The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, June 14, 1901, Image 4
THE UNION TIMES'PI'BLISHHD
EVERY E11IDAY
by thf
UNION TIMES COMPANY
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J AO. R. MATH lit, Kditor*
L. O. Young, Manager.
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"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. ^