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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-19

The Scientific American has is
sned under date of December 13. a
sNecia! number devoted to the sub
Jet of Transportation Oh Land and
Sea OF timely interest in this
Number are several articles On the
growing United States marine. Ii
viii be remembered that orr shipping
which was preferably Wiped out Of
existence daring the Civil War, has
only this year reached the tonnage
it represented in 1861. In dealing
with the revival Of our shipping in.
duStfy, the Scientific American
illustrates some Of the best types of
our ocean and lake vessels, giving
deraiis with which every patriotic
American should make himself ac-
quain;cd. The Transportation
number also contains some interest
ing ar'icIss bearing on the subject
oi turbines for passenger vessels and
yachts.
Under the heading of railroad
transportation is an account Of ride
to Chicago and back in the loccmo-
tive cab Of The Twentieth Century
Limited, which will be found Of
especial interest to the lay readers,
While tho matter Of a more technical
nature is presented under the head
iDg Notes on the History ne
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-19
G01O TIaES AHEAD.
PItrj"t Tells Of Rig Time Xmas.
j.o,.' az: Hogs to j<iII. Liri1s at
EOIIG. Personal Notes.

; DEAR EDiIn:
ouco more, after long si:enre.
take tIiUe Nritc f,w notes to the
good old T. Liable. THE UNION ZINES.
G:r.Stu1H IS ~ Ine ,t"ur au! everv-
o1"y - ioo',!"G forward to ), happv
time ra7 here. especially TIE 18th,
Tor thc;e will lee ii N,nas uec at
AiT. William Bailev's as O'Clock.
hveryho"E IS cordially r,v,,vl to
come ard help to Stare of toe good
un that's in store for those who will
DC there. Mr.. Eli Of, you must be
sure to CONF.
Messrs. 4. !. Greer. IIa,kcll
Moore and little Gordon Bisbnp Went
to Spar'aubnrg on business last Wed,
nesday and returned Frld.y.
Miss Emma Sparks re;urned fgom
Spartanburg Saturday wi.re she
bas been visiting fGiends ard reIa.
tiycs.
Miss Mary C,G,Id, VII, is teach.
Ing the Fair FoY.;; s"hroj here, w.lI
spend Xmas at her ;.o,nc IN Goshen
l'll township.
Nr. 4. J. Greer. acenmn .,,icl bv
one Of Cross Keys os: CHARMING
bellies, Miss Nay.c i. Muo,e. Visited
Hrilalo Sunday. Miss Moorc took
charge of the post o1ic9 at Bulr.lo
Monday 18th.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-19

Davis made . remark about some
friend Of his and I (Ar. Gossett) said
in joking way, rs he a white Innn?'
This seemsd to offend Mr. Davis.
Ie got mad ana began talking loud
and my wife ordered him out Of the
room. lie left and in about ten
minutes returned. When my wife
opened the door he rushed by her
and tried to get to me, when Mr..
Franklin grabbed him."
MIR. Davis is father of Robert
Davis who was shot accidentally
several days ago by Hamp Levi, near
the Dixon Annex. He is regarded
by his employers as steady, reliable
man.
To a reporter last night Mr.. Davis
said that he had known MIR. Frank
lin for about twenty years; that MIR.
franklin came to his house yester-
day afternoon and promised to return
and spend the night with him.
While he was on the street yester-
day Mr.. Franklin asked him up in
tho hotel to meet his daughter, Mrs.
Gossett. "While We four we're talk
ing Mr.. Gossett asked Mr.. Franklin
# | was white man. Mr.. Franklin
told him that I was a good man and
q good friend of bis. Mr.. Gossett
then said, Il believe he is d-n
negro. Now you know that is pretty
hard for man to take" said Mr..
Davis to the reporter.
81 loft the room. When I returned
and started in both of the men came
at me, and | pulled my pistol"
MIR. franklin is assistant superin-
tendent at Pelham mills. He brought
his daughter here to meet Mr.. Cos
sctt with the hope that they might
settle the differences between them.
He regrets the occurrence very much.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-19
A SENSATION
OcCURED IN THE MANSION
HOUSE LAST NIGHT.

