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THE UNION TIMES 1 ftp * !" 1 ' PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY t f ?by the? UNK>N TIMES COMPANY SKdOBD Floor Times Building pygic ffos ro*hce, Bell Phone No. 1. L. Q. Young, Manager. Registered at the Postofllce in Union, 8. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months#- ----- 60 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. the virtues of the persimmon as a money crop. During the war, we remember hearing it said that a North Carolina fortune consisted of a 'possum dog and 'simmon orchard. Under the terms of the will of J. K Gracie," whose funeral President Roosevelt attended iu New York a few days ago, the President receives $:}0f000 and tryo of his children, Ethel and Kermit, $5,000 each. Mr. Gracie was the President's uncle Hon..W. J. Bryan is 011 a European s ' ^ tour. In England, Mr. Choate, ihu j* United States Ambassador, introduced ( him to many prominent men, and gave - ^ a banquet in his honor, Mr. Bryan's ready wit, line oratorical powers and pleasing manners are much admired. An unusual number of hunting accidents have happened this season. Is this because there are more liunto?o th'a'n aver before? If so, there is warning of the ^Audubon Society against the destruction of all birJlife. C 0,TTON 'FA " T1IRI-; A TIC MS I). There is in the minds of many cotton experts a belief that the South will not be able to supply the growing demand for cotton. Across the Mississippi the boll weevil threatens the fine cotton lands of Texas and Indian Territory, and on this side the production per acre is steadily decreasing. The cause of this decrease is explained to be partly due to carlossness in selecting seed for planting. Formerly farmers always saved seed from their second picking, many taking a pride in trying to improve their cotton. Now, cotton is ginned at a public ginnery, and the farmer takes the amount of seed due him from the general pile?much of it not fit to plant." Another cause of lessening crops is the decreasing fertility of our soils. Commercial fertilizer is a stimulant, and causes the crop to grow well, using up what fertility is naturally in the soil, but not making a permanent improvement of the land." Clean culture on rolling ground leaves it to be^pewed up in winter, and made loose, so that tho rains wash tlie top off down to hard pan. The remedy for this is to farm on tho intensive system, making not less than a bale of cotton to the acre. Plant only level spots in cotton, fertilizing high1 u trith Prtnn mnr/?lo I fnnfili -1 * J ||?VM WUAKt Vi V>U* itl WlllAClO illiU stable manure. But how shall we get this stable manure? Bet every farmer keen milk cows. Feed to ?' * them all the small grain, roughness and surplus cotton seed?this last in the shape of cotton meal and hulls? and save all the manure carefully. To use this milk let these farmers see that a creamery or cheese factory is established in their neighborhood. They need not necessirily take any stock, in these factories, only guarantee so much milk a day, and parlies aro now ready to erect the factory. Better prices can be paid for milk here than is paid by northern factories. If jJjovo pjao is followed, our lands will sofliq regain more than their original fertility. Besides, milking an 1 carjpg for cows will give the women folks profitable employment, undj: there will nodopger bo th necessity M for a man with a large family of girls ' to leave the farm and .go to a cotton ( mill. \ I \ I V ADVERTISEMENTS One sq iare, first insertion - - $1.00. Every lbsequent insertion - 50 cents. Con ; acts for three months or longer will be nade at reduced rates. - . Locals iuseited at Si cents a line. "Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, S. C., DECEMBER 11.1903. The city council, of Greenville, has very properly prohibited turkey lafiles There were four different places in tuat city engaged exclusively m me milling of turkeys, a most demoral z.'ng busiuess. Some of our exchanges are extolling FA RAir.RS OUG ii T I Hi, TO POST LANDS, j of j do "The indiscriminate hunting that j cu follows tlie opening of 1 He season is ! th convincing proof that tho farmers do are standing in their own light by sis neglecting to post their lands. Every th community has a number of Individ- in uals, white or coiorcd, who are in a th position to hunt almost every day, in and as a general rule they are going in in every direction for this purpose, 7,1 while the owner of the'land does not at have the time or inclination to hunt, but his neighbors are slaughtering fit the gome constnutly and reducing th tlie number in large