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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY < ?HY Tlil* ? UNION TIMES COMPANY ' SKOOMI) FLOOK TlMKS JJUIUJINO. 1 JXO. It. MA Til 13, Editor, ' L. G. Young, Manager. 1 ? Ilfgot' r;"l sit till I'ou i15 p ii< Union, 8 C., ai srC -nul-ri.-i s r.uri ni.Ui< r. I SUBSCRIPTION RATES I One y-\\r -------- SI.00 ' Six I'j.mth") ------ o0 tvnta j Three months ----- 2 5 toots. ADVERTISEMENTS j One square, first insertion - - if 1.00. ^ Ev?rv ib?cquent insertion - 50 '>u*s<. Con acts for three months or oger will be nade at reduce ! rates. Locals inserted at SJ cents a lice. . Rej?*cted manuscript will net be re- , turned. Obituaries and tributes of re- ' epect will'bo charged for at bait' rates. 1 UNION, S. C. NOV EMU Ell 21, 10C2. , EXTENSION OF TIME FOR TAXES, j The question of having tlie time : for the payment of taxes extended is ' already agitated. As heretofore we are 1 not in favor of any extension cf the ' time for more than or.c reason. In ' the first place we do not believe the ' end aimed at by those in favor of the ] extension, is accomplished, vie: ihe ' aliowing of those in straightened eir- ' cumstanees, or in other words tlie 1 poor people, a longer time in which j to get their money for taxes togcthcr, 1 from our observation, we arc forced ' to the conclusion, that these people 1 ?the poor people?arc the ones who J do not get the advantage of tax ex tension, why.' xsecause me mauei of extending the time for the pay- ' ment of tuxes comes up annually and apparently trembles in the balances, * no one knowing which way the hp.l- ' ances will tip, thus keeping all in ' suspense uutil very near the time limit. Consequently the people in ? moderate circumstances, un.l the poorer people, who have managed to J get up their tax money, are air dd to 1 take the risk, and go and pay their 1 taxes, fearing they might spend some 1 _ of the money and the taxes might 1 "#PM4ufi,.wipi..JJ I- -go6 ^vie.'ided' UJ** ''f^^'LTtUlX they would be in the soup with a penalty, and possibly an execution hanging over them, they therefore usually pay up and get it off their minds, though no doubt they often have to make sacrifices to do so. Then who does the extension of time benefit? It benefits the rich man, the man of affluence an 1 capital. He has his money at work for him, he does not have to scrape and hord up his dollars to have them ready by the time tax paying comes around. Ho gives the matter very little thought. J To never thinks of paying his taxes until the last moment. He can hold oil tili the very last day, if there should be no extension of time, he turns to his check hook and writes out a check en the bank for the amount of his taxes and goes on about his business, it is a matter of about two minutes concern 4 /\ lin mo n rvf /?n r.i r, ! ' ? ? 1 n V ./ tuu iiiau v/i *. ii j ' i u. i, n Uilw JO ID li matter of many weeks saving to the poor man. Should the time bo extended at the last moment the capitalist simply uses his money thatmuch longer, while it is about as hard for the poor man to meet the obligation before the expiration of tl:o extension limit aj it was before the extension was made. Again, the extension of the time for paying tax is made after the Treasurer and Auditor have begun on their I work of affixing penalties etc., and j all that work has to be clone over again, causing much extra work for thoso officers whoaiready have plenty work to do which is absolutely neces?:iry. It is a bad policy and v. care against it. Taxes have got to be paid, and it is better to fix a time for payment nnd adhere rigidly to it. The peoplo would soon fall into the way of prompt payment and the county would be better off, the county officers would know w hen to expect the tax money to be in hand and could make their calculations accordingly. If from the first of .lanuary to tho first of March la a K*?4f/xn i *v>o f-v? ?a1 l-.nl 1 ?*/ - *? ? wwvvvi miiu tvi V/Ui icutnii; iUAOn than the present schedule, then fix that as the time, fix some time permanently and lets have no more of this tantalizing prospect of extension of the time for paying taxes. South Carolina, and Charleston os- < ^ # pecially, is not quite as .sweet on i President Roosovelt since ho has , again shown his hand regarding the race question in the politics of the ' tate. ' V% A. Din I'OU MISz I '.OUR PAVER? Two weeks oyo, from some causo or uther, possibly u miscount at the facto* y, one of the bundles of paper used in the Issue of The Times for that \v.-'ek ran short. The bundles 'Jre put Isp w itli markers for every .">00 duo's. an 1 tlicse tn-irUor^ sire what sve ;,'o by. As The Union- Times is ill! pri .it> >1 at horn *, royr ?sit?iting jur pois g to press four times every r.eeic to pet out the issue, we did not know ib.it thu issue was polt'g t.o run short, until the last run was goinp curougn ine props, una s-vorai man rout* 4 had been supplied. Piscoveriog tin? shortage it v.