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_ ___ THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ....BY THE. .. UNION TIMES COMPANY SECOND FLOOR TIMES BUILDING BELL PHONE NO. 1. L.-M. RICE. - - - Editor. S. E. BONEY, Local Editor. Registered at the Postoftice in Unioi S. C. as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION ItATKS: One year - - - - $1.? Six months - .ft Three months - .2 AOVK ItTISKM KNTS : One square, first insertion - $1.0 Every subsequent insertion - .5 Contracts for three months or lunge will be made at reduced rates. Is>cals inserted at K 1-3 cents a line Rejected manuscript will not be re turned. Obituaries and tributes o respect will be charged for at hal rates. ONION, 8. C., JUNE 3, 1900. Summer is an unfit time for ex posing the rottenness of the bee trust. Now what would the llussiat Douma do if it had a pitch-fork, : muck-rake and a big stick? We h ave at last heard from oiv A. C. Latimer, sent to Washingtoi some time ago as Senator fron South Carolina?he has bought i pair of fine horses. Those Spaniards must be ver, hardy people. They throw 1 >onil) at their newly married couples An old shoe is about all an Anicri can couple can stand. There will bo little rest for th American people this summer The doings of Congress, trust ex posurcs, both Standard Oil am Beef, insurance graft, campaign and elections, and baseball .bid fail to keep up interest in life. Senator Arthur Pue Gorman United States Senator from Mary land, died suddenly at his residence in Washington City, Monday morn J?$^ia*$en entTcame from an attack of heart disease. Senator Gorman filled a large place in the affairs of the nation. He was n man of strong intellect and was for years the leader of the Democrats. He did not fear to speak his mind, and stood firmly for those thing!: that make a nation great. The whiskey people often say: "Let whiskey be sold for beverage purposes. If it makes men drunk, it also educates their children.'1 How so? The drunkards children are working in rags and living upon the poorest of foods. It is the child of the man who does not toucli whiskey who receives the pitiable profit on the whiskey drinking. Such citizens do not need this profit. It fills a righteous man's soul witl loathing to hear the cold-blooded, heartless citizen say: "OH! well if the whiskey does make a man drunk, it educates his children." We respectfully commend tin two following statements to the attention of Editor Hemphill, of tlu Abbeville Medium.: Our present Mayor, R. L. MeNally says: "Why, we do not have anything to do in the Mayor's courl now. Before the dispensary was voted out it was often that we had twenty eases yielding one hundred and fifty dollars in fines, and these were chiefly for drunks. Now we have nothing like that; in fact, there has beeti only one case before the mayor in the last two Monday mornings." Constable Whismin. a faithful officer of the law, was lip to a recent time strongly in favor of the dispensary. lie thought prohibition a failure. He now says: "I had no idea prohibition would work so nicely. My experience shows that it is all light. In Rock Hill it succeeded admirably. And now in Union?well statistics show what it is doing here." Can Editor Hemphill or any one else belittle the testimony of such witnesses? We make the unqualified statement, that these gentlemen have spoken j truthfully. Any man who giv? out to the world a conflicting state mcnt does so through ignorance oi through a wilful perversion of tin facts?cold, stubborn facts. BOMBS. BLOODTBULLS. r A wedded life, and among th royalty, too, begun under such eir jcuinstance! Scarcely had Kini . Alphonso and Princess Kna been pre i nounced husband and wife, when j deadly bomb was hurled at the roy al pair, killing twenty spectator? |( Asa climax to the wedding celebm 0 tions a bull fight was held in th amphitheatres of Madrid. A hort I was gored to death just below tli J scat of the new queen, and she h< q held it all without flinching, r Contrast all this with a simp] , marriage in America and judge. . - quiet Inmcdiction, kind words, cor f gratulations, well-wishings, a ham ful of rice, an old shoe, and tli happy pair begin life's walk t< _ j gcthcr. Spain's lrenediction, c j rather malediction, was murdei "til 1 I i i iiv. _ _ . j. uioou, oioou-curunng scenes, an all amid the hisses of a j>art of if populace. ' WHAT OrHCIALS SAY. I "Why, we don't have anythin to do in our court now," says Maj 1 or McNally, '' Before the dispensar, 1 was voted out, it was often that w ^ had twenty eases on Monday morn ing, yielding fines of at least 011 hundred and fifty dollars. In or y year of my administration the fin* is amounted to So,.'