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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ?by the? UNION TIMES COMPANY ?? Sboonu Floor Tiutcs Build an oyer Fobtodfioe, Bkll Phone No. 3 L. G. Yomra, Manager. ' < _ - tUg late red at the PostoAce la Unioi * ;> 8. C., as 5oooqd-clasag|ll matter. "i SuS^RIPTS^&tS>d One * ^ 't:ST ~ ~ 'k?:e tf Six months- -^Wp(P|t - 50 oent Three oettta _ j?_ ADVERTISEMENTS One sq iare, first insertion - - fl.OC Brery ibeequent insertion - 50 centi Con. acts for three months or longe will be nade at reduced rates.* Locals inserted at 81 cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be rc turned. Obituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, S. C., JULY 22, 1904. A UNITED DEMOCRACY. Not since the nomination and elec tion of Qrover Cleveland, has th< national Democratic yarty been ac united upon a platform, policy and candidate as now. When the National Democratic Convention met for the purpose of iraming a platform and nominating a candidate, president and vice president, there were evidences] of wide differences in the democratic ranks as to party policies, and a choice of presidential candidate, differences of material aud vital importance to the party; but after much discussion, which sometimes became uproarious, the Convention under the leadership of a solid South and Southern orators, statesmen and diplomats, together with an equally united East, the Convention became harmonious and agreed, all things theo worked together for the good of the party, regardless of preferences, personal and individual ambitioas and aggrandizment, a platform adopted, a unaminous choice of a man for president and vice president. The nomination of Judge Parker for President, and Henry G. Davis fori vice nresidonf u. * "?wugiu( uoiiiiuuy uoa anion to tho party. Mr. Wm. R Hearst, the most prominent opponent for the nomination, and Col. Wm J. Bryan the disgatisfled aspirant, have the ^ rp-^CT4k71.nation. and pledged ' ^their hearty support to the ticket It is now left to the leaders North and South to work judiciously for the nominee, and doubtless Democratic success will crown their efforts, and once again as in the Cleveland election, there will be a Democrat in the White House, a leader whose followers will have no cause to complain. Our State politics are undisturbed, and we believe without precedent in that not a single candidate for u State office has an opponent. THE COTTON CROP AND ITS LESSONS, The cotton crop will lie larger t liar last. year, how much larger no on* knows, The condition of the crop, as i wli .le, is entirely satisfactoty, Jhut th* crucial i>er?nd lies before us. The con diti >n of the crop almost invariably d* clines between July and Octotar. as lb! table of percentage from the ><ew Yorl Pt?t shows: July Aur. Sept. Oct 1903 77.1 70 7 812 66. 1MB 84,7 81.9 64.0 58. 1901 81.1 77 2 71.4 61. 1900 76.8 76.0 68 2 67. 1899 87.8 84.0 68.5 62 1898 91.2 91 2 79.8 76, 1897 86.9 86.9 78.3 70. 1896 92.5 80.1 64.2 60 1895 82.a 77 9 70.8 65 1894 89.6 91.8 85.9 82 The cotton mill men have met an put a price on their goods. Why nc the farmers meet and put a price o their cotton? The campaign again! the cotton growers by the cotton ben and his allies means low price cotton r< gardless of the number of bales of cotto grown in this country. The cotton spe< ulators and spinners of this country an England are in league and are wagin this campaign. The great scare cro now being hoisted is the story told aboi the successful growing of cotton in mar other parts of the world, which wl greatly lesson tbe demand upon Aoier can cotton from other countries. An thus it would seem that American co ton will have no other than a hon market, and unless there should he very largely increased demand for cottc goods, there will of aecessity be a larj surplus ot cotton, If the present cro should yield a crop in accordance wit the present prospect, but as is sal above, a serious change in condition ma yf take place between now and day i gathering the crop. > On acconit of a previous engage ment Senator Tillman declined th invitation to the Charleston Count .Democracy on 510th. While ii Washington: he consulted his throa specialist who told him it was no necessity fpr hfm to remain in Wash ington for farther treatment as wa apprehended would be thaQsaae. ^ Shat unlawful weapon. ifte are to judge