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THE UNION TIMES * published every friday .... v 1*1... ? UNION TIMES COMPANY J second floor t1hm building 1 bill phone no. 1. L. G. YOUNG, - - Manager rpg'rstaivd at tha pobtofflee in union 9*. c. sa upcood class mail matter. srnsctimo* rat*s: onw ypar - - - - $1.00 six montliw ?... .bo thfth* month* - .28 square, first insertion - #1.V0 Kvery subsequent insertion - .50 Contracts for three months or longer will ho mad* at reduced rates. lyjcpIs inserted at ft 1-3 cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not he returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UWIOH, 8. C.f FEBRUARY 24, 1905. THE CRITICISERS CRITICISED. The I'sion Times congratulates the local contemporary Progress upon Ixing tlie recipient of such fruitful free advertising through the colniims of The Times in adding a very Tnneh needed number of 5ul>seriben? to the list. Certainly Progress should bo grateful and The Times none the lew proud of the efficiency ns hu advertising medium, and advise? Progress to use The Times in the future to make known its want*. Evidently the surprise expressed hy Progress is feigned, because it is a w. il established fact thatTwKTiMis has Hlways been generous and broad enough to give space to tne publication of any article designed by the writer to vindicate or defend himself, or to criticise public servants, individuals or newspaper conduct. There is one thing, howcv______ er. that The Times adheres strictly nrw'i-nC" -ai m n,??* ??, * . . _ t Neither does The Times give spaci to any article which invades th< sanctity of the homo circle expos ing to public gaze the sacred secrets of an household's skeleton in th< closet. The Times docs not, no has ever boasted of being the'chain pion cxjK.ser of petty wrongs, noi the sleuth hound to trail and rnr to cover small offenders. There wa; nothing in the communications ol either "Citizen" or "X" that would lead any one to believe that the writers were in favor of chicken lighting, 011 the contrary, were opposed to such sport and the onlyreason which lead the writers to express their views through the columns of Tin: Times, was to show their disapproval of the course pursued hy Progress. The niiseonstruing of these two communications hy Progress and correspondent, consoler and supporter "V." is evidence of the inherent weakness of both, and as far as *' V" is concerned he is certainly more familiar with the different brands of din* pt-nsary liquor, than the correct construction of a written instrument. The pasaage of a resolution by the Democratic House of Repre-I eentatives of South Carolina. ri-iom. 1 mending one of it* members to a : Krpubliean President for appoint-[ ment to a Federal Judgeship, which does not exist, was premature, un-1 dignified, indiscreet and a violation; of goo<l taste. Moreover, it worked an injustice to tho excellent gentleman who was the subject of the resolution, as shown by the result. Tt. disclosed that he could command but 15 out of a possible 121 votes, far lees than a majority of the whole Woua#, and that 35 votes were recorded against him. In such matters a unanimous expression is expsctcd, as of course. The ftljove is taken from the Charleston News and Courier. The,; Times fully endorses most heartily its every word, and more, for a , feeling and blush of shame for those , thoughtless and indiscreet members t who voted for and a hearty applauso for tboet who voted contra, for ( they like tbo fair of old who were , poctf 6&ougb, sowed the oountry froqi disgrace, jfi JFI INSURANCE OP A MURDERER tui ct< Upon what principle of law, just- 1?? ce or public policy can a court of '? aw decide in favor of an insurance company which refuses to pay the a life insurance of a inan hanged for eo murder? Some newspaper cited one to ease on record, that a court had so decided, we do not now recall the name of the paper or the case cited h, by it, but the matter was suggested fa by the McCuc case. In the case we >*' refer to, the court decreed that the premiums which had hcen paid by n the policy holder be refunded, but the face of the policy should not l>e tl paid. We are not familiar with ? the insurance laws, but know that no insurance company can main- ^ tain any law, rule or regulation c which conflicts with the general law e of the country, nor the constitution 1 of any state or the United States. There can be no law enacted that will impair the obligations of contracts, and unquestionably an insurance policy is a contract with a ]. I valuable consideration, t 1 ii A UNION COUNTY FARMER i \ Of Experience, Gives His Views > Upon the Cotton Situation. r 1 Mr. Editor: I want to say a < few words through Thk Timks on t the cotton situation and the organ- 1 i/.ing of the farmers and all business < men of all other professions. Now ( will we nil sign the pledge to re- < duce the acreage planted In cotton this year 25 p?r cent of what we planted last year and 25 per cent i of guano used on the same. If we do not stand by the decision of the New Orleans convention we had just as well disband, go ou and act i the fools as we have been doing in the past. This pledge exempts no one and no one can put up an cx: cuse that will excuse him. One I man will say, oh, yes, I am in for ^ i A ! ?