Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I'iA-; : , - 1 & ' * . .. . '* ?* v* MavRtllMHMtHBM Ml?HM?IMHI*IMMlM UNION AMD SUBURBS HAS a ff I ^ "^T V "W ^ /^\ "W" Bnp? TfT~ TT -Jf?<? x* UNION AND SUBURBS HAS : MffKS?4ja.?ais i 8 LJ 1 j 1 I \ 11 1 i\ I I % /I L^Wj s ?vuw.^ * ?..n.i?i.?: Lltftim i'hr-e Ijuukb with nv-io I H I ^ R 1 i Xi B w9 H I % B B I w / n"^ 5 ??nil 8, lunlnu Mill with I>yc l'l.int. J A JLlJJj Ul\ilJi\ 1 11V1XLO# VI) i'VI N **** 91 ^>ur? UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FKIHAl, JANUARY 12, I9ftr>. ?h00 AYKAR 11 CENTS Makes the Farmers happy place to deposit your surpli The best Safe that Money protected against Burglary large Firm and Individual i protect our customers) ma ^ lutely secure. We sol1ci | Wm. A. Nicholson BROAD BASIS FOR SOUTHERN SELF-RELIANCE. j. Former U. S. Senator M. C. Butler Writes Interestingly of the Unde velopcd Resources of the South. . < Former <J.S "Senator M. C. Butler of 1 S. C. in Manufacturers' Record. 3 i\v ' / It is a matter of great surprise i that so large a majority of the 1 people of the South, myself ( among the number, perhaps, 1 have such a slight appreciation 1 I of the vast valuable undeveloped ( resources of their section. At 1 the risk Of being charged with ? ? prolixity and of repeating a 1 SRgTOf' 'thrice-told tale" I am going to c 7 f ask your forgiveness while I re- 2 1 / call attention to them. f 1. / If you will look over the map J . of the United States between t about the 26th and 35th parallels t of north latitude and from the 8 Roanoke river on the east to the 0 * ' graft western boundary of Texas, Ar- F kansas and Oklahoma, embrac- s ing within those limits the States a . of North and South Carolina, ' ? Texas, Oklahoma and Indian j c J Territory, you will find what is i v J commonly known as the cotton \ belt of the United States, and,:k it might be added, the greatest1 ^ cotton belt in the world. 'h Now. if you will draw a line ^ from Weldon, N. C., on the Roa- S noke, via Cheraw, S. C., on the, J Pee Dee, Camden. S. C., on the ^ Wateree, Columbia, S. C., on the a Congaree, Augusta, Ga., on the a Savannah, and Columbus, Ga.,;t on the Chattahoochee, and the ^ intermediate streams on the!' same general line, you will find e on those streams and their af- t fluents water-power enough, if s harnessed and utilized, to manu- 3 facture every pound of cotton t and grind every bushel of grain c vn&r produced in the cotton belt. The t Ik line suggested would run along * 111 or near that wonderful granite t ki xM formation where the streams c cease to be shoal, and move off c 7 into smooth and f*or the most c \ part navigable water to their ter- t mination in the Atlantic or Gulf, i j Another thing will be observed? I these streams and their affluents I ,, and the harbors into which they ,1 (7 empty are never troubled or ob- < structed with ice. A step far- j1 ther, if you will cross the divide 1 which separates the waters which ? flow into the Atlantic and Gulf ' and Mississippi and Gulf, you I \ can find in the Tennessee and J Cumberland rivers and the Ar- < kansas and Red rivers and their j' affluents and intermediate 1 . | streams a duplicate of the water-j power 01 cneir sister streams m ^ the cotton belt mentioned above. yj The supply of building and paving stone and clay for common brick and for vitrified and fire brick and marble is inexhaustible and the most of it of the finest quality. What food products can be' profitably raised in the cotton. belt? All the cereals, Indian, corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, ' buckwheat, rice and millet, to-, gether with sugar and salt. I While sugar is not a cereal, it is i almost indispensable as an article j of food, and so of salt. More of1 the human family subsist on rice than on any one food product. Cottonseed oil has become a valuable article of food. Food ' 1 aa ? i is me iirst inui^ ic^juucu nuvn ?