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" THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY , ?DY THl? ' UNION TIMES COMPANY j Second Flook Times Building ovek Fosiotkick, Bell Fhonk -No. 1 I L. G. Young, Manager. i Registered at the I'osto.'Uoe in Union, | S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year - - ----- - 51.(X) Six months ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents ADVERTISEMENTS One sq tare, llrst insertion - - 11.00. Every .tbsequentinsertion - 50cents. Con acts for three months or longei will be nade at, reduced rates. Locals insert?*! at Si cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and- tribul?2,of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C, FEBRUARY 5, 100-4. CEEMSON COLLEGE. The history of this college is doubtless known to many of our readers, that in 18S9 the State of South Carolina under and by virtue of an Act of the General Asseinhly accepted the bequest of Thomas G. Clemson. The terms and conditions of the will were that the Fort Hill plantation in Oconee county be devoted t.< the erection and maintaining of an agricultural and mechanical college. Before the bequest was finally accepted there was much discussion among the politicians, for just about that time tlie organization of the ' Farmer's Alliance" and the "Reform Movement" was rife over the S^ite. and the name of B. R. Tillman was most conspicuous as tlie leader ar.d inaugurator of this movement, so the pulse of the dear people mir-t be felt before going into so new and gigantic a scheme as an agricultural college. The prevailing idea and argument used was that it would afTord a grand and heretofore unprecedented oppor tunity for the poor farmers sons to be educated in scientific, theoretic and practical farming and mechanical arts free or at a mere nom'nal cost. That upon the broad fertile ????!,V,!;? expenses of the institution and thus make it in a great measure, if not wholly, self sustaining; this proved to be impracticable, therefore the college has been supported by a handsome annual appropriation by tlse State. We have written the ubovo as a mere preliminary leading up to what the college now is, and has been for several years past. The changes that the college has undergone since its establishment as an agricultural and mechanical institution have been varied. The introduction of a military feature was an innovation and departure from its original design and contrary to the terms and conditions of the will?higher education, classical, civil engineering, electrical engineering, militar}' tactics?thus making almost and entire change in the curriculum, the agricultural and mechanical art almost eliminated. The work of the farm is done by convicts and hired labor. The committee from the legislature that visited the college a few days ngo make this finnntial statement. Total receipts and disbursements to Dec. I, IWUJI: Receipts, $l;i3,8ir,.0S; disbursements, $111 ,222 lt>; leaving a balance on hjmri, JOoo. J, ltKM, of $3,010.02. It has been contended for some years that the fertilizer or tag tax, all of which goes to this college, is far in excess of the needs of this institution ; some years this tax is more than in others. Statistics of the college show that not lo per cent, of the students pay even the forty dollars, and less than 10 per cent, of the students aro graduated, expert, scientific farmers, and do not pursue farming as an occupation after leaving the college. It was also shown by the report of the committee that a number of applicants for admission to the college had to bo turned away , for want of room and other accommodations. In the face of this fact ' a bill is before the legislature provid- ' ing for 120 scholarships valued at \ $100, when it is known that there is . now not sufficient accommodation in the institution. In addition to free tuition, the State would offer scholar- * ships to bo paid out of the regular f appropriation. We glory in tho v grand and noble work tho State is doing for her sons and daughters, but do not lose sight of tho fact that * there are thousands who fill the pub- 1 lie schools who must be content with o three or four months attendance out (j of twelve, at the expense of handsome ^ and more than ample appropriations ' for the support of colleges of higher v education, t W. D. OKI E'S CASS. If Senator Tillman fails in his ef- J 'arts to defeat the confirmation by si ;')< Senate of W. D. Grum's appoint* g ru nt as collector of tho. port of Char- , a j-ton, it will be quite interesting to i tl <now how persistently he has op-ja posed this appointment and thereby S lelayed confirmation. Senator Till- ii inan scored one victory when he had n the Senate to agree to his resolution jo to have Secretary Shaw to furnish j e the Senate with the information as I t) whether or not "Crura is now hold- y ing commission as collector of the s port of Charleston. If so give date, i and sei.d the Senate a verbatim copy r thereof. Was his appointment tnado 1 in accordance with law, and if so c what law? Is there any law or pre- I cedent for the holding of an office of \ this kind by a do facto official? Is c the contention or intention to claim e and exercise the authority to make i such appointments during a construe- 1 tive recess as this appears to be?" c Secretary Shaw In his answer evaded r the real point in