The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 22, 1904, Image 4
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UNION, S. C . APRIL -2. 1904.
ATTENTION DEMOCRATIC CLUBS.
We direct your attention to the
call of your county chairman in this
issue of the Times. It is the duty of
every true Democrat to join a club
and attend the meetings, cast his ballot
for delegates to represent his club
In the county convention, and it is
the duty of every delegate so elected
to attend the county convention. In
tha organizations and meetings is the
beginning of our ^county and State
politics; in these meetings the fever
of enthusiasm and the awakening of
Interest in the welfare of the party is
begun, and with what feeling and zeal
you start the campaign will charac
terixe it throughout. A oold spiritless
meeting has the effect to chill
the warmest member and the fellow
who, by his absence from the club,
or by his pessimistic utterances
throws a damper on his brother members
Is like a cold potato, will choke off
the more ardent supporters of Democratic
principles.
It never fails that those who say
they don't care to bother with politics,
have no time to fool with your
club meetings or conventions are the
very first to kick and find fault when
political matters don't go to suit
_ _ them, and aav if I had been thexe,
suoh and such a?thing wouldn't have
happened. Now, such a man is more
to blame for things going wrong than
any one else, because he not only
don't take part himself, but by his
example keeps other good men from
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doing meir uuvjr iu vucii pamj miu hi
their country. We know that there
are some persons who dislike politics
and to mingle is distasteful. Such
persons forget that politics is the
science of government, and if politics
is corrupt and low they are somewhat
to blame by keeping out of it instead
of takiDg part and thereby make it
better, politics might then become
more reputable and political affairs
be carried on upon a higher plane.
No man can lay claim to patriotism
or love of his country who stands
aloof and 9hirks a duty, his party,
people, or country call upon him to
perform as a citizen, and this is a
duty he dare not neglect. We urge
all who call themselves Democrats to
attend, join the club, work in harmony
to a man, shoulder to shoulder
with unbroken ranks. Let the Democratic
wheel begin to roll without a
missing spoke, roll on and on without
losing a single spoke. Democrats,
heed your country's call!
VERDICT FOR~$25,000.
Th? verdict for $'25,000 rendered by
a Greenville jury in the suit for damages
by Mrs. Franklin against the
Southern Railway Co.. is in our humble
judgment just what the Greenville
Daily News says, "perfectly
outrageous." Not being present at
the trial, our only means or information
upon which to form an opinion
or conclusion, has been the accounts
published in the Greenville papers,
whose statements we must conclude
are correct. This verdict gives punitive,
and vindictive damages only, as
the testimony showed clearly that
the plaintiff had sustained neither
actual nor consequential damage.
That mental anguish statute has
opened wide the door for the practice
of fraud by the unscrupulous, especially
upon corporations, and the verdict
in th# Fraqklin case based upon
,s this atatutq. has established a most
j. dan garouir^recedent, and is unpre:
cedented in\he history of civil court
4 ? Vpjpgeedtngs. In this State.'
JM-**,:. ^ ?*-;Thi?re was another suit against this
' JfitHway Company tried at the same
v. -v; - i ' t - ..perm of court; this was brought by a
widow for the killing of her husband.
Verdict In ?his case was for the defendant
company; this showed the
temper of tbe jury.
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AN INSTROCTFD OR UNINS1
\l GffED DELEGATE.
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We aro free to oon/gsa our igncrance
of politics and?|Kte craft, but
we see so much Irt all the other .papers
that we have concluded to get in
line and fire a "shot hit or miss,'
There heing no political issuo of
any real importance in our State this
year, thereforo all attention at present
is directed to the chotoe of a
presidential candidate. At least,
this is so with the democratic party,
as it seems to be conbeded that the
Republicans have already ag?& upon
President Roosevelt. The^JSoutli
Carolina delegation in Congress, with
possibly one exception, t&ypt Judge
Parker. Senator Tillman is 'quoted
as saying, that South Carolina,' in his
judgment, would send to the national
convention an uninstructed delegation.