Robert Davis, Ovcrseer mt Hncae-
not Mills, Fires His Pistol at
GOssett = Considerable Excite
mont Produced-Partics Arrested
But Afterwards Released on
B0nd-Franklin's Narrow Es-
capc-Ars GOssett IL the Woman
Who Disappeared From PacOlet
With DR.. Montgomery Several
Days Ago.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-19

=, The well-being of the wage-worker
like the well-being of the tiller o.
the soil, should be an essential il
shaping our whole economic policy
There must never be any change
that will jeopardize the standard oi
comfort of the American wage.
worker.
This is an era of federation and
combination.
Organized capital and organized
labor alike should remember that in
the long run the interest of each
must be brought into harmony with
the interest of the general public.
The conduct of each must conform
to the fundamental rules of obedience
to the law, of individual freedom,
and of justice and fair dealing to all.
Sure disaster will come upon both
if either grows to take as habitual an
attitude of SOUR hostility and distrust
toward the other.
Any kind of class animosity is, if
possible, even more wicked, even
more destructive to the national well
fare. than sectional, race, or religious
animosity.
We can get good government only
upon condition that We Judge each
man upon his individual merits.
We are neither for the rich man
as such nor for the poor man as such.
We are for the upright man, rich or
poor.
Cuba has become a part of our
international political system. She
should be given some of the benefits
OF our economic system.
We should always fearlessly insist
upon our rights in the face of the
strong, and we should with ungrudg
ing hand do our generous duty by
the weak.
We, the giant republic, should
make all our sister nations of the
American continent feel that we de-
sire to show ourselves effectively
their friend.
The world has not progressed .uf
fciently to render it possible or re-
cessarily desirable, to invoke arbi-
trstion in every case.
No independent nation in America
need have the slightest fear uf ag-
gression from the United States.
No policy ever entered inlo by the
American people has vindicated it,
self in more signal manner than
the policy of holding the Philippines.
Not only does each Filipino enjoy
such rights to life, liberty. and the
pursuit of happiness as he has never
before known, but the people as
whole enjoy a measure of self-gov-
ernment greater than that granted to
any other Orientials, save the Japan
ese alone.
We have not gone too far in grant.
ing these rights, but We have GER
tainly gone to the limit that in the
interests of the Philippine people
themselves it is wise or Just to 90.
1t may be questioned whether the
world has seen a better example of
constructive craftsmanship than our
people have given in the Philippines.
The triumph of our arms-above
all the triumph of our laws and prin-
ciples-has come sooner than we had
any right to expect. Too much
praise cannot be given the army for
what it has done in the Philippines.
In battle the only shots that count
are the shots that bit.
We have deliberately made our
own certain foreign policies which
demand the possession of first class
navy.
A good navy is not a provocative
of war. 1t is the sdrest guaranty of
peace.
Fatuous self.complacency or short
sightedness in refusing to prepare
for danger is both foolish and wicked.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
Winnowed From the Presfdent's
Annual Messa&e to CONGRESS by

This nation is composed of men
winnowed cut from among the na-
tions of the old world by the energy,
boldnsss, and love of adventure found
ia their own eager hearts.
We have played a large part in
the world, and We are bent upon
making our future even larger than
the past.
Even if We would we cannot play
a small part. 1.-Two should try, we
should play large part ignobly and
shamefully.
Our people, the sons of men who
had iron in their blood, rejoice in
the present and face the future high
of heart and resolute of will.
Our is not tho creed of the weak
ling and coward. Ours is the gospel
of hope and Of triumphant endeavor.
Never before has material well>be-
ing been so widely diffused. The
plain people are better off than ever
before.
When conditions have favored the
growth of so much good, they have
also favored somewhat the growth of
evil.
The evils are real, but they are
the outgrowth, not Of misery or deca-
dence, but of prosperity.
A fundamental base of civilization
is the inviolability of property; but
this is in no wise inconsistent with
the right of society to regulate the
exercise Of the powers it confers up
on owners of property.
We are not attacking corporations,
but endeavoring to do away with any
evil in them. We draw the line
against misconduct, not against
wealth.
Publicity can do no harm to the
honest corporation. We need not
be overtsnder about ,sparing the dis
honest corporation.
Insistenos upon the impossible
means delay in achieving the posi-
BILE.
Effort to obstruct any attempt at
betterment betrays blindness to the
historic truth that wise evolution is
the sure safeguard against revolu-
ton.
The only relation of the tariff to
big corporations is that the tariff
makes manufacturers profitable. The
tariff remedy (for trusts) would sim
ply make manufacturers Improbable.
Stability of economic policy must
always be the prime economic need
of this country. This stability should
not be fossilization.
The country has acquiesced in the
wisdom Of the protective tariff prin-
ciple.
1t is most earnestly to be wished
that we could treat the tariff from
the standpoint solely Of our business
needs.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-19
Always Coco.