issue, another reso- t lution was uttempted by the Senutor, c but Senators Aldrieh and Spooner t objected to an immediate consider- c ation of the matter and the resolu- i tiou went over. The (piestion raised [ by Senator Tillman was a technical 1 one as to a constructive recess, in j view of tlie fact that the extra ses- * sion of Congress adjourned and with- r in the hour the regular ses- t sion convened, contending that the n President could not possibly have t made any appointments in the interium. Crum was appointed in r March, 190d, during the recess of f Cjngrcss, and again December 7th, i liKKl, and Senator Tillman is desirous a to know under which of these ap- f pointmcnts Crum contends for con- j lirmation. The Philadelphia Ledger f suggests that Crum pursue the course t adopted bj Mrs. Cox, the colored ] post mistress at Indianola, Miss., I who refused reappointment and there- < by relieve President Roosevelt and i the people. "The obvious lesson of this struggle in Mrs. Cox' case is of 1 somewhat similar coutest over the appointment of another regro, \V. I). Crum, to the eollectorship at Charleston, S. C., is that it is neither wise nor politic for the Federal government to force upon a community an iinnoint.ee. white or black, who is obtions in the South can not be ignored, and no more sentimental consideration justifies a President in running counter to their safety." Cruin's case is very similar to Mrs. Cox' only greater complications attend it, in that the Senate failed to confirm the appointment, and tho President uin'io iiuviiiici uuriiig !l uunstruciive recess of Congress. Senator Tillman evidently has tho President, Secretary Shaw and the Republican Senators in a swing; and while we admire and commend his course, we fear the fight he has so valiantly made will only tend to hasten the confirmation of (drum's appointment by the present Senate, since so large a majority are Republicans and supporters of i the President and the administration, 1 its actions and policies. M c. Bryan now begs leave to amend his dictum as to silver being present-1 ed us u live issue to the country by j t he Democrats this year. He says. that he doesn't consider imperialism, or, 1('? to 1 the paramount issue nor yet does he consider imperialism to be' that, nor yet the trusts. He pre-' sents now a composito of all theso in j the question "Shall the money1 I changers rule the United States?"and this lie would submit to the country as tho issue of 1904. But i the Republicans will answer no as 1 quickly as the Democrats, and there will be no point of contact for the' battle. Mr. Bryan ought to organize a lyceum to discuss his academic propositions and leave the Democrat- i ic party to capture the government 1 and save the country in its own prac- ! tieal way as of ol?l before he ran it 1 oiT the track.?Charleston Post. Hon. J. Adam Bede, a new Repub- 1 lioan member of Congress from Min- ^ nesota, by his bright and humorous 1 sayings has been classed by his col- \ leagues of the House a wit, and they .1 night have added that he also has -1 visdom. When asked how he pro-j josed uniting the two races, said that t le realized that peculiar conditions i lad brought about peculiar burdens or the South in this matter and he . vould not by word or deed do any- j w hing to add one feather's weight to ?3 he burden. O! for moro Adam I J iedes. Mr. Bede said, in speaking V f the Monroe doctrine, that "the H loctrine is just asjaig as ^he United V Itates Navy, and no bigger. Do away nth the navy and the Monroe doc-" w rlne will go." di RUSSIA-JAPAN WAR. As far back as the latter half of tho xteenth century, 1581, Russia bean her march of conquest eastward cross the Asiatic continent. At ^ hat time her territory was limited to bout eight hundred miles east from t. Petersburg. Today Russilt reaches a an unbroken line of five thousand niles. It is said of Russia that when ther powers wero at war and the yes of the world upon that conflict tusaia moved in her conquests towards the Pacific, thus step by step, tud by stealth as it wero, each decade narked her progress in that direction, and in this way for three mndred and twenty years she has :rept across the continent. Tho )ullding of tho Trans-Siberian railvuy has brought UussiA to the outer loor of Japan's dominion, the north )rn boundary of Korea. Manchuria I s no bone of contention, Japan finds a lerself confronted with a more serihis problem than ever before so far is relates to Russia. A review of he slow but sure advance by Russia luring all these years, inake.s it ceroid that if Japan sleeps Rusia will iontioue to advance, ro there is nothng but for Japan to fight, and if reinrfa ho nnppnof nf. nct t.imn in hf?r listory has Japan been better prewired for the conflict, while Russia nth a three thousand mile single track ailway, is poorly equipped for moving roopi and supplies from the interior, ind if a war be precipitated it will be he greatest war which has ever been mown to civilization. France, Gernany and all the eastern powers free rotn Russian control will be drawn nto it, and the United States cannot / ilTord to stand off with folded arms, ? or her trade interest and Philippine Dossessions will call for her interfer>nce. While we have never been, uid am not now, an advocate of expansion on the part of the United States as a government, yet we are constrained to believe