Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE UNION TIME! PUBLISHED EVERY ERIDAY ?by thk? UNIO N TIM ES COM PAN Second Floor Times Build i; over Postoffice, Bell Phone No. JNO. R. MAT MS, Editor, L. G. Young, Managor. Registered at the Poatofflce in Unio 8. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1. 8lx months ------ 50 cer Three months ----- 25 cen ADVERTISEMENTS One sq uare, first insertion - - $1.( Every ubsequent insertion - 50 cen Con acts for three months or long will be nade at reduced rates. liOcals inserted at 8J cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be 1 turned. Obituaries and tributes of 1 pect will be charged for at hall rates. 1 UNION, S. C., APRIL 10,19(3. j <-JVe acknowledge receipt of an i vlfcaittu to the seventh annual co vontion ot the Southern Cotton) Spi ners AssociaMon to be hold atlChn lotto, N. P., . I s scKolarljr^c. May co*??- * *. ? # th York. * on mn^? a JuorP ln conday to the highest, price .nat it has reached this season, 10 40. We wero pretty sure long ago that we would hear of 10 cents for cotton after it got out oi the hands or the producer. _____________ It is generally admitted that the trial of Jim Tillman will be entered on at the April term of court. There will, it is stated, be eighty witnesses for the defense. Wc understood there were only one or two witnesses to the shooting. The others will no doubt cover character and oilier thiugs not yet brought to light. Senator Tillman was in Charleston hist week by invitation of the citizen, and it is said ho was accorded the grandest ovation ever given to any man in the history of the grand old city by the sea. It would not have been thus live years ago. Yet Tillman is the same yesterday and today, the same heart beats in the same breast. The same man is actuated by the same motives as of yore, hueing to to the line for the best interests of his people with little regard to wLere the chips may fall. There is no change in Tillman, but the people are learning him moro and more. The illiteracy of the South as compared with the other sections of the Union reveals a condition that is really startling and shows that it is an absolute necessity that we have some compulsory law requiring the children to attend school, for instance, it is figured out there aro 217 counties in tho South and the native white population of the South over ten years old, is only 21 per cent, of the native white population of tho country over tm years old. Vet tho South has C>1 per cent, of the native white illiterate population of the whoie country. This is a serious state of affairs. Where are we drifting? The South is making seven league strides in the industrial line, even to the envy of the North and West, but so far as education is conconcerned it seems that we are progressing -about like the boy's frog in tho well, which climbed up two feet during the day and slipped back three at night. It is high tlma wo were bestiring ourselves an 1 doing something to remedy this matter. "In my last letter I mentioned a proposition before the county commissioners to purchase road machinery and begin permanent work rn the roads. At their meeting Wednesday they resolvod to begin permanent work as soon ns practicable. While a trade was not closed for machinery, the resolution cannot be carried out on the plan contemplited without it, and it is understood that on the fir3t Monday in April the m?st modern and the best outfit of road machinery on the market will bo bought. One of the commissioners, who was in doubt himself about the wisdom of beginning this work just now, said the people were clamoring for such a step and ho was in favor of letting them have it. Heretofore it has been argued by ao'.no that the people would not sustain such action, so it appears that our organizing, ugitating and resolving and the hammering of the local press on the subject of good roads ha< not been in vain." ?Chester correspondence to the News apd Courier. Cannot the county commissioners o' Union follow tho example set by Chester? Is the clamoring of the people Of Union county for good roads of less consequence than the ( clamoring of the people of Chester? la the peraistent hammering of the local preaa here for good ro^ds to be gnorei? g THE DEADLY VISTOl, AG All ~ In the death of Mr. Roger Fai at Santac, we have another sad lllu tration of the result of the carryii of a deadly pistol, and the imper Y tire necessity of endeavoring ~ arouse a healthy public sentimei against the evil habit is once mo _ brought home to us in the death a citizen in the very bloom of youi manhood?shot to death without moment's wurning, There is a 1* ,n against this practice, but how a wo enforce it until the public gent = ment is aroused to the point frowning it down and stamping 00 out ? 