Wien people who nse other brands OF
Hour Nte kicking ahon5 thejr flour. users
o1 Chiffon" are enjoying the same con-
nntfnent IA of yo5e. Nothing bnt sound
What is nsrd in making "Clifton,n
hence IL Is always good. Ask YOUR
grocer for IL. Ii he does not keep it ta,l
ON the Union Cotton Mills Store or Mac
beth Young,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-19
HERE AND THERE.
Items Of Interest Cat;!H-S.; e ',e:-
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Ine f!rst sLi,,m,n' rc;urnrfy"t"rcI
cott"n goods Through lLai!.. ~, T..
| Porto Rico was lra,.. r@c-f,'., -,
rho peizer n.ilis. The ariyua, ". :,
=, bales.
a $4,000 Episcopt' ci.urch Is
be ncc;ed at 10 c,r...r nf y =,
avenue and Pcqcht:eu s'rra5 il ~
lanta, Ga. Work on this h.nisonl.
edihce 70 be bcsuu ia TIC e, -
spring.
I.wiii be OF Interest % the Crigl,!s
Of Rev. r. 6. Pearson. the cv,nr,-
lis; to learn that hc has accepted
protcssorship in Cumberland Univer-
oity, Ut Lebanon, Tenn, ami VII
teach the English Bible.
". J. CAvcoy, C.cvk of }valr:,,
camp. v. IF w, E2cl yIiiI, has rr.
criv.d irrm rho sovereign cam :.
check for $1,000, payable to Ajr~.
Beli Is. Nicely, widow of tie -"
John b. Nicely, member OF Il
Woodmen organization.
"Ovi actnunt tft&a present iaa'.-
qu0t" facilities &c ',rndiing the majls
in the Atlsta ros;2iiice. it will ie
necessary IN the Ae2r future t. ,.s.
tahiish a sta'ion or stations Of the
of1ice in order to relieve the congrs-
tiou."
y charter va, gran,cl the EaslAv
Publishing G rppa,'y # Eas'cy, which
Will ,s.ue newspaper and DO i,b
riintinI business "a Il capital steel;
OF $1,000. Tne ci!icerS ave d. +.
Bradley, rrcsi!cn'; j. II. Gcer. Vice
PRESIDENT. aud j. II. Latheri, secrs-
lary and treasurer.
You have heard many b,as. "a
man say, Il .taEe a drink Whenever
| want to- But t}at is not the
trouble. 1t is the chap whp takes Il
is throw;ng L;mscIf If't 70 ~" "aus . ~ Wa VIZ,
depririno Sims.,f and fs,n;,n e t,.'"t ,'.;
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"good ow."-.Nsw York prsss
The steamer Si'v,rto, lor,, .Lo
work of layipr tho caI,cs f.0m S.m
Francisco 20 iJonr}a,u l,st Fr;dr
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ands witnessed ,hn co,nnnrv - t,o
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public officials '''
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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-12-19

|. viii be OF interest - the iriyl,!s
Of Rev. r. 6. Pearson. the cv,nr,-
lis; TO learn rhAt lie has accepted .
protcssorship in Cumberland Univer-
oity, ut Lebanon, Tenn, ami VI"
teach the English Bible.
The Nome nugget., 1902-12-17
JURY BRIBING CLAP TRAP.

