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TELE UiN LON TIMES s. jUBLiSBED EVERY FRIDAY * . ?BY THE? UNION TIMES COMPANY SKOOM> Fi.oou TIMKS Builimno JNO. R. M IT //IS, Editor, 1. L. U. Yopno, Manager. vf' . Registered at the L'oslotlice in 1'nion, 8. C., as secoml-clase mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six mouths ------ 50 cents Three months ----- '25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, flrst insertion - - $1.00. Every <ibsequenl insertion - oOcents. Con acts for three mont hs or longer will bo nude at reduced rates. Locals insert* d at SJ cents a line. Rejected manuscript <*ill not be returned. Obituaries ami tributes of respect will'be chanted f<?r at halt rates. UNION, S. C. SEPTEMBER 12, 1902 y ar r GET WITH ^hitia I EL Mr. Gilmore's Rejoinder. Sept. 2, 1902. Editor Union Times:? If it were not that Hey Denver in his last article attempted to make me a liar I would have nothing more to say and would not at the beginning if lie had ne? said "that it is possible to geU'-,v-> want ih? ?* ?.'x ,.ien who X ttttiu overseeing for the money there is in the job, and like a nigger do as little for that money as possible :uid gi'tlull uav ?pr iLM.. _ Did you ever hear of election bulletins being received in cipher? Of course the public is vkky appreciative (?) of that, kind of service, where they have to patiently wuit until a code message is taken to the other end of town and ciphered out and put in plain Knglish. But this was one time they didn't have to. If nil the counties had hustled in the returns to headquarters from each precinct like Union county sent them in to The Times office, the election could have been declared Tuesday night by 10 o'clock. Our tenth Bulletin distributed to the public at 8:?i0, four hours and thirty minutes after the polls were closed declared the election so far as the county candidates were concerned. m + m We not only furnished the bulletins for the pounty returns as fast as they came in and distributed them printed to the public, but we received the bulletins of the State election by wire and immediately posted them in front of tho Union Hotel within 25 feet of the telegraph office, before the ink got dry. The people road The Times Bulletin in two minutes after they arrived, not having to wait anyone's pleasure. That is the way The Times serves the people. "Taxpayers and voters of Union county, can't we afford to pay this slight i rt f* nan S r\ f ? wno /tk UI ' iuvavwov in l U>ACn I'U rt*pittCO our present inadequately arranged, disgraceful looking court, house with a handsome, modornly equipped public building which every citizen can refer to -with pride? "Yes, we can, and let us all on next Tuesday sign the "yes" lint which will he found at every polling precinct, and thus show how unanimously wo stand on the subject of this pressing public need." Was anyone jarred by the weight of theso "yes" votes that were cast on the question of a new court house. By the bye, we would like to have these returns tabulated. They would >no doubt prove interesting, We undoes4 md th it nt the b^x at West Springs there were" sixty odd votes ug'iuist ihe building of ?i new ;o'irt bonse ?nd nnnn in favor of it. i" v?y have got. it down about right. \V- 'mve prvrr V>ren in f vo- < f build. g ; new or y h w u ! . mr I prcHcut circum*. ' <" ' !?i| J? r?'l tV> hi* k tt' ? p!o?i -?rneturp pan be enlurgnd and improved to meet all rcqu'r- incuts at a very much less coot than building a new one. SECOND PRIMARY. As in the first primary so in the second The Times was far ahead of anyone in getting aud formulating the news. Before the people on the streets thought of getting any returns the full report of the Buffalo and Santuc boxes were on The Times bulletin board, in front of the Union hotel, and in quick succession followed Carlisle. Cross Keys, Jonesville and the others till 8:80, just four nnd.one-half hours after the polls closed, we had printed and posted our last, bulletin on the county election declaring the winners. The office was closed at 8:45, thus allowing our faithful and efficient office Iforce to mix among the crowd where they enjoyed the praises and congratulations showered on them on every side on the unprecedented record they had made in The Times' bulletins. The Times is' proud of this record and though others may puff and tickle themselves over things imaginary the cold hard facts remain that The Times is always to be counted on for the correct figures sooner than they can be obtained from anj other source and that when a copy is received in any home in the county it is read from the first to the last, because all eight pages are fiesh good reading matter and the advertiser who is so lucky as to secure some of our spaoe always finds that he receives handsome returns for his investment. Our advertising columns are full; our sub. ^scription list large and still growing and we are pleased because ouradver' tisers and subscribers are delighted i with our service. t ,?l" - , VOTES BOUGHT CHEAP. Wo have seen a good many warm . elections in Union but never since we have been here have we seen as hard and persistent work at the polls a? we witnessed Tuesday, Some men let their privato business look out for itself or left it to the care and supervision of others while they devoted