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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 On- Postoftice in Union S. C. as second class mail matter. aenscuu'Ttox k.uksOne vear .... $1.00 Six months - - - .501 Throe months - - .25 J AttVKISTISKMKNIS : One square, lirst insertion - #1.00 Kvery subsequent insertion - .?0 Contracts for tlireemonths or longer will be made at reduced rates. Locals inserted at 8 1-3 cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. ONION, S. C., OCTOBER 13. 1905. THE AUTOMOBILE. It is the startling ami alarming histon of the automobile since it was first invented, that it is an infernal machine, better calculated to cause death and disaster, frighten animals and afford loss pleasure, comfort and convenience and facilitate travel than any other thing ever designed for the purpose of travel in' r-n\iil tivinsit It w!i?j orinrinnllv built for tin* rich fad fanciers who had no use for his money, (Mr. Hyde of the Equitable for instance, 1 and has never ceased to he a nuisance in a community of sober, well balanced minded people. There is absolutely no beauty in any one of these machines that has ever been built. These machines are b.'tter suited to travel through the streets of some large city where the horses are accustomed to meeting fright fid objects, hut no where else. The motor bicycle is almost as bad 8} far as frightening animals is concerned. The introduction of an automobile heralds the coming to pass of more serious accidents by moving objects than any other one cause can he credited with. The automobile is not in our way, but for the safety of the community great precautions should he observed. UNJUST CRITICISM. I.ike tin; asssassin with ever ready dagger the Ureenville News and one or two other newspapers would stab with unauthentic statements in ... i i i* ii i. i mini coiumus aim iuiliht inuillge in unjust and unwarrantable editorial comment and criticism upon the troubles of the Cnion and Jluffalo Cotton Mills, so far as their power of exaggeration could go to cripple these industries. With double deck, horse heads, headlines, ilaming. Haunting, sensational announcements such as the "Duncan mills Hooded with debts," "live millions is the approximate loss," "Mr. Duncan plunging," all of which was without foundation, in fact; but these papers seem to catch at every Heating rumor, magnify and enlarge upon to such an extent as to mislead as to the; true em d tion <>f affairs. With seeming ecstacy of joy were these statements and editorials penned, no attempt being made to conceal the real pleasure it gave the writer. The tirecnville News took Col. Duncan to task when he reduced the work hours of * 1 I 1 i* ? ? ? " 1 ' mi: nun iroiu 11 10 n> and m the same spirit of censure this paper calls the Union and buffalo mills the Duncan Mills and heaps upon tlie president all of the uneecessary eensure that could he crowded in the same space. There are no < Jreenville stockholders in either of these mills, nolnnly in Greenville has suffered, therefore, the News need not get frantic over the situation here. The Greenville News was the first and only paper to discourage and attempt to throw a damper upon the Southern C'ottov Association, and advise the farmers to sell to the Greenville mills all of their cotton at the prices fixed hy a mill combination. The same spirit seems to prevail with this paper to give the gloomiest and most damaging account of the Union and buffalo milk and from the manner of . m speaking of the former president of these mills, it is evident that tin opportunity allorded by the troubl* was gladly seized to say something detrimental of the president. It is always advisable first to get the true and authentie facts before giving out anything to the public. At this day and time truth travels verj slowly, and is as sadly unappreciated as a prosy recital; .therefon sane newspapers eater to the vitiated taste of the common rabble rather than to the better class of readers. UNWELCOME IMMIGRANTS. Insufficient ami inefficient attention lias hitherto been given by the proper authorities to foreign immigration to our land of liberty, free speech and easy living. We have in our feeble way sounded a note of warning upon the question of immigrants from foreign lands. Most notably has the influx of the unwelcome and undesirable class of immigrants increased during the war between Russia and Japan. Smart enough was this class to take advantage of the disturbance in the Ivast when there was less vigilance on the part of all nations as to the departures and arrivals of citizens. Not only did this class take advantage of this opportunity offered by the war, but also caught on to graft being practiced by the officers who were entrusted with the duty of enforcing the law with reference to immigrants to the I'nited States, the deals marie in naturalization papers, for a few dollars any foreigner could get in, by which means those who by our laws are excluded from our shores have doubled any other class. Mr. Brandenhcrg of New York says: In this brief article I wish particularly to summarize some known 11?mas. /J J V,' vw IH wr?