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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ?by thu UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Flook Times Building ovek Postoiuce, Bell Biione No. 1 L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the Fostotlice in Union. 8. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 50 cent* Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One sq uare, flrst insertion - - $1.00. Every ibsequent insertion - 50 cents. Conacts for three months or longer will be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at Si cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not he returned. Obituaries and tributes of re flpect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C., NOVEMBER 20, 1903. The 10th annual meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy which met in Charleston, JJudjourned on Saturday night. Mrs. A. T. Smythe, who has been very prominent with the order in this State, was elected President. The farmers are becoming thoroughly sick and tired of the depredations of trespassers?and are very generally posting their land warning them oil. Hunters are the most annoying of their tribe. When original woods were common on the farms, birds were abundant, but since these woods have been practically all cleaned up, such birds as lived and built their nests in trees have become very scarce, and the only dependence for keeping down injurious insects is upon what are known us ground birds. Of these partridges are by far "* * * " * ?>w< rAARA instead oi decreasing when the lands are opened up, and the Hocks never wander very far from where they were raised, so that a farmer has about as much right to his own partridges as to his own chickens. During the winter they eat vast quantities of gras3 and weed seeds, that would otherwise grow and add to the labor of cultivating the crop?they scratch among the leaves and other litter for the insects that have hidden themselves away till spring, devouring cut worms, hud worms and other insect enemies of the farmer and are entitled to his protection. It is perhaps unfortunate that partridges are so good to eat?their destruction costing far more than their valuo as food. SAYING OFCIIRIST FOUND IN i; G YI'T. Excavations and research's in Egypt and in Assyria have brought to light most valuable nrcheological finds that throw much light on the early history of civilization. So far. these records, instead of disproving the Bible narrative, tend to confirm ib uiiu iuiuw uew ugub u[)un it. "in Egypt a short timo ago Dr. Grenfell found a rich ptolemaic necropolis at El-Hibeh. The bulk of the documents from one mound consisted of a collection of sayings of Jesus. They are all introduced with the words 'Jesus saith,' and for the most part are new. The ends of the lines, unfortunately, are often obliterated. Apparently all the sayings were addressed to St.. Thomas. One of the most remarkable is : " 'Let not him that seeketh cease from his search until he find, and when he finds he shall wonder; wondering he shall reach the kingdom, and when ho reaches the kingdom he shall hare rest.' "Dr. Grenfell announced that enor- I mous interest could be aroused by the discoveries, on account of the variations they disclosed from accepted texts. One variant of the mystical sayings recorded in St. Luke, 'The kingdom of God is within you,' was of no great value as the saying in the papyrus appeared quite diiferent durfoundings those attributed to it by the evangelist and extended far into another region. "According to Dr. Grenfell these saying form the new gospel which is traditionally associated with St. Thomas. ,"An interesting variation of the gospel according to St. Luke, 11th chapter and f>2nd verse, reads in the papyrus: " 'Ye have hidden the key of knowledge, ye entered not. yourselves and to them that were entering in ye did not open.' "Another fragment contained a discourse of Christ, closely related fo passages of the sermon on the mount, nnd a conversation between Christ and his disciples, in which Christ answers a question as to when his kingdom will be realized, saying: " 'When ye return to the stato of innoconco which existed before the fall.' " This answer would seem to confirm the opinion held by many, that perfection iS^tho ultimate