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UNION, 8. C., MAY 5, 1905.
Bachelor street is the most fortunate
and unfortunate street in the
city, in that it is always in need of
some work to Ih> done on it, and
always is having some work done
on it. Will it ever l)e finished according
to tastes and needs?
RAfLROADWftECnS.
The frequency of railroad wrecks
caused by collisions and imperfect
bridges, trestles, rail and road bed
structure is most alarming to the
travelling public. The accident
which occurred at Greenville last
Saturday morning at 7.55 o'clock
from all accounts was due to carelessness
on the part of the railroad
authorities. Which of them is the
most to blame wo arc unable to
say, but that bad management was
due to the unfulfilled duty of some
one is very evident as we ean sec
no possible excuse for tin* happening.
The special train that carried
the Ogden party of educators from
Columbia via Union and Spartanburg
to Greenville was h~> minutes
behind the schedule time of its arrival
at Greenville, but this special
train bad Wen given the right of
way and the track should have l>ecn
clear. The fact that the freight
train due to leave Greenville almost
at the very hour the Ogden train
was to arrive in Greenville showed
a lack of information that the conductor
and engineer of the freight
train should have Wen in possession
of to avoid a collision. It was fortunate
that the freight train had
not gone far before meeting the
Ogden special, otherwise the loss
of life would have been terrible.
As it was, there were four lives
sacrificed. The law should l>e more
rigid ami those officers of the railroad
company whose duty it is to
iav ' f vaiv/ vi <11110 .-viirmin u .11111 tlillll
crew informed should be held criminally
liable for every accident.
CIVIC MUNICIPAL
IMPROVEMENTS.
"A tiling of lieauty is a joy for"
ever," and when combined with
utility and permanence is all the
more desirable, enjoyable and satisfactory.
The vast expenditures in
improvements and Iietterments
should not only l>e directed to simply
l>etter conditions, but also with
a view to lieautifying. It is perhaps
not so easy to make things
look pretty and at the same time
useful and substantial, but such
has and can Ik- done if proper
thought, judgment and artistic taste
be exercised, to some it would Is?
jus as easy,while to others it would
l>e difficult and possibly lieyond
t'.cir ability. In landscape gardening
it is wholly essential that the
gardener have taste and proper
training. With some art is more natural,
l>cing a talent and it is only
those who have a natural talent
should undertake such work.
Mrs. Kufus Fant, of Anderson, S.
C., President of the Civic Association
of that city says, in her article
on Civic Improvement in South
Carolina, published in the April
mimlxir of "The Southern Home."
"The great tidal wave of civic l>ctterinent
that has !>cen sweeping
over this vast county of ours is
causing thoughtful men and women (
to stop and study nature. All great |
artists go to her to learu her secrets, i
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knowing it is her hand that paints
the most perfect pictures. Give me
l>eauty. One's surroundings arc a a
strong factor in character building,
and the lives of men arc influenced
by the atmosphere in which they
live. "The masses throng the
streets and public places, and if
they find refreshing spots of green
tropical plazas with luxuriant foliage,
l>eautiful flowers with brilliant
color, it will create within them a
love for the aesthetic." The city
of Anderson is not only Wing l>cau"
titled and relieved of unsightly l>arrenness
directed by the artistic
mind and hand of Mrs. Font, but
the city authorities are lending their
aid in permanent and l>enutiful
work on the streets and squares.
Many of the cities of the north
are engaged in the same work. We
venture the assertion that no city
or town has greater need of being
beautified and the same time more
artistic talent and executive ability
in carrying the work of civic im*
provcincnt than Union if we could
only get the people, once around to
the necessity, and no town is more
susceptible of civic betterment than
Union. No place can l>oastof more
beautiful flowers or luxuriant
growth of foliage, no soil l>eing letter
adapted than Union. Women's
clu bs take hold and make Union
beautiful too.
To Owners of Spot Cotton.
TO THE KARMKMS.
