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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY fill DAY ?by th*? UNION TIMES COMl'AK V Second Flook Limes Buili>ino oveu fostotnck, Bell Phone No. 1 L. G. Yoong, Manager. Registered it toe I'ostotiloo iu Union. S. C.,?s second-clan* man matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six mouths - - - - - - 50 cenjs Throe months ----- 23 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS Oue squire, first insertion - - $1.00. Every ibsequeut insertion - .30cents. Con aot3 for throe months oi longer will be nade at iv lured rate?. LiTCtlS l-ispii-"! at .-><1 Rejected ruviusudp! will not he returned. Obituaries and tributes >f respect will be charged for at. hah rates. UNION, 8. C.t DKCKMREK 4, l-'f.3. The Supre jjp Court It h Ki .hi <l.rv: an iuipntiut di-cuei >:i Mi li w li the c > 11 net of d'sDersai-y c >n -hr 1 s regard to 3eiz::ig liquor ir: tie 1 a-.d.s ?.t coaim n carrUre. They can :. > in: _i i order raiho:-d or exp-*ss :'g?t.(s in \> i.i hoM fcu*?r?Tci ?us looki-i? pa<k;oiis, ?un sitouUl the cot-1g new Vie a nob a lot > blir d tiger. I/'qu -r btoujhr into tie Statu b; a c mini ?n r in i',<- i t i ?>!, ii.d t. to seizure ti 1 ii. has 1 ? < it actually d< I vered. -The opinion of the our! was written by Justice Wood ai d o> euro iu all the other tin tubers. 1 he Spartanburg Jourr s I s . vs I Northern men and 51 capitalist are i:. terested in the manufacture of si U goods, and tiie other r. railroad man. spent. Monday in Spartanburg I > k log over the city wsiii the pi.up in viexy.of establishing a plod f>r t( < m A ?? In MA /?/ oi I b- i?riArla UiaUUlUUlUiU Ofirv ^v/v/v*o. Silk manufacture is assuming! "go propitious in America, but Ins nut yet readied a pilot as f ir Smth. It is believed that this section is bettor a lupted to silk manu'rc nr.*, :;s web aa culture, than any other. So'many furmeis have lost tii.ir property by tire lately, thut it is w .! to call their attention to the Imp v' tanco of being fully insured against what little lie has, and should itisu-e for aa nearly the full an: utr.r > ' h s possible loss as insurance io n;: i;: > will allow. Owing to the infl .mmable n..ture of a barn's contents, it is very >*:i- b set on fire with little chance of puttingjt out, and when the stock an kept in the same building, the I ;smay include pretty much all am:.', has. * About 0 o'e:ock on Monday night of hist week, Mr. S. B. Anil, in Xt\vberry county, lost his valuable barn, 8 mules and 1300 bushel t corn by fire, and there was no insurance. A word to the wise is sufficient. . * THE BOLL WEEVIL Mr. W. J. Spilhnan, oI the I.', rf. Department of Agriculture, who delivered an address on the sul\j -ct of forage crops in Union lust sprit g, haywritten a letter to Congressman Lever of this State, in which ho s iys he believes the boll weevil will reach this section within a few years, and advises our farmers to begin sit once to torn their attention toother crops. He recommends alfalfa (luccri '-> for hay and for hog pasture, sorghum for fodder and silage, improved varieties of corn and kafllr corn for grain, Bermuda grass for pasture, rape f :r groeu fined in wintertime, but clover, hairy vetch and winter grains for winter pasture. His department ha planned extensive experiments with these crops in this S ate for r i xt yeur. "f;. IlAMl'TUN MOXIM/CNT FCX/i. Tlie Committee in charge of c? Sibling the $10,(MM) of popul ir suhscrip tion, which is necessary to scour l!. State's appropriation (.f $20.