every energy at their command in securing votes for some favorite I candidate. Our greatest regret wae | in noting to what extent intoxicants i were used to influence voters. It is a greut pity that people find it necessary to resort to this means to secure votes, it is a greater pity still that mere are men among us who can be led or influenced to vote this way 01 t hat by n few drinks of whiskey 01 beer. We will welcome the day when such methods will be tabooed at the polls and in fact in the political campaigns. We hope the day will com( when men will be selected for the various ollices on merit and competence, and not by any man or set ol men wlio can furnish the most monej and intoxicating drinks. OFFICERS ELECTED FOR UNIOS COUNTY', The following officers have beer elected to serve for their various terms. We publish the whole lisl that those who wish to do so maj preserve it: i For County Supervisor?Thomas J, j Betenbaugh, re-elected. For Auditor?John G. Farr, reelected. For Treasurer?Jus. 11. Hurtles re-elected. For County Superintendent of Ed ucfitiou?1). B. Fant, re-elected. County CommiK-iioners?I M Mobley, rr-elected, and W. Fowlei Bobo. For Master?C. H. Peake, re-elect ed. For Probate Judge?J. M Greer re-elected. OHK UEFRESENTATIVKB. For Congress?Joe T Johnson, re elected. For State Senator?J. T. Douglass re-elected. For the House?A- C. Lying ant H. (J. Little, re-elected. Wo congratoi to them nil. It i: i all over, let overybody now bury th? j hatchet, and let lis dwell together it j peace and pull together with a unity i of purpose for the general upbuilding I of our county and State. ?au - ??? l Wo must congratulate tho people on the result of last Tuesday's election. Xoh only wero good men elected " it we know of two offices for wh> money end whiskey both wore' uao '"rcely nod both candidates got icfr. We wro ?i little r>nr"Phersivp i thnfc 'no y <i " mi .St, be tempt e l hi be it " i'd ' tho'r glory thut | they n oted like me" end spurned such J otTcr? .W?? hove always lied great faith in i the people as the ni-blters of their own duties and when fully informed they 1 seldom make a mistake. The results of I last Tuesday show their competency I and though a primary election is very I demoralizing, yet it is better to have j the people record tho verdict than have a packed convention to trade some unworthy candidate into 'office and force him on the people. The weather reports do not slander , tho summer temperature of Savannah and Macon. The papers of each city are charging that ham can be fried in the othor by oxposing it to tho sun. In Montgomery and Augusta, we believo, it. is usually fried in the shade. Charleston is the only cool place in this latitude.?News and t Courier. Tho trouble with u< is getting the ham to fry. If we can manage to ; get hold of the ham wo will attend to i the frying process without bothering j old Sol about it. CUT THIS OUT. flow Union County Votes. It will Lv seen by refering to the li,urea below that the vole in the county or Union for the second primary was SS votes heavier than the vote of the first primary. Theie were only ti\e boxes in the county which did not pn i 'as many votes Tuesday as at the tin' primary, and there was onlva difference ! of one to four votee. This is a pretty fair opportunity to get the average v-u' in.T utrr..m(l< . .f M?a ..?1 ' ciii:i>?sui vm vuc wuill.jf niKI Ui I'iil'l! | voting precinct in til** county Th? re were 2212 votes cast in the county at t'>0 first piimavy end 2290 at the second primary. By preserving the figures below ' you will be able at any time to ansae* t the oft repeated question as to wha' : . ihe voting strength ot the county, or mi.^ b,-x in the county. 1st primary. 2nd prim? ,-y. Suntuc 1*18 14-2 Carlisle 73 7d Buffalo 134 14.", Cross Keys 125 1 is Jonesville 2G3 203 Monarch 75 80 Kelton 114 140 Adamsburg 52 44 Black ltock ' 37 30 Lockhart 102 IV1 West Springs 78 70 Gibbes 51 ..i'? Colraiti 30 ;>2 ! Union 844 807 > SOUTH A GRAZING COUNTRY. L Superiority of Our Pine Forests ( Over Western Plains. , Baltimore, Md., Sept. 4.?Special: j j Connected directly with tho indus[ trial growth of the South is the ques; tion of cattle raising. Not only is a llATMllainp*?nooinr? I [ ' iiivivaoiug lUlUU^U lllUUn- j (; try to be furnished its beef raised at ! home, but increasing employment iu i ! ( industry is to be offered in the kand' ling of cattle in all its forms from the | 1; field to tho consumer. Census figures show that in five important *1 Southern States there was in 1900 a I 5 smaller number of neat cattle th;*n there was in 1890, and in two of ' them a smaller number in 1900 than ' in 1880. A number of factors have l * contributed to the actual decline in > 1 the number of cattle in some States. i together with a failure in others of i ; the increase to keep pace with the I > | increase in population. One of them j . j is the habit of selling young stock t for shipment to the West to be grazed r ( and killed there and to be returned J to the South as beef. The lack of 1 economy in such a policy is being impressed upon Southern farmers, , and there are signs of interest in a revival of cattle-raising and in packing house undertakings. Bearing 1 upon that movement is a letter in ; this week's issue of the M ami fact ur1 era' Record from Mr. (J. J. I