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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ?by the UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Floor Times Building over Postoi- fice, Bell Phone No. 1 L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the Postoflice in Union, S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 50 centfThree months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion - - $1.00. ? ' ? 4 . !_ rn Every losequeniinsertion - wueuw. Con.. acts for three months or longei will be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at 8J cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C./JANUARY 29, 1904. FIFTEEN CENTS COTTON. "Save us fropa-bur friends." The farmer foj thb past twelve or fifteen years h?s had a hard time cursing his life long friend, and now when everything looks lovely we wish to warn him of treachery. The present price of cotton is a delusion and a snnre. The acreage last year should have produced 12,500,1100 bales and if tho seasons had been propitious cotton would now be selling at 0 to 7 cents. Tho crop to be planted this year, under favorable conditions, will produce 10,000,000 bales and the bottom is sure to drop out. The only chance for our friends is the boll weevil in Texas nnd unfavorable climetic condition during maturity of the crop. We very much deplore the suicidal policy of the farmers, and should the w?a*her be favorable hard times will again be on U'. Every available acre is being prepared for cotton, the land that was seeded in oats?the oats having been killed?will be planted in cotton, and no attention paid to bread and forage crops. Everything is being staked on the turn of the wheel. War 'n the East will put down the price of cotton, even if a small crop * made, and will put up the price of provisions. Favorable cotton weather in ;'i- *ot ton producing States is genord y oif set by unfavorable weather .?? iho West where most of oiw i t ?.d bread warehouses are looaic-o. Why will our farmer . . lake such hazzards? Wh\ i. raise a full supply of corn ...gt, and make a surplus crop i ... uoiion? Cotton is not going t m. > :?e presont prices and ua. u should for this year, dv, ph.. < ,on at such prices to rait and buy provisions at an un.. Mice? Suppose the Western f.. . >:?ould make a crop failure thi.< and the Southern farmer make . 11 crop. That would mean six j cotton with $1.")0 to .$2 for wheat and 12 cents for bacon. The war between Russia and Japan is problematic. Suppose they should begin hostilities, could our pugnacious president with the flush of victory in the Philippines, Cuba and Panama be hands off? liefore you put every corner in cotton, stop and think of the possibilities of some of the above combinations. We are not pessimists nor alarmists, but we think the time is at hand when some one should sound the alarm, and The Times, with its record of fifty years, begs its friends not to play at the game and take chances that hardened gamblers would hesitate at, but to keep in the old furrow our fathers plowed and make ample provision in pitching the crop, that in case of King Cotton playing you false, enough hog and hominy will be in the smoke house to keep the little ones from suffering. A GOOD BII<I? In view of the fact that the leeris lature now has a bill before It which provides for the establishment of a department of commerce and immigration, the question of immigration will assume a more tangible form than could have developed from any action on the part of the immigration association, for it will show to the outside world that the State at large is interested in the introduction of a more substantial class of citizens from foreign countries than has heretofore characterized foreign immigration. We remember that in the '70's an organization in our State, then known ano?), undertook to furnish the farmer* agricultural supplies and Immi' ..v.. . ? .: . > .4 gration labor, the project (ailed, lack of funds to furnish supplies, dissatisfaction in the management, and the importation of a class of foreign labor wholly unsuited and unfitted for the purposes of farm work; this terminated the scheme in a year's trial. The bill now before the legislature provides that a department of commerce and immigration be created, which shall be charged with the work usually devolving upon a bureau of agriculture of Immigration, of publicity, of public lauds and like bureaus. i That the Governor upon the recommendation of the South Carolina Immigration Association shall appoint for a term of four years a secretary of proper qualifications and good character, and a competent knowledge of matters of immigration, agriculture, manufacturing, publicity and general industries. That the secretary shall be charged with all work looking to the promotion of agriculture, manufacturing and other industries, cattle raising and all matters tanHinn tn n>n trial development of the State; the collection and publication of all information in regard to localities, character, accessibility, cost and modes of utilization of native soil, to the inducement of capital and desirable immigration, by publication and dissemination