The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, October 10, 1902, Page 4, Image 4

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TH E UNIONTIMES! PUBLISHED EVERY EBIDAY ?by the ? UNION TIMES COMPANY Secon*i> Flook Timi:s Buii.ihxu. JXO. R. MATII1S, Editor. L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the I'ostoftlce in Union, 8. U., as second-class mail matter. hit" : ?^ SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 00 cents Three months ----- 25 cents ADVERTISEMENTS One sq tare, lirst insertion - - $1.00. Every ilnequent insertion - 50 cents. Con acts for three months or longer will lw nada at reduced rates, f/ocals insert *d at 84 cents a line. Ttej' ctcd manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, S.C. OCTOI1ER 10, 19C2. FOUR THINGS NF. J; D/> D. Oar free schools can never accomplish the object for which they wrre established, saj 3 the Progressive Farmer, without a nior.) liberal school tax, giving us money enough to do all that money alone can do. In the second place, wo must have well trained, well pai 1 professional teachers. In the third placs, we want the best possible supervision?such supervision as will secure unity of plan and concert of action. Those three factors ? sufficient - money, competent teachers and the right kind of supervision?will give us schools capable of educating the people, And then we must have in the fourth place, a compulsory law to compel the attendance of all the children subject to the schools. No uso raising the boo/a boo that a compulsory education law will force the negro to the school house as well ac Ilia white child. It js a well known fact that the negro will go t school, law or no law, if it is opjen to 4 him, and there is where he shows hi? 'good sense, while the white people a are very careless and seem in many iuoiuuwo h'ju i yj givu a rn.i^j ? injiiici their children get any schooling or not. The compulsory law would : bring few if any more negroes to school, but there would have to be m?r? houee room instnnter in the white schools. "Until the Democratic campaign * text book was published it was not gem ra'ly known how great tho number of trusts was. In that public-action the number is placed at 2X7, V with a caplization of $6,972, i I1 Of this number it is asserted that at .least 1(>9 having a capitalization of # $i>,090,891,012, are able to charge ex^ horbitnnt prices because of the pro; tection they receivs from the tariff." V And that is the reason there is such >a howl against trusts. When a trust ?-.lias tho protection of the tnriif to the Vextent that, they can manufacture in America, shin their product across t^the Atlantic Ocean and sill it at a ii'priee that successfully competes ?with the same article manufactured In Europe, the taritT freezing out 'European competition Jover hero by , axcesslverates, thus protected, charge atheir own home peo, 1) more t'ian they do the people of Europe for the same article, and pay the freight 'charges to Europe besides; it is time to howl and it is time something was done to remedy the eviI. That remedy is to "kick the rascals out," that is the Republican party, the father and protector of such 'trusts and tarilT laws and put the Democratic party in. $(5,072, HS,t).">l, just think of the amount covered by trusts. It is hard "to realize what thut amount of money means. It would take a representa iivo irom caen 01 meso trusts counting dollars at the rate of one tach second more than N years for the whole gang to count that amount ?of money. No wonder the controlIng heads of this amount of eapital have power to squeeze the poor consumer at will. A paper in (iolden, Cel., raked in msny delinquents on tho ground of this eloquent appeal: v "You may approximate stars In a nail keg, hung the ocean on a grape ine to dry, wipe the noso of a cyclone with a towel, cut olT the tail end of a tornado for a keepsake, put the ky in the ground to soak, unbuckle 4the belly-bund of eternity and open .UP the sun and moon as health resorts, but never be deluded with the Idea that you can escape the hot side pf purgatory if you don't pay for. jour paper, ? 