The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 20, 1905, Image 1
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City of Union and Suburbs Has f g^_ I g g B T 1% T T '/~V1%. T!' -?mHF^ 1 IB W~^ 1 Cily of Un,on 8n,d Suburbs Hm
Five JL*irgo Cotton Mills, One Knitting I B_B IJ I I B ^B I ; &*"?** I I /I I J Five Graded Schools, Water Works,
and Spinning Mill with Dye Plant, Oil B 9 B "l 9 B B' ^9 - 'I I Wl B I 1 J Sewerage System, Electric Lights, Three
Mill, Furniture Muuufactuiing and 9 | | ill 9 B B 9 W \ B ' B fl f I A L )- Hanks with aggregate capital of $240,00#,
Lumber Yards, Female Seminary. Jfl 9 P A- X. n 9 ^JL M - J9_ _JL i. V JL M M fV-/ Electric Railway. Population 7,009.
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: VOL. LV. NO 3. ONION, S00TH CAROLINA* FRIDAY. JANUARY 20, 1905. 91.00 A YEAR.
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SAM JONES ON COTTON.
Tlic largest Cotton Crop
In th^ WnrfdVn>Historv.
His Solution.
I was, some weeks ago, ih
^ , Oklahoma Territory. I saw some
parties loading cars with Irish potatoes.
I asked one of the^gentlemeh,
"What are you getting
for potatoes this fdll," and he
replied, "Twenty-five cents, s
. mpahel.'': "Why," said I, "you
got a dollar last fall." "Yes,"
he replied, "they went like hot
cakes, at a dollar." "Well,"
said I, "have the trusts and comjfek
bines done you all up on pota
toes?" He said,' "No, sir." 3
said, "What's the reason yoij
can't get but twenty-five cents i
^ bushel?" "Too many potatoes
this fall," he replied.
Now, gentlemen, you*' cai
charge up to Wall street, or cot
gir
jruui Wvw??y 0 ,
fellow can hold up a hundrei
pounds, maybe two or three hun
dred pounds, but when he get
V under twenty tons to hold it up
the twenty tons will mash th
giblets out of him. It has bee
nearly two months since I pi
Pm. friends on notice, through tl
Journal, that there was cotton
Texas, and the southern state
n generally, to burn. I did not g
^ ..;af half through the cotton belt
the southern states until I wir
back, "Sell my cotton." This
the largest cotton crop ever p
duced in the world's history, 2
? why the world did not catch
P sooner is a mystery to me. W1
Fp ^ I passed through the cotton 1
J the first of November, I saw
that came out in yesterday e\
flfir *n2's report. I have not sai(
fsf publicly, but in discussing
HL ' cotton crop with friends I 1
B put the American cotton cro
fi thirteen million bales for
| year and the foreign crop at
|j; and a half millions. Cotton
I terday at six and five-eight:
lb ? twiddling, which means fronr
* and a half to six for most o
nr cotton now on the market.
Bp cotton raisers or farmers al
)? ' hold their cotton when
V ought to sell, and always
when they ought to hold.
B' _ let them resolve to hold
Ht>* cotton;'and than remember
Hw I said about about a fellov
Br ing up t wenty tons. The
K*; mills an 1 consumers only
to know that the cotton is
They don't care whether
' board of ships, in seaport
H in warehouses, or lying
the farmer's yards at honr
I they want to know is ho1
HH cotton is made, and the
raised, when its known, \
ulate the price. Consun
I no more hold cotton dow
I the price fixed by supply
^ mand than Sulley and h
D v could hold it up above t
B ?? fixed. The one will get
H' tably mashed. There if
H relief now to the man
BHk ton on hand, and that
Hal . back like the old woman
) SEE ys .l I
AVIFE WITH you. i 1
fades ? 1
quarters hoiv, and g.
have you cbme In i j
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N & SON, Bankers, |
III IIHIIIiai BM^NHMM^BnOKSTV
'she said, amid ajl her trials and
j troubles .and tribulations that
( there was one verse pf scripture
, thsftf5 always comes to her relief.
" Someone asked her, "JVbat was
that verse?"'Sftie replied, 'That
blessed jold verse that reads 'grin
i .and.bear it,'" y
The 'bulls have done their best
: since the middle of November to
hold the price up, and, in spite'
?* that they Have done and all
f they have lost, cotton has been
1 gravitating to the line marked
out by supply and demand. The
; consumers were willing to pay
eight cents for cotton until they
saw ,,_by correct estimate of the
- c^op that they could get it at six
f to iefpn cents a pound. I've
i been going over the cotton prot
states for more than*
years. I have seen moi
this year in the fields, $n
tton yards, on the depot
ms, piled Up around the
i gins, than I ever saw before. I-;
\ crop irom a little one about as
1 easy, if you will let me see them
L both. When I saw the cotton
s) crop last year as it showed up in
>, the fields, in the cotton yards, on
ie the depot platforms, and so on, I
n saw that it was the smallest crop
it that had ever been made for
ie years and also said, "1 will hold
in my cotton for fifteen cents, and
js, get it." I did hold it. I did get
"* ? ?J ~ a nound
*et mteen miu <% uau witvu ,
of for it. I got between nine anc
ed eleven for what I sold this year
i is and I sold it early, because o
ro- what I saw.
