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TH.ETJNIQ.N TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ?BY IMF? UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Flook Times Building oveu postof kick, blll puonk No. 1. L. G. Young, Munager. Registered at the Postollice in Union, S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One sq 'tare, first insertion - - $1.00. Everv .lbseauent insertion - 50 cents. Con .acta for three months or longei Till be nade at reduced ra'es. Locals iuaert?!d at SJ cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, S. C., DKCKMBKU IS, 1903. The Winnsboro News and Herald suggests an addition to the oath to be taken bv mayors and a'dormen as follows: "That during our administration we will not permit any carnival withia the corporate limits." An excellent suggestion. Attention is called to an article in unother column showing how earnestly the British government is endeavoring to grow the cotton for their factories in their African possessions. Any shortage in the crop in this country increases their efforts to become at least partiullj- independent of ifcMany thousands of bushels of cot ton seed for planting will he shipped from North OaWdlna to Texas tills JT season. There is a buyer on the JF maaket in Charlotte, buying every mm bushel of Kings Improved cotton seed yy.i- he can get. This variety, being early, is in great demand by Texas planters, as it matures before the dreaded boll weevil does so much damage.? The Monroe Enquirer. The New York Commercial is of the opinion that the South should diversify more, and plant less cotton. We think so too?plant less, and make more. Continued cotton production in the South Atlantic. States is only possible by farming on the intensive svslem and restoring ti?o fertility of our land, through tile instrumentality of the dairy cow. Man;, acres of cotton in this section do n ; pay the cost of cultivation, and while in the aggregote increasing the crop considerably, they decrease the prints of the farmers. The Brushy Creek creamery has broken the record for making chnesi in this part of the country. Mr. Ellison has made *21 pounds of cheese from 18o pounds of milk, or 7 1-2 per cent more than either the Kasley or ixeorgo's tjreeK ereamery. They <u. not churn any milk.--Kusiey Progress. These three cheese factories are th?* ones Mr. Voigt put up in Pickens county. At the North, it takes about i) lbs. of milk to make a pound of cheese, but Brushy Creek creamery made a pound to 7 '2 pounds of milk. Dr. Kilgo, president ofTriuity College, N. C , is learning how to use strong language. According to the report of the Raleigh News and observer, he said to the conference recenty in session, when the college was up for discussion : "You cannot put a label on my back. If you do, I will turn around and mush your mouth. There i* no better citizen in North Carolina. St. Paul was an inspired fool. I can he an uninspired one. I am no danger to your commonwealth. If 1 take your poor boys, feed them out of my hand, it is not because I am a citizen, but because God wants me to do these things?the things that a real man should do. "Some people are now liecinninL' to clear up now ground?, trying to get fresh land to work another year, as the cotton land was nearly uli ruined by the groat flood. Some ol our expert formers say that they believe that making cotton is rather decreasing, ii seems, ;.s tinyield is going buck u little every year. The people in our section are expecting a jolly time Christmas. The boys are having a big time shooting birds and other game. We 1 feel it quite a privilege to get birds I and other game, ns chickens und eggs , are scarce. 'I he people can't possibly get eggs for Christmas." The above is taken from one of the ' county correspondents of The Spartanburg Journal, and is republished hero to show how our lands are being ruined by the clean culture requited by cotton, and uiso to show how the M farmers' best friends, the birds, are 1 being killed out. < 4 , FARM WORK. Any farmer will tell you thut a ^ fanner can fi1 d work for every day in t!A> year, but is this so? Are there not many days during the win- ter months that, he cannot find pro (itable emplojmcnt on the farm?