-w w< 1 j> of my recent investigations. With hut twelve million foreign-born out of eighty million i>eoplo in the I'nited States, in round numbers, more than half of the objects of charity are aliens by birth. At present immigration is responsible for seventy-four per cent in the increase in population, and ninetylive per cent of the beggars rounded up on the streets in Philadelphia were found to he aliens. Nothing more need be said to command the alert attention of honest charity. Last winter when the steerage rate war was on, the greatest masses of scrap material for nation building reached this country that were ever loaded upon a good-natured government. Hut they, as a first effect, were as nothing to the greater effect of that rate war, and Roosevclt's election, combined with the llusso-.Japanese struggle. A mighty impetus was given to a hotly of millions of immigrants who have not as yet begun to arrive. For years they have been intending to come to America, hut the rate war, Roosevelt's election and the troubles in Russia have precipitated them, and they would he swelling the tide this very minute if the rise in rates ar.d the absolute refusal of subagents to sell tickets to less desirable persons until the annual rush of Italians is over, had not temporarily checked them. By the same, process of calculation based on information from foreign cc rrespondents, which allowed me to predict last fall that this year's immigration would run to a million, a statement generally ridiculed at the time 1 ut verified since, I am convinced that there is going to be a heavy f:d 1 rosli Itf tlw. . ?-. .. VIIV J/t Mr, Vyf?v 11111111(^1 illim we linvc ever received, with a sustaining of the winter trailie and another big year in HKHi if industrial prosperity in tie; I'nited States continues. First I should state what I mean hy a "good" or "poor" immigrant. An immigrant is more or less good according to his or her ability and willingness to earn his or her own living, now or in the future, and oliey the laws. That covers the whole case. That shuts out the criminal, diseased, physically and mentally deficient, immoral and j politically undesirable classes. Every |x>or immigrant is sooner or later, directly or indirectly, certain to become a charge upon society. While two-thirds of our national material resources remain undeveloped there should lie no thought of shutting out good immigrants who are willing to assist in the development of them. T??m Jonesville Jottings. Jonesvillo, October 9.?The cool lays arc quite pleasant and makes ' one.feel like frost was near by. The Jonesville hotel will l>c opened . : Tor business about the 15th inst. I The Misses Crenshaw who will have charge of it are. well up in the busi- j uess of keeping l>oarding houses and hotels and will make tlie Jonesville ! uotel a first class house for their guests. The cotton market was quite lively the lirst part of last week while the price was ten cents but when it dropped below ten cents the selling was in a measure cut. short. I made a drive of nine miles through the country today and I was surprised to see so much open cotton in the fields. Some fields had never been picked and in most farms the cotton was letter than 1 expected to see it and much of the corn was fine and the pea vine crop | was never l)etter. After all the nitiincr i \ f filwirt s?rrtiio prospective hard times it is very evident to an impartial and hopeful observer that there is a living in the land and no eause for complaint. Mr. T. M. Littlejohn has lx>ught a building lot on Paeolet street which he will improve soon. Mrs. J. E. Mabrcy has also bought a lot on Paeolet street from her brother Mr. F. P. O'Shields upon which she will build a dwelling. Mr. J. W. Scott has opened a grocery store on Main street at Mrs. Cornelia Fowler's old stand and his son Robert has moved to town-and is managing the store for his father. Mr. J. \V. Gallman has sold his stock of goods to Messrs. J. T. Alman, Jr., and Hosea Webber who conduct the business at the same stand. Mr. Gallman with Mr. Lybrand will continue their meat market at the same stand. Mr. William A. Smith of Union known among his fellows as "Dock Smith" will take a position in the store with R. W. Feott & Co., the same store house in which Dock tirst commenced as. a clerk with J. H. Littlejohn A Co. many years since. The oil mill here is running n?uv on full time. The brick yard has shut down. Mr. H. F. Floyd has sold his plantation near Jonesville to John IIill, a prosperous colored man, for two thousand dollars. Spartanburg bar, was in our towii 1 tnfluv nn rvvnfoacinnol Kuoln/ioa j v > J/I \/iV/U;iv/n(U 1/VIOlllUCCi Mrs. Ophelia Jeter, of Snntuc, is visiting her son's family. Mr. E. H. Jeter and she with Mrs. E. H. Jeter attended service at the Methodist church here yesterday. Rev. 1). E. Caniak and Rev. A. A. James filled their respective pulpits here yesterday morning and evening. Thei is a lot of chills along the 'Pacolet and Fair Forest streams kthis fall, more so than usual. I Mr. Hugh T. Little, of Spartanlung, spent Sunday in our town. | Mrs. John N. Remaster and little son of Ridge way, S. C., arc the guests of Miss Mildred Lindsey for several days. j Capt. \V. T. Littlejohn