The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 09, 1903, Page 4, Image 4
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UNION, 8. C. JANUARY 9, 1903.
The appointment of a negro woman
postmaster at Indianola, Miss., was
the occasion of a big kick resulting
in the closing of the post office at
that place this we?k, and the citizens
, have established an independent messenger
service, and opened a private
post office, expenses being paid by 1
the citizens. It is said the excite- 1
meat extends to surrounding towns. 1
Mr. August Kohn, the Columbia (
* <m*. correspondent of the News and Cou- ]
rier, is giving a very comprehensive i
and interc sting writeup of the child |
labor question from a personal inves- j
tigation inside the mills throughout ,
the State. It is a plain, unvarnished (
statoment of the conditions as he |
found them. The articles began in ,
Monday's issue this week, and they i
are worth a careful reading. i
The annual report of the State Dispensary
shows the business for the
year 1?>??i> to have made a net profit
of as follcws:
State's profit for year
pused to school fund. . $l'Jii,()0i).o7
Net profits of towns and
counties from whiskey
dispensuries ;{s2,f>S;{.;}<> <
Net profits from beer dispensaries
Cm, 515.40
Total $5(?(J,8i)8.83
< if this amount Union contributes ,
12,1 as follows:
Total sales $?>3,^38.80 '
' i aai oa \
M^^/vucvoj ?)1 |UC5I?i5U
Prolits ?1*2,1.77. "><>. I
Which is equally divided between I
county and town. 1
Senator Tillman announces that i
he will oppose the negro Cruin'a up- (
pointment just made by Roosevelt, 1
ns collector of the port of Charleston.
Xoj only in behalf of Charleston, but
in behalf of the whole State, because
of the universal abhorence of office
holding negroes. The senator says '
he cannot expect to accomplish his 1
object of holding up the appointment
unless evidence against Crum is sent
him. A dark horse has been appointo
1 U. S. Marshal for the district of
South Carolina, whose name is J. 1
Duncan Adams, of Laurens, S. C., a (
Republican. This knocks out Dr. *
Clayton, who was so sure of t he plum.
Th's is a pretty poor return to Charleston
for the unbounded hospitality ,
extended Roosevelt upon the occasion
of his visit to Charleston.
The l ist issue of the Jackson Argus,
Jackson, G i., is in mourning. The
cause is the death' of its able editor
and proprietor, Mr. Addison H. (
Khaver, who died at his homo Wed
ni-iuH) morning, J-iec. *51 St, about (>
o'clock of heart failure. To say that
we were shocked when onr eyes ft-11
upon this announcement is but to '
feebly express our feelings. We 4
could hardly realize that this could
be true. We have known A. H. ,
Shaver for a number of yoars, having
been with him on the same paper in
New berry, during our apprenticeship,
andwehavsno hesitancy In saying r
that ho was the best all-round news- .
paper man we havo ever met, and as
a spicy local and forceful editorial "
writer, lie had few equals in hii State. v
Tho Jack on Argus is one of the fewpapers
wo take home and proserve. j
It is with a heart full of sadness that ?
wo chronicle this notice cf the de
Hu.iui. m our irieua. w o extend to ti
the bereaved wife and the two little h
ones left behind our most sincere and p
heartfelt sympathy.
While memory holds a seat.
In this distracted globe?remember *
thee? r'
Yea, from the tahle of my memory
May fade fond recollections. - I
tit.Ul I'll remember thee. n
.ETUSHAVE a
WARD PRECINCTS.
81
Some time Rgo we called attention ,
o the fact that tho present arrange- t
nent in this town for balloting for >\
andidates was very unsatisfactory, fj
n that it forced the people to come ft
o one place to vote, the result h
his is that when a representative v
jallot is cast it puts in the ballot box c
jlose on to one thousand votes, and
e
vhen each of these votes contain the 0
names of from a dozen to 2"> candliates,
the counting of them and recording
usually takes the entire time
of the managers from the time of the
closing of the polls all night and until
about fl o'clock in the morning
before the result can be annbunced.
We suggested that ward voting precincts
be established, as a method of
faciliating matters and relieving the
managers of a great strain, and the
trying ordeal of counting and checking
names all night. The more we
think over the matter the more firmly
convinced we are that the time has
come to establish ward voting precincts
for the town of Union. All
cities vote by wards, Union is growing
daily and this will have to come,
and we may as well do it at once as ,
later. We could then know (lelinite- 1
ly the result of each election by'nine 1
o'clock p. in. of election day, the \
result would be published to the 1
world in the early morning following, 1
and hundreds of people could go awny
to their homes and enjoy a good ^
night's rest instead of sitting up all
night, or lying around on the court j
square, anxious to hear the nfiws,
long after the* news of the result from
the majority of the county boxes
bave been given out. As the result
always hangs on the Union box no
one can draw an idea until it is countad.
