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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
IOncsviIIe Jottines.

Jonesville, April 30th. The month
closes with lovely weather and every body
is el joyinp, it. Farmo are losing no
time, they have deserted the town aud
are putting in full time in the field. One
farmer was in town to-day hunting cot
ton seed, he had sold out too close and
didn't have enough TO plant his crop
There is some fine wheat patches around
Jonesville. Mr.. g. &. Alexan Ter has an
acre on which he is working for priz4
Mr.. B. +. Webber has a prize acre AIS
and both Of these patches are fne Mr.
J. l. McWhirter has two acres for which
he is contcnding for a prize AMI it is the
finest wheat in the country. lie has II
acres besides his two priz, acres thlt j.
very fine. Mr.. McWhertec will have
his roller mill in fine condition for thA
wheat crop and he IN mtkes the finest
patent flour.
The brick machine OH factory hill has
not got to put in full time for sew, raj
days but it is in full blast to-day turning
out about twenty thousand per ddy. Tie
work on the factory hill is lively and
progressing well
Mr. f. p. O'Sh.ells has some ripe
Strawberries and wi begin 10 ship his
line and he will be able TO ship great
many.
Mc5srs w. A McWhrter and Ed
Gault, from across the PLcO!et in Oh II, =
kee county, we're in town TO day, they L.
port the lands badly washed b. the late
rdins and farmer, behind in their neigh
borhOod
5me farmers have planted part Of
their cotton crop and have Il goDi stand
while many oilers have planted but lit!le
ami have none up yet.
see an unusual quantity Of Irish pota-
toes in the stores and asked IL mercltnt
how it was and he said there We're but
few po atoe' planted. The potato bugs
had got To be SO numerous and destri.-
tive that the people had partially abandon.
ed p!antl'2 potatotS In some places the
bugs come with the potatoes as soon az
the pOtttoeS.get above tie groand They
are covered with bugs.
We have no small poX in our town and
we are not inviting it buj l. seems likely
that it will come without an invitation
The board of health and the town cOucil
VIII do what they can to keep the loaLh-
some disease away but it is heming us in
very closely.
MI John ri ;keDs one Of the old land
marks Of the immunity is quite sick
with grippe.
There was but little interest taken last
Saturday in the reorganization of the
democratic club. Oar people don't seem
20 care straw for politics.
TELEPHONE.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

We notice that games Of base ball
were played last Sunday between
Cincinnati and Pittsburg, Chicago and
st. Louis, Milwaukee and Chicago,
Minneapolis and Kansas City. We
are not opposed to base ball as a
game, and think it is fine sport, and
an excellent method Of developing
the muscles Of the players and it fur
nishes amusement to thousands, and
n good, gentlemenly team is help
and credit to any town. But we
certainly draw the line mt playing
base ball on Sunday. We think it is
n terrible desecration of the holy Sab
bath day, and we hope that no South
ern team will so far forget themselves
or allow their enthusiasm to so far
run away with their better natures
as to ever allow them to attempt the
playing Of base ball on Sunday.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
UNIONS NEW INDUSTRY.

Have you been around TO the Bal
ley Lumber Company's big plant,
since they have got their machinery
in operation? II not it will be sur
prise for you if you will step over
that way and take look about you.
Mr.. r. l.. McNally will take pleasure
IN showing you around.
They are now thoroughly equipped
to do everything in the building line.
Such an industry is great help to
the town. In the first place they
have pay roll of about one hundred
dollars a week, which money is turned
loose in the town by tho hands.
Then it is convenience to those
who wish TO build or repair, or have
piece Of furniture made, no need
new to send off for your manties,
scroll or fancy work. No trouble or
worry about finding man to do little
repair jobs. Write down what you
want and hand it in, that is all you
have to do they do the rest. In fact
they look after you from the cradle
to the grave, they build your house,
paint it, put up the guttering, furnish
it and turn over the keys. They
have the largest stock Of lumber,
lime, cement, shingles, doors, sash,
blinds, ETC., ever seen in Union, they
have several buildings full of lumber
and material and have rented the
large seed room at the cotton seed oil
mill, which they are rapidly filling
up by unloading several cars Of ma
terill into it, it is doubtful if this
additional space will furnish sufficient
room. Mr.. w. b. Cootcr, whose
reputation is too well known to re-
quire comment here, is in charge OF
the cabinet and fancy work.
We give this space and prominence
to this infant, though rapidly dcvcl-
oping industry, OF which Messrs. 7.
+. Bailey and Il. l.. McNally are the
proprietors, from the simple fact that
we believe in the establishment OF Il
variety Of industries in the town,
and believe that they Will tend more
to rapid growth than anything else,
and we are ready to lend our all to
their establishment. There is plenty
Of room for other minor industries,
let them come along. 1t is not the
largest manufacturing establishment
every time that pays the best divi-
dends.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

