The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 26, 1901, Image 4
THE UNION T1MES
Published Every Friday.
?by the?
UNION TIMES COMPANY
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JXO. R. Ml THIS, Editor.
L. Q. Young, Manager.
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UNION, S. C., APRIL 2<>, 1901.
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READERS TAKE NOTICE !
We hnvc math ?i clubbing arrangement
with WM. JENNI^G?
11RYAN, the grout Democratic
LEADER, to cluh his fatuous news
paper "THE COMMONER" for
Union County. We will furnish to
all Subscribers who pay a year it>
advance, THE TIMES and THE
COMMONER, wetkly, for $1.75.
This is your opportunity.
FOR SALK?One Marble Irnpos
lng atone, size !t x G fec-t, at a bargain,
address The Union* Times.
?erator M. C. llut'er, v ho was succeeded
by Til'man comes out endorsinp
McLanrin's positi. 11 ai.d fays be would
hive voted the 8-?rae way liad he h pi'
there. Perhaps that is what the prop'e
thought, and sent. Tillman i i hisrtitd.
Another dividend will bo declared
May 1st of 20 per oent, by the Standard
Oil Co. Jts capital stock is to be
increased from $100.0'X),000 to $ 100,0X1,000.
The present valuation is
$S0."> per share. Four pharos of the
new stock is to bo issued for each
share of present stock. The new
stock will be worth approximately
$200. This watering process is presumably
dene so thut the semi-annual
dividends will not appear so
enormous to the uniohited rustic who
helps to pay the piper.
The railroad authorities hud ar
ranged to furnish their finest eonch
for the President's western tour, but
it so happened that the name of this
car was "Imperial." As soon as the
President learned this fact, the wires
were kept hot, until a different arrangement
could be rnnda and a car
of a different name secured. "Imperial"
sounded a little too s:gnificant
to suit the President. But it
would have been the most appropriate
car he could have travelled in.
From the journalistic view-point
one of the best articles in the May
Everybody's Magazine is Allen Sangree's
"Adventures in News-Getting"
?series of yarns telling of great reportorial
exploits achieved under difficult
circumstances. Among the
episodes is the tale of how Isaac
White or the i>ew fork "worm
solved the identy of Russell Sage's
na^ailtnt, how a New York correspondent
got the fir.-d. news of the
sinking of the battleship v ictoria'
I the Mediterranean, l ow Morrill
Coder t investigated the plague station
at JS'orth Rrother Island, and
several other equally notable deeds
ft makes a mo9t entertaining narrative,
, BJUifc .
Many ot the old Vets of I'ldon are
arranging to attend the reunion of t he
Confederate veterans at Columbia and
Memphis. This h right, Hi.sh old
soldiers should make every ? ffort to attend
theee reunions. Hie old h roes are
dropping eft lapidly* and ttiere cannot
be many more reunions. The ranks ate
fhinnincr Rf. a laiiid iatc. and at inch
wunxn many comrades meet and tdnke
ban ts for (lie 'a*t time. Let each endeavor
to meet hie old friends at least
once more. There will be a go >d d le ration
to ti e reunion at Columbia, while
many who would like to go to M? mjd.i will
le r'eterred on account.of the expense
of such a long trip. We wish it
km poatlb'e for every old ro'dler in
t/Siop ooupty U? atU'ud loth occasions.
1
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Washington I,t tier.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.
For some years ihe tunes of'Amer:
eans arrestul in Mexico up in tecltni
eal charges have given l ho Depart
inert of State considerable work tdo,
as it is the invariable practice o
this government to d-miand thn
Amer'oans so arrest* <i shall be give?
f i i i* triil. Many of those arrestee
h ive been employes of iho Mexiear
Central Iiiilway, as u ?der Mexic.u
law every employe uj>??n ? trail
which by reason of accident l.ills 11
person is technically guilr.y 01 murder.