1 T ?t*. THE COAL STRIKE. The coal strike in Pennsj Ivauia is getting to bo something serious, and the daily papers of iho country are devoting considerable space to discussions of tho question pro and con. It is getting serious because the usual supply of coal is considerably cut down ou account of the striking tilers refusing to work or illow mhfif miners who are willing to work t)doso. This strike is for higher wages and has been going on for a considerable length of time, so long, In fact, that the demand for coal now far exceeds the supply, consequently the price has been goirg up with a jump until it is getting to be a question of whether or not suffering to hundreds and thousands of the prorer peoplo will result. Even at t le present price of coal, in the la*^e it'es it will bo a matter of almoit impossibility for many peoplo to buy coal for heating purposes whtn cold weather sets in, and at the same time buy the food necessary for existarce. Tie price has advanced to twuity o Id dollars a ten and hard to get at t'lesa figures. The present demand of the industries is sufficient to consume every ton of eorl now being mined. When the cold weather begins it will mean suffering and death for many hundreds unless the situation is relieved aid work begun in mining coal, and that at once. We do not know who lo blame for this threatening calamity of a coal famine, but something should bo done and that quick. If there is nothing else to be dono the government might sieze the mines in the interost of suffering humanity anil relieve the situation. It might be claimed that this woul 1 establish a dangerous precedent, but it does not necessarily follow, as the operatives of other industries, as well the minors, know that the government woul 1 not step in and take possession every time a disagreement arose between employer and employees. It is a bitter light and both eiJo3 seem to be as determimod to light to a finish as when they first begun. Ii the miin owners win it means a terrific blow if not tho death knell of organized labor, while if tho strikers win it will be a great incentive for the rapid building up of all labor organizations. Wo are not opposed to organized labor for their mutual prelection in a legitimate wav but we ? C> ?r deplore the methods resorted to in many instances by the strikers. We cannot condole mob violence, and believe that when those troubles between labor and capital arise the liborer would win and retain the sympathy of the: public fn a much larger measure if they religiously restrained themselves from committing any act discreditable to any good citizen. ? This is a free country, and a man or any number of men have a perfect right to work or let it alone", but they do rot have any legal right, as we see it, to restrain those from working who are anxious to work, perchance to enable them to feed and clothe a suffering family. We think they should be sure of their strength boforo they walk out, and should be excused for bringing ev^ry argument and legitimate persuasion to bear on those expecting to take their places, to reconsider, but when this fails they have legitimately reached the end of their rope and can go no further, to do so is to throw cold water on the public sympathy that may have been aroused in their behalf, and to cause disgust irr the mind of the public. We think this is true even when the interests of none but Ihose directly concerned are at stake, ..but when tho ntr<tir assumes such enormous proportions, as to seriously iilfect the interests of and perhaps endanger the very lives of hundreds and thousands of citizens not directly or indirectly concerned in the questions at issue, it is even more forcibly impressed upon our minds. We do not condone tho action of the mine oners eithor. We believe it is simply, an effort pushed on