The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 30, 1903, Page 4, Image 4
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UNION, S. C. JANUARY 30, 1903.
The increase in the taxable value
of the property of the State of South
Carolina, during the year 10<>2, has
been about $<?,2u3,0.V2.
It is stated that the general hoadquarters
of the Bell Telenl'n^- Xlompany
is to b^^ y^, . . .. ,
I. -.Shoved in April from
New X , . , . ,,
v 0 i ork to Atlanta, On.
^ ^ Senator Douglass has introduced a
bill asking for the establishment of
ward voting precincts in Union.
Bravo, Senator, pull it through for
M* jum: - rnion to establish these boxes.
Aiken needs something of this kind
and as we believe Jt is not the policy
of the Legislature to grant special
legislation, a general bill applying to
small cities should be passed, as it
certainly be a step in the right direction.?Journal
and Review.
Mr. Forde's bill to allow counties
to work convicts 011 their chaingang
who are sentenced to u term of ten
years or Jcss? tins passed its third
. - reading in the House and will no
doubt be adopted by the Senate.
That will give each county a much
Heretofore ?> year wu?icioJ >> >. mu
limit.
The new issue of postage stamps
on which the bureau of engraving
an i printing and the Postoflice Department
have been working for the
pasr two or three months, will bo 011
sale by March 1, the astislant postmaster
general has announced. These
stumps will be radical changes from
the present form in atyle of design
and general attractiveness. The new
stamps, it is said, will bo the handsomest
that the Postoflico Department
lias ever issued, and arc the
most artistic in design.
A NliW PASSENGER DEPOT.
We are well aware of the fact that
the Southern Railroad is thoroughly
competent to attend to its own busiucsj,
and while we do not wish to assume
the role of Monitor, we hope we
will be excused for calling attention
to a need that has long been felt and
has at last gotten to bo a necessity
hpro, and that is a mom commodious
and up-to-date passenger depot. The '
present structure is not at all in keep- '
ing with the general prosperity of the |
tnvn of IJnioa, which prosperity and I
r ipiil growth is to bo seen on every ?
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hand. Neither is it in keeping with
the Southern's idea of progress! vcness
rnl symmetry, as is evidenced
along its Unci in its modern pussenfan
(Af.t).ots, even at small 'and unim- ^
at small way stat Poftif SA'.Uietn evcn ^
to our little etation house. This pas- ~
senger depot was nil right for the (J
Union of fifteen years ago, but it is q
not only small, close, stutfy and M
squatty, but is an eyesore to the citi- ^
/ens of our progressive town, and to 01
the travelling public as well.
When wo see the handsome and n
commodiou i depots at various sta- dc
tions along the lino of the Southern, cr
9 many of them at towns of far less (\V('
Importunej than Union, wo cannot m;
help feeling that llni ?n <a i?~!?In
o Ul' 111^ fi
slighted. We hope it will only be 'l'!
necessary to call the attention of the
railroad officials to this matter norl
trust that it will not be long he- to1
/ore Union will bo given a passen- "lo|
gerdcp)t not only up to the hour, ma
but one that will be an attraction for P^1
thatpirtof town and will ineot jil| *'pr
' the requirements of our rapidly grow- ^
log to,vu for yeors to come. |stri
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["a postal curd sent notifying the publisher,
is liable arrest and line, the
same as for theft.1
The recent coal strike docs not
seem to have hurt the miners of the
union, as that organization is credited
with having a surplus left in i.s
treasury of something like one million
dollars. They are about .fsOtK*
i? i ? better olT as u union than before
the strike begun, but ns we have
said all along the poor consumers
were going to be the ones to sillier.
Here is an illustration of its truth,
< >ne day this week a mob of over f)0>
women, men and children lifikLnn j>
wv.% unV kuiii 11urn nve or fne cars.
That is the natural result of putting
the price out of reach of poor people.
Editorial Comments.