(>()(), f< r the erection of a monument to (i n HamptOD, has written a letter to Senator Douglass .n-king him to see that Union county's r.s.?e.?eiioi:t of $250 be made up and forwir.io 1 !> fore the meeting of the Jejii-I.itur ! next month. (J.?pt. Douglass has! appointed collectors in several pl.ic - | in the county, but if any or:o wishicrt to subscribe doesn't meet ,.{ these collectors, Im can sor.d eootr:-! button direct to ('apt Douglass. A- y i amount, no matter iiow srnr.II, will! be receired. Ail should give accord-i, Ing to their menus for this noble par 1 fOM. i It < Pearson UuIjmhi, >v i. sc to a u I y s:u .io^ t: e Merinrnu* in ti>? tntrsr *o > ?'ti-i-<1 I mbor s-ml wai'l* 1 fc.u: < notul :s ?hu oha ; pio t kis < f Aii.eiio.1 1 i. p purt'tl a b to b- n : : .( ! itiio < o: ':1 *-? by Hep. Wiloy, of t'abn'.i\ ;*i?? i i' u' two anil th'fo fourths biili >m i * ' > h" spent i i tho ui'Xt 12 years in i?,al.n:r this o unity '<bo ^ica'i^t nav. 1 psni l ... t'u* \v ?' cl. Such an rxpetaliutie wouKl :: an : lieu \ buuli a on tb" p. .mV, - - - - -- \\'usbiii/.iott Letter. (From Our Koguhir Correspondent ) ! 'i he Junta at Panama will lose no I tiuic in latifying the new treaty, It hi- scii* word to Minister Varilla tbiit the (iocunii.ntv.i l be signe! quickly and returned to Wusliitigti n. This promptness was urged by Minister \ .iriiiu and is in marked con, I trast to tlie slowness or Coionibn iii taking any action on the treaty. The Colombia peace or war onus sarv, General Reyes, has arrived licie, and it he shows that he is duly ccrc iitted, w i'i be received by the Presi lent. lie has, of course, no hope of saving P.iitaunr to Colnuihia, for us the Panama minister expresses t, "Panama has served the moah and it has been raten.'' Neither wilt he he able to make the Administration look seriously u on Colom bia's threat of war. 1 lc may succeed in getting a money indemnity for Columbia, a lid in forcing Panama to take over her share of the Colombian debt. This question will bepuscnt cd to our government by the new British Ambassador, Sir Henry Mortimer Bor.ind, who will pass the claims of tiie Knglish bondholders, that the new republic should a.suilc a pro rata p rtion of the eomtnon dibr. Abor such an agreement is reached, Kughind w ill no doubt recognise the republic. Much of the debt was incurred i?y Colombia, during the Wi-r of liberation from Spain, started in I SIB, Panama took part in the war, but did no' sign, the papers, uniliug h i' to Colon.hi: until L'Yum this fact the Pnnamese argue that they arc not houi d bv the ,)aK? uuul> A discussion of tbe situation in I'an. i ui i was brought up in the Senate 4?v Smalm" Morgan, who made a long speech, sewrely ctilicising tne Pitsident and his policy toward