> r. absolutely necessary to go through the mail stiil 5:i the ofliee r.r.?i take out quite a Dumber of papers addressed to parlies who hud uot paid lip to date for th< ir paper to supply copies to those ivho were tip and ahead. We are not adverse to giving a subscriber who gets behind a fair showing, and allowing him a reasonable time to renew his subscription. But upon an occasion of this kind those who are in irrears necessarily are the ones to sutler. We have never made it a practice to dun a . delinquent subscriber through the paper, giving pur readers credit for sufficient intelligence to know that it requires money and a gcod lot of it to run a newspaper, ar.d that it must come in constantly to meet the runtiir.g expenses. We credit the fact if a subscriber occasionally getting behind with his subscription to his forgctfulness to come to the office and pay while in town, rather than iccuse him of a malicious purpose to beat the paper. We know no man, tvho is a man, will be guilty of such m actiou. You will find your name printed on \ label on your paper every week, opposite your name voh will fiad a date, :hat date shows to what time your subscription has been paid and if it is not un to or ahead of tho date of issue you owe from the date on your abel. This is done that any and Dvery I subscriber may see every Lime begets his paper from the office just exactly what date, his subscription will or has expired. We do not think it should be necessary to dun a . man for his subscription. He. kn<5ws kvhen it expires and lw should cither pay up, ask little indulgence if necessary, or have the paper stopped. A man who would deliberately beat a newspaper by taking his paper from the office after his subscription badexpired, without saying a word to tho publisher, one way or I He other, for a couple of years, raise a kick and when finally asked' to settle up, refuse to pay up, quit and subscribe for another paper to see how long ho can beat it, is about as mean'as and reminds us of tho negro heat, who gets further and further behind with his merchant, until lie is dually kicked out, then does all his cash trading somewhere else. We are ff! n il < cf ti to flint t*? o 't t K1 n 1/ have any of that kind of cattle on our list.-*. We do not propose to nausuato our readers who always keep up and many of them from one to two years ahead, hy dunning delinquent subscribers through Tm: Times, and putting up pleading stories of suffering and want, patched breeches etc. Tiie Times is not an object of charity. It is strictly a business proposition. Wo give more than one hundred cents value for every dollar received, and wo consider the dollar pain fur 7 he Times is the best dollar investment our subscribers could possibly inako. If you don't think so don't lake it. If .vou are taking it and don't think it is worth the money quit, but quit like u man, with a clear receipt. Watch tho label on your paper. "NufT sed." Tho News and Courier's Sunday edition contained the first roports from South Carolina Society. The reports came from all over the Stato and the social field was thorouehlv covered. This department, will provo an interesting fcaturo of the News and Courier among the society people and will no doubt materially increaso the circulation of the Sunday News and Courier. Everything of a social nature is covered in this new department. And the various societies, clubs, etc., are requested to hand in to the editor of Tiie Times a report of all their meetings every week, thus Union will be represented weekly in this now department, and the outside world can get a glimpse of tho bright side of life in tho hustling, growing city of Union. Send in your reports not later than Thurslay, noting prospective meetings as well. I ca n Tii /; v on-icr i ,1AT EXCUSE? We understand that according lo Saw the Stato Hoard of Canvassers wore required to meet in Colum- j hi a on last Thursday, Nov. H>oh, to declare the result of the recort el *c- ) tion; hut notwithstanding this, and ; the fact that each member of that 5 Hoard, consisting of the Secretary of ; | State, State Treasurer, the Comr.- " | trollcr General, the Attorney Gcn-ij eral, the Adjutant General an 1 the | < Chairman of the Committee on F.!c?*- !? tiers of the House, had been iiulivid- M U&llv notified, onlv nn(> r.f theni.M State Treasurer Jennings, was pv<f?- ; ent, thercforo 1 i?e result of the eicc- i tion could not ho declared. Where j were the other members of this board, J and what excuse can they possibly ! offer fur this flagrant ucgleet of duty? | We cannot conceive any ] lan-ib'e ! xeu3e that could bo offered by these i officers, elected by the people and ;; sworn to tho faithful discharge of j; every duty devolving upon them. il It is another evidence of the fact j; that our primaries are supposed to ' settle everything, aud very litt! at j tcntion is paid to the election which j follows the primary. So littio in ; fact that u very small part of the ! voting strength of the State is polled at the general election, the people; tuking it for granted that everything; had already been settled at the pri-j mary. The people are in a measure 1 excusable for this, as many of them ( do nor. know that the polling strength | of each State is basod in Congres up- j on tho vote cast in the general elcc- . vion, and not the vote cast in the ! primaries, liut for the officers of the j State, thoroughly familiar with the. situation, to apparently wilfully neglect so important