As soon as Union's vote could
be ascertained a pretty correct conclusion
could always be reached. Let
us have the ward voting precincts established.
The Legislature is soon
to meet, and we, in behalf of the citzens,
both of Union and Union county,
urge our representatives to give
us a voting precinct for each ward in
Union. If the place in each ward for
the establishment of a box is necessary
to be known, before wo can get
them, we will go to the trouble to ascertain
where the most suitable
places can be found.
Gearge \V. Williams, of Charleston,
one of the wealthiest men in the
State, is dead. He died at his home
:>n Tuesday morning at the ripe old 1
ige of S2. He had been living in c
Charleston since 1852, and has since (
been closely identified with Charles- 0
ton's interests. In his death Char- (]
eston loses ono of her best citizens, a
i self-made" man, an honest citizen t
md ono of Charleston's wealthiest r
ntizens. George VV. Williams began 6
ife with a capital of $1<>.
With its first issue in the new year t
-he Greenville Mountaineer has en- i
arged and changed its form to an 8 (
oage 5 column paper, which makes it 1
nuch neater in appearance, easier to '
landle and gives more ' choice loca- ^
/ions for its advertisers. The Mounaineer
is one of the oldest papers in j
;he State, having carried the news to B
ts readers for three quarters of a i
jentury. We wish it continued sue- i
;css and prosperity. I
OUR SANTUC LETTER. <
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'Old Time has turned another page 1
Of eternity and truth; 1
lie reads with a warning voice to age, t
A .1 l
mm n lesson U) yoUUl. ,
A. year lias fLd o'er heart and head I
Since last the yule log burned; ,
And we have a task to closely ask, ,
What the bosom and brain have learned (
Jh! let us hope that our sands have run |
With wisdom's precious grains;
Jh! may welind that our hands have done
borne works of glorious gains."
If not as to the la&t^lot us bope j
hat they may in 1903. J
Then welcome tnd cheer to the merry i
New Year i
While the holly gleams above us;
iVith a paidon for the foes who hate.
And a prayer for those who love us."
Greetings. 1903. I got that three. ,
Oh! how many new resolutions, in ~c
nme only. v
. I fee a light in the W est, do you? f
Wnoofus will prove the worst g
breakers" the new resolutions will |
/reck ou. j
Leaving the Tide out, Time is not ?
raiting for any of the human race, j
t will havo to be a "race" if we keep j,
PLet
us ask a question on a diff.-rent \
#ck: H >w many ?re going to spe ^
||W milch irp?linMi tliiB ? >" ?
...vwuuvoj in* jr vmu nuv/ Jill
lish this year. M
I offer a new year's "ria?lution" ?
bat ie, we wish Ivy Green would g
'rite ofteaer thia year, I like (o c
Bad her articles and suppose others c]
c. I have never mat her, though ^
have staid at her hons* on re. She h,
raa not at home, but thro ve her p
rticles I am very well acquainted.
A short while ago I reeeivi d
imole copy of ihe Times-M ;s-enj!
f Florence, S C? with complimei
f \Y. Euguene C >ok city editor.
ms glad to her through tbut, fr
riecd C>ok. I think he is a f
dlow and u good editor, at d w
im much success thir new year in
rork, and ever after wai dr. I
outemplating taking his papor t
re may keep our acquaiutauco brig
ned, and, you know "variety is
pice of life."
If the new year is to he judged
he first twelve days, if that det
nines the fate of the year, then
ire to have at least several monthi
ain, slush, and miry fields. We
laving rain twice a day now, t
rery few without it. But I don't
ieve in that.
