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' THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY ERIDAY ?BY THt? UNION TIMES COM PAN V Siconi> Floor Times Buildinc ovbr Posrotkick, Bell Fiio.sk No. I L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the Poatottlce in Union 3. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.0; Six months ------ 50 cent Three months ----- -25 cents ADVERTISEMENTS One square, Urst insertion - - $1.00 Every absequent insertion - 50 cents Conacts tor three months or longe wiil be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at Hi cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be re turned. Obituaries and tributes of re UnAPt; will ha nliarf?Q/i .\i l.nlP UNION, S. CM MARCH 25, 1904. COTTON BULL FAILS. The greatest sensation ever ereutet In the cotton inurket was that on th< 18th of March when Dan J. Sully the great bull of the market, suspend cd operations. Cotton fell thirteei dollars a bale in live minutes. Tin tumble down was so great thut con sternation prevailed among the cot ton exchanges: like a shock from i clap of thunder from a clear sky, cot ton'has continued to decline. Sullj has made an assignment for the ben efit of his creditors. Much rejoicing is manifested over the failure of th< great bull. EXTRAVAGANCE IN isTATE OFFICE, It sometimes does good, and sometimes no good, to tell the people that their representatives in the legislulature had been too lavish with the public money, by making extravagant appropriations for the dillerent purposes of the State. The old adage, "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise," might here upply, and it would possibly be well for the newspapers to keep silent; but we conceive it to be the province of a newspaper to keep its readers fnformed and enlightened upon all matters of state and county affairs which ma #VYi ii'lui Ii'iii mi MnaBBaenwan? CZAR'S FLEET MOT "I terially ?lfei' c?u9iag ?"J on" c?n be done ,lmply point out just censure. thenii and advance Ut.^aswe Bee hem. 0^ i9,rel Vin r?onsolioK idea that /v,_ VUv from mistakes. The Observer, berry,) has for some time past beei alluding to the extravagant appropr' ations made by the legislature, witl out fully specifying wherein consis ed the extravaganco, and in view this fact, the Herald and News, (Ne berry,) called on the Observer specify. The Observer, sajs lir Clemson College could be run w much less money than is now gh to it. This college received from i public treasury last year, dirtc and indirectly, the vast sum $200,000, and of this sum only ab $20,000 was expended for perinai improvements. It is the history the college that it expends all thi gets, let it be $20,000 more this j or less next year, so it cannot be mated what it would spend if { to it. The Citadel Acudemy at ( leston might be run with less, we are satisfied VVintrop C< could be run with much less $ll?i,<J<X>. In many other there might be u reduction w injury. If South Carolina was u wealthy commonwealth, tnest appropriations would be in 1 with her dignity and financial ing. The State is now facin licit of over four hundred tl dollars; of this amount she 1 be able to realize at least o dred and fifty thousand do the franchise tax, but the made in framing this bill re ineffectual for tho year 1(. are narrow in our views of S< ters. We believe in tho the State being paid accord dignity and responsibility ficejacheap officer is oft dear one. It is history thi eminent is ever entirely o' and does not need to be. of a nation is her bonds ready pypothecation. W economy in the running ernment, whether rich o senseless to be lavish whe does not demand it. motto of some of our lei should live within our have to borrow the moi \ CLEVJSlrANmvoT i.v IT. Iccording to a report of un i1.1?:view had with our representatives in Congress by :i .correspondent of 11>e p \tiai in Journal, the following tunned cudUmen are for tlie Democratic nomination for President: Senator Tillman personally favors Gorman. Not committed to any candidate, but will support any good Democrat who lias always been loyal to the party platform. Senator Latimer personally prefers Gorman or Parker, cr any other man who can carry New York and some (f j the other eastern States. b Wyatt Aiken : Parker or Gorman. -^George S. Legare: ^Parker or Gor mun, D.Edward Finloy: Parker. Robert B. Scarborough : Parker or Gorman. Joseph T. Johnson : 1 am for Senator Bailey, of Texas, for the Deuio" crutic nomination. We have waited for more than six mouths for New York to make a choice, and we were disposed to follow a New York leader. - New York having failed to unite upon any one, I am for Senator Bailey, a man we will not have to apologize for ' win or lose. Asbury F. Lever: Parker. He is decidedly the most available man for the party to nominate. 