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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ....BY THE.... UNION TIMES COMPANY second floor times building bell phone no. 1. L. G. YOUNG, - - Manager Registered :it the Postofflce in Union S. C. as second class mail matter. srBSCUIPTION KATKS: One year - - - - $ 1.00 Six months .... ,f>0 Three months - .25 ADVERTISKMKNTH : One square, first insertion - $1.00 Every subsequent insertion - .50 Contracts for three months or longer will lie made at reduced rates. Locals inserted at 8 1-3 cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of rftonn/1 f IX'511 lut for At 1 in. 1 f rates. ONION, S. C., SKPT. ?, 19C5. TRIBUTE TO WHOM TRIBUTE IS DUE. For the past three weeks, possibly longer, the eity of I'nion and some of her sister eities have Urn rife with speculative gossip,and madam rumor has danced upon her head, hands and heels in grotesque contortions as though suffering from some hideous nightmare. The madam has spun small threads of truth with ropes of untruth so intricately in her wild speculations that the fabric woven from this combination presents a tangled web of uncertainty, as a result of which her devotees arc still puzzling over future (level opments. Characteristic of i?n ungrateful people who are so easily imbued with the spirit and sentiments of the world's cold charities as to forget the l?cnefaetion when misfortune overtakes the benefactor and are more ready to blame for failure than to praise for past success. It has been our purpose and poltempt on the part of any one, be he high or low, rich or poor, to manipulate a tratlic or do anything detrimental to the general interest and welfare of the entire people and for the same reason we endeavor to pay tribute, honor and praise for the performance of what we think has been for the general good of that same people and deserving praise and commendation. Prior to the organization of the I'nion Cotton Mills several unsuccessful attempts were made to get up sufficient stock with which to organize and begin the erection of a cotton mill. This situation was only relieved and an organization perfected when the present president came in with his liberal subsubscription and was elected president and treasurer. For the past eight or ten years this mill has been in successful operation and has paid semi-annual dividends since the second year of its existence. So .............. 1 .-ui ? iiiis* UIIP i |#cl I ij IMJUII, i it has under the same management hililt, equipped and operated fi?r the past tive years one of the handsomest and most substantial cotton mills in the South?the Buffalo? 1 and in addition to this an oil and | grist mill and ice plant at the same 1 place. A railroad was built from 1 I'nion to Buffalo. In this connection we say that for several years unsuccessful efforts had boon made I to build a competing. railroad from some point on the Scalx>ard railroad. The situation in which I'nion has been so long placed by the lack of railroad facilities has been relieved by the building and operating of the I nion and (denn Springs railroad. The railroad was built by the enterprising and energetic president of the Union and Buffalo cotton mills. Now is all this to be forgotten and remain unappreciated by our people? (Do not understand us to mean that all this was accomplished by one unaided by others.) The lands upon which the Union and Buffalo cotton mills and operatives houses now stand were old worn out lands barely lit for a goat pasture, but these lands were sold to the mill company for a good far in excess of what they j cost the original owners, and sine the mills were built the adjoinin lands have been enhanced and com mand good prices. > As to the cotton mill manage inent we copy the following editoi ial from the News and Courier e the 2ttrd inst., all of which we full endorse: "ol'KSTIoSS As TO COTTON MILL MA? AOEVIKNT. The question is sometimes asket Why is it, in view of the splendi prosperity the textile industry 1 tiie South has enjoyed upon tl wliole during the last twenty year that so many mills are not no prosperous, as is indicated by the shares being quoted at tigures belo par value? A number of reasons might 1 given, but perhaps the best ar chief is that the industry is yet i its youth. It should be remcmbe ed that the mills of the South ha' been built and managed, as a rul not by spinners, but by lawyer doctors, bankers and other mt from every calling who have learni the manufacturing business aft their entrance into it. That in tl establishment of the industry ni mcrous mistakes should occur, fc gCther with individual failures, wj to lie expected, and the marvel that these have been comparab few. Numbers of men to whom tl manufacture of cloth was whol unknown have demonstrated a r markablc facility in learnig it, ar though the community of maste spinners in this part of the eounti is still only aliout a quarter of century old, it has contributed the business numbers of men wl rank with the most expert in Amc ica and Europe. If the men wl have been attracted to cotton ma ufacturing had not as a rule posses ed uncommon cleverness and encrj it is likely that the l>eginnings the industry in the South wou have been attended with a mu< larger number of failures than h been the