short time ago in these columns there appeared article which dealt with suspicion and suspicious people The article general in its application. However, we believe it should have been made par. tcular. For immediately following it's publication were rumors of jury brbng. It is therefore apropos that refer to it now. We do not pretend to say that there has never been any jury bribne done in Nome. We do not know that there has been but if so, it has to light. Juries have been brihed in every civilized country we believe and the point wish to make is simply that this atrocious crime is no prevalent in Alaska than elsewhere. Many lily informed people who come to Alaska or those who do not come, for that matter, are quite ready to believe anything dcrogatory to the people who inhabit it. Indeed, are of the opinion that many good Christian people, called, believe that we of Alaska are an aggregation of ishmaeles thieves, robbers and Perhaps these good peo pie remember us in their prayers and pray for our reformation For which thanks The truth of the mat ter that neither better worse than our fel low citizens men and women too, who make up this great Republic. Some of us, no doubt, are horse thieves, few arc saints and all are sinners But we do not think that there is a man in Alaska be he horse thief or salntly, who would sell himself any more quickly than would his fellow citizens of more favored portions, climatcallv speaking of the United States. In fact we may be permitted to say here without any desire to reflect in the slightest degree upon the chechakos of New York or Massachusetts or Pennsylvania, Vermont or Maine or Illinois or any other God fearing law abiding section of the Republic that we would lief trust a case with
 jury of decent, intelligent Alaskans, as with jury composed of the average men of the great outside. Indeed our preference would be given to the Alaskans
 Why then these perennial inmations of jury bribng? We confess that have no use for the jury bribsr the brbee of the two kinds of cattle the briber is the most contemptible the brbee is the weakling. There is scarcely any punishment which would be too for either, but we submit, that the crime is not so prevalent either in Alaska else where, as to endanger the jury system.
 There is too much clap-trap in most of the allega tions of jury bribing that made. The average jury in. ths, United States Alaska included is com
The Nome nugget., 1902-12-17
SPEND THE. MONEY IN ALASKA.

Economy in the administration of public affairs IS always commendabe. But when economy is too rigid 1t becomes narsimony and parsmoniousncss never bears the right kind of interest In Alaska we Know what public economy means; indeed we have more than speaking acquaintance with public pars- ,lSny In the past we have the most rigid par ,imony pracced by federal officials that few thous- and dollars of the money paid by the people of Alas ka might be covered into the treasury of the United States At the same time that this parsimony was being pursued to its fullest extent, then were many uses for which the few thousands of dollars could have been righteously used right here in Alaska
 After residence of several years in this territory we fail to see why the money which Alaska contrib utes directly to the federal government should not be spent where it is raised Instead some federal off, cials whom we have known, have scrimped and pared and shaved in order, presume, to make show ing" of economy which neither congress- the admins. tration the chief clerk of a Washington depart nent cares picayune for. When any surplus reve. nue, wrung from the people of Alaska, is turned into
 the United States treasury there it stays for time and eternity, so far as Alaska is concerned.
 In this Connection we are pleased to note that Judge Moore is taking liberal vee; of the situation Recently he has allowed few small bills incurred by heroic mushers, poor roadhouse keepers and others who' exerted themselves year ago in the saving of human life on the snowy. blizzardy trails of the Kougarok These just charges against the great gov ernment of the United States had been denied by Judge Mcores immediate predecessor
 This is an extraordinary country, and extraordi- nary accounts must sometimes 6e charged up to the government. It is country of exigences and these muot be met We are free to say that we have no patience with cheese pairing policy of any kind when it comes to the administration of public affairs A liberal policy does not mean extravagance. While Alaskans are loyal to the core, they feel that they not nendicants, and they know that they are not pensioners the bounty of Uncle Som. They are willing, able and ready to pay their own way, but they do not want to see the money which they con- tribute in taxes to the government, used for instance to erect hospital insane asylum light house or harbor for Porto Rico, Hawaii or Guam. We need all these things ourselves. We want the money thai we pay spent in the territory in which it is paid It is just and altogether righteous.
The Nome nugget., 1902-12-17

Roy. (. E. Eyberg, of the First Congregational church, spoke last Sunday evening on the relations of the white man toward the Eskimo. We arc glad 10 chronicle the fact. Mr. Ryberg has lived foY some time in this section, and he i, thorough ly conversa0t with the subject. The Eskimo's worst enemy is the miserable white man who supplies the poor untutored, ignorant, semi savage with fiery hquor. Our gov crnment and its agents have treated the Eskimo in cruel and inhu- man mauner. The servants of God who have been sent to point the way to heaven, have instead toe frequently "traded bibles and pray CT books for ivory, sealsEins and cod" 1t is time a halt were called. Smoke out the miserable vagabond white men who traffic in whisky with the natives, and then let the government do it's duty by them in a practical and materla. way.
The Nome nugget., 1902-12-17

