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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ....by the.... UNION TIMES COMPANY second floor times building bell i'hone no. 1. L. G. YOUNG, - - Manager R?*^i>wrod at the PoRloftice in Union S. G. as soeond class mail matter. Hf BSC HI IT ION ItATKM! One year - - $I.K) Kix inonthB .... .50 Three months - - - -5 M>VKUTt?KMKNt8 : Oue square. lirst insertion - $1.0* Krery subsequent insertion - .5( Contracts for throe months or Iougei will l>e made at rod need rates. l-ooalp inserted at S l-.'l cents a line Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes <>] reapect will be charged for at hall rates. UNION, H. C., NOVKMBEU 21, 1905 We have heard of. rend of. am even placer, Minds ami obscure out-of-the way, well arranged, seercl places w hero whiskey was sold b\ what is now known as Minn tigers but never before has it been knowi t ? man or thought of by the most ingenious and fertile mind of man ti sdl whiskey in a church. It has been left to the negro sexton of tin Kpiscopd church in Vorkville tc carry on this illicit, cliauoiieat irunic in tlic church in tliat town. The holding company of the I'tiion and .Huffnlo Cotton Mills proposes to satisfy the creditors ol these mills by issuing 1st preferred stock at d percent. This of itsell will iuci,',a>o the capital stock to the extent of such issue of stock to creditors. If the old organization should by this lie forced to go through bankruptcy, and the new organization and holding company huy at the bankrupt sale, that will leave the original stockholders out in the cold, and the mill properties '-T-lntii tlui lunula Ail stranger*, Northern capitalist. Phis is what ha* bepu aimed at from start to tinish. Arrangements arc now being mule by the Southern cotton mills to ship the output of the mills dit to foreign markets and thus out out tin: commission merchants, through whom sales of the maim t i it t .? ? iaoiureu goons nave nerotoiorc oeen made at the enormous expense of I per cent, com missions. In this way the Southern cotton mills have lx?en at the mercy of the merciless money sharks and have paid nianj hundred thousand dollars. All ol this could have been given to the consumer- i 11 the reduced price ol the cloth, now it will be. The question of commissions is one ol the causes of the breach between Lucas ami Milliken. THAT DAM DAM. By injunction the Columbia Eleetrie Street liailway Light and I'owei Company purposes to compel the Cnion Manufacturing and Powei Company to let an<l continue to let and not cut oil' the natural tlow ol water in the channel of the Broad river, by any arbitrary measure or means in its power at the Neal Shoals dam. f 11 other words tlx Vn ion Manufacturing Company must give to the Columbia Electric Street Itailwav Light and Power Company all of the water the river affords, even if it he necessary to open and keep open the gates, regardless of the conditions at the Neal Shoals electric power plant, and in case of a protracted drought and utter lack of rainfall so that all of the water above tho dam is not sufficient to supply the demands of the Columbia Electric Street, lhiilwuy bight and Power Company, then the president of the Union Manufacturing and Power Company is and will he required to cause it to ruin until that stream will alVord a aulficient supply of water to satisfy the demands of the Columbia Electric Street Railway Light and Power Company, otherwise the Union Manufacturing and Power Company will he held for damages, whereby the arbitrary i>owcr alleged to be ticru-cd 'O' the Union Manufactur ing and Power Company will l>o transferred to the Columbia Electric Street Railway Light and Power Company. And further, ii this does not satisfy the Columbia Electric Street Railway Light and Power Company the reorganization committee and holding company and the Southern Railway Company, then the Noal Shoals electric power plant is to Ik- turned over to those corporations as assets, and if this docs satisfy all of these corporations then the Union and Clcnn Springs > railroad must go in tin; same way, ' all of which will <)oubtlcss bo regarded by these corporations as a very modest demand. The little j l>oat ought to join in this complaint because it ran not go from Columbia to Ceorgclown unless the Union Manufacturing and Power Company i give it water from the Broad river, f Now it must be observed that for the past three months there has been less rainfall than for many years previous at this time of the I year. For this the Columbia Eloe. trie Street Railway Light and Power t Company holds the president of the Union Manufacturing and Power , Company responsible?and justly i so?because he is expected in his t alleged exercise ??f arbitrary power ? to do this, therefore liai.? been guilty > of a breach of trust and derelict in ; his duty to himself, Ins company > and his neighbors. While the attorneys for the Columbia Klectrio Street Railway bight and Power Company were present* i ing their case before Judge Towni send asking for an injunction Mr. ' K. N. Chisolm, engineer for the 1 city of Columbia was at the Neal ; Shoals dam making investigations : in support of the allegations of said , complaint, and while there he saw Hie water running over the dam and ( when he got hack to Columbia he | found that there was no lack of water. The only time at which the water below the dam could have , been lessened was during the tilling of the dam, and after full the water floNVwl \?v?