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^ "* City of Union and Suburbs Has f^T} |"T ~fl~"l TT ~|%7 ~fl~ |%JMn r|7 I Tfl /fl fl^ 1 City of Union and Suburbs Has Five Large Cotton Mills, One Knitting J I II Bj I ^ fl I I . Jfljl I I 1/1 |J Five Graded Schools, Water Work., t?M|V P!-nni"?MlU Tflth ?y? ,!lant> 0l! B B B B 1 1 fl B fl' fl I B v/fl B 1 I 8ewerage System, Electric Lights, Three M.ll r.^iture Manufacturing and 1 J | 1 fl 1 f B fl T| I 'J L 1 Banks with aggregate cap,tal of $260,000, Lumber Yards, Female Seminary. , JLJL. JLi X 1 V/ X \ JL -JL X ? JL JL-Jk % Electric Railway. Population 7,000. VOL. LV. NO 16. ONION, SOOTH CAROLINA^ FRIDAY^. r.i u ' " | Wm . A. Nicholson L Union, Sou /PAY INTE | Time Certifical ' OUR COLORADO CORRESPONDENT Gives Graphic Description of Country, Weather . and People?Tells How the Woman's Suffrage , Works In that State. Dear Editor: We have been enjoying real spring, as best we could for the past few" ^ J 4 days, The world is full of surprises, though we do not have so many since we got use to the Same. You see, we have a U. . weather bureau here in the tower of the Federal Building with a good fat salary attached, and they delivered us very fine clear weather for April 1 and 2, of course this weather was on paper, but before April 1st arrived, rain had began and continued steadily all day and part of the night of April 1, also returned and gave us a few showers for Sunday, snowed considerable Sunday night and Monday afternoon and all night Monday and part of Tuesday morning, then cleared off nice and bright, but the snow was all over the ground to a depth of five inches, but all was soon turned to water except where the of the sun SSMWtfW 4.1 1 A~ 4.i. u 41 : 1 tiie aiittuc, uiuuKii nic auu i? very bright and warm. The trees as yet shew no sign of life, though the lawn grass is as green as midsummer. I observe in the last Times some insinuations of Women in politics of this state. I would like very much to give the many readers of the "Times" what I consider a fair conception of the real facts concerning the women voters of this state. At the beginning will admit, I did all in my power to enfranchise every human being of this state, who was of legal age and sanity, not because of a faith in. it being the sphere of woman; not because of her superior intellect; neither because she was demanding full political equality with man, but only from a sense of justice to all mankind, realizing at that time (which was more than eight years ago) as all thinking people realised that we had reached a very low strata in our political morality and that something must be done, else we would soon be in the hands of barbarians or anarchists. While the women had been pleading for years that they might be allowed the full franchise, and that they could and would purify the cor, rupt ballot, believing no one should be condemned without a ^ full and fair trial and that all w- should be given an equal chance to work out ^heir own destiny whenever they establish the fact that they are as competent as others who have already been a_j iL.i : *i mi r grunieu niaiprivilege, xnereiure we established the system which the women thought they wanted at least they said they thought so. Our long years of experience seem fully to establish the wisdom of the sages, that very few women really know what they want. The fact is, as it seems tome, giving the women the / right to vote and hold any office in the state, is very much like giving a baby a large and valuable cotton mill, the baby would no doubt be very much delighted and think you nad done it a great favor and benefit, ?apd would take all its chums along showing them the wonders and giving them good easy places in whicr they could enjoy the benefits oi the factory, but when things be gan to break and wear out th< won oi vjourt & Son, Bankers, 11 th Carolina, REST ON es of. Deposit. BHHHMttHHMBBnnHBMk baby will get tired and discouraged, and will be ready to part with the whole factory for any old thing. Just so it has been with the women of this state, they started out and did some wonders, made many surprises and did lots of good, elected themselves to the legislature and many places of trust and honor, but when they realized the work there was to do and the trials and temptations they soon got tired of the whole machine and now I am sure there is not half of the eligible women who vote at all and many of the most reliable and honorable ones have declared they wiil never vote again, hut those whose votes are for sale, the toucrh and w ? ?.?UAV|/UV(?U1C dl C I always on time at the polls. Now, dear readers I don't want to carry the ijnpression that I am opposed to equal suffrage, not at all. I believe it was right to ; give all an equal opportunity and 1 have a clear conscience of having done my duty, whether those who ?re enfranchised do theirs ^ or not. Notwithstanding their j lethargy in politics, I will say they have not been even charged i with crime during the disgrace- < ful proceedings which we have 3 lately been experiencing, and ? that should be a grqjit honor to | them for the simple reason that j I should like to say one word i regarding our national disgrace, i there was not half as much truth j in some of the charges as some 1 papers tried to make believe. To 1 my own knowledge there were < many honest votes thrown out as j fraudulent simply because a lot of expert politicians wanted a job for the winter while there was -J? ? ?J A1? 