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? Trwn. THE UNION TIMES ?f /JWUBLISHBD EVERY FRIDAY tl " ?by the? UNION TIMES COMPANY pe en Second Floor Times Building oyer postoffice, bell PHONE NO. 1. w< til JNO. R. MATHIS, Editor. fo L. Q. Young, Manager. eRegistered at the Postoillce in Union, Cl S. O., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES p One year ------- $1.00 u Six months ----- - r>0 Thrag "Mggj ^ ^ 1 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, llrst insertion - - $1.00. < Every .ibsequent insertion - 50 cents. Con .1 acts for three months or longer . will be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at 8$ cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be re- j turned. Obituaries and tributes.of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, S. C. JANUARY 30, 1903. The increase in the taxable value of the property of the State of South Carolina, during the year 10<>2, has been about $<?,2u3,0.V2. It is stated that the general hoadquarters of the Bell Telenl'n^- Xlompany is to b^^ y^, . . .. , I. -.Shoved in April from New X , . , . ,, v 0 i ork to Atlanta, On. ^ ^ Senator Douglass has introduced a bill asking for the establishment of ward voting precincts in Union. Bravo, Senator, pull it through for M* jum: - rnion to establish these boxes. Aiken needs something of this kind and as we believe Jt is not the policy of the Legislature to grant special legislation, a general bill applying to small cities should be passed, as it certainly be a step in the right direction.?Journal and Review. Mr. Forde's bill to allow counties to work convicts 011 their chaingang who are sentenced to u term of ten years or Jcss? tins passed its third . - reading in the House and will no doubt be adopted by the Senate. That will give each county a much Heretofore ?> year wu?icioJ >> >. mu limit. The new issue of postage stamps on which the bureau of engraving an i printing and the Postoflice Department have been working for the pasr two or three months, will bo 011 sale by March 1, the astislant postmaster general has announced. These stumps will be radical changes from the present form in atyle of design and general attractiveness. The new stamps, it is said, will bo the handsomest that the Postoflico Department lias ever issued, and arc the most artistic in design. A NliW PASSENGER DEPOT. We are well aware of the fact that the Southern Railroad is thoroughly competent to attend to its own busiucsj, and while we do not wish to assume the role of Monitor, we hope we will be excused for calling attention to a need that has long been felt and has at last gotten to bo a necessity hpro, and that is a mom commodious and up-to-date passenger depot. The ' present structure is not at all in keep- ' ing with the general prosperity of the | tnvn of IJnioa, which prosperity and I r ipiil growth is to bo seen on every ? I ? | hand. Neither is it in keeping with the Southern's idea of progress! vcness rnl symmetry, as is evidenced along its Unci in its modern pussenfan (Af.t).ots, even at small 'and unim- ^ at small way stat Poftif SA'.Uietn evcn ^ to our little etation house. This pas- ~ senger depot was nil right for the (J Union of fifteen years ago, but it is q not only small, close, stutfy and M squatty, but is an eyesore to the citi- ^ /ens of our progressive town, and to 01 the travelling public as well. When wo see the handsome and n commodiou i depots at various sta- dc tions along the lino of the Southern, cr 9 many of them at towns of far less (\V(' Importunej than Union, wo cannot m; help feeling that llni ?n <a i?