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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-01-10
Building and Loan.

By nstinctiOn of the directors Sr,ies
NJ 3 H Peoples r. ard l.. Assoc ation
will be started Jahnary LIST, 1862. bis
series will be conducted uI,i.r the "A ms
hy-laws as the fOin iner series, except that
no monev will be sold At auction. An.
plicatiOns f.f loans will be filed with ths
treasurer AMI will he acted upon In regu-
lar order. All will be treated Alike and
uniform rate OF per cent charged.
Let all who want stock apply to me.
GKo. G. PERRIN.
5l-u. Treasurer.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-01-10
THE new COTTON MILLS.
$2,oo5,ooo Put into oManufacfuxiue
In 1907.

There has been a falling off this
year in the matter of the investmen,
in new cotton mill enterrrises ia
South Carolius, though the sum total
IF c.pitsl involved in new co'.on mills
~ BY 10 means meagre. Most of it..
however. has been put into increases
IN EXISTING plants ra' her than into
new plants. An sxsm,na ion Of the
Incorporation papers in the offi.s OF
Secretary of State sh .ws that during
the year 1901 the principal invest
ments have been in small industries
and manufacturing enterprises, new
railroads aud in land investment
companies.
The cot on mill enterpris, ,s during
the YEAR show that total capital .f
| 81. .095. 600 has been projected. Of
this amount S945.0 has been in
actual increases of capital Of existing
mill plsnts, such increases being for
the purpose Of enlsrgemrnts. There
has been $715.000 invested in new
mills which have secured their
charters. and 84a5. 900 is involved
In tho new mills that have obtained
commissions but have not yet OBJ
tanned their charters. Most ofthese,
however, will materializs according
to the declarations filed with the Sec
rotary Of Stste.-Ex.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-01-10

Subs ribe Ter The Times.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-01-10
'7HE rowH OF UaioN Has

u Three Cotton Mills, one the
Fz s. - largest 10 the South. Four Fur
3 n Hiture and Wood Manufacsur-
IA S"~ inS Concerns, Oue Female
~ 5W ,eainary. Water Worhs and
q y VI Electric L'ghts. @
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04
LABOR WORLD.

New Haven Conn bakers have been
granted a ten-hour day.
Bridgeport Conn hod carriers have
been granted 81 for an eight-hour day.
Cleveland (Ohio) painters demand an
Increase Of seven and half cents an
hour.
Carpenters Mt Santa Rosa, Cal. have
been granted an cight-hour day and So
a day.
The miners are the wealthiest and
the best organized Of all French trade
unions.
The Federated Trades Council Of
Portland, Ore. has declared against a
general building strike.
Iron molders at Omaha. Neb.. de.
mand thirty.two and n half cents an
hour and a uniform scale.
Bridge and structural iron workers
at Pittsburg, Pa. have received an ad.
vance of eighteen per cent.
A new union, to he known as the
United Architectural Wire and Iron.
workers has been organized AT Buffalo.
~. Y.
British employers are advocating a
revival Of apprenticeship as u method
of increasing the supply of skilled
labor.
Over 1000 drivers and conductors en-.
ployed by big Chicago express compa.
MES have received ten per cent. ad
vance in their wages.
Trade unions with 1883 members In
the Birmingham Eng) district have
only so. or 81 per cent, unemployed.
as compared with four per cent. in
March
Lawrence. Mass. weavers have re-.
turned to work. Their demands for
the abolition of the premium system
and II twenty per cent. advance were
refused
The strike OF the structural ironwork.
ers Of Youngstown. Ohio, was settled
on n compromise basis OF forty seven
and a-half cents per hour for an eight.
hour day. The men struck for fifty
cents per hour.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

IRON weakness. The Roman cut the
chin strap.
All this took place in six breaths.
The audience, with an electric mutual
understanding, sat down, every right
thumb outstretched earthward. Not
soul made any noise. not even 10
cheer the half-dozen running drunk
ards.
The Roman kicked off the helmet,
raised his blade for the fini shidnRflnn
and raised his blade for the finishing
stroke. AZ II fell ngainst the back.
ground of hushed and seated gazers a
purple.clad figure arose from among
the ladies and another from the Pre-.
fects ivory throne, and mans and
woman's voice screamed:
"My SOM"
The next moment the Projects wife
had tainted; the Roman, his shield
cast away, was kneeling beside the dy-
ing lad, trying in vain to check the
blood with his naked left hand: the
whole audience, women and men alike.
were on their feet; anJ the Prefect
sank in his chair, dazed and tremb-
ling, and to his ears the universe
seemed filled with the incsive howl
of rebuke and derision which arose
from sixty thousand throats.-New
York Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04
CoIorina Oleo With Butter.