We never favored sending a
delegation ubinstructed, for the
simple reason that if the State favor?
the nomination of a certain person;
the delegates should be so instructed
The fact that the State does so favor
a man for the nomination is voiced
through the conventien composed of
delegates from all overt lie State. In
the face of the fact at this time, that
som6 of the journals have declared
for one man, and a majority for
another, this of itself should make it
advisable for the delegation to go instructed.
Of course, none can tell at
this time, how and by what any delegation
may find itself hampered, but
any how, should cast their ballots as
instructed, until it becomes evident
that they must yield their choice,
then it becomes their duty to fall in
line with those who have made a
choice, second to that which they
have been supporting, as the only solution
of the difficulties in which they
find themselves placed. We do not
favor the rule of dictator, but that of
the majority, which we conceive to be
true democratic principle and we do
not consider having an instructed
delegation inconsistent or in any way
a violation of this principle. We
need and must have concert of action
and unanimity in matters of such
vital importance. It is never wise to
become biased or prejudiced by the
views or opinions of party partisans,
Since Mr. Grover Cleveland has declared
in favor of Judge Parker,
Wat-son and Scott have both been
active in producing proof t.n sustain
the charges that Mr. Cleveland entertained
negroes at the White
House during his administration, and
signed the law of New York while he
wasgovernor which provided for mixed
schools. We can't see how this, if
true, can reflect upon Judge Parker.
Possibly the adage of birds of a
feather, etc., is uppermost in the
minds of the accusers. If this applies
in this case, then why not the fact
that is reported, that Pres. Roosevelt
and Judge Parker are personal friends
and liftTA fpfnnontlo pl/l'lon
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etc. It is said by some of Judge
Parker's political enemies that he
voted for Palmer and Buckner instead
of Bryan. We don't think this any
crime for a man to make a choice between
two evils. We mention these
things that are being said through
the press, to show the danger that
lurks with a view to prejudice the
public mind against prospective candidates
for the presidency. We can
always tell the true metal by the
ring, and jndge the motive by the
source, by which we will be able to
place a correct estimate of its value.
HIGH PRICE OF B RE A f>ST U FFS
AND OTHER EATABLES.
We are daily confronted with the
perplexing and annoying problem of
why the price of breadstufls, meats,
dairy and garden products and other
necessities of life continue to command
and demand such high prices, j
Dun'a Review ami RrArlsfr##( runn.t
thut prices have reached ' the highest
level in thirteen years, nothing
like it since 1S91, the year of the
Rtesian crop failure."
Bradstreet attributes the high
prices largely to sentimental influ- ,
ences of the war between Russia and
Japan, and goes on to say "that the
idea of its being sentimental is corraborated
by Dun's reports which
points out that Russia is actually exporting
more wheat than the United
States."
Dun's Review says: "The total
value of breadstuflfs sent abroad during
March was only $11,557 520, as
compared with $18,310,261 in Mar*h
of last year. It is necessary to go
back many years in order to find a
month In which exports of wheat
were as small as the 1,212,94:1 bushels
shipped in March, and even including
a fairly large outgo of flour,
equivalent to*r5,855,184 bnshels of
of wheat, the*aggregate &f 7,068,127
bushel* was the .imwqt record of
recent years. Kxp<?W#?f oorn. Vere
only 7,860,780 bushels against 16,507,686
last year."
Io view of the above facts and figures
we are borne out in our conclusions
that the high prices now prevailing
are purely speculative.
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WHY JUDGE t - ?
' No wor.der Judg? l?aric$r hft rs-* ^
maincd silent, it Is 'tfptr. u q dipt lop
of judicial ethics thai festrains^lm; >"
it i-; the fact that lio osufnot dBcuss
the great. question now pressi^ for
solution without alienating either tlie '
voters upon whoso suffrages he must;
rely, or tho linanclPlfs from whotn ..
^ho campaign fund is to come. It
would be a reflection upon tho intelligence
of tho pnrty to think that, its
members could be broUgHt to the
support of nu aspirant who Only refuses
to givo utterance to his opfoions
but places his campaign in the hands
of men known to bo hostile to thK interests
nnd rights of the common
people."