actual case. However, the period has arrivi when those who control the indust should halt and examine, so that there be any radical defects in tl conduct of the mills generally, th may be corrected. For exampl we have heard it suggested fr quently of late that the combinatk advisable. It is held that fiscal ai administrative functions have i necessary connection, and th there is danger of clothing one m; with so much power that the inti ests of the shareholders are 11 properly safeguarded. In disbui ing the funds of a corporation, tl argument is not necessarily con fin< to cotton mills, it is said that tl treasurer and president should two men, and, the signature of bo being required for the cxpenditu of company funds, they would checks upon each other. Undoul cdly the power of a mill preside and treasurer is extraordinary South Carolina. In Massachusetl we are informed, not only arc the oflices not combined, but no lar pecuniary transactions are perinitt by the corporation unless with tl express consent in writing [in t form of a resolution of the director The habit of one mill preside becoming the head of a number manufacturing companies is anotb I thing sometimes criticised. A thi policy that has been unfavoral commented upon is the under caj talization of the new mills, that to say, the building of a half milli< dollar plant upon a quarter of I million dollar capital, the rcmai der being borrowed money. Much is to be said in favor of i these policies as well as again i them. Perhaps there are no inflc j iblc principles that apply. Ea< case is to be judged and ordered 1 its own environment and upon i own merits. We only go so f now as to say that the industry h reached that stage of dcvelopmei to permit careful and eomprehci sive study upon the broadest lin of all that enters into its conduc Twenty-five years hence the mills the South will lie managed hy m< who have heen brought up in tl business, the sons and pupils i those who have securely establish* it in the South, and it is not t< soon to begin to study the under!; ing laws that shall guide it for tl future." It has been the practice of eottc mill presidents and treasurers buy cotton for speculation, buy at as low a price as possible, bi more than their mills need ai then sell at a good advance an profit. The past year, ho wove has not Ihjcii one in which tlx could reali/e, owing to the action < the Southern Cotton Associatior therefore a loss was the natural an necessary consequence. Yc Chrii tian stockholders and directors, i long as money was made by buyin / e | and selling it was all right, but g when the title turned and the little i- bargue returned freighted with losses it was all wrong. Again, the output of the mills have not been r- such ready sales, and taking into >f consideration these fluctuations in y prices of cotton and cloth accounts in a great measure for losses. The losses were not confined to the mills ef the South or the h'orth, but lf some of the mills of England had to d close and the owners actually had a 11 meeting, and were considering the advisability of moving'thoir mills to ^ America, and further these English ir capitalists wore contemplating going w into cotton growing in the United States. Tt was a crisis that entailed ^ great loss to buyers and nianufac[n turers, and today the stock of very r- few mills is at or above par, but on vc the contrary below. It has also been the practice of cotton mill " j companies in electing a president to elect him treasurer also, thus com!.!..!>. 11 a. /i! i>r uining wie nvo oinccrs in one peric son; this we presume was done Ll~ from an economical point of view; but they have in more instances js than one found it to be unwise, and ly changes have and will be made in this respect. ic ?: ly In another column we reproduce e- from the .News and Courier an aecount written by Mr. August Kohn ry. in reference to the recent excitc\ mcnt about the Union and Buffalo to Cotton Mills, which we think is as 10 near correct as can be written at 'r~ this time. Iio _ Columbia has lately developed a gy new enterprise in a get rich quick of scheme. In the short space of one Id week three citizens have been held ^ up by a highway robber on the streets of that city, one a lout 8 cd o'clock at night and the others bery twecn 10 and 11 oclock. The plan if followed by the roblor in each case would seem to identify him as one and the same man in all three cases. e. Mr. Nagle lost a gold watch and ten m dollars, Judge Ernest Gary a gold ^Ll. ~ J - -' U , dollars, and a young man Prince f -1 ..11 11 1 1 1 mi [U) luur uonurs, an nc nan. inese at l)old hold-ups in a city like Columm l>ia calls for greater vigilance on the r" part of police and detective force, ot ====== *- News Prom Jonesville. lie Jonksvillk, September 25.?The .1C weather is all that could be desired, .1? and the short crops are being gathcred in a hurry. I Last Saturday the two ginneries !(' here in town ginned 80 bales of } " cotton and it nearly all went on the " market at 10 cents. Today the Y market is 10 1-8 cents. s'( Mr. James Black is drilling a sc well for the new hotel. The well is now alniut one hundred feet deep and will be drilled several feet .1 more. 11 Mr. J. S. Kendrick has Ixiught Mr. Munro Horn's dwelling on 11. Harris street and will move into it (] soon. Mr. John Johnson has rent101 ed Prof. Ackeinion's new dwelling V and will move to our town. V Mrs. J. L. McWhirtcr started n.