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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY PR1DAY ?BY THE? UNION TIMES COMPANY t. Sebowd Floor Times Building OVER POBTBJFICE, BELL pHONK No. 1. L. t*. YOUNG, Manager. ^ i ?? Umi ^ Registered at the PoatoflJbe in Union, 6. C., as second-class mail matter. * " ** * SUBSCRIPTION RATE8 One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 60 cents Three months ----- 26 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS Oneaq tare, first, insertion - - $1.00. Every ibsequentinsertion - 60cents. Con acts for three months or longer 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, S. C., AUGUST 20, 1904. POSTOFFICE LOCATION MISREPRESENTED. "The new postoffioe building is being erected. This is a good step but it is thought by some in the wrong location. The site id Jn the rear of tlie store of Farr <fc Thomson, on Bachelor street. This is the street on which several livery stables are situated?in fact the office to one of the stables was moved in order to make room for the postoffice, thus placing the office directly in front of a livery stable and facing two bowling alleys and a beef market." The above is copied from The 8tate of August 20th, and is publiq^fgd to show the citizens of thiflP ottf/%ho do not read The State very closely, how the city is made to appear to an outsider who forms his opiojon from the leading daily paper. There is none, nor can there be any reflection upon the paper publishing such a communication, especially ine State, which is always fair to our growing and thriving city, but the penny a liner who tries to cast a slur on the community in which he makes his bread. We venture the suggestion that the Chamber of Commerce while they are exercising themselves to secure a cotton buyer to hold up cotton to a fair price, should induce The State to put a correspondent here who will make a fair and unprejudiced statement of facts without being influenced by "some" who are so constituted that they oap seS lkbi"*"* ouiy as i<iiey desire. Let us review - -his statement: "This is a good step but is thought by some in the 'wrong locality." Vox populi Vox Die is good Democratic doctrine. Before the location was decided upon a petition was cir culatcd and signed by officers of the two largest banks, all of the large business establishments, nearly every lirge taxpayer and with two or three exceptions every voter who was approached, and after a free advertise meot of the locality to which it was inten.ded to move the office no counter petition or protest was received so far as we have heard?then whr ara the "some?" (in the sense that their opinion amounts to much in opposition to the big majority of thotu who signed the petition.) . " The site is in the rear of th&fctor? of Farr & Thomson on Bacheloi street. This is the street on which several livery stables are situated?in fact the office to one of the stable* was moved in order to make room foi the postoffice, this places the ofIi-*t directly in front of a livery stable and facing two bowling alleys and n beef market." Now how is that for a description' If you read it of any other town what would you say of the loealitj for a Government Postoffice? II strikes us as malicious or vindictive Why should a correspondent state that the office was directly in front oi llvc-ry stable and facing two bowling alley and a beef market, when h< knows that the statement produces t false impression upon the reader? He knows there is no beef market there and that facing the pogtofficc is the office of J. A. Brown, Heal Kstate Stock and Bond Dealer, and office of Dr. R. R. Berrv, one of the leading physicians of the city, next to them is the neatly fitted office of the Western Union Telegraph Go , and next the two new store roofns, one occupied by a well kept ten pen alley for whites only and the other by a box ball alley that is run by Mftaara. Hoke, Copeland and Swygert. This fa a new athletic game and is ** patronized by the young men and ladies and box ball parties are frequently given here at night. The next building is vacant at present but we understand