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THE UNION TIMES - PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ?by thi? UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Floor Times Building. J.VO. K. MAT HIS, Editor, L. G. Younu, Manager Registered at the |? stofflce in Union,* 8. C., is second-clu-vs <uail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion - - $1.00. Every .ibsequent insertion - 50 cents. Con acts for three months or longer will be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C. SEPTEMBER 5,1902 The Newberry Observer says if you want to get office move to Spartanburg, and it does look as if there is something in it. The late J?y Gould got his start by Belling rat trips, from them he probably learnr.I > he lesson to hold fast to what, lie trot. until he crot his load. There is going to be some of the warmest kiud of work done between now and the second primary which takes place Tuesday, the 9th inst. R. Eber Brewton, auditor of Spartanburg county, committed suicide on Sunday morning by cutting his throat with a razor. Bad health is given as the cause. United States Senator John L. McLaurin was in Greenville last week looking at real estate with a view to . locating in that city. Better take a look around Spartanburg, unless he has decided to give up politics. The new presidents for both Furman and Clemson have been chosen. One of them is named Pell, the other Mell. We hope this does not mean that things will be run pell mell in these noble institutions of learning. Its sroiner to be a tiszht race between Evans and Lattimer for the senate. Some think about as good plan as aay in deciding is to shut your eyes a?d throw heads and tails for choice. But Evans is a Spartanburg man., Another disastrous eruption ofj Mount Pelee occured last Saturday. One village was destroyed and another was swept by a tidal wave. Over 200 lives are reported to have been lost. The inhabitants of neighboring villages are fleeing in terror to the interior. A negro prophet who has foretold several things that came to pass says the democrats will win this time and that David B. Hill of Albany will be the nominee who will load the party to victory. He say Bryan is booked by the fates to be elected president in 1812. We predict there will be more interest taken in the second than in the first primary. The list of candidates is so much shorter, the voters have una longer time to study the candidates und they can more readily keep their names in mind. The newspapers will endeavor to keep the public informed. Luttimer and Talbert have both dropped their candy. They were both congressman, but wanted to go higher. Talbert, however, made a good run and got in the second race. Has anyone got a self acting, double barreled kicking machine for sale? They could probably do some business should they call on some of the defeated candidates. / *1. ?It is astonishing to the average reader the number of votes that were cast for James H. Tillman for governor. We think this can partially be accounted for by a great number of voters in the rural districts who do not take the papers and therefore I ' -* uuu t net)(j pimten, voung ior him, be- 1 couse thoy thought it was Ben Till'' man running. The Wilmington Messenger says: i "From ten acres of land near Wil- < mington W. B. McClelland has mar- i keted Sf'J.oO.") worth of Irish potatoes i this season. Net result, $1,895. i How is that for a money crop, i Irish potatoes grow well in this sec- ' tlon, suppose some of you t.r% them j for h money crop. The above beats cotton, and not as much work ncces- < aary. t i. PRIMARY ELEC- < TION RETURNS. 1 i As heretofore Thk Times outstrip- i ped all records. The people were ' furnished with a correct tabulation J of the vote with correct additions of < snn.c in our regular i?su<- I week, i If some people could liavv <?e< n our office crowded with anxious candidates wanting to know "how they J stood" in the war of the ballot, they ( 'would have died with envy. One i would come in and ask "have you * finished figuring yet. I know I will . ' ?1 u ' get ine correct tijib wueu ^uu |iuw i lishit." ? f Another wonld say "every thing j seems mixed across the way. I j know they are in error. Please give me the correct figures in my race." 1 After our correct tabulation was in type for the paper the jotf' press was i called into use for special copies and one prominent oandidate came in