A paroled American p isonei
recently in Washington snd 11 ert
were fifty odd Americans in the jail
at the city of M> x co awaiting trial
for one tiling or another and that
fcH. y were badly tre.ited and poorly
fed; also lbnt Americans led been
imprisoned underground, i.i the sal!
mines, for four years. Whilo the
opinion is expressed at the Department
of State that the above statement
was an exaggeration, both as to
the number of Americans imprisoned
in Mexico and their troa! inont, it is
afmitted that Americans are constantly
being made the victims of
Mexican law urul that all this Government
can do is to demand a fair
trial for them. An olTicial of the I).pirtment
of State said: "There is
n ? justice in the law under which
American railroad employes are arreted
in Mexico, but we have nn
p nver to change the law, ror can we
ask the Mex'can Government to re
peal It. fiVCn US It I -<, niiiiiimiiir
have greatly improved, f-r not h?rg
ago it was the custom in Mexico to
regatd all Americans ns M? \ican fit
izens unless they were registered i>t
the American consulate. This custom
has been abolished, and, perhaps,
in the course of time, we may
Sie a new order of things regardir p
the treatment of railway employes
Undoubtedly there have been numerous
cases where Americans hav<
been thrown into jail and kept ther<
for an unreasonable tiine. Undoubt
edly, too, the prisons have bepi
filthy and mean, and the prisoner;
made to suffer undue hardships. A1
that wo can do, however, when n easi
is called to our attention, is to as!
the Mexican Government to give tlv
a reused u fair aud speedy trial, am
we have done this in every instance
The representations to the Mexieai
government have been received ii
good spirit, and in many cases hsv<
beoa effective. Wry frequently
where a sentenced prisoner had no
served n sufficient time to entitle hin
to a pardon under the Mexican law
he has been given his liberty in m
informal manner, which is mo-o lhar
could be done in tins country." 'J hi
same official called attention to tin
fact that Mexico whs const antly coir,
plaining about arrests of Mexican:
on our side of the bordor and our in
sisting upon their being Iried unde
our laws, just as they do on thei
side.
Conditions in Cuba, as pictured b;
Mr. T. F. Moerlin, of Havana, \vh
i* now in Washington, are fa*1 fron
being rose colored. He said: "Every
thing is getting dull in Havana. Th
tourist season is about over and vur
few Americans outside the govern
ment servico are left. The loi'g
hotels look like banquet halls des? rt
ed. Then the political condition
are so uncertain that all business i
dull. The sugar grinding w 11 b
finished by May 1, which wi'l ad
quite a number lo the unemp'oy<<!
Idleness breeds discontent, and
fear there will be trouble back in th
interior. Bandits are operating i
several places and are giving th
rural police something to do. O.i
band was caught last week, and who
their masks were removed two c
them proved to be rural policemen
The Constitutional Convention ha
roTiKr ii f .i i.nonl, I li?? i'lufr. iiin^nil
tnent, and that august body of Cu
bans art- now only drawing their $10
day."
One of the trees planted lod iv, i
the grounds of the Department <
Agriculture, during tho official oli
servar.ee of Arhor day?a sturdy or
?was rained Jeremiah M. [Rusk, i
honor of the former Secretary of Ay
riculture. Secretary Wilson delivei
e l an address strongly favoring i
more general observance of Arbo
lay.
The first, newspaper published wa? i?i
R >ston Xcws Letter. It. was pihic
H>7 years ago, sa}s tin Spat tai bur
.Journal. who lays h?Hii shown a I'u
simile copy of the newspaper I' In
fii'I suing for 1lfUen wars without sr.
eotfniet.itor in that, line and cnniint e
publication 72 years. There are out
three copier of the pipm known t ? h
i i existence. The paper contain* d 11
advertisements, although they were n
; belted from twelve pence to live shiiiiru
j for lncil notices. John OamplHI, r??-<
! master at Boston, seemed to be the bus
' ness manager. There has b^en wo id,
ful progrewi along the newspaper 11'
Lpce that day, for a fact.
Studies In Astronomy.
) I " " *'" "~"f
A Study of the important Planeis
as we Journey Onward,
in Making Our
') ^
' TRIP AROUND THK SUM
Weather Picdictions for Next Week
I i
i| Local conditions cannot be nccu.
| rately predicted and we will HiiDouace
I the forecasts for the general conditions
throughout the country ns best
1 we may bo able to gather them.
