The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 06, 1903, Page 4, Image 4
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UNION, 8. C., MARCH 0, 1903.
MISS GARNER AND
SOCIAI, EQUALlTf.
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Miss Eliza Garner comes again this
week with another letter on Soctyll
Equality, between the negro and tfee
white races. It is a matter of surprise
that jre should find In our oWD
State intelligent white' people who
would advocate social equality between
the two races, and it is in the
nature of a painful surprise to find a
Southern lady, native and to the
manor born, who from her childhood
up has been familiar with the conditions
that have existed, and do exist
in and around her, defending the
Prasident, Roosevelt, in his elTort for
social equality between the black
man and the white man and his insane
and senseless effort to force such
doctrine down the throat of the
South.
Miss Garner is an intelligent woman,
can she not see through the
flimsy veil which covers the motive
behind the acts of Roosevelt? Can
she uot see that philanthropy has no
place in play? Is it not evident to
her as to every thinking person, unbiased
by party or factional feeling,
that he is playing a game for his own
personal benefit, with a recklessness
bordering upon insanity? Exhibiting
a disposition to elevate himself,
no matter what the cost to humanity.
If Roosevelt as an individual wished
to dine, drink, and mingle with his
sable brother, upon terms of social
equality, he had a perfect right to do
so in his private home, in the bosom
of his family. But in the White
House at ..Washington Roosevelt's
actions are wot construed as the acts
of Roosevelt the individual, but as
Roosevelt the President of these
great United States, the representative
head of some seventy-odd millions
of people, and not the representative
othis own personal whims and
idiosynocracies, and .he should be
very careful not to* misrepresent
these millions of people, lest lie cast
a boomerang which returning may
. cut off his own head. The AugloJfr
Saxon race and the African race will
' * never stand on the ground of social
qmlity, and Roosevelt and Miss
Garner and the others know this as
well as we. It is suicidal to. attempt
to introduce any such doctrine. The
intelligent negroes know that Rooso
velt is holding out to them an ignis
fatuus, that would purely lead them
to their destrwt;ioi*$H|ftey know that
'Roosevelt anchfclhftdf'tfegrophilists in
Christendom can never bring this
state of affairs to exist, and that the
inevitable result of any determined
effort to forco the issue would and
could only result in a war, which i
would practically mean the extermination
of the negro race.
Booker Washington knows this and
has striven manfttlly to educate his 1
race to the understanding of the fact 1
that the white people were born to 1
rule and are going to do so, that the 1
negro's best and safest policy was to '
endeavor to retain the friendship of '
hi3 white brother, by Jotting politics J
severely alone, attending to his own I
business and working faithfully to '
build themsolvos homes among the 3
people whom they know will treat J
them with justice and kindness, but <
who can never bo made to recognize j
. them as their equals socially, ^ut i
JtdGfcJhr Washington was seduced by
J?xeaidant Roosevelt and in falling
tnibo tRe trap he has lost friends
among tb^wRite people whose friend*
ship it cost hilff*years to gain. . J
If Koosovelt ahd his edRortsu^rth <
ol the Mason and Dixon line would
y * let thoaysegto alone aiMl leave the j
to settle the inattdr there would <
t# no trouble oi confusion. The |j
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Aegro's home is in the South, his best (
friends are Ids white friends. He is '
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allowed-?o work when and where he 1
will to make an honest living, and {
buy laiM and build for himself a (
home. .His rights are protected in {
our courts the same as those of the *
White man'. *
*fhe iVfason and Dixon lino however
does not mark the removal of the
barrier against social equality be
tween tne Airican ajia cne wnuo ma*,
but the barrier stands like a wall of
adamant North, South. East and
West, and there be not power enough
upon this continent to break it down.
