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THE UNION TIME8 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ?BY THI ? UNION TIMES COMPANY Rooms 1, 8, 6 and 7, Babk Bdildibg. JNO. R. MAT HIS, Editor. L. G. Youwo, Registered At the Postolfloe 1b Union, 8. C., as seeond-elAAR mail mAtter. SUBSCRIPTION *ATI8 One Year ------- $1.00 8ix months ------ 50 oeutn Three months ----- S5 oente. ADVERTISEMENTS , One sq iare. first insertion - - 91.00. Every ibaeqaent insertion - 50 cent*. Con sets for three months or longer wil' be nude at reduced rates. i/ocaln inserted at cents a line. Rejicted manuscript will no? be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect wiirbe charged for at half rates. ONION, 8. C.. PEC. 6, 1901. Your subscription expires with the date on the label on your paper. When the date is older than the date of the paper it is time for you to renew If you delay thie too long yon will find the blueX mark, that means you are cut off until yon settle np. The United States cotton estimate . for the cotton crop has been published and it shows 0,674,000 bales, Even this is a little more than we thought the crop would amount to, but we told you that the estimate some weeks ago as published of J11,500,000 was bosh, and this United States report bears us out in the statement. Now we want to see a higher prift* for cotton. Hon. Stanyarne Wilson has our thanks for very interesting statistics from the U. o. Department of Agriculture.o These bulletins contain articles of interest concerning agricultural matters. They are for distribution and if our farmer friends will call in we will show them the list. Mr. Wilson will send any one selected. A terrible epidenic of small pox is reported from lower York county. It is said that there are 1,000 cases In an area of ten miles square. This is a bad state of affairs, if true, and something should be done and at once For the protiction of the state if nothing else. . ? It will no doubt be a surprise to many of our methodist readers to learn that the Southern Christian Advocate has a new editor. At the meeting of conference in Columbia on last Friday. The election of edItor come up. Dr. Jno. O. Wilaon has been its editor for seven years, and his friends were confident he would be relected, there were three ballots the last resulted in the election of Rer. W. R. Richardson, D. D. of Columbia. At the annual meeting of the epworth Orphanage the board elected Rev.George Henry Waddell, financial manager of the Orphanage. Mr. Waddell has been superintendent of the orphanage since its establishment, but was forced to resign to the regret of all the children, on account of 111 health. Rev. Whitfield Brooks, pastor in charge at Prosperty 8. O. was elected to succeed Mr. Waddell as superintendent of the Orphanage. Mr. Brooks is a good man, and well qualified for his new position. "If you are thin and want to put flesh upon your bones, a prominent physioian prescribes eating before going to bed." The above Is going the rounds and (mis Qfi in mind of advising a man 4husly; "Jf you come to a branch too wide to Jump and want to cross walk a log or wade." We don't know Anything about the habits o( Jbhe peo?Le in the country where this nhvai cian lives but most people in this country have boon in the habit of wating before going U) bed, if at all, jaU their lives, {no one jranfte to eat A -meal after he has goixe to bed, ) and are have a great many thin ones tpo. Qne of the most terrible collisions that has ever occurred in this country occurred Wednesday of last week on the Wabash rail road about 7:80 p.m. The collision was between an emigrant double header train and no.4 anda fast limited passenger. raey were running at full speed when the engine* met, two of the engines exploded while the third turned over in the ditch. The migrant train took fire and the eoaohes burned, the loss of life is estimated at 150. The aooident oeoured about one mile from 8eaeoa Michigan, and was caused by the emigrant train disobeying orders to wait at Seneca THE GREAT EXPOSITION. The opening of the South ^Carolina Inter-State and Weet Indian Exposilion at Charleeton last Monday wan a grand suooeee in every particular, and the promoters and ell those who assisted in the work are to be congratulated upon the grand success attending their efforts. Results exceed the most sanguine expectations of its friends throughout the State who hare lent their aid to the Exposition and to many of Charleston's own olti zens. It is going to be the grandest thing of the kind ever pulled off in the South, and every man, womaiand child in South Carolina at least tin nan nnuihlT errancre to do BO should visit Charleston during the six mouths duration of this grand