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He has beet compelled to spend his entire fortune including his rr;e tr.orey. The I<-. ootr.mission his .v-tr?.-?: -? >: r: wh eh i> M : M 2:iz ~: Z' - :- favor Of tLi y : ki-LZ ?LZ ~ Tb* -Vi v r: i i; . i N ! **, !.tr; . ; rt.. tl w l t : zx by iy r nr: n i r: i **. a: : r r.; r:;. o! Y.-tl. t-u: j Shiurafcj .TL : p The pt> sst i pt-Tf wt-rt SfTr:t.T *e.. but none were inured. The Lexington Dispatch has iust enlarged to a ?> column quarto Iron a folio. The Dispatch is 82 year* old and is a good paper. Its increase in size is an evidence of its prosperity. VVe wish for It jr?fin} more years of usefulness and prosperity. See here what we can do for you : We will send you the C.vio.v Times and the twice-a-week Atlanta Journal, all three papers one year for *1.50. Now come a-running and help us reach the mark ws are aiming for by Jan. 1st, 1902. See our cltib list, these opportunities are not going to last long. m Mr. "William Martin, United Siaus Consul at ("Iniia Rung, China, who is now in Washington, says that the. Chinese aie poa-eased of a greater amount ol energy and tin it t than any of the Caucasian races, and u.ut die better eletueiu of the race leads a letiued ano V pleasant life. He says Urat. while tile United States has stood high in the (Jhine.se estimation for \ears, since tne invasion by the powers and the negotiations that followed, the Americans an regarded as "the friends of China p.n excellence". In looking over some of the Revolutionary records in the State House Saturday Clerk (iantt, of the office of the S^cretary of State, made two valuably finds. The first was the original will of Cien. Francis Marion, dated -October 16, 17H1, and redated July id. 17D2. The entire yill is in (fen. M arion's own chirography acd if regarded as one of t.hf? most valuable] ircuurua in tur |;msc^aiviii ui iiiu ^? ui^ Jho other document was the original'letter of John Rutledgft resign ing his judicial office in this State .upon his elevation to the Bench of the Supreme Court of f-he United .States, It was not known that either of these documents was to bo found Among tht archives of the State.'?Coiutnbia State. The circus has come and gone, and it brought a very large crowd to town, and all seemed to enjoy the day notwithstanding the chilly air. There were possibly 4,000 to 5,000 people under the tent at the afternoon perfAPmu ru>n The aliAtir i*u n f Knon ?in?a lunuvo. m. nv oii'/n inn tin rr) 1111^3 and the performance was fairly good , there were several new features introduced, and the clowns kept the great audience in an uproar, there were something like a dozen clowns. The performing telephants were the host we have seen, the educated hogs were among the new features, and were well trained, it was an all round good show, and its morals rather above the average. The usual rowdyism and rough manners so often seen among the circus help were conspicuous for their absence. There are very many things worse' than going John Robinson's show. ON MARS. A statement of great interest, la cnuae of its authority and unusu<>l positiveness, regarding conditions on Mars is noted editoriully by the NewYork Times as having been made by Sir Robert Beil, the eminent astronomer, in a lecture last week. Higeneralization, it is remarked may be accepted as summarizing whatever is at present known or believed by astronomers regarding the planet In Sir .Robert's opinion, we are informed, "everything known points to the conclusion that Mars is inhabited by a race of very intelligent and industrious people," if they are pen pie, as we know the genus. In fact, what they are like is, of course, "a matter of conjecture," and of ver\ loose conjecture, but, at any rat?, they are "intelligent" and "industrious," as they appear to know a great, deal and to have the means of applying their knowledge in useful and great public works. Since tinneculiar luminous lines on the face of t he planet were first recognized a* canals, they have been studied intently by astronomers in all parts < ' the world. The suggestion that they .vere canals, or irrigation trenches of vast proportions, was at first scouted, 'but few astronomers now doubt it," for the reason that the system itmuch too regular to be natural, aim tlmt, while it has been under ob*ev vation by astronomers it "has bt-n. undergoing a rapid and systematic development." The Martian Canui trust, if there is one, is apparently irrigating the planet* and improving its internal transportation facilities by means of navigable waterways "in a manner indicating that pienty of capital, or its