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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05
rNION. S. c., JANUARY ,, 1876
OUR PROSPERITY.

Owing to peculiar conditions the
growth of the prosperity of the
south has been slow. In 1860 just
after the close of hostilitrs between
the north and the south cotton
commanded the highest prices on
record selling for from - to Is
cents per pound. This was owing
to the fact that the mills of the
north (Ncw England) and England
had practically stopped running for
want Of cotton. The government
of England had tried to grow cotton
in several places during the war
but To no effect, therefore when the
war was over Il rush was made for
the cotton ui the south. and for
several years money was plentiful.
The southern farmers forgot to
4, make anything to cat, in their wild i,
mad rush to grow large crops of
cotton, consequently the northwest
supplied southern cribs and meat
houses with high price corn and
bacon. Soon an over production of
cotton IN the south put the price
fiown and the speculation took hold
to make money out of our cotton
AID our farmers became poorer and
poorer each year. some years barely
getting enough for their cotton to
pay the cost OF production. How
is it today? Just as it should have
been thirty years ago. The farm
GRE have awakened to the full
knowledge of their true Importance
as the producers OF staple the
world needs, must and will have,
cotton, II staple that has no rival in
the fibres of the world, southern
cotton that has no equal or COM
patitor in the world OF tex tile manu-
facturc. Cotton is the true basis
of the wealth of the south, added
to which are her many minerals.
The mills have at last come to the
cotton. Today the cotton grower
is the monarch who sways his
sccptor over the world of commerce
and makes it possible to turn or
stop the wheels of every cotton mill
in the world. What gigantic
power, now recognized by the world
and upon which the eyes of the
world of trade are turned. This is
our prosperity, this is why the new
south has come again to her own,
as of yorc when the south had CO.
lo5sal fortunes, with mansions like
the palaces Of kings, when nabobs
and monarchs moved in no grandcr
style and luxury than did the
southern planter.
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SMALL INDUSTRIES.