11S ^ Somo claim to carry them for ae protection, that if they did not tlv would be at the mercy of any tou; )q. who might shoot them down with ii ts. punity and they would be helple >cr and defensele-s, We have argu< that if a tough or desperado was g re- ing to kill you, he would not gi re" you notice of his intention and i _ low you to defend yourself. Rodg Fant had a pistol in his pocket at t time he was shot, but it did not sa n_ his life, c_ The only reel we con see for n. mm to carry a pistol is when ir. makes up his mind to kill somebo? and goes out gunnijyj hiTman, he could then cp' pistol for the J? convenlenceujg thing. Even then VP Ht would be tWnrdly thing to do ns |Wwould bfljjng ^jg unsuspecting vi\Vtim Ufc jf?at disadvantage. 5w^'^wt>/rry Herald and News writing on this question says : "In Spartanburg county a few weeks ago a school teacher shot and killed one of his pupils, having a pistol on his person in the school room in plain violation of law. Now we have a report from Anderson County of a teacher being shot by one of his pupils whom he undertook to punish for perpetrating an April fool j >ke. When teachers and pupils in our schools carry pistols in the school room concealed on their person in flagrant violation of law, it is time to call a halt somewhere and somehow. The pistol toting habit is bnd in any place and at any time, but when it gets into the school room it should make the thoughtful citizens think seriously. More stringent legislation can hardly accomplish the purpose because a public sentiment which countenances the violation of the present law would searcely enforce a more stringent one. Wo need a strong, heaithy public sentim?"t against the pistol' carrying habit. The public conscience needs to be aroused on the subject. Those who do not carry pistols in violation of law, and we must believe that a great majority of our people do observe the law against concealed weapons, should put their stamp of disapproval upon its violation more strongly. That, in our judgment, is the only way to have the law enforced. Little 1 ? ? - ?t ^; 1;,ln n t>.. t., t ^ guuu CtfcU uuuiu ui fiiiiig oiauuvco on the subject unless we have a healthy public sentiment in favor of tho enforcement of the law. If the law had been observed the pupil in Spurtanburg would not have been killed and the teacher would not be charged with murder and stand trial for his life. The pupil in Anderson would not be in trouble for shooting his teacher, though fortunately for him his victim was not fatally shot. The trouble is it is not known who is violating the law until the deadly weapon is whipped out and the fatal work is done, And yet there is as much reason to search persons to see if they are violating the law as to search houses to see if one is violating the dispensary law. Teachers and parents and all good and lawabiding people should frown down the habit of carrying concealed weapons and put strongly their stamp of dispoval on it. It is not manly or courageous to walk around with a braco of pistols concealed on your person. Of Interest to the Veterans. The following letter from our Congressman. Hon. Jos. T. Johnson, explains Itself, Spartanburg, S. C., April 1, 1908 Eiutok UnionTimes: Union, S.C., Dear Sir:?The last Congress passed an act appropriating a limited amount of money to pay Confederate soldiers, who were deprived of their ~:.1 ~ ? ? ? L..... ? ? j k. I niuu uiiun, uuiaca uuu mirr the surrender in violation of the terms of thoir parole. I want every Confederate soldier to know of this act and how he may proceed to make the necessary proof to recover compensation for his property taken from him by the Union Soldiers. Would you publish in your paper the act and the rules and regulations formulated by tho War department under which the claimants must proceed? If you are willing to publish this matter, I will furnish you with a copy. It will afford mo very great pleasure to help the old veterans to secure so much of this money as they can show themselves entitled to. Very truly, Jos. T. Johnsox. We will publish the act with pleasure and will add that it will afford us much pleasure at any and all times to lend any aid iri our power to Mr. Johnson in his efforts to fecure jus. tico for these noble (11 