equivalent, is behind their enterprise." Xo rivers, or permanent bodies of water, have been recognized on the planet, and it> supplies of water are derived from the melting of the polar ice and snow-caps in summer. It was probably found that this condi| :toc placed the middle zones at a dlsaiv&nt:ue for residence purposes aid that to make them habitable u w=.s n-vessary to collect the v\at? r <d the summer freshets and lead j them where they w-'re needed Hence the canals. Otherwise they are meaningless." The fact that e*ttnsions of the system ure constantly in progress suggests that it Is not y< t complete. Fuller particulars would . be interesting, but are not now obtainable It is tanvaii/ing, of course, that ti planet of which we a now so much and about which we are so curious is far beyond critical investigation. I* is one hundred and fifty times far! her thau the moon, or which, !) ^ver, ' '-"-"P cn litilo mirl Sir Kiihri.l We *V ? ? does not give t^ueh encouragement to those who suggest signalling tr it by existing facilities. H? pCif'tg out that to use the military system of wig-wagging, so as to catch the eye of a Martian astronomer, we should need to employ a flag three hundred miles long and hundred miles wide, waved from a stair live hundred miles long?an undertaking of chfliculty. The use of "flashlight" signals suggests itself at once to every inxentive mind, but Sir Robert thinks that plan is equally impracticable, for reasons whfch he kindly explains. If the basin of Lake Superior, for instance, he Buys, rould he fiiled with petroleum and fired, the resulting blaze would be considerable, of courwe, and "it might be discerned on M irs as a speck of light," but it would not appear sufficiently prominent th-re to suggest to the Martians "that anything unusual was In progress." The News and Courier says-. We may suggest, with becoming timidr ity, however, that the heliograph or the wireless telegraph may yet do something for our bathed curiosity. And we may bo permitted to add, perhaps, that if a Lake Superior of burning oil would only make a "speck" of light that would be barely discernible on Mars, and a wig-wagging ting of <?t>,(HK> square miles area would have to be used to be noticed there, the artificial "canals" on the planet must be very remarkably wide?at least hundreds of miles ^7.ide:?to be seen here ; and it is not easy *>o understand what possible need any kind of people would have for a system of such extraordinary trenches for mere purposes of "irrigation" and "navigation." Thisjis a sock-dolliger, arid we would like to hear what the eminent lecturer has to say about it. Either thp canals, as the News and Courier says, must hundreds of miles wide on Mars for us to ??# Mem> if the Maritans could scarcely see f> jfjufeb Superior of burning oil, or he does not calculate that the inhabitants of Mars have such things as telescopes, notwithstanding their great intelligence and advanced ;Hoas. Joneayille News Notes. JONKHVIM.K, Nov. IH.-^Tbo last few days has been solid, dry, cold weather and all vegetation is finally killed. Since the cotton has been killed some farmers say their late bolls will not open, as the cotton in them is soft and has no seed in it. There were a good many late bolis in some of t he cotton fields which would have swelled the crop some, so the cotton crop of lolti \u about all open and ready for picaing, and will no I doubt soon be all picked and ready | lor tne inarxoi,, I nero is mucn complaint of poor collections Mijh full and the bulk of the cotton has been sold. The dwelling house of Edmund Foster, colored, near Jonesville, was burned last Friday with all Its con-^ rents and $70 in money. The fatnilx vas away from home and the fire was ':ir advanced before any one reached the place, so there was but two chairs and a straw bed saved. The fire was accidental. This fire was not a half mile from Mr. \V. T. Littlejohn's, whose house came near being burned a week ago by fire that was set to the grass by a passing train and from the grass it communicated to some dead trees in the yard, which set the shingles on fire and it was only by hard work that the dwelling was saved. f.ast, week there were several forest fires in tho community. The Alpha Cotton Mill lost, about seventy-five cords of wood by one of these fires The engine of the new Knitting Mills has been put into position ar:d is ready for the steam to be applied, the boiler however is not up yet, it has not arrived although it has been shipped about three weeks, this is delaying the progress of the work very much. Miss Anna Hames is getting up a number of things to send to the Charleston Kxpositian, such as table ware and some quilts and counterpanes Most of them are over a hundred years old, they ws" go in with tin Union county rx't'hit. Mis it-Us-.r. of Wh s* bus b'-en vi-1:inMrs. G. B F-ovPt Mrs .1 F Hetsill, of C.o-a K-ys, is visiting her mother, M~s G B Fowler. Miss Kolono Lee. of Goshen Hill, is visiting Miss Bertha A'optn. Miss KITle Bougham. ?