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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20
THE D|SPENSARY DECISION.
Chairman Jones, Head Of ofProhibition
Movement, Gives His Views.
FIGHT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.
Says the Dispensary LAW is Not Pro-
hibitiou Measure and Prohibition Is
What They Are After.

The following from the chairman of
the State Prohibition executive COM
mittee deals with most important
question and explains tho attitude Of,
the Prohlbitionists of the State in the
light of the recent decision of the State
Supreme Court:
NEwBERIy, 8. c., May IL, 1898
In reply to n number of Inquiries from all
sections OF the State, as to the effect OF the
decision OF the supreme court upon the cam
paign ofthe Prohibitionists against the sale
OF liquors as beverage, would say, that,
anticipated tho decision In the statement
made several weeks ago when said "that
1t was the old fight OF 1892 over again, ex-
cept that at that time 1t was against the sa-
loon, under the old harroom system, now 1t
is against the dlspensary. with its beer privi-
leges, hotel privileges, the original package
stores and blind tigers, which have sprung
up with the dispensary system" The only
effect OF the decision is to clCse the original
package stores and remove them from the
field rs competitors OF the dispensary. but 1t
as they please for personal use from outside
the State, without the Interference Of the law
under which the dispensary Is operated.
The ioct still remains, that In 1892 the peo-
Pio of the State without rognrd to faction,
presented an appeal to the Democratic party
TO be permitted to vote upon the question of
prohibition with the view OF making it q
State law. Permission was given, and the
party pledged itself, IL majority OF the
voters voting at that election. voted for
prohibition, that the party would pass
the prohibition law. They failed to
redeem that pledge, and the same peo-
pic came again to the Democratic
party, asking them to give them u legisla-
ture that will carry out the wishes and an
administration to enforce it. Tho moral
principle Is still the same. The dispensary
Is whlskey measure not prohibition mea-
sure. The prohibitionists protest against be-
Ing made in the eyes OF tho law partners In
the sale OF whiskcy as u beverage, and If the
state insists upon 1t as u revenue measure
that the State Of South Carolina cannot pay
Its running expenses without the revenue
from the sale of liquor.
Let this question be fairly understood by
the people and not pretend that it Is pro-
hioition measure, when the state is into il
for the profits in it and the beneft OF the
politicians who control 1t. ] submit as "a
prohibition measure. it is failure, aud that
also failure. and 1t is destined to wreck the
politicians who are trying 20 keep and get
Office by the influence of the machinery con-
nected with 1t and that no man can touch 1t
without his character being injured hy it.
The question mt last resolves itself down
to this: is 1t right for me to engage in or en-
courage the manufacture or sale OF liquor as
beverage In any form, and no man who
has the good OF his party or State at heart
can do it. A. c JONES
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20

fare by any of the leading naval pow
crs III more than twenty years, and so
great has been the advance in torpedo
construction within this time that the
early tests are of little value to the
present student of naval affairs.
Since the torpedo became machine
of precision it has been used in war
fare only by insurrectionists and weak
Nations. The war between China and
Japan three years ago gave some idea
of the value of the torpedo, but neither
its full value nor its place could be de-
termined in that short and unequal
contest between two haif-civilized Ma
tions
Thirty-seven torpedo attacks have
been made thus far, sinking dozen
ships and damaging one other. Six
assailant boats have been lost.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20

In C prolonged conflict, that type
will survive that can be easiest re
placed or repaired, and from all we
know now Of the complicated nature
and time demanded in building ar
mored ships, it is easy to see the po-
sltion torpedo vessels of all sorts will
fill. They may be called the mo-
ments most effective fighting machine.
but eau hardly be confused with the
greater defensive qualities of the
battleshiD.
The whitehead torpedo is no logger
The secret mechanism it was some
wears ago. owing principally to it's
general adoption by nearly all naval
powers, aud its inside workings are
commonly understood by all we'll
versed military and naval men. A
knowledge how to work it, though, is
another matter, and, briefly, it may be
said that every torpedo of the White
head type has its own individuality.
its own idosyncrasies; and it is the
duty of every qualified torpedo officer
to learn the characteristics of those
'steel babies" that some day may win
him glory.
The largest of our torpedoes, the
cighteeninch, so known because that Mt
Its greatest diameter, is biunt-head-
cd, cigar shaped body OF steel trfe
over sixteen feet long, propelled by
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20