Vietory is yours! Owing to the
marvelous ability you have shown
to the world in your determination
to hold your cotton, you have
awakened all the civilized nations
to the enormity of the great possibilities
of yourself and of the South.
You are masters of the situation,
and upon you devolves, now that
you have won your vietory, that
you should reap the results and
profits from that wonderful success,
which has astounded the civilized
world until every day they arc
echoing and applauding you in
your great work. You astonished
the world when you told them that
you would hold your cotton. They
applaude you now when they realize
that you have done what you said
you would. When you stated to
the world that you would also reduce
your acreage and your fertil
lzers they looked on and wondered
if you would do it. Now that you
have done what you said you would
do, and there is sufficient evidence
to convince any mortal man that
you have mndo the reduction which
you promised you would, they are
still more in wonder at your great
wisdom and strength. Therefore,
now that victory is yours and the
whole civilized world is standing
and uttering their praise of you, it
behooves you to stand firm, reap
the full l>enefits of this great and
good victory, and secure the profits
to yourself and to your Southern
brethren.
You should not sell anothor hale
of your cotton for GO days.
Realize this,?that the balance of
the cotton which you may hold will
regulate the price not only of the
balance of this crop, but also regulate
the price of next year's crop
which you have worked so wonderfully
to circumscribe, for by forcing
what you now have upon the market
it will depreciate the price of not
only every bale that you bring in,
but every bale that you have left
on your plantations ami in your
storehouses, and also depreciate
every bale that you have in the
ground and which you have worked
Kit tlfiril nrt/l iiiiliiatri/iiKilu "
. .? . X. ..MIVI.7U ivrunjj w put
there.
Therefore, hold your cotton.
Stand firm. Do not sell another
hale for (>0 days. In that time I
can assure you there are plans
being perfected that will be of great
liencfit to you.
Keet assured of this?you arc
surely the Masters. lie the Masters
now, and forever be the Masters.
Yours truly,
Daniel J. Sully.
New York.
April *24, 190o.
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to cotton producers:
The cotton acreage and use of
commercial fertilizers under cotton
for 1905 has lieen materially reduced
under that of DK)4. The
farmers throughout the entire cotton
ls'lt have made their pledges
good and production will l>c restricted
so that the surplus of 1904
can go into the crop of 190.r> and
both lie sold at good prices to meet
the demands of consumption for
But the surplus of 1904
must be held by the farmers, liecause
if sold, it will lie used next
fall to depress the price of the new
crop. Cotton is now being sold too
freely. With victory already in our
grasp it is folly to weaken our pres-!
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ent strong position by throwing all
the cotton that has t>een so tenaciously
held, upon a depressed ,
market. You can't get rid of the '
surplus by selling it, but you permit
your enemies to strongly fortify
their positions for tho future. The
mills have sold their goods ahead
until 1907. The crop to t>e grown
in 1905 1ms already been sold by
both exporters and spinners. You
have not been consulted, but you
arc the owners of the cotton. Plans
are maturing to assist you in holding
the cotton you now have until
fairer prices are offered. Make the
splendid fight which you have made
since December 3rd, 1904, one of
the greatest victories of modern
times, by al>solutely tying up the
present snot market and lmldincr
the surplus of 1904 in your own
possession. Do not weaken under
present bear pressure, but stand
steadfast and true to yourselves,
your families and your country.
You have reduced the cotton acreage
and use of guano for 1905, nonhold
your cotton.
Yours truly,
Harvik Jordan,
Atlanta, Ga.
April 24th, 1905.
Doings About Jonesville.
Jonesville, May 1.?The showers
last week were light in these parts
but they wore fine for keeping the
ground in good working order and
in bringing up the cotton seed.
Most of the cotton erop is in the
ground and whether or not the
acreage has l>een redueed the die is
cast as to the amount planted and
it rests with a higher power whether
the blessing will come and a large
or small crop will be made. Perhaps
it would l>e l>etter for a light
erop than for another thirteen million
bales, but I guess most fanners
would prefer the bales. The bulk
of the corn crop is yet to l>e planted.