quantities every pf ve.ir. This is to be deplored on every th account, and as the law provides a a remedy against this evil the owners uj of land should co-operate with each bt other in protecting their lunds. at "Why is it that farmers are usually lo so careless or indillerent in regard to d( posting their lands? Usually the vi persistent and indiscriminate hunters tr belong to a class I hat is non-observant tl of the laws generally, and they do gi not have an abiding interest in the pi welfare of the neighborhood, so that fc the posting of lands is desirable in l) order to rebnke these trespassers tl upon the rights of others. Every si worthy citizen who desires to hunt p can obtain permission from some of a his friends, and it Is not unneighborly S' or selfish to protect the game from a extermination, as is sometimes the d case. Only a few days ago a gentle- w man told us that a Regular camping tl party had been on his farm for days i and that rabbits were killed by them O and loft in the fields. w "The law against general and pro- 1? miscuous hunting is right and proper, w hut it can never be enforced uidess p there is a sentiment in its favor o among the farmers who are most in- I terosted in the matter. The mere f? fact that lands are posted against un- f< lawful trespassers will help to en- c force the other provision of the law k that prohibits hunting during certain r seasons, and this was enacted with t the intention of protecting game, 1 but if the posting is disregarded by i; t Ko 1 Att'noi* t It i c f oz?f ivnoa o Innrv f way to convince others that he does c not care whether or not the law is i obeyed, and henee the man who f wishes to violate the law takes ad- 1 vantage of his carelessness and indif- I ference." f The above-, taken from the Green- " ville Mountaineer, Col. lloyt's paper, is good advice to land owners, and should be hoeded by them. The indiscriminate trespassing by hunters and others, is really one form of that spirit of lawlessness so prevalent in these times, and which is so 1 A CUFFS Iv FACTORY 1 FOR UNION. About a year ago, Mr. M. V. Rich- , aids, iiiriuilri.il agent of the Southern i Railway, induced a stock raiser and I dairyman of Illinois to come to this state. 1 lie settled at Kasley and established a 1 cheese iactory, having previously induced fanners in the vicinity to keep j milk cows, and he himself went into the business also. As a result, the factory . had an abundant supply of the necessary "raw product," and it proceeded to * manufacture cheese in large quantities The operatinn i f it was under the direc- , nun oi nr. \ oignr, who has been in Ibe |< same business in Illinois. The factory* i was a success from the start, and all of { \ its product is disposed of at a good prof- j it as fast as it can Ire thrned out. , Mr. Yoigt is expected to visit our | county shortly after Christmas for i the purpose of negotiating with stock- ' raisers and others in forming a com- ' pany to build a cheese factory in this | section, and will take a part of the c stok himself to prove his faith in the enterprise. * The cost of such a factory is not | great, but the com puny would have v to establish a dairy herd of its own 11 as a nucleus for the supply of milk. ( While it would be necessary to start on a small scale for lack of milk cows j here, it is believed that milk from 200 li or :M0 cows could he obtained in a F year or two, making this business ^ one of the most profitable ever estab- n lished in the State. t - . p ? haiimen I \V . IJaih-y, of the North c Carolina Anti-Saloon league, has given o t'e i tlicial figures as to the prohibiten f .ncvnnei.i in that state Fiffy-thue 1 c-unties ;ue under prohibition. There j a.?-(ii-peusuics in 1"? counlas aud in 2S t are sdocrrs. There are saloons in less than bo cities and towns. Mr. bailey ^ says the league will make determined efforts to have the i ext Legislature iu full sympathy with the temperance ir.ovemei t. The Mourning Dove. tl " Ik Is 1 hero a farmer in the country, !v who, after a hard day's work with di hoo or cultivator, has not, wished that in some other means could be devised w to prevent the rapid growth of nox- to ions weeds, and at the same time emancipate him from the sweating m brow, the blistered hands, and the '' aching buck? ') There is one ineuns of weed ' Hn stroymg that has ueen entirely over looked by the agriculturists, prob- XV( ably because they never soriou?-'y Mi considered the food habits of the ,,, Jove. Mi Recent investigations made by the - v ?