* itra <lu.ia uiwl it?o wvvy?V^y ' vt<in lAiusu 10 null, prior 10 100 CI08i ing of the gates for the purpose of filling of the dam.. Another thing is obvious. There are more and ; larger tributaries to Broad river i below the dam, that is between the dain and Columbia, than there is i above the dam, so that the water supply is greater by reason of these tributaries between Columbia and the dam than above the dam, so that practically very little water is i held by the dam, so far as Columbia ; is concerned. The Neal Shoals > electric power plant is about ready ' to furnish power for the running of F the machinery in the Union cotton ! mills but no steps are being taken i to attach the transmission wires, : localise the reorganization committ tec have not the control of this i power plant, and control is what is wanted, and must be obtained at all hazards. "LIVE AND LET LIVE." This is a trite saying, hut neveraII * ? * ? 11it'K'km a goou motto lov every one to adopt and practice, to live and lot live. We have followed with pleasure and increasing interest and have Wen in full sympathy with and aided in our feeble way the now perfect organization of the Southern Cotton Association. It has been truly gratifying to note how so nearly .-olid have the fanners stood to and earned out the purpose <?f this movement. Cnder the instructions and advice and hv virtue of their pledges the cotton acreage and use of fertilizers in ) ltK)o were reduced, eotton held for J 10 cents, all of which worked out j according to predictions and us desired. Again in I'M >5 cotton was held fur 11 cents and the farmers got it and a little more. The farmers have not followed blindly, hut (intelligently and have reaped the i reward of reason. Now President ! Harvie Jordan says cotton is worth 15 cents and advises the farmers to I hold for 15 cents, and join in holding threo million hales from the ' market until that price he paid for . it . Wc should he and generally are ; content to follow a leader as long as the path through which wc are led is uot beset with Snares'. When' ??W?1?fc ?? ????i these appear we begin to feel that we are misled, and cull a halt. This is the way wo now feel about the leadership of President Jordan ' when he advocates and advises the holding of eotton for 15 cents. This we regard as unreasonable, l>ecause we cannot and do not think eotton J is worth 15 cents a pound, and at this price the manufacturers could j not survive, as at this price they, would be forced to put the price of j their product out of the reach of j the masses of consumers, and thus ( leave the output upon the hands of the manufacturers as unsalable.' even should they risk buying cotton 1 at that price and'making it into ' cloth. We Ijelieve in getting a ! reasonable livinc uriee for our! products, but do not believe in ex- J tortion. Tliis move of President Jordan looks too much like n trust, ' making a corner on cotton. Hut it may be. just retaliation on the cotton speculators who for years bought the cotton of the Eolith for less than the sost of production; but again wo in doing this strike at the progress and prosperity of our home industries, which are dependent upon the fanners for the raw material. We believe in fair and just dealing and treatment of all parties concerned and interested. Let us endeavor to carry out in our lives the motto, "Live and let live." Jonesville Jottings. Jonesville, Nov. 20.?A much needed rain came to this community last night and today is much cooler. The good weather all along this fall has caused most all the cotton bolls to mature and open and after all the cotton crop in this section is a fair crop and at 10 cents and sometimes more the money crop may be considered a good one this year. The corn crop has turned out much better than was expected and all things counted it is a good year and Union county would he in good condition if it was not for the condition of the Union and Buffalo cotton mills and the had effect cast over the county. It seems there is some[ thing sure to happen to upset the jrruapciiVj ?'tiitiy ulvn> ? "> get into a prosperous way. How sure are the words of holy writ whan it says, "All is vanity and vexation of Spirit." Drs. Douglass, llanos and Ellvrbe amputated a finger of a negro man's hand yesterday name Huston Johnson who accidently shot himself through the hand with a shot