tnd There is no use kicking, ger
on tlemen, unless you kick youi
,ien selves. The south can get muc
eelt more money for a ten million ba
all crop at much less than she cs
ren- get for a thirteen million ba
1 so crop. Now, the question com
the up, "What'll you do about
lave Brother Farmer?" I take t
p at position, and hold my groun
this that to play the fool, and th
two cuss somebody else about yc
yes- misfortunes is a mighty pi
3 for business. I heard many a sou
1 five em man say last year, "No m
f the six and seven cent cotton in
Our United States." At least, t
[ways said, for many years to co
they and here we are mired down,
i sell tie south's business inter
Now, i iterests almost paralyzed by
their calamity overtaking us in
what than twelve months. When
r hold- raise too many potatoes you
cotton sjII them at 25 cents a bu
want When you raise too few ]
made, toes you will get a dollar a b
1 its on for them. The cold snap y<
towns, day put wheat up, just be
around they say the supply may t
le. Al! oT. Here's one southern fi
w much that ain'Fgoing to raise a t
amount cotton next year. Put in
vill reg- peas, sow grain, improve
lers can land, act like men of sens<
' ' ? fV.o fnnl and then i
n DeiOW
and de- sand with the balance <
is crowd world because you play<
;he price fool. Let the south cut
as inevi- the cotton crop one-third
? but one will guarantee you 12 to 1
with cot- a pound for your cotton,
is to fall as much acreage next
did when this, and I will guaran
. i + \ ' \':+r '
iix cents, and no more, so to a
jpeak, J know that every fellow a
a some sort of a fool, my wife's . h
lusljamd included, but to keep on {
ictirig a fool, about the same S
:hing will soon get a fellow to be e
i^dfesfc'Of and for the benefitof^ p
she farmers. Don't abuse me, J o
?entlemeYi, but listen to a felltfW y
who Wishes You well. j d
TO MEMBERS dr I?
LEGISLATURE. ?
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A Parmer Appeals to the; J
Members for Protec- 1
tion. . J
Special to the State. A , }
To the Members of the Legis- *
lature: p
You are to meet ^tomorrow. ?
You are not "expected to do mush. *
Some of you haven't' got sense c
h ?A?MA AMA C
envugu ??u Bvmc
cowards, afraid to follow the } *
tr?nd,of your good judgment. ; 1
But here ar^ a few. feihgs wen ?
wish you t? teU us and' a few we '*
want you to do. We want you J
to tell us how it is that taxes are 3
gradually getting higher and <
higher, although that great mor- 1
institute, the dispensary i'r J
contrib^ng (?) thousands' of!J
.dollars.every y<
do. We ^vant^ou fe'^gTve lis '
compulsory education. Compel
the children to attend school, not,
for a certain number of months, I I
I but as long as the public school
lasts. That will meet the negro i
question. If the nearest white J
school lasts five months, the \
I vvhite children must attend five i
months; if the negro school lasts
I; two months, the negro children
!must go two months.
I believe we have dog taxes of
50 cents per head. Put $1 on
bitches, and make it a fine of
$100 or four months imprisonment
for any one who fails tc
- make a return for every dog he
h owns, his baby owns or that eat5
at his premises. People jus
in uuu l ^itv ... __
le neighborhood where I was teach
es ing once we counted up 40 od
it, "fices" and mongrels that hadn'
he been taxed. Dogs should b
id, taxed. See to it. You appr<
en priate several thousand dolla:
>ur to check smallpox, but you
oor show more judgment to spei
th- twice as much to check hydr
ore phobia. Smallpox is a fool coi
the pared with mad dogs. Last f
hey two fine horses, several mil
me, cows and any number of he
and near here died of hydrophot
ests and only last week dogs and h<
the bitten by them were being kill
less We say tax the dogs, make p
you pie return them, and then ]
will tect them at home just as
shel. would your horse or your co\
pota- We want you to improve c
ushel mon schools and then by <
sster- pulsory education raise the st
"ni,sA ard of intelligence among
?