-1 ?)ogic?l Survey, II. S. Department | Agriculture, of tho food of the ve, provo this bird to be of incnl- 4 lable value. The examination of 0 contents of 2117 stomachs of tho ve shows over DDj'o of its food conits wholly of vegetable mutter i e shape of seeds ; less than 1 % beg unimul food. Seme instances of e enormous numbers of seeds that dividual birds consumed will be of terest. In one stomach were found seeds, in another 0,-40U seeds, :d a third had euten I),200 seeds. The three doves in question benoted the farmers, on whose land cy fed, by destroying 251,100 proactive weeds. Is there a farmer in lis land who would not welcome as friend the man who would oiler to iroot and kill 28,100 weeds? Yet 'cause the doves go about silently id unobstrusively, and make no ud boasts about tho good they are >ing, they are thought of little or no ilue. In many sections of the couny this valuable, harmless, and gene creature is considered us a scmiimc bird, und is shot during a large irt of the year. It is a question ir tho farmers to settle whether ley will permit anyone to kill 011 icir land birds that annually deroy tons of the seeds of noxious Lints nnd are thus worth so much < helpers on furms. The matter revives itself into a <iuestion of dollars -,d cents to tlie fanners. If three eves at ono meal destroy 1<K? veil seeds, how much good will all .e doves on a farm or in a State, or i the country at large accomplish? r, to present the case in another ay, how much will it cost in time, ihor, and actuul cash, to destroy hat the doves will eat if they are rotected and encouraged to remain n the farms. The farmers in. the Inited Stutes spend enormous sums ;>r labor; how much of this is paid i>r killing weeds, and how much of it ould be saved if no doves hud been illed but all had been protected and lermitted to perform the work that he Creator designed them to do? "he dove is far too valuable an auxilary to the agriculturists to have it lussed us a game bird. Its value onsists in its weed-destroying activtics, and not in the few ounces of ooil it may furnish if shot as a guine >ird. We trust the time is near at land when the farmers of the counry will protect the dove as carefully is thev do their domestic fowls and inimals?Audubon Society. Washington Letter. From Our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, D. 0 , Dec. 7, liMKl, Advocates of internal arbitration ire renewing their etTorts to bring .fns couuiry tina Ureal ijntni'n.' r,\*Secretary John W. Foster nc?iai,.,j >y Thomas Nelson Pago, as secretary, resided at a recent meeting oI the oca! committee of the National Arbirut ion League in which arrangements were made to hold a meeting liere on January PJtfh, at which a arge number of prominent men throughout the country are expected to discuss plans for securing the treaty. Among the more prominent members of the local committee are Admiral Dewey and General Nelson V. Miles. Opposition to Senator Reed Snioot, :>f Utah, has received a new impetus vy the formation of a union of women's clubs, which will meet here egularly to agitate for the expulsion jf Mr. Smoot from the Senate. The eader in the movement is the presilent of the National Congress of Mothers At the lirst conference ield, it was decided to issue a call to the country to raise at least $:!,()( (> 'or the expenses of the work. For ho same purpose a pamphlet will be ssued and sold in which the reasons or expelling the Senator will be jointed out. Senator Smoot's prirate secretary attended the oonfer nce, although his presence was not mown until ho rose to leave just heore the end of the proceedings. The Panama canal treaty, signed >y the Junta and the ministry, and vrapped ip the American and Pununu Hugs, has been ofliciully deliverd to the United States Consul Genral Gudger, who will forward it to A'ashington without delay, probably n nu ovmeucan warship. The ratiicntion of the treaty by Panama was irompt. The Minister of Foreign Lflairs met the ship, bearing it, at Jolon and carried the document at nee to Panama. The members of lie Junta and ministry awaited him 11 the government palace where the hest containing the treaty was opend. It was written in Knglish and here was but one copy. The fo'lowng morning the treaty was ratified nanimousiy and without nmendlent, and the act was celebrated by tie people of the Isthmus. J OUT II CAROLINA MILL MUN I'HA RI'UL. o in in the New L tig land Cry for Curtailment. A meeting of cotton men to consider | ie advisabiliiy 11' cintni^pg p oducioti.- | ild in Charlotte l.olTucs-day was l uge- , attended, the rise in piiee of cottoi , uing the last frW days probably can.-- j ft tlie attendance to be larger than ii . ouM have lieui otherwise. In addition ( mill men sill over the Hou'h. rnanufjMiei3 and commission men frofn tIh c ?rth and east were |?i??