by the frequenc; of We 8 hoot log of men by meu ani woaen throughout the State, the re ceni adi of the Legislature with rel * erepce to the carrying of pistols othe ~ twin the size, ete., as provided In th L. auk has proved of little or no avail - Iwwould seem, judging from th OVpber of deaths resulting from pit tof shot wounds, that legislation i *' p&erless to prevent the carrying c i Qgltofs upon the person. The legit lMcre has at various times enacte 0 several laws looking to the preven " tmi.pt carrying concealed weapons ^ THf^haa been a prohibition law tha h?h not prohibited, and what is bes j to be done is a serious question, 1 i. if tjie fault of the courts and jurie la not convicting and punishing thes< offenders? or is it the fault of th< h people who seem to have degeneratec - into a cowardly use of the pistol tAose ancestors only resorted to na ture's weapons when anger got thi . better of their cooler and bettei senses. /The State, of Monday, contained t - fery sensible and appealing editoris! ) On this subject under this head, > ''What does it signify." 1 We must conclude that the people - are fast becoming lost to a higher i sense of honor, a reckless disregard for human life and liberty, or a lack of confidence in the justice and ef lecuveness of the courts, in the enforcement of the laws made for our protection, from which we get no protection through the only means given for redress and vindication. If the law is powerless, then we through the press appeal to public sentiment, and call upon the young manhood and womanhood of our country to come to the rescue by branding every one who resorts to the use of the pistol, an arrant coward. It would take a standing army, a soldier at every door or gate to search a man every morning, noon and night as he was leaving home to see if he had a pistol on his person, in order to enforce the law of our country, unless as wo say, public sentiment condemn it, the press condemn it, the courts and juries convict and punish each and every violation. The presfc has done much and can do more to create public sentiment and mold public opinion, until each man /will look upon himself as a coward ??na an OTrr.wwr-c:*"' . n pistol for the purpose*^ resjjntinjj?_0?j redressing a real or imaginary wrong, or through fear and apprehension, then his own concsience will revolt against it and gradually everybody will learn to look upon another as honest and law abiding, against whom there would be no need to pre iu meet **oajjuu against, weapon, and the jails would be comparatively empty and the churches full. EPISCOPAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. On the 3rd day of May, 15)01, the , 114th annual Council of the Kpiscoj pal Church, of the Diocese of South i Carolina, met in St. John's church, 3 Florence, 10:30 a. m. The 3rd day -of the deliberation of this Council, - the committee on the Diocesian ichool for girls submitted its report. K Jen. M. L. Bonham of Anderson, aoved that it be the sense of this t '.ouncll, that such a girl's school ? muld be established in this Diocese, o tat a committee of 8 be appointed t V the Bishop to receive proposals ~ bna the various communities deslr.7 l? the establishment of the school, d al that this committee have power >t taact in the premises. The motion ~ HVHiittu ana tne ronowing nameil gttleman were appointed on this ir CGmittee: Rev. J. M. Magruder, DS. M. Orr, Rev. T. W. Ollft, Mr. n HM. Ayer. Rev H. J. Mike)), Mr. ^ T,V. Bacot, Rev. T. T. Walsh, I)r. E.I. Joyner. Immediately after the ^ adurnment of the Council, The w t 8tie put in a bid for Columbia for thiechool, also Florence and AnderIj sonounties. The Union Times put p in bid for Union, and at the same 1(j tin accused -The State of being a I. "gb all," all and everything for ie Combia; The State replied, claima inghat the local patronage which in flAlnkia mAnl/1 U nuuiu YD 1U audi l/j IM1 to [6 ttaerhsny other advantages. Thk p Tim;Iket forth the many advantages h Unk-could offer in pointof location, d aodraed some of our leading citi y zepdAake steps to secure the locatlOfJAthis school at Union. No MBBrere taken, however, the i- of Commerce had then not 0 b#rn omnized We learn from the y Praa'dl of the Chamber of Com0 merce Lt some preliminary steps ' had bpjtaken at the last meeting, . and Hel Shannonhoose, rector at s thff plol talked before them on the a|dhek,|xd