The negro women and children
lauling up wood on their backi
miles aud wagons aro idle,# woe <
ust for the cutting aud hauling on
arm', but the Lord Mayors of t
-aco haven't got the run about ou
heir bones yet, and the Lord o
snows when they will quit it, let p
ouiiuie sleep, stop trying to bori
i little change "to do a little busin
vith" and sjttledown towork.^ X
ire nervous now. ^
Up to the present this Las bee
etmirkably mild season. "We h
md several big frosts, but no v
lard freezing weather until the c
vave of 26-28 wheu we had temj
dure dowu to 18, 14 and 15 respt
vely. We can't say what it will
"or in the period covering from .T
15th to Feb. 15th, on a ten year as
ige, we have our coldest weatLe-,
A white man limping from a el
i negro's head tied up trom a cut, i
1 hear of another negro bsdly cut
i result of halo-fellowship in gambl
it a negro frolic. "Oh! tut, tut, t
s bad," but 1 know it is not the 1
i white man can do, but it is certs
y ae good as some seem to wish to
The tirat day of New Year I e
>083 may hold to tho old saw, t
vbatever you do tho first day of
lew year you will be doing all
rear, i. e., as to work, idleness, gos
ng, ruuning about, etc., but that
jears uot to be depending on fait!
ibilitiis, but veritable fortune telli
md I do not believe in it; for hoi
lew year's day to decido a man's
lersms fate. Unless I have b
*.ited by that day, for on the fire
lauuary torn number of years I h
vorked, but received no money t
lay, nud censequeutly," fated" wor
ill the year and received but li
lioney. Is that what is the ma'
vilh "urn." On the lss\ new ye
lay I was some under the weatl
nit made siuie axe handles, now <
be indisposed and be making
taudles all of 1903. I am not aft
if it.
A roller on a printing press is
ml/ thing that has got a more tb
nigh inking lately than I did a
la)sago. I lifted a full ink bo
md without warning the whole 1
om dropped out, the ink falling
ny lap, on the table and fljor, a
u eh a met a ih??rr? ?> > q u 1 ~
? v iidQ A\JL a>T 111 i C*
uSt the iuk go through my clot
ike raiu, and I went for a rag, try
o sop it oil'. It was a violet iuk,
t did not make me look like a bu1
?f tweet violets, but I had a mig
>retty pair of violet speckled pai
mt I do not like calico look
slothes on myself. I reckon I am I
ooedsimenow.
That Lai cold I La-l C iristmas i
ato a worse cold, aud it terribly rt
ihackl?d nie. It got into my ej
iote, ears, and for two days i
lights I suffered with a throbb
oaiu in one ear that would seem sp
ing into the inner part of m^ head
;very puleation of the heart, and (
r-zhole side of my iaca aud heed \
lUmhed, but for that, and 1 co
:iear nothing in that ear much
hoals, push cars, sleigh bells, crick
end a whole congregation of sti
oeetles singing every song they 1
in the chart. It got to be a bad th
with me, and I s iffercd more tha
iver remembered from a cold. I
out little of anything for a week, t
L do hate to have to "lay up" sick.
Oar road8 arc very bod it sc
places. They are badly cut, i
nuddy from tha water running ah
hern. And it is bad w len ttie la
a frozia. Daring tho cdd s ia
ode through an incxci s .bio mi
io!e, soft mud and \v iter, with twn cr
* o
lemen/aud our animals broke ihrji
he nearly two inches of ice au 1 cr
;oiag clown nearly knee deep, a
:ould scarcely get their feet out.
vaa almost as bad as getting th
ee hung in a floor. There was di
;er iu them filling and iij iring th
eg?, crippling thtin. Wneu the I
i thickly frozou, it is a veriti
trap." I verily believe that for eve
ollar itwiuM have tAken to work
ast summer, it will take ton now.
Negroes have been migrating to t
Vest of late, priucipilly to Arkaus
y the car loads. '1 w ? car loa ls 1<
rotn the station at Carlisle about t
reeks ago, and I hear I some v,
icked up at Stntuc and Uoif
ome men went oil leaving wife a
hiidren?(but what is a wifj ai
li'ldreu to s >mo negroes) and I hea
) me were to go on'tho 3d, but
ave no information that they di
reparations ware being made for
M Soli
hi*
am
tat But you can't ca'
th? j tel1 everybody y
CO. ATA t.VlO rtTl 1 TT
v w W VMV VA11 jr
? Sell Clot
are
ind
5 Spring Clothir
bat we have decided to mt
1 tof ing price oil our FALL .
nly
ow
5 For the r
n a
ave $5.0 ) Men's Suits foi
"Z $6.60
$7.50 ."
act"
OVERGO*
aot,
2 BOY'S PA
hat
duz
Mackintosh
the
the :
aP HATS! HATS! 50c he
i or
ug.
BOY'S OVERCOATS.
and gei
1 MUTUAL D
Iter
E R. P. HARRY, M
will i
axe ^
aid though. A grtnv. many of that cirgo
was from Chestor eounty, around
tj,e station. Those have been
10t. hauling produce to Union nearly all
few l'ie They are making themtile
s?lve8 scarce in gome plaoes.