laden, of Atlanta, Ga., embodying the ic suits of a trip he has made in the West, lie compares the high plains of the West with the vast stretches of pine timber plains of tht Southeast, with fifty inches of rainfall in a , year, situated on an average 1,000 miles nearer the markets and as yet j . unu>ed for agriculture, and lie says: i "Our Southeastern lands escape i the destructive blizzards and snow f storms that alllict the plains; f<>r be it remembered that the grazing lands of the far West are from 4,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level, and the best of them (particularly those parts ' near the ltocky Mountains) are subjected to heavy snowfalls. The casual observer who first - passes through the Western plains and then through South Georgia fort esis will satisfy himself at a glanse of the greater quantity of grass ou tne l latter Cattle-growing, which has been carried on in theso forest lands in a small way, adjusted to the feeble finances and lukewarm enterpriijs t f the native settlers, has been practically nil profit. The watering and wintering necessary in the West are ' unknown requisites. Ilitberto herd ing has also been unnecessary, but JOHN J C spnm Mt W V M FOR HAND AND Mi 2 S PO _AT 1 ~NE\ ]lave already began pouring in , ments will be full of the seaHon'i nery, Notions, Gent's Furnishing .... 1000 YARDS Another lot of those 4 to yard to 20o. Come early and g MIL We ara pleased to announc will bo glad to have all her lriei in fall and winter styles. We \ the past. COMB TO HEAO( MUTUAL 11 R. P. HARRY. Nlj this lust item must be considered if the industry is pursued on a considerate scale. Persons remote may be surprised to know that, although Georgia was one of the thirteen original States, yet within seventy-five miles of the first settlement (Savannah) the traveller may ride across tko forest ten miles without seeing the habitat of man. Georgia, the largest State in square miles east of the Mississippi River, having depended for nearly a century upon natural reproduction, unaided by immigration, is yet decidedly poorer at both its northern and southern ends. Hence thcro is sufficient grazing, at present not utilized, for millions of cattle. Add to these facts that water is abundant, if not on the surface, i _ i -L n 11 ; nuuresiuie oy snauow wens, costing to i dig from $5 to ?10 each, or at most: \ Artesian wells, costing on an aver| ago of $300, and there is a conelu- j } sive showing in favor of the South- : east as against the far West. [ "The land piivileges in the South- j | cast would bo less in proportion to J j the feeding power of the grass then .an the plains. But as the Southeast- i era lands are in the most part timber- j [ ed, or even where cut over are valul able for general farming purposes,1 "with sufficient timber remaining f>rj farm uses, the stock-grower would; probably prefer to be his own land- j lord. lie can then at small cost' supplement where needed with improved grasses. "The actual expense is less to equip a ranch for beginning in the i Southeastern pine lands than on the | Western plains. The peculiar ad- j vantage of the pine land country is i in the fact that more grass is found -m a less area, bringing the herds' closer to a given point, which facilitates business. The absence of the hnraasinff tlin oln/mlAuo fl.w.f vwvj vuv oivtpiooo H4 111 of the night, that eats away ihe ranchman's dividend, is also a cumulative argument in behalf of the in- ! viting forests along tho South Atlantic. ? Tho high prices of cattle and cheapness of the land warrant an inflowing verdict."?G. J. Iladen in News and Courier. Mrs Mollie Allen, of South Fork, Ky., says shu lias prevented at tacks of cholera ' morbus by taking Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets when she felt an attack coming on. Much attacks ar?* ma - ' i ally caused by indigestion and lh,*?i tablets are just what is needed to cleanse the stomach and ward off the approa* hi ing attack. Attacks of bilious colic may i be preventer! iu the same way. For sale I ] I by F. C. Duke. J LARK'S S &.CHINE USTC. WARRA: UL5 B"HE MUTI N GOC and in a few days our court te s newest creations in Dress (Jo< s, t-hoes, Hats, Clothing, Ladies' ; OF EMBROIDER G? yard length Embroideries ;et some of these extraordinary LINE e this department will be in ch ids call and see the spiendid i vili continue to lead in styles QUARTERS?THE BAR HI GOODS gr. The Temptati Is not half so deposit your i SAVING! Where it make payable twice a firiri vrrn r>QM W%? VUil ^ V-> t the asking. W hundreds of c money and we vs A dollar starts :* to wealth in this The Peop B. F. ARTHU; I" M A A r / UNION S Watching Your MLAIN STREET, r ;Tx cord [TON NTED 200 YARDS. or 5c I lAi C >ds rs and shelving in all depart)d?, Trimmings, Silks, Milliand Misses'Jackets, Furs, etc. IES JUST IN. . . . and Beadings. Prices lo a values. ^ ^ ;ry~ arge of Miss Lillie Thorn, who issortment of the "new thing" and price as we have done in GAIN CENTER. MMMNY. < " % Opposite Hotel Uniou& ion to Spend great if you money in our 5 BANK s you interest, year. No risk your money for e are helping others to save rant to help you. rou on the road bank. les Bank, R> President. ilk-Over Shoe FOR WOMEN. ) and $4.00. FALL STYLES READY. HOE CO, Shoe Interest. UNION, S. C. V.-' fr-V ? y r' ' **" }