Exposition. The government exhibit has been moved from the reeent Buffalo Exposition to Charleston, and this alone will well repay any one for a visit to Charleston, to say nothing of the thousands of other interesting exhibits to be seen there. It was a grand undertaking for Charleston and the people of South Carolina, and it will redown to the glory of the oity and of the State for ages to come. It will be the grandest illustration to the hundreds of thousands of >isitors from a distance, of the pluck, energy and push of this grand old State that has ever been shown to the world, and we believe the futnre benefit to the 8tate;will repay ten-fold the expense of getting it under way, and the pride with whioh the promoters and their posterity can point back to the fact that by their efforts they were in a measure responsible for and helpful In bringing about the one thing proving to be the greatest lever In showing up the great possibilities of old South Carolina, and showing to the world that in South Carolina there is nnity of purpose, and in unity there is strength, and that the indomitable energy of her people made it possible to surmount or remove every obstacle iu her onward march to progress, no matter how apparently difficult when viewed from a distance, will be sufficient glory for every effort made, even Id the face of difficulties. 11 hopor to South Carolina, her uoble aod patriotic sons, the lovers of home and liberty. The first day of the Exposition, Sunday, was devoted to divine services, of thanksgiving and soliciting the divine benediction of the giver of all good gifts, upon the Exposition. There were several addresses by eminent divines appropriate to the- occasion, among them Bishop Capers, Bishop Dunoan, Dr. David M. Ramsey, Dr. Alexander Sprunt, Rev. B. . Elzas, and othass. Ten thousand citizens joined in the services. The Exposition proper was opened on monday Morning, President Roosevelt touched an electric button in his telegraph department at the White House, that gave the signal for the opening of the big show, this was followed by a message of greeting from the President. The opening day was a big suooess, there were 4'> 000 people on the grounds, and the Exposition is well under way Chauncy M. Depew the distinguished orator of the day delivered the opening address, he recieved an ovation when he appeared on the speaker's wKtwk h a rrraoafn 11w anW nAiw. ledge. His address vu a master]7 effort, that reflected credit even upon Chauncj Depew. There were manj distinguished visitors present, who were delighted with the Exposition and its prospects. There has been a great deal written about the Charleston Exposition, but appreciate it 70a must go to eee it and 700 will And that the half has never been told. Congress opened its 57th session Monda7 morning, Qen Henderson, Republican Representative from Iowa ya* elected 8pesker of the House bj 1W1, .oye^ Mr. Richardson, demo cratlc representees /rom Tennessee, 1J?). The nomination of Mr G'er? ?' Nebraska on the populist side by the (}Q\y other populist in the House who fcM n9<t jo}f)ed forces with one or the - other qt ty# two great parties, caused # ripple of laughter. This session will hare its hands foil of work. The President's message was read Toesdsy, and though there were not many visitors present the members spoke very complimentary regarding the message. The reading of it toes two hours. The matter of the removal of the eoilega for Females, from Colnmbis to some othsr point was brought np at oonferenee, but the matter was put In the hands of a committee to report at next meeting, no the matter le defered nt laet a year. We hare no Idea the college will be moved from Columbia. t : PLANT BROOM CORN. Had you ?rer thought what i inexpensive crop la broom oorn, ai what a prloo it briogo? Suppos farmer friends, in diversifying yoi crops you give broom oorn a try. great deal of your poor up land migl be used to advantage. We clip tl following from the Southern Fiel from whioh you can get an idea < the money to be made by raisii broom oorn. $65 per sere boats ootU a long ways: Ik la uf.af.a/1 t.fiat. fr.tta nvlaa a(4imv> corn is now $180 a ton, and that it difficult to procure it at that hi{ price. "The value of broom corn depenc upon its color and fibre, the form largely controlled by the method an care taken in curing it, and the latt* due to the soil conditions where it grown. , The yield of clean, merchantab broom straw is said to vary from 4< to 1,000 pounds to the acre. La year a farmer near Oourtland, Alaba planted two acres of broom corn. F gave it no attention except to have man one day pull up corn where was too thick. It. was not plough** hoed or cut at the proper time, belt allowed to