1 uubiiuik cioc uuiii^, auu nxey made their job last as long a 3 they thought the state able to pay their bills. Well I had intended to give an account of another family of Mississippi, who came from South Carolina, but this ''woman in politics" is so fascinating it is difficult to forget her. However, I will give an account of our trip te Mud Creek.* Well that creek sure had the right name for once, its general direction was north like all the larger streams of that locality, though you could not tell that by looking at its winding bed as it curved its way around the large trees of original forest, neither could you observe the flow of the water in many places, but only by noticing on which side of the numerous logs across its channel the drift wood and brush had lodged, could one arrive at a reasonable conclusion, whether it had been running water or only a slough. We left Jonesboro early in the mnminor Our rnnfr/? lnv olmAct 1 due South, we soon passed through the town of Chabyfeate (pronounced Wa-be.feet). The roads were still very muddy, though not so rovgh and hilly as when we went to the mountains, the roads about the town was graded much like streets and the road south as well as many others were improved very well for the convenience of the many 1 farmers children who attended 1 the large cyllege at this place, of 1 which I hope to speak more fully : at another time. We passed many nice little farm nouses | with small farms attached, some \ appearing more like.gardens than 1 farms, they had been settled for > years though. Most of the land > was still in original timber, most} ly oak, but not very heavy like r that on the bottoms. We passed " one place where they had a tree i some fifteen feet high which .. .r _ . . - bore green roses, the body was about 6 inches through and heavy i top, people promised to send me aplant when I should order it. ; ffAfter traveling about six miles < south we left the main road and 1 started down hill towards the < creek, then the timber began to < appear much heavier and more j diversified though about the same i as we have in South Carolina ex- 1 cept no pine, by and by we saw t a lovely farm house in the dense forest which Surrounded us on t all sides as far as the eye could 1 see>- we were soon at the house t which proved to be one of the t most spacious as well as con- ? venient and home-like, of any we 5 had seen, the yard was full of ? various kinds of flowers and ev-, ,t ergreens, the barns were large, 1 new and well filled with corn and other produce, large sheds under ? which rested all the latest patent t farm machinery, something sel- a dom found in this part of the 1 country, there were cattle, hogs, c sheep, whose fleece was almost 2 as white as snow, such a contrast to others we had seen in c that locality, chickens, turkeys, a guinnea fowls and bee hives all t seem to present themselves to I view at once, which made us t think we would like to live here b forever. We naturally asked t where the farm was and were at ii once -directed to look through the a thick trees to a beautiful valley h on Mud Creek, which was only a y i ? - snort distance away, the farm I seemed very small though welO were told there were 60 acres in tl cultivation, besides there were d about ten acres just cleared, b This was the home of Mr. Miles p Bennett, he with his father's ir family left Laurens county, S. rr C. when he was a boy and he is tl now about 60 years of age, they pi were living near John Duncan's c< place in Laurens county, he has is 3everal girls and one boy grown, p< ill are teachers in the public tl schools, some are also music 0( ;eachers, all were away from, si lome when we visited Mr. Ben- p< ct ill her life, but is as bright and si intelligent as though a college di graduate. Mr. Bendett does near- a ly all the work on the farm by tl the aid of his machinery and the al children only work when they are not teaching tl Mr. Bennett's mother lives pi with him, she is rather feeble, m though has fine mental faculties, h Mr. Bennett does not use whis- p key or tobacco. We visited Mr. \ Bill Bennett a younger brother J1 who was only a few miles distant la he has two girls grown, one boy h about 16. There are two other vy brothers who live north of Jones- ^ boro, Ghapman the youngest ., lives only about two miles north of Jonesboro, has a home with is nice surroundings though the tl land is old and not very fertile, ^ there is only one girl of the Bennett family who left Laurens p county and she was quite small e at that time, thongh sne remem- a bers going to school at a church t north of John Duncan's place, t she married Mr. W. P. H. Bailey of whom we may have more to say, her name was Fannie Ben- t nett. f We then crossed Mud Creek e to visit the old home where