-iit. The moveent looking to a cm tailing of the pro- i lotion of the M iiihern mills is heing itched with ;i great. (leal of interest by j ew England manufacturers. It whs expected that the cloth mill; <( mid Im> more largely represented tlia1 e yam null.1, since the laltir, as # Ie, it is said, aro in better condition nn the former k it is estimated that about 20 per cent. SHOES ' ' If you war right plac let us sl^ values ca GENT' A Solid Bottom S itin C The Newton is n Sinootl The Tiger you will he p Our Railroad Shoe is an The U.S. Army Shoe is > See our Heavy Kid Lin A very snappy. uj>-to-da If you want comfort, sty in Ladies, Ch W e have suit each price is do [MUTUAL Dl R of the : cut hern milts have a siitllcient mount of cotton bought to run them until next summer and it is not expect- I ed that any of these mills will agieo to | curtail their production. Neither are J the mills which have contracts to ill' in a ] position to curtail or shut down. : A gentleman who is connected with j one of tiie largest cloth mills in the 1 south says: 'The situation is critical, ] view it any way you may. Taken as a | whole, 1 believe the condition confront- I ing us today is the worst in 25 years, j The only remedy I see is a general cm - J (ailment, the chief benefit Irom that ;j being that t he mills could i uu at a small- t er loss/ What makes it worse for the II south i.s that the mills in eveiy other I i part of the manufacturing world aie het- 1 ter off, so far as supplies of raw material 1 |ate concerned, than we ate. Kurlv In H 11he season, when we were holding oil | i for low prices, tlie continental spinners j | came into the market, and pin chased J their cot*on, and today, no mailer.where c the price of cloth may go, they can man- { ufacinre cotton at a cost of from 2 to j cents a pound hss than we can. In as- ( much as not more than than a third of | the Araeiican cotton crop is consumed , in this countiy, we are in no position wliativer to control the market., especially on export goods. As 1 see it, the only hope for us now is to curtail production and run our plants at a reduced low" (irimliill (irimliiifis. i ( hixi>a1.1., Dec. Slh. ? It has lu'i n 22 year* since cotton has tij>j?ed the inaike' at eleven cents; times are far better now than then, for everything to eat, use or , wear, was far higher (lieu than now j At that lime people llu ugliL that they g could not prosper if cotton were to go I down to where it has been, which they # could not, if eveiytiling else had staid \ high, lint as the juice of this staple f product, went down other things did also. V Hy the landowners jiosting their lands igniis' hunteis pi?\i. us to Thanksgivnig I'i.y, theie were not so many guns L leard, only a few bps with "polk 5 calkr/' alter the "cotton tails." ^ t^ome it lit oldn < :,?suie jrophesyiug r for this to lie an unusual cold winter, to L theie being : > many acorns, pcrsimm. n.-> / ai.d hickory nuts for the hi ids and othei L creatures m feed on. 5 (>ra<iy M >ore is a colored fain ei K a hose i amo can go am i?g those who 5 i>av taxes on teal estate of their own. l ue ow us 100 acr? s of land. K Some f?'w swy there Is i o money in T tanning, but there is. if you understand B iiow to gt t it. out, for so many wil fay \ hat. lliey only get what, they eat. a no fe| Aear. Well, that is all they will woik C' 'or, for the men who have become tie nost famous have done some kind ( #j urn woik in their young days. K (Quilting at every bonrn is a good sij.n \] ?? approaching cold winter. JJj "Hog" and hominy means a Mg thing L) tut more p?'ople like "pig" and hominy ^ The conliactors who were to timid th ^ ridge across M iff Creek have lit hi ed il t. is a great help to the people, yet u K joks dangerous, as it has no haninters f] 1). P. F. % m ?? E Subscribe lor Tut: 'J imks. u L Si it to buy Shoe e and the rig] iow you wi i-* K rv -P/m 1 v>rl \r A I KJKZ IUUI lvA I s s> I :df Shoe, cnp and plain toe ic art'cle for leased with for excellent quality in a heavy wei something that will keep the feet ed Shoe for te line of Tilt Shoes $3.50 and. do and wear try a pair of Hanan ildren and Mi something* 1 and every 01 iwn near zero. *Y GOODS X P. HARRY, Mg ? WL I ZiT^ I f| i ? vri I Iff 9 l\ & ' I, \ p J I I I TH I Walk* S SH( ra Salwa] the* ? I $3.50 I r fi every M test. 9 UNION SHOE 9 Shoe Mer j\ Main Street, 3BBBBBBEBB? ' t% is at the "* ht price "iat real lere. 4 o E s. $1.00 1.25 1.50 ght 1.50 free of damp* 2.00 . 2.00 4.00 Shoes $5 aiid 6.00 isses onues :hat will le. The < :0MPANY. r ?^ , i ' W' 111 =0 ver | 1 $4.00 i | COMPANY, ffl chants, 82 Union, S. C. ffl sseoaoasa