Representatives of the National
Dairymen's Association are disturbed
over an amendment to the oleomar-
garine bill. suggested by Senator For
aker, which they say will make the
proposed law apply only to oleo which
has been colored by artificial means,
but will not prevent the sale OF that
article nor bring about the ruin of the
oleo business, as was hoped by the
farmers. Mr.. Knight of the National
Dairymen's Association, charges that
the manufacturers of oleomargarine
have discovered a process OF feeding
COWS by which will be produced milk
highly colored which can be used in
coloring oleo The milk produced in
this manner would not. II is asserted
by the dairymen, give an artificial
coloring 10 the oleo. as only natural
means would be used. There is no
evidence presented here that the
process can be utilized for the pur-
pose claimed except the unsupported
claim OF the representatives OF the
Dairymen's Association.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

The 18th century was the age of
snuff taking par excellence. The GUS
tom was general and among all
classes of people. 1t was an act of
polteness for well-brcd men to offer
their snuff boxes to wellbred women.
Women themselves carried their own
boxes and interchange1 pinches with
the gentlemen. At fashionable dinner
parties after the cloth was removed
snuff boxes were passed around. Pope
and Bilingbroke, Swift and Congreve,
Addison and Steele, all INDUCED in the
pleasures of snuff. DR.. Johnson car
ried his snuff in the capaciOus pockets
OF his waistcoat and would convey IL
TO his nose without stint. He could
not abide the narrow confines OF a
box. Frederick the Great resembled
him in this respect. Both Napoleon
and Wellington were prodigious snuff
takers. but Washington INDUCED only
moderately. Jefferson was fond of
snuff. as his waistcoat and shirt bosom
often showed. Hamilton and Burr both
"snuffed," and were extremely grace
full in giving and taking pinch.
Henry Clay was another of our IA
nous snuff takers, and often needed
the stimulus of pinch when making
a speech. Senator Thurman was per-
haps one of the last OF the senatorial
users of what was once called the
grand cordial of nature."-Chicago
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

China is making arms at great
:. rate, all the Yang-tse arsenals being at
work full time. At Hankow over 200
workmen are employed in making field
guns, Mauser rifles and all kinds of
ammunition, including smokeless pow.
der, and at Shanghai an equal number
are employed in turning out a like
product. AS treaty stipulations pro.
hibit the importation of foreign arms
into China the home production, par
ticularly in view Of the recent expert
ences, is stimulated to a degree of ac.
tivity not often witnessed in any Chi
nese industry.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

Recent experiments on important
railroad lines in the United States, en-.
courage the hope that with the aboli'
fion of grade crossings, the laying
down of the heaviest and strongest
of steel rails. and the Improvement
of signals and of rolling stock. express
trains in the United States will reach
an average speed of at least rs miles
an hour before the first quarter Of
this century is ended, remarks the
New York Tribune What a welcome
saving of valuable time will then be
accomplished!
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

Mr.. Rhodes was not given to high
flown talk, and ! suspect the story of
his last wrods" is a fiction, exclaims
writer in London Truth. Sydney
Smith observed that ii seems a nec-
essity that every distinguished man
should die "witn some sonorous and
quotable saying in his mouth" Mr..
Fit was supposed to have expired
exclaiming, How do l leave my coun-
try?" 1t was afterward established
ON conclusive evidence that his real
last words were, Il fancy l could eat
one OF Bellamy's meat pies" Mr. Fox
was credited with some becoming OBJ
servation about public affairs. whereas
his last words conveyed request for
barley water. Sir Robert Peel was
stated to have died after an ejacula-
tion about the blessings of cheap
bread. In reality, he awoke for few
minutes, after several hours OF sleep,
said: God bless you ALL" and died.
Lord Beaconsfield was reported to
have exclaimed. ANY news in the Ca
zette?' with his last breath. whereas
hs muttered. u feel overwhelmed"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

Since 1925. ss,OO0.O0O has been ap.
propriated by the federal and the state
government for the improvement of
Boston harbor. During the same peri
cd, sS.000,O0O has been appropriated
for Galveston, s..00O,0OO for Phllajel-
phia, s5,0OOO0O for Savannah and 49,.
900 900 for San Francisco.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04
Postcheek Monsy.

