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THE UNIOJSI TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ?BY the? UNION TIMES COMPANY daeoxd Plooh Timks Builihnu Usu FHoxs No. 1. L. GL Yoowo, Manager. Registered at the Postofflce in Union, i. (J., as seoond-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- fl-OC Six months ------ 50 cent? Three months ----- 25 oenu< ADVERTISEMENTS Onesq tare, first insertion - - $1.00. Rrery .ibsequentinsertion - 50 cent*. Con . acts for three mouths or longet ill be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at 8 J cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of re ? *11 .ko?... k.K IT/UVH Will UD UUmi^TTU IUI Ob liCkl I inww, UNION, 8. C., DECEMBER 23, 1904. BURN A MILLION BALES. W? are in receipt of a circulai letter from Mr. W. C. Whitner, of River View Farm, near Rock Hill. 8. C. In this circular letter, Mr. Whitner asks that we advise the farmers of this county to co*operat* with him in his effort to have on* million bales of cotton burned. Hie idea in having this number of balee burned is to decrease the supply, and by so doing to increase the price. We are not prepared to advise or accept such a wild cat scheme or proposition as this, and we feel as* ured if wo were to do so, the tarmerp of this county would be ready to call for a writ of inquiry from the Judge of Probate as to the sanity of the editor of this paper. We fail to see how the hnrninir of u million hnlna nf 0 ? ? "* ootton would result in raisiDg the price of cotton to a price high enough to make up the loss on a million bales of cotton. II a farmer had 4 .... ., . fralca yd would burn two and sell weighed ,r><J'(5~pounds eacK7 two bale? would bring $120; the four bales at 7 cent* would bring $140; so he would lose $20. Consequently the price would have to be high enough to make up the difference in the number sold and burned. We doc't know whether Mr. Whitner has any cotton to sell or burn; hut it strik?.?us that ench a thing would lie euttii o off your nose to spite your face. The idea of a great many cotton experts is that the government has overesti mated the number of baits. Whetbet this be true or not it would in our ; i a. L. i* n . t juugiueur, De iony to ourn any cotton even should the farmer only ge! enough out of his cotton to pay the expense of making it would be better than nothing at all, and this would certainly be the case if it were burned. THE CITADEL TO BE MERGED. With reference to the views expressed and the reeomtm ndation by Supt. O. B. Martin that the Citadel Academy at Charle-fon bo consolidated with the South Carolina College and the two merged into a State university located in Columbia, we hero and now enter our solemn protest. The Citadel has ever been o citadel of educational strength, physical culture and military training* Some of South Carolina's best and noblest men havfe gone from its doors the best equipped for the battles of life of any institution of which the state can boast. The arsenal nt Co imnoia was the fitting school for the Citadel's graduates, and when a young man finished his course in the latter he was a man well worthy of credit and pride of his state. We do not charge Supt. Martin with being actuated by any other motive than that of looking to the best interest! of the state's school system, as he sees it. but we differ with him as to the advisability of such a consolidation, for we do not believe that from the>'immensity of such a consolidation the results would be as satisfactory from the standpoint of efficiency and the personal attention ahd control. It is possible froitf an economic, point of view some money might be saved to ths state, but we feat1 it would be done at the sacrifice of the personal good Of fbt itudvnl body. O r * OUR CHRISTMAS GRE#W|^ | i, We extend to oar readers Times and to tho people all o^W W our connty, which include?, of course, ^ the dear children, a Merry Christina* and a Ilappy New Year. At the close of this most prosperous year. ^ wo congratulate all, and hope that the comiDg year will be no less happy r and fruitful. May we all live to ? say "A Merry Christmas to All" for many years to come! the empty stocking. "Would you add to the joy and L mirth by which you are surrounded? n Then give a thought to tho?e who ti are in sorrow and in want. Amidst c vour bounty forget not the cheerless fireplace nor the empty stocking T hanging there. A. toy, an oYange. some of the good things to eat asBoci *ted with Christmas Day; how -imple?yet it makes the whoh .. world kin." j V MARRIAGE LICENSE AND DIVORCE. ti During the meeting of the South 11 Carolina Conference of the Metho ! f dist Episcopal Church, South, in (J Darlington, S. C., last week. Rev. v II. B. Browne offered a resolution, n which directed that this conference a petition the South Carolina general wseinbly to enact a marriage license I law. The resolution was voted down ' 107 to 90. Bishop A. Coke Smith I was very much gratified with the re- i suit, because he said the passage of 6 a marriage license law would open 1 the way to the passage of a divorce * law. We do not question