the new republic. The occasion ol the sp i oh was the announcement that Senator Morgan was succook 1 hv t tuiiilil .;h LIIL' i inur lUflii Ofi tho Committee on Intel-Oceanic Ca n;t!s, nod before it. was lini-me 1 ili-sc two rivals in canal matters bt?e.m c involved >n a discussion a- to wlietitci President AicKmley favored the Xic.ir.iug m route. senator 11 mm; showed that ho did no*. "lias ti.e President any c-xeu-e," raid the Senator from A1 tbniiiu, "for Lis failure to carry into effect the agreement with Nicarauga and Costa Rica, unless it be lesentnient toward Colombia and gratific?ti on of peisonal ambition which tho iaw deprives him of further po.UT to indulge' Whatever the incentive, he will fail to carry ihc people with him in his wild and inexcusable raid." There have been several discussions in the Senate on Cuban affairs. The 1 >test was a speech by Scnutoi Carina ck in which he attempted to ridicule the President's message urging cue passage 01 an act "o u nder the treaty valid. * * JI e told us J that tve must ratify it to save outhonor and help our trade. It was an opportunity to woislnp God and get your money back; to he chit-j gent in business while serving the Lord. He presented the Cuban treaty in the double aspect of a b.ir gain counter and a missionary b ,x ^ ou [Hit a nickle in the slot for swect charity's sake and get more than your money's worth of chewing gum and cigars. Six months ago, he said, there was a cry raised tor, ' lloosevt it, reciprocity and revision." , "The Trinitarian propaganda hn.i been overwhelmed bv the Mohammedan war cry of Al.ah, Allah. Kooscvclt is great at.d the Senator from Massachusetts is his prophet. He end< d wi lt a plea for tariff revision. 'The reactiomny tuovi meiit in Kngland deiivod its strength Tr<>;i( the hostile tarilf of iho I hired States. Tnis would 1)0 a staggering blow 10 our sigricuhural iudustu ic*. but the beginning of a mora liberal policy shown by the victoiy of the Democratic party in the next cleelion in the United States w<?uld jut sin end to Mr. Chamberlain's >chtmo at once." Senator Norland's resolution a.?k ing Cuba to c uno int?the Union was the subject of ^ ve al debute-. The ; Itepublicm S-n itons, Uod.e, i and 0. 11. Piatt npp .s. d the . im>!u? tion, arguing th?t an invitation fo 1 Cuba would be lookal upon as s? jj command and would arous susjiici >n ' r?f the m vivos of the Uei ed Sta'o-), ' and that d weald v.taken the hands ' uf the present Cuban government, < i. ^iLi^rn t III! which was about to enter on difficult . financial undertakings. In his ' epooch Mr. I'lutt, the author <of the 4 I'liitt an cudmeut, denied that we ex- . crcised protectorate over Cuba, or that Cuba was in any way our ward. Sena.-T Toller said that without wishing to enter into the debate, be wanted ?<> declare that Cuba was in no way ? 