The Manufacturers Record has
done wonderful work for the
South and in its issue of December
18th it has letters from almost every
important point in every state Civ
ing its correspondents; views OF the
benefit that particular section has
received from the efforts of the
Manufacturers Record The Re-
cord is simply buried in bouquets
with only Il single exception and
that from the late Mr.. Edward At
kinson. 1t is such good advice
that we give it in full and ask that
each of our readers study it. 1t
seems to have been written directly
at our town. Without much trouble
over S3O0,0OO has been raised here
to build cotton mills, while our
fellow townsman, Mr.. T. +. Bailey,
whom all know to be one OF our
safest business men has difficulty
TO raise one per cent 9. rat amount
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subject, "Pythianism," which
closed the program. The speeches
were all good and quite entertain
ing and everything was done by
the proprictors of the hotel, assisted
by Prof. II. A. Wise and the COM
mittco to make their guests COM
Portable and happy. When the
exercises closed the clock had
struck low twelve or midnight and
it was high time for the crowd to
be getting to their homes.
On Saturday night at the Enter
prise Hotel the Joncsville Guards
with few invited guests banqueted
and fine oyster stew and fine
cigars were served. Addresses were
made by w. III. S. Harris, C. II.
Foster and Prof. III. A. Wise. This
was another enjoyable occasion and
after supper the crowd was treated
to fine music by Miss Lila Herndon
on the piano and Mr.. Dan White
on the violin.
DR.. W. O. Southard and family
have returned from Jersy City and
New York where they have been
for the last four weeks. DR.. South
ard took a new course in the hospi-
tai at New York where he got much
information in late medical science
and is now better prepared than
ever for the skilful practice of his
profession.
DIR. and Mrs. M. w. Chambers
and their little daughter Mary are
spending awhile in Atlanta.
MIR. Mike Gregory, of Greenvillc,
is visiting his sister Mrs. Alonzo
Quinn.
Mrs. Dorcas Matthews and
daughter, of North Carolina, visited
her brother J. w. Scott and other
relatives about Jonesville last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown, of
Gaffncy, visited Mrs. Browns s
mother, Mrs. Sallic Whitlock, last
week.
Mrs. A. J.. Bassett and children
have returned from a months visit
to relatives in Durham, n. c.
Mr.. Haynes Harris, of Union,
spent Sunday with DR.. A. S. Fos
ter.
Mr.. FAINT Porter, of Grecnville,
visited his mother Mrs. S. A. Por-
ter last week.
MIR. Emory Benefited, of Doaz,
Ala, is visiting his uncle, r. A.
Whltlock and other relatives at
Jonesville.
Misses Amy Nicholson, Mimic
Scofield and Mamie Oetzel with
Messrs. j. G. Copeland, c.. M.
McWhirter and DR.. Hair, of Union,
spent today with Mr.. j. l.. Nc
Whirter.
TELEPHONE.
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tai and paying better wages, would
have taken its place.
While you have poured capital,
both Southern and Northern, into
great factories and iron works, hays
you not neglected the very founda-
ton OF your prosperity, that is,
agriculture? Have you yet sur
mounted the evil methods of the
old system? What part even of
your cotton land has been subjected
to deep and thorough tillagc, to
renovation, to intelligent and intcn-
sivc cultivation? TO what extent
have you increased the old mcagrc
crop per acre Of an average of POO
to 224 pounds, and on the uplands
even less, when in point of fact, if
intelligent and intensive methods
are applied, with right tillage and
renovation of the soil, doutle that
crop can be made on every acre,
with less labor and under better
conditions? is not that work being
done by small number Of intclli-
gent white farmers, and yet small
cr number of intelligent colorcd
farmers, yet sufficient in number
to prove the general shiftlessness Of
all the rest?
Again, witness the accounts that
have been given to truck farming in
Tidcwatcr, Virginia. What would
| it have proiitcd for all these Tide
water counties to put up Il great
Factory. compared to what it has
proiitcd them TO improve the condi-
tions OF agriculture?
Again, witness the wonderful ac-
counts that have been given. to the
raising of lettuce in Fayetteville in
North Carolina and at Newborn
small capital, large measure of
intelligence and industry and en-
cccdingly large profits.
Again, witness the account OF the
saving Of the waste of the old pine
forests, from which the turpcntine
pines have been all removed. How
many have discovered the value of
the stumps and lightwood? How
much has it protitcd to save this
waste, rs compared to putting Up
any kind of a factory? Such prof
its are diffused; there may be no
| gct-rch-quick' in them, but they
lead more to the common welfare
and common wealth than any great
factory or workshop of any kind.
There arc 364 titles to the manu-
facturcs of the nation. How many
of these are listed in the old cotton
States, or rather, | should ask how
few? You can pick out certain
cities in the South that have dcvel-
opcd from within on their MUSCLES
that are thriving on small indNs-
tries. How soon will this come to
be the rule and how soon will the
deposits in your savings banks, be-
longing to the intelligent mechanics
and artisans who work your small
industries, begin to equal the de-
dosits of the small class in the New
England States, in New York and
in Pennsylvania? My own reply
would be, when your common
schools and your common cduca-
ton have been brought nearer to
the true standard and the illitcracy
OF white and black alike has been
overcome.
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fine running condition and ship
ping its manufactures to all points
of the South and West. This with
Mr.. Moses foundry which has
been of uncalculable assistance to
the building trade and cotton mills
is all the small industries we have.
The Meals Shoals Power Co. is
now ready to deliver electric power
to manufacturers at low rate and
we hope that ere another wear rolls
round that we may be able to
chroAicic quite Il hhmpcr OF small
industries.
What is the matter with a small
factory to mako o;thrr of tho FOL-
.;oI. cl;. ,u,
p"'i''' i''i'''N'''l'iei'' h'i'' ''''ooi
wear, hroomS, spokes and handles,
and canning factory. \ few ma
chimes woulI NOT eos. srcb - LARGO
,,,,or,. h,,t t,,o l,o,r;,,,,; ,a,,lIl,
""'o''''V w. '''0 'e''''''''s "o''''' w
the event OF perhaps as prosperous Il
business rs our cotton mill indus
tries.
Union has pullcI topcthcr in tbc
,,., vL. rot j., +ho T,,t,no9 -,
e'''', why '''' - ''I '"'"''' Nv
Us nope 'ila' 'ilc HIS. man VINO
st rtS new venture will he wei
coined when presenting his Subscrip-
tion list and that each one will mt
III. slar,l.. :, .l,o ,.bo,I ,,l 81,
'''' '''0'','0' ~ Wv "''' '''''' SUI
Hcrlpc IL ''c Is aplc'
have Watched tbr cnursn of tbo
Manufacturers: Record from tbo
beginning and If timcs 7 hovc nut
into your cohnnn. v;nu. an nnnv
subjects that were IT variance with
vo,m own
First in rcsncct to vour course
in nromotinp tbr cotton m,nnf,c-
turr os if in that Law thc kew tn tbc
proprcss Of the cotton states
Twrntv wears 400 cautioned INV
southern friends to moy, SLOWLY
and surely nointiny out IN tbcn,
that the progress and welfare of a
STATE would he vastly moro nro-
motcd bv dcy,loninp the small in
dustrics that rcuuirc little conitol
that call for mechanical ont;tudc
and intelligence. than bv establish
ing great factories of auv kind #
was then apporcnt that there was q
field opru for the drvclonmcnt of
the cotton manufacture. provided
il was followed up in a vcrv con-
scryativc mv,.yd; but there was q
profound error in the minds of
southern people on the general sub
icct-thc same error which had
misled them in earlier times
namely, that the cotton manufac-
turc had been a chief source of
wealth, occupation and wages in
the New England States.
The next error in your course has
been an effort to set it up in the
southern states. The inducements
held out were long hours. low
wages, to a certain extent child
labor, proximity to the cotton field
and warm climatc-all in some
measure disadvantage rather than
an advantage. In the course OF
time all tins has become apparent.
1T has been proved that long hours,
especially night work, are unprotlt-
able on modern hlgh-spccd machin-
cry. The most intelligent and pro-
gressiv' cotton manufacturers are
now Keeping children out OF their
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WHEELER's COMMENTS.