>- we come into the world; cloth* ^ ing the next. We have seen what the cotton belt can do in X^jhe way of food. Later I will Bjp^ *^jjrnerate additional varieties of thing, or rather which clothing is COTTON 11' and prosperous. A safe ? as is with THIS BANK. ft can Buy, which is also rj by Insurance, and our | Resources (all of which jij !, ike your deposits abso- g C T YOUR BUSINESS. | I & Son, bankers, | |= i, w made?wool, cotton, silk, leather, f, flax, hemp, ramie, pelts? I don't 0, suppose it would be an exag-gera- w finn fa cq\t fUof f h.. VIVII l/U OU.T null/ llll/IVj; OX lUC lilt- ?), man family depend on cotton for k clothing and shelter than any w other one article?certainly on tc cotton and wool. P( The cotton belt can produce all tl the meat food products necessary st for the liberal subsistence of its hi inhabitants?cattle, hogs, sheep, ?oats; all animals necessary for er Ira ft and transportation pur- w ooses horses, mules, oxen, jacks th md jennets; all the fruits grown m mtside the tropics and many of :he tropical fruits in the lowest j. lections of the- cotton belt?ap- Su )les, peaches, apricots, pears, ju juinces, grapes, currants, figs, ai ind almost every variety of to )erry strawberries, raspberries, wj dackberries, dewberries, buckle- ar >erries, gooseberries, etc.; vege- ta ables, such as, for instance, he :row and mature above ground? W1 kra, tomatoes, beans, peas, egg- ti ilant, cucumbers, artichokes, de quashes, etc.; root crops, such jn s grow and mature under ground an -sweet and Irish potatoes, beats, w nrmtias, urti- st( hokes, radishes, etc.; the finest 0u /atermelons, muskmelons, can- |n< aloupes, citron plants and pump- inj ins. W If you will extend the lines I be ave indicated for the cotton an elt proper so as to embrace the a y itates of Maryland, Virginia, Vest Virginia, Kentucky and Ml; lissouri, you can find, with that rea in tnc cotton ueit. coai, nme n.. nd iron ore enough to manufacure every implement of huslandry and those articles used \ or domestic purposes to supply , very inhabitant within those oundaries and thousands to th pare for export into other States tit ind countries. In enumerating do hits some of the resources of the se :otton belt I omitted to mention gi obacco, alcoholic spirits, wine, ad >eer. I might also mention the th oothsome and abundant supply of >f the finest fish that swim in m >ur waters?the terrapin, oyster, in :rab, clam, shrimp and cooter of fu he shell-fish species, but fear I of lave already tried your patience br 3y too much detail, some would gl )robably say trifles, but when hi ;he sum total of all these appar- ti< jnt trifles are divided by the m wants and comforts of the peo- cc ale and are intelligently taken a advantage of they become almost t! incalculable. In 10 years' time e? the cotton belt will be the richest in agricultural and manufacturing ai country in the world and furnish ai more of the comforts and luxuries le of life than any other known pi part of the universe of the same ai area. ir Woodlawn, S. C. tl A Gigantic Enterprise. ? ? ? d A member of the Paris Geo- h graphical Society, M. Loicq de fi Lobel, is conducting negotiations a for the building of a railroad e tunnel under Bering Strait be- e tween Cape Prince of Wales in tl Alaska and East Cape in Siberia. F He declares that responsible p American capitalists are back of ii him. Dr. Waddell, a noted civil t engineer, has gone to Alaska g wnil u party, tu matte tne pie- u liminary survey. It is estimated a that the work will require four v years and cost from $250,000,000 c to $300,000,000. The tunnel will ? be thirty-eight miles long, with c the Diomede Islands half way <j between to serve as a power t station. If this gigantic enter- t prise is pushed through, we may, \ travel from New York to Paris i ! without leaving our car, and the i I victim of seasickness may defy i the waves to harm him. i ' * )NFORTUNATE ACCIDENT AT CRESCENT STEAM LAUNDRY. iharley Hames Gets His Arm Seriously Hurt while Cleaning Laundry Machine. Tuesday morning while cleaning the collar and cuff smoothing nd glossing machine of the Irescent Steam Laundry Charlie lames got his arm caught beween the rollers, and the flesh fas terribly torn, mashed and < icerated from about half way' ] etween the wrist and elbow, nd above the elbow. No bones rere broken, but the flesh and 1 luscles are badly bruised. He ^rgot to throw the machinery ( ut of gear while he cleaned it 'ith a cloth, and the machine eing in motion his arm was taen in between the rollers, antj c hen he found his arm thus fa?- t ;ned, in his excitement he pulL* c 1 the lever Hie wrenm. *,? *?? 