1 dependency of this country. and that any international lawyer would set such a contention ti ? .11 ;:.s ao-.oiutciv absurd. fonciU'itlc Ncv.s Notes. .ioNKr-vii.i.K. Nov. :>0?Tin* month goes out tli> and cold The rain fall tins m ai'.h li *s 1 l ss than usual aud fioa? : came uiucli (mi iier than for nrc y ye t It is :x reutial eouiplait.t among f.inoeis that the early frost cut their cotton cro;> off considerably and thi.s is pi only to 1 e ; ; a K ore will travel through theeo'.h 11 , t: i !a. The late halls which have re \>r ; o x i: d never wilb The high v iiie. i-.oii-v.r. f r si line naide money liow 1 r< !y, ut t Ins v as short lived, a id n. w j ill veiy iiuie ol \>ar that. business s ' Ibis'-., there *s a coiiMtlembie falling i-lT m lii.de, aid busimss is veiy (jaii r. These is but little prospect that tlu-re we! ire a revival along that line any iin?ie this s. a on A gi od 10a; y people pndi and tuativ hopeih.it c:?tto;i v.ili ? s .!! tii ;1 f , b?! iii my Iriaib'.e opiv.ioii i' 'm?i'. '. b- i' ttii for the count iy !"i C ? I. to l*-> iiil'VIl to (.'liiM i r Celil-S l>-ett.s> m -s?. ot il ?> p:'? 8snt crop i ( ; i ii o ;i t ( ti <1 i>M il' of ti t;n rii : s a:i i ! Ii hiuli p:. l doii:;* tin in no f'ood. Ii is ... tact ill'.?, eoMo i o.inies moit ail .I:. !! r?w-sai of life wiih it. and Hid is wiifi:* tin? jji'i iratily of the p < ; le \\ !<l I Jill. I. !) '0411 <0 Wa art! t! )' a s I : 51. i 4 i v" i'.i'. .~v>nie fe io.V tea' i s i m soul !u- c ?Uo'i ii;a> b? i..i'iy i?> !' i '-J'l.i '/. 5 US'*, I)!!". I aU fl1? l!:P Jit'llii.n w. ll'aiv tii <1 tli '. mi'jnil v of Ha* j r.' i ". 1 haven't nivsni! eold a pound of my jars crop of c- t'on ' my iu-i to :s. "To live a: d lot live." I.i t \V d.iosd iy at ?V* lii,.?:i t <'hu;::!i li-v, was ilia m is' chr*?r t:- is! in >st fashion iblo wedditiR t!:at ov- r occurred it .loi sviilf, Tliist biiilhiit and jt? s ili'imi i-don li.i t already b- on herald < } ! > L'?i! world i'i Hi* duly p.ipoisaad I vs. ii no! tli"i<Torn iopro Itio 1' M foil, ' 'ii' Misiiim just atti-r iliti weil-lint: . v:?- irr.nid and tv.e br'dal pres nts w >v J m-.: y and costly. The < o itlM : - j irn' pro I tea wore Mr. .1 'in l\ -a- '. son of Mr. .1 \V?s?*y Sjiir. ! Mi a Willio M. S. ithard, daiiiii'ei- ?-i Hi. W. O. Southard. The r-.o ptio.i ; was hdil at the liouiu nf ilia b i?tf a i l : ou the d iv folio wit ^ a flpau I and beau - j 1 i t: n'io i v\ is given at the Ii ?ne' ! Mr. Sej'.t, fatb-r of *li grama i o ' biidil parly was ro d - up o) h-'uo j and trieiills fro n l.roaUy. N V . | lar.sey ( i'y N d , Cyiillieani n K . | Greenvili", Spininb nur, U :<-n, (tHT-j ney. Mm icr, lK-nmatk, IVi i s! or . | (frenn .vo..d and other p eces, u> w< !1 s j Join svi'ih-. i'icili-i.ce Lodge N ? 1 . )}). A. F. M , j <Ui\ ni-ht tb ctcj He roll.iV.ia? s I for Hi' iwii'iia < asm, c j ar. Car ?di ! II l\ M . .1 1!. M. K - s el:. T. W., 1) . II. T. Ilaioi s. .i. \V.. i 1. ! AleWhirlcr, i'lms.. .! W. lli'es. . ! W. ! 1 S. Hani-, S D , 1> A. T lus , .! ]>,.). W. >ott. W. A. McWi.ii:er, Stewaid ; It .!. Ivirhy. Tiler The install i*.inn will take piie on the li <1 ! )?'c?'iiilifer. life :i number of visitor Ii.iv-* Iff in our to v <>: late, rather too numerous i to mention in thiseo it- pendenc. Last week at Mabtey'd Miil, waii !; \vii<vsviilo two white men. It. Nr i Mti onibs and Smi.h Inmnn hail a d.lliciihv, followed by a light, in which Mo ! Combs cut 1 inirin io tlie head with a, knife, t:> in which wound loin hi died, !ai-t s,i: ndiij in riiintc- Dr, ' went o'v. and in ale the post, uiiricni 1 t x tiii'ii .': .li at ltic* cj'iiiit. Mctjeintis ( was ari. sUd and plac d in j til at tialT- > toy. Missis. 