gun Saturday evening. The operation was a nice job of surgery and the wounded fellow is doing nicely. The county treasurer is here today gathering the taxes for this year year. He says collections are better here than any place he has been and this finishes his round in the county. Union Progress said last week Jonesville would have a new depot soon, which is news and good news to <Air people, for we have been without a new depot since the 9tli of July and there are no visible signs of a new depot here to this date. We only hope Progress is right. Mr. John T. F. (!ault has an apple tree that has borne two crops of apples this year. It is a horse apple tree and the second crop is as large as turkey eggs and about mature. Mr*. W. T. Jones and little son of Santuc spent several days in Jonesvillc with Mrs. Jones' mother, Mrs. S. A. Porter last week. M iss Wickham Ellerbe, of Klor- I ence, is visiting her brother, Dr. F. M. Ellerbe and is the guest of Mrs. T. L. Haines. Mr. Cornelius Holeomb and sister M iss Bertha Holeomb of West I Springs spent Sunday in our town and attended services at the Methodist church. Rev. D. E. Camak Idled his pulpit here yesterday morning. Rev. IJ. K. Ezell was unable to fill bis appointment here yesterday morning on account of a hurt lie received a few days since and his congregation worshipped with the Methodist congregation. Mr. Roy Whitloek who is at Furman University ran over Saturday and spent Sunday with his parents. Miss Sallie Bertha Blair, sister of Mrs. D. E. Camak, and Mrs. A. M. Blair, sister of Rev. D. K. Camak, lx>th of Rockton, S. C., have been visiting at the Methodist parsonage. Messrs. W. W. Wood an<I A. J. Wright will leave here this evening for Oklahonio to attend a big land sale. Telephone. Happenings at Qrindall. j i Kev. L. It. Gaines preaehed the < funeral of little Eddie Petty Sunday | to a large and attentive audience. < School opened at the Holmes ] ' ? '? I G< 1 5 |j! Have p ? ium pr Idren, r carry i calf, ca They e out caf Shoes perfect Mutui school house lust Monday morning Miss Maud Whitlock of Jonesvilh is the teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Milliard Mitchel, of Asbury, are rejoicing over tin arrival of a boy at their home. Rev. L. R. Haines and J no. Bent le.y of CJaft'ney spent Saturday nigh with J. G. Hames. Misses Mildred and Margarc Foster of troudeysvillo visited Mrs R. J. Harris Sunday. Messrs. Hayes Webber and Ar thur Hedgepath of Jonesvillc, at tended services at Rehoboth Sun day. Miss Pauline Pettit of Ravinna the teacher of the (lowdeysvm school, is boarding with Mrs. J. A Haines. Mr. "Ran" Spencer, who wa attacked and seriously injured l>: Abe Smith, a colored rowdy, is get ting along nicely. I failed to state in niy last com municntion that Mr. (iaines ha 1 . 1 il- ? * una uie interior of the church nice ly painted. None can help from feeling prouc of the new school building erectec near Mt. Moriah, hut there art many of us who will continue tt cling Jto the memory of Mt. Morial as to that of a departed friend Every foot of ground around thi old building is hallowed with swee or bitter memories for many. Annie Laurie. The Oldest Inhabitant. it is our peculiar pleasure to ac knowledge the receipt of a pictur of the oldest inhabitant on the lint of the Union Pacific railroad, ai immense buffalo: the last of hii race, mighty, majcstice. 4'He is i type of par excellence in thcanima kingdom; type of courage, power nobility- For centuries he liai dominated plain, forest, mountain and canon, free, fearless, pioneor.' lie has witnessed all of tho advancements, encroachments and innova Hon of liin foe?man, while h< fought for life, land and liberty; but at hist succumbed to the advancement of civilization, the building of the Union Pacific railroad. Harried At the home of Thomas Jackson in the Cross Key House on November 12, 1905. Mr. Richard Jackson and Miss Iba Davis, both of Spartanburg. Just a few friends of the immediate family witnessed the ceremony, which was performed by Magistrate John W? Gdre? 3DHA HOE % roved to be the bes ice Shoe made fc nisses and womei n stock vici kid, i idet calf, and nav ire made with an< >s. Every pair ol are guaranteed 1 satisfaction. al Dry Goods R. P. HARRY, Manager. 7BjSfd?j0jSejefjaejSr^ 5 This is th , 5 co ! | HOT ? H E A ; 5 They keep yo * with a minirr I ^ of coal. They ^ your money i I & % Investigate I ! ^ ; % OETZEL H/ foerarererererert t ! I If You Wan! Ig I 1 Low Prices IT I ROCKERS | Come and see 1 us. We have I them from I 75c to $9.50 WE WILL APP BURRIS t I it gi^i 3* 4 HMMMMWaar 1 it med- H >r chil- 0$ 1. We I marine p y calf. if 1 with- H P these || io give |fi COa j - I > ?j?j0j*jsr~jgrjsrj*j*? j~% C />4? An ? * *. ? * it jtaduii lur ^ LE'S \ BLAST | T E R S | mr house warm ? lum consumption jj-j save your coal, ^ ind your temper. $ % befoi e you buy. ? I tRDWARE CO. 9r*r#r*r*r*r*r*rar? RECIATE A CALL. I fc MILLING. [ ; 1 i A