hcrors and veterans of the loot c .u^e. | V. The election on the Carnegie Library question is over and the advos. cates of the levyiDg of a tax of $1,(KK) jg a year carried the election by posibly a. the most overwhelming majority ever tQ known in an election in Union. There being 2">:{ votes "Yes" and only 02 re votes "No." It is nil over now, and 0f wo will have tho library, the peoplo have spoken and that in a way not to R be misunderstood. That was the iw proper mothol of getting an expreslQ sion?by ballot. Now let us all put li. aside all feeling and criticism. This 0f is a free country and you had a right It to think and vote as you please, but as the result has been declared, let If. that settle the question and let us ey have no Btiarling from the defeated gh ones nor unkind or harsh criticisms [j,. from the victorious, let there be no 93 harboring of ill will toward anyone, r(j but lot us all dwell together in peace ,0> and unity. % e The attorney general bas rendered a an opinion of great impor:aic3 to bailer ing and loan assocations. The question be was whether building and loan fanve (nations, and like corporatins, should be taxed, and if tax:d whether on a credits belonging to them secured by he mortgages uprn property of stockqv Jlfcldflrs. Tho"attefehy-fct^^rY^V%^^ liable to taxation as othePGSTporanoW^Y' Such crdita should be returned ftns. taxation at tbeir actual valuo. In al'ur swer to the objection that if tho aimsocation is fated on the obligations I >holds against borrowers the boirowinl )it stockholder will be twice taxed oi\g the same property, once on the real So estates mortgaged, aud again op tlikll credit arising from the loan tfesult-vk ing in dmble taxation, he quot. d from an opinion of the Illiaois cour ffl 1 in which the conclts:on is reacht "The note or contract and morlga""BoJ held bv a loan a a >cation ?pa in 82Q83 a credit of iho borrower, llo~ el nre a credit belonging t) the orp <, (>l tioo. If the credit is tax s, the .-r j]l falls on the rrrp nation aod Lot lot borrower. It is true th .t a portion M of the tax may ultirra'ely fall on tK;' . J borrower, as a etockbolder; but tlIJ amount, whatever it may be, falls J0.'! | on him as ti stockholder having an T >cl veatment lor profit in a corporational. 0l^ Thus all such aasocatious arc require ?i to return all loans secured by jno.'A tgage on leal estate: for taxation fc'V w their full value. *' P Tho building and loan as iociati^c "jf | arc going to test this decision in tbtW fA court?* -- * m Summons for I (COMPLAINT State of South Carolina, 1 Courtott- " County of Union. J mon IS ".Com C. II. Peake, Master for the cjf JleaS* of Union in the State aforefc "^tunt; Plaintiff, V against mf 1 M. C. Ilay; Mary Graham; km 5y C. Pool; and It. W. Cator, Am Ann II. Walters, Wm. H. Pagon, i-l ? McWhite, James II. Cator.im j Cator, and George Cator, p:''B 1 doing business under the draw nc of "Armstrong, Cator and Co,;b ian William Morse, doing businesv^I ai the firm name of "Wm. M? 4> end Co."; and Hugh T. Inman, Jn ?. c Smith, Ilenry C. Leonard, an< 1 || Richardson, trading as the 4C'' jm U] "Inman, Smith <Sc Co."; ant * Jv mon Frank, Charles Adlc,\ W (Mo Simon C. Adler, partners M a under the firm name of "FtU (,< i Adler"; and St. George R. Fi ^ 1,(1 V. M. Flemming, and A LV mv) scott, partners trading as ,, SLnA rift nn,l T~L~ 1? IT..-./ B I ll1" L. Jackson, Wm. B. Ilurst, JiiivB H] R. Wilson, IlcnryS. Ilurst, Ilurst, Jr., and Millard F. 1 , partners in business trading " the firm name of "John E. Co."; and Jacob M. Lauchi Robert M. Lauchhcimer, antu-oV ' II. Lauchhcimer, partnerts L under the firm name and ,f J? f "M. II. Lauchheimcr andn't " ' and Aubrey Pearre, James Mfor 5 ^ m Edward V. Shord, Wm. IIett,;) I* and Harry C. Davis, partn<"hl{ ^ ing under the firm name of : thc ? Brothers & Co."; and Wm. T: the Af trading a3 "Tucker & Co.", P"?i P J j ants. J to > to the defendants. t.s named: You are hereby stj f en< r and required to answer thr th I01 plaint in this action, of whid. l,ot is herewi'h served upon>'J ni era original of wnich Compl'niin 8a ? Summons were duly filed '*ur " ficc of the Clerk of Court of " I Pleas for Union county,NTliJ K Union C. II., S. CM on the of March A. D, 1003, an?r? ^ 1 )V a copy (f your answer to ' ia* c plaint on tho subscribers, a I? , A ficcs at Union, South Caro* ^ rj in twenty days after the se H 1 of; exclusive of the day o ** vice; and if you fail to 0a8e' (^ fM Complaint within the tint; V Yi W the plaintiff in this action Oi Ink ^ x> the Court for the relic^uccee f * 5r in the Complaint. ?nder' Ju^ 7f [ Doted at Union, S, C., 8. 