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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-11-21
THE RURAL SCHOOL,
Why The ASriculturist Comes to
Town.

About eighty-two per cent. of our
people dwell in the country and en-
gage in agricultural pursuits. I'm
der present conditions the rural pub:
lie school is the chief hope of edu-
eating the rural population. The
best people of all classes are going
to reside where they can get the best
opportunities for their children. The
only hope, therefore, OF keeping such
people on their farms is to be found
in the improvement Of the public
school. These rural schools must
be made adequate to the educa .ional
needs of the people end equal in
merit to the best public schools of
the towns and cities before we can
hope to stop the disastrous annual
drains upon the best blood of the
country by these towns and cities.
In rocks and trees, and streams, and
hills, and wales, and fields, and
flowers, nature has provided in the
country better companions, better
object lessons and better materials
for education than can possibly be
found or supplied in the towns and
the cities.
There is no reason why man should
not supply there, in the heart of
nature, schools that shall offer as
good educational facilities ,as are to
be found in town or city. With
such schools, the county would be
the ideal place for the education of
man. Without such schools, it is
but question of time when the best
of the country population will leave
the country and when there shall
be left in our rural districts only the
poorest peasant population, too ignor-
ant to know the value and the bless
ing of an education and too indlffer-
ent to care to secure it for their off
spring.
This must not happen. The his
tory of all civilization plainly de-
clares that the greatest calamity
that can befall any land is the deteri-
Grafton or ..the destruction of its bold
peasantry.-IIon. J. Y. Joyner,
Superintendent of Public instruction
of North Carolina.
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iuitc convenience as we can get
rhe morning papers here as early as
they do at SparIauburg.
Miss Alice higgins, Of the Con-
verse Business College, visited friends
md relatives here last Saturday re-
turning Monday morning.
Cigarette smoking is a great evil
to those who practice it. Our text
books tell US that it effects the action
IF the heart. Sometimes it effects
others and causes them much trouble
in various ways. eaw the above
statement practically illustrated re.
Gently. The facts are somewhat
tbusly.
A farmer who lives in Chester
county loaded up his wagon with one
bale of cotton early one morning, his
destination being Lockhart and his
object being Co convert that bale of
cotton to such things as he and his
family might need. When he came
to Broad river he was necessarily
delayed somewhat by a number of
wagons in front. A negro innocent
ly or with evil intent struck match
on that particular bale of cotton to
light his cigarette, when on an in
slant the cotton was covered with
light flame. For an instant
all ihearts must have stopped
beating and they stood in amaze
ment. Considerable amount of cot
ton was burned and the negro was
arrested. Some of his friends came
to his aid and raised money enough
te cover the loss and the matter was
compromised.
As l write tonight the gentle rain
is falling and possibly the nice wealth
er of the autumn of 1902 has come
to close. Homo.
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Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1903 Almanac.

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BISHOP DUNCAN in CAUSTIC.
Says Some Sharp Things on Meth
odfsts who "Improve" on Creed.
(From the Baltimore SUM-


Richmond, Va. Nov. 14.--Bishop
Duncan's address to the class of min
listers just admitted to full connection
With the Conference, was the dis
tinguishing event of the Virginia
Methodist Conference today. The
Bishop did not mince matters in ad-
vising the young ministers to avoid
tediousness In their sermons and to
adhere to pure Methodism.
He gave somewhat high thrust
at what is sometimes known as
'high Methodism."
"The young preacher should re-.
member, he said, "that they have
made a VOW to be guided by the
Methodist discipline. Never become
so wise or know so much as to try
and improve On this book. When
you get a better form for marriages
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
May Elect an Outsider For the
Speaker of the House.
(From Oar Regular Correspondens.)