a duty as the declaring of the result of the election, according to law, thus deliberately laying down tho gap for those who! euro to contest the congressional puit; of the election, is a negligence beyond j our comprehension, and the members J of the Hoard should bo ftiade to show cause why they failed to meet at the appointed time to attend to this very important matter. V\'e understand this is the first time such a thing lias ever occurred, and it should be investigated. President Mitchell, of the Coal Miner's Union, has beer#von the witness stand before the commission, and though subject to the most critical questioning by famous attorneys for the coal mine owners, seemed to hold up his end of the rope remarkably well. Warm News From fonesvillc. Joxesyille, Nov. 17.?Saturday was a lively day in Jonesville, and as a reSuft of the day's doings today is another lively duy. Magistrate IJates lias issued four warrants this morning and the Town Council has as many more cases before their court. There were considerable signs of dispensary liquor to be seen Saturday and there were two fights and shoot mg Exjiupirn, uvsmeH mere wero many drunks, and yesterday there were two elopements and today is return day for these misdeeds. Mr. J. T. Coleman and Miss Nonmy Hyatt drove to the Methodist parsonage and were married by Rev. David Ilueks. N Mr. Charley Waters abducted the VI year old daughter of Mr. W. E. Harvey and they were married by the Rev. W. L. Neal, a Baptist minister, and this morning Mr. Harvey prosecuted the groom and the minister for abducting and marrying his daughter under 14 years of age. Mr. Harvey i came up with tho newly married | couple u short while after they were A Bank fit Is not necessarily an ol lor our first nine inontl p.'ouu 01. <Jne that proud of. One that ou of. Our total assets an Ask our many customei money in our bank, or rail and let's talk it o\ know the value of an ac .BANK where their moi at 1 per cent, while the] The Peopl B. F. ARTHUJ N. J*. This hank will he clog L THE QR1 In Millinery, Dress t :: Ladies' I and I J Jackets, ( Etc. i I \ Can be found at i the MUTUAL, j ou R. P. HARRY. M; married and took his daughter back home. The Town Council pulled a considerable sum for lines and so did the Magistrate, while some of the sinners will go to the gang. Rev. L. P. Carroll filled his pulpit here Sunday morning and night. Marion McWhirter came up from Union and spent Sunday with homefolks. I .LVev. jmviu hucks js winum^ up: his financial matters and getting) ready for the Annual Conference, j He expects to havo a good report for the conference. Telephone. Asleep Amid Flames. Breaking into a blazing horaa, some fireman lately dragged the sleeping inmates from death. Fancied security, and death near. It's that way when you neglect coughs and colds. Don't do it. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption gives perfect protection against all T1 oat, Chest and Lung Troubles: Keep it near p id avoid suffering, death and doctor's bill. A teaspoonful slops, p late coug i, persistent use the ir.ost stubborn. Harmless and nice tasting, it's guaranteed to satisfy by F. C. Duke. Price "?(Jc and $1.00. Trial bottles fiee. BeWIi*?s Salve For PHasj Burns, Sores. L I h a Record Id bank. Our record lis is one that we are our stockholders are r customers are proud 3 now $162,822.07. rs why they keep their better still, give us a er. Prudent people :count in ft STRONG icy is earning interest { sleep. les Bank. Efc, President. ied on Thanksgiving Day EATEST 3 Advantages who trade \ 1st, You have the largest eto< through and make your selectio 2nd. You can come nearer j (at the iMutual) than elsewhere. 3rd. When you have purcha: assured that you have good PRICES. OUR EXCELL In DRESS GOODS is due to giving our customers the strong at 2oc, 50c, 60c, 75c, 85c, 81, 5 sold in Union. We are kept bi and silks that are constantly be of Dress Goods, Silks, Appliqut Ladies' Jackets a We have surely captured th Biggest business we have over I W. B. and F. Are America's two leading Coi jus? received a big shipment, cc the extended hip, erect, form, 1 stout figures. Every Corset fu A COriPLI Of Red and White Wool Flar ings, Flannelettes, bleached an< ings, Oil Cloths, Table Linens, ings, Pillow Cases, Towels, Doj Blankets, Jeans, etc. rR PRICES ARE RIGI gr. ' - RED CRC NOISELES 1 For V Style, Com Union ? W atchin gl Y our Main Street, i VALUES t people enjoy vith us. . . * . sk and prettiest styles to look ns, (at the Mutual.) getting everything you want sed goods of us you can rest [ honest goods at RIGHT ENT TRADER the fact that we have been est line of woolen dress goods 51.25 and 91.50 per yard ever sy ordering new dress goods ing sold out. Two shipments !S, etc. just in this week. nd Monte Carlos. e trade in this ling of goods. bad. C. CORSETS set!'. Price 51.00. We have insist inrr 41 in nnurra f tvi r\/l ^1 n J rukl'<viiig Ut 1.11^ IJU IT r ou 1UVUCJO) X)th for Blender, average and lly guaranteed. 3TE LINE mels, Canton Flannels, Outi unbleached Sheetings, Tickwhite and colors, 10-4 Shetdies, Counterpanes, Comforts, COMPANY. . > Opposite Hotel Union -* iss S SHOE i/omen. * DO ? I fort, Wear. >hoe Co. r39 Shoe Interest. i Union, S. O, ? y