippines will frienc be Illustrated in such manner as to dreds aid in the development of new and sees t, closer trade relations between the that 1 United States and the markets which pistol are waiting for American exploitation j it. ind occupancy. j It is CAltRVIXG COXci:\r: i;n wj:a roxy. There se.ems to bo no abatement in tin- number of homicides occurring every your in tlie State of South Carolina. There wore 2.">0 homicides reported in the State lust year, the majority of whom were victims of the ever reacty pistol, nnd. judging from the cases of hiTing, so far reported this year, the probability is that the number will e:;ceo.l that figure this year, and the h r. ly pistol has played a most promino'.r part, in the drama, is there no ream 'y for this evil ol carrying conceal? I weapons? How 1 mg are our people going to stand this law!es>:?e-? [r >noms that tlie law against carrying concealed weapot'.s i> practi -ally u dead, letter. The situation is just this: The r,.';im who disregards the law carries hi? pistol regardless of conse<iuences, lit violates tiiis law with the same 1:0:1 chulance that lie would any other but the difference between a violation of this and any other law is that it this case the lawabidlng citizen, whe wishes to recognize and ob^y the law! of his country, leaves his pistol a home, thus putting his life in tin hands of the radian, without tin suuuow or u snowing or defense whether the ease be one of robber\ or of insult. Tiio present law seem; to play into tlie hands cf the rougl and hot tempered clement, and out jumps the pistol upon the slightest provocation, and a life is sent, all nr. prepared, into eternity. Many tim?; it happens that the innocent and dis interested person receives the bu hl intended for another. Why is it that this law against carrying concealed weapons is not more rigidly enforced? Why so few convictions for violations? Simplj this: When a party is brought tc tlie bar of justice, there is an unreasonable amount of quibbling ; circumstantial evidence seems to have ni weight, for instance; a pistol shot rings out ; t he attention of a do act people is attracted, the smoking pistol is seen in the hand of the party, lie is tried for concealed weapons, no one of the dozen will swear that lu pulled the pistol from a concealed place on his person, while they will swear that they saw him a few minutes before and were in conversation with him and noticed no pistol, hut they cannot swear that ho did m t was not concealed, of course, and thus it goes. It strikes us that sou c stringent measures should be adopted, and some examples made that would make a lusting impression no on the minds of those who will not obey the law. The Constitution of the Ui.iWil States guarantees the right to its citizens to hear arms, but did the burners of the Constitution intend it to cover the handy and dangerous pocket pistol, that may be carried conce ded in the pocket, ever ready to be used i/>on the slightest provocation, to he serious bodily injury and perhaps | he taking of the life of a fellow being? 1 Ve cannot believe that to bo the case, j 'he manner in which tlie arms are i o be caviled is not stated and that it tie open gap through which the carping of the pistol comes. The State of Arkansas has a law ;. lat conies about as near restrictir g i J ie carrying of pistols as anything p o have heard of. The only pidol ! 8 lowed to be carried is the Regain- s m United States .Navy revolver, j c d the pistol shall be carried in tl.o I1 lit hand with the muzzle pointing b the ground. A line of from tj-'.'i) to h )0 is imposed for a violation of tlds tl The law is enforced to the let- 1* , and the stulislicn show n very sc tdl per cent, of deaths from uiatcl or t wounds. vi louth Carolina is certainly in a ilorahle condition. Nearly every 11 ro has his pistol, and ho seems to tw d great pride in having it upon his ion at fairs, festivals 2 and fr< result there are f*ov negro frolics, ">i hich the liundy pistol does not s<>' a prominent part, and from now ! intil the winter carousals uro over ' may expect to sec the familiar(lines "another nigger killed.'' lt>, whites are to hlame for this do- 1 ihle state of alums for many of '1}iv 1 carry the pistol as regularly a?