The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, September 12, 1902, Image 4
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UNION, S. C. SEPTEMBER 12, 1902
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Mr. Gilmore's Rejoinder.
Sept. 2, 1902.
Editor Union Times:?
If it were not that Hey Denver in his
last article attempted to make me a liar
I would have nothing more to say and
would not at the beginning if lie had ne?
said "that it is possible to geU'-,v->
want ih? ?* ?.'x ,.ien who
X ttttiu overseeing for the
money there is in the job, and like a nigger
do as little for that money as possible
:uid gi'tlull uav ?pr iLM.. _
Did you ever hear of election bulletins
being received in cipher? Of course
the public is vkky appreciative (?) of
that, kind of service, where they have
to patiently wuit until a code message
is taken to the other end of
town and ciphered out and put in
plain Knglish. But this was one
time they didn't have to.
If nil the counties had hustled in
the returns to headquarters from
each precinct like Union county sent
them in to The Times office, the election
could have been declared Tuesday
night by 10 o'clock. Our tenth
Bulletin distributed to the public at
8:?i0, four hours and thirty minutes
after the polls were closed declared
the election so far as the county candidates
were concerned.
m + m
We not only furnished the bulletins
for the pounty returns as fast as
they came in and distributed them
printed to the public, but we received
the bulletins of the State election by
wire and immediately posted them
in front of tho Union Hotel within
25 feet of the telegraph office, before
the ink got dry. The people road
The Times Bulletin in two minutes
after they arrived, not having to wait
anyone's pleasure. That is the way
The Times serves the people.
"Taxpayers and voters of Union county,
can't we afford to pay this slight
i rt f* nan S r\ f ? wno /tk UI '
iuvavwov in l U>ACn I'U rt*pittCO
our present inadequately arranged,
disgraceful looking court, house with a
handsome, modornly equipped public
building which every citizen can refer
to -with pride? "Yes, we can, and
let us all on next Tuesday sign the
"yes" lint which will he found at every
polling precinct, and thus show
how unanimously wo stand on the
subject of this pressing public need."
Was anyone jarred by the weight
of theso "yes" votes that were cast
on the question of a new court
house. By the bye, we would like to
have these returns tabulated. They
would >no doubt prove interesting,
We undoes4 md th it nt the b^x at
West Springs there were" sixty odd
votes ug'iuist ihe building of ?i new
;o'irt bonse ?nd nnnn in favor of it.
i" v?y have got. it down about right.
\V- 'mve prvrr V>ren in f vo- < f
build. g ; new or y h w u ! . mr
I prcHcut circum*. ' <" ' !?i|
J? r?'l tV> hi* k tt' ? p!o?i
-?rneturp pan be enlurgnd and
improved to meet all rcqu'r- incuts
at a very much less coot than building
a new one.
SECOND PRIMARY.
As in the first primary so in the
second The Times was far ahead of
anyone in getting aud formulating
the news. Before the people on the
streets thought of getting any returns
the full report of the Buffalo
and Santuc boxes were on The
Times bulletin board, in front
of the Union hotel, and in quick succession
followed Carlisle. Cross Keys,
Jonesville and the others till 8:80,
just four nnd.one-half hours after the
polls closed, we had printed and
posted our last, bulletin on the county
election declaring the winners.
The office was closed at 8:45, thus allowing
our faithful and efficient office
Iforce to mix among the crowd where
they enjoyed the praises and congratulations
showered on them on every
side on the unprecedented record
they had made in The Times' bulletins.
The Times is' proud of this record
and though others may puff and tickle
themselves over things imaginary
the cold hard facts remain that The
Times is always to be counted on for
the correct figures sooner than they
can be obtained from anj other source
and that when a copy is received in
any home in the county it is read
from the first to the last, because all
eight pages are fiesh good reading
matter and the advertiser who is so
lucky as to secure some of our spaoe
always finds that he receives handsome
returns for his investment. Our
advertising columns are full; our sub.
^scription list large and still growing
and we are pleased because ouradver'
tisers and subscribers are delighted
i with our service.
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VOTES BOUGHT CHEAP.
Wo have seen a good many warm
. elections in Union but never since we
have been here have we seen as hard
and persistent work at the polls a?
we witnessed Tuesday, Some men
let their privato business look out
for itself or left it to the care and
supervision of others while they devoted
every energy at their command
in securing votes for some favorite
I candidate. Our greatest regret wae
| in noting to what extent intoxicants
i were used to influence voters. It is
a greut pity that people find it necessary
to resort to this means to secure
votes, it is a greater pity still that
mere are men among us who can be
led or influenced to vote this way 01
t hat by n few drinks of whiskey 01
beer. We will welcome the day when
such methods will be tabooed at the
polls and in fact in the political campaigns.
We hope the day will com(
when men will be selected for the
various ollices on merit and competence,
and not by any man or set ol
men wlio can furnish the most monej
and intoxicating drinks.