~!?In o Ul' 111^ fi slighted. We hope it will only be 'l'! necessary to call the attention of the railroad officials to this matter norl trust that it will not be long he- to1 /ore Union will bo given a passen- "lo| gerdcp)t not only up to the hour, ma but one that will be an attraction for P^1 thatpirtof town and will ineot jil| *'pr ' the requirements of our rapidly grow- ^ log to,vu for yeors to come. |stri > ' v ! \ pINTEREST TO , cou SUBSCRIBE itS. plo Obi ic Law Governing the Question of Paying foi Newspapers. { As we have been asked by several oti rsonj^Mfl^ke law regarding tho J? 3 pub^^^WTlowing decisions of ^ 10 Supreme Court on the matter, ; r the information of all concerned: ^ "1. Subscribers who do not givo jn tnress notice to tho contrary are p, jnsidcred as wishing to renew their h. abscription. en "2. If subecribcrs order tho die- h ontinuance of their periodicals, the 0 ublishcr may continue to seud them t< intil eUrre-paid. d ?subscribers neglect or refuse a o take the periodical from the post- c illice to which they are directed they c ire responsible until they have setled their bill and ordered them disjontinued. "I. If subscribers move toother oluces without informing the pub- v lisher, and the papers are sent to the 0 former address, they are held respon- c 3 i b 1 e. j The courts have decided that refusing to take tho .priodieal from j the ollice, or moving and leaving them uucalled for, is prima faciae evidence of intentional fraud. "If subscribers pay in advance they are bound to give notice at the end of the time if they do not wish to continue taking it; otherwise tbe publisher is authorized to send it, and the subscriber will he responsible untill an express notice with payment of all arrearages is sent to tho JfobiiSi'icf. -The latest postsuch that_ newspaper publishers can IrpRTatlmy one for fraud who takes a paper and I refuses to pay ior i*. ,,w<! Luder this l?w the mill who hllojss his subscription sunn^liJW^ 1 ^ 1 | lefqgtfd," ur.d have ["a postal curd sent notifying the publisher, is liable arrest and line, the same as for theft.1 The recent coal strike docs not seem to have hurt the miners of the union, as that organization is credited with having a surplus left in i.s treasury of something like one million dollars. They are about .fsOtK* i? i ? better olT as u union than before the strike begun, but ns we have said all along the poor consumers were going to be the ones to sillier. Here is an illustration of its truth, < >ne day this week a mob of over f)0> women, men and children lifikLnn j> wv.% unV kuiii 11urn nve or fne cars. That is the natural result of putting the price out of reach of poor people. Editorial Comments. Tho death in Columbia of X. G. tron/.uica, ijieut.-v.rov. Tillman's defenseless victim, puts upon the people of South Carolina the duty of vindicating the orderly processes of the law and affords them tlie opportunity of demonstrating that theirs is a civilized Commonwealth. The killing of Gonzulss in tho light of day and in Light of witnesses was assassination not only unprovoked but capable of nroof ample and absolute before a jury. It was not an "encounter" or a "duel." It was not "political murder," but murder pure and simple, and as murder should be dealt with.?N. V. World. * * * The shooting of Editor Gonzales, of tho Columbia (S. C.) State, by Lieutenant-Governor Jim Tillman, is just another of those disgraceful opi- i sodos that have characterized South Carolina politics in the last few years. There is but one way to prevent i these tragedies, and that is to treat | tho man who carries a ^atul^jisji | rommon criminal?for that he is, or" ^ ?ets his consent to bo when lie arms .4ruself to ta'.o human life. The ' I ,, U". nn fli'o .-...I -.4 1 1 * 1 (%IT>, vl, ii?i3 p/iiiu ?;tUUKl IlOt OI?JJ je inoro stringently enforced, but w<thou Id have inoro stringent laws on his subject in every Southerd State. ' ?Atlanta Journal. * ? c * Speaking of the killing of Gonzales >y Tillman, because Gonzales had lis hands in his pockets, the Spar- ^ anburg Herald, among other things, g "Have wo roaiTyiv ition of things in South Carol imf* *?j 'he question concerns every man in tie State and every home In the t ite very deeply. In many of the s' ther States of tho nation, and in lost, of the civilized States of the hi orld, a hoinlchle committed on such pretext would be punished us mur- in >r without fail. Is it a wholly safe di imo in South Carolina'/ And, if so, nit is required to inuko homicide a rtainly unsafe crimo for a white un in this State? Is thero no ? tiurder*' short of killing a man In i sleep?" * * * The reports of the shooting of Kdi Gonzales by Lt.