>e cut rank and file. The iar
armer ought to be organized, but
tale of pie say they won't unite or
i corn, if they did. The cause of
t your is ignorance. They don't
2, quit much?they don't think em
raising Harvie Jordan has issued
af the to the farmers to hold the
3d the ton, to reduce acreage next
down etc., and a majority of the c
, and I haven't read it, nor even
.5 cents of that progressive farmei
Put in God, the ignorance amor
year as masses. We haven't got
tee you enough to take care of ooi
V.
hd the trouble *s we can't find
ny friend brains enough
3 be our guardian.
leaj^latUres in several
tate^jire in^ session now and
xtra s &jHooa? fcould be called in
Srrs {cotton States, I
to prohibit farmers from
over a specified number
f acres of; cotton to the horse
roul'4 be unconstitutional, but to
ecide on a pertain number of
cres t# the hprse and put a tax
n. every additional acre would,
thinki bfe 'perfectly feasible.
!o I beg you, -1 pray you, with
ears in my dyes as big as horse
pples, to pass a law at once leting
the farmers of South Caroina
pl^nt, say 10 acres of cotton
o the horserfree, and making
hem pay $210 per acre for every
icre additional. Let $10 go to
he informer; $10 to an appointed
iounty surveyor and $10 to the
lAnviftr PiT Vhio monma if nrAiilrl
.vuitvjr. 0 .ucaiw 1(, ?U111U
lot coat the State a copper to enowe
the la^ and it would be
jnforced and the farmers would
>e compelled) td stick. Pass this
aw and we farmers will stick to
ifc be provided
^alrjiot become effective
mless fouMpths of the cotton
states mateWi similar law. Now,
WJB, pasa. it kt once and ask the
Jfcher cotton^ptates to cooperate
W'lth you, am you will have done
the farmgflkof this country a
Messing f#Which they will ever
begratefd "9* r t -yk
Jph^rely yours,
>Ctir?iOTlIi * XtTOcr.- -'Rill T?n !}.< ;*? R
NEED OP A
MARRIAGE LAW
It Would Afford Practice
Protection to Innocen
Ignorance.
i "It is high time that the Soul
Carolina legislature laid asi<
the sentimental rot about tl
i passage of a marriage licen
law being an opening wedge f
a divorce law, and passed t
license law, and I am sure t!
if a majority of the membi
were familiar with conditions
i they exist in cotton mill cc
} munities, or in the counties b
t dering on North Carolina :
a Georgia, the law would be pas
r almost without a dissent
d voice."
11 The foregoing statement
e recently made in the presenc
d- the News and Courier coi
rs pondent by one of the most
'd cessful and level-headed cc
id mill managers in the stat
o- man who could not be persu
m- to advocate any measure th;
all was not sure would be bette
ich the welfare of the state.
>gs Continuing, he related th
>ia; lowing instance that rec
Dgs occurred at his mill: "Th<
ed. a widow whose family is i
>eo- employ. She has a daught
iro- tween 13 and 14 years ol
you Several weeks ago she 1<
v. that the child had agr<
:om- marry a young man als
:om- ployed in our mill, and,
and- hope of thwarting their s
the went to see the local mag
mers the various preachers ant
peo- ries in the town, and re<
stick that they would not perf<
it all marriage ceremony, in ct
read should be asked to do so
ough. of them agreed to comp
a call the distressed mother's
ir cot- When the appointed day
, year, upon to have the cerem<
Jnn/?oQ formed arrived, the mar
lUUv>vo
heard yictim applied to sever,*
. My officers whom the mo
ig the talked with, and asked
, sense ceremopy be performe
selves, of them refused. The
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IF. M. FARR, President.
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Merchants and Plan
Successfully Doing Busir
IBM the OLDEST flank in
hna a capital and anrplui
9 ia th" on v N *TIONAH
haa paid dividend* mc
R nave KOITK per cent. I
*A ia the only Rank in Unln
P haa Runrlar-t'roof vault
papa mof taxea than Ai
J WE EARNESTLY SOLI
hired a conveyance and took the
child to the home of a magistrate
living about four miles away, |
and whom the mother had not
seen or thought of, and he performed
the ceremony. That is
only one instance. If necessary
a dozen as pitiable and some that
are worse could .be related. With
a marriage license law such occurrences
would be impossible."
Literally hundreds of couples,
whose homes are in various sections
of North Carolina, cross the
state line and are married in
this state each year. In comparatively
few instances do they
come to this state in order to
avoid paying the license fee, but
in many instances either one or
both the contracting parties have
not reached the legal marriagei
able age. There are numerous
, valid reasons why a law providing
for marriage license, the
marriageable age. the recording
of births and deaths should be
passed and enforced, and not bne
llMrtlUKA-r?
NRTURALIZTVTIOlH.