OFFICERS ELECTED
FOR UNIOS COUNTY',
The following officers have beer
elected to serve for their various
terms. We publish the whole lisl
that those who wish to do so maj
preserve it:
i For County Supervisor?Thomas J,
j Betenbaugh, re-elected.
For Auditor?John G. Farr, reelected.
For Treasurer?Jus. 11. Hurtles
re-elected.
For County Superintendent of Ed
ucfitiou?1). B. Fant, re-elected.
County CommiK-iioners?I M
Mobley, rr-elected, and W. Fowlei
Bobo.
For Master?C. H. Peake, re-elect
ed.
For Probate Judge?J. M Greer
re-elected.
OHK UEFRESENTATIVKB.
For Congress?Joe T Johnson, re
elected.
For State Senator?J. T. Douglass
re-elected.
For the House?A- C. Lying ant
H. (J. Little, re-elected.
Wo congratoi to them nil. It i:
i all over, let overybody now bury th?
j hatchet, and let lis dwell together it
j peace and pull together with a unity
i of purpose for the general upbuilding
I of our county and State.
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Wo must congratulate tho people
on the result of last Tuesday's election.
Xoh only wero good men elected
" it we know of two offices for
wh> money end whiskey both wore'
uao '"rcely nod both candidates got
icfr. We wro ?i little r>nr"Phersivp i
thnfc 'no y <i " mi .St, be tempt
e l hi be it " i'd ' tho'r glory thut |
they n oted like me" end spurned such J
otTcr?
.W?? hove always lied great faith in i
the people as the ni-blters of their own
duties and when fully informed they
1 seldom make a mistake. The results of
I last Tuesday show their competency
I and though a primary election is very
I demoralizing, yet it is better to have
j the people record tho verdict than
have a packed convention to trade
some unworthy candidate into 'office
and force him on the people.
The weather reports do not slander
, tho summer temperature of Savannah
and Macon. The papers of each
city are charging that ham can be
fried in the othor by oxposing it to
tho sun. In Montgomery and Augusta,
we believo, it. is usually fried
in the shade. Charleston is the only
cool place in this latitude.?News and
t Courier.
Tho trouble with u< is getting the
ham to fry. If we can manage to
; get hold of the ham wo will attend to
i the frying process without bothering
j old Sol about it.
CUT THIS OUT.
flow Union County Votes.
It will Lv seen by refering to the li,urea
below that the vole in the county or
Union for the second primary was SS
votes heavier than the vote of the
first primary. Theie were only ti\e
boxes in the county which did not pn i
'as many votes Tuesday as at the tin'
primary, and there was onlva difference
! of one to four votee. This is a pretty
fair opportunity to get the average v-u'
in.T utrr..m(l< . .f M?a ..?1 '
ciii:i>?sui vm vuc wuill.jf niKI Ui I'iil'l! |
voting precinct in til** county Th? re
were 2212 votes cast in the county at t'>0
first piimavy end 2290 at the second primary.
By preserving the figures below
' you will be able at any time to ansae*
t the oft repeated question as to wha' : .
ihe voting strength ot the county, or mi.^
b,-x in the county.
1st primary. 2nd prim? ,-y.
Suntuc 1*18 14-2
Carlisle 73 7d
Buffalo 134 14.",
Cross Keys 125 1 is
Jonesville 2G3 203
Monarch 75 80
Kelton 114 140
Adamsburg 52 44
Black ltock ' 37 30
Lockhart 102 IV1
West Springs 78 70
Gibbes 51 ..i'?
Colraiti 30 ;>2
! Union 844 807
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SOUTH A GRAZING COUNTRY.
L Superiority of Our Pine Forests
( Over Western Plains.
, Baltimore, Md., Sept. 4.?Special:
j j Connected directly with tho indus[
trial growth of the South is the ques;
tion of cattle raising. Not only is a
llATMllainp*?nooinr? I
[ ' iiivivaoiug lUlUU^U lllUUn- j
(; try to be furnished its beef raised at
! home, but increasing employment iu i
! ( industry is to be offered in the kand'
ling of cattle in all its forms from the |
1; field to tho consumer. Census figures
show that in five important
*1 Southern States there was in 1900 a I
5 smaller number of neat cattle th;*n
there was in 1890, and in two of
' them a smaller number in 1900 than
' in 1880. A number of factors have
l * contributed to the actual decline in
> 1 the number of cattle in some States.
i together with a failure in others of
i ; the increase to keep pace with the I
> | increase in population. One of them j
. j is the habit of selling young stock
t for shipment to the West to be grazed
r ( and killed there and to be returned
J to the South as beef. The lack of
1 economy in such a policy is being
impressed upon Southern farmers,
, and there are signs of interest in a
revival of cattle-raising and in packing
house undertakings. Bearing
1 upon that movement is a letter in
; this week's issue of the M ami fact ur1
era' Record from Mr. (J. J. I laden,
of Atlanta, Ga., embodying the ic
suits of a trip he has made in the
West, lie compares the high plains
of the West with the vast stretches
of pine timber plains of tht Southeast,
with fifty inches of rainfall in a
, year, situated on an average 1,000
miles nearer the markets and as yet j
. unu>ed for agriculture, and lie says: i
"Our Southeastern lands escape i
the destructive blizzards and snow
f storms that alllict the plains; f<>r be
it remembered that the grazing lands
of the far West are from 4,000 to
6,000 feet above sea level, and the
best of them (particularly those parts
' near the ltocky Mountains) are subjected
to heavy snowfalls.