All previous records Of the postal
service Of the United States has been
passed, and this year will show II
greater amount Of business than has
ever been handled heretofore the re-
port Of the post office department at
Washington says the issues OF post
age stamps and other forms Of postage
will exceed 500, 900, 900 for the cur
rent fiscal year. The last quarter
showed issues Of $2G, ,2S0, ,767, Which
is more than $l,jO0,OOC above the
record OF any previous quarter. The
three quarters ending March 81
showed issues OF about $73, ,O0O, 600.
The quarter ending June 30 is likely
to add S27 900, 900 to this amount.
The postage collected on pericdi-
calls in the fiscal year 1898 was So
8G1, 1868.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
WHAT'S WRONG ABATIT?
Here, Newberry ObserAr, what's $

this?
"Our contemporary Of thelChester
Lantern should be little lncredu-
lous when some Of his frie1ls come
around and show him so-calted origi-
nal copies Of the New York Herald
containing an account Of the eNaSsassa-
nation Of President Lincoln, or the
Ulster County Gazette, containing an
account Of the death and burial Of
George Washington, or even the
Wick sburg paper which was printed
on wall paper during the siege OF that
city by Gen. Grant," etc.
What do you mean? We said
nothing about any OF our frleuds-nr
enemies either-showing us such
papers. We don't remember to have
seen anything Of the kind chester
Lantern.
1t seems the Observer forgot to note
the paper he made the clipping from
and made a guess at it, and missed.
But suppose the Ledger had been the
right one, what is wrong about it?
Why should it be incredulous2 Is
there any bogus papers of this kind
lying around? We cannot speak for
the wall paper business, but we have
in our possession copy Of the Ulster
County Gazette containing an ac
connt Of George Washington's death
or burial, with the column rules all
turned in regulation style. Does the
Observer mean to say such copies
are fiaud?
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
SORRY you DIDN'T
GLAD THEY DIDO

Editor Aull, Of the Herald and
News is such jolly, good natured
kind Of quill driver, that he takes
the world as it comes, and does not
stop to cry over spilled milk. The
following rather startling paragraph
appeared from his pen in last week s
Herald and News; he proposes to be
glad, fodder or no fodder:
"I am sorry Ncwberry did not win
in the intercollegiate contest in
oratory at Greenwood last week, but
am glad the Due West young man
-waikett or with the medal"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

The first casualty Of the Paris En-
position occurred Sunday evening re-
sulting in the death Of nine sight
seers and the injuring Of forty more.
A temporary bridge collapsed. The
bridge had been condemned, but the
crowd had not been kept from under
tho bridge. The largest crowd was
in attendance Of any day so far. The
accident threw pail Of sadness over
the happiness Of the immense throng.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
$50, 100000 FIRE;
$4,000 HOMELESS.