1 From tho foregoing it is very evi3 dent that none of our representatives considered Grover Cleveland as a possible nominee of the National Demo1 cratie party, although Mr. Cleveland has been brought verv urominent.lv 7 before the public for the past month or more as tlie coming man in the ' next National Democratic conven5 tion. Some of the leading newspapers have oiTered to bet that he would be the nominee for president. NEWSPAPER IN SCHOOLS. We see it suggested that a newspaper be used as a study in the schools. We rather think the idea a good one. To devote one hour each day to the study of a newspaper. Take Thk Un ion Timks issued Friday, March 20th, on the opening of the school Monday morning, take up any part of the paper?editorials, general news, foreigu and domestic. After reading any one article let the pupils discuss and digest and so on each day during the week. Any one will readily see that in this way the pupils become th jroughly informedu I n, ^ tain : prang at one ai\p^cr. Uv?r be.u^^u th'-. rf twe writers, I Uie*. and OP<? " * *7 ? inthe bc,ng \ " u,?k?n' i terest is felt in eacn, as >v ... ) up, read and discussed. In this way - the pupils become educated upon the a leading live issues of the day. CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY l t- We are indebted to Hon. Josepl of T. Johnson, our representative ir w- Congress, for a bound copy of th to official Congressional Record. Thi st, book is most comprehensive, bein itii full of such information as is hardl 'en obtainable elsewhere. A short bi the graphical sketch of the senators ai :tly representatives in Congress, Suprer of Court Sustices, President and Ca out net. Mups of the Congressional d ieut tricts of the States, diagrams of I J of capitol buildings. The names i it it duties of department heads i rear, clerks. A complete list of all nai esti- and residences of the member jiven Congress. This book is most us Jhar- as a reference and guide. and - - illege A- Guild id ate Dihiit In hjoii than him for lie places seemingly a good fellow, who \v ithout haul upon Ins farm, and mad ) a support for himself and family. II a fail standing with his neighbor t??iil?riv f< more ||je condidaies wric r.,., ! large him on election years'. The kid reeping genlry would come down from Lli , to .see Josh, and when they left i stand- wouj(j have plenty of medicine fo g a de- hi es, and cigars to burn. Josh lousand made it hot for his friends op f and never forgot to claim the ho " his friends successful race, lit ne hun- the election. Josh found no I liars by laurels added to his stock of trj mistake wuU\ negotiate for a plug of Being of the smart alex stock, v ndered it orally carry their importance >0-1. Wo coat pocket, Josh concluded bate mat- Pul1 a cord over a m,ll? 1 next election; often repeated t( otticers or tj,at |,e wag ;i f00] for j-emainir ing to the farm; that those line dieased i of the of- l*,e county got their positi< work. If he could elect them en a very or fat places, why not elec at no gov- which could lie done as <asy as at of debt ^,ie K??d wife was much elatei ,r. . .' expressions, and said she alwf 6 Pr'de hankering for town life and and their the present crop was the on e advocate should ever have to work, ., life had clouded her fondest 1 o gov- the children would se r poor it is more in town and not Ire ? re necessity green when the preacher cal While the hiB l*"!"' ! ?"? ly mapped out his future. I rders is, we convenient to Ire at Urwn of means if we hands with al whom he me rev to do it K***1 word for eve,y one- 1 standpoint the prospect for home in the city was cert The campaign was fairly on. With ma luied plans'. Josh though the time hac mine for his banner to go to breeze liis first step was to no around am m er.d a day with hia neiglibots, tel thuu that he was stiougly solicited b' :he town folks to become it candidate fo an i tlice iu tl.e dounty government; bat callnt to get tticir good opinion in tin matter. To please Josh, all approved o his aspirations, ixcept Uncle Billie Lo gan. who told .Josh that he was too goo< a plow hand to even quit the Qeld fo something that, he was not cut out t< till. Of course Josh laughed this off a e of Uncle Billie's dotage expressions ai <1 wtnl his way. The next morning whiih was srles day, Josh was uj blight and <arlv for town. Ilis clothes w t isomewhat. out of repair, but with hi:; t.i;u.d fatbses old stock around hit i eck, be felt all of the importance thai i candidate was hunting for. Before ! a\ nig his home, his wife handed him a ^het of eggs to beexchanged for coffee i> i his way to town. Josh never fell ; fit r. The beautiful rays from old Sol weie'stemingly more lieautiful than he had ever seen them before On his arils al in town lie soon disposed of hi* t;. kct <,f eggs and turned the proceeds into I i* trcuser's pocket. Fr in the opg tna-kci, he went into all the stoies, id aking hands all around. From the stores, on the street he chanced to meet a boot biack, who gave h.is sock less .