>00 and they wci >. chiefly for drunks." i- Constable Whitmirosays: "Ilia no idea that prohibition would wor so well; in Union it is doing fine c> Of course there is some wliiske business carried on, but very little " The town of Union is much bette ' than the country, but conditions ar s improving all around." Monday: r week ago there was one case befor the Mayor; last Monday there wa not one. These arc facts, and the; mean something. ; BEEF SCANDAL xnc inie against all cannet meats. It is incredible that human j beings could stoop to such vile dog j nidation. How those laboring in , mc.se packing houses could take de I light in wilfully adding to the al ready horrible condition of filth ii passing strange. And how humai i! beings, in the wild scramble fo gold, can ignore every ^principle u decency and light is also passin strange. Swift and sure punish ment should be visited upon th ! heads of lioth classes of offenders Hanging would be too good hi either class?the laborer who delil I erately defiled the product and th ! manufacturer who encouraged ii I Indeed, these manufacturers wh have been dishing out to the publi this horrible mass of poisoned lilt arc just as truly murderers as is.tli man who stealthily drops poison i | his neighbor's well or puts it in h neighlior's food. They are eve meaner than such an individua for the latter has at least the fee , ing of resentment operating in h heart, while the producer of filth , I and poisonous food stuff is move solely l?y his cupidity. Thet scoundrels should he hung if tlier , is any law to make it possible. I > there is no such law one should li . enacted. Hanging too good fe I such criminals. The flood signal service of Sout i Carolina is to he reorganized and i new river district formed with Ce 1 IIIYll ?1??? <1B iO Iwiiwlnnni't/."" I ' jivo nuuujimi U"in, 111*11 tofore Charleston has been the head quarters of all the signal service 01 the rivers and all reports from th stations along tin; rivers of the Stat have been sent to Charleston, am from there retelegraphed to the sta tions in the lower part of the State John Purdy, a young son o Judge It. 0. Purdy, was bitten by ; rattlesnake at Sumter while playinj in the woods near town. At th time he was looking up into a tree i when he heard the rattle of a snake j and in a moment the fangs of tin reptile were fastened in his leg He hastened to the nearest hous( where whiskey was given and a physician summoned. The doctor regarded him as out of danger late Friday afternoon. "Il ll I POINTLESS PENNINGS. | r A Canteen. The observant man was necessarily struck when he beheld old negroes marching in the veterans' parade at the Columbia reunion. e Down the street came the long column of old soldiers, marching as in days of yoro, but with feeblor step g and slower gait; only the tire of | the eye was as it had been. And a scattered here and there in the line were to be seen old, gray-haired, black negroes. There were no ' young and no yellow negroes among l" theni. And these old darkies did ie not pause at the foot of the capitol se steps, either; but inarched right on c around beneath the hundreds of irirl? nnil vnnnir lndiow HOJiifid nlmve. ~! them; and they received their share of the Mowers too. lei Glancing around at some of the ;\ impudent faces belonging to the later generation of negroes, the cotn. ! nient man was compelled to note j the difference. Sullen, mean, 10' defiant, beastly many of those >- faces, while the old Confederate or ,r slave darkey had nothing of the sort, . ; but a look of humbleness and altogether a kind, loving face. Lovo in a darkey's face? Most certainly 's there was. The old fellows very faces showed a capability to love, and to love with a deep, true and sacrificing devotion. Indeed, some faces showed that sacrifice had been g r-quired: some showed the loss of r. something; and others revealed an unending sorrow. The older people among us do not 0 need to be told -about the love of ?- these old slave darkies. They reic! member too well the cal'o, proteclt. tion and even caresses of the old j mammies; how they would much ' prefer staying in the old negro cabin rc to their own house, and how the old mammie would arouse the d whole plantation if "her chile" was j{ done a wrong. Oh, yes! These things will never leave the minds ' of some people. y | And the love of the old slave for his master was just as strong. On r j the farm, in the hunt, in campand I on the battle field, he was always | the same obedient slave. [i In the parade at Columbia there c marched an old slave. lie was s feeble, old, gray and much bent: Vr, but still lie marched. And marching along he held aloft on the point 'of a sword an old rusty canteen, j The face of the darkey told a story of sorrow, and a sorrow that he I J ,n?? Mt/tiii/Vilillg- du ifOl"I dinary about this man; something II in his countenance, something in the light that shone from his eyes. After the parade seeing him 1 standing all alone, apart from the {crowd, an inquirer walked over and - stood beside him. "Old man" he s said. "You must have gone through the war." For a moment the old ^ slave said nothing, but his eountcr nance told of a heart sorrow. "Yas f sir, 1 was in de wall until Oettysg burg," was the tardy reply. ,,Tell r me all about it old man; whose canteen is that, and why are you carrying it today?" And tlie old ' | man gave way to the feelings that t tore his heart, and wept as only a i- darkey of the old South can. BelC tween sobs he exclaimed. Oh, ^ Cod, boss, doan' ax me 'bout it; I dis ole nigger's heart's done 'most ? I broke already; I can' tell yer 'bout ic.it." But regaining self-control he h related the story of his master, i ...