Farmers don't plant much corn iri
April, they prefer early or March
planting and then late planting in
May.
Last Thursday night Mr. J. E.
Mabrey and Miss ChathieO'Shields,
l)oth of Jonesville, were married,
Rev. G. T. Felmet officiating. This
morning at the office of J. W. Bates,
magistrate, Mr. Moss and Miss
Garner of Aetna mills were married.
Uncle Jesse J. Mabrey is in
Jonesville today and is the guest rif
Mr. G. B. Fowler for dinner. Uncle
Jess is way up in eighty, but he
still gets about quite lively for one
most four score and ten.
fijist Monday Mr. J. J. Littlcjohn .
returned from fionham, Texas, accompanied
by his sister Mrs. Jas. y
8. Crawford and her six children.
Mra P.nimf/inl !j ? " ?
ATA.M* IO IIUVIII^ ?l I I III: UUl" *'
tagc built in Joncsville where she v
will make her future home. About
eighteen yearn ago she and Mr. v
Crawford were married and they F
went soon thereafter to Texas where
they settled down for life and where
they did well and had accumulated 5
considerable property, but Mr.
Crawford died bust fall with cancer
and Mrs. Crawford preferred to re- a
turn to her native town, country s
and loved ones for the rest of her 1
life.
Last Saturday Mrs. It. M. Lee, ii
superintendant of the ladies mis- 11
1 sionary union of the Baptist de- c
nomination of Union county visited 1
Jonesville by appointment and made i
an address at the Baptist church in <3
the interest of the cause of missions C
within the Ixmnds of her territory, a
Mrs. Txje, whose maiden name was c
Bishop, is a very intelligent woman i
[ who is well posted in her work of (
love and talks very interestingly (
upon most any subject. a
The oil mill here resumed work t
again today. They get in more i
seed in the spring. After the farm- 1
ers plant their crops they generally a
bring in what seed they have left <.
and sell to the oil mill, which en- <
ables them to run a few days more, i
Messrs. Boyd L. Hames of Gaff- 1
ney and L. J. flames of Union a
spent Sunday in our town with t
their mother. i
Mr. R. \V. Hamilton Dasscd t
through Joncsvillc last Saturday on (
his way from his plantation on 1
Paeolct River to Union and in his t
l>uggy i>t; i>?<i new Irish potatoes, e
green peas, onions, eggs and other t
table sass which was quite tempting 1
to look upon. Mr. Hamilton is a t
good farmer as well as a good gard- t
cner and as for milk, butter ami r
line chickens lie has the lnjst. f
The John Hamcs Chapter I)augh- f
tcrs of the Confederacy will with i
the assistance of the community 1
have memorial service at our village i
cemetery at Uilead church on the e
l()th inst., and will decorate, the c
soldiers graves as usual. The com- (
mnnifv iu *' A. A ? r
...u.nvj id uiTitcu ui turn out cn I
mass and take, part in this tribute ]
of love for the noble and patriotic 1
dead. 1
Mrs. C. H. Foster went over to j
(iaffney Saturday to visit her t
parents.
Mr. Charles It. Ixmg has l>een s
seriously ill but he is much better. 1
Mr. F. P. O'Shiclds attended the 1
Sunday School couvcntion at Union t
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Mr. J. F. Alman has just returned
rom a trip down in South (leorgia
dierc he has been looking at timered
lands in that section with a
iew of operating a large lumber
>lant in company with others.
Telephone.
>ci moutuc i#v w. n. rosier.
For wisdom in l>etter than rubies,
nd all the things that may l?e deircd
are not to be compared to it.
'roverbs 8th. chap, and 11th verse.