An English trolley line plying be
tween Bcssbrook and Newry through
rich farming district makes a sub
stantial addition to its recaipts by
hauling farm wagons over it's lines at
tached to the motor car in place of the
trailer which is sometimes seen. In
order to keep the wagons on the
track second pair Of rails is laid in
side the working tracks and slightly
higher. The towns at either end of
the line are both market towns, and
the line runs directly to the business
centres, where the wagons arc drawn
aside and run into their places by n
haIf-doZcn sturdy men, who are paid
q few pence each by the countryman
for this service. It is, therefor pos
slblc for farmer to bring his produce
to market and dispose of it without
the aid OF his horses. 1t is not an un-
common sight, and always rather
amusing one, to see numbering farm
wagon, loaded with hay or produce,
lying along behind the motor car on
It's way TO market. The farmers take
kindly to the scheme, as it is q sa wing
OF money as we'll as horse flesh. Kan
sas City Architect and Builder,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20
Railroad Assessments.

The board of assessors for railroads
held session in the office of Comp
troller-General Derham. ut Columbia.
last week. The assessments remain
practically as last year, but the follow
ing changes were made: Asheville and
Sparrtanburg, raised from St., 900 to 81
900 per mile; Chester and Lancaster.
raised from 81, $50 to 81, 800 per mile;
Georgia, Carolina and Northern, raised
from $40, coo to $4,000 per mile; Port
Royal and Western Carolina division
OF the Charleston and Western Caro-
lima. raised from So, 500 to $500;
Spartanbu burg, Union and Columbia,
raised from 500 to !$S, 900 rcr mile;
Wilson and Summerton, changed from
S3, 800 per mile on thirty miles and 81,
200 per mile on sixteen and one fourth
miles to So, 900 per mile for the entire
mileage. Ohio River md Charleston,
raised from SIS, 600 to $40, 900 per mile.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20
a Melancholy Figure in History.

Behind al this drama stand the
melancholy, tragic figures of the house
OF HapsburG. 1t is said that the
HapsburGs regard the United States
with Superstitious feelings. The
revolution that sent the daughter of
Maria Theresa TO her death in France
was inspired i'll part by the earlier up
rising III America. The Monroe doc
trinc was II blow ut the holy alliance,
III which Austria led.
MaXimillian lied in Mexico because
OF American intervention. and now the
Queen Regent OF Spain, daughter OF
the liapsbargs, finds the possessions
Of her son threatened by this same re-
public. The Qnccn Regent is a
pathetic figure. Not Spanish in race
or breeding, she finds thrown upon
herself the enormous burden Of saving
for her son his crown in days when
Spain Is distracted hy the ggavcst
troubles. Springfield (Maaa.) Rcpub.
lean.
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glare OF the white-hot furnaces, feed
the ceaseless voracity of those blis-
tered mouths with endless shovelings
of coal, that the pressure may be kept
up to supply the greed OF those driv-
ing engines lying just behind in the
next compartment. The air is full of
dust and CRIME, and ones head swims
because of the heat. In the engine
room the roar is laundering, and the
parts move back and forth, up and
down with the velocity of 800 changes
minute. A stray shot in there, we'll
placed, may burst cylinder teeming
with the pressure of more than 200
pounds Of scalding steam or liberate
the hammering weight of driving
piston and send it tearing through
every neighboriug part with the stun
ming violence of many tons of rending,
ripping force. Such are the odds
that must be faced for the safe car
riage of those other forces she has at
her command; and to the youngest
officer in the service may fall the
honor of that accomplishment before
which even n battleship might hesi-
tate. TIN work cut out for the tor
pedo boat is quite akin to that of
leading forlorn hope; but when the
time comes good men and cool in
plenty will be found ready to forget
themselves and laugh at death in even
this dread service for our flags de-
fense.
Torpedo warfare began during the
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20

American civil war, but so crude were
the early torpedoes aud so little op.
portunity has there since been to study
the action of modern torpedoes in ac-
tual war that naval officers all over
Europe have looked forward eagerly to
a war between the United States and
Spain rs an object lesson. That the
torpedo years ago passed the expert
mental stage and stands to-day as the
most wonderful and terrible of mod
crn engines of war is not to be doubted,
but it has had no real test of it's power.
Not one torpedo has been fired in war;
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20
PERFEc1 voF THE TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER.