of information of the advantages of soil, climate, natural resources and industrial opportunities. That a land registry shall be kept, in which shall be listed all the information collected from farmers and land owners of the State as to lands, stating the number of acres, location, the terms upon which they may be bought, leased or shared to desirable settlers, and from time to time publication of the same shall be made containing all necessary information pertaining thereto. This certainly contains every provision necessary and desirable for the populating, permanent and substantial deyelopment ~ Cla. - 4 _ vjl uur otuie. ANTI-TRUST LAW CONSTITU TIONA L. In the issue of The Times 8th inst. appeared an article entitled "Fertilizer Trust in Trouble." It will be remembered that this case was instituted by the attorney general, entitled State against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, a corporation created by and under the laws of the State of New Jersey, together with seven other corporations created under and by the laws of South Carolina. The defendant corporations demurred to the complaint upon several grounds, one of which was that the anti-trust laws act of 1897 and the amended act of 1898 were unconstitutional, for the reason that these acts were in violation of the I ith amendment to the Constitution of the United States, demurrer overruled by his honor Ernest Gary, Circuit Judge, decision filed 21st inst. The Judge decides that the acts of 1CGT no * - * ioui-uo are uunsuiuuonai ana ID this is fully sustained by a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States and our State Supreme Court. This is a most equitable decree as between the parties to the action and settles the legal questions involved in a most judicial and judicious manner. JONESVILLE JOTTIKGS. Oil Mill the Busiest Place in Town. Money in Being a Legislator. Personal and Othei Items. Jonesville, Jan. 2o.?The rain last Friday wad a great blessing as the ground was so very dry the streams and wells were getting very low, and more moisture in the ground 1 is very necessary to insure a good crop and the judicious farmers are i looking ahead and thinking of re suits that are apt to follow such coni tinued dry weather. The oil mill is the busiest place in town just now, and if it had not started when it did I don't know what our people would have done for stock feed. Mr. J. D, Epps, the bookkeeper for the oil mill, is kept huat.lincr all im? _ ?. %mrnm WUV Villi V* Mr. C. II. Foster who has been sick for several days, is at his post of duty again. Mr. J. II. Littlejohn does not improve much in his sickness. Mr. D. A. T. Farr has been quite sick for the last few days. Mr. Farr seems to be threatened with brights disease. Mr. Allen Vinson, who lives near Lockhart Junction, is very sick and his condition is quite serious. Miss Bailie Long, who has been moved to her sisters, Mrs. Wm, Smith's, near West Springs, has had anothft stroke of.,paralysis which is th* third stroke a^ s^l!#^ a* death's door. Mrs. J. B. Foster, who has been I in bed over six weeks, is up and about again. Mr. R. W. Scott left on the morning train today for Enoree where he goes to be married to Miss Genevia Chapman. Miss Chapman is a fine young lady and has many friends in Jonesville who will welcome her to our town. Mr. Scott and his bride will take a bridal trip to Augusta and Florida. Weddings are always in order and others may occur in our community before many more full moons. Our graded school has the largest enrollment it has ever had and the three teachers are kept quite busy these days. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Harris and Mr. I. 8. Harris spent last Friday and Saturday with relatives in our town. Mr. R. N. Harris with his wife and Sam Harris will leavo Union Wednesday morning for Sherman, Texas, where they will make their future home. They leave many friends in this country who regret to see them move away. Mrs. T. J. L, Linder, of Bogansville, has moved to our town Avhere she has a brother and many warm friends. Mrs. Durbin Littlejohn, of Asbury, is in very bad health. Mr. Louis Bates, who is in Baltimore, had an operation performed on him last week for appendicitis and a letter from him to bis father. Mr. J. W. Bates, received today states that he is doing well. Rev. W. II. White, of Lockhart, will preach in the Presbyterian church here next Sunday morning. Rev. David Ilucks will preach at Bogansville next Sunday. Rev. Mr. Ilucks filled his pulpit here last night and he had a good audience. Some of our farmers have a fewbales of cotton stowed away waiting for fifteen cents. It is a common saying that there is no money in being a legislator m this State, but if one will just observe how our .present legislature is gobgling up all the offices in their jurisdiction it will be very plain to the observer that there is good money in it, and evoryone that gets down to the general assembly never wants to let go. The soup in the bowl is being divided among themselves. Some politician from the rural districts will mount the campaign stump and cry out "beware of lawyers" and if elected when he gets down