that il the city woald jT r make a sufficient dom&^on in ian and ?mo#?y bonus^t was jjrobabl 7 that flie schOb^-Wuld b6 secured, a it was preferred to build the scho< in the Piedmont section of the Stat< aud in a place where no colleges wei r all ready established. e The Times wou^l ijjQdestly call al '? tiori to the fact that itrook the init 6 ative in putting in a bid for Unioi for this school, feeling assured thf s such an institution would add greatl to tho prosperity oi the city. Th Times does not feel grieved that n ^ notice was taken of what it said a ~ the time, but thinks some credit 1 < due it. t Since writiDg the above we hav t read a communication by the corres s pondent of tho News and Courier, ii which the correspondent very genei 8 ously gave to The Times the credit o e bringing this matter of thoEpiscopa Q college to the attention of the peopl j of Union. ? Dolng-s Around Jonesvllle. 3 Jonksville, July 28th.?Farm r crs have about put their crops :i good condition, and the prospect fo v both corn and cotton is very promis I mg, but rain is needed and these ho days will soon tell on the crops es pecially upon early corn, which ii ; rpi | luiiumg. xue rain is very important at that stage of maturity. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the oil mill was held here last week and tho report of the president was satisfactory and showed that the mill had done well for the season it had just closed. Miss Susie Hudson, of Morganton, N. C., has for the last three weeks been visiting her relatives here, Mis. R. W. Scott, and last Friday, Mr. A. W. Steele, a young gentleman from Morganton, came to Jonesville and stopped at the Jonesvillc Inn and the next day Mr. Steele hired a turn out at the livery stable and he took Miss Hudson for a drive and they drove to Paculet and were married by Rev. A. A. James. It turns out that this young couple are from the same town and have been engaged for some time and the young man concluded to hurry matters up so he just came after his bride. They are stopping for a few days at the Jonesville Inn. Mr. J. J. Littlejohn returned last week from Bonham, Texas. lie came by Memphis and he reports fine crops all the way along the road lie traveled. Rev. David Uamk*pit Ticrc yesterday, ami Rev, LiJkrS JfelJUUeg^tt^-pTTmfcfcted meeting tit the Baptist church which will continue for several days. Gardens have been fine in these parts, but they are failing fast for want of rain under the hot July sun. Country watermelons and peaches are coming in these days, but chickens arc scarcely ever seen on the streets for sale. Some of the wells and springs in the community are failing. There was ijuite a jolly crowd of onr npniilf Hnth nlrl unit - ? - MWV.4 V.M UIIU JIWUII^ lUttt went over to Fair Forest creek at the Thomson bridge last Friday, where they had a picnic. Mr. B. T. Webber, who has a farm at thtt place, seined the creek and cauglt some fish for the picnickers, whin they cooked on the spot and addid to their menu. ?' Miss Grace Littlejohn has returned from Atlanta where she has beeA for some time in the training deparfl inent of a sanitarium. Miss Grace*! health is not good, as it seems Atlanj ta did not agree with her. Misi Maud Whitlock, who was with Miss Littlejohn remained, but she is ex pected home soon. Misses Dora and May Whitlock attended the Sunday school and preaching services at the Methodist church here yesterday. J The at home party of Dr. an<I Mrs. M. W. Chambers last week in honor of Miss Joe llodgers, of Atlanta, sister of Mrs. Chambers was attended by quite a number of the society folks of Jonesville, Union, Kelton and other places. Prof. Ackerman is getting up a magazine which will advertise Jones> ville, and will be of much information concerning the growth and resources of our town for the past two or three decades. a ,x ? l J. lui. /lu&Diiiiuii, wiih i11m Wlie, will visit Ids former home in Colleton County soon and will also visit the City by the Sea. A daughter of Mr. S. J. Minton about eleven years of age, died at their home three miles from Jonesville last Wednesday, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Berriman Holder died at Rich Hill last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. 