out jar, are running (ay spoed
When clear of the boatbih wards n
safety device drops fro Aae nose and
leaves the plunger bad tinietonate
the fighting charge wipe !Strikinr
n ship from ten or fourh o. below
the water line, it willfd. wound
with such awful force bosiS be,vi-
est of armor must yield. hyN
In the han ds of eithelhgi<1noront
or Needless, the moderb spflo is u
menace to friend or fotnt in the
hands of the skilled and }ver.e. it is
the wickedcst Implement onfyarfare
wicked in threat and wi ud deed
1t is to bear the modest fec In of n
half dozen such "babie& &or the
largest of our torpedo bodrat,built
The torpedo boat or the lah yer is
s-t|i"o hrt th;-o &c k-sbn sfpb =.
sea-Sreen hulls, the absenkorIriGbt +
work, the presence of those drietdoes
and a knowledge of their s,on' mis-,
sion of stealth and destructil w tomn
with them the impress of ! usbina
akin to official piracy. Th9 I1 no
odds offered the enemy. I'll orot -
struggle between equal powN Prere
skill and facility of handling kwin
with open honors. Instead, il uasc
OF a giant and pigmy arr ike
with one common Implement | Bile
of running either. The weaken \ ,oh
many times more agile, canA \ Ec
the chances of equality: but, Nd
must creep upon the adversl Md
compel his surrender only Id bc
sense of his dying condition ho No
IN upon him with the force of thg 10
conclusive blow. What are the ae- q
of succor offered in return? Uet
pedo boat has done her frightfu ia
anu now is too small to bear d,ed
the hundreds she has doomedlOre
has not only subdued. but slt o.
poisoned her victory with the Hlel
of desertion. In turn, she facdhat
promise of absolute destruction ihol
OF prompt detection; but the hin
falls with reasonable hope Of nan
for the wounded and the living nm
the larger craft.
Death lies precious close at
times on board torpedo boat in
times. The crew must face DEATH
the destruction of the boat; death -,
laundering; death by the bursting '
the throbbing boilers or pulsing stc,,
pipes; death by collision; or death :,
the premature bursting of their oia
petards. She must face tie storm
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20

against. BesA boiIer comn,rt
ment and the commandment
there are fol subd;v;sions
One for the cars that mnrder.
ous load of 22ed of onn cotton
at the head, al ht hers for reon :
lating the air fo the eno;@es
" "nu ior malnt' she torpedo at
"n "e'ermihe d Of submerg-
onGe; st
When attack ede,s ot onchor
and likely to dsted with tor.
pedo nets, the vtba tornado 10
fitted with a cut 4 No orJ;n,rv
fabrication of s,nne md chain
tbot G wienstand epping force of
;n~ Instrument m'by the rush
tnsa .o'oS ol neari. ipounds. The
tLa IT, - eJected the tube by
powder. In pS ,ut, n little
trigger or clip tut, .he mower for
Ihe engines, and, i,the time the
'ooo mas dlVed tngines, with
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20

and sure" 'o"' iSs'
I'm ostonished and dumbfouuded
ana ana deiighted, my dear. tHoweysr
did you do it, Fred?"
but before Fred could mako tho er-
PLANTATION he deemed Incumbent . sar
want announced lady, who came
oamo sweeping ir in garments of deon
purple Tcivet-a girl with starry ewes
ana hair as golden as sunshine -
servant. ~ 'ne
And then-well, theyscene is indies.
crloaoie, but with two lovely women
oeseeching him to forgive, and the
pahsy-purple eyes making him feel
,he queerest around his heart he over
hao 1elt, somehow-he sneyer knew
how-Theophilus Templeton simme ered
quietly down, and accepted the s;tna.
.lon with the best grace at his com.
mand until six months afterward
when he trlumphantly announced TO
ms nephew that the luckiest dav of
ms llfo had been when he mistooL
Rossle for Miss Lovett.
FOR since You wouldn't bovo ber
tor your wife you shall have her fo,.
your aunt, and help yourself if Won
cant" - Jou
But as no one was at all anxious to
leip 1T, Mr.. Templeton married his
beautiful young wife, and it is a ones.
lon who of the quartet is the hapni.
'st.-Spare Moments.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20
THE FIELDS OF CLOVER

Oh, for one more happy day,
To run and romp and play,
Out in tho fields, where over and oror
could roll once more in ths rronr,,,
clover! "S' '"h'
For never was joy
Like being boy,
Out in the fields OF clover.
on, Tor one moro barefoot run.
>, AFTER the long hot day is done
Town In the fields OF fragrant cIovo-
WINE by my side my old dog Rover
nuns after the cows
Who stop to browse.
out In the fields OF clover,
Oh, ior one more vigorous swim
IN tne deep old pool where the light ;s
Where down plunge. over and over
Anu When come up smell OF clover
AS the wind blows fresh
On my naked flesh,
;, Out from the fields of clover,
IN, 1or ono more rest at nipht
with my heart rs free and Ii,,ht
M ~, IN the days now long passed over
wien 1 played in the fields OF fr,c~,,,
clover: vi ir"STant
For never was ioy
Like being a bow
Out in the fields OF clover,
Everywhere.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20