and admit that the occupancy of the Philippines by ~ the United States, that sleepy people have awakened to their real position, powers and rights of which they hud I never dreamed, for, for centuries they 2 had luin dormant and been, the dupes of Russian diplomacy and physical force. Since the occapancy of the Philippines by the United States, this neonle have learned modern warof conducting. Japan has her stu- " dents in the colleges of Europe and America, and is now wide-awake, active and alert. The opening of the tn closed ports on the Pacific, the trafTi j, a] friendly intercourse and relations es- a] tablished by the United States has done more to educate and enlighten h this people than a century before had accomplished. tl TEXAS CATTLE FEVER. ^ 81 At) epidemic of plenetic or Texas h fever is now raging among the cattle t< of the South. Secretary of Agricul- a t ure lias declared a quarantine against cattlo in the South, the quarantine I line begins at the northern boundary 0 in California and follows the border ^ lino of the State to the southern, and * extends eastward ulong the southern 11 confines of Arizona and .New Mexico, Northern and Southern Colorado east ^ to the Mississippi river, north to the ^ northern boundary of Tennessee; ^ then follows the northern lino of Virginia to Maryland and the ocean. C( After Feb. 1st no cattle will be al- ^ lowed to cross the line from the South 8I except, under stringent conditions laid down by tho bureau of industry, ! b JONE&VIlthU JOTTINGS. tl P Dcuth of Miss Sullie Long?Other * News Items. 8] h .TAVPCMtTf T 1-S U-lv ~t 1 * xj \jx* uo > rcu* 1.?? " JL DG Cl^y 18 quite rough and unpleasant and is c< good weather to bring on grippe t( und pneumonia. There is already jome cases of these diseases in our t( town. %> Miss Sallie Long died last Satur~ or lay morning at the home of her sis:er, Mrs. Win. Smith, near Bogans- qi /ille, and her remains were buried he n the family plat of ground at fe jrilead church yesterday morning. ^lif-s Long was in her seventy third ra rear and had been in bed for over hree years from naralysis and bad tb ? j?* * i'n nuiKCU it Bicp uuring IIJHC lime. *he had lived with her lister, Mrs^ ha V. T. Littlejohn, for a number of ears. When Mrs. Littlejohn died, ofi he first of last December, Mies Long sit as moved to her sister's, Mrs. ha imith. One brother, Mr. C. R. iong, and three sisters, Mrs. Poley ifenn, of Greenville, Mrs. Nancy Lay, of Laurens county, and Mrs. ifilliam Smith survive her. The wife and child of Wm. Barnell, a colored man of our town, both jj ied last Saturday morning and ? ro Q( Is paved wit are after good way to your fo truth of this s 1e drives a good1 argain who buys The... I HANAN SHOE. VIUTUALD r. ere both buried in the same coffin. Mr. Dan Wallace with his family loves from our town to Union today, ad we are sorry to lose- this quiet ad interesting family. Mr. Jim Black moves into the ouse vacated by Mr. Wallace and Ir. Josiah Lawson will move into le house vacated by Mr. Black. The llev. W. II. White, of Lockart, preached a very interesting 3rmon at the Presbyterian church ero yesterday. Ilis subject was the ?mptation of Jesus Christ by Satan t the end of his fast of forty days.' Mr. II. W. Oos8ett, of the New lope section, has a right bad wound n his forehead made by the kick of is old reliable horse. After about wenty years faithful service the old nitnnl turned his heels on his maser and spoiled his good record. Capt. R. W. Scott with his young ride arrived at home last Saturday here he met quite a crowd of his cighbors who had gathered at his ome and had quite a handsome reeption prepared for him and his ride which was on the order of a irprise. Mr. Marion McWhirter, of Union, od Ernest McWhirter, of Spartan-* urg, brothers, spent yesterday with leir mother. Ilow pleasant it is to arents to have good boys like these ho are away At school or business send a Sabbath with them in their appy home. Mr. J. 0, Spears sold 22 bales of )tton last week at 15 cents. Fif;cn hundred dollars for the lot. Isaac D. Page sold a bale of cot>n here the other day that brought 96. The bale was of course a heavy le. Mr. D. A. T. Farr who has been lite sick, is much better and ho pes to be out upon the streets in a w days. Mr. J. II. Littlejohn improves ther slowly. Dr. A. S. Foster is laid up with e grippe. Miss Mary Garner, of Pinckney, 8 been visiting the Misses Mobley. Mr. Samuel Littlejohn, of Gaffney, rcr spending several days *ith his :k brotker, Mr. J. H. Littlejohn, s returned to his homo. Telephone. N erf ICB! go TO RAVENSCROFT & SON for AIRCUTTING AND SHAVING. Opposite Poet Offioe. ? ___________________________ The Pathway ;; v -k J&l )od Comfort '-t\ *' '.nx <+ '* h the footprints of people who Shoes. How about the path>ot? It is up to you to test the itatement. Buy a trial pair. You may laugh at Shoes are as old ... as they look, the weeping skies if your foot is in a M .vf Shoes never look old because they are made to retain their style and HEER SHOE, shape. RY GOODS COMPANY. P. HARRY, Mgr | This Handsome! I o W*\ <**1 S "5 X>) ul . h fN MLJlsi c/i s | ?| 5 LADIES' S H O E 5 @ Is built to fit the feet, C I yet combining style ?' H with blissful comfort. J; ? Sizes ix/x to 9-t V 1 f\ 1 ? Watch the Big Shoe Store, i t " ti a h Union Shoe Co.J D WATCHING YOUR SHOE INTEREST, S | Main Street, - - Union', S.