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THE UNION TIMES'PI'BLISHHD EVERY E11IDAY by thf UNION TIMES COMPANY Rooms J, 3, 5 and 7, Bank Building. J AO. R. MATH lit, Kditor* L. O. Young, Manager. liegiMere-1 at t'ie I'oeloiiice m I'nioi S. O., as .neonnd-class mci) matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- *1.0: Six months ------ 50 cent" Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One aq are. first insertion - - $1.00. I?.?r?rv iIhiii i ?r?t?! i I is??r t il ?1! ? 50 Cell' . Con acta for three months or longer wi" h- made at reduced rates. Reji-cted manuscript will not lie r<turned. Obituaries and tributes of n apect will'be charged for at half rates. UNTOV, 0? .U NK 11 lflOl. Local renders will he inserted for merchants carrying contract advertising space at .r>o per line. 1\ crnlar rites to others 8.^ cents per line per issue. "If you don't get what you want give the rebel yell, and it will be forthcoming instanter," was a piece of advice offered the veterans at Memphis by the evening "Scemitar." "I can't say I like an automobile. And I don't believe the girls do either Von can't throw the lines down over the dashboard while your arms are engaged in a far better business."? Jaekson Argus Devil. Oh yes, they do brother, one can oi^ily drive up in a shady nook, shut otf steam and stop, without breaking the silence by even the word "woa," Vaii a a ' f atron Vtatra frv KifoVi o <li*r steed, to embrace your opportunity. The Fruit Trade Journal speaks in very complimentary terms of the Southern Railway officials, and says they deserve much congratulation for the improved and efficient train service they have inaugurated in the movement of their fruit and vege, table truffic to New York. They now haul perishablo fruit from Charleston to New York in less than 5>(i hours. The Manufacturer's Record has secured the services of Mr. C. I". X Caracristi, who has personally studied almost all the known oil fields of the world, to visit the Beaumont wells of Texas and give a comprehensive report of the situation, all of which will be published in that famous industrial Journal for the information of its thousands of readers. The initial copy of the Journal, an all home print. 7 column folio, printed at Rock Hill, S. C., has reached our desk. It is a spicy sparkling sheet. It has a neat and clean appearance and in his salutory the editor departs somewhat from the usual stereotyped phrav.es of the salutory and arrives at the sensible conclusion that, if the paper merits the patronage of its readers it will be forthcoming readily enough, and failure will bo impossible. We add the Journal to our exchange list and wish it much success. Messrs. G. W. and J. AI. Charlotte are the editors and G. AI. Charlotte is the manager. The paper steps out with a bold firm stride, the locals are spicy, the make-up is good, the advertising patronage is liberal, a id the editorials have the clear bell t me of onerg-tie business. The Journal is all right. A copy of the Jackson Argus, of Jackson, Butts Co., Ga., has reached our sanctum and we certainly welcome its arrival, as wo find that our old friend A. H. Shaver is at. the helm, and he is making the Argus a warm member. We hail lost sight of our old friend, and wo welcome his paper. We believe we would have known that Ad Shaver was running Tue Argus if we had not seen his name, we know him of old and the sparkling paragraphs in The Argus could ominate from his pen alone. We see he has reo< ntly purchased The Argus and with his usual get-upand-get style ho is already working hard^for aChataui|ua for Jackson, and with such a leverage as Shaver heu s*. ?: 11 i ~ i - - ill III II/, 11/ Will JU1V IKIVU tu IllllllfJ along to success. Tho citizens of B itt county will soon learn that in securing A. II. Shaver as an editor in their midst they have indeed secured a jewel. Lot them stand shouldar to shoulder with him and ho will five the town a shove forward that they had never dreamed of. j TOWN OUT The Wonderful Work Of Aldermen C A RECORD T Just on?> year ago there was one of fc'ie liveliest n nnieipal eauapugns we hive had 111 Union in n uumler of years, t here \vm an exciting contest for t!i*> offices of mayor and alderman, the candidates and their friends put i j some earnest work. For the firs time in tho history of Union the con lidates for Mayor enme before tin people on 1 ho stump, and drfineo their ideas of a model government of the city looking to its upbuilding and general welfare. There were four candidates for tho ollico of Mayor, and although tho fight was a hot one, it was a notable fact that it was free from bitterness and mud slinging between the candidates, it was a campaign between intelligent men, conducted in an intelligent, business manner, which reflected credit upon the candidates and was instructive to the audiences. The result of this campaign was the election of the following officers: For Mayor, Macbeth Young. Aldermen, Geo. 0. Perrin, H. G. Bailey, V. E. Do Pass and L. D. Smith. Upon entering tlie duties of their office, the lirst business that onme before the body was a notice from the bank that n note given by the town council some time previous for was due, and it was necessary to make immediate arrangements for a settlement or renewal. Besides tins there were outstanding claims amounting to .