smiling, saying that "he was satisfied The Times would have it right." It is a pity that some youthful journalist cannot understand that statements that are not backed up by final returns do not set well on interested people to say the least and when the general public are to be reached they always depend on the paper that gives the news in a correct and not garbled form. The Times feels more than complimented when the executive committee found it necessary to change its totals to conform to those of The Times. Our readers ean depend on getting the correct returns from next Tuesday's election in their next paper. Several have asked our onlnlon on ' the beet men to vote for but there is a trite saying attributed to our old ! friend, Jonas Smirk that "Everybody was voting to suit themselves." We ' have always followed that rule and ; depend on the good people to do the same. The state and county is safe jn the hands of any of the gentlemen who are offering themselves for your suffrage. All we advise Is pay very little attention to those smelling strongly of iquor and whispering some scandal that has been discovered at the eleventh hour on some good man. Consult your wife and vote as she suggests and you will not go far wrong. ROOSEVELT IN AN ACCIDENT. About 10 o'clock Wednesday morning while President Roosevelt and party were enroute in a landau from Pittsfield to Lenox, Mass., a serious aceident happened in which one of the party, secret service officer Craig, lost his life and the president was slightly bruised, and very narrowly escaped losing his life. Secretary Cortelyou and Congressman George T I.! . uanicuv>C| ui iuaooa^iiUlVlbB lujurwu; Secretary Cortelyou was rendered uncoDScioae, The landou was struck by a trolley car on the tracks of the Pittsfield Street Railway Company. It was overturned, throwing all the six occupants heavily to the ground. Officer Craig wfs caught under the wheels and his life crushed out. Immediately after the accident President Roosevelt realillzlng that the story might be exaggerated hastened a messenger to Lenox with the news. The president's injuries consist of a light cut on the head and a few bruises of an insignificant nature.* Governor Crane, who was in the landau, was uninjured. The officer who was killed was on the box with the driver. One of the four horses was also kilied. The laudau was only a mile from Pittsfield when struck by the trolley car going at a high rate of speed, fully 80 miles an hour. Driver Pratt was knocked senseless and taken to a hospital for treatment. The six occupants were thrown in 1 every direction. The president obtained a new conveyance and continued on his journey. ? The conductor and motorman of the trolley car have been arrested, ! charged with manslaughter. Motor* 1 man Maddon was released on a $5,000 1 bond and conductor Kelley was re- 1 leased on $2,500 bond. The motor- ' man whs warned by Governor Crane 1 and others, but the warning came toe 1 late. The motorman was ringing his 1 gong and the crowd was cheering the i president. 1 how the collision occurred. I Just at the foot of Howard's bill ? the road bends a little and teams are compelled to cross the street railway bracKS to the east side. The railroad then continues at one side of the * street Instead of in the centre. Just t nt this point the up grade of the hl)l a begins, and hut a short distance be- e rnnd the crossing there is a narrow . bridge spanning a small hrook. The trolley ear approached the rn.id * crossing und^r n good head of speed f with gong clanging Just as tbs driver , ? >( the President's csrrisge tnrned his esders to eross the tracks. On each ilde of the Ohlef Executive's oarrlage rode two mounted troopers of the loud cavalry company, and the horsenen on the left of the landau had .urned on the track with the trolley ;ar immediately behind them.though some yards distant. . TltlC HUI>I>KX WRECK. , Alarmed by the Hanging gong, they tvrih turned in th* r <-:vlles and waved M rlgoroiialy to the mo ertnau to stop his ?r. Almost at the same instant Governor Crane, who qoMly perceived ftho J1 iatiger, roee to his tret and likewise tooLioi ed to the moterman. The latter pi great excitement desperately tried to stop his cer, but it was too late. It crashed into the carriage just as a loud moan went up from the frenxird onlookers who thronged the roadside and who bvt a moment before were cheering the President. The horsemen managed to ~ get the frightened animals out of the way just in tinre ?r?l the car struck 'he rear ?hM>l nf !