stubbornly, to stamp out of existence organ ized labor. We believe tho miners should have fair wages, and with the enormous profits thut the coal miners have made in the last 18 months, above what they made the 18 months previous, wo think they should divide their extra gains with the men who do tho work, to extent of allowing them an increase in wages. We never lieur half as much of a stir or kick when a cut of operatives wages are made absolutely necessary by losses or dull trade, as we do when tho operatives ask for an increase of wages on account of tho prosperity of the business with which they are engaged. In the case in hand, howover, it appears that both sidea are too stubborn to know or care what suffering their contention may cause to the outside world, and it is about time ' some power that does care take a hand. THIRT QUARTERLY REPORT Of County Supervisor, iqoa. T. J. Bctcnbaugh, Sup'i. (Numbers "consecutively from 7U7 to 1218 ) Ant. Allowed J II Bart lea $ ? CO M 0 Deaver 4J1 DO 1 J F Bflue 17 50 K A Hancock US 7n j Ira Sartor 1 25 A P Eison 12 00 J C R-b:rson 8 00 J II Morris 99 Mutual Dry Qocds Co 6 Go W E Alman 2 00 Allan Nicholson OS 03 : T E Bailey 5 03 Jessie B Davis 23 00 J E Minter & Bro 0 00 ( vv*H'kpr Evans & Cogswell Co 5 84 R R Means 2 10 j T I' Bailey 10 50 F C Duke 5 55 1 I W Sanders Sheriff 224 81 \ W Y Stewart 1G 0*> R F Webber 2 85 I M G Broom 12 50 J G Hughes 87 50 V G Bei.tley, Coroner 1141 J W Bates 87 50 Webber & Whitlock 14K? to J D Murphy 8 85 J A Chambers G2 50 A D Sweat 4 50 Holmes & Moore 1 20 F B Gulp, Secy 28 40 Union Hardware Co 27 82 ' L W Crawford 1 50 Thos Nelson 1 00 M W Bobo 1 50 ' Wesly Littlrjohn 1 00 . L II Dticlap 2 00 Bailey Lumber & Mfg Co 18 24 . T C Jolly 1 50 John Dawkins 4 80 Mra M C Milligram 14 40 The Peoples Bank . 47 84 W L In man 1 00 J H Bart lea 4 95 J P Vaughan I) 75 . L B Tucker 5 GO W H H ist 87 f.O Jack Greer 5 J9 John R Mnthis 12 00 L G Young. Mgr 91 G8 Henry Hawkins 1 50 T J H Smith Jr GO CWTWillard] 180 II II Robinson 70 O T Bel no 76 i D B Williams 1 00 \Vm Farr 10 85 J II Bartles 7 8o Union Carriage Works 2 00 I J T Bishop 2 00 J C Miller 8 85 J II Bartles 14 80 R 1) Bon 1 ware 75 J M West 15 85 M F Sparks 11 1G W C Johnson 4 OO H H Robinson 5 00 : J S F Adums 1 85 < J F Belue 17 So J W Humphries 2 <h) VV S Lawson 17 90 , T C Garner 18 70 J T Spronse 9 Go < J R Sumner 14 25 i W J Tucker 9 88 i W L In man 20 86 B F Lee 5o . T M Tweed 8 70 W T McGowan 8 25 , Morgan & Wagnon 4 00 O T Belue 9 10 , J P Vaughan 15 OO 1 W M Lawson Sr 8 00 i C B Gregory 15 66 C M Bailey 8 00 W Y Stuart 2 1M? J I) Murphy 10 tK) , D F Baldwin 17 110 J 0 Crocker 2 00 i Chas Whitlock 75 i J H Bartles 1 4o , Adams & Faucett 19 00 < J W Humphries 2 00 , R W Scott 1 00 C M Bailey ? oo , J S Horn 2 00 , D B Williams 1 Oo A D Sweat 4 50 i L H Dunlap 2 00 , Thos Nelson 2 00 Wesley Littlejohn 1 00 G G Hodge 1 50 ] John St John 2 00 , J C Sartor 1 50 , J G Gall man 1 oo ; J W Meng 1 00 j R H Stewart 1 00 ' J F Proctor 1 00 . Belton Millwood 0 00 ' John Dawkins 1 00 i Calvin Millwood 2 00 , J H Bagwell 8 00 , John A Poole 1 50 , Haze Roberson ] 00 I T J Ij hinder 1 50 , Asa (iault 1 50 . Hix Millwood 11 00 ' John Sartor 1 50 , l)r W L Sims 2 00 1 Henry Thomas 2 00 < C F Scales 1 50 ] S G Brat ton 1 50* i C C Rochoster 2 00 ' Ktchard Fowler 1 oo ] S G Howell 8 00 J Green J Leo 2 00 , Joe Scales 1 00 Margaret Louis 1 00 ? W N Smith 8 50 1 J L Calvert 1 5o . Rosa 1'endcrgraff 2 00 < J J Littlejohn y oo ] L B Jeter 8 00 1 J L McWhirter 8 00 J J C Crocker 2 00 J Simey Grogory 7 r>5 ] John Mitchell 2 40 J Jeter Fowler 25 25 J J F Belue 1 5o J S S Faucett 18 10 J 11 N Gall man 28 10 J D B Free, Jr 14 00 ( P H Jeter 20 20 ( J C Gregory 7 85 S John Foster 12 80 J Balaam Thomas 80 R V Gist 1 oO Circu: The biggest circ bion of the people iil Uo. are making on CLOTH I r In this mammoth show of < Clothing will be found suits to rac fit the price and price to suit the people. You will also find in charge of