The unprecedented weather we are
having is the result of the following
comblicatlons of which we made
mention frotno weeks ago, 1 hat April
would be a disagreeable and >-f|iially
.1. I i . L .
i mnniM, ispfciMjy ine J ;/oii
und iiOth. The J upiter period, which
began sotno lime Inst year, wms central
on the 22od, Mercury period begun
on the 2-nd and is central on the
20th,"Vulcan period began on the
: 2Jlrd was cencr.il yesterday and ends
tomorrow. All these disturbing
c.iu-es coming along together were
expected t cause storms of wind,
rain, hail a id snow, all of which are
coming al'M'.g on schedule linru. Jt
is a regular war between noithern
and southern currents, causing rapid
shifts from one extreme to tlie other.
The moon crosses the equator on the
28th. Wo will likely have more
nasty went her before we bid adieu to
April, with indications pointing to
reactionary storm periods for May,
from 1st to 10th with possible high
winds, much cloudiness, nin and
thunder, as these days are covered by
, both the Mercury and Vulcan storm
period. You need not be much surprised
if the period rounds up with u
frost.
Tin: r: ar rii a dynamo.
r.lmcr (Rites Promulgates a new
Meteorological 'lhcory.
K'iner (Jutes, the Washington sen iiti.it.
h is recpot.ly linn lied a series of expei
men's which prove tli it electricity is p iluuiily
the cause of all meteorologies)
surpthts, from the ca'rn of a suuim.st's
day to t i.e cquiaox, are nothing more 01
kss than m.uilftsta ions of electricity
Our woi'.d, in comin in with the sua and
the other planets, is not only a vastgenera'or
of electricity, but is also kept in
motion ;nl coi.lrulhd by tlectiiea!
forces,
' "I prove by i xpeiimiMi'," says ("late.f
'that when an insulated body h it
; volvi (1 Itofore a magnet it pr< duces el-ce
tiicity upon itself. Now, tlieeaith ism
1 insulated body and revolves in an intense
magnetic Held produced by the sun, tit
t great central magnet of our solar syn1
tern. Tli'! earth is insulated bcc uise tii
P aT that envrlopes it is a nonconductor1
and for that reason the electricity genej
rated by the revolution t f the earth it
( not thrown off, but is retained and manifests
ii.self in what we call the weather "
' ''And you say that the iot?tion-of the
eartli on its axis is an electrical phenoni
enou also?"
4*Y4S;Hicha conclusiun is rfr.dend
[> . ., . . .
proi),i!?it> i>y my expei irntnts. j\otonJy
the rotation on its ax:s, hut its revolm
lion, too, about the sun is the result of
' electricity or elect roiimgnetio action.
r We know that tlie sun rotates on its
r axis. Now, 1 ilad by (xperiment that
when a magnet rotates it causes magv
netic bodies widen its iMiuence toreo
volve about it. 'J"tie nearer they are t<
i) the magnet i!m f?-t( r they I evolve, ar-il
. this is pveeisi ly what wo observe in tin
0 ca?e of ltie panels. A -d I have alsc
y discoven d i li t a spin re revolviug about
!_ a magnet turns on us axis. This i.> dm
o to the fact that the side nearest tie
magnet is slightly retarded by the elleci
s of the attraction, and this causes tl-<
s globe to rotate while moving in Its nihil
(l amund the nucnet So we eeo that thi
j sun hy its own motion causes the Ctrl'
. | to it-wive alKint it and that this in tun
; produces the r it at Ion of 11 it; earth o:i it:
i axis, which gives us our atmocpheri>
I electricity."
" i It isipiito probable that astronomica
0 ; ohseivations ami calculations will son*
0 | c institute one of the factors of weal he
'' forecasts. W,i ;t I ready know that tin
f po-itions and tho motions of the eartl
' have a general effect upon the weather
s I as in tiie chai ge of day and night and
i the different season-; b it we will b
| able to go farther and make more defi
:i ; nite predictions, Pared upon I ho it at*
| of tp-earth's ehotiichy, which is Mil)
n j ci to inol tlutl.uH t trough a i.nntl^i
.f ??[ as? ronoraiiMl cruses.-- Kverj bod)
? j Meg z lie.
ii The florin t he 1 *i111-r part of last
' i week caused considerable damage
j* j wrecking property in several section!
j. of tho country, and throwing tens o;
thousands of people out of employ
, merit. It played havoc in Venneyl
?1 vania, Ohio and West Virginia, when
mountain streams became tor-rents
l'j wrecking everything in reach. 'I h<
v estimate of the damage roaches uf
I into the millions to manufacturing
v industries alone. Many thousands 01
M | people were driven to tho uopei
? rooms of their homes, whore thej
j were forced to remain throughout tin
r< night, without fuel, warmth or light
The futalities resulting from ti?<
storm and exposure, will necessarily
ire great, and the poorer classes will
he those to suffer most.