the right. J of this august body to mingle in matw jfr tors of political economy or thing^j | looking to domestic felicity, but we ^ very much doubt the propriety of an * ecclesiastical body taking such steps, I and are glad that the resolution died < witbm the ranks. We have always 1 favored a marriage license law, there- j fore take issue with Bishop A. Coke I | Smith, as we firmly believe that a i marriage license law would have the i apprehends. - - - . x To require a marriage license t would be to say to the persons who i desire'l to be married: Are you of age, < and do you fully realize the import- < ance, seriojfmess and consequences of such a step in Ufe? Whenever a preliminary step has tt> be taken be- ^ fore launching a business, espcci ?ily where a compliance with a law is require 1, it will surely make one think twice, where he would not otherwise * think but once, and sometimes not at all, and more especially still when the business is one for the life time of either one or the other of the contracting parties, euch as marriage. A marriage license law would prevent the marriage of children; we say children advisedly, because we con-ider a girl under 18 years old a child, and a boy under_.21 is a minor, hot a man, neither.of whom really know their minds before that time of life. It wouli prevent a marriage in haste to be repented of at leisure, and thus obviate the necessity of a divorce law. It would lessen the number of elopements s*nd abductions, which are so frequently followed by criminal prosecutions. A license to marry carries with it a certain solemnity, dignity and sincerity of purpose which will impress the person with the peculiar responsibility about to be iS9utned, whereas on the other hand, the person would douhless act upon an impulse, and in an 'unguarded moftient act rashly, halving no re straint such as a - license requirement would impose. It is our judgment that a marriage license law would lead to more discreet, happier marriages, and far fewer causes for divnrfA he full* Jr. "? t.-t: , w. WW .v..y III tav'V, nc IWIlfVH ( that there would bo really no cause i or desire for a divorce law to follow a marriage license law. It is true ' that a marriage license law is owe frequently followed by {HjjttrijPVwT t in, those states whielf^WWivorcc laws. This, Jaowever, ia not a c necesutyu^HRfonoe, because either 1 he efficient and out the purposes of t er.a^j ? independent of the odflr. % It therefoan necH||ll<yT>l t low tbaiw^ou hale to-gat a license 1 to marry, jhere should be a law by ' which yon can gat rid of the incum- H brance with wbtoh you bad been o fenced 'o incutnbe* yoursoli We ditive under a umrriige license law "be /ewer maari igcs of loWrWieractiWW would necessitate 10 enactment of a divorce law. M larnage license law has-*&bny ires to recommend it and would oubless produce a most^ilesirable evolution in the marriage.System of ur State. We have no marriage ?w in our State, that is, we have no rescribed forms and ceremony, abolutely no definite requirements to onstitute a legal marriage, and in a larriage license law all things per ] iing to a legal and valid marriage ould be included. a ^ HE CONFEDERATE "* MONUMENT BAZAR. "The bazar, given for the benefit f the comity Confederate monument und, was opened last nig**. The iroposed use of the funds reclivca ould hardly he improved on, but it night be suggested that there are nany children in this community rho are in need of b;>th clothing and ood, and that this money could be wed to even greater advantage if it rere applied to the relief of their lecessities, which are real, not imiginary." The above was clipped from the ^ews and Courier and written from Jnion by the correspondent to this )apcr. We nrc surprised th^igAhe vriter would give expression tcH^en io mild a oensure of so noble a cause u whioh Chap RkTat the b?a*r b^pven^Hjto Prof Union county, awmuch m to that within our cony there u >oor and tnat ^HBRfiKo notice of >r contributions nflffle ly the citinens or the relief of the poor. We have ret to know of a single ease where a >oor man, woman or child who was n destitute circumstances whenever t was made known, that immediate ;nh' ^evvrai^^crwwa^r vujwj one of his city. A monument to the ConVderate dead can and willl be erect ;d, and the poor can and will bo sared for. SANTUC NEWS ITEMS. 3 apt. a n^M^. ^BLS^T hon^^C^eVsbyterian IfiT MB aru x)intnie(it. Rev..) D. Mai ion wffr preach at the Baptist church ik>.' ^unday, Christmas joy. which closes the years work here, but Ik* will continue his work as pastor next year. Some of the tnerehinla have their mpplies of Christmas toys art! tricks, fee., hut it seems this is Dot a place to (et lid of many such things, as was some rents ago when we tiied to have Christnas. A metry Christmas to you ail. I do let know that it will t>e a merry one lere. in a stiaiphrforwaid, uptight, in r< od spit its. at d a motsl way, hut theie < t.o reason why it thniild not. Even if me is poor and the "future" gambler* ue keeping down 'he price of citton, liere is no use of hwinjftoo long a face, jne needn't get ''oiellcto.'