The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-08-01

the Democratic Convention paid q
splendid tribute 70 Judge Reagan in
a set of resolutions cominenditory Of
his high character sud hong service
to the democracy Of ,ise State.
Hon. s. y y. Lan!, "a whose
name has been mentioned l., this let
ter will be nominated for tho office
Of Governor today at Galveston.
Many of the readers Of TUE UNION
TIMES know Mr.. Lanham und many
moro know of him Mr.. I.anham' s
wife is Uriou county lady, 5viog
the daughter ofthe late Gariey Meng
and sister OF Wallace Meng, of
Union, lie WAS Il canl.d,tc eight
vears ago when Chas. Cuiberson was
placed in the gudernatorial chair, but
be bided his time and the Office at
this time comes to him almost without
an effort. He is literally put in
office. Mr.. Lanham is noble speci.
men Of Il man, one with fine private
and public record and above all a
man whom South Carolinian's should
be very proud of and one, with safety,
they may strive to emulate as citi-
zen and a public official.
At Paris, Texas, there is modern
prophet whose name is @. Z. Thomas.
He has of late made some predictions
which it is claimed have come to
pass. For instance he prophesied
that President Mckinley would be
assassinated during the second term
of office. He predicted that the
young king of Spain (who told his
mother the other day to mind her
own business and respect his autority
like the rest of his subjccts) will be-
come the greatest ruler the world has
yet seen, that all latin speaking
nations will become subject to his
authority. lie predicts that Mr..
Cleveland will be the Democratic
nominee in 1904, although the party
will try to pass him by, but after he
is nominated an overwhelming senti.
ment will be erected in his favor and
he will be elected and avert bloody
revolution between labor and the
trusts. He also prophesies that
King Edward will recover long
enough to be crowned but that his
reign will not last long and will be
known in history as a weak one. His
son George, however, he says, will
be known as holy terror. He will
make France adopt new airs and put
a king on the throne and will cause
the great Russian bear to give vent
to such a growl as to make the world
stand aghast. 1 have nc confidence
in these phophesies and only repeat
them for what they are worth, but
we shall see what we shall see.
Let me tell you something of a
man of whom you may know more
than I, and l do not speak of him
to advertise him or his business, he
does his own advertising and that is
the point l shall mention. This man
is Mr.. w. M. Ostrander, of Penn
sylvania, of whom it is said has built
up the largest real estate brokerage
business in the world. Mr.. Ostrander
is about 36 years old. His adver-
tising bills must 90 up into the
thousands of dollars yearly for he IS
an extensive. advertiser. His ads.
away down here in Texas fal about
two columns in the Dallas News
every Saturday moraing. The real
estate and other businesse of various
kinds are located in nearly every
State and territory in America. His
is business of vast proportions judg-
ing from the amount of advertising
which builds it larger. Mr.. Os.
trander takes page in magazine,
he sometimes has a cut of himself
above and the announcement Just
under it. He says in the ads: eff
you want to sell a property of any
size, of any kind, located any where
send description and price and learn
of the novel and wonderfully success
full plan" For this time [ shall
stop, this is long enough.
j. S. G.