The casual observer who first
- passes through the Western plains
and then through South Georgia fort
esis will satisfy himself at a glanse of
the greater quantity of grass ou tne
l latter Cattle-growing, which has
been carried on in theso forest lands
in a small way, adjusted to the feeble
finances and lukewarm enterpriijs t f
the native settlers, has been practically
nil profit. The watering and
wintering necessary in the West are
' unknown requisites. Ilitberto herd
ing has also been unnecessary, but
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]lave already began pouring in
, ments will be full of the seaHon'i
nery, Notions, Gent's Furnishing
.... 1000 YARDS
Another lot of those 4 to
yard to 20o. Come early and g
MIL
We ara pleased to announc
will bo glad to have all her lriei
in fall and winter styles. We \
the past.
COMB TO HEAO(
MUTUAL 11
R. P. HARRY. Nlj
this lust item must be considered if
the industry is pursued on a considerate
scale. Persons remote may be
surprised to know that, although
Georgia was one of the thirteen original
States, yet within seventy-five
miles of the first settlement (Savannah)
the traveller may ride across
tko forest ten miles without seeing
the habitat of man. Georgia, the
largest State in square miles east of
the Mississippi River, having depended
for nearly a century upon
natural reproduction, unaided by immigration,
is yet decidedly poorer at
both its northern and southern ends.
Hence thcro is sufficient grazing, at
present not utilized, for millions of
cattle. Add to these facts that water
is abundant, if not on the surface,
i _ i -L n 11
; nuuresiuie oy snauow wens, costing to i
dig from $5 to ?10 each, or at most:
\ Artesian wells, costing on an aver|
ago of $300, and there is a conelu- j
} sive showing in favor of the South- :
east as against the far West.
[ "The land piivileges in the South- j
| cast would bo less in proportion to J
j the feeding power of the grass then
.an the plains. But as the Southeast- i
era lands are in the most part timber- j
[ ed, or even where cut over are valul
able for general farming purposes,1
"with sufficient timber remaining f>rj
farm uses, the stock-grower would;
probably prefer to be his own land- j
lord. lie can then at small cost'
supplement where needed with improved
grasses.
"The actual expense is less to
equip a ranch for beginning in the i
Southeastern pine lands than on the |
Western plains. The peculiar ad- j
vantage of the pine land country is i
in the fact that more grass is found
-m a less area, bringing the herds'
closer to a given point, which facilitates
business. The absence of the
hnraasinff tlin oln/mlAuo fl.w.f
vwvj vuv oivtpiooo H4 111
of the night, that eats away ihe
ranchman's dividend, is also a cumulative
argument in behalf of the in- !
viting forests along tho South Atlantic.
? Tho high prices of cattle and
cheapness of the land warrant an inflowing
verdict."?G. J. Iladen in
News and Courier.
Mrs Mollie Allen, of South Fork, Ky.,
says shu lias prevented at tacks of cholera '
morbus by taking Chamberlains Stomach
and Liver Tablets when she felt an attack
coming on. Much attacks ar?* ma - '
i ally caused by indigestion and lh,*?i tablets
are just what is needed to cleanse
the stomach and ward off the approa* hi
ing attack. Attacks of bilious colic may
i be preventer! iu the same way. For sale I ]
I by F. C. Duke. J
LARK'S S
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and in a few days our court te
s newest creations in Dress (Jo<
s, t-hoes, Hats, Clothing, Ladies'
; OF EMBROIDER
G? yard length Embroideries
;et some of these extraordinary
LINE
e this department will be in ch
ids call and see the spiendid i
vili continue to lead in styles
QUARTERS?THE BAR
HI GOODS
gr.
The Temptati
Is not half so
deposit your i
SAVING!
Where it make
payable twice a
firiri vrrn r>QM
W%? VUil ^ V-> t
the asking. W
hundreds of c
money and we vs
A dollar starts :*
to wealth in this
The Peop
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or 5c
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rs and shelving in all depart)d?,
Trimmings, Silks, Milliand
Misses'Jackets, Furs, etc.
IES JUST IN. . . .
and Beadings. Prices lo a
values. ^ ^
;ry~
arge of Miss Lillie Thorn, who
issortment of the "new thing"
and price as we have done in
GAIN CENTER.
MMMNY.
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Opposite Hotel Uniou&
ion to Spend
great if you
money in our
5 BANK
s you interest,
year. No risk
your money for
e are helping
others to save
rant to help you.
rou on the road
bank.
les Bank,
R> President.
ilk-Over Shoe
FOR WOMEN.
) and $4.00.
FALL
STYLES
READY.
HOE CO,
Shoe Interest.
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