all v the South Carolina Bennett chil- t dren were raised, and where their father had killed himself. We 8 once more saw a pine forest I though most of the pines were very small, but were very thick on the land, one place they were large enough to make house logs, there was once a grist mill at this place, but water is too flow so they have quit the business and established steam mill at < Chabyfeate, There are many very intei- ; esting things along Mud Creek, . but will close for this time with i ' best wishes to the TimeS and all i i the readers and more especially } the writers. Respectfully W. G. Bailey. Denver, Colorado, April 5, '05. COTTON CONSUMPTION. Atlanta, Ga., April 8.?President Harvie Jordan, of the Southem Cotton Association, has prepared since his return from Texas and other western States, an article regarding the consumption of American cotton in the' markets of the world, showing j 1?^ R - '? ^ * iSsy' BB m r^/rjW v ^P|^B 8' ,-.** -* -air> j ' v.' -Vh*i>,ftrfr-ifi icreage put into cultivation dueling the next 60 days. The United States Department of Agricul-I Biire, through its thousands of B:orrespondents in the cotton belt, fl.vill have prepared a carefully B^hulate^ gfnfomonf is estimated i$cent!y by the Jnited states Census Bureau, imounts to practically 13,600,000J lales. Of this amount 200,000 ire yet to be ginned, and about 160,000 bales are what is known is lintera; or the lint ginned from . he seed at the cotton oil mills. : This amount of cotton is far in ( txcess of any crop previously ' jrown ip the south. The last 1 >umper crop was made in lfl?8 < tnd amounted to 11,270,000 bales. , ?he crop of 1904, therefore, ex- , eeds the crop of 1898 by fully . 1,250,000 bales. The consumption of American 1 otton by the mills of the world t t the present time will amount j o 11,000,000- bales per annum. I f the present rate of consump- cc ion is maintained, we shall still 4 iave nearly 2,500,000 bales from ? he crop of 1904 to carry over j ito the4fall of 1905 and to be j dded to the crop which will be arvested during the present J ear. i t TThe ^diorinous crop of 13,600,- o 00 baler recently reported from c tie Cewps Department is, no J oubt, iiafc|^icallv correct, as the ureau cl^ms to have had re- ? orts frorp-fill the ginners operat- " lg in the Jouth, and the esti- e late or tMfcrop was based upon p lose repeft. If we have a sur- ti lus of 2,?),000 bales and the msumptiqH of American cotton not morq?han 11,500,000 bales ^ ?r annum, it is quite evident tl lat a cror-fcrreater than 9,000,- a )0 bales tlie present year would C) mply p{it tne?producers in a isitron of heaping, surplus and , HlXrA m i-. tl derably below the cost of pro- s? iction. * Even the production of 0 normal crop in 1905, added to e le surplus, would give us another mormally large crop. " We have been able to retard ti le downward tendency in the c rice of cotton for the past two g lonths, because of the persistent oldings of spot cotton and the r romise on the part of the pro- h ucers that the acreage would be irgely decreased in 1905. If, owever, on the 3rd day of June, [hen the bureau report is issued | y the United States government, ne acreage in cotton for 1905 i shown to closely approximate bat of 1904, it will be utterly npossible to maintain present rices for cotton, and the tendncy will be downward the balnce of the year. In the face of ( he census bureau report, and 1 he undisputed fact that a heavy j urplus is to be carried over into , he crop of 1905, it would apperr t oolhardy indeed for the grow- ? rs of cotton to madly rush for- 1 yard and recklessly eugage in j he planting of another large , icreage of cotton during the i >resent spring. 1 There is but one way out of ! he dilemma in which we are now J placed. The task is not a diffi- j ;ult one if every man will do his j iull duty in the premises. That 1 luty is to reduce the cotton ' acreage on every farm planted in ! 1904 by at least 25 per cent for , 1905, and at the same time make ; a corresponding reduction in the use of commercial fertilizers under cotton as compared with the quantity used in 1904. There is absolutely no other way of solving the present problem which confronts the cotton growers of the south, and to meet the emergency as it at pr esent exists. Under the present systematic method of gathering statistics by the United States government it will be utterly impossible for the cotton growers to deceive the public as to the amount of cotton 1 n 11IV/I1 Will he issued on June 3rd, stating -he number of acres of cotton -hat will be planted in the south -his year. If this report shows i general decrease in acreage of j 15 per cent, then the problem of j louthern prosperity during the rear 1905 will be solved. If, lowever, the report indicates but i small decrease, or shows pracically the same acreage as that ?f 1904, no power under heaven's an stop the immediate downward tendency in the price of otton, and financial ruin and isaster will present itself to very line of business and all the rofessions in the south within he next eight months. The I ttention of the entire cotton orid is turned