that Mr, If. (J Bailey will occupy it as a beef market assisted by Mr. N. P. Dunbar, who haa cut beef in front of present 'Jf " ?! po8tolTlo4Wjfc?r th*.. put three, years. Then whythii #tagrtng remark^ The it In a rpo'm on Main street, butthe.J^uslneBf on this street id'sofcrowoM that' patrone of the office who *only cdfcne for their mall on Saturday find^he sidewalks so Crowded that it: is hard to push through to gain an entrance Into the postofflce. The present fmhdipg is. so po^ij^^^^that lamps have to location for new' building, the (ioV- . ernment inspector and leading citizens of the town favor and advises the move. The location is central and accessible, and the work the City Council is putting upon Bachelor street makes it one of the best streets in the city. If you are not one to help build up, for conscience sake do not be one to help pull down. COUNTY CANDIDATES. The first two meetings of the county campaign were uneventful and the people are being treated to prosy platitudes, with no variations. Those already in office and seeking re-election make a feeble effort to tell the dear people how faithfully thejr have performed their duty, and those seeking office for the first or third | ti^ie say that if elected how faithfully they will do their duty. They do not say what they consider the duties of the office; do not outline their ideas, or suggest anything looking to the better conduct of the offioe ; don't arraign the present incumbent for any short comings or failure to do his duty whljle in office; do not raise any issues; do not point out wherein he could have improved upon certain things done by the other man; does not show by outlining his policy wherein he would be any improvement upon the man already In office; in (act do not give to the people any reason for voting'for him in preference to the other man, but leaves it to the people to make personal preference their guide in the choice of candidates. This may be wise policy, but we differ in the main, we like live aggressive moves in men who seek to be elected to office. We do not believe in what is commonly called "mud slinging," but we do think : if one candidate knows wherein his opponent has made a failure he should expose it and at the same time point ( out to the people his ideas and pur[ Jiff-?- * , course ir Elected. The candidates we here refer to are those for the several county offices. The candidates for the legislature . have raised some new issues, and de! clare for a more economical adminis trution, State and county. They > have not touched on the Brice dis? pensary bill, an issue made in several of the other counties of the State. Favor the constitutional amendment . which is to be voted on in November. . Favor lower taxes, if possible. Some i favor and some oppose the dog tax. - Also the biennial sessions of the leg1 islatnre. . Opposed to making boys > work the roads under the age of 2*1, i as being taxation without representa tion. Make no suggestions as to the , roHd law system of working and maintaining highways and bridges, i ^The people will never know the full ability, or lack of ability, unless the 1 full duties of the office are defined, J so that they may know that any one . in office has or has not done his full s duty. The people desire to he in! formed along this line. The masses 1 are not altogether a set of fools, they , know and appreciate wise counsel, and if will be governed by their judgment when fully informed and they are not always slow to see an error or appreciate a remedy. } SAXTUC AND CAKI.ISLK. f Saotue is quite R thriving town, r business seempd to be quite lively > for this 3eason of the year. .Mr. W, t T. Stokes, Jr. now has his bank in ' full operation and ready to accomo, date the local patronage for the fall i trade and in moving the cotton crop. The crops look well and full fruited. We paw an uuusually large number of acres in corn, and all good, and if no disaster overtakes thin crop, the people of that section will have to buy no corn for the next. year. At Carlisle we notice the same conditions prevail as to crops afid prosperity. The Bank of Carlisle is in a prosperous condition., ^ ? neat .and commdKrflous building, well equipped wWb op to date bank furnish- j ings Afld presided over by < effieicii^lliTnt competent offi-era, with a business management equal to that of any other bank. Mr. J I). Smith exposes to have his 15 room hotel re?JJy7o* dhe traveling public early this fall. The Misses Crenshaw who have kept the Deaver house for i *w'. the past two years have renttdbthe Rily House in Greenwood aJfljijwill move there 1st September. We epen^.Friday uight at tfcgjbospitable home of. Mr. H*#.