Tho death in Columbia of X. G.
tron/.uica, ijieut.-v.rov. Tillman's defenseless
victim, puts upon the people
of South Carolina the duty of vindicating
the orderly processes of the
law and affords them tlie opportunity
of demonstrating that theirs is a civilized
Commonwealth. The killing
of Gonzulss in tho light of day and in
Light of witnesses was assassination
not only unprovoked but capable of
nroof ample and absolute before a
jury. It was not an "encounter" or
a "duel." It was not "political
murder," but murder pure and simple,
and as murder should be dealt
with.?N. V. World.
* * *
The shooting of Editor Gonzales,
of tho Columbia (S. C.) State, by
Lieutenant-Governor Jim Tillman, is
just another of those disgraceful opi- i
sodos that have characterized South
Carolina politics in the last few years.
There is but one way to prevent i
these tragedies, and that is to treat |
tho man who carries a ^atul^jisji |
rommon criminal?for that he is, or" ^
?ets his consent to bo when lie arms
.4ruself to ta'.o human life. The '
I ,, U". nn fli'o .-...I -.4 1 1 * 1
(%IT>, vl, ii?i3 p/iiiu ?;tUUKl IlOt OI?JJ
je inoro stringently enforced, but w<thou
Id have inoro stringent laws on
his subject in every Southerd State. '
?Atlanta Journal.
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Speaking of the killing of Gonzales
>y Tillman, because Gonzales had
lis hands in his pockets, the Spar- ^
anburg Herald, among other things, g
"Have wo roaiTyiv
ition of things in South Carol imf* *?j
'he question concerns every man in
tie State and every home In the
t ite very deeply. In many of the s'
ther States of tho nation, and in
lost, of the civilized States of the hi
orld, a hoinlchle committed on such
pretext would be punished us mur- in
>r without fail. Is it a wholly safe di
imo in South Carolina'/ And, if so,
nit is required to inuko homicide a
rtainly unsafe crimo for a white
un in this State? Is thero no ?
tiurder*' short of killing a man In
i sleep?"
* * *
The reports of the shooting of Kdi
Gonzales by Lt.-Gov. Tillman }
,rs that, he used a "ungazino pis- 11
." .Many inqnities luivo been he<
do as to the character of tho wea- eoi
l. One who is posted on the mnt- kin
of firearms says it is a pistol that var
rios a steel ball or shell filled with ?
rthustables, and that if the ball I
kes any hard substance ia its [vur.
irso, such as a bone, It will oxde
with great force.?Newberry
server.
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Speaking of the heroism and patrism
of N. G. Gonzales, Mr. John
MoMaTftn suggests that, a monu?nt
be erected to his memory. As
his work for Columbia, Mr. Moahnn
says:
"To no man does the ndvv f'oluma
owe so inuch as toN. GaGoi zales.
nrning his energies from leadership
i factional politics, In whfth all our
Bople had fora while been fengulfed,
e led in the maglo upbuilding of inustrial
Columbia,. astonishing nil by
is genius for leadership |n the arts
f peace. Keenly alive to all the inBrests
of tho city and the S'ate: itiefatigubly
striving for agh-ulturnl
nd manufacturing developnent, soinl
and educational reforms he has
arned the gratitudo of us all "
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When it lakes two days ,o try a
ittle suit on a brick account is it any
!>? I'onrts nro cloerct l with
ases'.' In the cuse referred to, how:ver,
which was tried in Unicn last
voek, the jurors wore more ra'ponsi>le
for the waste of time fbairjmtpe
jc counsel, taking more thrn four
lours to find a verdict for one,dollar
?and that is almost euro tt- be I
aside, entailing another two'days'I
trial.?Newberry Observer.
Jouesville Jottings.
This is the third day the sui has
not been seen. The road a coitinue
bad u.id will be till we get morisuushiue
and wind to dry tin out. This
bad heavy weather is very uuht.Uby
and i.8 pausing much i.ekueas aud
many deaths.' v
There ay ere three burying* '-.aterday
only a few miles from each ther.