-Gov. Tillman } ,rs that, he used a "ungazino pis- 11 ." .Many inqnities luivo been he< do as to the character of tho wea- eoi l. One who is posted on the mnt- kin of firearms says it is a pistol that var rios a steel ball or shell filled with ? rthustables, and that if the ball I kes any hard substance ia its [vur. irso, such as a bone, It will oxde with great force.?Newberry server. * * * Speaking of the heroism and patrism of N. G. Gonzales, Mr. John MoMaTftn suggests that, a monu?nt be erected to his memory. As his work for Columbia, Mr. Moahnn says: "To no man does the ndvv f'oluma owe so inuch as toN. GaGoi zales. nrning his energies from leadership i factional politics, In whfth all our Bople had fora while been fengulfed, e led in the maglo upbuilding of inustrial Columbia,. astonishing nil by is genius for leadership |n the arts f peace. Keenly alive to all the inBrests of tho city and the S'ate: itiefatigubly striving for agh-ulturnl nd manufacturing developnent, soinl and educational reforms he has arned the gratitudo of us all " * -x- * When it lakes two days ,o try a ittle suit on a brick account is it any !>? I'onrts nro cloerct l with ases'.' In the cuse referred to, how:ver, which was tried in Unicn last voek, the jurors wore more ra'ponsi>le for the waste of time fbairjmtpe jc counsel, taking more thrn four lours to find a verdict for one,dollar ?and that is almost euro tt- be I aside, entailing another two'days'I trial.?Newberry Observer. Jouesville Jottings. This is the third day the sui has not been seen. The road a coitinue bad u.id will be till we get morisuushiue and wind to dry tin out. This bad heavy weather is very uuht.Uby and i.8 pausing much i.ekueas aud many deaths.' v There ay ere three burying* '-.aterday only a few miles from each ther. , Col. .1. L. Young, Mrs. Bets/ jcott I aud .Uifn 5] r, lv.'\\r. her usual health up to :j o'Mg * io urday evening at which ' lt, a stroke of paralysis aud :i3\, n* eleven o'clock the same evening1 Jnwitt wm the daubhrer of th/I^ c,ault a^d the wife nf^i. C uirloa W. Scott who precal d her it the grave many y aiB since. S ie was a christian wcmia" of tho bi^hesl typo ru.d was therefore ready It r the sudden and unexpected summons thai id.Ht came to all people. Mr. .J- B. Foster lias domd hisprif ami gone '.u the road Felling sewing machine**. .Mr. L^uifl J!itea will start out w'.th his grip touu*?- Milling cigars. . 1)-. \\\ -I. Doogw-wft-v-" Union wl cre he goes to take ch^ of tho Union (\ tract. _ a... * ?*m nave three medical doc ton and one dentist in .loneaville who will look after the sick apd thoso who have tho tooth ache and need their teeth up3et. Mr. "R. -Whitlock n abmt aa In ha3 been for the last week. Mr. G, T. Hyatt is improving a lit'le, Mr. J. F. Alman is buWJjng a nice residence in town which win copied l?v Mr. John M. Gault. Mr. Miltnn MnVum ?f t'-: ? -?v.| Ul I nil) I] j has bought tHo store and dwelling combined of Mrs. Crrnclia Fooler on Main street. Mr. Milton Keuuett will move with hia family to .Jonesvillo Boon. Mr. K. M. Penny, tlie Railroad Agent at this place, 4?as a very smart little boy. He is only 13 y^ara old a d he can hold down the telegraph ofiica here and keep the depot ali in good shape by himself. Ho relieved the agent at Lock hart .1 unction not long smco and kept the agency in goods'iape there for several days. Uev. L P. Carroll and Mr. G. H Fowler were very much shr.koo up on a freight train at Lockhart Junction the other day. They were on a freight rain for ITiion which went on a aid'ng the junction and the caboose got off tlie IraCTnnT Pump idoug ?n the cross ties fi>r srveial yards vhich made the Uev. gentleman uud Mr. Fowler think for a while thoy vere in a wreck. No ore wai hurt. I was one of the grand jurv that tvaniined the office of the Crunty vdiool Commit.shmer ard we found hat Mr. Fant keeps a full ?upply of chool books at actual ccsi which is eally a saving lo the pa*rone of the c.hoola r(jual to the si'iry of the School Commissioner. ^Miss Minnie Dixon, cl Min i or, tw-tlolling relatives ia town. .M r. John Irtfrrook, of C mversa, pent S'Jiiday in (own. A Iiov. Divid Hocks li lit I hie pu'pit err* S lint ay night. M:?a Heriha A'man relatives i Spartandurg Situidiy dpd ye?teriy' 7 . A. M. Parris while uul Iding some inno today wai badly li.Vrt by some the sacks failing on h of. Tm.KirtoNU. ?p + The News From F,tt i Jane, , IviTi Jaxk, Jan, 2(5.