is quite unwell and has been for several days. Tklkimioxk. Cheap Excursion Rates to Columbia and Return via Southern Railway. The Southern railway will sell excursion tickets to Columbia, S. C., and return, from all points within the State of South Carolina, and from Charlotte, N, C., Ashevillc, Wilmington, N. C., Augusta, (5a., and Savannah, (la., and intermediate points, account State Agricultural and Mechanical Fair, Ocsoher 2lth-27th., 1905, daily October 22nd, to 2(>th., inclusive, and for morning trains scheduled to arrive Columbia before noon October 27th, at rate of one first class fare plus 2o cents plus 50 cents for round trip, the fifty cents covering one admission to fair grounds. For military companies and brass bands in uniform, 20 or more on one ticket, one cent per mile traveled in each direction plus arbitraries per capita. Dates of sale same as for Civilians as shown above. ir?: i i# 11 * * " - ' r linn iimn an tickets October 2!?th, 11)05. Southern railway, in addition to the regular passenger trains running on convenient schedules to Columbia, will operate special trains October 25th and 20th l>et\veen following points: Between Branchville, Camden, Sun iter and Columbi. Spartanburg and Columbia and intermediate points. Anderson, Belton and intermediate points to Columbia. For further information, apply to any ticket agent, or write It. W. Hi nt, Division Passenger Agent, .Charles.... flu I Is Our I Quality has ing of all 01 are strong* I WE CAN SI II From the II foot for a h p to show Sh || buy or not. I MUTUAL | R. P. I Strong and Eloquent Sermon. Last Sunday morning at the First Presbyterian church l)r. A. G. Wardlaw, pastor, delivered one of the most eloquent and powerful sermons that has ever been heard | irom the sacred desk. His text) was from Mathew, Kith chapter,! 1 Sth verse: ''And I say unto you, j That thou art Peter, and upon this roc k I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Upon this assertion rests the hopes and assurance of the. establishment of the Christian church and the foundation of the kingdom of God on earth, evolving from the church militant to the church triumphant. The subject being the true church, Dr, Wardlaw said in part: "The church is an organization with delegated power in which the pure word of God is preached and the sacraments duly administered. Christ is the head of the church. In the synoptists the idea of a kingdom is clearly presented the greatest good to the greatest number. In the gospel of John the chief conception is that of the greatest good to the individual, that is eternal life. In the militant church there must be a government, a visible kingdom. All government depends upon three things. First, | Unity of purpose. Second, Fure j administration, which includes pure ministry, righteous discipline and pure church membership. Third, Loyalty to the King. Ix>yal subjects, such as will not desert the cause, even though called upon to make sacrifices. It was sacrifices that the Christ established his kingdom. The church's success depends on the vigorous preaching of the word, the sirnnle truth it. i? in Christ Jesus. The church will triumph because truth is indestructible. Right will not always lie 011 the scaffold and wrong on the throne. The walls of Zion shall stand forever. The 'gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Each of the foregoing points were j most beautifully, forcibly and convincingly elaborated upon. He soared among the stars, heaven's literature, who arc ever eloquent in their appeal to man for the worship of their creator. The establishment of Cod's kingdom on earth through the instrumentality of the church militant as founded by Christ when I he said, "Itik>u this roek I will ] build my church and the gates of hell shall not provail against it." | V r BBBB Firs! Considers > always been the ui ur Shoes. This sej ;r on Shoes than eve JIT THE ENTIR1 smallest child to j idy or man. Alwi toes whether you < I DRY GOO! HARRY, - - - MANAGE ? Builder's H H* ?????????? ^ Having com ^ arrangeme %l Manufacture! ^ prepared to ^ lowest price ^ kinds of Builc ^ ware. Estin ^ furnished for ^ ing, Qutterin ^ ing and Furri . | OETZEL HARI mawr&iww&werA I New Furnih I If you want f n at Rock Bott< I Come and r-i We are headquarters f( 13 Art Squares and Lac< Squares 9x12 feet from II 35c to $5.00. Lace Cur f i Ask to see our line c H China Closets. We ha^ pi and will make prices i 10c to 40c per roll, pric H body. When in need ( O line get our prices before iSI Wp will !innmriot?> o nir L, ? - in uj/J I CI pell Watch Us Burris & mmmmmmmm FfT ition. 1 mmmmwmmmbmhmb [TWJ riderlay** ?31 ason we || ( ;r before. ||| E FAMILY 1 any size || ays glad M j. ixpect to pH DS CO. J lardware | I pleted our nts with ^ rs, we are $ give you * . s on all & ler's Hard= ^ nates also ^ Tin Roof- ^ ig, Plumb- ^ lace Work. & 1 DWARE CO. | ISBHtH ire Store! | "lew Goods 1 a ) om Prices B See UsI -| >r Mattings, Rugs, || 3 Curtains. Art S $5.00 up. Rugs .11 tains 65c to $4.00. ft )f Sideboards and y| /e some beauties, & ight. Wall Paper || es to suit every- ^ )f anything in our H buying elsewhere. H t of your business. |J Milling, j ; n #