4 rr ay cuiU ujs increasing the pressure inead of loosening it,- and when is condition was seen by anotjier f )erator who ran from the " far t id of the house where Charlie a as, it was necessary to reverse o te lever and almost take the f achine to pieces before he could/ fi it the pinioned arm out. DrJ a M. Lawson was immediately u immoned and dressed the in- c red arm. Dr. Lawson says t< I of the bruised flesh will have <r sluff off, and if this does so e ilhout effecting the artery, the c m can be saved and not aniputed, but if the artery is effected tl will have to amputate the arm f, licli will be about the elbow. i\ lis is a very unfortunate acci- a nt. Charlie had been working tl the laundry for about a year, d, d is familiar with the machin- -a . h'.\* ir'io .ij; L.1.U W Kid of throwing the machinery 1 $ t of gear before cleaning it, he is ireased the pressure by throw- $ ? the lever the wrong way. 3< e sincerely hope his arm can $ saved to him, as he is young ai d industrious and will make rn jseful man. ci SSTATEMENTS OF ACTUAL FACTS." ir r< nJreds of Thousands of Dollars Have oi Been Spent in the Last Few Months f to Deceive the Public. Never before in the history of ^ e cotton trade has such a mul- ? udinous amount of "bear" j, ipe and intentional misrepre- ^ ntation of actual facts been a ven to the South through paid ' Ivertisemects in the columns of t; e press and by the distribution i a circular letters through the P( ails. Operators who are mov-; ^ g heaven and earth to depress c iture contracts and the prices n spot cotton are cudgeling their j ains in the modern art of jug- t ing figures and making new gh records in distorting statis- c za in the supreme effort to 0 ake a small yield of American n itton take on the appearance of \ plentiful supply. Hundreds of r lousands of dollars have been p cpended in the past two months i cablegrams, telegrams, paid tides in newspapers, postage id market letters in an hercu- t an undertaking to deceive the a ublic, discourage the farmers t nd local spot holders into rush- " ig the remnant of this crop on c le market, unsettle public opin- ? >n in the South temporarily so J 3 to break the market and in- ' uce liquidation, ine spinners j ave threatened to withdraw '< rom the market, which is an 1 bsurdity in the face of their 1 normous committment of the : ntire output of their mills for 1 he next six to eight months, i Tominent "bear" leaders take , eculiar interest in daily publish1 i ig comparative estimates of J his crop with years that have ;one before. These tangled and fii'.chly juggled statistics omanto from the offices of gentlemen yho breathe the atmosphere of a limate one thousand miles from Jouthern cotton fields and whose yes have not seen the actual conlition of a single cotton field in he South this year. The statists and daily reports which they >ut out in the stupendous effort or private gain are simply tne lightmares of overcharged brains effecting individual views in the forlorn hope of changing at least A BIG PLUM FROM UNCLE SAM. Spanish War Veterans to Get Their Claim-Attorneys Succeed in Establishing the Claims Made by the Men who Volunteered from this State. Washington, January 6.?The work some time ago undertaken by Governor Heyward through his special attorneys, Mr. W. Boyd Evans, of Columbia, and 3alhoun & Sizer, of Washington, D. C., appears to be rapidly approaching a recovery of a very landsorr.e sum for the SpanishAmerican war soldiers of South Carolina. It has required much time and i great deal of work on the part >f the special attorneys to bring he case to its present favorable sondition. Relief was fir^t obtained from Congress by getting an Act , passed and the question of the j instruction of the statutes, after ] ,?\Varm contest before tne Court . tnJlaims, was finally decided in ' avor of the State, and the mat- 3 er having been referred to the 1 ccounting officers of the treas- 1 yv department for final adjudi- 1 ation and settlement, the at- { arneys have just succeeded in ! etting the required data to ' nable them to make up the * laim in itemized form. 0- y It required hard work to get 1 he claims itemized in proper s :>rm and fded before the limita- 1 on expired, but the governor * nd the soldiers can congratulate f lemselves upon this having been * one, and the claim is now safe, ^ IVSP' rrano?ol -?f L ^ *A\?jal amount claimed is Lib, 140.bd; of which $14,970.92 c for the 1st regiment, $17,187.