A'rumor has been started in Wash.
'ington this week, appropose of the
speakership contest, which is attract
ing widespread attention, botn as
curiosity and as possible factor in
the struggle for craftsmanship of the
House Of Rspres ,ntatives. 1t has
been discovered that, under the con
stitution, the speaker of the House
need not be member. He may be
elected from private life. No sooner
was the discovery made than it was
suggested that it would be an appro-
pirate token of their respect aud
esteem for the republican members
to elect Gen. Henderson speaker Of
the Flfty-eighth Congress, notwith-
sthnding the fact that he will not be
a member Of the Congress. Whether
this suggestion was Put forward sim
ply as fecler, at the behess of Gen.
Henderson himself, or whether it is
merely the idea of some of the
Speakers ardent admirers, of whom
he has host iu Washington, is not
known. The possibility however, if
followed up by even a moderate cam.
paign in behalf of Gen. Hende,s son )
claims, will serve to still further
complicate the situation and render
the coming session even more inter
esting than was anticipated.
There is good deal of comment
among the veteran members coming
to Washington, on the usefulness of
the members. elect Of the Fifty eighth
Congress and they cite the New
York delegation as an illustration of
the extent to which the people are,
in these days, departing from the
adage "oll men for counsel" With
the youngest President in the White
House, that the country has ever
had, the next House of Representa-
tives will show the youngest body Of
men ever selected to legislate on the
affairs of the nation. 1t has been
said that the Senate, however, would
not be affected by this craze for yonng
men but the older members point to
Beveridge, Bailey, Culberson ct al,
as an evidence that the young men
are crowdiug the "graybeard," out,
even there.
With remarkable expedition the
treaty with Colombia, providing for
the construction of the Panama
Canal, has been brought to con :
clusion ard the convention will be
duly signed by Secretary Hay aud
Minister Concha today. The Secre.
taiy says that he regards tn earrange-
ment made as most favorable to the
United States and he expects It's
prompt ratification by the Senate.
The copy of the Cuban treaty has
been received in Washington and
while the terms are not altogether
satisfactory to the administration,
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liE MATTER
j TH H0MO'S MUG?
.kessrarns Up Some
sssC0ff0n. ;,ss.'s 3 y 80

LooKHART, Nov. III have
been ransacking the pockets of my
memory to find if in all my life l
knew of more pleasant autumn
than the one that is now passing by.
| find that / have seen some very
pleasant autumus and warm winters,
but fail to find any year that 1 can
think of when the weather was 80
pleasant and when frost had so long
delayed his annual visits. Now, Mr..
Editor, mind l do not say that 1 have
never seen so pleasant season, but
this much l know, if I have it has
worn hole in the trouser pockets of
my memory and has dropped by the
wayside and long since been eaten up
by the rust of years so to speak.
Now, Mr.. Editor, if my lines are
dull ssard my composition fails to have
that vivacity that should characterize
versatile country scribe, let this be
my excuse: My face is oil hooded
up today with court plaster and l
can not turn with comfort either to
the right or left, and 1 imagine that
[ feel like one who has been in r.
r. wreck who knows it is not any
use to sue the r. r. Co. for damages.
What's the matter, you say, I cannot
say that know. l consulted one
eminent medical doctor and he used
such big words that l could not crack
them to get at the kernel, aud when
/ reached home and procured a ham
mer, so to speak, and ransacked in
the pockets of my memory the nut
was lost, so to speak, and l was in
the dark. l consulted another emf
nent M. D. and he informed me that
the peculiar ailment was "something
doctors did not like to see," and
hence my face is girded with strips
of court plaster. something after the
fashion Of the lines on map marking
the degrees Of latitude and longitude,
the degrees of longitude coming to,
gether on my left temple like they do
at the North and South Pole so to
speak. That M. D. can't now see
my peculiar ailment neither can l
but know it is there, and that tenn
pie where the strips meet does not
feel much like the temperature of the
North pole is said to be, but fl rom its
heat it is more like some point under
the equator. l do not think my
personal beauty is much enhanced
by the operation as / am afraid to be
out much being fearful s,ne one
might get frightened. Ifyou, gentle
reader, will pardon the egotism of An
old man ] will try to write about
something else.
We now have two trains daily,
each one carrying mail. This is
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-11-21
ETCHlHGS FROM ETA JANE.
Wants Telephone Connection WIKI
Union. Other Notes.