0, ** ;1 SPRING Ih > BEAUTIFUL rpi i I *i j. lie spring sunsnine V coaxes out the butterflies and our NEW CRAVATS. k cio That makes the big man Ic You will rest contented witt Your hat i; seen I Hi from atar, see ours 1^ before you buy. 'T'^as y Every*"step in our Cra Shoes is a step in our favor. sPr] SUSPENDERS - You wear suspe fortable ones. i Easter Nov ^ OUR SPRING MILLINERY ,he best and latest line of patterns obtai Wet us show you that what we say is tru Jcould we would have it. We are rushe I or a spring hat as soon as convenient 1 MUTUAL DR1 r. P. harry, Mgr. ' 1903. I. Frank Peakp, Clerk of Court. " (Seal ) Hydiiick & Sawyer, \i J Plaintiff's Attorney. ! ' To the defendants: R. W. Cator, W. J. H. Walters, Wm. II. Pagon, James McWhite, James II. 7 Cator, F. P. Cator, and George '* Cator, partners doing business under', the firm name of "Armstrong, Cator | * & Co."; and William Morse, doing ra business under the firm namo of "Wm. Morse & Co.", and Hugh T. Inman, John A. Smith, Henry C. e* Leonard, and Hugh Richardson, tradr' ing as the firm of "Inman, Smith & ' Co."; and Solomon Frank, Charles Adler, and Simon C. Adler, partners i . trading under the firm name of j "Frank & Adler"; and St. George R. I Fitzhugh. V. M. Flcmming, and A. D. Tapscott, partners trading as the I? "Eagle Shoe Co.", and John E. S ? Hurst, Lloyd L. Jackson, Wm. B. P" Tin rat. A lex. C. R. Wilson. Henry ? S. Hurst, John E. Hurst, Jr., and I 1 rjp Millard F. Burgess, partners in busi- i ncss trading under tho firm of > "John E. Ilurst & Co."; and Jacob ' M. Lauchhoimer, Robert M. Lauch' heimer, and David U. Lauchheimer, partners trading under the firm name i* r' and style of "M. II. Lauchheimer & Sons"; and Aubrey Pearre, James 1 # M. Fisher, Edward V, Shord, Wm. 4| II. Miller, and Harry C. Davis, part1 1? ners trading under the firm name of '' "Pearre Bros. k Co."; and Wm. T. j,' Tucker, trvding as "Tucker & Co." Take notice that the complaint in N this action, together with tne Summons, of which the foregoing is a A copy, was duly filed in the office of the Clerk of fccurt of Common Pleas for Union county, S. C., at Union iC. II., S. C., 'on the 12th day of March A. D. 1303, Hydrick k Sawyer, j Plaintiffs Attorneys. j Union, S. C. March 12, 1903. : ANY CHURCH or pargonnge or Institution supported by voluntary contribution will be given a liberal quantity of the Longman A Martinex Pure Paints whenever they paint. Note: Have done so for ivrenty-suTcu years. Hales: tens of millions of gallons; 4 /s rl painted nearly two million houses under M, J0 guarantee to repaint if not satisfactory, (yil |The paint wears for roriod* up 10 Ml P I eighteen rears. Llnseel Oil must bo wA t',i aaaed io tne paint (done in two min/W'l utes). Actual cost then about $l.2o a gallon. Ham pies free. Sold by our Agents. J. L. McWhirter, Jonosvlllo. B. O. VVHlurn dr. Sqn, Cross Keys, i Its glory i . isoods our story. 1 9 V? guarantee Shabby, slipshod Clothing - - helps no man. You will be helped in ene now is good. of our Spring Suits. thing jok small and the small man look big. i our style.fit and quality of spring suits - - ? ? osethaUtfr 1 Yon P?'"*u - ?2s~- 1 SttTgf d rrsl I ing tints. I ties for Easter. nders 15 hours every day. Wear our com. ^ I elties Now Ready. . ' is now ready for your inspection. We know we hare nable and it will be to your advantage to come in and ie, for no more stylish Millinery can be boogkt If it id with work and will be glad for you to leave your order )o you. ' . r HOIK NVUT. Opposite Hotel Unto* , j * . . v .*i# k,I UNION SHOE CO.'S SHOES. Light and beautiful as lillies are the earlj spring Shoes fop ladies which we have received from four differtn makers. Among them being four new styles of ''American Lady." The freshness and elegance of the new creation being thought* of bright skies* of Easter flowers. We have priced them to sell at from $2.00 to $3.00 but they are superior in quality and J style to shoes sold at other stores from 50c te $1 higher. We Wouldn't Advise You To buy shopworn Shoes at this time of the year when good drc?sera are looking for the latest and newest lasts, I . the greatest comfort and the most exclusive ideas. We like to do business up-to-date, the largest a?d most stylish line of SHOES and OXFORDS ever shown in old Union. j| "We are the People." | union unoe uompany, u Watching Your Shoe Interest. Main Street, Union* S. C. l' i ss~s7mi~~i 7t.7~ 1 h i " e8s& V x