- 1 3 is for the 2nd regiment, $2,- \ 14.52 is for heavy artillery, , 3,875.25 is for the naval militia, , nd $75,767.32 is for rejected ten. staff officers, clothing and J imp equipage. , The above decision of the Court 1 i construing the Acts of Congjss, was to the effect that the 3 Ticers and enlisted men of the , 1 bove organizations are entitled ; 3 ) compensation at State rates j "om the respective dates upon j * -hich they first assembled at j 1 neir company stations or head- 2 natters to the date of muster ito the United States service. 1 Ls some difficult questions will J rise in the application of the 1 rovisions of the law to the par- ? icular phases of the case, on 1 ccount of its being composed of J o many dilferent items, it will e some time before the matter * an be finally settled, and the ' loney turned over to Governor * leyward for distribution among 1 he soldiers, as required by law. J The hearty co-operation of the 1 ommanding officers of the vari- 1 us organizations with the above 1 ttornevs, and particularly Mr. ' ]vnns, in furnishing to them the equircd data and evidence, will reatly facilitate the settlement ] md distribution of this money. emporarily the laws of supply md demand. The interest of he spot holder is not considered, fhe great desideratum is paper :ontracts and hot air. Thou;ands of people read this "bearsh dope" scattered over the South daily and know it to be false, yet tremble in doubt md surrender their honest convictions and Southern manhood c ?1 T _ ^ _ . .L.'.L neiore me ecucis wrucri emiinai.e from the fine Italian hands of their enemies. This crop can no more be compared with past yields in the matter of picking, pinning and selling than could the enormous production of 1904. Let every man in the South stand pat on the actual conditions which confront him. Spurn these juggled statistics as you would an adder invading the holy precincts of your home and remain fixed and unalterable in your determination to secure higher prices for the balance of this crop, which will unquestionably prove to be one of the smallest grown in a number of years. Yours truly, Harvie Jordan, President Southern Cotton Association. | jj F. M. FARR, President. I Merchants and Plan ^ Successfully Doing Busin y OTH Is tho Of.OUST Hunk in I H 0 0 has u capital ami surplus ? JP U Is til" on'v N\TIO\A l I m F fi 'ms I"1'"' ilivhleruis mm 0 t B rnvH HOI" It i?i?r cent. 'n tq S 3 Is the only Hank in Ui ^ | a lias llur^lnr-i'rrxif vaut. ^ B D pays more taxes than AI. | WE EARNESTLY SOLK an. r. p. iiobson's lecture Capt. RlGlunond Pearson Hobson on the A LeGture Plat-form. Ac 1 ' wuo cii-iiuuncea in tne columns of The Times last week ? Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson filled his engagement at the opera house Monday night. It is well known to those who have vv read the many things about Capt. s( Hobson in the newspapers, that 0j he is the acknowledged and now famous hero of Santiago harbor when he with several others loated the old vessel Merrimac A :o the entrance of the harbor ind touched the fuse which ex- It iloded the mine and sunk the ship , n the harbor with a view to hot- . ,le up the Spanish fleet of war (, vessels. This brave, fearless ind noble deed made Capt. Hob- . ;on the hero of the Spanish American war, and his praises lave been sung throughout the "1; :ivilized world as one of the v iravest and most daring of men. -A }apt. Hobson has by his recent j PquaTi^a^^filr.Tkilie0 as msofeed 'j >f doing?that of an orator, a j irofound philosopher and states- j f nan. His lecture topics are 'America's Mighty Mission;" 'America; Mistress of the Seas;" j ? 1IV/ illllV/l JV.UI1 11 C4 ? J X to Ui iiiant Past; Its Glorious Future;" "America: The Peacemaker Re Vmong the Nations." All of these topics are most ibly handled as the live issues of he day. He is an enthusiastic idvocate of a strong navy, beieving by the correct mainte- Ti uince of a good navy by the B; Jnited States would be the safest to tnd surest plan to keep and pronote peace between all nations. cc' le regards themissoin of Ameri- ar :a to be that of a world domina- 01 ion, not for conquest, but to I le, jive them the benefit of civil and eligious liberty and the building lp the brotherhood of man. .ar Japt. Hobson is broad and con-1 >ervative in his views and a St over of peace between all na-1 ;ions, would