-h.,es a shine. The hoot black saw he I ad a pliant customer, and charged him twenty live cents for the job From ilw* hoot, black Josh was on the street to stay, liaising his hat to all persons he met. strat gers and ladies not, excepted. Told all the people whom he knew that his i.eighbots had brought him out as a c mdidate for the county government against his will, hut he was determined to make Ills election sure Late in tlie attei in,on he met on old clium, and told him that the town and most of the county Irul brought him out as a candidate and n<.k??d l.iiv? r." 41 1 . ? ...... iic muii^r.i his race would l)e up iu his diggings. ' Well," says Jim Nabors, for that was his friend's name, "if I had a quart of old John Barleycorn to take home, 1 would carry a many vote for you. John Barley corn was soon found, which consumed all of the egg money. As it was late, the friends parted for their respective homes. Jim Nabors was a campaign bummer who could heat all of the candidates and found Josh to be a clever sucker. He stiuck the road with John Barleycorn, who proved to be a heavy load. lie mis-cd his way in the darkness, aud mi ?.ea:iiig home was forced to camp by the roadside. Early next morning as I he entered his yard, he noticed the red >ky in the east, which he mistook for the wt siein horizm, and went into his h u s- and whipped his wife and chiltlit ti for going to bed so early. J< sli reached home on usual time, much i-ntbus-, d by his day's work He told his wife about Jim Nabors and the egg money, -which was all right for a hilly woman. He was smart enough to know that it would take ready money for a campaign; so on the next afternoon ho goes to see Uncle ltillie Logan to get a loan of thirty dollais, for which lie pioposed to secure with his old mule. ins \vir,isT,i; -*1 n to ruin. BBE8SEBSgaEEgEgEEta& .... it v? uTU l)t>\ a rs Von are domg we' , better let this i your sanding ^ thought business alone. ?v mood and left. I BiUie to be in *a lo see his nwr1 The next day Ev incing him aoppNw I chant, who was a flue auc\ After tdl W o[J?? m of *e C?<l. d ; amount wi** on old Beck o>: a farmer. 1 Josh was nowno w^skey and b.rII thirty dollars vu ^ e\ection came of. , !??' -'""SUoT lMh andWxveiy ! ? \ i\) tlie suipri^ oi race. ? l " nilliaiAu w, g u hiskey and refused to gather iim yu, v crop. Supplies were stopped, and il< Peek went to meet the thirty dollars. ?" The chilly winds of December fova id Josh and his family on a mill w^o ne movinr to a cotton mill, where hen . Ins family to work. Himself he tool t M the old chums who had preceded In 's* Josh grew from hid to worse and < the so ?n seen with his family moving toi imj of the ^pirtau mills. Northing ? was heard of Josh, until last sunoi an" during the freshet. He was seen f. mes ing on the high tide of the Pacolet i ,8 Qf his light arm through the handle hig two gallon jug. Don't know wl cfui er this ex-candidate g)t a Chrli burial or not. If he did, I would n surpiised to hear of corn gjowing on his grave, for he was certainly fi it when the unfoitunate Hood cam i was Wu'i orked st0,y *3 fPpfbtfd for the 1 'J(() of the scckless cuididates wlio an le h id mplalir.g the summer campaign. p and Vo1 ?nd of * "' gloved 'I Unique Dispensary, 0 city , Joj-Ii Past week we gave to our r 1 snake Itev. Sam Jones on the dispense always blind tigers of Soulli Carolina; tot ponent, give you a Noth Carolina inst nor for which we think caps the climax it. aftei projects in trying to effect th( iiiancial out ptinciple of doing evil that g wle that come of it: tobacco. "One of the most remarkable rho gen- ments of the Prohibition cam in their the South is the establishment! never to cssful operation of a "Christi ift?