, Col. .1. L. Young, Mrs. Bets/ jcott
I aud .Uifn 5] r, lv.'\\r.
her usual health up to :j o'Mg * io
urday evening at which ' lt,
a stroke of paralysis aud :i3\, n*
eleven o'clock the same evening1
Jnwitt wm the daubhrer of th/I^
c,ault a^d the wife nf^i.
C uirloa W. Scott who precal d her it
the grave many y aiB since. S ie
was a christian wcmia" of tho bi^hesl
typo ru.d was therefore ready It r the
sudden and unexpected summons thai
id.Ht came to all people.
Mr. .J- B. Foster lias domd hisprif
ami gone '.u the road Felling sewing
machine**.
.Mr. L^uifl J!itea will start out w'.th
his grip touu*?- Milling cigars. .
1)-. \\\ -I. Doogw-wft-v-"
Union wl cre he goes to take ch^
of tho Union (\ tract.
_ a... * ?*m nave three medical doc ton
and one dentist in .loneaville who will
look after the sick apd thoso who have
tho tooth ache and need their teeth
up3et.
Mr. "R. -Whitlock n abmt aa In
ha3 been for the last week.
Mr. G, T. Hyatt is improving a
lit'le,
Mr. J. F. Alman is buWJjng a nice
residence in town which win
copied l?v Mr. John M. Gault.
Mr. Miltnn MnVum ?f t'-: ?
-?v.| Ul I nil) I] j
has bought tHo store and dwelling
combined of Mrs. Crrnclia Fooler on
Main street.
Mr. Milton Keuuett will move with
hia family to .Jonesvillo Boon.
Mr. K. M. Penny, tlie Railroad
Agent at this place, 4?as a very smart
little boy. He is only 13 y^ara old
a d he can hold down the telegraph
ofiica here and keep the depot ali in
good shape by himself. Ho relieved
the agent at Lock hart .1 unction not
long smco and kept the agency in
goods'iape there for several days.
Uev. L P. Carroll and Mr. G. H
Fowler were very much shr.koo up on
a freight train at Lockhart Junction
the other day. They were on a freight
rain for ITiion which went on a aid'ng
the junction and the caboose
got off tlie IraCTnnT Pump idoug
?n the cross ties fi>r srveial yards
vhich made the Uev. gentleman uud
Mr. Fowler think for a while thoy
vere in a wreck. No ore wai hurt.
I was one of the grand jurv that
tvaniined the office of the Crunty
vdiool Commit.shmer ard we found
hat Mr. Fant keeps a full ?upply of
chool books at actual ccsi which is
eally a saving lo the pa*rone of the
c.hoola r(jual to the si'iry of the
School Commissioner.
^Miss Minnie Dixon, cl Min
i or, tw-tlolling relatives ia town.
.M r. John Irtfrrook, of C mversa,
pent S'Jiiday in (own. A
Iiov. Divid Hocks li lit I hie pu'pit
err* S lint ay night.
M:?a Heriha A'man relatives
i Spartandurg Situidiy dpd ye?teriy'
7 .
A. M. Parris while uul Iding some
inno today wai badly li.Vrt by some
the sacks failing on h of.
Tm.KirtoNU.
?p + The
News From F,tt i Jane, ,
IviTi Jaxk, Jan, 2(5.--Tho tillman- ,
nzalos tragedy in Oolumbia has 1
>n a theme of almost universal '
nmeut since it happanod. All ^
d of wild theories have been adiced
as ft solution of tho mystery,
he primary cause of the feud is
Y well knowu bo the reading pubtj
I
AMD S
That Suit we sold yc
say if you bougl
crot rip1
MUTUAL D
And bi
right price. C
$3.50 Pants for $1 8
$i.so ar
$2.00. ar
Everybody wears i
claim they have no righ
when we sell for less.