at this time upon he action of the cottsn growers, nd they have now the practical Dntrol of the entire situation. Another important factor is lat we have practically no sys-j Suing it wilu . _ * ? f the demand and putting art normous over-supply on the larket during a short period of ime and allowing the price to be ontrolled almost entirely by peculation. REMINISCENCES OE THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. | history, Sayings and Doings of Company H. 15th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. BY W. H. H. BEVIL. When we broke up from Fredericksburg we started on our Pennsylvania campaign, as well is I remember, about the second lay of June, 1863. We only went 1 short distance the first day only ;o get our army in motion. How strong the army was at that time [ do not know, but we stayed ;hat night on part of the battleleld of Chancellorsville. We went this time left in front. The lext morning Gen. Barksdale's brigade went in front, and as they passed the 15th regiment the band played "Old Nelly Glray." A few moments later the 15th regiment fell into line, and as we passed the Chancellorville house where 52 yankees and 2 confederates were burned up, there was a sign tacked up on a tree which read, "Dr. Bur's description of the dead," but not a man was allowed to break ranks to look into it, and I do not remember how many days it was, but we went on the top of the Blue Ridge mountain near the Shenandoah river, there we stopped, and Lanson Vaughan ana Bill Griffin went off ana got some whiskey and brought it intc our camp, and Nicholas Farr got full and walked up to Col. Desaussure and wanted to know oi him if he was going into Maryland, and if he was, he would gc too. for he had gone one time and was willing to go again, foi "Colonel, I am one of the olc blue hen's chickens. I was borr on Pea Ridge and now I am ei .Blue Ridge." Then he would J rear back and crow like a rooster. The Col. could not help but smile, and said, "Yes, any of my men would follow me anywhere." Now the Col. did not have him arrested, but had the men that brought the whiskey in there !arrested. | There came up a thunder cloud while we were on top of the ! mountain and there was a heavy rain down at the base, but only a light mist where we were, and late that evening we had to cross the river and it was muddy and swollen from the rain. And company H had four pugilists in it but of the light weight, viz: John Smith, John Mott Mcbonds and myself. We had orders to keep our ammunition dry. We pulled off our cartridge boxes, placed them on our bayonets and held them up out of the water. The water was swift and we had to go in groups to get over safely. When we four pugilists struck that water it struck us up under our arms bnf - . ? , ?? v, rvciC ttlrigh, so we kept our heads out of the water. When we got over we stopped in a piece of woods not far from a fence and we had orders not to burn any arils, but * JflfM J Lieut Jonathan Bailey fceing.also full on the booze^]$led big fjEBHfl told all Qf the boys to conrc up and warm and dry their clothes. l?asfcu.- ?wns pi it under' ' * ~ fl the river at the same place aha went to the left on top of a high open hill and stayed there that night with wet clothes on; I thought I would freeze. When the sun rose next morning it felt good. We lay about until late that afternoon and had to recross the river again; three days in succession we crossed at the ? same place. I do not remember che rest of our wanderings. But we crossed the Potomac river at Williamsport, about nine or ten miles from the Pennsylvania line. We went a short distance and stopped in a small body of woods and drew some rations, and I rambled around for a mile or more, came up to a house and the owner had just plowed up his garden and there were some forty or fifty bushels of Irish potatoes lying in a pile, I wanted to buy some, but he said, no, he wouia give me an I wanted, so I filled my haversack and went back and the company had drawn some fresh beef. I had to wait late that night before I could get anything to cook in. I had a fine mess of beef and potatoes, and after we had eaten and laid down to sleep some, the bugle sounded for revellee, that hurt our feelings, but we were not the ones that grumbled. We got up and were ready to start with the balance of the brigade. We went on then to Chambersburg and tore up the railroad track for several miles, and that is a hard job when you have nothing to work with, piled the crossties, put the irons on top and set them on fire. The irons would get hot and you could double them together. While there I went off ' i. - i ii io a nouse, me mnaDitants had vacated it, and there was plenty of the black heart cherries there, and up a tree I went and helped myself. In going away I looked over into the garden and saw some green rows which I thought were shellotts. I got as many as I could well carry, went to the company and told the boys that we would have a good mess, and Richard Worthy said, "Bill, that is garlic," and sure enough it I was, and none of us eat any, but ! , I kept the smell on my clothea II for some time.