1t was II terrible fire that occurred
in the cities Of Ottawa, Ont. md
Hull, Que, last Thursday. The two
towns being separated by the Ottawa
River. The loss OF property will foot
up to something like $50, 900, 900
The town Of Hull was almost entirely
destroyed, fierce wind was blowing
at the time which caused The flame:
to leap across the river and soon both
cities were burning causing sight
awful in it's grandeur. The body Of
flame was said to be four miles long
and half q mile in width. Lum-
Der companies lost $50 10000 feet
Of lumber. Half q dozen lives were
lost and many thousand made homo
less. Tho fire originated fcom Il
burning chimney about q quarter OF
mile from Main street in Ottawa.
The casualties are summarized as fol-
owS:
Five square miles Of territory
burned over; more than $500 dwell
ings, factories, mills, stores AID other
buildings destroyed, entailing a loss
estimated to reach T30, 200, 900, and
between 1900 and $1,000 men, VIC
men and children homeless is the
rough estimate of the fire at Hull and
in Ottawa.
Most Of the lumber piles in Ottawa
and Hull, half dozen churches and
schools, many mills, the Hull water
works, the Hull court house and Jail,
the post office, the convent-almost
every business place, and about 900
dwellings and shops in Hull destroyed
Indeed, practically nothing Of Hull is
left but a church and q few hoeses
beyond it.
In ottawa it is estimated that, be-
sides the mill, factories, etc burned
800 residences were destroyed Loss
estimated Mt $l5, 900, 900 and the in
surance at -, 100000.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
ISN'T THIS AWFUL?

The famine in India is causing an
awful state of affairs, there are 3d.
100000 people in the famine stricken
district, and they are even selling
their children to secure little food
The girls are being sold at 30 cents
each, there now being no market for
the boy children, they are turned
adrift and allowed to look out for
themselves or perish. 1T is horrible
to contemplate. Money is being
sent from every direction, but mil
lions will perish before help can ar
rive. England is held responsible for
not needing the warning several
months ago and taking necessary
measures to prevent the present state
OF affairs. A correspondent says of
the cast-olf children:
"These cast-oifS corgregate about
the doors of the grain merchant shops,
and the only way the proprietors can
get rid OF them is to throw out hand
fuls of grain, scattering it wide. The
children pici; and pick all day and at
night perhaps are rewarded by having
collected q single handful"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

Committees representing the tele-
graphers have been in consultation
with the prominent members Of the
Order OF Railway Telegrauhers in
Chicago and elsewhere looking to n
sympathetic strike should it become
necessary. Members Of the Order Of
Railway Telegraphers say this is the
first strike OF importance ever author
lied by the Order and the men are
determined that it shall succeed, as
the life or the death Of the organiza-
tion depends on the result. More
than 1900 railway telegraphers in
the United States are members OF
the Order.
A sympathetic strike may be or
dered on all important railroad sys-
TENS east Of the Mississippi river.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

An effort is on foot to coin new
word in the English language. 1t
seems there is a necessity Of new
pronoun which will do away with the
use Of the words "his or her" and
himself OF ,herself'a monotonous rep
etition Of which appears in catalogues
ETC., OF all institutions Of learning
where there is co-education. The
word suggested is "Thon: :" and would
be used "Thonself" for "himscif or
herself and "Thon" for "his or her. "
It's q good idea, let it come
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

"The Blacksburg Cotton Mil, of
Blacksburg, has filed notice of Il de-
crease in it's proposed capital stock
from 800, 900 to $50, 900. FIX.
This is the first instance we have
noticed this year OF proposition to
decrease the capital stock Of q cotton
mill, they are nearly all doing the
other thing. But if Blacksburg will
put the other SOC, 900 into some other
new Industry she will not be the
loser. Diversified industries for the
towns and diversified farming for
tho country, is the open sesame to
the three P.'s, Prosperity, Peace and
Plenty.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

a movement is on foot among the
citizens OF Eastover near Columbia
for the erection OF cotton mill al
that place. 1t is proposed to form q
company capitalized at 100000.
Several prominent parties in Column
bia are interested in tho movement.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

"The richest heiress in the world
is going to marry man named Safe. "
-Spartanburg Herald.
We wager he will be ready to re-
ceive any deposits she may feel in
clined to make
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

The Kimball House of Atlanta,
changed hands Monday. Mr.. Joseph
Thomson retiring and Mr.. James Z.
Hickey taking charge. 1t is said
that Mr.. Hickey is ono Of the most
popular hotel men in the business,
having had charge Of some Of the
largest hotels in the country.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

The office Of County Supervisor Of
Newberry county must offer very
tempting bait for candidates. We
notice from the Newbcrry papers
there are seven candidates out for it
SO far, with possibly others to hear
from.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
UNION, S. c.. MAY !, 1900.