like to see a cong- cj ess and international congress Gf for the purpose of perpetuating j p( aeace and the settlement of every av i'eal and imaginary trouble be- st Lween the nations of the world and thus avert all wars and re- tY sort to arms and bloodshed. h< Peace, peace, let peace ever vi reign. S| Capt. Ilobson is a person of great magnetism, convincing1 a. find converting in his arguments. ^ He is very entertaining when ^ speaking of the United States i navy. He carries his audience 1 ri with him in a most delightful p manner, showing his thorough 0 knowledge of his topics and giv- ing to the people valuable information which to them is a reve- 1 lation. He asked for a rising *! vote upon the question of a peace ; congress and asked that the r> mayor memorialize the authori- a ties in behalf of this great work e and thus show that the senti- ? ment of the best people were 1 with him in his advocacy of the 11 world's peace congress. CUTTING COTTON'S COST. c ja Remarkable Invention WhiGh Reduces Jj Expenses. t ? ? I Arthur W. Fage describes as.r; follows a wonderful machine that' i may prove to be an enormous t economic discovery. j i Many mechanical cotton< pick- 1 ers have been invented to gather < the cotton from the plant. Some j picked everything in sight, lint, j j leaves and bolls. Some were | 4 made principally to sell stock in, J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. C E iers National Bank, ess at the "Old Stand." Jninn, of $10 ,000. lank io Union, intl-iir to ?100 400. on rtenr-8lti>. by an officer, nil Safe with Tlmp-I/>cl(, i, tb?' Rank* in Union oombtivd. H -IT YOUR BUSINESS. 8 t?an?www HI THE WINGS OF THE MORNING" n Exciting and Interesting Story of Love and Adventure. The concluding chapters of tlie Holaday Case" are published i this issue of The Times. In le TIOVt" IKQUrt r\f Tuu T ~ VI JL X 1 L'j llitl LS) WO ill begin the publication of a ?rial story entitled, "The Wings ! the Morning," written by li\ Louis Tracy. The very fact mt a story is written by Mr. racy is a sufficient guarantee of s being a most charming and teresting narrative. "The rings of the Morning" is a story * matchless intreague, romance, ved, lost and won, illustrating le saying that everything is fair love and war. This story rounds in thrilling adventure, rateg.v love making, courtship ider difficulties and peculiar ? mditions. The reader is larmed from start to finish and at sea to determine the final 'tcome,. being faM, i ie heart and hand of ' ?roine. Look for the stor> ^ >gin in next week's Times. I WELLES RESIGNS AS GENERAL MANAGER. Gcivcr Robertson ProiPlses Good Scr vimj uii iiig union aiiu uienn Springs Road. On January 6th The Mercantile *ust and Deposit Company of iltimore, Md., trustee, applied Judge Brawley to have a reiver appointed for the Union id Glenn Springs railroad, and i hearing the case Judge Brawy appointed Mr. Edwin W. obertson, who canie up Mondayid took charge. We clip the following from The ate of the 9th: Union. Jan. 8. While in the ty today Mr. E. W. Robertson ' Columbia, who has been ap>inted receiver of the Union id Glenn Springs railroad, ated that the road would be it in repair at once .and that ic much needed stations would 3 provided. A satisfactory serice will be given in every reject. Mr. P. I. Welles has resigned 3 general manager but all other facials and employes will remain dth the road, so far as is known. The damage done by the deailment at Prides has been reaired and the road has been in peration today. ae companies that exploited liem, and never picked at all. >ne ran away on a plantation in lississippi, and destroyed half n acre of cotton. Cotton pickrs and gold bricks are in the ame category to the average armor's mind. Yet there is a nechanical cotton picker that las worked. George Lowery las made one which with its five perators picked 1,484 pounds in i day. A thousand pounds is rnhfl xrnvlr f<i?> furo V>nn/-1 ??wi 11ciiin piv;i\cin. rhe machine with five men did he work of seven or eight hands. t is not yet in its final shape. rhe promoters admit that it is lot adapted to all kinds of cot;on. Yet with its limitations, if t could save even one-quarter of die $75,000,000 or more annual ?xpense and render the present labor supply adequate for gathering the crop, Mr. Lowery would . \ go down in history withr Eli Whitney. . i