*r the shop" in Italeigh, Noith Carolii ) his wife real title of the enterpiise is t ig on the pensary," although the scoffers (dicers of it as the "Tabernacle Paptist ?n by his the prime movers in the enterp i dinars in the T i to cilice memt>er8 aim t himself, Baptist church of that city, i howdy do. Raleigh A nti-Saloon league, d at Josh's ever, no less U:?r. its name ir ays hail a shop where alcoholic liquors ai hoped that under the supervision of the 4 ly one she hoard," composed of W. N. J for country ideut of the Raleigh anti-sal hopes. Re- and deacon in the Baptist ch :e so much A. Mills, dea on of the ) seemingly chinch, and superintendent < led to make day school, and W. N. Sue ad carefully ard of the Methodist church le ma le it a ^stalTof liar tenders comj ten, shaking Kpisco|>alian, W. I'. Batchel t and had a Baptists, A. J. Heilig and ^romhisown wood. ofllce and a | The New Voice, the lei ainly bright. ' binon paper in the country IM 11.LINEII Y? FOR THE FEET. ) B 1 "VV? liavo BtLoes enougli to mals.? you. I clizzy, styles varied enougli to suit tlie '' niost artistic, and prices low enougli to t i suit tlie tlilunest pocket. GET A STYLE THAT SUITS YOUR FOOT You are tlie one wlio lias to wear tliem. T"h #= ? ?? ?? - - ?xxv^ioa ox in? rolDin are not more i pleasing to tlie ear tlian our New Spring offerings in The HANAN SHOE is our Quality Slippers 1 ^ ^ will be to the foot. walking advertisement. MUTUAL DRY GOODS COMPANY. R. P. HARRY, Mgr i ' ' ' ^ I, til# "** *' * I ' ... ?. ^s.,"---- , ? ^ 3 '.^^KSaL,. league, f^n, I ^vs base up a church movement, forced <Ep^ ... x' > v'lO a vote on the dispensary question, under W M the Watts law. The local liquor men #\ ?Q fought hard, but they had no outside ?i Wju ?,3 help, for the wholesale dealers, threat- uf EH ff ened with Prohibition, aaw that the W F7 VJ movement insured them against prohibi- A tion, aid enabled them to sell to respon- ,3 J jjf sible pirties. A few prohibitionist held n H out, bit the churches were particularly JJJ| / // Q apgresnve for the refrom, under the (\ >^T /q // - . leadeehip of the pastor of the Taber- /o // J\ naclel Baptist church. They were not y jy ( ijL conteit to leave the dispensary to de- y t^/W % AL G , generate in the hands of a semi-respect- , fj 1^ ' r-y IPQ ^ able baoon-keeper of the politicians, butJ H I Eg V r\ j decidq that it should be a de facto M JL M. JL Jl \. Yj. V?v/tq W churcl institution, and the church does \'\ . \ - H j not sik to avoid the situation. So a n pt /\ roomyrplace was rented in the heart of jf I I \v \ jQ hf lt the cif, about $15,000 worth of liquor ^ %1/CF V-F \L U ?..?h<L<) a inner list, nf rnlpH and ream- fV vtai. \ 0 [lUiuwu, .. ? lationsWere formulated, very similar to n \ ^7 ^ the retirements of an up-to-date high W ? ? j j j ft ,e licenseliw, and it began business on the H Vv I K = n m moruiu of January 1. The rules are H er rigorouw adhered to, When closing lj ) $L) , time cows, the doors ciose with a bang, w rr ,1, No drukard need apply for liquor. Jnv jj There isio place to ait down. y y Two jt cent of the gross receipts go o <p i in *? 8re* ^ne ^ie balance A ?L \ goes to ?e county, and one half to the M - r :? } caIun^l1S.?mrT1,edC" # You Set ?ood leather, Q "is rArfl?i?Sun^n,?o Tbtt (J You get high-skilled making, fl |5r;,wa'&7r ft You get exclusive style, 'j year. Duri^the j>eriod of its operation Y^/-v|| /y>r,4- r*Af*l*t*fvf f jt* u there has bti a heavy decrease in ar- H I UI4 ^Cl Cvm 1 I CLl I1I9 *D lests for dru eness, but it is not safe at M Vaii cr&f wronr U this time to ! kon this as a permanent I OU Utbl vVCdl y H result. Win ver the outcome maybe, ft \/~*- 4t 1 rA I & the experime will be watched with the M Y Oil SdVG ?pi.?5U,' Al e'"? greatest inteA throughout the country. W . tt a* a rv W fnd If the "Chilian'' saloon works in M ISI1 t WalK=OVer WOrtH trV111j^? tf fljwe Raleigh, the Sc of such success would |ui| ? * ? A iton, be startling ined; it would mean a mo- hr . W nopoly of thfealoon business by the jk jL ) rn- chuich in all p-s where prohibition is L) MAIL ORDERS FILLED. Q ornay unattainable.i'ublic Opinion March 17. (flf jl dlop- 7~ i[Jf I & ,pn in Attention <j?P Giles I j I JF * " Y<-tcrans, W | our n?w Snriny Hats for men and bovs are easily In the lead, I ?} avloi I- a I H nal he You arehby notified to assem- H ? fr'to ble ftfc Unifc. H . on April ?rd, next; H W an," at 12 o'cll m., for the following %) H rii'ing purposes: Lj *Mie l8t- To >ot delegates to the State G W T A ^ 1 Itiow- Reunion Charleston on May 21. M I I AP I i\ t id's, a ^nd. T ect delegates to the Con- U A. J| M A. JL ^yllV/V \^\/0 a i" r?1 in* federate inion at Nashville, Tenn., ua ! ldisary , j \ * oipres- on June h. A ^ ocague grd. 1 ect Sponsors for each of J 4?, 2S T^Z,. com. prepared t. fl Shoe Merchants, U stew- pay thelmual dues if they desire U i. ere is to remai good standing. ? . I f^d two By or of {t |k q. Nor- capt. a. h. Foster, ^ Main Street, - - Union, S. C. * 1# IF. M.I i, Commander. ^% A (JT* ' Ad " ! ^M3u:?y>r>rtnSff 1 ' . \