Closing (
\ must have r<
? v?*u to come and sele
i I we >vm make the pi
1 guarantee everythin
row i
ifir-lvn/VKKi, m
r f ? i
lie, and tfiis is ull it does know with
I absolute certainty. That after sever,
al months in which public sentiment
i and the angry passions engendered
by the strife of a heated political
campaign had time to cool down and
things assume their normal condition,
' for auch a tragedy ?o take place at
the time and place It dla, io
! than the pulwic sentiment is prewired
to excuse. As it is it naturally
adds to the enormity of the crime,
and places the perpetrator in the
very front rank of diabolism
For tho second highest official in
the State to shoot down nn unarmed
and defenseless citizen in broad day
light on one of tho principal streets
of its Capital city is without a parallel
in the history of tho world that
we knoT? of. But we must remember
that every question ' has or ought to
have two 6ides, and when this matter
is enquired into it will he found that
there is a "Ronsey Sniffles" at tho
bottom of it. And if it should prove
out so he is the very scoundrel to
whoso neck the hemp should bo upplied.
In tho absence of the proof we always
fool justified in acting upon presumption
so long as it is based upon '
uoiniaon sense and reason. Slncoj
the dying declaration of Mr. Gonzales,
?which was that he had not sent
Lt.-Governor Tillman'any message?
has been made public, J haven't tho
least idea but that if the reader could
look into tho heart of Col. Tillman j
I and know his sentiments, they would
see that ho, through tho purfidy of j
some false friend or friends, hud been
led to kill an innocent man. There
is no other reasonable conclusion to
bo reached. That this Ilonsey Sniflles
(if there be one in this case) has over- )
dono tho work he wanted to accomp- ^
lish there is no kind <?f
V. \?UUUl>i j
Itev. W. H. White will preach at j
Salem next Sabbath, Feb. 1, at II n. ,
m. (
We are having a great (leal of bad 1
worfther just now, and outdoor wont i
is practically at a standstill,
There is some talk that our place
will soon have telephonic connection
with Hickory Grofe, and the line
will bo e xtended us far n9 Surratts In ..
.his county. In that event can't we t*
ret it through to Union? and also to 01
iafTney? Now is the time to strike, r*
Vox. ,?
?ttr* Early Riser. ^
Thtt faoMMM IHtta pUlc. I
iA* 4 ' \
IT Fi
OLD R
>u was all right and
"> + >rnnr> nnif f nr?m fh
iljuur ouiu x* v^... ~..
ht and come right 1
RY GOODS
iy a suit op pants t
!ome right on and g<
8. This is right anc
lcL $2.00 HA.TJE
id ^O.OO HATS
3hoes which they have
Lt to buy from the other
We sell Shoes right a
hit doth
Dom for our Spring CI
ot the Suit you want, t
rice right. This is nt
ig just as we represe:
IT MS
A BACKWOODS MULE.
i The Farmer Got His Mule and
His Money Hack.
Backwoods, Jan. 20, 1003.
I Mr. Editor: As no one has
I gave you any dots from here I will
[ try to give vou a few. w?
_ ... .1 V iUililUO
-r'-nning for another crop. I
guc63 king cotton ?;u in for a
i good share for that part. t
I I was in your city a few days last
i week and as cqurt was in session I
I staid in the court to see what was
' going on, and as 1 sat there I won.
dered to myself if there could not be
soma way to avoid all this trouble
and expense, as it certainly is vory
heavy on the people. We do not
have any court down hear, every one
tends to his own business. llow
; much better would i: be for every
I community to do likewise.