&, C. E. Wheeler &@Co. report wheat:
An easier opening was followed byasome
hesitation, hut weakness gradually, de-
veloped becoming very prom nounced the
last hopr,s the May price breaking two
Cents a, bnshel. The news gave no en-.
couragement to the bulls and tf1eareaeE
ton many expected failed of aterializa.
ton. Shorts who covered yesterday, put
out lines, during the forenoon. Mime
apolis led in the weakness. Cash adj
vices from the northwest were bearish
and crop conditions in the southwest
favor the growing wheat. Export bids
for one northern Duluth for shipment
at the opening Of navigation are two
cents bushel ont OF line and it is stated
No.. e northern also No i sold thus far
for spring shipments which is ain unus-
lial feature. Dornbusch Of London es-
Inmates the worlds crop of wheat for
1905 at 3,382 900, 900 bushels which is
$4,000, 900 larger than the year previous,
Fair weather and milder temperatures
are indicated throughout the belt for
the next 24 hours There seems moth
ing in the wheat situation at present to
prevent a further decline. Liverpool
closed from Is lower to as higher. Es-
tirlated receipts Tor tomorrow, 8 cars.
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FRANKLIN RELICS. +. /

I Philadelphia, PA, March 7,--Ira COM
.nection with the two hundredth ariii1
versary Of the birth Of Benjamin Frank
lin and in comtnemoration of the great
services which Franklin has rendered
TO Masonry in the United States, the
grand lodge Of Masons Of this city has
arranged an interesting exhibition Of
Franklin relics at the Masonic temple,
which will be opened this evening and
/ will remain open sto the publiciountil
April ,23. A committee consisting OF
John Wannamaker. DR.. Samuel w Lat
|ta,ssC. Il. Lockwood Julius f. Saclise;
William d. McI1roy, u. Layton Register
and Gen. Louis Wagner was instrumen-
tai in collecting a remarkably large and
comprehensive collection of Franklin
relics. During the exhibition the relics
will abe in custody of Mr.. George E.
Rupp, the librarian Of the Masonic tenn
/ pie, who was instrumental in securing
|the collection of Washington relics dur
/ ing the celebration of the birthday 81
/ the father of the country. \ II 5. !.
The Franklin exhibition contains
many rare and extrenely interesting rel
les in the form of books, records, docI-
ments and instruments, which al. one
| time were in the personal possession 81
Benjamin Franklin.
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THEATRE PLANS.

New York, March. Herr Heinrich
Conried, the director Of the Metropoli-
tan operahouse and owner of the famous
irving Place theatre, has decided not
to part with the latter. Two months
ago it was stated on good authority
that Hurtig & Searnon were negotiating
with Mr.. Conried for the, purchase of
the Irving Place theatre and that the
negotiations had almost reached the
Eclinching point. 1t seems, however, that
at. the last moment Mr.. Conried chang
ed his mind and decided, not to- Sell out.
In an interview regarding his plans
concerning the Irving Place house M r.
Conried said: I'm the future. there
Ewilf,be no. stars at the Irving Place
theatre. but / Shall follow otif tfe,lold
policy of HE house BY trying TO have
every member of the stock company IA
star. During next season tfie roper
toife of the company will be the, very
best the theatres Of Germany can af-
ford, j wish it understood that the
Irving Place theatre IS; not in the mar,
ket.'
On the return of DR.. Ludwig Fii1da,
the famous German writer and drama
western states,$ Herr Conried will give
a performance of The Twin Sister to
celebrate DIR. Fulda's visit. II is ex-
pected that the author will deliver a
short address after the first act of the
play. DR.. Fulda is at work on new
drama in blank verse while lecturing in
Etfis country and expects to finish its
last act before he sails for home.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-07

CONSIDERABLE E
s'BAD. INDIAN HAS SEEM
MUCH OF THE WORLD
Was known Id North Dakota In Early
Days Rich cattlemen Took Fancy
% Him and Took him 90 Europe
0ambled at Monte Carlo.