The postcheck currency is likely to
be in circulation soon. 1t is form of
currency that can be used for ready
and convenient transmission OF money
through the mails, and will take the
place of the present awkward and in
convenient system.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

The fagpole which has been erect.
ed above the crown of the home of the
new postofIice in Chicago is 70 feet in
height and cost $500. 1t was originally
on Aregon fir tree. was shipped from
the far northwest in its rough state
and was turned on the lathe of one of
the great planning mills in Chicago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

The story is told Of French savant
returned from Egypt bringing a royal
mummy with him. and the ease was
opened at Marseilles. Being told that
IT contained Pharaoh the officer look
ed up Pharoah in the tariff, but no
mention could he find of such an ar
ticle. Then IT occurred to him that a
nice high duty was on dried fish, and
the savant had TO pay as If for that
commodity
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

Prussia Is bound to make the Poles
German. A rumber of school children
have been tried in n police court for
singing Polish songs on their way
home from school. The prosecutor In
sisted that they should be imprisoned
and not fined, but court had the sense
10 acquit them,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

In Japan archers test their arrows
BY balancing them on the nails Of the
second and third fingers of the left
hand and rapidly twirllng them by
the feathered end with the fingers Of
the right hand. If the arrow makes
whirling sound 1t is crooked and must
be Strengthened.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

Salt Lake City is about to lose one
of its landmarks. The old school
house where the children of Brigham
Young were educated is to be torn
down to make room for some modern
structures.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

Society men in Paris nave formed
n Anti-Ping-Pong league. They found
that wherever they might go they were
expected to play the game, and 1t be-
came necessary TO organize for self
protection. The members of the
league wear a distinctive button, noti'
flying whom it may concern that they
have sworn never to indulge in this
foolish, unmanly English pastime."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

There are several species of the
Blackberry indigenous to the United
States. which produce eatable fruit.
but the best for the table or for cook
ing are the Low blackberry, a trailing
shrub, and several varieties of the
high blackberry. The fruit is larger
than that of the raspberry, with fewer
and larger grains and brisker flavor.
II ripens about the last of July or early
in August, and is much used by all
classes in the country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

There are no undertakers in Japan
When a person dies mis- nearest rela-
tiyes put him into a coffin and bury
him. The mourning does not begin
until after burial.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

India is pre-eminently the country
for widows. In the whole of India
there are more than 23 100000 of them
Many of the widows are children un'
der 10 years old. Their marriage is
forbidden and they are counted ac'
cursed. British rule has done little
to ameliorate their condition. Only
one native ruler, the young GailIwar
of Baroda has mad the courage to op
pose the priests by legalizing the re-
marriage of widows in his realm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

The story OF the tramp who stole o
bar of soap is preposterously conflict
ing. Either he was not tramp or he
hid not steal a bar of soap.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

Kansas can always be depended on
FOR some sort of live contribution
&c public affairs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

There lies now in the Thames the
old convict ship Success, fitted up for
exhibition. a fine example o. the way
ships were formerly built. She was
launched at Moulmein in 1890, is built
OF Indian teak and her mainmast is
the stick that was put into her Iii
years ago. She was kept as prison
ship at Melbourne and recently made
the voyage from Australia under her
own sail in five months and a half.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

II is said that the human body
cannot sink in Great Salt Lake: GER
tain it Is that even the inexperienced
swimmer finds no difficulty in float
ing upon its waters This miniature
ocean is picturesquely situated among
peaks of the Wasatch range; is ninety
miles long by forty miles wide. and is
dotted by innumerable grassy islands.
Boats for service on these briny wa
ters have to be constructed especially
fer that purpose. as Il craft that would
ride so high as to be top-heavy and
unsafe on Great Salt Lake. The most
raradoxical fact relating to this body
Of water is that 1t Is a sea almost a
mile above sea level.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04