~ this morning for San Francisco, 1S Cal., to attend the meeting of the 311 Daughters of the Confederacy. 51 Miss I/ola Asmett, of Pacolet, n" who has been with the Bee Hive, in .. Spartanburg for'some time has taken a position with the J. J. Littlcjohn 1 Co.'s store. ( V Mrs. J. 11. Foster and three chil1 dren, who have been visiting in >y Augusta have returned. s Mrs. J. F. Betsill, of Cross Keys, iU is visiting her mother, Mr. G. B. 'Y Fowler. Many people of our town are sorY ry to hear that the Union Cotton Y Mills arc in financial trouble. . * There is but very little of the stock m owned in this town. >n air t (l ? a v? . vviuicnni! OUpUl UltUU" UJ dent of the yarn mill, has* resigned, l\ and is succeeded by Mr. G. H. H Fairbanks, of Columbus, (Ja. Mr. , >u Johnson has many friends in Jones*" who will regret to see him leave our ie * i our town. Mr. Willie Alman and Ins sister, ,n Miss Kittie, have returned from ^() Westminster, where they have . been working in a knitting mill. Mr. T. A. Littlcjohn hiul a tenant y house burned not long since, which ! id was insured in the Farmer's Mutual 1 ,d of this county and in less than two \ r weeks Mr. Littlejohn received a J ' check for his loss. Our County Mutual is on a solid Inisis and is ' growing stronger every month, l, The Methodist Sunday school ] ,] here, oliserved Work Day for the J s Epworth Orphanage last Saturday, ' and yesterday morning the contri- j butions of the days work were ' B brought in and it amounted to 1 I^Tincst S/jc I Are handsom and more vat ied than eve shown befon SThey are Sho Perfection. || Fashionable it II and excellent i H| these shoes ha ll shoes have ev< ??j Their populari ||s dressed wome I MUTUAL H R*p* thirty dollars. Hca. 1). K. Camak filled his pulpit here last night and his church was filled with attentive hearers, and the preacher gave a fine sermon from the text, "Peace, he still," the words of our Savior to the disciples on the ship during a storm. l hc fourth quarterly conference for the charge will be held here next Monday morning. Telkphone. Notes from Pinckney. September 24th, 1904.?We are having fine weather now for gathering cotton, and the people aro taking advantage of it. Misses Edna Baldwin and Blanche Fowler have closed their schools after two months successful teaching. Miss Bess Long, who is teaching the line Grove School <*>sed here rnday the twenty secqnd. All of the colleges, graded and hign schools will soon open and all of those going to attend or teach in either will soon have to leave their homes. Miss Khcllcr L. Fowler has gone to attend Clifford Seminary. Mr. Essie Inman left last \V ednesdny to resume his studies at I mversify of Virginia. Kcv. Thos Going leaves soon to take charge of his school aljove Spartanburg. Miss Blanche O. Fowler leaves in a few days for Iticliburg where she has oeen elected principol of the Richburg High School. Miss Mae Inman, who has been ifuite unwell for some time is much better. Mr and Mrs. C. E. Bailey visited Mrs. Bailey's sister, Mrs Maggie Moore, at Sharon a few days last week. Mrs. S. O. Inman has returned from Greenville where she has l?ccn visiting her parents for some time. Master Herbert Fowler leaves soon to resume his studies at Cedar Spring. Pfavek. Birds of a Feather. A little story is going the rounds about a local newspaper n a nearby town which published i paragraph stating that a certain business man was in the habit of lugging his lady typewriter, and that if he didn't quit it his name would be published. Before the lext paper appeared, twenty-six lu sin ess men called, paid up heir subscriptions, left orders for twenty-six columns of advertising and told the editor to "pay 10 attention to foolish stories." I Ever SI % \MO(S ^ W ftttME/V e ffisv 1:he: ? equ? ,e and foot. i shape, high grade i in construction. The i tve beaten all records sr equalled them in t ty with several milli n verifies this stateme . DRY GOOC HARRY, - - - MANAGER j builder's H< v ^ Having comp $Hr a ? *? n m a* /\ ? ?j u i a ii ^ C 111 C II ^ Manufacturers % prepared to j ^ lowest prices Nj kjnds of Buikk ware. Estim furnished for ^ ins, Guttering ^ ing and Furns | OETZEL HARD ^erargrgrararararari I New Furnitui ^ U/D Anc i?r?r?i ITT Li KCV] NEW GOODS E> Come and inspect our stock, give you prices on Furniture, interest to get our prices befor< We have a good manj Summer Goods. Call Let us do your Repair Work ar will try and please you in eve have a nice line of Picture* Moi our prices on Picture Frames. We Will Apprecia Burris & | Watch Us Q BPWWMWP?K?? ?r? iown | '// - | ==?? <.' K have no Bg lis in beau- ||j ilegance gj ease for the || n material || reason why ||j 1*> in fit, no || his respect. || ons of well j|| )s co-1 anrl LIi uwai C ? * % leted our Sfc its with $ we are $ (jive you ^ on all ^ t's Hard- ^ ates also $ *t Tin Roof- ^ Plumb- fe tee Work. b -?s WARE CO. | tirar*r*r*r*r*r? re StoreTI EIVINO I ^ i/ERY DAY. I we will be glad to rl It will be to your |J e buying elsewhere. jl r Bargains in 11 and see them. H id Upholstering. We E| ry respect. We also H aiding on hand. 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