Muskogee, I. T., March - Robert
Sewell, the long-lost Greek Indian,
who turned up at Eufaula in January
latter an absence. OF nearly twerty-6v
years, was III Muskogee recently to get
a license to take unto himself a squaw.
ESewell shuffled into the Creek enroll
nent division Of the commission and,
approaching Alex Posey with al come
along sign, confded that he was go-55
ling to get married and desired that the
Creek board sign his bond. Il, u, .'.
Produce the bond" said Posey. Il
am willing to helpyou that much" y
Sewel.s face lit up with joyous joy
and he set off to the courthouse TO In
EterYieWi the. clerk. ,3Beaming like ia.
schoolboy with "a new pair OF boots.
SeWel1, who is AZ years of age, was.
Joined for life to Mrs. Lizzie Gibson
of Eufaula, who is on the shady side,
| of a. David Diekey' tied the knot and
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell departed TO their.
Eufaula teepee. .g,..Sg gs,: = 80. t
7: ".Sewell, it seems, paid court to. Mrs.
Gibson in the old days, ,rand Whef, he
returned he found her4a widow and at
once daid siege to her heart and won.
1 His story is interesting .:aa,s assf -8t
f. In the old days, around Etifaula he
was considered bad Indian and was
quite handy with his; shooting iron,
and so, a quarter OF century ago, he
lsdrifted into Montana and North Da-l
kota, where he tended sheep and
punched the untamed cows of the
| ranges. # .,...,.v - . .,a;s4 4 ..s
| A. rich cattleman named Connors
| took fancy to Sewell and took him
| to Europe, where as a valet SeWell
Itoured the resorts Of the continent.
| He gambled at Monte Carlo, batfred
in Carlsbad, basked in the warm sun of
Italy, decorated the French capital,
Piled the alpenstock in the Swiss noun
ttains,t mingled with the dashing Ger
Imam students at, Heidelberg. attended
bull fights; in picturesque Madrid, Wis
tied the art galleries <of Florence, Ma
Iples, Berlin and Paris, threw pebbles
From the Holland bikes, carried a port
able .bathtub through merry2~""O Old Eng.
Hand jtramped the steppes Of Russia
and otherwise dallied with European
and Asiat1c HE Until the piuttoclr;atic piuttt1 rat;
tranchrnan died. @ s5 -, q e s,.4zr .' = ~, :
\ 5Sewell; after the death ofghis abene4
i factor, took passage for far off 'Ausral.
la, where he again herded sheep. In
4 Icidently he chased kangaroos and
turned the boomerang. From Aus.
tra1ia he. journeyed to South America
where: he drove pack mules and shot
at condors on the high peaks of the
EAndes; then to the Panfpas fetook his
i way and roped the famous longhorrl
II Argentine steers. ,sz : ?: ii
Il Tired Of daily revolutions where the
natives did nothing but roll cigarettes
land plot insurrection, Sewell packed
his turkey and hiked back to the
llittle old United States and the, desert
businesses of Wyoming and Montana 1
i During all these years Sewell has
been carried on the Greek Indian roll:
by his people. <ss;t 5s Ss n b /,
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CANT LIVE WITH SECOND
WIFE i'm MISSOURI

ST. Louis, March 7.--The state st-
preme court Of Jefferson City held to
he constitutional the statute making il
Ia felony fora man to live in Missouri
with bis second wife though he mar
|ried her. in another state, the first wife
living and not being divorced.
The state had appealed the case of
James w. Stuart, who was indicted
for alleged bigan1y in having married a
second wife in Illinois without being
divorced from his first. The indict-
menf was quashed on his contention
that the marriage was performed in an
other state. The supreme court orr
|ders Stuart to be tried on a charge oi
Ebigafiays
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-07
GAMBLING BILL.