- Faptr. His daughter, Mrsr^Joll^y^a^^cttlld are looked at the cagfto oflHHMt which in our iudgemeAt are^^^jj^od, some we coo|9f> tor the amount P^tad fallen f -.2 Times in ahtiljM^colamn WSshis Issue a very ^eltnent artlolSrarom a voter to the voters of UnUw*jranty, whioh is in our opinion veryAppropriate just at 'this tlmt^ol'Btage of the county campaign. ^ yP^s expressed the opinion and ifSVljSent of The Times. In our judg^nenlfof the people of Union county not^ven a Cesarian operation oan give (birth to a man or set of men. In this bounty who can successfully dictate 1 to or control by inticnldhtlon or 'Areata the actions or opinions to anth.an extent as to mak*. them any man other than their own^mridual choice. We fully agree w^$h the wrl^r that the man intended to be lijy^red by the petty, spit?flft:ithreat v-hich is in effect but bUriflmtjailing, is the one who will beJfijltarted rather than the one infftMBiHp he benefitted, for the simjMHnflRrhiA the attempt to mislead Jly^MWHtols .< .i I diuu ui vuo uttmo ui tut) .of ordinary Intelligence can ryotTtei. to see the objeot of the threav^^hkOb to frighted |h?. candidate into Compliance un^e^fche false apprehension that unleswwMJompliea' by .paying five dollars, he jpat^s well withdraw from the race as he - is sura to pe defeated, and for no other reason, that this paper sordecrees. The promised free advertising in the shape of a "pen sketch" mould hardly compensate the car^|ldate, since his history is very well -known to the voters of Union county, he having been born and reared in this county. It is^jre^uently unwise to trace genealogy ^at this day and time "every tub stands^hlj its own bottom." There is anptys a Rubicon for such a Caesar. f== M ' hy Mr. (Wrls _ . _ShauRL hue Ra^laetaf* '" ? A short statement of the work of the Commission during the term just served by Mr. Garris may be of interest to the people, as well as to the candidacy of Mr. Garris himself in ti?? approaching primary. Mr. Garris takes the position that the railroads and the. people are hound to exiftt. tntrpfhor fnr oil Sr?^ to come, and that they should live in friendship, if possible. It is not right that honest claims of either against the other should have to be sued for and collected at great expense to therefore, the commission can do no higher duty than to brihg, if possible, the people and the railroads closer together. Reasonable rates only should he allowed by the Commission or desired by the railroad^ The averige of South Carolina rates Are now below the average of the rates throughout the South and especial cere has been given by the Commission to the agricultural anjV manufacturing interests of the State. Qnflf aatty has all. ootton manufactures heeflveduced materially. It is not excessive ^.estimate that the commission's rtductio'ns on cotton piece goods has resulted in a saving to" the mill interests of the State of -aomgfthing like MX) Fertilizer saving'fey rodnctiotf ' to agriculture -jHjjwJ.OO Reduction in transportation ofMfiL cotton iW^OOO.OO Reduction in wood for fuel.. #3,000.00 Reductions in brick, starch, lime, building material 40,000.00 Reductions on articles of 1 z merchandise and oth?rR it ?r is fair to estimate 1 L'0,000.