A Rhode Island man. Caleb Y.
Potter, the oldest resident of
Auburn, died recently in the 96th
year of his age, and it Is stated by
the family that the old-fashioned
clock. which the aged man had taken
care of for the last seventy years,
stopped at the moment he breathed his
last. The old clock had been ticking
loudly, but when, after its owner had
passed away. those who were present
looked up to see what time 1t was. they
noticed that the clock had ceased tick
i,.g. The hands had stopped at ex-
actly "a minutes past 4.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-04
l.. M. SNYDER,
Practical Horse-Shoer
and General Blacksmith

have Just received complete set OF ma
chine horse clippers OF latest style 9s patteru
nd am prepared 10 do clipping IN the best
possible manner at reasonable rates.
jackson et. near Fifth. Reynoldsville. Pa.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-18

introductory essay by Ri Hon LAM. r.. -,
20 are the publishers r0uu Meau
NJ
natper : Bros are publishers az ~. t,..,.. ,.i..
N pen.Ps me most popular Of the dav .lyi;. Rlst
'o'eNst by Sir Wemys Reid U'' "i''e" o'asN'
Master Of oy,o Sons have lately published The
'o'e story is quite fayore with nany O'u
=
tho ;, Olayhornes, by William Sage Shrine so,, 81
are nh Is,, Is coming into favor Houehon MINI & Co
tho ed,a' iaNs on Astronomy" BY Harold Iacobv from
o., ,,DeI press was not designed as systematic treatise
avoid dS nc authors aim in this case has been to
49, L.y"ess nc science Of astronomy contains sub
,t unat admit OF detached Treatments and as auv Of
prof a. reIsey the ones Of greatest general interest
his descrirt;s selected from among them and clothed
o,h. Ons IN language free from techuicalities In
WORDS ne has written book that will nrove ,,scf,i
stud ~ w 10 not wish to give the time required for a
in de a'o',oiy as whole hut who may take pleasure
on some special topic " u'''N'eN Essay
81
me international Publishing company ~ West Twenty
rsi New York is the publisher OF an authorized
Wsns'aton OF Pierre Foncins France" nv IA n Esne
france was written especially for foreiener il fllo
rhi I e,'n OF inc Alliance Franchise" an association
the F nseii to encouraging the thorough study OF
N' language and literature and to spreading abroad
ana impartial notions in regard to France aud her
az rance is anything but large book yet it is
pr,scyoth una valuable one 1t is rich in facts and
~ purpose Everything worth knowing about
historic ana contemporary France is condensed within lis
Nheh besides include interesting chapters
on inc institutions Of France OF present day the sciences
rranee IN the Nineteenth century and contenporaneous
nc following late Scrbner publications have been re-
SeNeu through l. Pilot Main street. "A History Of
Essh Literature by Moody and Love; Practical Talks
y an Asr9nomer by Harold Jacoby; AT Sanwch Port
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-18
"Conspicaous AbfLfty. "

Edith Whartons novel The Valley Of Decision Is also
captivating England where is spoken Of by the literary
much the terms Of distinguished praise is
the in America This for example is from the current
number OF the Saturday Review:
1T is novel of conspicuous ability and marked indivdu
atty style This is Mrs Whartons third volume and her
first elaborate work OF fiction She has found her style
after period Of imtatyeness which serve
but which prevented free and Characteristic expression of
her great talent
That style vitality related her themes and her tenn
permanent She is drawn the secondary motives, the
pick problems Of character and experience and she has keen
insight sensitive imagination and style delicate enough
receive and elusive qualities subtitle confusions Of
motive and nice shadngs of character AS study of ltal
society the verge Of the revolution The Valley OF
Decision is deeply interesting study Of temperament
It is both sympathetic and judicial"
In respect the Saturday Review is in The
Valley OF Decision" Mrs. Whartons third book bur
her fourth The Greater Incnaton." collection Of
res was her hrst "The Touchsone short novel which
the London Academy said vital in every line was her
second and year ago she brought Crucial Instances
another volume of stories.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-18
A Hfstory of English Literature.