The study of God's eternal truth
3 the only thing that can make
ucn wise unto salvation. Hence
very person should study to show
limself approved, a workman that
iccdcth not to be ashamed, rightly
lividing the word of truth, for
lod's word is spirit and it is truth
,nd the very embodiment of wis*
lom. Not the wisdom of the world
lor the princes of this world which
ionic to naught, but the wisdom of
jod is a mystery, even the hidden
visdom which God ordained before
he world unto our glory, which
lone of the princes of this world
cnew, for had they known it they
vould not have crucified the Ix>rd
>f glory. The preaching of the
iross of Christ to them that perish
s foolishness, but to them that bcicve,
it is Christ the power and the
visdom of God: Wisdom that lightins
man's pathway to fields of livng
green and beside the still waters,
ind to the hill of the Ix>rd, whence
iometh all our help: Wisdom that
ights up the dark places of the
larth, that makes the desert blossom
liko the rose, that makes the
lay star dawn and arise in men's
icarts, and leads them in the way
ivcrlasting: Wisdom that causes
he blind to see, the deaf to hear,
ind the lame and the halt to leap
oF joy, then the mountains break
orth into singing l>efore them and
ill the trees of the field clap their
mnds. By nature there art; none
jood, for like sheep all have gone
istray. The humble, penitent and
:ontrite hearts arc those with which
?od loves to dwell. He exalts the
luinble and abases the proud, for
>ride goeth licfore destruction and a
mughty spirit before a fall. A
>igh look, a proud heart and the
dowing of the wicked in sin. One
ruth all the wicked should know.
'So then faith comcth by hearing,
md hearing by the word of God."
incline your car and come unto me,
lear and your soul shall live. Thus
he way is made so plain, thai way.
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R. P. HARRY, Manager."
SSSfljKalfc^
faring mon, though fools shall not
err tlierein. Except ye repent yc
shall all likewise perish. Marvel
not that I said unto you. yc must >X]
he born again. Sinners, fear not ^
him who is able to destroy the body (i
but hath no further power, but fear c
Him who is able to cast both body
and soul into hell. Yea, I say un- ^
to you fear ye Him, for unto man
IHe said, behold the fear of tho
Ix>rd that is wisdom, and to depart
from evil is understanding. Re- o
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iruiu vtniAj v.?uu una nc will return I ^
unto yout draw nigh to God, and
He will draw nigh to you, and He
will in no wise cast out any that
come unto Him. It is a fearful
thing to fall into the hands of the e
living God, for our God is a consuming
tire. In the day that thou 1
seckest me with thy whole heart I ?
will be found of thee, for it is with 1
the heart man believcth unto Bal- vation.
Set your affections on
things above, and not of the things ,
of the world. And don't forget to
seek the I/ml while he may be
found, and to call upon Him while
he may be found, and to call upon
Him while is near, for ho alone can
make the crooked straight and the
rough places plain.
Man's wisdom soon passes away,
Like himself it cannot long stay;
The best that mortals here can do
1 Is trust in God their journey though.
No other sourch can save from
grief,,
No other power give relief;
Alone He seta the captive free,
| To dwell with Him eternally.
Hasten now sinners to be wise,
i Faith in Jesus now exercise;
For faith alone can make you whole
Renew your heart and save your soul.
Then sing His praise while you
have breath,
He'll comfort you in struggling
death;
When through deep waters you
must go.
Rivcrfl of woe will not o'crflow. 4
Card ot Thanks.
Editor Timbh?Please allow me
space in your paper in behalf of myself
and family, to extend heartfelt
thanks to our many dear friends, who
, in so many ways manifested their
kindness and sympathy to us during
the recent illness and death of our
dear father. None could have been e
more kind and sympathetic than were |
they. Words fail to express how much
they have endeared themselves to us,
whose love and kindness shall neve"
be forgotten. ,
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Dwelling Houses Scarce.
There is not an unoccupied dwellag
house in the city limits or suburbs.
There arc a number of vaant
lots upon which nice cottages
ould be built. Why don't you
eal estate brokers build some
louses? We know of three families
rho want a house. People arc
ompelled to double up, two farali?s
in one house, this is no living
t all. Build some houses if you
rant people to move to the city.
Teachers Examination.
The regular examination for teachrs
certificates of qualifications will
e held at Union, 8. C., Friday, May i
9th, 1906. County Supt. Education
ffice for white and court house for
olored applicants. 1). B. Fant.
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