destiny of man. v NEIL'S ?7/C I.S IN THE HANDS Or THE WIZARD. Few of our ptople realize the magnitude of tho woik going on at Noal's Should. Atrip to tho Shoals will repay anyone, a feeling of grand ure will overcome you Ad you will simply look, and wonder, as "one looking at tho rolling waves of the ocean, how such things can bo. Tho Union Power and Manufacturing Co., or rather Col. T. 0. Duncan who is the moving spirit and main, spring of the enterprise, have purchased all the riparian rights on Broad river from below the Shoals to a distanco up the river beyond back water from tho dam and are now erecting a dnm to hold the water and make it turn the wheels of commerce insieaa 01 auoraing n lishing ground for tho young men of Union, Santuc and Curlisle. The sito is one of the few grand, magnificent and cheap developments on our streams. A narrow point has been selected with solid granite jutting out from tho bluff on the Chester [side and the ledge extending across to the Union side terminating in high bnnks fifty feet abovo the highest water of record, making an opening between abutments of only three hundred and sixty-five feet. At this point the company is erecting a dam twenty-four feet high of the fiuesl workmanship One not cognizant of the fact would bo justified in thinking the Government engineers had drawn specifications and wore superintending construction. The work is on a grand scale. A quarry of the closest knit granite has been opened on Chester side where some hundred and liftj hands art at work getting out the dimension stone, which are picked up by huge derricks, placed on a railroad truck and carried by gravity about two hundred yards to a point where the grabb3 from the traveling crane catches them and n'.ir*P>4 them p?ithf*rnn 1 lis dom whi<<h I ~ 1 "" v. . w. ? is nartlv liialaJiC, - Un Chaster side for about ore third distance, or brine* them across the river and deposits them in '.vails of the power house. Blocks of stone ten feet long and four feel square are handled as easily as a mother handles her baby. The outside of the dam is built of these dimension Vtones and core tilled with finely ground concrete made uf the best Portland cement and rammed in till not a vacant space is left, making the whole equivalent to one solid rock from one bank to the other and resting on the original bed rock maito5 it a structure that will with stand any Hood that Broad ri.er lias ever had. On the Union side is being erected the power house, tail races, Humes, etc. This house is certainly built to stand; excavations huvo been made in the solid rock, and walls ten fee t thick ar^- being erected. In this f stress will bo located tlie* generators. These wonderful and mysterious cort rivances are made by the General Klectric Co., and consist of four machines of 2,4<?o horse-power each, and two of lot) horso-power, aggregating nearly ten thousand horse-power. \ These generators will be directly coupled to the turbines which (lis- ' charge into the river parallel to and | just below the dam. On the Chester . * ? sme is located Sand Gatos and tne j Lock, Which will enable beats to pa?9 ! through the dum. The engineers anticipate no short- ] age of water, even in summer, as the pond will have such a large area that! water will be stored at night in ?uch quantities that the flow in day time when mo9t of powor is wanted will be ; nearly equivalent to double the flow' et low water. In the history of water power development nothing has ever' been launched that equals this in cost of construction or quick returns on money invested. The company has sold eight thousand horse power to he delivered as soon as possiblo and the balance has been spoken for as soon as the Company is able to make a delivery date, 'lhus this plant will make n phenotninal record of having its entire product sold and on an interest paying basis as soon as completed. Mr. Geo. O. Tenney has the con. tract and if he pushes the work as fast as ho has ,our town sewerage, .... . .. ... K..M.na?B IU UU Ullll judging from tho appliance on the grounds he seems fixed to do, for he has eight mammoth derricks, a cabio way across and one hundred feet abovo tho river, with a dozen steam engines and a drove of negroes, it will not ho | long before the copper wires will connect, the river and the