--Tho tillman- , nzalos tragedy in Oolumbia has 1 >n a theme of almost universal ' nmeut since it happanod. All ^ d of wild theories have been adiced as ft solution of tho mystery, he primary cause of the feud is Y well knowu bo the reading pubtj I AMD S That Suit we sold yc say if you bougl crot rip1 MUTUAL D And bi right price. C $3.50 Pants for $1 8 $i.so ar $2.00. ar Everybody wears i claim they have no righ when we sell for less. Closing ( \ must have r< ? v?*u to come and sele i I we >vm make the pi 1 guarantee everythin row i ifir-lvn/VKKi, m r f ? i lie, and tfiis is ull it does know with I absolute certainty. That after sever, al months in which public sentiment i and the angry passions engendered by the strife of a heated political campaign had time to cool down and things assume their normal condition, ' for auch a tragedy ?o take place at the time and place It dla, io ! than the pulwic sentiment is prewired to excuse. As it is it naturally adds to the enormity of the crime, and places the perpetrator in the very front rank of diabolism For tho second highest official in the State to shoot down nn unarmed and defenseless citizen in broad day light on one of tho principal streets of its Capital city is without a parallel in the history of tho world that we knoT? of. But we must remember that every question ' has or ought to have two 6ides, and when this matter is enquired into it will he found that there is a "Ronsey Sniffles" at tho bottom of it. And if it should prove out so he is the very scoundrel to whoso neck the hemp should bo upplied. In tho absence of the proof we always fool justified in acting upon presumption so long as it is based upon ' uoiniaon sense and reason. Slncoj the dying declaration of Mr. Gonzales, ?which was that he had not sent Lt.-Governor Tillman'any message? has been made public, J haven't tho least idea but that if the reader could look into tho heart of Col. Tillman j I and know his sentiments, they would see that ho, through tho purfidy of j some false friend or friends, hud been led to kill an innocent man. There is no other reasonable conclusion to bo reached. That this Ilonsey Sniflles (if there be one in this case) has over- ) dono tho work he wanted to accomp- ^ lish there is no kind <?f V. \?UUUl>i j Itev. W. H. White will preach at j Salem next Sabbath, Feb. 1, at II n. , m. ( We are having a great (leal of bad 1 worfther just now, and outdoor wont i is practically at a standstill, There is some talk that our place will soon have telephonic connection with Hickory Grofe, and the line will bo e xtended us far n9 Surratts In .. .his county. In that event can't we t* ret it through to Union? and also to 01 iafTney? Now is the time to strike, r* Vox. ,? ?ttr* Early Riser. ^ Thtt faoMMM IHtta pUlc. I iA* 4 ' \ IT Fi OLD R >u was all right and "> + >rnnr> nnif f nr?m fh iljuur ouiu x* v^... ~.. ht and come right 1 RY GOODS iy a suit op pants t !ome right on and g< 8. This is right anc lcL $2.00 HA.TJE id ^O.OO HATS 3hoes which they have Lt to buy from the other We sell Shoes right a hit doth Dom for our Spring CI ot the Suit you want, t rice right. This is nt ig just as we represe: IT MS A BACKWOODS MULE. i The Farmer Got His Mule and His Money Hack. Backwoods, Jan. 20, 1003. I Mr. Editor: As no one has I gave you any dots from here I will [ try to give vou a few. w? _ ... .1 V iUililUO -r'-nning for another crop. I guc63 king cotton ?;u in for a i good share for that part. t I I was in your city a few days last i week and as cqurt was in session I I staid in the court to see what was ' going on, and as 1 sat there I won. dered to myself if there could not be soma way to avoid all this trouble and expense, as it certainly is vory heavy on the people. We