);)t. A party of men were on Neil's
;0 Saoala recently surveying them and j
t ,j making calculations, and I am told,,
j whether reliably or not, that to build!
he8 a factory there would require the cut*;
ing ti?g of a canal five or six times asj
but ('eoP a!J river aud 100 feet wide.
ich ^ey may be trying to scare sirac
hty body, I do not know about such things
nta but it does look to me that Broad
ing rlver at this place is too big a branch ,
to be laughing at. I do not know
how big p, volume of water it takes to
ran turn a factory water wheel, but it
l(11 secrrs to me that a dam sufficient to
^e8 turn oue third of the water of these
lu(j shin's from the upper jBud to the
jng lower end, between one of the is'aida
,jjt. even and the hills, it would take a
I at monstrous big wheel to dan it up or
stall the current. It would be a life
vA9 time job for the meu folks of Union
uj j county to dip it out with their hvs to
but keep the passa'ge low. It looks to my
et8 inexpariencad eye, that a darn half
sjj,-! way down the shoals ten feet high
[jttq oven, to fjree #hat volume through a
jng narrow passage, with the fall below,
? | it would go tlirojM^w with a ^remeuddid
0118 velocity and^weight, and it would
lluj take something very strong, brocause
it is no little baby stream here. 1
imo never saw the shoals at C dumbia unj
111 tllA /??inr? ujoo ??rv ? - '1 k 1
tu(1 ... ?- .... .. ,tc*3 wj/, auu uavo not seen
such a rush of water there, as at Neil
lQ(j Skoals. S >me folks may he putting
, j a bad construction 01 Neils to make
[,,1. them appear m email potatoes and
en few in a hill, that they m iy get a good
h thing cheap some day. Then I hear
u>lt laid ownera wants big prices paid
,|(] them to insure against damages, and
jt yet they can't trust Broad for a crop
e;r on the bottoms any year.
ln. Hey Hkkver.
eir
lop Joncsyille Jottings.
hie
5i7 Jonksvillr, Jan. 5.?The most
' 11 plentiful thing in the country just
now is mud. K very where you go the
he mud is there- Th?
. ... nvuvucl oncma IO
as, be paying ua back for all those good
9ft days we had last fall.
,y0 Mr. Jonathan Moss, a young man
ras l^at worked afc the knitting mills,
died of pneumonia last week out nt
uthe homo of his father-iu-law, Mr. J.
C*J VV. Elson. Mr. Moss was a line
U(* young mun and had many friends in
rd this community.
I According to the reports in the
d, dally papers it seems that the people
it all over the countrj'have returned to 1
? # ' i' . ;
'"Jy.- 'Jt ' **- 'j:* * V -
,4 Griia
tch em with chaff. Do
ou see that the MUTUA]
people in the world whc
hing Abe
/
Will soon be comii
in As our cellar is full
15 somewhat puzzled
ike room in our clothing
A.ND WINTER CLOTHIfl
Jext Thirty Days We
* $4.00 H $8.00
$5.00 H SIO.OC
$6.00 H $12.5C
I TQ Only a lew
I I r. duotion in i
MTC 19o. 25, 3
IN I Pants wil
Coats at
Must have room.
its for 25o. $1.00 hats :
$3.50 and $5.0O.
They are small and i
t them, boys, they are
nv haiihg
Ml UUUII0
%
gr.
the holiday practice of dancing. Most
every town1 and community has had
its dance and are proud of it; but
Jonesville rejoices that we haven't
hnd any dance. Of course every one
to their liking.
Misses Carrie and Willie Southard,
i Belle Littlejohn aDd Belle Whitlock
j have all returned to their work teaching
school. The boys and girls have
all returned to college. There has
been but little moving or chaDge
j with the clerks.
The boys at the knitting mill preIsentedSupt.
Albert L. Bassett with
| with a nice rolling top writing desk
' as a Christmas present in token of
I their appreciation of Mr. Bassett's
i kindness to the mill operatives.
I Miss Ran Archer, of N. C., and
| Miss Ina McNally, of Union, visited
friends in Jonesville last week.
Prof. Ackerman and Miss'Fannie
McCrarj have returned from their
Christmas outing, end thd\graded
school has opened again for the year.
Mr. W. Capers Scott, of Ada, I. T.,
was in our town last Saturday visiting
relatives and friends. Mr. Soott's
father, who lives in Spartdnburg,
was with him. Mr. Sjott tells many
things that are very interesting about
his far off country,,which is certainly
a rich country, but what about those
Indians? I don't see how I could
sleep soundly among the red men.