$ 1,50th As the tuxes for the fiscal year had already been collected and expended with the exception of the fall collection of street tax, which collection was yet many months in the future, and eleven months of running expenses of the town was to he contended with it was not possible to liquidate this floating debt, and arrangements were perfected for tin renewal of the note. With this floating debt of over $o,<J00, and eleven month's running expenses ahead of our newly elected city fathers, before the regular town taxes could he collected, the prospects must have np peared rather gloomy. But we hat1 a Mayor at the helm, and a crew tc back him up, who were not accus tomed to buulk when difficulties arose in their path, and they bucklec on their armor for the strife, deter mined, notwithstanding these dilft culties, to pull the ship safely througl the breakers and make a successfu landing. This they have not onlj done, but have made the year a record breaker. They have with the collections of fines for violations ol ordinances, and the town's share ol disnfmsnrv nrnfit* nnt. r?nlv dnnp nn extraordinary work in the improve ment of the old streets of the town and the opening up and grading o new streets, but they have accumu laterl a sufficient surplus to liquidnti the floating d^bt above mentioned and upon making tho last payment Monday of this week of $900 a clea receipt was handed the Mayor ant the town enjoys the novel exporienci of being'out of debt, so far as th floating debt is concerned. This has been done while not quite half of tin town taxes for this year have beer collected, the Mayor and aldcrmer having decided to collect the taxe; in two installments, the first install ment in Juno and the second in th< fall, so while tho town has been lifter out of debt, there is yet half of tin taxes to be collected, the Mayo must have drawn a deep breath o relief, as be saw the burden roller away, and felt a pardonable pride ai ho looked hack over the record of hii first yc?ir's administration and sav what a line record it was, and the enviable position which his town nov occupies. It can well bo said of tin present administration, "well, done thou good and faithful servants.' The town is certainly to ho congratu lated in its very wise selection. Long live the present administration. Another good thing the city futh era have done is to establish a sinking fund for the purpose of liqnidat ing the bonded indebtedness of tin town. The bonds run forty years the sinking fund is created by annual ly putting into this fund one fortieth part of tho bonded indebtedness which will naturally liquidate the ' debt in the forty yoars. Hut by the suggestion of the Mayor the city council have adopted a schemo that is worthy of emulation by other towns, and is in the nature of a fen strike in tho way of liquidating our OF DEBT. The Present flayor And >f Our City. O BOAST OF. indebted no?. It is this: A new series of the IJoion B. A* L Assoeia tion hns just begun, series N ? (>. tIi council will carry a number of shares of stock in this series, at the wind up of the series the stock wi'l have doubled its original money value, md by this means the council expects to liquidate its bonds in twenty in stead of forty years, though onh collecting yearly one fortieth of the amount for the purpose, but. this i* not all this arrangement means, it means that this money from the city council will be used in the growth a >.d development of the tow, it will be used to erect new residences nl over town ; these new residences will increase property valuation, this increased property valuation means additional taxes for the town treasury This sinking fund money being used in this manner works on the com pound interest principle, and is one of the beet schemes for an all round benefit, to a town that we have ever hearl of. The sinking fund commission is composed of the following upto-date business men of Union : .loo. A. Kant, G. C. Perrin and W. E. Thomson. In addition to all the abovo the fort y acres of ground purchased by the town one end of which is used a? the new cemetery, has been cleared i oil and terraced and a fine crop of : oats has been gathered and a large i crop of peas and sorghum cane, millet, clover and other crops for forage has been planted, which wil! furnish abundant feed for the teams owned by the town. In fact this administration of the town alT lirs is conducted by up-to-date business 1 men in a business-like manner. We are glad to say, that, the town enm' oil, at a recent meeting, in rccogni1 tion of the earnest work of the Mayor voted unanimously to double his salary. In seconding the motion for the roiso, one of the loading members * of the council said, "I wish to second ' that mo ion for this reason. The Mayor has evidenced in every official 1 ict since he has occupied