Willi the spat that is almost sure
to come between Senators Tillman
and McLaurin, in the next campaign
we may reasonably look for some
lively times. Tillman is sharpening
up his pi coll fork and wo may expect
Curly headed Johnny to bucklo on
his armor and enter the arena to defend
his actions in the Senate, al
though ho announces that he will
not meet Tillman on the stump.
That won't do, Johnny, the die is
cast, and you oast It, you must now
face tlio music. We doubt that
either will be at a loss for tlmbir.
Tillman has made a jab at Johnny
since the Charlotte speech, aud the
affore^aid Johnny lost no time In
co in lug busk with a lv?fc rejoinder.
They e.ioh have a foe worty their
steel. Won't it be a golden oppor
tuuity for disclosures. When Greek
meets Greek, there is a scent of a
scrapping in the air. Lay on McDafT,
etc.
The latest thing in the wry of
newspaper enterprise is to be f und
in Hungary, a country somewhat
noted as a "slowcoach." The enterprise
is a telephone newspaper, nud it
is ihe only thing of tho kind In the
world. Instead of issuing a paper,
it has a complete system of telephone
wires over the city. The reporters
gather and lile copy the same as any
newspaper. It is then 'phoned all
over the city, and is consequently
"hot stud" with a vengeance. The
service begins at 10 o'clock a. tn.,
and continues until 10:30 at night.
It is said to be a paying concern.
The advertisements are spieled in the
saino manner. The service concludes
with a grand concert . It n a novel
idea?wonder why the American
Yankee had not thought of it?
Geu'l McArthur says that the rjports
of the stealings at Manila are
grossly exaggerated, that only three
odicers and a number of men have
boon found guilty. Only three officers !
Well, about the only consolation in
this statement is that 3 is not as
many us G.
Cross Keys News Notes.
Mr. Editor:?Cold weather! Mr.
i R. F. Ray says 52 years ago we had
something like this.
i Mr. M. Wilburn was given the job
to repair the bridge at Jones' Ford,
It was generally believed that it could
be repaired with $75 or $100. He
with seven hands completed the job
; i:? three days, with about one third
of what competent workmen thought
1 it would take. i\lr. 15. G. Wilburn
s soys tliat he has rendered himself
very unpopular by cutting such o
shine us this. There is not a doubt
[ but what Mr. M. M. Wilburn is one
of the fa?test, most trusty hnd the
most reliable workmen we have in
the county. The county is safe when
aueh men as Mr. M. M. Wilburn and
i C. It. Prir.ee are employed to do its
, work.
Pro. David N. Wilburn and family
leave us tomorrow for their future
home, Greenville. S. C.
I l>ro. E. C. Wa'son fdled his ap>
pointment at old Padgett's Creek
? iSundiy morning.
i Dr. C. E. Johnson says he has no
- serious cases in our midst; grippe is
. disappearing.
I We are glad to see our old ftiend
3 Iv. C. Whitrairc restored to his former
i health.
, We are glad to report prompt
, sorvice on onr mail route. Mr. C.
, Whitlock has the contract. Mr.
Arthur Eamb is cert..inly one.of the
. hot and most ?ru*ty riders we have
eve: had. We were i in firmed that
I (there was ol j.c ions sent up to Wash,
ington against our friend Whitlock
*11
, j for fii'mg to carry mail on that tnems
i? raVe Tuesday's rain, Curtly that
, j was sent in by some cue who does
not got man more Minn once a month.