\~ 0/\ ? A. culling acreage -o or jht cem, 1 and use twice as much fertilizers on the land planted in cotton and make as much cotton on the land ' planted this year as I did on all I . planted last year. Well, what account would that lie towards reducing the amount of cotton made last What we are lighting for is uruess \VCTTO Trim WC Timr inn-v.-*peet a price aliove the cost of pro2 duction this fall. How arc we to - accomplish this? By doing just - like the brave little Japs did when j the call was made for three or four hundred volunteers to carry sonic r ships and sink tflom in the channel ' of Port Harbor to permanently ' blockade the Port which was al* ( most certain death if carried out. 4 But what did they do? Did some . say it is the very thing, hut we have wives and children at home ' depending upon us for a living, it 1 will he alright for those young men to volunteer and go and carry out the wishes of the Mikado, while others might have had their excuses? But did they act that way? They did not. So the time came to .see who were the heroes, and there were twenty thousand soldiers to get those fow hundred volunteers from and twenty thousand men said wc will go. Not a one had an exeiise. I say that Russia will have, with all her resources, a time /if fllllvlllinn 1 " 11HKJU pcopie, tllC I lit tic Japs. Arc wc farmers going to do like them. i Now, brother farmers, when those men who will present you ] with a paper for you to sign the j pledge which every one will have 1 the opportunity of signing or re" 1 fusing, don't take the paper and i look and look at it for several j minutes as though yon had never < heard of such a thing and finally, < with a long breath and a kind of j stammer, say, well, it is a good i thing, hut I ?I just don't see how a I can sign it. You sec, I planned j my crop some tiinc ago and I have v bought my guano and yon just see o how it is. And another may say, p yes, it's alright, hut I have l>ought k a pair of mules, what am I to do. a Yes, and you see I've contracted tl with lx>ys to work those mules, and tj you see 1 can't sign it. And still p another will say, I will l?e compelled j a to plant as much or more land in cotton this year than I did last u t I ~ jcui, M?r*i owe or or h #o(K), as the ease may Ik*, and f am ti oblige to plant enough cotton to d pay that debt and therefore I can hi not sign it. It in the very thing, I d< wish I could. He never told a Ji bigger lie in his life. re Now let me any right lu re that G my man or men, if there l>e any, of ivith the light before them will pre" d< lent such excuses as the onoa named jk it>ove he is a traitor to the interest or >f the farmers of the south and all sa vho live in our dear sunny south he rith them. ke >'ow, if you arc true, take that ca Oiano and put \t ou <ttro laud and Jfrl kc those mules nnd make corn, ?. And that man that is in debt., : is the very 1 one we arc working r, to help him pay that debt by ising less cotton ho he and we all ay get more for a small crop than large one and be able to have mcthing else next fall ticsides cot* n, and all of us be able to pay lr debts and have sonic money >r our wives and children. I want it understood that what I avc said abovj don't include those irmcrs who came to their senses ears ago and have been raising all leir corn, meat and wheat, unless leir wheat failed; also their ten* ant croppers have raised enough itliont buying. These have done heir duty and deserve the respect f everybody. Now, you farmers who have hecn o much wiser than us, wont you ie so patriotic as to say you will ut a 'leetle tcenty" more and cnournge us, for if you do, it. will lclp us and you too. A Farm eh. How and Where to Begin. According to all estimates, sccuar as well as religious, it is agreed hut gaiuMing is a vice, hut there s much diversity of opinion as to ust what chances one may take vithout incurring the reproach vliirUi ottooliPH tlw? minirufcr. Hie devotees of doodle?euchre nn<l cindred pastimes are not accustom?d to number themselves with those self-confessed publicans who hazard their coin over the green cloth. The ?aptains of industry, finance and commerce would be greatly outraged were they accused of being elder brothers to those venturesome spirits who stake their nickels and dimes on the probability of the policy numbers Ix'ing 1 ?11?If, or some other equally popular "gig." The crap-sliootcr points to the cardsharp, tin1 card-sharp to the lxtokmaker, the book-maker to the bucket-shop patron, who in his turn anathematizes the brokers of the regularly organized exchanges. Each finds his exoneration in himself rather than in the law, and each in* veigliH against the other as the man against whom action should lx: taken if the regeneration of society is ever to lie accomplished. It is difficult, therefore, for mere theorists, who have nothing to guide their judgment but the statutes and their consciousness of individual rectitude, fcnVrrr-irtnVfesv.