Messrs. Webber and Whitlock
started out today with their force of
hands to commence work on the Harris
and Gist bridges over the Forest
and Tyger rivers.
| Mr. 8. 8 Furrar, of Pinckney, was
in town toduy on business.
Mrs. Judge Townsend, of Union, is
visiting her brother, I)r. W. J. Douglass.
Miss Douglass, of Glenn Springs,
is visiting her father, Dr. Douglass.
Mr. George wood, of Pacolet, was
in town yesterday.
Rev. David llucks preached at the
Metodist church last Sunday morning,
but the day was so unfavorable
he did not go to his appointments in
the country. Telephone.
Pointj From P.idg.t* Creek.
Tho Cross Keys and Padgett's
Creek schools closed for the holidays
and their teachers, Miss Turner and
Miss Sartor, left for their respective
homes.
There was a Christmas tree at Cross
Keys Xmis night. It was a lovely
sight and was loaded with presents
which were distributed ameng the
crowd.
There was also a Xmas tree at
Padget t's Creek scho>l house Saturday
afternoon, Deo. 27. A very large ,
crowd was present and seemed to
enjoy the occasion very much. ,
Mr. W. M. Ferguson who has spent j
the past year with Ills cousin, Mr. j
L. J. Browning, has returned Vo his ?
home at Kenuo, k). 0. Mia many 1
^ f*S
Will lo~
us the favor to
L DRY GOODS
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^VP rncf
ig in and in large lots*
of goods we have been
to know what to do, so
department by reducfG.
Give You
Men's Suits for $6.5G
) 44 '4 44 $7.50
> 44 44 44 $10.50
left to go at big re>rioe.
5c and 50o. These
1 hold^the boys.
Halt Prica.
for 50o. Stetson Hats
so is the prioe. Come
yours.
HMfiHT,,
Opposite Hotel Union
friends in this secblon are sorry to
see him leave.
Miss Nan Wilburn accompanied by
her friend, Miss Leila Edwards, of
your city, spent the holidays with
her parents.
Miss Louise Browning who returned
Deo. 2Urd from a visit to relatives
and friends in yoar city, entertained
a number of her friends on Saturday.
Miss Minnie Stewart, of Sedalla, is
visiting friends in Flngervllle, S. 0.
There was a party last Friday night
at the resldenoe of Mr. K. O. Whir
mire. It was eojojed by all present.
Mr. Will Whituilre spent the holidays
with his parents.
Mr. Lester Davis paid Gross Keys
allying, visit recently.
Mr. Jlmmie Murphy who has bean
spending the past year at Welford
has returned horn?. We are glad to
welcome him back.
Miss Lou Smith, of Dutchman, S.
C., is visiting her cousin, Miss Brattle
Stewart.
Misses Orrie Hames and Mary
Langford are visitiDg Miss Rosa
Whltmlre.
Mr. Guy Wllburn, of Union, la
visiting his uncle, Mr. B. G. Wllburn. / '
Wishing The Times and Its many
readers much success, we will close.
Jack and Jill.
The Editor's Wish.
"My poor friend, you have but a
few minutes longer to live," said the
kind old doctor at the bedside of the
editor of the Kuralvllle Bazoo. "It
there any last request you wish to
have carried out after you arlgonef"
'Tell the foreman," aaid the dying
soribo feebly, "to do by us he we
have always done by others, and give
us as flattering obituary notice as his
j conscience will permit him to. Bequest
him, too, to run it at the top
of the editorial column, next to and
loiiowea by pare reading matter and
also to call attention to It In a local
paragraph. This la a luxury we hat* . j
never felt able to afford ouraelvea an- I
til now, but we feel that under these j
circumstances it is a pardonable ex*
hibition of vanity oa our part?a man ?
never dies but once, you know. And i fl
by the way, kindly request tne mar- %
uie cutter to carve on our tombstone* d
beneath the customary statement oC
the facts in the case, the legend.
We are Here to Stay.' "?Ex. #
Croup.
The peculiar cough which indicate*
croup, is usually well-known to the
mothers of croupy children. No timem}
should be lost in the treatment of it,
and for this purpose no medicine ha*
received more universal approval than,
Chamberlaift's Cough Remedy. Do not *
waste valuable time in experimenting **
with untried remedies, no matter how
highly they may be recommended, but _
live this medicine as directed and all4
*> in atoms of croup will quickly disap-* Ar SSL
fear. For sale by F. C. Duke, Druggbt^ jlB