The above appeared in the columns
of "The Commoner," W. J. Bryan's
own paper. This has tho ring of g?et- "
ty spite; the fact that Jndgo pHrkcr
has remained silent when there was
no necessity for talk, doubtless suggests
the painful truth to Mr. Bryan,
that he, Bryan, talked at a time when
silence would have been golden. The j 1
assertion that Judge Patker has piachis
campaign in tho hands of nr.y
man or set of men is absurd, siDce the *
political and personal friends of J urige 1
Paiker, have as is usually the case,
undertaken to manage the campaign
forjudge Parker, without his having <
placed the management in their *
hands. That these men who have
undertaken the management are any <
?
more hostile to the interest of Ihe ,,
common people than that of tho Bryr ,
an campaign proved to be, is without
foundation in fact.
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THE COTTON MOVEMENT. 2
The number of bales of cotton brought
hum oiyui, uuiiiiK uie seven months ending
March 31, according to Hesters report
was 9,905,053 bah a, a decrease un.
der ?Mue period last year of 334,013
bales; exports were 5,235,541 ba'ee, a
decrease of 051/283; takings by North :n
spinners 1,883.427 bales, an increase of
70,587; by Southern spinuers 1,458,832
bales, an increase of 50,029 bales. The
amount brought into eight during the
221 days ending April 8, was 9,285,913
bales, a decrease of 378,517; exports
were 5/298,589 bales, a decrease of 425,790
bale*; takings by Northern skinners
1,913,059 bales, an increase of 01,104;
by Southern spinners 1,502,042 bales, an
increase of 54.913 bales.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. (
Program of the Twenty-Seventh
Anmmr Plato #-. ~
ventlon to be Held Ma^z-4,*l &04
In Washington Street Methodist
Church, Columbia, S. C. ' ^
MONDAY EVENING, MAY 2.
8:30 Devotional and Song Service.
8:45 Address by the President,
Prof. E. L. Hughes. Greenville, S. C. c
9-30 Address?"Sunday School a's
Call for Men," by Rev. B. W. Spil- "
man, of North Carolina. n
Enrollment of members.
Appointment of Committee on '
Nomination of Officers. ^
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 3. '
9:00 Devotional and Song Service,
by F. F. Whilden. j,
9:30 Primary Teaching, by Miss ^
Minn?e Macfeat, of Winthrop Col- ?;
^ge. o
10:15 Open Conlcrence and Quea- jj
tions. g
10:30 "Teacher Training," Dr. (
lieorge Cromer, President of
Newberry College. e
11:20 Open Conference and Questions.
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12:00 "The Superintendent" Rdt.
B. W. Spillman. t(
11:30 Conference and Questiojp. j
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 3. ' d
3:30 Devotional Exercises and j
Song Service. e
4:00 Practical Primary Work, '
M iss Minnie Macfeat, before a class. 1
4:30 Report of Officeis.
f>;00 "An Amateur with a Blackboard,"
Rev. B. W. Spillinaa, of
North Carlina. ,
TUESDAY BVENINO, MAY 3. ii
8:30 Devotional Exercises and ^
Son^ ?S< rvice, Rev. F. H. Wardlaw. ^
8.4 "> "Christ As a Teacher," Rev.
James A. B. Soberer, Ph. ^ D.,
Charleston, S. C.
0:55 "A Study of a Bible Character
f >r Sunday Scho ?1 Teachers."
Rev B. W. Spillman.
WEDNESDAY MORNINO, MAY 4.
8:20 Devotional Exercises, and j a
Song Service. Rev. J. P. Ivnox, f*
0:00 "How to ErilDt and Hold1 r<
Young Men,".Rev. W. B. Duncau, ! a
Laurens, S. C. rl
10:00 Conference and Questions, 8
10:30 44A Look Ahead," William ^
E. IVlham, Chairman Exeditive &
Committee- ' * ! u
11:00 "The Question as a I&c'or B
in Teaching," Rev. B. W. Spdmeo. * *
12:00 Business Session. 5
WKDNBSDAY AFTKRNOOM> M.W 1.
