The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, September 15, 1905, Image 4
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union, S. c.. SEPT. 15, 1905.
Tin: I'xion Timks fully appreciates
every public t?r private expression
in recognition of the efforts
made through the columns of this
paper to promote the moral welfare
of the community. Feeling that
we do not stand alone in this tight,
we are much encouraged when a
member of the clergy pats us on the
back and says, keep up the tight
along this line and all of the good
people ar.' with you, and we hope
to make more people good or better.
At every place where the investigating
committee have made investigations
of the dispensaries,
graft, stealing and corrupt dealings
have been disclosed by the testimony
of the witnesses.. Senator
Tillman in his speech at Tirzah,
York county, said that in face of
the facts brought out at the investigations
of the dispensaries Governor
I f t licit iviit tlx)
iv uw ii vm iii\
rascals of the state lx>ard of dispensary
directors. (?ov. Hey ward says
he will when furnished with direct
proof.
The board of health with that
active health officer, \\\ I). Harris,
seems to strain at a gnat and swallow
a camel?a great fuss and orders
to stop a small flow of water which
ran from Tiik Timks office pipe to
the rear of .1. (1. Long's store, when
a large pool of green scum-covered,
filthy and very offensive water is
standing and has stood for months
just below the street (Judgment
Street) below what is known as
Palmer's Row. If such a place
will not and does not cause fever
in that locality, then there is no
reason for saying that such things
ever cause fever or sickness of any
kind. There arc other places in
the city needs to be looked after
and cleansed.
MUNICIPAL PRIMARY.
other cities in this and other
States have adopted the plan of
nominating the members of the city
;i i. __ ; i . i! i
council i,y primary elections ana
l>y that means have secured
representative men on Hie city council.
A primary election is open to
any and all who desire the nomination
of mayor or aldermen of
their respective wards. To have a
primary election some months before
the regular election would more
properly express the wishes of the
people in the selection of our city
fathers.
IiOt us have a primary election
under the primary election law,
such as govern our primary elections
for State and county olliecrs.
RAISING HOGS.
All in favor will signify hy saying
"Aye," all opposed, "No." What
*ay you, city council, ahout amending
or repealing the present hog
law and enacting another hog law,
giving the privilege of raising hogs
within the city limits, with certain
restrictions as to distance from residence,
size of Jot, (no pens) number
of hogs in lot? There are some,
so we are informed, who have l>ccn
raising hogs all the time within the
city limits, hut they have done so
without any olYense or annoyance
to neighbors or detriment to the
h alth of the community, therefore
there has Icon no kick against them, I
J *
as they were prepared for it in having
abundant space and pasture.
Let us hear from the city fathers.
PRICE PIXED7
The price of cotton for'the season
having been fixed l?y the cotton association
assembled in Asheville,
N. ('., at a minimum of 11 cents
seems to have raised in the minds
of some a doubt as to the wisdom of
such a step on the part of the delegates
representing the farmers of
the cotton growing states. The
only possible grounds for any fears
of its l>cing unwise is that the farmers
would not stick to this price if
they were offered 10 1-2 or even 10
cents for their cotton. This we
apprehend is the greatest cause for
any fears of weakening the present
strength of the Southern Cotton
Association as it is only by strict
adherence to the measures adopted
that the farmers can hope to succeed
in the undertaking to control the
price of cotton, for the reason that
the speculators are wide awake and
ready to take advantage of the least
rupture or division in the ranks; i
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uiviriWH III* gii'UIA'l Ull' IfilfiUII 1U1' I
the fanners to stand solidly together
and not yield a single point, and
knowing as they do, that the lack
of organization in the past has been
the reason of their failure to be able
to command and control the price
of cotton, now that they are organized
and have by pulling together
in holding their cotton and reducing
the acreage, have marketed their
cotton in mid summer at 10 and
10 1-2 cents, notwithstanding the
fact that there was a thirteen and a
half million baleVrop in sight. Now
we make the hold assertion to the
farmers of the cotton growing states
that if they by the organization of
the Southern Cotton Association
were able to market their cotton at
10 and 10 1-2 cents there is now no
question or doubt with the present
praspect of a 1) and a half or 10
million hale crop of 100o and 1(.)0<?,
they will be able to market the crop
at from 11 to 12 cents and possibly
more, not less, and we say without
fear of contradiction that this can
be done only by standing solidly
together not yielding a point, the
idea being to take no less and as
much more as you can get.