do not have any court down hear, every one tends to his own business. llow ; much better would i: be for every I community to do likewise. I Mr. Editor, one of my neighbors ! went out to your city not long ago I to get some good*. He drove a i mule that sometimes wants his own | way. So he lefc his mule down at 1 the railroad depot while he went up street (not far from Farr & Thomson's store) where they keep some 'goods called two X. This man was detained sowo time up there so the mule gets a liitle rrs'loss and concludes ho would walk round town a little and was captured by one of the city policeman and turned ovor to one of the livery stable men for safe keeping. When my neighbor was ready to go home he could not find his mule. After some time he was told that his mule was in the stable for safe keeping. He went and demanded bis mule. lie was told that ' the cost was twenty five cents which 1 1 c no reused to pay, "but finally agreed , to piy ?ud told them to bring his mule out. So the stable man went 1 lor him but not ho for the mule would 1 aot let him come near him, 8' he had c ,o pay the owner of the mule his noney back to get him to take it 1 >ut. So Mr. Editor, your city po- H ice can't do much with a backwoods- r nan. 1 Hack woods. ... ? You May Not Expect 91 lend bread 11i?*se cold mornings if your our is of the. spaanioiio aort, that only 11(1 wbrka by spalls." You can't be cer- lo dn?you don't know what to depend tti a. "Clifton" flour will bake to jour h itire satisfaction day in and day out. i ia not the best flour today and the )xt best tomorrow. It is the best al! ie time and people who buy 4,C Ifton" aow it. Sold by Macbeth Young and nion Cotton Mills Store. V EIGHT . mTT m1 ,11ml. right here we will e other fellow ;o the COMPANY it the et $8.00 and. 1 dead easy for you 3 FOR SOo, 3 FOR. Sl.OO. a right to do, hut we fellow and pay more nd left and fit all feet. ing Sale. othing and invite ind between you and o hot air talk but we tit it. COMPANY, , Upposite^gotei ?? Remarkable Locomotive. Dr. II. S* Ileleshaw, Professor of Engineering at University College, Liverpool, lectured at the Royal Institution on the subject of "Locomotion on the earth; through the water; in the air." This was the first of a series of six lectures suitable for youthful audiences. The lecturer showed somo beautirkii i-i ? ?uuoiSj drawings and photographs of thcTatest locomotive winder, the Diplock Pedrail. The lecturer's assistant-made a'model of this curious invention yo speedy and with pertcct ease up and'down a minaturc staircase. This new locomotive is supplied with a multitude of elephantine feet, which will probably render it serI viceable in agricultural and military I operations. It can be employed over the roughest roads and even over country where roads do not exist. +* Among the pictures shown on the screen were rough drawings of a pneumatic tire, air-pump, e.nth other apparatus reproduced from a stent specification of fifty years agl. It was mentioned that in spite thtf ^ efforts at minimizing railway paction on a long * system like the IMndon and Northwestern, from a quattr to half a ton of steel was reduoW*tf>*>*powder daily by the percussion of passing trains, j Resolutions ou the Death of IMrs: R. W. Scott. f Whereas, it has seemed goodfto the Almighty Disposer of events to Amove l.uui our mutst our esteemed sister member of our Missionary Society, Mts. R. W. Scott, who had l>een a consistent nember Tor seven yems and was always eady and willing to do iter part with sbeerfulnets. Resolved, 1st. That the kindly regions borne by the deceased with this ociety renders it proper that we should lace upon record our apprt elation other V.. rue and lovabls cluracter. Rosolved, 2nd. That we tender the 111 it ted family our sincere and loving, empathy in their sore bereavement. Resolved, 3rd. That a page in rrur inu'e book bs set apart in memory of ? vh and esteem we lew deoe.?s*l and' \ it a copy of lh?e te solutions be sent* rfam l/. ^ Mlt*. A. 11. 11AMK8, . MKR. K. (J. Frkm, mrs. J. h. i.im.kjoiiht? Commute**. Ji n Mville, S. (\, l.uu 2a, 1003. - laBM