> Ari negro. The white man knows ??k iend is carrying a pistol, hut. he of J dors it is none of his business ic has no desire to report tho IS'Jl 1 for doing what he knows hue- able of others are doing. The negro 11 his state of affairs and concludes and ie has as much right to carry a l">pi as Mr. A. or Mr. I>. and dots turn pop u time something was done to can ( s^op this practice, nncl thus curtail the i*?rijx list of homicides charged up to our beloved State annually ns a direct result of carrying concealed weapons. What possible excuse can bo offered to justify the carrying , around, upon the person, a deadly , weapon. We are supposed to be liv, iug in a civilized country, we are ru^t savages nor are we nt all likely to come in contact with savages. We , are not living in the jungles Of Africa, where we are liable to bo pounced upon by some wild beast of prey. Then why should we lug a pistol , around with us as if we were in eon , stant dread of assassination, or attack I by some wild beast? It is a diaboli, cal practice tliut there should be a stop put to, and that utfthe earliest . possible moment. But how is this , to ba done? Wo confoss that we . cannot just nowseo our way , clear to oiler a feasible plan. Utili. juries who have such cases in hand come down to good, common horse , sense nu thods, and stop quibbling , over frivolous legal tccnlcalitics, , there, will be few convictions ftr . carrying conetTffn'tr ^ I We respectfully call upon the pms . of the State to ta<to up this question j and discuss it and otTer suggestions, with the object in view of finally ar . riving at some feasible plan of hand. ling this question and putting a stop j to the pernicious practice of carrying h concealed weapons. Some parties i may think this is intended for a pcr. ! sonul attack upon them. But it is . not so. We have no particular man or set of men in view as we write. But we rarely pick up a paper in which we fail to see accounts of shooting scrapes. Wo think it is u blot upon the fair name of our State. Wi . think it is a very unnecessary evil . that should be removed, and we tl.ink ( that some stringent measures should be adopted to attain so desirable an end. ( What do you think of it, brothers of the press? If nothing better can be suggested let's have the Arkansas i j Law. . tij i: cj; x\s rs n ui< l is tin no. 3 . Twelfth Census of the United States. ! Vak ?!>n / > ' H,, ..,.1... ~ ?v.?l v, 1 i i;.o v 1 vv.i ui V uC vrrn.^?a.-? "WNfffi.". j from the different States of the Union as taken in the twelfth census this | year. It would be well to file away every copy of Thk Timks contoing ! these reports for future reference, ' We will cover every State in the Union, ! and the information will be valuable I to some of our readers. C nnparativo statements will be made showing the gradual increase in population during j the past Su years. Now is the time I to subscribe for Tin-: Timi:s if you are ' not already a subscriber, and secure ( : this valuable record. Below will be found the third installment : j The Bulletins are prepared under j the direction of Mr. Wm. C. Hunt, , Chief Statistician. v ARIZONA. * ? Arizona was organized us a torri- ^ tory February 21, 1SG5J. In IS GO t, Arizona constituted the county of |j Arizona, in the territory of New j, Mexico, and had a population of (>,IN2. In ls7<> the first census showed t, i population of 'J.GbS and in IlJOO it ai hows 1 > ) >!.> i nis sliow.3 sin in- |r reaso during last decade, of 104.1) fr icr cent. The population in 1890 0, aving been only .">9,t'?20. This largo fr( icrease is due in part to the fact 0ci mt there were 28,109 Indians and (]t. jI other persons on t'ne Indian !le- ^ rvation in Arizona, who were enum- ph ated ??>.. specie^ plosion, but were not included in the rieral population of the territory. ie population in 1900 is more than elve times as large as in 187o. j(j3 The total land surface of Arizona vve] approximately 112,920 square foot !e?. The average number of per- him is to tlie square mile is a little over thoi erro I'h re are 1 1 counties in Arizona, ricopa has the largest' populut ion J 8<W. ' Pftul ? 