Wonder il any Of our readers re-
member that there was published in
Union in the sixties n paper of the
name "The New Era?" Also one Of
the name "The Uninnville Press"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

1t is reported that Dewey is going
to take the stump. He had best take
a reef in his top sails and go into
port, unless he desires to face a
storm the like of which he has never
encountered on the high seas. Don't
you Dewitt Dewey.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

The Secretary of the Treasury has
sent, in reply to n resolution, a state
ment showing the amount due the
State Of South Carolina from the
government growing out Of the claims
OF the Indian and Florida wars to be
Sl7S. S.93S.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

The largest diamond in the world
Is now on exhibition at the Paris En-
position. 1t is insured for 81 900 600,
and has four policeman guarding it,.
1t is . product Of the Kimberly mines
In South Africa
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
HOW SOME OF
THE GAMES WENT.
Clean Ball Being Played This Sea-
son-South Carolina, North Car
Olina and Georgia College Boys.

Charleston, April 2S,-Davidson
College base ball club was scalpod
twice today. The Tar Heels lost n
game to tho College of Charleston
this morning, which was deferred
from yesterday, by score Of l to 1.
The Citadel cadets defeated the North
Carolina boys in the afternoon by a
score OF 15 to s.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

In the game between the Wake
Forest team aud the Atlanta Techs
last Thursday ut Atlanta the Wake
Forest boys vert down nursing a
goose egg The score was 3 to in
favor OF the Techs.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

The Wake Forest, n. G.. team went
up against the Mercer, Ga, team at
Macon, Ga, Saturday, and got an
other licking, the score being Mercer
3 Wake, Forest 9. Wake Forest
seems to be coming out at the llttIe
end OF the horn in her Georgia round
Of games.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04
We are Showing.

All the newest and best materials that make UP
nicely into Summer Waists and Skirts. Pretty
stfs for graduating closing school exercises and
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

The game between Wolrord and
Clemson, at the Clemson College
grounds Saturday, WAS surrendered
to Wofford to the tune Of to 0. 1t
is said Of the game tina: if was great
game, and one Of the cleanest ever
witnessed on the college campus,
The Clemson boys said it was an
honor to be beat by such fine team
as Wuirnrd has, and they would feel
proud OF it except that it would have
been so much greater honor to have
gained the victory over them.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-04

The game Saturday between Geor-
gia and Carolina at Brisbrine Park
Atlanta, Saturday, was Il hot one and
said to be the prctticst game Of the
season. 1t seems from all reports
that very clean ball is being played
this season at least by the teams Of
Georgia and the Carolinas. The
score was to Z in this game, both
sides. however, claim to have won
the game.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-27

the stage they are quickly forgotten
A Boston publishing firm has recently
been made the victim of a sort of trick,
but one equally humiliating. 1t pub
lished book of travel and explora-
tion and il has recently discovered that
the author of it never traversed the
country described, but simply relied on
an active Imagination. Two New York
ministers who We're conspicuous enough
to warrant the newspapers publishing
their sermons found, several years ago,
that even plagiarism in the pulpit might
be quickly detected The publishers who
were fooled on Aboard the American
Duchess have paid the author of it
compensation for the boks sold by them
but they have not made known the real
name of the plagiarist. He sent the
book to them under an assumed name"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-27
VIRGINIA MUST PAY Up
UNCLE SAM HAS A CHANCE TO
COLLECT A DEBT.
May Hold Out Virginias War Equip
ment Money to Settle An Old Account
for Bonds Repudated.