A CALL TO COTTON GROWERS
All County Associations Asked
to Meet on the 15th Inst.
Columbia, September 11.?President
E. D. Smith, of tho Cotton
Growers' Association, has given
this card to the press for publication
:
In order to get thoroughly informed
as to the spirit of the people
of South Carolina in reference to
the actual Southern Cotton Association
I call upon every county association
to meet on next Monday,
the INth instant, for the purpose of
getting an expression of opinion
from the members of every association
in their county.
r irsi ns u> me ratiiieation ot the
action of the convention as to the
minimum price.
Second, devise means of mutual
assistance in carrying out the aim
and purposes of the Southern Cotton
Association.
The one prime necessity now is
that the Southern Cotton Association
has fixed its minimum price at
Asheville, N. C.
The undoubted small crop, the
financial condition of the South and
ahove all the possibility of the
Southern cotton grower being able
to dictate his own price, is a prize
worth striving for, because it means
personal independence, manhood
and wealth. Therefore, at this
crisis, 1 beg every county association
to meet as alx>ve indicated and
see that a report be made., both as
to the spirit attending these meetings
and the opinion of those attending
as to the price of cotton. As to
the outlook of yield and what
means, if any, liave been brought
upon the fanners to withhold the
cotton from the market until our
minimum of 11 cents is obtained.
These reports to la; forwarded to
the central olliee.
It matters not now whether it
was wise or unwise to set the minimum
indicated. There is but one
thing loft to do and we can do it,
and that is to stand by the Convention
at Asheville and demand 11
cents. It is useless for me to call
attention to the fact ahat with the
11,(XX),000 bale crop, by our loyalty,
determination and manhood we will
win it.
Various things will he brought to
bear that arc being brought to War Z
now, and the light for the next I
thirty days, perhaps longer, will W
the bitterest ever waged in the
South. If, however, the bankers,
merchants, in fact, all parties concerned
in Southern welfare, which
means in the Southern cotton crop,
will see that the weak are assisted I 1
by the strong, we will win this tight
as we won the other, and he rewarded
by a much higher price
than 11 cents for our work.
This letter is dictated hurriedly
on my way through Columbia to
MAO* *1?? -I t>
most all of it was bought by Mr.
McWhirter for ten cents the pound.
The market opened again this morn- j
ing at ten cents but soon went off
an eighth. If the farmers hold out j
lirm for ten cents they will get it, j
but if they keep on selling, the price
will be sure to go down just as long j
as they will stand it.
Our town is more healthy this '
year than usual. We have a better j
system of policing than we have
previously had, which no doubt accounts
for it.
Mrs. Jx>u Phipps, of Durham, '
X. C., is visiting her daughter Mrs. is
A. L. Bat sett. c
Capt. AU?ert L. Bassett made a ii
trip to Flat Hock, N. C., last Satur- '
day. t
Miss Lou May Littlejohn, of T
GaJJney, is visiting her sister Mrs. n
C. H. Foster. . a
Mr. Joe A. Lancaster is teaching h
singing school at New Hope and s
Gilead churches. s
Walter llames IUissel Littlejohn, , d
James Littlejohn, James Alman, j t
Paul Free and Albert McWhirter . *
all went to Clcmson last week to I
enter college. Laurence Southard twent
biter. I'nv WlntbwL- will ir.i t
- -*v?; " ^ " 141 b" j
to Furnian. Some of our girls will ! e
go off to college in the near future. (1
Mr. Thos. H. (lore is in New p
York attending the equitable insur- , J
ancc annual meeting. , e
Capt. R. W. Scott has returned . 1
from his trip to North Carolina.