I ami that happened to he on his or
. her mail dry. Mr. C. Whitlock is
. one of our best citizens, a man who
, can be depended up >n to do Ijh duty
. in every emergency, and on the day
, referred to came near loosing a man.
s buggy and horse trying to get to the
office. Such complaints should no
receive notic" by those in airho'itv
t That is one of the reasons it h Lar.I
, to get a good man to take a mai
? contract. Some people are ha*d t<
f please. Go ahead f?iord Whi-lock
. continue to do your dipy ami all wiii
. be well. Tiiomah 11. Gohe.
Ati. \nta. (j. 7. l^7:>
J)r. U .1 Mor-iul?ear Si: I can
* hot too strongly recommend your Tick rr)
iva (Tce'lnn# Powder.-) as one of lb?
l>esf, intdici'ipn they can obtain f??r ill i
' debilitated hid sirkly infants f hm*
r used it with veiy satisfa-tory wdta thr
past summer wi h mr child, and while w>
' liave heretofore lost a child or tw > from
) fpethinj under other remedies, our preset t
. child, that has taken Tkrtiiiva, h u
> tine healthy hoy. I am, very respectfully.
A P. Buow.v. M d
I (Brother of U. S. Senator and E >Oov.
Joseph E Drown ) 17-2t
THIS IS TO. K
THAT======
OUR SHOE I
\\J
M 7"^
IS WITHOUT A
We are selling more
before. We buy dire
England1 Manufacture
that means a saving, a
OUR SPECU
CliiMren'.s Lace or B itt>n at
holies' Dongo'a Button or Lace a
Ladies' Genuine Goodyeak welt
L?ce with Plain or Patent Tip,
La<iie?' Extra Fine Bright Don go
expressly for Southern feet,) an
this market for
The Famous "Queen Quality" for
of all Shoes
'"Queen Quality" Oxfords are
For $1.50 we offer a line of 1
SECOND TO NONE.
OUR Men's Vici Lace in Plain 01
$3.00 and $3.50 are wi
The Fos
OLD RELIABLE SI
Special Sale ol
Deliv
We have bought a big lot of beaut
durable and strong Delivery Wage
them at a price that will surprise y
for our spring stock and
These Wagon:
Also three handsome, high grade
and look at our line of harness, we
GREEN &
I V E
Up -to-date teams at our Stable. 1
ring us up for a good team. Ligl]
green a
TTiurmv piddt
?Are now iu active operation
REPAIRING OF
High Grade work on Buggies, Wn
We have gathered in our shop the
cured and each man is well up in
out today the best wagons in the ?
this statement. Call and see the \
the place, Itobinson & Allen's Old
UNION CARRU
WHAT IS BETTER TIE
COFFEE ON A SPR
We have the celebrated Bh
enviable reputation with no sup
lieve i.o equal. Get a package h
caused from drinking Inferior cofl
price you can't help but buy.
In Teas we are the people.
GRAHAM i
The Fanoy
REMIND YOU
3USINESS f
11?
PARALLEL.
Shoes than ever
ct from the New
rs for SPOT CASH
i Big Saving to you.
\LS are:
... 50c, 75c and $1.00
t $1.00 and $125
Bole, Fine Dongola
a regular $2 Shoe for $1.50
'a Stock, Lace, (mode
d the beet shoe t^o in
$2.00
Women, the Queen
$3.00
An A
$?.OU
Men's Dress Shoes that aie
r Cap Toe at $1.50, $2.00,
thout un equal.
ter Co. >
IOE DEALERS..
1
t
f
rery Wagons.
ifully finished, light runnings
>ns and we are going to sell
ou. We want to make room
s Must Go.
carriages at a bargain. Call
s make them, they are good,
BOYD.
; R Y!?s??
Everything new. Call on or
it and heavy transfer,
V.
k, BOYD.
ME WORKS
and are prepared to do?
ADD KINDS. 7*
? f
igons and Carriages a specialty.
? ItOdf mon tin* *
uvm Uivn tuat CUU Ut5 prohiH
place. We are turning
ioutb, and we can substantiate
vork going ou. Don't forget *
Stand. Yours for business,
IGE WORKS.
Mi A UUUD OUPOF
ING MORNING?
' 19
inks Coffees, whtoH has an M
erior, and we positively be- C
nd have no more bad feelings +
Foe. This coffee is sold at & V
>r C - > :-'H
Just come and see.
k. ESTES
Orooerit
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