I Mr. Editor, one of my neighbors
! went out to your city not long ago
I to get some good*. He drove a
i mule that sometimes wants his own
| way. So he lefc his mule down at
1 the railroad depot while he went up
street (not far from Farr & Thomson's
store) where they keep some
'goods called two X. This man was
detained sowo time up there so the
mule gets a liitle rrs'loss and concludes
ho would walk round town a
little and was captured by one of the
city policeman and turned ovor to
one of the livery stable men for safe
keeping. When my neighbor was
ready to go home he could not find
his mule. After some time he was
told that his mule was in the stable
for safe keeping. He went and demanded
bis mule. lie was told that '
the cost was twenty five cents which 1
1 c
no reused to pay, "but finally agreed ,
to piy ?ud told them to bring his
mule out. So the stable man went 1
lor him but not ho for the mule would 1
aot let him come near him, 8' he had c
,o pay the owner of the mule his
noney back to get him to take it 1
>ut. So Mr. Editor, your city po- H
ice can't do much with a backwoods- r
nan. 1
Hack woods.
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You May Not Expect 91
lend bread 11i?*se cold mornings if your
our is of the. spaanioiio aort, that only 11(1
wbrka by spalls." You can't be cer- lo
dn?you don't know what to depend tti
a. "Clifton" flour will bake to jour h
itire satisfaction day in and day out.
i ia not the best flour today and the
)xt best tomorrow. It is the best al!
ie time and people who buy 4,C Ifton"
aow it. Sold by Macbeth Young and
nion Cotton Mills Store.
V
EIGHT .
mTT m1
,11ml.
right here we will
e other fellow
;o the
COMPANY
it the
et $8.00 and.
1 dead easy for you
3 FOR SOo,
3 FOR. Sl.OO.
a right to do, hut we
fellow and pay more
nd left and fit all feet.
ing Sale.
othing and invite
ind between you and
o hot air talk but we
tit it.
COMPANY, ,
Upposite^gotei ??
Remarkable Locomotive.
Dr. II. S* Ileleshaw, Professor of
Engineering at University College,
Liverpool, lectured at the Royal Institution
on the subject of "Locomotion
on the earth; through the water;
in the air." This was the first of a
series of six lectures suitable for
youthful audiences.
The lecturer showed somo beautirkii
i-i ?
?uuoiSj drawings and photographs
of thcTatest locomotive winder,
the Diplock Pedrail. The lecturer's
assistant-made a'model of this
curious invention yo speedy
and with pertcct ease up and'down a
minaturc staircase.
This new locomotive is supplied
with a multitude of elephantine feet,
which will probably render it serI
viceable in agricultural and military
I operations. It can be employed
over the roughest roads and even
over country where roads do not
exist. +*
Among the pictures shown on the
screen were rough drawings of a
pneumatic tire, air-pump, e.nth other
apparatus reproduced from a stent
specification of fifty years agl. It
was mentioned that in spite thtf ^
efforts at minimizing railway paction
on a long * system like the IMndon
and Northwestern, from a quattr to
half a ton of steel was reduoW*tf>*>*powder
daily by the percussion of
passing trains, j
Resolutions ou the Death of IMrs:
R. W. Scott. f
Whereas, it has seemed goodfto the
Almighty Disposer of events to Amove
l.uui our mutst our esteemed sister member
of our Missionary Society, Mts. R.
W. Scott, who had l>een a consistent
nember Tor seven yems and was always
eady and willing to do iter part with
sbeerfulnets.
Resolved, 1st. That the kindly regions
borne by the deceased with this
ociety renders it proper that we should
lace upon record our apprt elation other V..
rue and lovabls cluracter.
Rosolved, 2nd. That we tender the
111 it ted family our sincere and loving,
empathy in their sore bereavement.
Resolved, 3rd. That a page in rrur
inu'e book bs set apart in memory of ?
vh and esteem we lew deoe.?s*l and'
\ it a copy of lh?e te solutions be sent*
rfam l/. ^
Mlt*. A. 11. 11AMK8, .
MKR. K. (J. Frkm,
mrs. J. h. i.im.kjoiiht?
Commute**.
Ji n Mville, S. (\, l.uu 2a, 1003.
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