the chair, } that his greatest aim is to assist ii the upbuilding of the city and the ' i lvancoment of the best interests of ' its citizens generally." From our own observations of the administration of Mayor Young we 1 can say that we have been impressed 1 frequently with the fact that he leues sight entirely of his own personal interest in the discharge of his duties is Mayor, he is certainly no respecter ' '( persons and. he knows no pets ' 'Ve have known several instances 1 vhoro his private business has sufWed as a consequence of a conscien jious discharge of Ids official duties. ' out that cuts no ice with him, those vho violate the law suiters the consequences, when proven guilty before Mayor Young, be he white or black, 1 rich or poor, r ? A movement is on foot, by Kenne" law Chapter United Daughters of the s Confederacy of Marietta, On., to ? build a monument to t he Confederate i lead to he erected at the Confederate "> cemetery at Marietta, <Ja , Jl.tKM) cons federates lie in this cemetery, among whom are l2JlSouth Carolina soldiers. ! Mrs. R. L. Nesbitt, the president, of 1 Ivenncsaw Chapter, Marietta, (la , s ?sks a contribution of #1 from every r one interested in this laudable purf p "??p, her e? 11 slmu'd meet with a 1 hearty response. We cannot do les* 3 than erect lasting monuments in honor of the noble heroes who f gave up their lives on the battle Held. s Wp are in receipt of the July nnm> her of the Delineator, it seems that the publishers have made a special effort to make this number attractive, and we can truthfully say they have succeeded well, especially is the three color electro plates used in the article on the Pan American Exposition at HulTalo well executed and very nearly approaches perfection in the printer's art. It is doubtful if any other magazine in the world will be able to so accurately show the artistic color results obtained in Buffalo, this work requires the most exacting register of plates. The work is so perfect that one would almost imagine that he was gazing upon a nne sp c inen 01 i a >a painting, me July edition of thid rnugozine id 025,000. THE REUNION A T MEMPHIS. ? (Continue.) from page I.) he replied. Tho story tells that ' our people wero being driven all the time from one position to another, whilo yours were always advancing." Another young mun, the son of a vo *y rich in r hern family whs visiting Chattanooga, stopping with some friends who were showing him the sights. He one day visited the beautiful national cemetery, and spout several hours walking over tl\.e place, when he camo out he met his Chattanooga friend, who said, well you have been looking over the cemetery whiit. .in rnn t.hn.k of !i? He VVIIS very enthusiastic iu his praise <?f the beautiful grouuds, iho trees and Jlowers and the very neat manner in which they were kept, but said he, "there is one tiling very singular 1 have been n'l over tiie cemetery and I find nothing auiong the thmi-utids of stones, that mark the graves of any but our so!di? rs, where are the Confederates that were killed?" "Why," replied the friend, "there were only three C.?t federates killed and they were sent to their homes, and they were liemmed tip in a corner and shot by the Yankees just to have it to say tii^v had kGled somebody." Ii is said the young man's cheeks hi inched, ho swallow d the joke in all seriousness, and r orisined silent for several moments. The C >nfederate Cemetery of course is iu another part of the city. The delayed train finally arrived and the Governor of S ?uth Cu'oliun and his escort, with several other prominent Carolinians, Adj Gen. Robinson, of Georgia, and others, with a long line of soldiery and a hand arrived up >n the scene, and the unveiling ceremonies began, by Gov. MeSweeney delivering the first speech. He was followed by several others, all of whom made fine speeches appropriate to the occasion. After the speeches Bishop Capers arose and announced that to him had been given the pleasing duty of conducting the unveiling. He called forth the young lady sponsors who had been appointed to remove the veil. Ihey each took hold of ? rope and arranged themselves around the monument, and at the word the colors were pulled away and amid a shout that a'moat shook the hills t he beautiful palmetto capped monument erected by the State of South Carolina to commemorate the brave deeds and perpetuate the memory of her heroes who gave up their lives in the cause for whieh they fought, stood reversed to the admiring gaze of the thousands of visitors present. The monument is a beautiful white shaft some 15 feet high supported by a base of possibly the same height, standing upon oa"h corner of which is a bronze soldier with his right hand grasping his rifle while his left shades his eyes as if intently watching, while on the top stands the palmetto tree of South Carolina. It is one of the most, beautiful monuments in tlie grounds and reflects credit upon the State it represents as well as upon its designer. While in Chattanooga it was our pleasure to visit the Chattanooga Times ofhee. This paper owns