mills, and i the water which has flowed on to the oceun will be tapped in transit and made to do the commands of men. The smoko will cease to besmear our lovely mill villages and tho money that has gone to the coal barons will l>e kept at home and used to > mako our little town flourish still | more. ^ f? wm*\ mr a?? T k: Demoerabs in Congress will niako v. serious mistake if, for the sake of opposing President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay, thoy throw* any impediment? hi tho vCiy of building the Panama Canal. Tho wholo cout.try wants tho eantil .and will not brock any interferences that will cause delay. Miss Alico Roosevelt, daughter of our strenuous President, has discarded tho side-saddle and is frequently seen in company with her riding teacher, Mrs. Rider, riding through tho parks of Washington "man fashion" in her divided skirts. People there have become so accustomed to seeing her riding thus that it creates no comment whatever. This style has long boon popular in the West, but is somewhat new* in the East. It is claimed to be much better for both horse uud rider than tho old side way. ^ Washington Letter. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) DKMOCUATS WILL UPHOLD THL LAW. I )r.mrti*t-.i f Lrtn ti f nvj n?M riTiil always have been in favor cf an isthmian canal, but they will oppose by all means at their disposal, the a'tempt of the administration and the republican majority in Congress to over-ride the law bv negotiating a canal treaty witli the conspiracycreated State of Panama, and they have reason to believe that they cm prevent the ratification of the proposed treaty by the Senate. As regrettable as was the over-hasty recognition of Panama as an independent State by this Government, it involved no violation of the law; but the administration violated th<? Spooncr act of the last Congress when it took the lirct step towards negotiating?with dummies set up f?r the purpose?a new canal treaty with Panama. The Spooucr act is .-1 plain that he who runs may read t-jl that no one can pretend to inism Jlerataud. It directs the President oAjiLgotbite a treaty with the govrnment oF Cofombiu for the con s'.ruction of a canal acrors the Isth mus of Panama, and in the event ?>f failure to make satisfactory arrangements to negotiate with Nicarauga for a crnal over what is known as the Nicnraugua route. Well, the treaty with Colombia was rejected. Then, instead of following the plain letter of the law, and opening nego tiations with Nicnraugua, the administration went into the underhanded business of revolution in Colombia in order to make suie that the French 1 Canal Company should get ?40,- 1 000.000 for its worthless property. ' In opposing the ratification of a : treaty with Panama the democrats will he merely standing by the law. AN IXTERF.STINO 1 IMIT. Senator Ilanna, who is taking a conspicuous part in the vigorous ' light that is being made against the confirmation of the nomination of Prig Gen. Leonard Wood says lie is after vindication for his friend, Kithborto, whom he believes to have been improperly convicted of speculation in Cuba, while Wood was in command of the island, but he may find a break with Mr. Roosevelt, whose churn Wood is, before begets much further. Army officers would, almost without exception, r< i nee to see the Senate refuse to confirm Wood's nomination, and some of them are active working against him. Charges of various kinds, some reflecting upon his personal integrity, and others upon his military capacity, have been filed against Wood, and a number of Senators arc against-him. b: cause he lacks seniority. The Senate committee on Military Af' fairs will grant a j tihlic hearing to all interested this week. LAUailINC AT TKDDY. The old political wheelhorsts are laughing at Mr. Roosevelt's attempt to catch an old-timer like Senator Ilanna with such palpably artificial bait. Mr. Roosevelt figures, and douhtles3 correctly, that if he could get Senator Ilanna to coniinit himself, to remain at the head of the Republican National Committee and manage the next campaign he .vould remove Ilanna as a possible rival candidate for the nomination. Assuming his own nomination to be certain, Mr. Roosevelt flatly asktd Ilanna to promise to retain the con inittce chairmanship, s omething never done by