*" t>romot: er, there has lx-cn lent a helping hand by the Hon. John H. Martin a fearless Georgia jurist. In a charge which Judge Martin lias just delivered from the liem h at IfnwkiiisvUle, the grand jurors of Iulaski County are advised to smite and spare not. They are warned, however, to hew to the line of the letter rather than the spirit ot the law, in order that exact justice may be done without regard to S21!!'. or ^H-ial prestige. ,1^ .SU1(1 Jlu,gc Martin "at tins evil in high places with all your might," and then he added: it is not less criminal to piny tin a suvcr card ease than for a "plain silver dollar as it comes "from the mint." Preposterous as this may seem to those fair and gallant gamesters who now and again arc wont to capture the dainty and valuable souvenirs that are the rewards of the skill they display al>out the baize in private parlors, it is nevertheless ac- i cording to the law as it. has been made and provided. Judge' Martin says: i "I charge you that society poo-' pie, l>o they male or female, who form social clubs, and meet from time to time at the homes of the members and play whist, progress-1 ive euchre, flinch, trail bunco or my other game with cards or like levices for valuable prizes, pur hased with funds to which the ilayors have contributed, are as nuch guilty of violating the law gainst gambling as the veriest ilcbians, who hover around a light" , rood knot lire and play seven-up, I r poker, or skin, for the paltry >ennics and nickel* _ uuv? vur |n;i!"01l nowingly permitting such playing1 t his or her house is as guilty of ] ho offence of keeping and main- j lining a gambling house as is the 1 roprietor of the den in some back 1 lley, where gambling is practiced." ' The Atlanta Constitution informs s s that the charge of Judge Martin * as "created a State-wide sensa* J on" in Georgia; but we aje not ( is posed to think that many true 1 ills will bo brought in against the A oodle-euehre criminals of society. 1 idictmcnts, as we have learned iccntly, are difficult to obtain in J eorgia, even when the violations ' law arc most llagrant, and we M >ubt that a jury could be found 0 issessed of cither the inclination F the hordihcK)d to so violate the v nctity of Mrs. Hyphenated Smiths * mpitality as to arraign her# for eping a gilded hall of chance, bouse she occasionally permits hov ends and acquaintances to stru$? | * glTFTv i That 1 1WE HEAR they I Shoes; they minds go time;1 |jl "Quee |? alway I riutual glc within her Ihmiio for Gibson pictures and scarf pins. But, all the same. Judge Martin may have suggested to this lady and others a reason for the exercise of a spirit of charity, which they sometimes fail to display.?News and Courier. Lockhart Junction Locals. I/K'KiiAitT Junction, Feb. 20.? Mr. Editor: It has been some time since I wrote a letter to your welj conic paper which we receive every week and vend ond jii i urc Willi pleasure. The old year has passed and with it many sweets and hitters, and many we hope lias entered upon the new with better resolutions to improve the future than they have the past. 1 There is not much news from this side. The great question of the day scorns to be the cotton as it seems to be. king the world over, or rather the prieeis. The writer attended the farmers meeting held at Jonesvillc last Saturday, in which Mr. J. J. Littlejohn was elected chairman of the meeting and Mr. Thomas H. (Jore secretary. There was a very large crowd present, considering a free exhibition was going on out on the public street. Every one present signed the paper, or pledge, as some might call it, to reduce the. acreage 25 per cent, and resolved to plant more corn and other grain. The farmers seems like they arc going to practice what they have been a long time preaching aliout. To make more corn and have hogs and hominy at home. We know several farmers in this section who have already cut their acreage long ago, and now they have corn i plenty and some to sell. And mother farmer said he had a thousmd bundles of fodder to sell and I leanl anotbrr - jou chll got Vno dollar and seventy-live cent* xt hundred or ?2.00 for it. Well! von't that beat cotton at six cents xt p< )iuul ? Well I have been asked the qucsion had I quit writing to The PfMEs., I answered no, I have not [iiit, hut I haven't found good news nough to write to such a worthy wiper as The Union Times. One , kho has always stood by what they bought was right. j Moxy. The Times and Metropolitan | lagazine one year for $1.80. IY SOLESI Are Not Clumsy. H I HI ! T1ANY WOMEN; SAY i ffjgj can't wear heavy=$ole ||j ?r. JTh too stiff and clutiisy ^ say. We change the ? of such women every PI ive fit them with ?|| I n Quality" Shoes are |? s flexible, always $3.00. |j| Dry Goods Cor, | R. P. HARRY, Manager. 11 0Be??B?E?BE?E?E?n G B | UNION SHOE CO.'S SHOES BEST MADE. J K4 I Greatest Values 1 - ...IN... I LADIES SHOES-1 t) mi swn S i ? EOR $2.00 J ? I m m jj Ever offered to the People '5 | ot umon. | ;; WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION. 1 j| Union Shoe Co., | Shoe Merchants. g : i Main Street Union, S. C. m l2ESEEEEE2ESEC&B9SB9?B5BSBSSBra