this large and selected stock of W6 Clothing L. N. llcdger who alwa3Sgive you the correct and latest style and pcrf< ct fit, will not let you go cut unless the suit sold you is a ferfcct fi'. Satisfy and fit a customer and we m< have a lil Living Advertisement ? MONEY IN Why (l-poait your money in ? tight and water proof and a very ? nre burglar proof, but we claim tc Grips in the city, end as to price 1 nre chock fu'l of bargains, come 01 MUTUAL DR R. P. HARRY, Mgt C F Scales 15 95 Barthemy Dawklns 2 f>0 lames F Willnrd ]1 75 *""] J S F Adams 80 I Frank Peake 88 .'18 Oharner Stevens 7 25 G C Harris 8 (50 Oharl'ta Vaughan 20 10 W 8 Lawson 25 515 J E Meng 17 47 WAL Kelly 20 40 J G Bishop 28 85 W M Vanelian . 27 95 Jamos Willard 1 20 Thos Jenkins 25 05 G 0 Harris 15 10 W E Sinclair 20 80 K F Johns 82 20 VV F Hart 17 00 J J Willard 20 85 VV A Crocker 11 80 Oliver Eaves 15 CO C E Bishop 14 00 John Morris * 11 00 0 T Belue 17 00 J T Foster 0 10 A J Bailey 7 00 J M O'Shields 20 25 J M West 6 851 WJFridy 32 20! 0 N Lawson 7 80 J D Smith 18 85 ; VV L In man 6 70 ' Wm Gregory 30 451 H H Robinson 5 00 I J B Duvls 5 15 j I JFBelue 17 801 D B Fant 4? 91' ?H hinder McGowan 18 00 I r J II Smith Jr 12 40 J M Fowler 18 80 T C Jeter 19 90 UDion Hardware Co 82 42 J W Sanders, Sheriff 858 04 < v I H Wilbourn 7 80 ,*? J S F Adams 1 80, Shclton Addis 18 25j \\ J E Sprouse 22 Go y I S Sumner 82 54 H VV J Betsiil & Co 2 25! JJ I H Bartles 8 60 H W N Bobo 2 00 H \llan Nicholson 8 10! M RS Wilson 1 15 | fj L W Crawford 11 50 \ J F J Betenbaugh 50 00 Q U P Thomas 88 05 jj Bailev Lumber <fc MfgCo 18 29 T F Willard 1 00 H Ihos Nelson 1 00! G! I M Bobo 2(KJiU 3am Kates 8 001 y foe Scales 1 0<? j J 1 O McCoole 5 80 ! J VfcGary Sparks 8 00 j j rhofc Burnett 2 (H) y f O Roberson 8 00 \\ IM Greer PJ 8G 00 H [ D Page 16 51 V G Bentley, Coroner 10 41 " lohn Morris 8 951 H F P Vauglian 42 56 | J! Jessie Comer 15 4<>: M r J Wlllard 9 75 I ? 1 E Bishop 8 10 T 1 F Scales 6 25' l J L Crosby ' 17 89 f, f L McWhirter 48 85 ^ (^Continued next week.) ?js s! Cif us on earth can't at ke the price the Mt MG ANDJI Our Hat Department fori 11 and boys is no Side Show. An Clc In this (our hat) department Sh< have the best makes and dai tst shnprs at a price that one .kes them go a hooping. Overcoats. to 1 It is a little early for an niu 'ercoat, but right here we ou<! mt to tell you the price we nel iVc on an Overcoat would,yoi ^ve it if it was in August.jthe >w is the time, don't wait jaw I Jack frost reminds you j anc at is is time for you to be 0111 yoi ur way to i pre A CAUlMr t savings bank when you c in safe place to keep any article of have the largest line ofTrunl we simply give a knock-out bloi 1 we will find time to wait on yo ,Y MS I \ o \ In Sending ThrougH ttie m no risk: if you fc> BANK D1 Payable at any j U. S. to any par C! O "P/TVfN^ Ol 11 -*/* /S <-? 4? k^ClU.C?OU, OLLI/UOL Most Coir Our rates on these 3 cents for $ lO cents for $ Bank open till 5 o'oloc THE PEOPLI B. F. ARTHUR, # Largest Sti fSH @ Ever Walk=C UNION SHOE WatchingjYour SY M AIN STREET. *cus! ?< tract the attend itual Dry Goods HATS. The Mutual Dry Goods Co. i d buy an Overcoat, Suit of the*. Pair of Pantf, Hat, ^cs fvr jourself, wife, lgbter, son and the little m. Great Goodness ? have so many goods here you, spice will not allow us tell you about them, but wc st remind 3*011 that you jbt <0 be buying your Flar.s, Jeans and all othe r goods 1 need for winter. Have m made up and when you ake one of these mornings 1 behold Old Jack Froat^^ i can say we'e3me wc are pared to meet you. ;s BANK buy a TRUNK that 28 air value. We don't ?ay they cf, Suit Cases, V .dices and v to all other dealers. We I0HTAHT. ppnsite Hotel Union ; Money oil you run uy oris of our RAFTS. ? i joint in the 'ty named. >, Cheapest, lenient. > drafts arc: >1 to A10. 19-to $100. :k on Saturdays. iS BANK, President. r i r> ock of a IS OES Shown in Union, "? J )ver S nd see us. 4 COMPANY, | 5 ioe Interest. i * i UNION# b. C. m