>? ? ?irplo?o ?? 'l"- !?? ? - v ? ( i iwgu "ii * 11*5 t v | m side and plough-d rhrough the *r>v?t * wheel of ihe vehicV, which received " full force of the Mow. The OKtr' HgK was upset in the twinkling of ?'u eje < and one hone fell dvart on Uk tracks. g Th" other three powerful gray., attac led * to the veh cle starord to ru?^. and d na- T ged by them and push?d by the forc^ of the car the wreoked carriage was mrved thirty or forty feet. Agent Craig fell from his seat immediately in from of the car and it passed completely over i his body. Driver Pratt in falling str<ick the dead hone immediately in froi.i of him and rolled off clear of the car, thus escaping a similar fate. Presideht R?o8- J evelt, Governor Crane andSecretary Cor- ? telyou were thrown together in the 'lot- " torn of the carriage. } The President's lip was cut and t blood was flowing from the wound. 1 Secretary Cortelyou had a severe I wound in the baclc of the head, from r which blood was flowing freely. ^ the motkkuan'8 srory Euclid Madden, the motorman, in I telling his story, says that the car was No 29, which hiul motors of sixty-horse ? power. The car is not fitted with air brakes. On account of the Presidential exercises he says that the running seta dule on all lines of the company's stu-ets were disturbed. As he passed over the railroad bridge, about 950 or 400 feet from the scene of the accident, he says he shut off the power and put on the brakes, the car * then being on a down grade. He says jj there were teams on both sides of the track aDd be was exercising every care to avoid au accident In hisopiuion the car was not running over eight miles an hour; he received no warning to stop and did not see the mounted men or Governor Crane waving their bands till it was at a standstill. Aooording to Maddcn's . stoiy there was plenty of room for Uk 1 President's ceil iage lo have n the west side of the trol'ey track ar . hiwould have had plenty of time *u h J passed the President's carriage before the turn was made to tile east side of the road. He said that the leading horres 1 were turned short across tire track Ho [ could net tell just how the car struck ' the carriage, but be says he reversed tt e power and went for the brake just as 1 quickly as possible when he saw the t horses tufn on the track. He says it j was dusty and with difficult he suw what < was going on. ?????? 1 W? have rsoeived a lengthy reply * to Hey Denver's article in last week's Times. It does not appear in this ^ issue, first bscause it was opened af- ^ ter our first page, or page devoted to < correspondence had gone through | the press, second, that while the ( party is entitled to a reply as the ^ original letter to which exception ^ was utKen was written by Hey Den er, we very much regret that this ^ wrangle has arisen. It has been our aim to try and avoid these discus- J sions through the columns of The f Times. It can never do any good { and is calculated to do much harm ^ in any community in which they f originate, both sides always have 1 their friends, and the longer the con- c troversy is carried on the more bitter ? the feeling beoomes. With the hope j, that some mutual friends of the parties concerned will see the parties and get them to consent to let the I matter rest at what it is, we hold the 0 communications back this week. The c thing is not worth guarreling over ^ any way. However if the parties in- 1 sist on its appearance, we will pub- * lish it in our next issue, but wish to F announce most emphatically that it ^ can go no further. We will not al- D low The Times to be a medium through which personal quarrels, ^ charges and counter charges are to be veatilated. While such things might * interest a dozen readers directly concerned there are hundreds of readers who possibly know nothing about * 41- - Jl - - uuo pnmirs tu mo UlSCUHBlon, KDOW ^ little about the matter under discus- j lion and care less about the whole ^ business. They pay for a newspftper to get the news, and we cannot tfford to force personal controversies ? lpon them. With a few moments R efioction any reasonable man will lee that our position Is correct. at F.j The Department of Agrioulture has ? ust issued a circular calling the at - z entlon of the public to the vigoro us ittempt which is b^lng made to en- j inforce the stato and federal f sme aws of the couot'y and partlo* jlarly ' he law of May 2T?, 1901. Wb'ile the >rovisions of I his law are roe sonably L veil known, the inevitability of ptta-l EXTF 5c J) i YARD MJ a^AT 1 BveryttLing; < stt prices tnat W? tals.e stool Drder to oleai summer stuff tli? remnants ...HAL Jew lot ladies' elbow silk mitts, Jew lot ladies' novelty belts, the Jew lot ladies' turn down Collar reatl erbone Stock collars, the id Cxtra heavy "Buffalo" Sheeting, )ne lot nice figured muslins, 3 t quick" we have made the pria Jew lot pretty val. laces and ini BUYING ??