-f Spiftnnhurg. has been visiting Miss Ktha Hames. Miss Ktha Hames has been visit iug at Union. Mr. V K Depass, of Union, was in Jonesville last wee k on professional business. The sad news of the death of Mr Forney Harris, formerly of Union, was received here last night. A bright young life has been suddenly cut olf. The County treasurer is in town today, he says collections of taxes are fair, some better than otini places. Tki.ephomc About President Roosevelt. (By Qui lingular Corr> spnndent.) Washington, Nov. 20?The r.um her of Senators and Representative: in Wssington is increasing daily They all call at the White House am l with most of them Mr. Kooaevoll ( discusses some phase of his forth ; naming message. By a compandor of noieii it is, therefore, becoming . reasonably easy to predict the president's position on many of tlie more i)/iporbHnt subjects He has said that he js jn favor of reciprocity, hot , docs not consider that it \yould i?t , proper for him to express a desttv t?. j see any particular reciprocal tr?nt> , | ratified or negotiated. He has stated , j tliat he will Urge that immedial< j provision be made for a Pacific ci.()li I to the Philippines and touching at | Hawaii and (fuan, hut that as to the j method, whether it bo constructed by the Government or a private en -, ceru authorized to lay It, he will make no recommendation. He has expressed a wish to see an Isthmian Canal constructed is soon as possible i and hopes to see conm-ess take at) ; the necessary steps without delay ' ) Air Roosevelt realizes that, all the J responsibilities o? his high office ; r?j | heavy and k>>ows their extent f|e I believes his own share to be quite ' sufficient and be has no intpntion of ! assuming a portion of those whi h properly pertain to Congress, o? of proffering advice w hieh might be rejected. His intention is to clearly and as briely as possible, outline the national situitlou, designating any evils which lie believes shomd b?{ p fi*e.;t? () and leaving it to Congress jfc>tjkfl such action as it considers the situation warrants. In the performance of his own duties, while he has receiver! with consideration the advice of everyone whom he believed had the best, interests of the administration at heart,, he has acted and will continue to act with the great.es' independence, and in his relations with Congress he wijl respect its independence to the same extent, that he expects Congress to respect hi- '1'he spheres of the Execqtive arid the l egislative branches of the government are sepqrafe and distinct ," he said recently and that will be the keynote of his administration. The President appears to have relinquished none of his admiration for Civil Service reform. He hus called for resignations from two prominent office-holders because of their viola tion of Civil Service Rules. He has Ut"ted positively and frequently that he will appoint no men to office whom he does not consider in every wai fitted for the position. He has ap pointed a well-known and earnest re form auvocate to the Civil Service Commission, and during the past week, he has announced that in th< Army and Navy and "in our dependencies" mer?t^qpp yiri,11 secure pro motion. Apropos of the Army promotions, he lias caused to be given out at the War Jjopartment an official declaration which states that officers who aorid their friends to the President to present their cjajms for promotion will not improvo their chances, but that "on the contrary, the effect will probably bo directly opposite to that whiph the candidate hopes for" and that "it Is only fHir to the administration that not only Army fiffjcers. but all other classes of public office holders should rely upon their own merits and not upon the further use of political influence." It ie even rumored that it ie the intention of the President to apply the requirements of the Civil Hervioe Commission to ail that class of em TOO GOOD Sonne secrets are t< what we a're going t IS NOT A For the people of Union and county of Dry Goods, Shoes, etc., in th< ^?LUWLb I Tlao many "big valu.? ing are surely too gc record brealtlng pr tliem all over Union aurrounding count wliirlwlndL. One Solid Cnsc Good Heavy Outings, a splendi< weight goods. We bought them cheap and it One Solid Case lHencli, yard wide, made in U our low ]nice One Solid Case Standard Drills, extra heavy, wc One Special Lot All Wool Filled Worsted, 27 ii for only One Solid Case ob-inch Venetians, pretty line < our low price I ? i a Tli? secret of our j advertise an ytlilng ! 