Lets see about tlio great love the
North professes for the negro, through
some of their journals. In the North
labor of every kind is organized, we
know practically nothing in this
country of what organized labor in
the North means, suffice it to say it
moans about S5 to 90 per cent, of the
population. Now as to their idea of
social equality : They not only object
to associating with the negro, and taking
him into their home, but they absolutely
refuse to allow him to join
any of their unions and consequently
practically deprive him of obtaining
work, as there is not much chance
for obtaining any work in the trades,
excopt tho applicant belong to a
union, there is nothing open to him
except tho drudgery work around the
home or other menial work.
There are Go,(>o0,0oo whites in this
country and 18,000,009 of the negro
race. It will readily be seen that
with their insignificant number, and
their sreat inferiority intellectually.
morally and financially, it is worse
than foolish to suppose the whites
will submit to social equality.
Miss Garner talks very plainly regarding
the mulattoes among us and
why they are hero We think it the
most unkind cut of all to say that
R )OS?velt's action was a "compliment
to the South as corresponding with
the custom that has produced so
many mulattoes." Custom indeed.
Has social equality been the custom
in the South? Is the mulatto the
result of the practice of social equality
in the South? Miss Garner
kr.ows full well this is not the case,
but naturally the result of the criminal
indulgence of a lustful immoral
passion. The deplorable fact that
the fruits of this is to be seen on
every side, is no evidence of a custom
of s?cial equality. It is doubtful if
a feeling of social equality could be
traced to one case in a thousand, but
rather a feeling of remorse and degradation.
Can Miss Garner use such an excuse
for insulting the South, the
home of her forefathers? Does she
think that social .'equality would tend
to lessen the mulatto element, n.mr?nrr
119?
We think that with a little effort
Miss G. could find some object much
more worthy and deserving of her
sympathy and championship than
Itobajevolt in his role of negropholite.
Ap to Kx-President Cleveland, and
his extraordinary ability to straddle '
and blow both hot and cold, stand on '
the Democratic platform opposed to
trusts, monopolies and combines, ,
where the people are oppressed, and ,
yet protect those same institutions
while they winked the other eye.
Miss Garner says: "Yes indeed, (
Cleveland did exhibit such an extraordinary
amount 01 tact and policy
that it was very hard to tell if he was ,
a Republican or a Dcrnociat, and (
that seems to be his finest accomp- ^
lishment." Well, we will let it go at (
lihat, but will remark that if we were (
running for office we would hardly
make such a declaration on the (
stump. <
In answer to her question will say :
No, we would not wish for a President
incompetent to be the President of
all the people, but wo would want a
man honest in his convictions, one
who would bo honest and brave
enough to stand up for the right and
for tho best interests of the people,
one who could not be approached by
a grasping, humanity oppressing syndicate
and receive immunity from the
law for a consideration. But we
have given much more space to the
30n9icleration of this matter than we
bad intended. We will drop the sub- i
l?ct by saying wo are charitable \
Jnough to hope that Miss E. A. G.
loes not mean what she says, or at i
least not all that her letters would <
leem to imply. 1
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III} TfihtfPtiQFK SITUATION. [
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The telephone service in Union j
bai kept paca with other intorests in j
>ur city. t
In April 1 an exchango was i
itarted with 10 subscribers, at rates <
>f $1.2.) for business and $1.00 for 1
cesidenov stations, which was a ^reat f
iODvetiience to our citizens, who patronized
it so liberally that in 1902 it
lad 110 subscribers, and was connected
by a toll line with Jonesyille, Packet
and Spartanburg, and all of the
stations. of the Citizens' Telephone
Company and the Home Telepli^np
Comqany in Spartanburg and Greet**"
ville.
The rates, however, were so low
that the revenue was not sufficient to
properly maintain the plans, and the
service greatly deteriorated as a natural
result.
The toll lino to Spartanburg was
subjected to more trouble than the
exchange lines, as our citizens wore
frequently, and for long intervals,
cut out of connection with that oity.