any candid ite so far in advance of the nomination. What Ilanna thought would mako int< resting reading. What he said was, of course, non committal. Mr. Itooae velt then tried to get at Ilanna, through his man Dick, telling him that he wanted Ilanna for chairman, ! and Dick for one of the vice chairmen?he wants two vice chairmen, I so as to make cx-Gov. Crane, of Mass,, one of them. Dick has been too well-trained to commit eithei his boss or himself. So all that Mr. \ ^ . Uf . - - ' fitdl Notwinhste "hard time: Selling S Read the fo!lowing Yard wide extra lie a Sheeting, the 654c k n 4 I Good heavy Outing, assortment of colo value 7c, our priceAmoskeag Teazledov the best Outing ma pretty colors,light a dark patterns at OUR MILLINERY BU: litis increased so much we found it necessary to ploy extra help. Our ladies in this department kept very bu-y tilling many orders that conn every day. ANOTHER BIG LOT of Fa wear just. in. Some very s at 23c, 3">o and 50c. Come to th( MUTUAL D R Roosevelt accomplished by trying to bind Ilmtrin to his own political fortunes was to make the politicians laugh. SENATOllS DUllOiS AND MALE COMMENDED. Senators l)ub;is and Halo have received many commendations for li.e stand they to >k in speaking against Senator Hoar's assertion that it was improper to send petitions to the Senate in the case of Smoot, the Moroian Senator, whose right to the seat lie occupies is questioned and will bo contested before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Eicctious. They both argued that it was both light and proper for the people to speak by petition to the Senate in such a case. Smooi's friends nave said that ho had assurances from prominent republicans that he would not he unseated. Smoot'himself isn't saying anything, CIt I'M PACKER ANI) ltIS lm.L' Representative Cruropicker, of Ind., reintroduced his hill intended to reduce the representation of the South in Congress and in the Electoral College, and took especial care to let it be known that he would not push it until after the Presidential Iveetion, unless he sees an opportunity to get it through. If he waits until then, he'll never push the bill. It is believed, it is his object to use the bill, of which the administration and party leaders uro much afraid, as a threat fo obtain favors for himself. I)ick, of Ohio, has ofl'orej a roso-ution providing for a Congres aional inves igation of the alleged disfranchisement of voters in the Southern States. This is regarded as u bluff. Ltlter to /. II. Pooh', Union, &, C, 4 ____ Dear Sir: I.end-awl-oil la not pj<k>1 paim; mart wem; the i ule is, as everyone knows. repaint i i ilr.fe years. n. l>evue iasis mx, in the fame way? allow wide mi ir<iu in all such stjit What, din a it lueau to lasiV It means the same with both As h? covering: that's another. Here's an instance. Mr. ,i. J. Hall, Sheffield, Pa , pabPed two h >u--ps. lea l-ari-.l-oil; too< 40 ga h> is. Li't. Hummer bough*. 40 gallons l).;v<>e for the same two h >iio~8; returned 10 gallons. The paint, that covers, lasts; it's all paint, true paint, and full measure, lipiul-aiid-oil h all paint but not good paint; the lead wants v.\- c. letter uaint l)evo?. Vours ti uly, 15 F. W. Dkvok & Co. , ...... s' " * mcLing the ery of "shor s," etc, we are itacks of f Prices and you can we are kept busy: yy @] Beautiful ind 13 ettes fo m Waists, M and big g rs. r r, Hr All T*rn.ol Tr - ?; ' 1*^1 ?? v?w? - * 1 the ne P shades ai vn, p de, 1 All wool V< nd Iftr H ' ty shades IVW & only \ SI NESS I Pretty lir Goods,, Sill that * S em- p] this week. fb 111' 8 are H weaves, the g| 3 in g] ?????? ??IS New Zi D incy Neck- g Prunellas, mart things & jS] etc., 25c to ; Fashion Centre for RY GOODS 0 P. HARRY, Mgr r, \ 1 (?) ?i A <?i , t ? kinc I? Sho ?' we i S?i . Let us ? tell you ? why. ?) ? Union Sh 1(9) Shoe Mercl (9) I? Main Street, MliilHW ?MHI m & t crops," < \ Goods. easilv see whv line Flannelr Kimonas, etc., at 12%o 15c icot Flannel, w popular OCp id black ... snetian, pret3, big value, 50c ie of Wool Dress is, etc.,. expeoted Some very smart V bilines, Coverts, Heavy Skirting, $2.00 a yard. Bargains. OMPANY. Msausaeaum mnuBHv @) ?) @) @) QEsf -5- _ . TVVILj (9) 1EY0U <JKFUL* ?v ?>) =???J .re he " i of a es . ? sell. ? <?) (?) <?) ?1 06 Co., ? ? r tiants, I /J Union, 5. C. ?>l| ------?~?J