1 >i. Haines and T. K. K? i!ev ! have bought out (lie liveiv stable hoc Tt lbi'iionk I,ockliar t Junction JScn\s, ] Lockhakt Junction', Nov. dO.? 1 1 his month has put. in some cold 1 weather sure, and every one seems to 1 ci joy these frosty mornings. 1 It is hog killing timo and hog I killing weather, and several fine hogs : were killed in this section, and this writer is enjoying eating a pare ribs and sausage at our house. Mr. I. 1). Paige killed the largest hog that this writer lias heard of in some time, it tipped the beam at ">27 pounds. The cotton is about all picked out and all sold in this section; no one is holding in this section. A half crop of cotton ut 10 or lie < is tviler ih *i: <i tub c.op ? ' dc or 7 -, l< r th.-rc is in! so much l.ionr lo make and ;lhei if. 1 will Hay, don't plant, any ii.oio if < an < * i u got U) c< htS : his t;u,i*. Plant ! --, lanu is, ami try and fertii '/. l-i Iti r ai.d ii id-r ii ore on f? wi i aeie-. 1 l;e ml < I oi e i.iiu.i i making l ot h.ns o.i one e.cre l Ills \<*ar . s had a year as it was. That is the way to farm. Mo e i f os tMii do in- san e tiling >f we \u.t only li.y. I know < ne fa. iner who ma e mi e Inm iv i hushe s of'cuiii on n t *o liaise I aim ai < he mad-! plenty .of :her j things that go to make rp ill ; fa m }>iilllClS. t ins wiiin has some > en:e raisd pi s f a s lo Anyone can get one by e.'tun g b~thii* they a.e a!' y o \ Y Viirmnn liudoyvnient Raised. Ti o UapliM Miio.-lrr's ( onferenco -?>l:d>!l(t in ' i-'ll-d liaptist ' llllici) ' i . uii.t r on M.i ! .v. !Vnr lJiown open' I the iiict'tintr by ^ va'l'i ? it le'eiri;mii .stating ilia?, Itev. j*,] I i?-l I Allen had Mitrredtd in raising ^ 5lor?.(MK? for III endowment of Furman . I'niV'isiiy, thin sMiming Prof. Judswi'd ' ??(H?x). The t< tei addition to Furiu m fl $12\000 1 iic cvi.fcu-i.ee elected (i. W. I?nbs? v, Jhairiimi), and Ix>uis J. Uiistow, Sec'y. w If you wa right plac let us si values Cc GENT A Solid Bottom Sttin 1 The Newton is a smoo The Tiger yon will lie Our Railroad Shoe is n mi. IT o t ^*1 _ 1 IHMJ. k>. Al lli v fI10C 1> 11 ess See our Heavy l\i<l Li A very snappy, up-to-c If .you want comfort, si We have suit each, pries is dc R. Mi. sionmy service at Padgett's Creek Church, liiMTou Union Ti.mkS:?Willi \otir peilliissiin, 1 will {.ketch you (ho proCe ( (lil ol :i vi'i v 111< !?.! ?.i ???.! . i;? - J I - J-1VIII.ibls ds.y r j?Hi at Padgett's Chinch last Sunday. in the uk<-< t ce of our pastor, \ve listened to an inte-i-ting sermon by Rev. Mr. WoiTo d, of Knorce. Ho ucd for a text the middle clause of tlit; truth verse of the sixth chapter of Matllmv, which reads, "Toy will be done." The sermo i and communion services com. pleh d, the W M. Society look charge ot a inissonary service and curie l out a beautiful program, beginning with singi:;g and prayer. "A Missionary l'ie.i," was itched by four girls, v /, Misses Helen Murphy, Maiy liailey, Frances and Nellie Wilburii, who rendered their pans w II. "A Flower JiX'.rcwe" caiue next. si\ liltl-. girls c.uiuj forw ud, singing, '*' i'is relifcCon tli it c tn give," etc. 1st, Frances Wtlburn. cairvi. g a h (liquet ol roses, 2 d, N111 ie YVilbuni, a bunch of lilies; .'tol, Lnna Humphries, a sheaf < f wheat; 4tti Manuel Murphy, a ptc <f vine; 5th, liaz .1 dins mi, a sou; largei gul, Miss K.la Wilburo, becomes leach -r, and duo, in each giti. its : h.