Mr. Sams, of Gaffney, has taken t
a position in the ofliee of the Jones- *
villo Mfg. Co. d
The Gault Bros. are putting up a 1
steam mill and improved ginnery *
at Lockhart Junction. The oil mill n
has taken the engine and boiler I
they have been using for ginning, 1
grinding and sawing for several years
and have put in a new and \
larger engine and are bringing
steam from the oil mill boiler to r
run the gins. They convey the
steam alniut 100 feet. ?
If all signs are true wedding bells F
will ring in Joncsvillc before many 51
more full moons. 11
According to the caty dids we arc i
to have early frost this fall, and 11
then if there is no slip up in the r
weather, will have three snows this 8
winter. Well, we will see what we c
will see al>out all these predictions. r
i? r? w ? i t i
ivcv. if. w. v amax ana a. A. 1
.James filled their respective pulpits 1
here yesterday morning and even- 1
ing. Telephone. |
Who are the Quocks? ?
This question has l>een pu/./.ling *
me for some time. In the first y
place what does quack mean? "A 51
boaster; one who pretends to skill '
he does not possess; falsely pretending
to cure disease." It seems to -w
l>e a term of reproach applied hy '
regular physicians, to all who practice
the healing art without a
diploma from an alopathic college. a
also a certificate from a state medieal
board. When we refer to the y
medicine in the primitive ages, we
find little else than a collection of
absurd superstitions. Aesculapius k
xaivvv uiu 5IUHVI0 ui i;i iiut tio"
villc.
When 1 have leisure, which 1
hope to have in a few days, I shall
give to the public the work that
was done and proposed to he done
at Abbeville.
Let all the counties meet as 1
have asked above and send to this
office a repen t of the spirit of the
people as to the prospects of their
holding their cotton, and the means
they propo.se to put into operation
to reach the end desired. Alrea dy ;
telegrams and letters from the West |
indicate that they are hauling their I
cotton back home and storing it
away and waiting for 11 cents.
E. I). Smith.
In obedience to above call, ( apt.
F. M. Farr, president of the Union
county cotton association, asks
through The Times that a full meeting
of the farmers of this county be
had on Monday, the 18th inst. He
considers it highly important that'
every one who is interested in the '
price of cotton to be present on this
occasion. Don't fail to be on hand
next Monday morning.*
Jonesville Jottings.
September 11.?The weather is
good for gathering in the crops.
The cotton is opening very fast and ,
it is very sorry; in some places it
is reported to be half open. The J
J. L. McWhirtcr ginnery ginned ;?:>
bales of cotton last Saturday and 1
fwmmmwmm
Are
You'rt
Shoe
Every t
or $6.0C
does noi
entitles
jS| get a p?
1 0ur
||j All that
|S titic cot
?|1 ish, ar
i| faultles
il features
J Mutut
4 the first person 011 record who
ollected all then known remedies
11 use, herbs and plants.
He became so eminent as a healer
bat Pluto, the king of hell, com lained
to Jupiter, that his reveiues
were very much diminished,
nd his subjects by means of Aescuipius;
and at length, by bis peruasion
Jupiter killed him with a
troke of thunder. A temple was
ledieatcd to him on an island in
be Tiber, where be was worshipped
mder the form of a great serpent.
have neither time nor space to
five a complete history of this great
irst doctor. But those of my readrs
who are curious to know more
>f the life of this great doctor, and
lis family, I refer them to Heathen
lT. mi 1 1
11,1111111"^. niusi; who nave a
opy of "Fookc's Pantheon," will
ind it interesting reading. I must
lasten on to Hippocrates, perhaps
he most noted physician of ancient
imes. "He affected a most wonlerful
revolution in the practice of
nedicine. His authority continued
o he regarded more than twothousndyears
with implicit veneration."
now pass to the present era. In
he second century a native of Asia
dinor named Galen obtained a pop darity
which surpassed others.