over-ripen, and when ri was left on the ground until ntlldewe yet. from the two acres there we sold l,2i)5;ponndsattwoand hnlf cen a pound. This corn would have r^d* brought four cedts a pound had it n been damaged. There are several broom factori in the South, and they are always the market for broom straw. Besides the straw, broom corn yieli as mneh fodder as does Indian co and also from ten to thirty bushels seed to the acre, which is very usef for general farm purposes. Removii the seed and preparing the straw f market is a simple and inexpensi matter. The cultivation is similar that for Sorghum and Kaffir cor The richer the soil the better the cro broom corn will grow however, < poor or upland soils. The time harvest varies with the latitude fro July to September. In the 8outh the oost of land, labc and living is much less than in tl North." THE SOUTHERN FIELD. We have just recieved the D?>cemb issue of Southern Field. Publish by the Southern Railroad. It is ft as usual of Interesting facts concei Ing the excellent opportunities I investment in th6 various Southe Towns along its route, good lane healthy and genial climate, pti water, Etc., It is profusely illustn ed. The frontispiece is an sxcelle half tone of the remodeled state oapit at Columbia, while the last phga .00 tains an excellent map of the railroa of this great system, and its trib taries. With the Southern Field t Southern is doing a commendable wo in the building up and developme of the resources of the south. Just about what we 'lowed, wh? the Government's reported came cutting down the estimate 2,000,0 bales from the eleven and a hi millions, as figured out by the beai it caused a panic on the cotton e ohange !n New York and cotton we up forty points, which means abo $2.00 a bale. Letter From Etta , ane. Editor Times : Your correspon ent has lieen quite unwell for son days, with aou rheumatism, but mucij b tier now. Last Thursday the Sal^m 8. 8. at O. E. Society observed Thankngivir with h song, praise and Tbaukagivii servioe. A creditable offering wi rained for Thorn well Orphanage ?i also other clmritable and religious ins) tutions were reinemltered sulatautiall Rev. W. H. White preached at Si lem Sundav morning and eveniiij Good congregations attended each se vice, acceding to notice, given 01 month ago, the cffhrch elected one E der and two deacons, T. J. Estes w? elected Elder and J. W. Browu and ? T. Estes deacona. The free ferry at Howel's was star ed this week, and Vaney C. Comer the ferryman. The running schedu wi)l hp from sun up to sun down duriu the week and for pertain hours on tfc Sabbath, so as to accommodate tt church going people. Those oroesin out of schedule time will be required I pay regular feri iage fees. The oounti< assume no responsibilities for any aco dent that might happen while ero&si' r attempting to cross the river. Thwill,'of course, endeavor to keep a firs class ferry at all times, but will not a sume responsibility for mishaps. Farmers are sowing wheat large) i In fact not aurj? a crop of small grai - as been howu *iube"t3il. The weatb? is flue and the wheat is being put in i Urst-class order. Rev. A D Davidson, of Gaffney, j supplying ^hilo chnrch in York count once a month- The flirt Sabbath. H preached there yertcrflay. After this week very lifle cotton wi he left it) t,he tjeld- Hort of it has bee picked out, ginned and sold. J^ota t holla will never open, and this will W oesearily shorten the crop this year. 4 the cotton is now practically oat of tb hmd of the producer, we may look ft an adya^po in price. Mr. Sam Powlpr yri)) tpove to jJnio soon where he eipeuis (o run g da it farm. Sam is one of our profession! cattle traders and withal a first rate fe low. We hate to give him up as a neift b ar but as he is going into good oompan we can't object to his making the tjxm Wa hear but little uf the smrilpo now. The soars has tenapotutil/ sut = NEW DREJ ir ? ~ = THE Ml m is fh Off r PYrpllpnf Knainaoo 3M 4 vaw ivaiw K/MOHIV^O III | ? busy ob MORE NEV le X) ??? I Here are somt A it. \ 11-wool Tricot Flannel, new shades, very prett; ,/r 36-inch Cashmeres, new winter shades, just in tl oO-inch all wool Venetians, the new popular sha ^ Prunella, one of the prettiest weaves shown this i gray, garnet, blues and black worth $1.25, bu ot We are showing a large assortment of Black Goc aa tine, Mohairs, Poplins, Granite Cloth, etc. Pi 1,1 >ee our new yard-wide Black Taffetta, very pret J* Peau De Soie, a regular world beater, lovely wea of number at *1 New lot Taflfetta Silks, pretty shades for trimmii or ve . ;v Wonderful bargains to I P!1 Af.Vl 1 Tl r*? 