It.. about time the reindeer busi- ness in Alaska was being .nve8ti- gated. The way it is now admin istered is a mockery arI q sham. Rev. sheldon Jackson is no doubt an honest, well meaning man, but his day of usefulness, so far as directing the reindeer industry is concerned, has departed. Wewant to see some practical results. It is time they were becoming evident, Under present conditions 3,0O0 or more reindeer are maintained sole ly, it seems, for the use, profit and emolument of a mere handful of people, including drunken, worth less government hcrders.
The Nome nugget., 1902-12-17

1t has been left to attain a Topsy-lke growth almost entirely without recognition and quite without foster ing care from Congress. If there was a lament able failure in colony governing, American admins tration in Alaska is the bright particular example Probably there is not in the world dependency of any civilized ration cut off from ordinary political rights the most northern territory of the United States.
 Secretary Seward purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. For twenty years the government practical
 " closed its eyes to the fact that Alaska existed It sent a collector of customs there. with few deputies who had stations thousand miles or 90 apart, and it sent a tubby old ship to Sitka, ship whose handful of marines acted policemen, frcmen, city council and everything else in the territorial capital There the government stopped. It couldn't afford governor and there wasn't even committing mag stratc in the whole territory. much less court of record Then, fate in the SOS, Congress authorized governor and a United States district court, with several court commissioners for the beni 2htcd land Since then there have been more district courts and more commissioners located, but here government action has ceased.
 Late estimates of the white population of Alaska place it in of 10000, and yet this body of peo- pie has no law-making body, not even an authorized town council and has no delegate in Congress. Mon in the 6Os better off. There are practically no land laws in the territory there few laws of any kind and no authority in the people to alter the conditions The rights guaranteed to American citi- zons by the constitution cut little figure in that terri tory. Last year Alaska contributed, according to reliable estimates, $54O00000 in gold to the worlds wealth. It contributed perhaps half that sum more, in value, in fish and furs. The fur seal monopoly ever since the purchase has yielded the government what may well be termed fabulous annual revenue. Despite the governments neglect of the territory, many great fortunes have been made in the land; /; others are making.
 In securing Alaska to this nation no blood shed. Soldiers maintained in Alaska-a few of the natives with the bayonct More wealth comes out of the territory each than the original purchase price, instead of the falling far short of the expenses, as in -omc more recent colonies of the United States; Alaskas expenses cost Uncle sam sum small by comparison that it is not worth men tionng.
 "One disposed to be critical might say that the government would have done better had it tried toI make the most of it's colony, and learned some thing of the colony business before it attempted to handle those that belonged once to Spain. Such critical person might also suggest that if Congress would give to Alaska only little of the attention it devotes to Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines the interests of American citizens might best be- served But what's the of being crtcal?"
The Nome nugget., 1902-12-17

X serious conAagra.ion was mar rowly averted in Arctic Brother hood hall during the Eagles show on Monday evening. Put for the prompt action of few sensible men ! panic would have been caused, which, necessarily, must have resulted in injury to many people, if not death to some. This incipient fire carries 8 lesson with it. Too great care cannot be cXer- cised in the prevention of the causes by which fires are origin ated. Sec to it that your pipes and Hucs arc in good order. Be vigilant always, and thus you may prevent serious loss to yourself and your neighbors. The city ordinances as to stove pipes and Hucs in build ings should be rigidiy enforced. The way to fight tges is to prevent them.
The Nome nugget., 1902-12-17
ALASKA, THE NEGLECTED.

There is small doubt that Alaska and matters pertaining to the welfare of Alaska will receive at least some consideration this winter at the hands of Congress. East year President Roosevelt's message to Congress contained not the slightest reference to this territory, and legislation passed for it, save and except the Alaska game law, a very good thing in it's way. Without doubt President Roose- ve in his recent message devoted some attention to the needs and requirements of Alaska which may re- ceive the attention of Congress-
 Theimporance of Alaska, as we have repeatedly pointed out, is becoming appreciated especially by the press and people of the Pacific Coast States. The Anaconda Standard, copy of which THE NUc- GET lately received from MT. P w. Mcdonnell, con- tains a timely editorial, which quote:
 !" Whats the matter with Alaska p is subject which is awaiting the pen of some William Allen White. Alaska is off than Kansas ever was. Pho original beyondsea colony of the United States