About this time, the American (
Telephone and Telegraph Company
constructed their magnificent trunk
line, between New York and New Orleans,
through Spartanburg, and our
citizens requested the Souther Bell
Company to extend their toll service
to Union, which they did, in 1902.
The Bell Company grew rapidly
until it had Si subscribers, but our
citizens felt the burden of the two
telephone rentals, which they had to
pay, and public sentiment was very
strongly in favor of having only one
exchange, so it was a great relief to 1
this community when the Independent
Exchange was sold, at a nominal
price to the Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company, who combined
the two exchanges, and when
consolidation was effected, reduced
their rates instead of increasing them,
which was a surprise to our citizens
as they naturally concluded that
when the Bell people got a monopoly
they would raise rates. But the service
they had been receiving from
the Bell was so far ahead of that received
from the old system that wo
doubt if much objection would have
hppn rn ianr) fr.rt ft ma^ohofo ; ??
....wwv. w M (iivuviuno luvicaofi
The voluntary reduction of rates by
the Bell, however, after having the
situation entirely within their grasp,
was an agreeable surprise, and the
rapid manner in which new contracts
have been made, necessitating the
installment of an additional 10' drop
switchboard at central office, which
has already been utilized to nearly
its capacity, is sufficient evidence of
their appreciation.
Wheu tho increased subscription
list and the more efficient service is
considered; it can hardly be $ald that
the Bell service is more expensive
than the Independent, especially as
it has the featuro of permanency 1
about it, which the Independent
Company never had.
Union is to bo congratulated on
having so satisfactorily settled the
telephone question; we now onjoy
r? t ? ? ?
uue service, an extensive connection,
and very moderate rates.
It is quite a satisfaction to feel ,
that we are now in touch with the (
outside world, and that when we so |
desire we can step to our own tele- i
phone and converse with persous j
thousands of miles away, as we have 1
connection with most of the large <
cities of the United States. I
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The Atlanta News, that hustling, (
wide-awake afternoon paper called ,
the red headed paper is surely a red (
headed rustler. It has made a phe- i
nomenal record. Its first issue c.arxyB (
out Aug. 1th, 1902, seven months 1
ago, its circulation at the start vy^s t
10,221. Since that time, it *
gained according to the sworn state- i
ment of its managers more than C>1
percent. 1 ts circulation for the last 1
three days in February was over 18,- 1
>00 a day. Average for February daily ^
17,7o9. Another evidence of the
growing demand for the afternoon N
iaily. 3
Joncsville News Notes. 1
Jonesvillti, March 2.?The storm c
ast Friday night turned over a few J
imall houses in Jonesvilie, and just beow
our town on Mr. Banks Fowlei's. s
jeorge Fowler's and Mrs. Cornelia Fow- 1
er's place there was much more damege 1
lone, as the storm centre seemed to pass
iver these places. Several houses were
aised and fences and timbers were 1
down down, but fortunately no one was t
lurt. ]
Saturday and Sunday were ideal days 1
ind made a good impression on tho peo- 1
>le for good weather. c
A go<xl deal is being said and written I
itxrut good roads and the I est methods j
>f working the roads. Soino want the i
oads woiked by taxation, claiming that t
,he corporations use the roads and cut t
;hem up and that they should be taxed
o kyep up the roads. Well there w two
lides to all questions and I propose to
ook at this matter of working the roads t
'rom lx>th. Take the large land owner ?
ind in mast every case tiis lands are d?- c
rided up into small farnn aud rented to |
dther own their own stock or work tlie
andlords stock, which is the same thing
k> far its using the public roads are cou
NEW MERCI
AT
Plain and Figured Pi
Mercerized Madras,
Merceri
PRICES: 15c, 2<
COnE QUICK B
Ni
Pretty lino in New Wash Silks i
green, choice ouly
27-incli Jap Silks in rose, Lt. bli
and black, choice per yard.