13. Foster and two children returned last Saturday from a trip to the mountains ot Geonea Coqflty. Mrs. J. J*. McWhirter will beat home fo the John Hames Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacf *\Vednesday evening five to seven o'clock.' ? Tilwhomk. i?J? ir~' N > 4 Ha | La< | as | Out | N( ISl | at a ! | and jj and I but B MUTUAL R :t mm Happenings at Santuck. San tuck, July 18 ?The bink buildinj here is neaiing completion. There has been arrangements made U hive preaching at the dam every Satur day night before 3rd Sunday liev. W H. White will preach. NliRses Julia Jhomas and Stella Hob son, from here vibited at Mrs Sallii Thomas near Hebron. The Misses Hnfr?pth nt tt~;? U1 uuiuil, V ISl W( Misses Lathe, Anniejand Sadie Gregory, Mr. Frank O'Shields and Mr. Corker from the Unirn Cotton Mills machine shops were here all of last week and thii week drilling and putting on new rim to some of the Humes for the powei house. Mr. Frank II. Haskell, the resideni engineer at the dam, with assistants lias been surveyiug the river to get the leve! of the water, or where it will be when the dam is completed, and he savs it will only reach Worthy's ferry, and wll not hurt that. Now, that will not be neai the twelve miles that it was said the wa ter would be backed at the starling ol the dam. The river was reported rising quite fast Saturday evening. Over at the dam they have been troubled with it oi late, as the waters are being confined ti a narrow channel by the coffer dam, and i a smart little rise tells considerably. Three weeks ago some of the coffer dams had to be rebuilt, they being so badly "ram shackled'' by a rise in the river. The farmers in the area around here have been having such rains for about six weeks that they can't consistently grumble, only, that some "streaks" were visited by very hard rains, damaging the I lands. A heavy downpour of rain fell 1 here Saluiday evening 16th, with s>me I hail, which almost ruiued the crops in lthe sretions it struck, but fortunately, Ithe hail was not general. There were three well defined cyclones eeu, two .vest of town, and two near he dam, both doing some damage in heir tracks, one unroofing the house of >ong Hawkins and doing other damage o t'e timbeis and then going through he Hawkins "town" damaging rouie of he cabins there. The one that formed pur tl?? -0A v..n iivcr, Hrter crosslog, I heard, lid damage by unioofing several houses 1 the Chester side. These cyclones, it cyclones they were, ere peculiar formations, acted peculiarand tilled one with awe. They looked ;e black, dense, coal smoke coming am the ground, rise In a spiral wbirlg column high In the air going slow, en seemed to scatter, but immediately me together again, then seemed to beti a fearful race across the country. JWhen the one struck Long Dawkins' Oise, a man was looking at it, heard tl cracking of the timbers, theo could aigreat sheets of the roofing, limbe of I tfts, etc carried, whirling high up, as l?es in a whirlwind. Here, only the omnan himself was slightly bruised. . tme say they could see fire or sometlw in these black whirling columns Tfceverity of this storm formed only a shi distance above here, and if it incjeid as it went we do not know what It dMurther ow. Hky Dkmvkh. l/ER B. 4.1 4 ' Low Cut Shoes 'for Men, I lies, Misses and Children I we are now Showing. I * entire stock of I iw Up-to-date I ippers 1 i price that will sell each I ^ ~T 1 every pair. Come in | I I see that this is no joke. 1 I solid facts. | * DRY GOODS COMPANY, F*. HARRY, Manager. ; Didn't Know Such was in Union! Jg 1 s " aapni This is a remark we often [| l3 hear when we sell a new II 1 customer a pound of either || . I k ? ^^.11 * 1v/. me louowing tour brands II of the celebrated Blanke's II Coffee: II Mocha and Java, per pound 35c II Single Tax, perpound 25c 11 I Tip Top Java, per pound 20c I g I Rock Bottom, per pound 15c 11 I If you have never tried these brands I I you will say with others, the equal is II I not found in Union when you get a II I cup of either. 11 I We Have The Reputation II I of handling the BEST COFFEE in || I Union and we are proud of it. We II I did not make this reputation by ||. \ 1 BLOWING AND PUFFING,. but II < | hu l ' " 4 noia or the right string I S I and continuously pulling It. Try I . 11 one pound and if not satisfied the I II money is yours and the coffee is | || mine. 1 _JJ Yours For The BEST Coffee,JJqi lip. pi. Fct^c II J n Main Street. vPhorl?*8-4. f * ' . I :: ' J,.*, I- ", /V'.vV' #1 ^ " wfcy'' ' ]* ., ' ? &&. ... ^3aHBi