-y resent tliflil to her, a symbol ot the saviour. She also ti ids in thy lose, lily, >uie and star, a reminder of the prou,es to the heailieu, sp.Koii o! by S ?1 ?noli, Isaiah, .John, Ke'.t lutiors and )an;e!. An acrostic?"America foi Jlniii," was p.iiticipated in by sixteen oui g lira lies, each holding a leltei iiiu.ned in evergreen to form the acrostic. Vuienea, our Count y, Miss Annie Whi niic; Mexicans', Miss luila iJ.nlc. ; liuint[iiMion, Miss Agia s Murpliy; 11 unan a t ho! I c inn, Miss Agios VVllt>ini.; iniauw, .Vli-s H?sa Whitmiie; Colored Velio. Miss Mini i.? Sfnu.i* ai.s?o.. . , 1 hm Addia S'<u-; Fiouiier, Mivs KMita >avi*; Olferiiigs, Miss I i-? Wilbun ; 1 luui, tli"' t-Int1 1 Am -ii< a, Mi-?s l'rn - J it> v.mii; t'ub.i, \ti.-s 'I?11*i ."puk ;ij Iia'tani-m ft A Ai i >-< * ril.ii ( lulii}>!uir ; ii sjo- r-ili v. Miss Klin | wilburi} luiportHtic 'i. llotfle iViuk. | lis MHI<IO 1'ifjo ; - ai-. Mlfli | [oit K ill' ruruHf 11us', Miss Fii'inie 1 Ai one glance* aiound ilia large ! iiclf ot Padgett ('in k'.- m>. ' ncixiui- | iuh ii young Ki'titJ, we nail, ''Am rica j i. < hi tot." "The Villoma of the Uill? ] rpii" wvs beautifully reel o<] by 11 5 ' ,il?i A il l.--1 and lyittie Wtltiurij j A? Jt *ti " ilie Klrniameiif." .r I icely rendered by ne little gill, X i. j tlline f? Ql at le uillfltO m. ,tti it.U ;- I >"TStd and ei.j iy(d by all. F??ur Ji ll I Irlfl p:l*8 d tbtoilgll the COPfflegation fol 1J colleciion. Wliile tley ncie lakir-gh .1 ?< * * 11 ir ."i Mimru ill" AlJltf JlOX'8 W | I I [>"iim1 iiiiit $!.'{ ;")9 were lepoi t I ' > \jy 1 iV'ded b/Uvi en Home and frVrei^n oardf. It was found that the )iu < irla l.ave coliecled $7.41 to be sent to oonio Maxwell Orphanage. Special mention should l>e made of Irs Ilobeit Kay, who worked ho faithilly and j?at i< x.l.ty for success Kspeclly did Mr. Arthur K#:e.v render flood id appreciative servic , for which we re very thunkful. 11. M. L. nt to buy Shoe >3 and the rigl how you wF an be found h Calf Shoe, cap and p'ain toe the art'cle for pleased with for in excel'ent quality in a heavy wei< ; something that will keep the feet ned Shoe for late line of Tilt Shoes $3.50 and.. I vie and wear try a pair of Hananl liidren and Mi 5 something' t and every or )wn near zero. RY GOODS C P. HARRY, Mg a ffi JJj I /m i| 1 M MlTjf ?j| y | m Wj? m m ' "<>, ,<? ? 35'"' & ^ | TH I Walkm S H C (8 al.Tay rtl " S the su $3.50 i Sf jf| every PQ test. ? UNION SHOE M ?>noe Men Main Street, ..^vi . ;'''i*i " '-'^' " Toes. 3S at the it price lat real lere. HOES. $1.00 1.25 1.50 ght 1.50 free of damp 2.CO 2.00 4 00 Shoes $5 and 6.00 sses Shoes ihat will Le. The COMPANY. r E ^ ^ ' f =Over| r&ooij j COMPANY, J" ^ jjjj