'He diverged from the beaten path,
ejected the popular system, and seated
what he deemed best from
thcr sects. His eclectic or reform f
trinciples brought upon him such 3
huso and persecution from the pop- 1
lar physicians that he left Rome, t
'he emperor had such a high opin- t
on of his medical skill that he soon r
ecallod him and placed two of his 1
ons under his charge, who recover- t
id, contrary to the opinion of the j
cgular doctors." This rendered >
bin so eminent that opposition was (
hence for ward [unavailing. His \
>ractice was the vegetable, though ]
io practiced blood letting. For i
ourteen centuries his system re- c
nained in the ascendant. 1
This brings us near the 10th cen- 1
ury and 110 account of the Quacks ^
et. 1 think 1 am close after them a
nd will l>c able to answer the query s
caning this article in my next. t
Sedalia, S. C. ( . B. Bono. a
o the Planters of the South! <c;
11 rests with you to decide the prlfce I
t which the present crop of cotton i
[?tton is to be sold. You have shown s
our ability to combat the com- t
ined influence of the largest crop of v
>tton ever raised and the united aticks
of bearish speculations in all the g
You Sii
i Getting 1
Money's Wo
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ime a man spends
I fni* o noiV nf Qfi/
f IV7I U pUll V/l
t get all that his n
him to, if he dot
lir of
Hanan Sh<
: hardy leathers,
istruction, flawles
istocratic fashion
s fit can make, are
5 of the Hanan She
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| OETZEL HAV
m&'*r?r?rarar&rar,
uturc markets of the world. If; i
roil can get ten cents for a crop of ;c
learly 14,000,000 bales you ccr-'j
ainly can get the worth of the crop j
hat is many million bales less.
The crop of last year will have
noved to market by today, Hep-' |
ember 11, with the exception of
i few thousand hales. There is no
rast unmarketed surplus from tho|(
>ld crop to pound down the prices j
vhich you will* get for the yield of. (
OOo-OG. hast year's crop, accord-1
ng to the returns of spinners to the J icnsus
bureau, was 13,6914,000
>ales. More than 13,600,000 bales j
lave already been sold by you. ^
kVith the hulls engaged ahead for
iix months to ten months, and in ?
onie eases a year, their surplus is'
oo scanty to permit curtailment tol
i. rni * ' -? ' '
u.v uam'iiu i ney must mi their |
ontracts, and tlio only way they ^
an till their contracts is hy buying
he raw material from you. Don't
?o disturbed hy raid in the futuro
narkets. Paper contracts can he ^
old to an unlimited extent, but r
hey cannot lie filled unless you arc
rilling to part with your holdings.
Present crop prospects and the
;reat short interest among the spin
??+mrn>.
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irc 1
four I
irthp I
$5.?? H
)es he ||S
noney gig
-s not ||g
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scien- s|r
s fin= If
and PI
a few ||
mLaawjl
SPJO'J&J&JSfJ&JffJ&'Ek
Hardware
s
npleted our ^
ents with ^
ers, we are $
> give you
es on all ^
Ider's Hard= $
mates also ^
r Tin Roof= ^ y
ng, Plumb= ^
nace Work.
IDWARE CO. |
lers of the world do not wa.rant
:heap cotton, and if you stand firm
rou will be able to get a fair and
profitable reward for your toil.
DA.NIKL J. Sl LLY.
)on,t Gin Cotton too Damf^
Quito a number of bales of new
otton were ginned and sold in
lartsville on Tuesday and Wcdneslay.
The quality, however of this
reek's receipts, has been poor, ow
ng to the dampness of the seed
otton. We would advise our
riends to pack down their seed coton
for a day or two and allow it to
;ct warm, then stir and scatter it
horoughly. If treated this way it
vill dry more quickly, make a
nuch better sample at the gin and
>ring more money.?Hartsvillo
dessenger.
This applies to Union County and
very other place where cotton is ~
Town, ginned and packed. There f
h alwolutcly nothing gained, but
nany times a loss by giving cotton
idicn it is wet.
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