miniature engines, capable of develop.
ing within the limited space of an
average. sized cheese-boX, driving
energy of thirty horse power. With
that force turning its twin screws. the
miniature craft can be turned for n
mile and a hall at the rate Of thirty.
fly" miles an hour Compressed air
Is the motive power; and il is crowded
into the trn-foot boiler of this small
boat till pressure of ninety times
that of the au we breathe is reached
The explosion of that boiler is IL 3an-
g"!ous possibility to be guarded
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20

light projcctilcs every modern battle.
ship can send from her batteries, one.
Founders, siX-poundcrs and gating
guns, all of which may bring death.
and, with the exception of the gat-
linSS' bullets, all OF which may pierce
the sides and boilers OF any of these
boats.
When running at top speed, the
boatS quivcr from stem to stern with n
wearing vibration hard to bear in com
pany with the nervous tension of
serious work. Down in the stoke
hoid the !iromcn, before The blindiue
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20

along, sir. - -'
FRED rose promptly.
certainly; I'll so and be presented
10 her' ana dare say there will he y,
reason why shall not admire her i'm.
Lhehse,y. But as for falling in love
with Miss Lovett-"
lie laughed and shrugged his broad
shoulders, then put on his hat and
went out with Mr.. Templeton TO meet
, .ne charming young lady intended for
| IL was beautiful little villa, not fer
! rom Mr.. Templeton's stately mansion
little back from the Parade. and il y
made very pretty picture, with its
white lace draperies floatinr IN tbo
still sea breeze, and the sprov fron,
.he fountains blowing in a rainbow
shower' and the gay striped awnings
,iu.tering their scalloped borders in
the July sunshine.
Inc ilverled footman bowed his best
ana regretted to be obliged to inform
the gentlemen that Mrs. Saxony was
not IN. A swift look of dismnv on
Mf, !cmpleton's face perhaps touched
,nat 1unctionary's tender heart. for he
nastened to assure them that "AIiss
hovett was in the drawing-room-
would they walk imp"
put that Mr.. Templeton declined
ooinS, as he was not personally no
with Miss Lovett, Mt least
not sufficiently acquainted with her to
present himself. He had known her
when she was n girl of ten. and bod
always been her fathers most cher.
lshed friend, and had been in cores.
pondence with Mr.. Lovett when that
Gentleman died so suddenly in India:
ont all the same, with an old bacbo,
ors characteristic shrinking from
pretty young girls, he declined the in
,r.a.ion ,n until Mrs. Saxony should be
III too bad-too bad" he said, MS
10y went through the beautiful little !
IL J. loh !
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20

w ere nC
'ehittSu, au'i,
he recognized afterwnrd as fate, Mr..
Templeton paused midway down the
path, and turned to look back at Mrs.
Saxony's house.
BY Jove! There she is at the
window-Miss Lovett. Isn't she n
beauty! Isn't sho sweet enough to
turn any fellow topsy-turvy? Look,
Fred there's the wife I've picked out
Tor you! Can your music-teccher
beat that?'
And Mr.. Templeton seized his un-
offending nephew by the sleeve. and
gestlcul0tcd emphatically toward the
open window where girl sat. beau
tlful indced-marvelously beautiful,
tar and dainty-with dark. lustrous
hair, braided on II proud little head.
and straight, heavy dark brows, that
made the purity of her complexion
still moro dazzling. A rosebud of a
mouth, round, handsomely chiseled
chIn, n white dress, with creamy lace
and pink rose at her throat,N made n
picture fair enough to indeed he
! turned any mans sens |''PsS-
She did not raise her eyes from her
book, and she was unconscious of
their espionage, or of Fred Warning
ton $ transtiSed gaze.
$50 you're struck, ell? So youu
give tho old man credit for havinc.
good taste, will YOU? You wouldn't
mind having her for your wife. after
al, | suppose"
Fred drew n long breath. then
quickly linked his arm in Mir. Temple
tons. and drew that gentleman away.
'She Is the sweetest, most bcauii-
ful girl | ever saw I'll marry her to-
morrow if she'll have me-" he said.
And how the old gentleman
laughed
Music teacher Notwithstanding,
eh?' he said
And then Fred laughed, and Mr..
Templeton generously decided not to
be too sarcastic on the poor boy.
Almost at the same moment @ tall,
lovely girl, several years older than
the fairy i'll white by the window in
Mrs. SaXony's drawing-room, entered
and went up to her.
absorbed in your book still
Rossic? It is time for my lesson.
isn't it?'
And Rossie Fleming laid down her
book, and for an hour she and Miss |
beatrlE LOvctt devoted themselves to |
the music lesson, to be Interrupted bv !
gentleman who had bribed the foot |
man 10 permit him to enter the music |
room unannounced, and to whom |
kossle flew, with little shrek OF de- |
light
Fred % Fred. How did YOU
know was in Brighton? Ionly came |
yesterday 10 assist Miss Lovett with |
her music. This is Miss Lovett,
Frca-AIr. Warrington, Miss Lovctt.'
And before he had finished his very
delightful call Mr. Warrington re-
lated to the ladies the mistake his
uncle had made.
And | am sure Miss IovCtt will
not blame me if | insist that I shall
harry You, little Rossin. and the
sooner the better, before Uncle Phil
discovers his mistake.'
And the ncXtwceii there was 2 quiet
wedding at the local registrars o!licc.
while Mr.. TcmpIc;on was taking his
SnooIe IN hhs chair, with his haudkcr-
chief over his face, dreaming Of the
days when beautiful Miss Lovctt
would reign royalty in his nophcw's
home.
At s o'clock the same night he was
electrified by the rcccipt OF a note
from Fred
II have been and gone and done it.
Uncle Phil. it said. II promised
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20
The Winthrop Girls