to the capital he goes for boodle as bad as a lawyer. And the other day when it come to electing trustees for the colleges the great general assembly did not know whose terms had expired and there was no one lawyer enough to tell, and they fired away and ll 1 1 ^ 11 ' 1 eieuieu inemseives ana niiea ail tne offices and left out Ben Tillman. Why didn't the lawyers tell them better? Mrs. Marvin Scott, of Union, is at the bedside of her sick father, Mr. D. A. T. Farr. Mr. J. L. McWhirter accompanied Mr. It. W. Scott on his bridal trip. Telephone. TEXAS LETTER. J. S. C Writes of South Carolinians in Texas. Editor Times: I noticed in the caption of the last communication to The Times you located the correspondent in Indian Territory. Well, that will do to head a newspaper article with, but it will not do for an actuality, at least for the time being. Still I consider the Indian Territory a fine field for energetic young men. It is quite true money does not fall right down into the hands of people anywhere. All men succeed to a greater or less extent, who apply their energies diligently. Recently I met at Detroit, Texas, Mrs. John Norris, who came to Texas in 1857 or 1858 from Union county, S. C. I take it lor granted that many of the older readers remember the Norrises. Mrs. Norris informed me that she was a Miss Mary Rogers and I am sure she told me her home in Union was on the corner east of the Baptist church, Mrs. Arthur's home when I lefc Union twenty years ago. Mrs. Norris anxiously inquired about the Misses Dogan, afterwards Mesdames Arthur, Stringfellow, Stead man and Humphries, also Mrs. Janie McWhirter (nee Janie Noland) and Stout Noland. After my prolonged absence from dear old Union the information I possessed was so limited that I fear it waa of little value or pleasure to the lady. I met one of Mrs. Norris sons. Mr. John Norris died only a little more than a year ago. In this connection I will state that a son of Capt. J. B. Lyles married one of Maj. Norris' daughters thus uniting two former South Carolina families in this new country. | On another day while at DeDalh To G< Is paved wi are after gooc way to your f truth of this He drives a good bargain who buys The... HANAN SHOE. MUTUALD R. I met Mr. J. D. Bundy who is ant was in South Carolina a cotton buyer lie remembers many of the Union people and made mention of severa1 of them in complimentary terms Mr. Bundy had one of the old Soutl Carolina negroes, Moses Littlejohn working for him who seemed to bi glad to meet me when informed tha the good wife belonged to the forme: master's family by consanquinity ant name. I find out here quite a goo< many South Carolinians scattere< ! around in places. ! This is the town, Denton, that ha j the State Industrial School for youn, , ladies, an extended mention of whic was made in The Union Times no quite one year ago. Denton is pretty town with clean and gravele streets. At the Industrial Schot they are furnished with artesiai water. This school is a great in Rtit.ntinn ?nd ? .. v. uuv ^cuvuunca ur right proud of it. % Denton pride herself on heing the best educations town in Texas, or to put it just little stronger, it considers itself th hub of Texas. Aubrey is a town in the norther part of Denton county and it wa visited a day or so ago. I mentio Aubrey because it was-the home fc a time of several of the Union folkc namely: Messrs. J. E. James. J D. McNeace, A. E. Gradick, Sumne Smith, J. W. *St Clair and perhap one or two others. Mr. James i located at Wolf City and Messrf St Clair and Gradick are located ii Collin County, and Messrs. Mc Neace and Smith alter a short resi dence in Texas returned to thei former stamping ground as you wel j well know. Denison is one of the border town of the State. It is near the Re River, the line between Texas an the Indian Territory, and is an im Eortant gateway to the State. 1 as a population of 12,000 to 15,000 I The people of Denison built a cottoi mill ten or twelve years ago but i has been a comr.tatA foilnw #?? ? _ ? ? f - ? v ov iui a a business enterprise. It is quit possible one could not induce a nura ber as large as a corporal's guard it the city to subscribe to the capita stock of another. The truth of th matter is corporations in this sectioi of Texas are not at all popular a this particular juncture. J. S. C. Denton, Texas, Jan. 20, 1904. Subscribe to TH? TIM?8. _ / jSSjsJL* 'A 52 ' " ~ The Pathway ood Comfort th the footprints of people who i Shoes. How about the pathoot? It is up to you to test the statement. Buy a trial pair. I! You may laugh at Shoes are as old ( . as they look, the weeping skies if your foot is in a I'u&M yV-M flRlfk r^UEEN IgffMm VUAL1TY Shoes never look old because they are made to retain their style and HEER SHOE, shape. ??????????___ * RY GOODS COMPANY. P. HARRY, Mgr !| This Handsome | ill S a v y is?9 : y rsi e /y ; I ? ? n El-JLS C/l s ga n o 1' ;| LADIE5' SHOE;! 4 I I Is built to fit the feet. { n l\ yet combining style J i- R with blissful comfort. " ? Sizes 2^ to 9. 3 3 S ' 4 I ! ; ^ Watch the Big Shoe Store, E ' 4? I 1 . j| Union Shoe Co., S J D WATCHINQ YOUR SHOE INTEREST, ft J t Main Street, - - Union, S. Q. jf