* A blizzatd came here one day recently (trough the mail. I saw it through the * tapper. Rut. I met a cold wave in the umrner time once. I Well, we have had f snow for sure. Saturday morning it fell thick and fast 'or an hour or two, grid we began to irnw up for a big one.^hut were relieved jy it suddenly stot pitv, and it was a elief. Some fell Wednesday night and a as still lightly on tln&round. Capt. and Mia. Itjlfl Thomas cele jrated their golden Riding Wednesday Hhiiwt week. FiftyJKarsof happy married life must be coiflthing for an aged ;ouple lo be proud- V, and something many will not live v) celebrate. Tapv Thomae is a fine old $ntleman hy nature md practice, and is fully his jaqftL^l hop# thiy may mahy spared o them to vbyiy lif# Was this a goodbog? 1 pronounce it me of the best* Mr. Traverse Jeter tilled one last wek that weighed 430 >ouiida gross and 3ft0 net. Ouly f>0 winds l<?at out of 430. Who can beat hat, 1 am not gving this for the big*tfcog but the Snail amount of waste rum the gross woght hree-fourths ?oKdd-Chtaa auoOTeourth Bjgfchii*. * Mr Ffmchlnson, i ne of tMdhief men t the dam, is rabti g bogs around ItflE amps and killed o< i few days ago ^ i lii H ^ I ^ hbmmhm 1 An -gi3 |gj is made t< B foot. ?a a ami II A uul &J is made 1 ftl foot?not ^ That's wl I MUTUAL weighing 376 net, and it was a youn; bo/,'oo. ... Talk ab nt cruelty to animals, bul some of the rdlioai contractors mus have lost all I e rt or feeling towards faithfot dumb brute, and* perhaps migb yiruve unsatisfactory to people. Whet Wmj are metciless themselves, and givi Life jfwr j ?d~<1, sore and abused mule hit? the hands of 8*>methtng not far re moved from a brute himself1?a negroone need not expect anything but crueltv I have seen some of the mu es with raw sores on their shoulders as big as one'i hand, come In a trot or gallop, the" i tieavy load put on, theu because tin tva>t could scarcely m??v? ir ...? i hey would be belabored by u negro will something akin to a big slick and mad< to go off in a trot, and they can scarcely g?, but their flesh is being beaten into ; pulp almost. They may try to clain that this is necessary because of the i a lure of their woik, but if every mat who drove mules in that tlx and in thai manner was arrested they would br bound to stop, and it ought to be dour if railroad building had to stop. Urad ing may make sores on mul-e, but they could be doctored, an i it is little use t< beat them almost to death, I ut somi farmers are * ordering clo e ?n to tin cruelty of radt oad contra, tors. I hive s<en farm mul?fl<un almost todeatr because of "business." Something Is going wrong In the whiskey business, for as many admit, they never rememlier so much whiskey being shipped by ixpiess to this place. The past week u dozen jugs being carried away a day was soim-uoug like the business. It Is, I understand, shipped in various names, and it appears tneie i? little hesitation for some one to forge a name and have a jog sent in. There is Hi tie doubt but that a number of negroet aro selling it. Almost everyoue who c .n bu>s it and sells it out by the half pint at 25 cents and doubles his money. Perh/tps waters it to make more juice; carries it sometimes in his pocket to l and out to customers w lieu be meets th-ui. One negro. I heard, took nine gallons out, three three-gallon jugs, in one day. No doubt he is the stud-rat in selling Things are getting greatly debauched It is suspected that somebody is getting ft''commission from the distillers to oulei the stuff. Will not some express agents ...... .. 1? * ? ' " c.nirc hi uciivbi jugH any time or night, if oonsuhlee were around in order to foil them? wink at the truffle? fciome people are wondering what prohibition vwip in this kind of business. How i hie ordering and Is going on now. We are a change of affairs, and some of the most prominent men, and some who thinkJtadittaapsary is far above the old way,MRB^Jnsini a change, for a test, Home^Hg up the evil that is existlng^ra Some people who attempt^^KiPwnH JUBpr evil conQue then selvaHtbSof*' peogary evil, and the origimw on y thlWMtt|gbt only i lie difpt^H|PlN princlpff^Btars, and not tin"liquor itself, iff I aa^it; but tlie whiskey is needing your attention. Try the wbhmkf qvH in its broad sense. May Deww. -)?-rOB WoA/Eyy | g Ordinary Shoe 1 ,t ...-" ? H ) the length and width of the | IMM H ? EN QUALITY SHOE I MM <U to the entire outline of 'the || simply to two dimensions. ||j ly it fits as no other shoe can.' ll * DRY ROODS CO., I P. HARRY, Manager- B? i ?i y ' * t BSe5ESSjEgB^BEE?t? H , ^^^Unior^ho^o!>^hoeB"Be?t^nde^^j ! | gOn January 2nd I B__ gj < -n |- x. We will open our doors ; j| in the new Nicholson i | Bank Building, opposite ;| B3 our old stand ? 1 ii m WE WISH TO THANK &4| | OUR CUSTOMERS Ik I AND PRIENDS"* |^| ^ for the big business we ^ 1 1 B *. 1 1 w nave enjoyed the past wi 1 I! year, the largest in the S 1 history of our business. ffi m .* I COME AND SEE US IN | i A i jjl'" * " ' Xt Al Tn t Ill uuk rsizw MUKb. I! * THE SHOE CENTRE. 3?j Union Shoe Co., I Shoe Merchants. ; 8 Main Street Union, S. C. M ! Il|. ?|. Ill 11| ||m mid |