The Scribners have just issued "A History Of English
Literature" BY William Vaughn Moody and Robert Morss
Lovet designed to teach more by suggestion and by stmu-
Iaton o the students instructive mental life than by
dopmatic assertion In their ioeword the authors say
III al any point we may have taken much
aertness OF mind for granted defence be that
onl nv challenge and invitation any permanent
in the way OF intellectual growth be accomplished On the
whole their wrob has been accomplished in the literary
shirt and with freedom Of appeal all the latent capaHi
ties of the readers mind Recognizing that they deal
ING with the fascinating Of stories, the story OF the
rnative career OF gifted they have endeayored
Give those whom they address realizing Of the
MAGNITUDE OF our heritage in letters The chief
figures in each have been set in relief and the minor
figures have grouped about them in an endeavor thus
~ suggest their relative significance. Their book also con
taips as an addenda fuworkng photography including
texts biography and criticism
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-18
Remarkable Rise - ~
~ - of NoUeEst Ford.

Paul Leicester Ford born in Brooklyn in 1865 He
grew with books His father was Gorien Leicester Ford
man OF wealth and the founder private library reeog
nzed as one OF the best collections Americana in this
country lie who TO be known as bihliographer aud
writer OF historical American novels grew manhood draw
ing from the books instruction recreation and life itself
lie was hunchback and account OF his drformity and
his delicate health he could 20 TO school His educa
ton was received from and the books which
guided him into realms where he almost forgot the aetua
ties Of life.
Ills brother Worhineton Ford deaf and could also
not follow his studies boy could who was In Che full
possession OF his faculties The two spent OF their
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-18
9he Detectfve IN Fiction.

That tho detective story" which to have been
langushng OF late has lost Of its dmc fascination
for the reading public apparent from the reception accord
ed 10 Dr. Conan Doyles novel, The Hound OF the
Baskeryiesp hears wonderful things, from pub
fishers point OF view regarding this story which is said
have doubled the circulation Of the magazine which
appeared The Bookman (Nay) pronounccs it "a really
great seria"he successful since Triby came
in parts in HaTpers Magazine" Mr.. Arthur BARTLETT
Maurice writing guardedy in the journal, q
elares that story Of mystery and horror The HOO
OF Baskeviles Is suceess but "for sherlec H,sss
proclaimed hin ths peer Of pupn and Of ihy Of them
debseLs.s .. sonsands er
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-18
Boob on The CIGARETTE.

Stories with a purpose much in evidence now, and
is not TO be wondered that the attack the cigarette has
called fiction TO its aid. C. Ranger Gull is the who
len bi talents 10 the cause and he has produced book
that will probably deter any reader who believes il from
further dailianes With the deadly eynders6sys DID
faieh
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-18
George W. Vanderbilt.

Ny Dear George
into the 1goyb and scoof of
every book an author peaues
much hqt cUcn the Subticsf
readers can not suspect. far
less discern. To them Il is
bHt a cross and Pile of threads
interldced 10 form pattern
1ciich may please or dtgbiedse
their taste. But TO me furifey
eVe,y fiGmoHt has its o7uH as
SoeiGtior: HolD each BIT OF
sir or 10ooi, flax or tor, 7Cds
ldbori0uSly gathered, or 1UaS
blo5yH 10 him zoheH each uds
spun By the 5Uheei Of his fancy
INTO yarns; the colour and TIM
his Imagination gaze to each
SkeiHi and 5vhere each Uas
finally 5UoVeH into The fabric BY
the shuttle Of his pen. No
thread ceer quite dCtdcheS IT,
sell from its gr0iUH and spin
ming. dycing and i0c1ViHg, and
each drdgVS him bach to houyS
and Places seemingly Rnre-
lated 10 the W0rk
Ind so, as haze read me
broOfS OF THIS book haze
found more Than once that The
pages haze faded ont Of sight
and ~ Their stead ! haze seen
Mount PisgUh and The French
Broad ri@er. or Tie rajHb and
fcTdce of Biiimore house, inst
as ! sago them Iehcn sariing
the uOydS rpiIch seyvcd TO re-
cGH them 10 me. lVith the us
forS. too. has come a rccu-
renee i0 oiW long talks orr
1tork among The book5. orr
games Of chess, our cups OF
fca. orr ggaikS. ar tidcs, and
orr driyes. IL is therefore a
pleasure TO me that me book SO
naturally graduates to you.
and that may make II re-
mcmbr1Hcc of those PAST
7gceks of comprehensive, and
On earnest Of me present at
fecfi0H Of
PAUL LEICESTER FORD.
DEDfcATIos or "JAEIcE MERE
NTH BY IT'S AUTHOR TO
CEo. W. Vanderbilt.