11CVC .'he following territorial charges ^ '0 been made in i!>" ... ^ vuiiiiUPS Ol % t zona sinco lSWr Part of Yuvapai i>x in to form Coconino, in 3801, par. show ipncho to form .N'uvajo i:i lSi)h and of Puna to form Santa Cruz, in silent >. All countiot show consider- ant' increase in tho llio last decade, j1'/111lero aro 1# incorporated cities \ ^ towns in Arizona, for which tho nmg llation for l'Jix) is separately re- j, ed. Pour of them have a llation in excess of 2,000. Tii3- Don Jitv tho largest, showing 7,mil. IT *u AS TO SMAI.l POX. Small pox iagain breaking cu' in Union, there aro two or three cases reported, and some immediute action should b? taken by the hoard of I health, i > eor.ju: cti.vi v.;t'i the town I authorities to stamp nut, ih?*> disease i before il _-? N a 'nut. It is abso-1 ' lately liccos-snry that people bo vucclJ nut< <1, and tho sooner that the phySHMllltS i thlt'tif^ 1 Kft ^ fl*lo fuel, Uio bettor for the community at large. The winter time is the time that small pox is most, apt to spread. We believe a law should be j passed requiring every one to be vacj ciliated once ? very sex on years. The j methods o? vaccination in vogue now are much nearer perfection than some years ago, and tho results arc not so aggravating and painful as formerly. 1( you have been vaccinated more than seven years ago you should have the virus applied. If it does not take there i. no harm done, and you have the satisfaction of knowing you are Still immune, if it does take it proves to you that you were subject at any time to contract tho disenso f rrvm nntr uf f/xll'irti* /men . OWV/.....6 V.4.0V. ?"V street. It is not only a personal protection but a protection for the town in which you live, to keep yourself immune from the dread disoaso. We hope the board of health will go to work at once on this matter, ami see that vaccination is begun anjl carried on until every citizen who has not already been vaccinated, is rendered immune by vaccination. The disease could easily bo forever stamped out of this country if the people could be made to see the importance and urgent necessity of vaccination. That is the only remedy. Let us apply the remedy while there is yet time. There is a strong article upon this subject iu last Friday's State, from one cf Columbia's most prominent physicians that we will reprint in our next issue, not having room for it in this issue. "FROG LRYRL." t;A i-hoit lime ago Clinton S. Ma seek, of Manchester, X. II , whoso address is room .VJ.'l, the Kennard. that city, an agent of the L'linlential Life Insurance company, wrot? to ihe postal isi t at "Frog Level, s. C.,"' as follows; "Can you give me any inform it ion ah .at one .1. II. Flmore, wlnen'islu'dat you1'c'.ace April Id, in Thiid South CarTi'ia uiiauti v, Co. C as private? I believe his mot hci's name was .Susanand his fathe. 's .TacoV). lie was a tnau between lid audi NVJII IN' ii(t jf*/y i m I..?? -i ? - i Now some years ago the ruuicof Frog Level w. s elm ml t > rotnaiia, s mu:t! iii4 thi! p >.-t d authorities did nut knov , i' {. Gems, and ilia Seller was seal b ck mark' 1 "110 such place." Mr Masseck now sends ilia Jelter lo Gov McSweency asking his aid i.i he search.?The State. The State is slightly in error as to tin* place once called "Frog Level," it is not Pomuria bat the thriving little town now known us "Prosperity" that was originally known by the name aP'Frog Level." Tliere is a little story connected with the name "Frog Level" which, in brief, is aboui as follows: Before the town was locatod, .here used to bo some low places loar the present site, upon which vater frequently stood, after rains, g md these places were the homes of housands of frogs, with voices fro n C he keenest trebble to the deepest ase, anil the racket they raised when 1 full chorus was almost deafening, lady was passing on one of the ains and as the train made n stop U t this point, her attention was atacted to the great serenade of the ogs, she remarked that this place ight to be called "Frog Level," nn that time the naino was adopt- ?, and the town grew and lived unr the name until it wa9 changed no l."