* It certainly looks so. is it not true i t l?at very few farmers do work every day of the year? The Southern farmer is the only business man who attempts to make a living for himc( If and family by working only, sa> two thirds of his time. The cause of his state of affairs is lack of diversified farming. The present plan of hauling wood to town or factory cannot last much longer, the pines will soon be gone, in fact, it is said that many small farms near Union have scarcely enough wood left on them to supply lire-wood fur the cultivators a couple of years longer. Many suggestions as to the best form of diversifying have been made, none however showing any prospect of proving satisfactory. Now however, since stock raising and dairying have proven so remunerative on account of the large number of mill operatives and other non producers, the way is clear. The demand for milk and butter in Union is considerably greater than the supply. Butter at 20c per pound and butter-milk at loe per gallon would ulTord good prolit, if it were not for the expense of peddling it and afterwards of collecting pay. A cheese factory pays better boc iuse, first, it need not be so near town or factory, and therefore can he placed where land is better ar.d cheaper and then t he milk is delivered in bulk and the pay collected at only one place, the factory. , 'L'Um cure o! the cows, milking, delivering milk, saving and spreading manure, planting winter crop-*, and other dairy duties, will give profitable employment every day of the year. The farmers need not take stock in the factory, unless they choose to. If they will only guarantee sullicicnt milk to warrant put I ing it up, parlies art. row ready to start one o** two a! the most convenient points. Will the farmers of any community in this county accept this oHV ? If they do, they will find immediate profit, and see their lunds growing richer, instead of poorer, every day. TIII:HOTj, wisiivii. Thy following is an extract from the proceeding of tlit convention held lately in Louisiana to suggest means to prevent the spread of the boll weevil. The birds mentioned were once common here, but now are rarely seen, nuving ucen ail Killed L?y is nr.;- 1 ers. j ? "One of lhe 1111'St interesting and i practical talks made before the con-1 vent ion was t hat of Mr. Frank .Ml-.! ler, president of the Louisiana Audu-1 liiiii society. Ho says that while) there has been no special observation ( to determine what bird will eat the boll weevil, yet "enough is known of the habits of certain birds to assert that the most useful allies in this respect are the red-winged black hire! or rice bird, tlie gruc!Je or crow black bird, and several others of similar structure and like activities. There is no question in uiy mind," said Mr. Miller, "that the reason boll weevils und boll worms have become pests in the State of Texas, is i hat t he people of that state, in their blindness and folly, allowed the killing, the trapping, and the destruction of those birds to go to such lengths that that most wonderful balance in nature of bird iife set over against insect life has been destroyed, with the direful consequences already noted. And tin people of that state will pay the penalty of their disregard of nature's laws until the lost balance lias been rimv.vim i-m urns nicr" nns llCClltlHllHKM such a stove of birds Unit they muy he able to carry on tlie beneficent purposes of their life of destroying nil forms of noxious insects." INDICT Tim TR/C^FASSKR*. 'I he ones who complain most at the destruction of insect destroying 1 birds are the ones who have it in their power to put a stop to it, namely tin- land owners. So long as hunters are allowed to bung away at the birds and g'd no greater re- ( proof for tramping on the rights of land owners than a private cussing to their bai ks, er Id their faces as for , that matter, the killing of birds will go on. If you do nor, want a man to 1 hunt on your land, you have nil the niiichinery of the fnw to prevent him i If you want to protect your birds, in- ; lict the fi Jlow who kills von r birds. ' 3 )ne indictment will do more to pro , tect your birds than all the cussing 1 trill do.?Exchange. * 'I ho State says Russia is anxious s for ? peace?a piece of Mnnchyria. | Is that all? We thought the lloar' . wanted the whole hog. i ? iaur r. u< jm j??? Wuah iiifltoti Let ter. From Our Regular Correspondent.) Panama a Hairs called forth n sharp ?arty debate in tlio House I' was muted unexpectedly during the disculinn of pension appropriation bill, when Mr. Dinsmore, democrat of Arkinsas, tot the il xu and wade the statement hat {ho {'resident had usurped power uid disobeyed the law by his actions in Panama Mr. ilitt, republican of Illinois and Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, came to the defense of I to Administration and was followed by Mr. Williams, the democratic loader, who set forth the views of his party. "Here is tin* law,"said Mr. Dipunore, "Did the IV. sident obey ilV Kvenb ub knows that he made no pretense of obeying the law. He has not even vouchsafed to Congress, whose law he has violated, the slightest excuse. Is ho ?b rve he law? Indeed, Mr, Chairman, it tint's true, we have come upon evil times when the executive power can usurp authority and cist aside the express wi.