People arc busy sowing wheat anil
picking scattering cotton. Own.
to the late fall the cotton crop is
turning out some better than it was
expected to do two months ago.
Mrs. Sarah Foster and her
daughter, Miss Laura, of Union, are
spending some time on the York sid.
OF the river with relatives and fii,nds.
Tne Skull Shoals (or Pacolct No.
y congregation, learn, have de-
cided to build new house for wcr-
ship. | understand that some wan.
it built near Sarratt's Z. O. A
meeting will soon be he'd to decide
the matter. Had l voice would
prefer the present situation on ac>
count of the grave yard, and besides,
the present situation is very suitc-
bic one / think.
Mrs. Judge J, NJ. Greer, of Union,
was up visiting her old home last
week. Her friends were glad to
meet her.
Messrs. Hal e. JeGries and Frank
Webbcr are getting out rock to
build stone piers upon which to build
the new bridge at Ovens ford,
which contract has been awarded
Messrs. Jetfries and Weber to build.
The farmers have had most de-
lightful fall for work and have done
great deal of it.
Mr.. Maston Conner has moved to
the knitting mill at Joncsville where
his children are at work. He is
gathering up his crop here.
The friends of Hon. j. G. Otis,
formerly of Union county. will be
pleased to learn that he is getting
fine law practice in our new county.
lie applies himself with all diligence
to his profession and his practice is
constantly increasing.
The 'possum Luuters arc making
things lively these nights.
Mrs. ''Vox'' is selling her turkeys.
She has q fine lot of them too.
Our friend Il. w. Davis is still
working at the phone line. He has
project to build line from Gaffney
to Sarratts, thence to Union via
Kelton. Bob" is an energetic
fellow and will make it up if it can
be done. lie never tires or gets
disheartened. But the strongest
probabilities are at present that the
line, if built at all, will come from
Hickory Grove in York county, a.
that line already comes to Broad
river. 1t wouldn't hurt our section
to get all these lines in operation.
Mr.. Jefferson Blackwell, the miller
at Thomson's mill, is catching good
many fish now.
Last week the fox hunters had uo
a race in the fork Of Pacolcs and
Broad rivers.
Mrs. G. w. Whisonaut who has
boen visiting in the counties of York.
Lancaster and Kershaw, returned
home last week.
Our friend "Moxy" seems to be
laboring under misspprehension as
to the problem he is working at. The
idea is to find cut at what time
between 5 and 6 the hands of clock
are at right angles to each other.
This, of course, occurs twice each
hour. am satisfied he will discover
the point if he will give the problem
thorough study. However, he is
not the only ono who has missed it,
one college professor Is considerably
off in his estimation.
Mr.. Vaney G. Conner has gone
Into the horse swapping business.
The last trial he lifted Wade Prd-
more out of bargain.
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NC ncccsSary mOQlflcatiOn so that II
Will be in shape to present to Con-
5re2s when it convenes two weeks
hence. 1t may be sail that the
Cuban government, emboldened BY
&c shortage in the sugar supply Of
the world and the increased price
resulting tberefrom, demands larger
discount from the Dingley tariff
rates than the administration feels
justified in asking Congress to allow,
but Gen. Bliss has gone to Cuba
and will attempt to convince Pres.
Palma that to demand too much is
likely to defeat the treaty which
would prove a disappointment to the
President and serious injury to
Cuba.
1t is becoming more and more evi.
dent that there will be no change in
the tariff schedules during the CON-
ing session. The republican leaders
who are arriving in Washington all
say that there will be no time to even
think of the tariff revision" during
the "short session." General Gros.
venor, who has returned for the win
ter, is most emphatic in this opinion.
1t must be remembered that the cleo
tions have in no way changed the
organization Of the House and will
have no effect until the next Con>
yress convencs, therefore, with
Speaker and a majority Of the Ways
and Means committee bitterly op-
posed to any revision, those members
who do favor such policy will be
given no opportunity to do more
than present bills which will be
promptly referred to the committee
named and there smothered.
That there will he no trust lecisla.
tion is not sol sure. Some of the
prominent financeers of the country
arc becoming alarmed at the situation.
What they regard as especially dan
gerous to the financial stability of
the country is the organization of
trusts aud the aoatiug of trust stocks
based opA Afcr rmation which is neither
compree 6siye nor reliabls. The
marx cEtodsy, they say, might Be.
utterly routed by the breaking of a
few large industrial corporations and
it is impossible to secure any definite
information in regard to many whose
stocks are daily bought aud sold on
the market. This line of argument
is in entire accordance with the mes
sage sent to Congress last year by
the President aud it is regarded as
more than possible that seme enact
ment forcing publicity on the So
called trusts will be placed on the
statutes at the coming session.
The officials of the Navy Depart
mcnt are greatly interested in the
reports being received of the effect
iveness of the new torpedo boat, the
Adder. According to these reports
the Adder made a run of two miles
in one direction, turned with the
greatest celebrity and returned to the
starting point and Immediately on
its arrival there fired a torpedo which
came within ten feet Of the small
target. All this was done under
water and in an increditably short
space of time. While running at a
high rate Of speed there was no indi.
cation on the surface of the water, 50
that an enemy's vessel weuld have
had actually no warning Of the ap-
proach and could not possibly have
attempted any retaliatory MEASURE
until the vessel was entirely GU. cf
sight and reach.
Oou IrI D u.1Ls Inn
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Why SO Popular.