ot.e among the most handsome and impoiing buildings in the city, and it cost $15,000. This building, owned by tlie proprietor of a newspaper in a t >wn of only 50.000 inhabitants, is au evidence that the paper is doing prosperous business, and is recognized as one of the industries escential to-thr growth and progress of the city. Wf congratulate the Times upon its well merited success, and wish for it loi ^ ffiiirs of continued sncccfl-i m nd r>r.u. pprity. We ulso visited and examined the cannon mounted on court sipum which is one of the number captured ut tlie taking of the fort at Santiago Do Cuba by the United States troops on the 10th of July, IStfS. It is out of the guns which commanded the bay and harbor of Santiago at th< time of the sinking of the Merrimac i>y Lt. Ilobson and his brave men, and was employed by the Spanish garrison in their effort to destroj them. It is loaned to the city.oi Chattanooga by the Government. ()ri the rim of the breech of thp >.un a>c these words: No. ?5G(?7, Senllla 20, Defehrer Ode lT'do. On the forward breech is an artistic Spanish design, encircling "No. IV." Near the muzzle is the word B irtholino. Upon leaving Chattanooga Monday night our party again got separated, as every train for Memphis was litterally jammed. Some of the party go: out on one train and some on another, wo did not secure a seat until the third train was made un All sleeping berths were taken and we considered ourself fortunate it getting on the inside of the train Our train carried 14 eoaehes, 8 slee; ...... or..t a w: ? CIO nun u IIUJ V WUCIIVTO. >? u JIIU^I J*?n the Southern road made a noble elTorl to move the crowd from (lluittanooga, aeoding out h train every hour until there wore several sections following each other loaded down with hurnai freight. Our train left Chattanoogu at one o'clr ok M >iulay night, and notwithstanding the extraordinary heavy train, with only on engine, no inishnj occurred until about 7 o'clock Tuesday n< rning when the engine broke an cxcontric on the right side, about 100 miles from Memphis, and wo were tied up for an hour and a half out in the woods while the engine was being geared to one side. In the meantime the section followii g us came up, and with its assistance the train was gotten to the station a few miles ahead, where another engine was secured and we went merrily along to our journey 'a end. We arrived at Memphis about 10 o'clock a. m. and found thG city crowded apparently ttlmost to suffocation, but 1 we will tell something about Memphis in our next issue. ...IN THIS DAY OF... Close Competition * Cash Buyers are wakeful and watchful for the 4 opportunities that a wide-a-wake Store always has to offer. Keeping in close touch with our Store gives your Cash the power to pull the good things your way. IN WHITE GOODS As in all other lines, we excel, and this stock in particular, is now teeming with the loveliest weaves, beautiful in their snowy whiteness and summer brightness. Tills is tlx? season forWliit? Oooas incluaing Frenoti Organelles, Persian Lawns, welts, r>. kl's., r?imiti?s, Satin ?tripea Mulls, India ILxinons, 1ST ainsooks and Plain Lawns. livery lady who has seen this stock of ours is singing its praises. This week we invite your especial attention to our Five Special Numbers in Plain Lawn. We have made special efforts on these goods and we say without hesitation they are the Greatest Values Ever Offered Along This Line. . THEY ARE ALL SHEER AND FINE: Quality No. i is worth 35c, our price is just.. 2Be Quality No. 2 shonld easily bring a quarter, but get only ^^w Grade No. 3 is well worth 20c. but we marked it.. IBe And No. 4 is the regular 15c kind everywhere, our lOe : While No. 5 eclipses all past efforts at the low price Be ; "The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating." The Foster Co. G?vers of Good Cash Values. GREEN & BOYD, HEADQUARTERS FOR ! Buggies, Carriages, Wagons ?111(1 Vehinlfis nf nil TTi-n/lci ? - ? ? ?""? -w* wjkjfc m m AAAViUi MAKERS OF High Grade Harness. ? 1 We are the People to buy your Leather from. ! A Carload of McCormick Wheat Harvesters ? Corn Binders, Corn Shredders, Mowers and ; Rakes just received. ; A Mower and Rake will pay for themselves on a small - farm in one season. Sold on easy terms. McCormick makes them, Green <fc Boyd sell tliein. GREEN & BOYD. UNION CARRIAGE WORKS We have just doubled our capacity for doing all kinds of repair work and guarantee our prices as well as our work. A Large stock of Carriage Material always ...on hand... i a\..~ ?..i. :c _ /> . i ? ? r uiyu us yynn wuik 11 ^uu wain, a nrsi class joi). WE SATISFY. UNION CARRIAGE WORKS. WHAT IS BETTER THAN A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE ON A SPRING MORNINGP We have the celebrated Blanks Coffees, which has an ^ enviable reputation with no superior, and we positively be1 lieve no equal. Get a package and have no more bad feelings caused from drinking inferior coffee. This coffee is sold at a price you can't help but buy. In Teas we are the people. Just come and see. GRAHAM & ESTES :.? 1 The Fanoy Grooers. ^