-h if Congress declared in the law." The 1stw referred to, is of couve, the Spoonet ic:, which directed the President to negotiate with Nioarauga after negoti t'ion .villi Columbia failed. As the President declared in his inesssge, lie considered the act to refer to the Panama canal. wiuuuiv, reieieuee to uie government which might be sovereign over thr terrimiy. This interpretation is agreed t?? by the lepublicaos, including, of course, vna'. >r Spooner. Mr. Hilt stated in his teplf: 4,In the se of Panama our situatio i was differ 1*1.t from that of any spot on earth. We had a rolenin and binding e igagem vp which had been impressed npm us by all dR-.-e years. Often we were called upon y tbt* Colombian government, oitenei i;v events, t.o enforce the obligation to ivttp the path opt at, and Alien we landed troops at Colon, when the ships came to Panama with more of the nuiines, tlieii duty under the treaty was plain to let no , aimed men or cause of any kind distmb the op-n free course of commerce or ot movement, in the path vay across th" idhtnus." Mr. Williams declined in his speech, "Ttie so-called republic of Panama is an abortion upon the surface of ih?> earth, mis-begotten, hag-bora, and to use the I wads of William .Shakespeare, ditch delivered." Senator Hurrows, chairman of the Senate Comiuitb e on Privileges and Ivectious, has called a meeting of tie c< mn.ifte to consider th.* case of S?-;?aa'?*r lbed Smoot, ot Utah, for whost expulsion from the Somite, petitions have been received from forty dill-rent state. The case has aroused much interest and is similar to that of lirigham il K .bi its, who was expelled from the House ii few years ago on the ground that he was it digamist. Til ie Hie (w . charges against S.u d e Sm (?', 1' is <1 timed that he is a pnhgmi): -t, though lie denies it, and it is r*-iseraliy ticlieved that the charge cant ot ie sustained. It is likewise sod that ;n .ni apo-t!e of the Mormon church he h is taken < i oath of allegiance to tiial body is ih highest civil and military antlimiiy, and const quentlv this oath is iiiceni rrat.lL.ly. ???W Win onttl t'S SPIItl'lir ?'.! I n. ( need Stales. The position of tin Moitt.' n chineli in this matter will I* i'.v, >.tig,ijci; by ti c committee and it the chai,2**s arc discovered to lie cornel, the Si nator will be fotced to give no ins a1. 1 is llieg.*i.( ral opinion, however, tlia' tin* e is not hint* in 11? su i-t'im.?. iti.it l!i*- f'enator will l?e vind caied m Santuc Sittings. -. me |j? have ii.quired alter me sui'ie Indies too. and wish to k> ov, whu? is the mutter'with me?not. wiili Hannah?but only mo, ami as lain not Han n ill, i will say that 1 have U-en "doan Soulh," hut as 1 am slightly missed at horn , I w ill house" some and conn again. N vs is as scarce as scale llsli h re. and ii is lit <1 work making up a eiter. which villi show up like a lot ot' foobshntss iliat we often hoar just to ketp up the coiiVi isa1.ion. M ss Siclla IIoKson, who has been on a vis t io I>" IS. (' Jeter, of Itions, Fail Held county for some time, came home last week. M :ss isudie Thomas, of Union, vi-ited her cousin, Miss Julia Thomas, all oi last week Mr. and Mrs. J Keuip Thomas, of union, were nere visiting relatives Satin (1 i\- in ?l Sundjy. Mi-s Maty Green, of ltock 11ill is now visiting at Sir. .1, W. Giegory'e. Mr. Kelty .Johns, now po'ic?niao at ' Viiirniii'S, was here Several days 1 ist week on a visit to friends and relatives Miss C'aiha B.itnet', of the Duck! Fowl stction, visited lrom Friday to, Sunday. lier fii-ud, Miss luly Ad tins It' v. Ji2. M Menill win leave lis soon, nf;?I i::ov? to Laiidnim. where he s 'living a house built. He will not p each j in \v )ear. We ate soriy to see bun | i ave, We have none too many ciliz ti.s hem now, besides, the family of Mr. 1 Merritt have endeared themselves to Mie ; people lieie, as iateiesting friends, good j neighhois and a welcome acq'iisi'io i t> (lie citiz nstiip of any piaee. Ltieli urn : will he. a gainer. Another Superintendent lias eonr to take (he place ot thn forine.r sup au.i iU-ii* of I he dam a' Neal's Sh ?ais, *drj liriggi, tli -ugh is still here. We < ; u >t t i- 11 rsjet how In- vsiil ion t hiegs gerj-v by. Wint er th-re will h.j free and i pen d mpetion, fu.e trade for any who wish to do work, or whether there viii U ; foil of iepiib.ir.au tariff, i f m i.1hs i>;x'iuii(Ji, for practifion, as h gnat in iy i i k, was the way wiili the lorne-io ;e i'.Mt perhapi li v.i! 1 st< j> in ilic siiau h.?-s, tie ilivin tin same way snal inn ltd :n over at Hie heels, and have Hi* aiue wt i?hl hanged al) ill? lira neck >: >!f. vo'ens We hive been having wii ter in asirs-e, ?h lie cord weal her has 1 is'.mI wihout a ieal< since it b^an, only that it was in naves. The record shows that the past Nrov< tnber w?