The popularity Of "Clifton" -four
is due to its unequaled quality-ab-
solutely pure, retaining all the nutri-
tive and healthful qualities of the
finest selected wheat. Call for
1t at Macbeth Ycung's and Union
Mills Store.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-11-21

EIizaLet6town, Ky, Nov. 16.-
Harlan Buckles, who was yesterday
sentenced to life imprisonment for
the murder of Robert J.. Reid. was
hanged by a mob shortly after 2
o'clock this morning.
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,
The ToWN.oF UNION HAS
The largest Knitting Mill and |
Dye Plant in the State. An on
and Manufacturing Co. that
makes an unexcelled Gunno.
Three Graded Schools. Arte-
sian Water. Population $500. k
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HERE AND THERE.
Item of Interest Gathered at RAM
dom of More or Less Interest.

The rev pistol law is a great pro-
ducer of both dollars and days.
Nearly every week somebody gives
up $50 to learn how long and how
heavy his battery must be.-Spar-
tanburg Journal.
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Within the first nine mouths of
1892 tho country has exported man.
ufactured articles valued at over
three hundred million dollars, nearly
all Of which are the products Of con-
Germs protected by the tariff against
foreign competition.
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AUDITORS IN HARD LUCK,

Governor Mes weeney is in receipt
of another letter from an auditor de-
tai'ing the trouble which has befallen
such officers By reason of tho three
penalties On delinquent taxpayers
aud the absenc, Of proper blanks to
make out such returns. The pen
atty begins after January 1, when
per ceut. is added. An additional
| per cent. ia added in February and
5 per cent. in March. The law is a
new one and there is much dissatis,
faction with it. Nevertheless the
auditors and treasurers will have to
do the best they can until the Legis-
meets.
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Within the first nine mouths of
1892 tho country has exported man.
ufsctured articles valued at over
three hundred million dollars, nearly
all Of which are the products Of con-
Germs protected by the tariff against
foreign competition.
Rome, Nov. 1.-THE volc mo on
Stromboll Island, off the north cpast
of Sicily, has commenced a terrible
eruption. A COLOSSAL column Of
fire is rising. and incandescent stones
are being emitted from the cra,ers.
Many houses on the island have been
destroyed.
Whiskey does not hurt the man
who does not drink it. Saloons
never. ruin men who i, not vo'uu.
tsrily visit them. Gambling hells
never swallow up the wages of men
rho do not gamble. But. all the
IS Carrie Nations, all the prohibition
! laws, nan never keep moral towards
ih the straight path. j
Roms, Nov. Ia. The miaissry Of
! the inf erior hss established the idsn-
l3tg ot She aesai llnt of King Leop0ld
<Sy3fs 64S<Se 81 49, ~ n ~
l II dsletibea IA their fsc5ffls ss ali
I ndvsnce 6ocialist. lie was con-
demned TO- term of imprison~
ment for steaiiin1g Sc Milan in 1898,
but he effected hise escape 70 England.
s whore he IL supp posed q have inn
bibed his Anetckiat pSl p|es
asSs csssziis y 4 sss ssa spsnnsy
Railroad, is out It is,a voluntary
advance of 81, 250,000 in the annual
wages Of employees OF the road. The
advance represents 10 per cent. in
crease in the salaries of $4,000 em-
ployees, dating from the first of the
present month. The raise is only to
those receiving 5000 per month and
less. This lets in the small wage
Garner.
y Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 16.-The
The big plant of Armour & Co.,
which occupied three and ono. half
acres of ground at the extreme south
end ofthe stock yards, was totally de-
stroyed by fire this morning. The loss
of the company is 100000. The in