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ill Last year nearly a million
foreigners came to this country
' to make their homes. Almosl
one-third of the total population
hi of the United States?twenty-sn
ie million people?are either for
tie eign-born or the children of on
se or both foreign-born parents,
'or | The problems connected wit
he the regulation of immigration an
lat of naturalization are highly in
*rs portant. Under the Constitute
as Congress has the power to reg
>m- late immigration and to esta
?or- lish a uniform rule of tura
andlzation." It has exercised the
sed | powers, to some exten .
dng are laws forbidding the entrar
I r _ 4-v./x nnnriirv of crimin8
into me vww.??
was anarchists, paupers and pers<
e of suffering from contagious (
res- eases; and aliens who have bi
sue- here five years, and have decla
>tton their intention two years pr<
e; a ously, may become citizens,
aded changing their nationality t
at he take the oath of allegiance
r for certain United States courts
in any state court of record 1
e fol- ing common law jurisdiction,
rently The standard of qualifict
ire is for citizenship is as varied as
n our standards of the different jue
er be- Consequently a man who
! age. been rejected by one judge
earned and frequently does, go
aed to another court and receiv<
o em- naturalization papers.
' annual messag<
in uic xii iiiu ?
cheme, President called the attent
istrate, ? Congress to the need of i
1 nota- i change in the law as wil
guested | this scandal. He recomrr
arm the j that Congress definitely pr<
ise they the testimony to be subi
. Each and name the courts in w
ly with is to be offered, He wou
request, have the list of applicai
agreed naturalization published
any per- vance of the hearing in
1 and his and a list of all those nat
al of the filed with the Secretary c
ther had and he would have the i
that the zation certificate alike
d. Each and wording throughi
man then whole country.
J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. I
iters National Bank, g
less at the "Old Stand."
Union,
i of $10?.000.
Hunk in Union,
mntinir ?o $200 400.
ntcrrst on do>?-*tt*.
n insi'ectfd by nn ofUoer,
? hd(1 Safe with Ti?r>c-l."Ck.
,L the Uanks In Union combln- d.
CIT YOUR BUSINESS.
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If Congress acts favorably on
these recommendations the issue
of fraudulent naturalization papers
will be less easy; illegal voting
on such fraudulent papers
will be less common, and foreign
governments will show greater
respect for American citizenship
nannra oa Honkf nf fViniw .ml./li'l*
'* vs. mcu >?iiuikf
will disappear.
American citizenship is a thing
to be prized by those who enjoy
it, and it is not lightly to be conferred.?Youth's
Companion.
PERSISTENCE OP ~
SUPERSTITION.
Superstition dies hard, even in
the keen light of modern civilisation.
The beliefs which educated
persons would confess if they
told the truth would make an
amazing category. Women are
worse sinners in this respect than
men. It is hard to find the
woman who has the courage to
pass a pin on the sidewalk or to
walk^under g
before one made^her untemfied
way beneath the ladder-and the
; SUDeorubttle?ss' the quacks and
, charlatans of the world could
tell strange tales of th? credidity
and superstitions of their cus
" tomers. Recently at Chatham,
e England, a woman paid an ai
fegfd witch a hundred pounds
h for a powder, the burning of
d which was to bring her a great
^ fortu^^^ magjstrate had be?n
fore him this winteraman and
u- woman who lived with their six
U children in a small ^room, _ and
u
kept a dozen rabbits loose m uie
same room, as a preventive of
rheumatism. The charge against
;re them was of cruelty to animals,
ice not of cruelty to children?but
ils, the parents were unconvinced,
)ng although they were convicted
and fined.
The grosser forms of superBen
stition shock us more than the
red mild and fantastic ones like those
evi- clustering about the moon, the
jn saltcellar, the ladder and the
, pincushion; but all alike have a
.y baneful effect upon character.
' in Mothers cannot whole-heartedly
J or teach their children reliance upon
hav- law and order while they themselves
believe that witchcraft
.. controls some of the most trivial
? accidents of human life, -r-Youth's
3 the Companion.
Iges. - ?
has Sell The Old Hens.
n}ay' This is good logic in a general
into wav. but needs to be modified
1,1 ' " wa
i his under certain conditions, u
are trying to improve our flock,
1 the to ac*(* v^or an(* correct certain
T f faults that already exist, then*
ion ot we should hesitate about discardsuch
a ing the old hens from which we
1 stop reared the chicks of the past
tended | season. .
0 :hp From them we get certain
'. , types?faults and good points
nitted, cjear]y defined, so that we are
hich it able to see exactly what to strive
Id also for and what faults we may exnts
for overcome. While it is
i true that they will lay less eggs
than the pullets will, still the fercourt.
tility will be greater, and the
uralized chicks will be stronger, and on
>f State; the whole results will be more
laturali- satisfactory. If we are keeping
in form' Pou^ry f?r Pr?fit only, sell the
old hens; if we are keeping poul3ut
the fry in order to improve the fancy
portion, keep them.