< t'n? oldest one in ten tears, and we law just had some as cold >r colder weather man any we had last winter. I believe it was a record breaker. Talk about wlmt some people will I'eal, but I have heard of a new dial at he liade. Mr. J. M. Meter is growing "ii.e young picin toss. lie .vet oui everal last year, which are d >ir.g w< ll md a few nights ago some thief stole i SHOES I If you wan right place let us sh< values cat n ET M T ? ??? I B A Solid Bottom Satin (Jnl The Newton is a smootlio The Tiger you will he plos Our Railroad Shoe is an e The U.S. Army Shoe is .soi n ess Sec our Heavy Kid Lined A very snappy, up-to-date. It*you want comfort, style In Ladies, CM W e have suit each ; price is clo > R. P one, dug it up itinl earned it away.? How is I hut for s )in- tiling to steal. ! ,x,.t How about ClnisUnis. 1 sues,, linos' j t\?' everyone liar. 1 :id bis or her pan I have not. 1 ivally do uol kno w v. h :i t i I turn to for pleasure Willi all <lu * - spec* i uo not know it that could H| ?V found hero, 1". 1 r it seems tlKit everythii.u' (Sfj has dwindled, and times are nut .is th >, j/ ought to be. Hut I pm ss pleasure wiii come with it. , (J *? Farmers are about through rath; ring j plijj crops. Frost bitten' cotton thi't i y 1 H p.ntiaUy openid, held tliem ioep I. cause it was a hard matter to get h i: .h 111 to pick it. With our personal farm-, v.e tcjp were late in getting up corn, hut we had K f a lot to shred, broke tlia siiredder, m <1 j . -A " t re delay-d two weeks, and n.emtio < IL^ fed many stir, y hogs. tut, under pi-t.-^t \ you may be sure I wish the l.cgiia ture would pnssa law. that. iy f imci r f>"'r could confiscate any iiigs that ; > f-bV enlly fed from liiscorn crop u the li d '. If he feeds tliem lie ought to oah ll in. Anyone vylio has ever h id anything toco with ;i pesky hog of anoiher mr ' ?** knows it is the hardest thing in tin- Sfi world to impound, and the owner o' tin* FV* croji ought to lie able to get satilactio- mjV This cannot be said to be tiie seas >n < < Q sociables, for they ripen al: along. There have been some in and thnuirli Vr here, hut they seem to be c inducted < ! ^ the secret service plan, keep very (prat. *4/ arsl you can scarely hear enough to m fe |Y | a news item of i?, such as tire '-Doings of Society." There was one lieic last )' ! week, th it I got almost, close en >u.!i tu smell the perfume. A mail inentinn* i fji ; to me a few days ago that, almost d ? i \ S?V kind of amusement is being narrow" u FVl down to an invitation htsis and g ius- 'Md ity in a bro.nl sense is being laid <s*.le. Hut I went to a sociable recently?it tin one's tiii?j:i ??-? \i>ln> r? .? i. n-> >* t ? - ~ ' T<\J participants were selected with cue. a <i jpW to suit my taste, but 0..0 nn;.s. j /\; necessarily ha some "ttelflah" ii \ou please. 1 have been to several. bw Hev Denvki:. ? Christ tints Holiday Kales. feaj The Southern Ivuilwav will .sell Christmas Holiday excursion 'tickets between all jtoints south of the I'otomac and Ohio rivers and east of the WJ Mississippi river, including St. l/>uis, JSS Mo,, for one and one-third first class llj atnndard one way fares, pins 'J"> cents feCN for the round trip, (minimum rate b'lc.) |V] Tickets will he sold Decomher 211,2-1, 2~>, .10,111, and January Is!, I'.tOf, with final limit Jan. >th, 1004. They will also sell upon presentation and surrender of certificates signed hy E/J Superintendents, Principals or I'resi- (vm! dents of the various institutions. !>ec ill I f'i lfl.'I'i inoliio!f? ? ??#!? tl .? I H ? : 4 . vw iiiiiuoivg, null nuui 11 lift U .I miliary 8th. PXM to teachers an<l ntu- ?v dents of schools and colleges. Intcrlino tickets will 1 ?<; sold at O-u- jji pon stations only. Apply to any agent of the .Southern Railway, or ILV W. H. Tayi/)k, A. (i. P. A.. Atlanta, (la. JA ffi Stops Cough and Worl<s off the Cold Laxative Drome-Quinine Tablets cure a ooM in one day. Nj cure, i;o |>uy, price 26 cents. 6-ly, I"*" r J v L. ? t to buy Sh j and the ri ow you \ i be found s s fShoe, cap and plain toe... article for is'ed with for xceUcnt <juality in a heavy mething that will keep the [ Shoe for line of Tilt Shoes $3.50 a ? and wear try a pair of Ha Idren and something* and every < vn near zerc Y GOODS HARRY, M i \ Am i / J It I I | k ** ."ahtiPC \ T !U7?IL Y Y din S h I at : S3.50 : 'i e> ! t? j UNION SHO I Shoe M > j Main Street, ? * V * * % . MffTarfVi iHOES " %r ' oes at the ight price what real here. H O ES. $1.00 1.25 1.50 weight 1.50 feet free of damp 2.C0 2.00 ind 4.00 nan Shoes $5 and; 6.00 Misses Shoes that will one. The x COMPANY. J. M A!lS NJSnl ? . COPTtl% |^T|. '( ' * ' * '*?* T1 ^ HE 8 :=Over| 1 O E fi ways ? fuin l 'ery ? #?? k& est. W E COMPANY, {Jj Merchants, B Union, 5. C. m * r :3th > - d