There is a good deal of agitation
down in Virginia over the discovery of
a clause in law passed at the last
session of Congress authorizing the
paymentto the states of money expend-
ed in the equipment of troops for the
Spanish war. This clause prohibits the
payment of the claim of any state
which may be indebted to the general
government, and provides that the
amount of the claim as adjudicated
shall be credited against such indebted
ness.
The United States government holds
$l,OOO,OOO or more of the bonds of Vir-
glnla, which have been repudiated by
that state. When West Virginia was
separated from the old commonwealth
the citizens of the latter insisted that
the new state should assume its pro-
portion of the debt, and Brown Bros.
and other bankers of New York, rep
resenting clients holding about $19, 900,
900 of the bonds, have for several years
been endeaVoring to bring suit against
West Virginia to determine it's share of
the debt. 1t is now suspected that this
clause was inserted in the bill in order
to throw the burden of the litigation
upon the government of the United
states. Under the new law the secre-
tary of the treasury will be compelled
to ascertain the validity of the bonds
before he can settle the claims of either
Virginia or West Virginia for money
expended in the equipment of troops for
the Spanish war
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-27
ACTING ON THE REPORTS THE NEED OF A CABLE
UNANIMOUS SENTIMENT IN ITS
FAVOR.
Great Britain's Vast Gable System and
Its Immense Benefit to the Empire
South African Monopoly.

No one seems to dispute the need Of
cable across the Pacific. Hawaii
the Philippines, Guam, and a Chinese
program definitely place the United
states in the far East or the far West,
as you please" says the Philadelphia
Manufactures, land whether we like it
or not the facts add great force to the
demand for a cable. Earlier the need
of such a cable was urged for trade
reasons; now the arguments are poll
teal as well as commercial" Indeed,
thinks the Baltimore Herald Ond), the
cable is hardly less essential to our
commercial development and the effec-
tive control of the islands over which
we have acquired authority than
ship canal across Central America"
The Providence Journal 0nd) points
TO Great Britain, whose. foresight and
energy" it says, shown in covering
the world with a network of telegraph
lines, both over the lands and under
the waters, must compel the admiration
of all" In Britain's present emergen-
cy, it continues, we see the African
continent completely encirced with
cables, all of them under British con-
troll
THE completeness of the system is
absolute. Everywhere on both coasts,
the points where the lines converge are
located in British territory; every mes
sage that passes over the system is un-
der british observation and control.
''All this service, it should be noted,
is furnished by private companies; but
they are subsidized by the British Gov
eminent, which exacts substantial re-
turns for it's assistance. The subsidies
are granted upon conditions that give
the Government nearly all the advan-
tages of ownership without it's respon-
abilities and difficulties 1t is required
that all the employees of the cable COM
panies shall be British subjects; that
the lines shall not pass under the con-
troll of any foreign government; that
the subsidy shall run for twenty years
payable at the expiration of each wear
provided the service has been satisfac-
tory and the lines kept in good condi-
tion that the dispatches Of the British
Government and of the British colonial
governments shall have priority when
ever demanded; that all government
messages shall be carried at half rates,
ana that in case of war the British
Government shall be entitled to take
possession of all the stations in British
territory or territory under British
protection, and to put in it's own en-
ployees.
THE advantages which the British
have in this ready and worldwide com
munication of course need no explana-
ton. Literary Digest.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-27
PREVALENCE OF PLAGIARISM

Commenting on the announcement of
&. p. Putnam's Sons that the story
recently published by them under fhe
title of Aboard the American Ouch
ess'" the story purporting to be the
work of an American author who writes
under the name of George j. Myers, is
plagiarism of story published some
years back by Headon Hill of Lon1on
entitled The Queen of Night" the
New York Sun says
mo reader for a publishing firm can
be familiar with all books published,
and 1t is not surprising that this firm
should be fooled as it was, but it would
seem that the certainty of beng Ce-
tected would discourage such swindles,
The publishers have discovered thar The
man who perpetrated this one has
bad record. A man who for several
years was a reader for a publishing
firm, and later for a theatrical mana
ger, said not long ago; Even some Of
the classics are sent to the publishing
firms as original, and not infrequently
they are works that should be familiar
to every one. So many books are pub
llshed each year now, however that it
is not difficult to find works with which
the average reader is unfamiliar. When
began reading plays however came
near losing faith in all human nature.
At least a third of the plays submit
ted to me We're either stolen bodily from
old plays, translated from the French
or the German, or merely revised from
one or the other of those sources. 1t is
easier to plagiarise plays than books, be-
cause few of the former are published
in permanent form, and unless they
have been exceptionally successful on