surance is $721,500. The cause of
the fire was said to bave' been either
spontaneous combustion or an inn
perfect dryer.
Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 18.-Jesse
r. Grant, sou of President Ulysses
s. Grant, has made a comfortable
fortune by tho successful operation
of mining properties at Nome, in
which he became interested three
years ago.
His home is in San Diego. Cal.
With other Californians he purchased
interests in Nome placers when they
were first discovered and is now
realizing large income from them.
THE COTTON MILL MERGER FALLS
FLAT.
Charlotte, N. c., Nov. 17.-Mr.
w. G. Heath, one of the special
committee, which assisted Mr. F. l..
Underwood, of New York City, in
his Efforts to perfect merger Of
Southern cotton yarn mills, informed
on Associated Press representative
that he had received letter
from Mr.. Underwood, in which Mr..
Underwood stated that he had aban-
doned his intention of perfecting the
merger.
The superintendent of express
companies doing business in Iowa
have issued positive orders to their
agents in other States not to accept
G. q. d. shipments Of intoxicating
liquors for delivery in Iowa points.
This is in accordance with the recent
decision Of the State Supreme Court.
Carrying G. O.D. liquor packages
has been considerable mart of the
business Of the express companies
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JIM .TILLMAN LED A LYNCuIN(
PARTY.

Columbia, Nov. 1.-THE sheriff
of EdgeGeld arrived here Thursday
with party Of deputies and a
wounded prisoner. The sheriff start
ed out. for Trenton, Senator Till
mans home, to take tho train for
Columbia, but hearing that James II.
Tillman, recently defeated for COVER
nor, was leading lynching party
towards TrerHon, having anticipated
the sberiff's hove, the latter made a
.detour throy the woods until he
struck the |road. He tagged the
train on VIII She reached here
Spartanhuri Journal.
q BE Tillm publishes denial of
tbs md sa5s but for himself and
lat. Gov. S6appard the negro would
have been Shed by indignant ci,i-
zens.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-21

No better text can he taken with
which To open this outline of the
! nature and outlook of the impcn-
ding social revolution than the
somewhat startling statement
made by President Roosevelt to
Congress in that part of his utter
ancc where he refers to the pros
perlty of the people He sail:
The tremendous and highly
complex industrial development
which went on with ever accclera.
/. ted rapidiiy during the latter half
of the ninlccnih century brings us
fncc to face with very serious
problems.
The old laws and the old Gus
toms which had almost the bind
ing force of law, We're once quite
sufficient TO regulate the accumu-
laton and distribution of wealth
''Slncc the industrial changes
which have so enormously in
creased the productive power of
mankind. they (thc old laws and
old customs) are no longer suili-
cient."
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-21
NUMBER 1853
Paul l. Aidrich.

A former member of the Denver
Republican staff will wed Mass.
achussetts girl.
Invitations received in Denver
announce the intended wedding of
Paul Irving Aldrich, formerly of
this city, to Miss Ida May Packard
of Mansfield, Mass. The ceremony
will take place at the Mansfield
Congregational church, on the
evening of June 80.
Mr.. Aldrich was for several
years sporting editor of The Re-
publican, and has a wide circle of
friends and acquaintance in this
city and in the state. His home
Was in Monte Vista, where his
family is prominent. After leav-
ing Denver, Mr.. Aldrich attained
great success as sporting writer
for eastern papers, and later took
the road AZ press agent for Belle
Archer, a position which he held
until the death of that star about
two years ago.-Republican.