4-rx1 m wau uuiixg, vjruii uo r uru ?. Misses Jackets, Etc. ie Something new to i I MUTUAL DRY (H R. P. tIARI t?l hided it seems. n- Mi. Willie Bruce will movt to Mr -R I dfl W- D*vis' where h* aud Mr. Clareuc Cl j I) ?vi? will run a farm next year I II 1 a" We are ulad to 9*e that Tub Times II ? I he is inc easing its circulation and h pe fur rk it a wider ti 'd of circulation than it has ? ever attxinei uuy a McCo Last Fiiday the personal pr<>p-rty <>t our old friend and comrade, James Mc- &F6 110116 11. Q.iwan, deceased, was sold at public sale to >ri the oM houirstead near this place yww*1 in 'li* wife, Mrs.. Kl'eu McKowo, is the 1 H Hj Hr admit istratrlx. The North Pacolet 8. S Convention w lq_-- i (interdenominational) will meet at El- **e u<Jve ttir s,: bethel church on the 22nd inst., at 10:30 chines this 8< *. I ^ m. ? j. ' g I Dr. 8. O. Sarratt, it is rumored, will Siding in a It nt?ujove to Union and leave his farming at interes in charge of his brother, Judson |VI IT (s?arrHtt This will leave this section I wit hout a physician within manv miles ?f Dr' S. R Black moved to Hutersville, d- N <', I Hat week. He has been practicing Will JU8t let 13 ae in this oomm unity for about Ave months tkuf \T f is In many cases the low price of cotton Wldt i>ie^OriJ] poupled with the short crop has givea id the f4rm?*m the hlues. Many of them np M ig will have to make a change in their bqsi- vAl-UJuil I ig neas no doubt S im* will go to the cotaH ton or knitting mills until they can re 1 I cover the present, year's loti. fi- TheC. K ^<ciety lielo a veiy interest yv y itig meeting at Salem churoh laat night. vW^y. Sy*a It was largely attended. The young pr people have tsktn this work In haud in ?'|v7]t30 n- d-ad earnest. By souie means a report je got out that the society would suspend 1- (hiring the winter. But not. a word of is it, the hone and sinew of the Endeavor EjWfflw j I Society is not oompoaad of those who iR-J ^ are so easil) fnwn out a* that. Q^y o I le A Rare Opportunity. Jy We desire to call the personal and M )r immediate attention of each uml I tg every oqp of par feeders to the ex- ^ -f 10 oepfcional terms qpon whjoh we ?re j Cqiro hl)d inspept *s prepared to offer the representative tlj^t we can gave 1 1- journal of Agriculture Farm and I , g Home In connection with this paper are unsurpassed, 7 Everywhere throughout the country leather by the pou * Farm and Home is known and recs" ognized as a journal of the very 3F1 highest standard. Its sound common ' sense, practical teachings, terse ? mi " paragraphs, originality and pluck f LJ L, Eg () have woo for it a place at the* he?d % Chp d, of the agricultural press. fts lml? mense c'rculation, exceeding d&0,(XX| ,v copies each Issue, is in Itself a telling fast I naAiolal nf If i rvMisMrtal oalno ,w^ lotrf nslo worth Our subscribers will ' M m )l do wed tft rpafl Ifle announcement V U I) and ayail themselves of an oppor- ^|T ^trjr 4 tpnlty to secure at a trifling coot, % fr paper which will return them ft >* thousand percent on the Investment ny imvio m in the useful hints and teaching to be OX, * obt Ined from its perusal. To all COFFEE HA.fi we say, try Farm and Home'a year, US THAN A) ' poa will not regret it. A fine Art if I tin vait J Calender for with weather foro- XOM r oasts for ovary day In the >ea?, and h five beautiful piofcures, 0x1#, each a TwsfcTMl ? gem of act, is Included in each sub- w n'aJftJ k scrlptlon. You can get it and the x Union T|HRft both one year for the nnAUAN k redk-ulously low price of fl for both* | VI KAnAl 1 'i ft >S GOODS LITUAL. 1 ??] this department keeps us dering 1 v V GOODS. [ i new things: I y material for waists, our special price 90o. lis week, yalue 33c. our low price only 25o. des, yalue #1, our low price only...... 85o, season in dark green, brown, mode, it we only ask (1.00 >ds, Pebble Cheviot, Melrose, Florenrices 60c to $1.45 ty for skirts, etc., at 91.26 and 91.50 ves, regular price 91.26, our special ftQO lgs, shirt waists, etc., at 60c and.., ... 86?. in Millinery. Shoes, ishings, Ladies and * a . t1 v ? r show you every day. )0S8 COMPANY, RY. Mgr. g? * BE PROSPEROUS.. rmick Mower and Bake. Th|ri ke them, they are ae advertised, 3ST IN THE WORLD. eady sold a solid oar of McCormick Ma?son and will hare another ear on oa? . 5W days. DELAY IN BUYING * f -a - urn are using mew end yow can If yon is know you want them. Don't forget tick makes them and & BOYD SELLS THE*. ig3 Buggies ip Wagons rknji ...and... ||t Carriages ? Ml Kinds to Suit EvujfMy. onr stock before y?>u buy. We will guar**to* rou money if you buy from ue. Our Hants* we manufacture our own good#. Harnett ind or side. Don't Iorget us. or BuglneMh -.N &. BOYn. : PC,p.n* _ r C C1; ? KNDMD KOCIU amq Jf to i kadi hori raidm roi rr other one article. vet will uei none other. fk 10 to 3So K1 'nTTTlTTr wSj &e5tes, tnpwtcromek l