3.30 Devotional*T&Wcisra I an&Tr
4r0j Reports of m
- >A. Execu'ive f5
1 > Ik Treasurer* JI -9
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room recently oc<
you to call and Ic
SNAPPY SPRJN<
SUITS, Odd Pani
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WE MENTION
Boy's Knee Pants Suits
Nice line pretty patterns.
Youth's Suits $3.98 to
Splendid assortment, ne
stuff.
Men's Suits $3.98 to $16
jur peerless line of Suits i
j>12.50 and $15.00. Can't b
Men's two piece or midSuits,
the desirable kind f<
weather, all wool, neat j
B9 and $10. This is a vei
line.
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New line, p
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MUTUAL Dl
Clothing Dept. in D
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C. Superintendent Primary
)epartment. i
D. Home Department. 1
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 4.
8:30 Devotional Exercises and
long Service.
8:45 '-The Teacher Getting Ready
>r Next Sunday," Rev. B. W. Spdlan.
9:30 ''Christ, The Great Teacher,
lis Subjects and Methods," Dr. H.
I. Snyder, President Wofford Col?gc.
Adjournment.
The Sunday School Association is
nter-denominational; its object?fo
uild up the Sunday School cause iu
louth Carolina. Its present aim to
rganize every county in South Caro
ina. Every wide-awake and proressive
Sunday School of South
Carolina may send delegates.
Padtnrd Slinorintomlflnfa Tnool'
_ wy N/a^/viiuwuvi^u^ xcavu"
re, Workers all eligible.
Democrats, Take Notice.
The executive Committeemen of each
owiihhip will call their clubi together,
ipril 23rd, at 2 o'clock, p. ui , and elect
elegatea to the Com ty Convention
rhich meets at Union Court ilouse.
londav May 2. 1904. for the pur|M>8e of
hcting delegates to the State Conveninn
t.) be held a* Columbia, May 18,
9-'4 . O..H. I'FAKK,
County Chairman.
Fire! Fire!
The annual meeting of the Farmers'
luteal Fire Insurance Company of Uni?u
county will meet in the Court IT<tuj?
t Union, May 7il?, (1st Sarurdat) 1904
til jr-ilicy holdeis are it quested to be
resent. \V. T. J.etku,
J. M. GnKFit, 1'res'r.
Sec. and Tieas. 3t (
Card to the Public.
I?Y UUBLB, TilK ItAKER.
i i? cr in ca!i attentiou to the fnct the'
II of my poods?and e?-j>eci.tily Cakes? (
re alwa>s fresh, and my prices very
fasonaMe. I have no stock-worn ?<*) s
r s?ish!s which have been in transit u 1
week or so and labelled fresh" on arival.
My regular tra#Ie appreciates a I
nod thinsr and continues with tne. M\
usineas increases every day. Goon ,
laterial and pood work sjieak for theui?lve8
and.it is unnecessarv for tue to 1
rake misrepresentations. I thank tb+
opttyeople of Union city and ^ounty
Ptheir valued in the past i
nd hope to remain in their pood esteem I
Yours for fresh cakes and low prices, j
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to Ijn|. "for an office B
jhlVf Wliue tn tB^nn.inr,cement '
Jpnmr, Don't delay,
it announce yotaiad^ Apit.
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AVE MOV@SV
OTHING and Q&TS to the store
:upied by ^Cjjpuke, and we want
?ok at our splendid line of NEW,
3 WEAVES in two and three piece
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A FEW INTERESTING PRICES: .
$1 to $5 Men's Two Piece Suits, skeleton
lined, the comfortable suit for sum~ir>
_n mer, something new, ask to see
w nobby them, $10 and $12.50.
.50. See Big h'ne ?f Summer Trousers, the
it $io no celebrated "Crown Trousers," 44they
e beat ' Bt them all," $2.50, $3, 3.50, $4,
e Deai> $4.50 and $5.
-summer
[>r warm _ .
patterns, See our $5 Blnck Worsted Suits
y strong II tor men, a world beater, round and
|| square^cut sack.
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rRAW HATS.
retty styles, large assortment.
Price 25c to $2.00. i
E TO THE BIG STORE. j
RY GOODS COMPANY. I
uke's old stand. R. P. HJlRRY, Mgr. *
S Three Walk-Over Stvlesl '
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