1 2- TVH <-?V* ?r-? "1 "1 otlierwlse. OUR MOTTC MDTUS.Ii DRY 0 ; R. P. HAR nloyes in Wa-hir.yt ?n known au m| "Inborer.-*" of wli >:n thi-re an* pro')- lT|1 ably ar least one thousand, drawing 11 g tfS i )iggrcgae sal :Iie* of per [ year Most of them are doing eler j:.*i?I work ami aro "laborers" in i-ame BllV ci IVIcC I only, having used ibis rose to get . i i !nto the service thtough other than! HVO 110X16 ] i I the civil service doors. I G?ner? I Chaffee, commanding the ! M..TT1 (division of the Philippines, reports) I H Hi n It hat he has ordered that the "nutivo i scouts", {p they are novy called, he We have a i' reorganised into companies of lPj i'm?*n, that a standard of physical ClUUeS this excellence be required, and that those _ '. fiotnpanics be gradually armed with o Hnringfield rifles and u limited 1"^ |V| 9 T ' u in Mint of blaek-powd-r ammunition I III |\| I I The C'mmissionerof Internal ^ enue has rendered a decision to the Your nolo-} effect that beer, whiskey and other K articles of domestic manufacture, will just let subject to internal revenue tax, when fl,Qf Rf/.TV, consumed in tpe Unite.-; States aro -ttiat McUOl subject to the saipe tax when shipped to the Philippines. Heretofore. "C' "pp TVT manufacturers of goods subject to IZiX^I inini-nnl rouenne taii have hcen exenmt from excise duty on goods shipped to r ??i the Philippines as they are on goods . shipped to foreign countries. GENERA l, A'/i WS NOT US ' 9 ???^7^3 Gathered From Our Exchanges. VjV4^u Four masked mounted rohbers held ^Y:A / up the cashier in the office of t he ' Chicago-American last Saturday night defied six men. ohtinmn $ht>o and lied ... t'?-f T3i^| toward the river, whpr they mounted , ^ j horses mid rode awav, "T, The latest experiments with elecr rr|c locomotives between Berlin ?nd i n , . Zossen show that tlie eng'nes h vo ~Oliie inspe reached a speed of a hundred miles that We can SUVf an hour. arc unsurpassed "* * * . leather by the p \ Three youru ago the production p^ 1 beet sugar in the United State* ^ amounted to BO,000 tonR a year; a year ago it reached 82,000 tons and his year it is estimated that the out- LJ P"* I put will he is i >t less than 200,000 all L E * ? The Secretary of Htate fias issued .. nAm?iwuirtn t.o the Hailov Lumber ? and Manufacturing Company, M ^ Union, which pp,poses to manufnc- B HI lure and sell building materials and: J hoqMe fupnisbipga and operate a fj>o , insurance agen?y. The oapital stop it I is to be $10,000 The corporators are T. K. Hailey and R L. McNally. ! RT, ANK\S S " * COFFEE H# Captain tyiqfripood Pearson if >bson, TJS THAN B the man whj|0$u?nk the Merrimac at the mouth of Santiago harbor during ** AND XO the war vyith Spain, and whose marvel ious daring on that oocasion (-ballon ged the admiration of the world, ha? ? been detailed by the Navy Depart., ment to take charge of the Naval Ex. hibil at ilu- Kxp? sitiou in Charleston. {j # _T0 ^EEP. >o good to keep but n f pII vnn thi* week SECRET, tf know that we cany the best liA 1 4 9 city and we always make the j PRICES-^^ 9s w? are now offerDoa to heep, for our loos are soatterlnc , Union county and. Dies Ills.? a mltfhty 4 ; * .1 cloth. Others ask 8 A and 10c for rame s yours for 6l4o. ; fniou, a very pretty cloth, real value 7 A, * 5c? nth 7A but we let 'em go quick at 5o. riches wide, woith 81, think of gettiug it 4c. )f plaids and stripes, worth Jo and IQe. i 9Uooes9 Is w? nevor tliat we laaven't ?xx ngo anyone to prove "\B Pushing to the front and staying there. M COMPANY. , ?RY, M^r. ' BE PROSPEROUS.. ormick Mower and Rake. There Like them, they are as advertised, EST IN THE WORLD. 1 ready sold a solid car of ^fcCqpmic^ ^faseuson and will have another oar on our few days. ' DELAY IN BUYING *'\ ibors are usine them and von ran if vnn ? 1 us know you want them. Don't forget mick makes them and & BOYD SELLS THEM. ra Buggies . spfe Wagons ? I MM " ...AND... Jpi Carriages ? 1 All Kinds to Suit Everybody. ct our stock before you buy. We will guarantee ; you money if you buy from us. Our Harness I, we manufacture our own goods. Harness ound or side. Don't Iorget us. for BusIhgm, r k? a ^ lin Ct BOYD. ?!t"'' ' [ F F E El. . Ht ' TANDKRD MOCHA AMD JAVA IS MADE MORE FRIENDS FOR INY OTHER ON E ARTICLE. TRY -* U WILL USE NONE OTHER. ? ?o to 36o FEB POUND.wd [ & ESTES, Th* Pmncy Qroc**?