> years ago, to the more euonious name of "Prosperity." No Editors Titers, 'An editor of a couulry paper anted once that he died and wended way to where he supposed a warm come await lhim. The old cloven ed fellow that keeps the placs met at the door and said: 'For years r hr t home the blame for many r3 that the printers made in the \r. Your paper has gone, r.l.;a, die SI that ha > often failed to he . Men have taken the paper, ^ ir paving tor it, and cursed you 1. iot getting out a better one. Th >u ben on" 1 a dead heat by the ' U'ger conductor whan thou hast 1 iun n your annual pp a to envious All the.) thou hc,t born in ?e. Thou canst not tn' .rheie,' fired* him sway. 'Ilcaveu is his , and, beeiih , if we would let !omo in here, ha wudd bo conl!y stirring up a racket by dun* hi) delinquent' suVcriber.-, tbr ' ^ 01* 'r lace is full of them.'" | foruftt t > '< " Till; Timu.s, 11 you suvv J AliOliT CLOTH INC Because the weath< right--but new that Tj A YR a.v& n.rvnvrm nl X" I' " v VVN" tell vcu enough abc MADE CLOTHI* "Youths and Men, tc spect our stock befc "will post yo::, if we Cut this out and pas A splendid line of lloya' Iviieo Pauls, madi siineres and Cheviots, bought direct fr of tho cloth. Can lit all ages from -t t< form low price of Hoys' Hetter (trade of Knee Pauts, well in Seat, tape scams, Drill lined and face big values Boys' two piece Knee Pant Suits, brown i breasted Coat, to tit ages (i to L"> year: Boys' Drown or Grey mixed plaid Cassia Double Breasted Coat. A splendid up to 1") Lit Ho cent's blue : i: i? . B'ousj Suit, S. with white saii: ; bra: I. Waist at Youth's pioc* Long iCo! Suits in Dark < Black iJ.'own tth -v; us, the suit for Youth's L>:.: Pants Yd Sad, Fancy F tlTecis. Wei' Lin,.!, agi> it to lib a Men's Black t'iav Worsted, or Grey am Wo d Cas-bnuv Sui's." Well finishei1 Men's Dirk '.trey Mvilon (' olh Suit, Rav spleiulni bu^ui".-s suit for cold weathe A Special in Men's Black Clay Worsted, the kind that Regular Clothing Store? A beautiful lino of Young Men's Fancy with Double or Single Breasted Vests, See our line be: The Fos rx /^r? d\ ^ F P, ' J j hlS^ ' U ' ! I|mF I 0b' [Jvn-Af I />- ^ j ^ ^ A large, carefully selected ssortmcnt of the newest t ompletcly finished family < Wagonettes, Dog Carts, Deliv >r business purposes. It will re to show them to you and GREEN &. Fancy Gi We have what you w Wo do no blowing. We sell what we advi W^e sell as cheap as a W^e guarantee all we i We know we can plet -?-TRY Ui GRAHAM & E PHONE R4 H bZ PA R LO R ( laving recently purchased tbo business o| p:< pai*tMi to supply the needs of your tsibl? IM L<>^ SO UfS^X>UI and they will bo attended to with prom] A.LL GOODS DELIVE Butter, Eggs an I Vegetables al HI? BTios; r PRioi ;anlen, farm and barnyard produce CHAS. R. SH1TI PHONE 7 4 .AID LOW OUR ?STOCK 3i" has not been the AUTUMN tiing we want to ut our READY TG for Boys, > get you to in>re buying. We don't sell you. te it in your hat: 3 of Wool Mixed Casom the manufacturers [> l.? yeara at the unt- ^ Cf ?" ado, Double Knee and d, suspender buttons, ?Ar nixed Cheviot, Double s, suit ^I?00 nere Knee Pant Suits, warm suit, all sizes | li'.or Collar, trimmed ? ?^ id Pants drey mixed plaids and ^ $2.50, $6.00 and VO'jv ronch Plaids, invisible (tr rif\ splendid suit at *Pi7*vFvF I Brown mixed Plaid (t C orfc and good lining J/O.ULr r Edge, Hound Cut, a rkfk r. See this one sure.. M*/ vHJ Round Cut Sack Suit, (t Q \ < get $10 for, our price vO?UU \ ' Cassimore Business Sack Suits , $10.00, $12.no, $14.00, $16,50. fore buying ter Co. YOU. onstantly on view for the enef it of cas> ual visitors id our regur patrons? , attractively arranged ' ind latest designs in Carriages, Runabouts, ery and other wagons afford us great pleasexplain their merits. BOYD. l vrvVl 0? ant. ertise. , nybody. sell. ise you, 3. ISTES. l# jROCERY r the PARLOR GROCERY,. S. WANTS | r>tness Rnrl %??o[iai;l7llt liED FREE, ways on hand. UN PAID suitable for tabfe use f a i, Mgr. . dS