\ i-- ' - j * " - lC|?iiuui iiu una ioiunyeti through many a inarch; whom he had watched over many a night and 18; shielded from harm, whom he had n cooked for, stolen food for, and 1( prayed for. He told of his master's l_ boyhood, how he himself had taught . I him to ride, hunt, fish and shoot. |s He told of his master's bravery and, y to him, reckless daring in battle, d , "An' when we was up at Gcttysie; burg, I tole marster not to go in . , battle <lat day; I knowed he'd get . hurt. I dreamed about him fallin ollin his boss, an' dat 'was a bad v J sign, but lie would go an' he made >r j me stay back in camp all day. I j stayed dare as long as I could, boss, j but you know I couldn' mind him h when 1 knowed he wasgoin git hurt a I or mebbe killed. So 1 jes' lef' camp >-jan' late dat day J looked every where i-1 for my marster, all over de fields - and every whar I could git to. I a couldn' lin' him, then I knowed he e was dead, an' when I thought of e little missus an' the chilen' in' J heart mos' broke. I couldn' go back home widout marster. So I . looked all nightlong wid pine torches, but no marster. 'Hout sun up finex' mornin' a man what was in a de company wid marster brought g I dis canteen back in camp. I know rvcd it do minit I layed eyes on it, , and I axed him 'bout Marac John." , j 'Tim', sezec, 'your marstcr was :! killed, hut T ain' scon him fall; . an'he gib nic dis canteen. Dat ;! was do las' wo ebcr saw of mar.sk tor." And the good, old man went <?n i to tell of how he made his way homo, tried to console his widowed * nniK 1 Ho1 B$3 1 Whil I- M sri bl at I Mutual D if r. i missircss ana now lie nan woncea / for her ever since and was still working. And ho said his mistress want-1 ed him to come up here and carry ole marster's canteen in the pa-; rade. An'", said he, "l expec's to work on dare, till I die; it won' be long, Imss, till missus an' me botb is done gone where marster is, and den can' no war bike him ' way." Faithful old man! True to the death you were, and in years of long, hard toil, you slaved for and served so truly your beroavcd mistress. It takes a man with a heart to do what you did, and we people know that beneath your black skin beats as warm and true a heart as # . l tr x i 1 x is iounu any wncro. may uie nusv years of your life be not hard, but eased on by the kindness of a people who owe you something; a people who know you and love you. And may a faithful servant's reward be yours when you are relieved of painful years here 011 earth. For Four Days Only. Dr. I. E. Grimm, the famous eye sight specialist, will be in Union from Wednesday, June 13th, to Saturday, June 16th, inclusive, positively no longer. This will he a great opportunity to have your eyes nroperly examined and glasses fitted by a skilled specialist at the most reasonable prices. This letter speaks for itself. Mrs. Elbe E. Gibbs, from Gibbs, Union Co., who sufTered greatly from headache, her eyes very weak, writes to Dr. Grimm and thanks him for the benefit she received from the glasses he titted her. "Dear Doctor: It gives mejdeasure to report that the glasses you fitted me has given entire satisfaction. I did not have any headache since 1 began wearing them. The glasses are a great relief to me in every way. I certainly recommend you to all who sulTer with their eyes." Dr. Grimm will positively not re nitiiii longer man lour (lays. Call 011 him. Examination free. Ollice Union Hotel, Ladies Parlor. 23-2t. Executor's Notice. Any person having claims against Godfrey B. Fowler, deceased, will present them properly attested Those indebted to said egtatc will make pay- , ment to me|at once at Cross Keys, 8. C. Mas. Em.a Betsim., Executrix Estate Godfrey B. Fowler, deceased. June 5tli, 1000, ir3-3t: ' | | Removal Notice. 1 The Law Ollice of DePass and l>eI'ass has been moved to rooms Nos. 1 and 2 over the People's Bank. tv About You te Slippe will take you just minute to decide lat you want a pair our White Slippers hen you see them, ^member they are ire for children, isses and ladies, ith a little more lap and better finish lan you find elsehere, made " in uchers, large eyelets id covered heels. ry Goods Coi P. HARRY, Manager Btcasj^isaasseis^^ {look 2 FOR TI 1 GREAT FACT ? | ^, of Pianos, Organs and Sewin t1on or about the 25th inst., nounced later. This will b< sale ever known in Union. DON'T MISS THIS to secure a fine musical instr regular price. Terms to suit Remember the Place, Spears' UNION SUPPLY J. H. SPEARS, I wmmmwmmmwM 1 Americans Are Na ^ One in every ten of the entii ?? S. is the possessor of a sav jjS aggregate of savings average H teen dollars for each depositc ? in the Savings Banks alone H aggregate #3,060,178,611, an |? eight (#38) dollars for every tig in the country. Just what savings-bank business is dor wg reopies Bank, we are not at || proportion is considerable an< || all the time WE PAY 4 PI on Savings Accounts compoc *2 your name on our Ledger? 39 DOLLAR starts you. |THE PEOPL Total Resources Ov == |P I i rs? I = 1 m I ^ mpany, ^ . o ut! ie i ORY SALE if g Machines, beginning , j. exact date to be an- , z ? the greatest bargain ? OPPORTUNITY j ument at less than the || nit? purcnaser. ,22. Old Stand, Main Street. Jc r company, j > VlANAGHR. ' as???? ?? iturally Thrifty! 1 e population of the U. || ings account, and the S four hundred and nine- B >r. The total deposits B of the United States |? average of about thirty B man, woman and child B Iimnnnt nf thic \ract SB v?iiiv/V*I t VI V II J ? M le in Union with The IS liberty to say, but the R d it is growing larger R ER CENT. INTEREST R inded twice a year. Is 8 If not, why not? A IS ES BANK. I mm er $200,000. gj ^