Satin Duchess and Liberty Satin
6-inch Black Taffetta Silk, wear
Yard wide Black Taffetta, warrai
Beautiful line of Silk Grenadines
Big lot of the well krii
Corsets, America's leading Corse
Ft
We will have new goods of everj
1.1. j 1 .1
now nurd at worK in tne eastern
the prettiest line of Dress Goods
and keep posted as to what is goi
, WE A
MUTUAL D!
R. P. HARRY,
corned, so these tenants use the roads
hauliug for themselves as much as for
the landlord.
Now we will take up the factories,
which, of course, causes the roads to he
used more than they were before the
factories were built, but it must be remembered
that a large psr cent, of the
Irauling to the mills is done by the farmre,
and small farmers at that, hauling
their weod and produce to the mills and
selling them for a good price. So the
mills are not using the roads so much
after all. Before the two mills were
built here in Jonesville wood was worth
>nly one dollar a cord, and now it is
wringing a dollar and a half, and every
lay that comes there are plenty of farm;rs,
both white and colored, hauling
.vood to town with Iheirown teams, cut.iug
up the roads. Now I say it would
lot be fair to make either class kf ?p up
,he roads, but let a reasonable tax be
aid upon property and then a commuta,ion
tax also and let the two be properly
id justed and su ill cleat to giveusbotUr
oads.
Mr. lljbert Cathca-t and Miss Cariie.
West, both of West Springs, were marled
at the Methodist Parsonage last
rVednetday by ltev. David Ilucks.
Miss Zillah Ilolcomb, who lias beeu
'isitiug her brother at Bogausvllle for
ome time, has returned home.
Miss Anna Penney, or Abbeville, is
'isiting her uncle, E M. Penney.
Mecs. Boyd 1/ e aud J. N. Whitehead
?f liogansville, spmt tin Sabbith in
ronesville.
Mr. C. C. Harden returmd a few days
ince from his homo in Cluster, whei e
le had been to so his father die ai d J
aid to rest. Tkt.kimionk.
Th# Democrats on Friday in the
:Iouse at Washington, carried out
heir threat to block business if Mr. '
Sutler, the Denrmrmf >na
L'ho result was a stormy session from
LI o'clock in tho morning to 11
>'clock in tho evening. They intood
docking all business except the ap)ropriation
bill daring the remaining
10 days of the session. They claim
hat a quorum was not present upon
he vote to unseat Butler.
Any Cook Good Enough.
"Clifton" flour makes the sweetest
ind most nutritions biscuits that
iver came out of the oven?and any
:ook is a good enough cook to mako
hem. Macbeth Young and Union
lotton Mills Store keep it.
Do Witt's ffilit Salvo
for PSm.Bim ?.??! Ml 1.
ERI3ED WHITE
thV-muWal.
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iques. . .Mercerised
Fledred Ma
sed Basket weave Madpi
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Dc, v 25c, 3oe? 38c>.
EFORE THEY * ARE
aw Lot off Silks.
lb black,* white, pink, Lt. blue, maizeton
Lie, red, pink, tan, cream, white, royal I
J '
s, white black and evening shades, onl}
guaranteed, a very pretty number, per 3
Xr
V ,
Qted all silk; piece dyed, per yard
1, entirely new designer at $1.00 and
own F. C. Corsets just in, also i
t. Prices 25c, 50c and $1. f
OR THE NEXT 60 DAYS
r kind pouring in our large department i
markets studying and selecting the grea
, Millinery, etc. ever brought to Union,
ing to he worn this comiDg season.
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RY GOODS GO
gr. Opp,
Union Shoe Co's Shoes
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HIM
$2.50 A
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$2.00 4
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Since the Janding of tl
better Sho^^aveb
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SHDB IWERCflA
Main Street*y
GOODS '
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Oxfords,
dras,
as.
and $1.50.
ALL GONE. %
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due, helio 50c
50c
$1.00
$1.25
r . $2.00
1 full line of ike W. B
ully guaranteed.
store. Our buyers are
test variety and by far
Come to see us often
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