The young ladies of tho Winth1or
College, Rock Hill, 300 strong, held
their aanuGl outing last Friday at
Davidson College, y. C.. where thev
were royalty entertained bv the college.
On their way back from Davidson they
stopped over i'll Charlotte and took in
the tow n. y to tho delight &! not n few
young men of the "Queon CITY of
North Carolina
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20
Smallpox Danger Considered Over.

The board of health officers of Colum
bia feel now that the smallpox epidemic
is practically under control. There
was not single new case reported on
the l2th and only one was reported the
day before. The result of wholesale
vaccination is now beginning to be M.
parent. DR.. Babcock estimates that
thre are fully 23, 600 people in the city
who have been successfully vnccinated.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20
TE:'RR0Rs :'R OF THE|EAN.
Torpedo Boats and Torpedo BoaG Gl,.or.

VI the torpedo boat the public bos
fairiy accurate notion. and knows
that herchief purpose is to plant ono
or more fatal stings against the s;d.s
OF an enemy, but the torpedo boat 5es
s'royer ranges, IN imagination. all the
way from u counter-mining machine
10 somethlng Just short of o good. sized
cruiser. The torpedo boat DESTROYER
Is really magnificent torpedo boat of
great speed, better sea-keeping quail
ties and.with battery of rapid d-tirinr
guns OF from five to eight six-ponnders
one Is built purposely with al out.
"ard appearance closely akin to her
hatur"l quarry, that she may the better
approach unsuspected within strikinr
distance. She also carries q tornedo
outfit. aud in her the battlesb,n and
the cruiser have even more dancer
Gus enemy than in the simple torpedo
boat, for where the. small craft Inv,
stress OF weather, limited speed NJ
restricted endurance must half tho
destroyer may continue with ali the
more certainty of carrying out it's
mission.
VI the eleven boats on which vo
may count in short while. two of
them may be classed as destrovers
q, .ne Farragut. and the Rowan: two If
tnem =, ms thirty-knot torpedo boats. tho
Craven and xssunaRakses.s..1r@.zas6ieea'' iea' 's'
,pss ,peea as sopo boats of ordinary
Ihe fasAgut, Rowan, Davis and
~, VA e'Is "re riding on the Pacific COST;
ne by she Union Iron Works, of
= .IteS iancisSo; the second by Moran
rothers, OF Seattle, and the last two
y Wolff tSizwickcr, of Portland, Ore
On. The Dahlgren and Craven are
nilding at the Bath Iron Works,
ath, Me-; the Morris, Talbot and
win at Herreshoif's, Bristol; the on
,ackenzie at Charles Hillman's yard. w
and the Mckee at the sa
Iron Works, of Baltimore: lie,
I'D it is of interest to note that these tn
st two boats are of the type recon- n
ended by the chief constructor and tn
lgineer-in- chief rs the most readily wi
'sceptible of rapid duplication in es
'ent of need.
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Gonzales Gets an Appointments.

The State of the 18th SAYS Mr.. y. G..
Gonzales, of Columbia, has been MP
pointed on the staff of GeL. Emilis
Nunez II is an appointment under n
gentleman and among gentlemen, " as
Gen. Castillo said in proilerinr IT.