Albany, N. y J, March 7.--The code
committee OF the senate and the state
assembly will hold joint meeting this
afternoon, to consider arguments for
and against the Cassidy Lansing bill.
which prohibits gambling ON, racetracks.
The hearing was called at the request
of the Rev. "a. "a. Gregg, field secre-
taEys Of the international reform bureau,
who also represents the Christian En-
Edeayorers, the society for thep prevention
OF vice and various ministerial assocfa-
Etions. 3f5 Sfs
ssItsnow appears that the attack on race
gambling originated iii Washington, tfle
prime mover being the Rev. Or. Wilbur
Re Crafts, superintendent Of the inter
national reform bureau, which has its
general headquarters in that city. For
several months the bureau has been
sending literature and letters broadcast
in this state, urging its members and
supporters to ask Governor Higgins to
do something to stop race gambling.
The governor admits that he has re-
ceived many letters Of that kind III IL
Or. Crafts visited Albany few weeks
ago and interviewed the governor.hl He
was informed that the governor was in
sympathy with the legislation against
gambling on the race tracks. DIR.
Crafts drafted the bill which was aft
Ierwards put into shape for introduction
Iby Anthony Comstock. The Rev Az S.
Gregg who has been lecturing for the
lbureau iii Massachusetts, was shifted to
ALBANY and. with the aid of influential
friends, arranged for the introduction of
Ia.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-07
TENNEssE R P,s,

Nashville, Tenn, March Ihe re-
publican state executive committee Of
Tennessee. met at Il ahfs Maxwell house
.at1Ioso clock this tfiorfiirig siff answer tb
the call issued by the chairman, J. C.
RI Mccall, for the purpose of; select
ing a time and place for holding the
state convention in which candidates for
governor and railroad 81 commissioned
shall be nominated and other business
may be transacted, b y ..s.g
Fhe committee consists ofstfirty-two
members, two fsoral each Of the ten
cong ressional districts Of the state and
twelve from the state at large The lat
ter members were appointed BY the per-
inanent chairman to the last state CON
|vention lin addition to fixing the time
and the place for the next state conven-
|tion the committee, under the prece-
dents of the republican party, will also
fix the basis of representation in the
|conyention. For many years this basis
has been one delegate for every zoe
votes or fractional majority thereof
cast for the republican presidential
electors at the preceding national cleo
Etion. Upon this basis, and there is no
|probability that it will be changed, the
convention will have about 525 votes
II has been suggested that an effort
would be made to have the committee
rescind tile action taken two years age
in providing that hereafter admission to
the convention hall would be BY certii4
lcates only, from the secretary of the
state committee 1t IS NOT likely, how
lever. that the committee will make any
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SERIOUS RIOTlNG IN
FRENCH PROVINCIAL TOWNS

Paris, March 7,Serious rioting oc-
Cured today at several provisional towns
in the course Of the inventories Of church
property under the law providing for
the separation of church and state. At
Boeschepe, near Dunkirk, nianifestant
was shot dead and the government com
was wounded.
Churches at Bfessuire. Belfort and
Charleville were strongly barricaded and
crowded with demonstrators, who pre-
vented the making Of inventories BY
burning sulphur and throwing lime in
the faces of the gendarmes.
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/ GRIGGs CHOSEN !

Washington, March Representa-
tive III. Griggs Of Georgia was unan-
imously chosen chairman of the dem
socratic congressional committee last
night at a meeting in the capitol attend
ed by thirty-one members of the commit
Tee. Representative Bowers, Mississippi,
placed Mr.. Griggs in nomination. There
were no other nominations and the sec
retary was instructed to cast the entire
vote for Mr. Griggs.
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! sKIP.hEp

Bloc onlngton, Ill., March !. Two
alleged ,Spirit,salistie mediums, giving
the names III. Mr.. and Mrs William
Wolfe, attracted 400 people at the opera
house last night, the receipts being $3.50
After a few minutes of talk the lights
were extinguished and the couple skip
ped. they were pursued by the entire
audience, but made their escape. The
crowd made the rounds of the various
hotels trying, to locate the couple and
swearing vengeance, but they probably
drove out of town.
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edEto great honor and power by |

raised ito great honor and power. by the
'Medisas, for whom he wrote the treat.
ises versatile, brilliant ifisiiiuating as he
was, he was left to end his life iil
Loneliness and Without power And
herein, says Miss Tarbefl, lies our. safe
The truth Is Il" she adds "tlie, Mschitil
.velliafi formula carries its own death
potion with ii. q 1T cannot stand the
light = To-day as 400 years ago,
state if bluntly and men disown it, Why
was Machiavelli rephdiated by Italy as
soon as The Prince was published?
7 : They are willing to practice the
formula as long as they, can avoid hear
ing it; those who prohtdd by their suc-
cess have been willing to support them
so long as they coulds deaden their in
Itellects by repeating Judge not lest ye
be judged but when it came to defend
ing the Machiavellian creed aloud they
dared not do it, And herein lies oiif
safety The. truth, nothing but the
truth, ugly and cruef and relentless as
bit may be. is the cure Of Commercial
Observation-Disclosures Z IS IS s'EsS