^ Total v... $474,000,Jp Now, this is a conservative estirara of the amount of money collected the railroads less than^hey would ha? collecaed on the comAce of the Sta? for last year had it noflieen for the terference of tho Colbirifssion. The Commission has Oiligently tinder dlfliculties kept up the graanal improvement of depots in the State, Ufa that we have more new and modern hUHciures.,than in any State in the Sotting Since his term began there are on tfao Southern railroad twelve additional t&i ue^oiog passenger service and five on . the Atlantic Coast line. While condltufascai) never be entirely satisfactory to?ll the in iv nuv liiir vu ftir. UWOCIO Bfiy that ho has done very well Ace ho feels that lio hfti^m^^^^^h^iiia$ils experience and do ?h?s hi? peoi pie, ought he not to be retained As A matter of business, an<f*ihfttJtbo in tl>6 interest of all classes, espechuly the ag* ricultural classes? Mr. (Jarris' life has l>een a struggle | for the making of himself, and, his strong, intelligent, consistent work for tho people we believe will be rewarded by his fellow citizens. Siovid by Many Fuibnob. L ' ' [#N E V I c|? Have pjjjfep?' I ""** in Lo' I | Ladie I | as w I | Our e I Ne\ i ,..*g i | |j at a p _| and < Iand s but s< r MUTUAL C R I V * , dll^?i i???????? Santuc News Notes. * Santuc, Aug 22.?Mfcses Mart-and Fannie Thomas, of Union, are visiting relatives id SaKtuc. Misses- Ruby and Patra Swtienzcn, of Trenton, S. QjWlm visited their sister, Mis. L. L. Shealy last week have I returned home. Misses Marv ami llwi^.> v.,.i ....... n-? u i urn. wnr rtl borne" to a number of f Mentis, last Wednesday from 7 to It p. m The annual picnic in Stokes' grove will have come and goute before this is in print, as it takes plage on the 22 nn t^uite a large*uumber of visit >rs were in Santuc on ll?e.'19th to witness the . Opening of the couuty campaign. Rev. W. U. White has started a meeting' at "the* Ftteabv terian church, which will last several days The protracted* i ains, some of which were very damafcjng to land, has almost cpme to an end,' ^ut crops,, especially Cotton, weie seiiou^ly datnag^a:-"* Wet weaUAer^^udfrcoini"i' much shedding ' and MSpuMBKl The new frfilroad, about four an<\>& half miles from the Seaboard Air Line, U> the dam is about ready for the lies, and it will not be many weeks, it seems, f before it wilf be ready to transport fi? igbt over." at over to see t he dam one day k. and saw much that still lame, and I always see more and pck up more Jyawdedge of the great. f plant th^t- is l$nPQrtaed on th" Shoals. This time the snperiutende >t, Mr. F. I .L. Sellem 8hot?|?d us aroun i himself Jr$iy kindly and^llingly giving im)i1| tff ; toe details of tha^cnnati uction. visfffibg 4 t&^concrete mixing plant, the power ^iMqKj^and the dam itself. 1 learned ujGBgtBim tliat the entire length of the Kmaeoaty part of the Main from the comer Km the power house, up the race, then i across to the opp<^ii?fe hank is Vb nit 9S0 feet. From thf'dfirve from (lie i>ce straight, across'is 050 feet Part of tl^ dam i# finished complete with a p eity Concrete roil top, anil it looks tin" < >ue part of the Mam, from bottom of the Ijelow the beM of the river to fifty-two f?et. 1 spent an e most pleasantly, liemg eni the construction an I wort (igautic undertaking, in t' e Ntr. Sellem, wlio I find tubal g- nth man; and every tiling g as smoothly under his sucy as one need wisii to see; ) guidmg of a master mind, all seem satisfied, and consetiouble or jarrtng with anyi works that man eS(ft?re?BT*ee 1' to be sfiowit around theie cjiflferu or Mr. the tf sh >w you afound. rgot to tell Wmt I Saw a lug I an engine being ho!<teM b >-1>p of the dam, which is the flam doing duty. Hky Dksvbk. (O Wdfcrinrur Xkla signature Is on every box of tbe genuine .Laxative Bronio-Quinine Tablets i?say ttrt pw> eeM Is esse ; ;4V , /?j % ER B. 4. 1 ?. k r v ^ ? you^q%ff^sych|- vgjues ^ w Cut SH^f(# %en, j f s, Misses and Children 1 e are now showing. ntire stock of | v Up-to-date | )pers | rice that will sell each $ ivery pair. Come in i ee that this is no jokeT ? >1 id facts. _ / I B? IRY GOODS COMPANY. -SJf ' I ?. HARRY, Manager. I 1 p ? Groceries! Flour, Meal, Sugar, Coffee, II Rice, Grits, Meat, Lard, Hams, II Breakfast Bacon, Syrup and || Molasses, Can Meats, Can .Veg- II etabjes, Green Groceries, Fancy II I Groceries, Tinware, Crockery-1| Iware, Spices, Extracts, etc., etc., jgfr* ' . ?aaA I ===. * I W ? "*%' . ? ?RA ORESTES, t Prices are always right. h in