& In our Buffalo Mt Glrooeriew, Crook< Shoes, T'runks, Cl< BEMT trOO I *?nrn%TPn nro ? HUTUU D: R. P. HARRY, M shment for violation does not seem, 0 b<> appreciated. The maximum jenalty for an infraction of the law a $200 and costs, the latter often lonounting to $100 and over. Prosecution may begin at any time within bwo years and it is not infrequent for & hunter to ship game, receive word from the express company that it has been "lost" and forget it, only to be confronted by a United States Marshall and summoned to appear before 1 federal judge perhaps a year afterwards. With that Irrevocability for which the Department of Justice is lotert, no case is permitted to go fry lefanlfc. and the man who violates any croviaion of the federal law does so kt his peril A digest of the federal tnd state game laws will be furnished ree by the department of agriculture 0 all applicants." The above is rom onir Washington correspondent's etter and it might be well fox* some if our hunters to heed this warning, specially if you have been trea passng upon someone else's land w hile luntin g. 1 >. Wasn't that vote for Hey ward for joverBtor an eye opener? He not >nly .made a fine run in eve'JT ounty, but at his own home ont of 891 vnlM pnaf. ha nr\f OOr,Q 1 ? 1 ? ? ?? wmww ?v gvu | UIJ1JT 1U9 ~ Dg 185 -votes. We^ioubt if there is nother.Jiian in this state who could toll 95 per cent of the entire vote of is county. Heyward is to be our >ext governor unless all signs fail. Uncle Josh Ashley had best have Bt well enough alone, he could probbly have easily won back his seat in hevhouse, but when he reached highr, he heard something drop, and he ras the something. Reminds us of be dog on the bridge with the hone i his mouth, and seeing the reflecion in the water which looked like a urger booe, dropped his bone to get le other , and that which he had was one. lotjce to Debtors and Creditors, i All persons holding claims against the Mate of William Smith, dectused. will I resent same duly attested to the underigned for payment, and those owing the aid (state will come forward at once and aake settlement. Dr. W. A. Smith, Adinr., 4-3t. Glendale, S. C. ' PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM ClMnera and tx-aufifica the hair. Prometaa a lomrtnl rrowth. Wavar Fall* to Bartora Orajr IA H RIL rHE MUT 3ise In 8umm are surely tr Is. 1XX AU?U8tv OL up all ?lic w? liaxre ma] at aPont . F PR all the rag4, get a pair before t i 4 Ping Pong" and other prettj s, all sizes and heights, only.;, eal summer collar, all sizes, pri< , yard wide, value 6ic at o 20 yard lengths, real value 5 e sertions to match, prices 4c, 5c, arge quantities as we do for ou at Buffalo^ we are able to mak< best lines of goods to be found. ore will be found a ^ry, Tinware, Or >thing, Hats, Kuri OS AND LOWK n every departmei THE BARGAIJ KT GOODS gr| MONEY IN Is always at thi Your life migh Since we opens SAVINGS Where depositors j year on their monej mg not to keep thei awaj in their trunks of safetj where they time. One of our li of the storj. [the peof B. P. ARTH1 UNION S Watohlng You HUUM STRUT, EAVY L V XJ A YARD UAL.^> .ex* stuirsoinc ad? winners. ^ xxiex:i, ii v ?rt lezistHs in rked many oi ICE... hey are all gone, price 60c r styles 26c and 60c 10c ;e 20c 6c to 7 ic "to clean up the lot ... 4c 61c, 8c, 10c and 16c ? r two large stores, one at Union j the lowest possible prices and to klall line of* the bent y floods, Notions, iitui~e, Etc. 1ST PRICES it. IN" CENTER^ COMPANY. ! t Opposite Hotel TJhion. " " . !tg *1+^ IfODR TRDNK b mercy of thieves, t be at stake too. d up this \ BANK receive interest twice a r, wise folks are learnr money stuck hidden , but bring it to a place ?? * * can can and get it any it tie books tells the rest 'LES BANK, * \ J OR, President. alk-Over Shoe * FOR WOMEN. 0 and $4.00. FALL STYLES READY. ;hoe ccx, r Shoe Interest. UNION, s. C. | /