The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 26, 1904, Image 4
THE UNION TIMES
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UNION, S. C., AUGUST 20, 1904.
POSTOFFICE LOCATION
MISREPRESENTED.
"The new postoffioe building is being
erected. This is a good step but
it is thought by some in the wrong
location. The site id Jn the rear of
tlie store of Farr <fc Thomson, on
Bachelor street. This is the street
on which several livery stables are
situated?in fact the office to one of
the stables was moved in order to
make room for the postoffice, thus
placing the office directly in front of
a livery stable and facing two bowling
alleys and a beef market."
The above is copied from The 8tate
of August 20th, and is publiq^fgd to
show the citizens of thiflP ottf/%ho
do not read The State very closely,
how the city is made to appear to
an outsider who forms his opiojon
from the leading daily paper. There
is none, nor can there be any reflection
upon the paper publishing such
a communication, especially ine
State, which is always fair to our
growing and thriving city, but the
penny a liner who tries to cast a slur
on the community in which he makes
his bread.
We venture the suggestion that
the Chamber of Commerce while
they are exercising themselves to
secure a cotton buyer to hold up cotton
to a fair price, should induce The
State to put a correspondent here
who will make a fair and unprejudiced
statement of facts without being
influenced by "some" who are so
constituted that they oap seS lkbi"*"*
ouiy as i<iiey desire. Let us review
- -his statement:
"This is a good step but is thought
by some in the 'wrong locality."
Vox populi Vox Die is good Democratic
doctrine. Before the location
was decided upon a petition was cir
culatcd and signed by officers of the
two largest banks, all of the large
business establishments, nearly every
lirge taxpayer and with two or three
exceptions every voter who was approached,
and after a free advertise
meot of the locality to which it was
inten.ded to move the office no counter
petition or protest was received
so far as we have heard?then whr
ara the "some?" (in the sense that
their opinion amounts to much in opposition
to the big majority of thotu
who signed the petition.) .
" The site is in the rear of th&fctor?
of Farr & Thomson on Bacheloi
street. This is the street on which
several livery stables are situated?in
fact the office to one of the stable*
was moved in order to make room foi
the postoffice, this places the ofIi-*t
directly in front of a livery stable
and facing two bowling alleys and n
beef market."
Now how is that for a description'
If you read it of any other town
what would you say of the loealitj
for a Government Postoffice? II
strikes us as malicious or vindictive
Why should a correspondent state
that the office was directly in front oi
llvc-ry stable and facing two bowling
alley and a beef market, when h<
knows that the statement produces t
false impression upon the reader?
He knows there is no beef market
there and that facing the pogtofficc
is the office of J. A. Brown, Heal Kstate
Stock and Bond Dealer, and office
of Dr. R. R. Berrv, one of the
leading physicians of the city, next
to them is the neatly fitted office of
the Western Union Telegraph Go ,
and next the two new store roofns,
one occupied by a well kept ten pen
alley for whites only and the other
by a box ball alley that is run by
Mftaara. Hoke, Copeland and Swygert.
This fa a new athletic game and is
** patronized by the young men and
ladies and box ball parties are frequently
given here at night. The
next building is vacant at present
but we understand that Mr, If. (J
Bailey will occupy it as a beef market
assisted by Mr. N. P. Dunbar,
who haa cut beef in front of present
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po8tolTlo4Wjfc?r th*.. put three, years.
Then whythii #tagrtng remark^
The it In a rpo'm on
Main street, butthe.J^uslneBf on this
street id'sofcrowoM that' patrone of
the office who *only cdfcne for their
mall on Saturday find^he sidewalks
so Crowded that it: is hard to push
through to gain an entrance Into the
postofflce. The present fmhdipg is.
so po^ij^^^^that lamps have to
location for new' building, the (ioV- .
ernment inspector and leading citizens
of the town favor and advises
the move. The location is central
and accessible, and the work the City
Council is putting upon Bachelor
street makes it one of the best streets
in the city. If you are not one to
help build up, for conscience sake do
not be one to help pull down.
COUNTY CANDIDATES.
The first two meetings of the county
campaign were uneventful and the
people are being treated to prosy
platitudes, with no variations.
Those already in office and seeking
re-election make a feeble effort to tell
the dear people how faithfully thejr
have performed their duty, and those
seeking office for the first or third |
ti^ie say that if elected how faithfully
they will do their duty. They do
not say what they consider the duties
of the office; do not outline their
ideas, or suggest anything looking to
the better conduct of the offioe ; don't
arraign the present incumbent for
any short comings or failure to do
his duty whljle in office; do not raise
any issues; do not point out wherein
he could have improved upon certain
things done by the other man; does
not show by outlining his policy
wherein he would be any improvement
upon the man already In office;
in (act do not give to the people any
reason for voting'for him in preference
to the other man, but leaves it
to the people to make personal preference
their guide in the choice of
candidates. This may be wise policy,
but we differ in the main, we like
live aggressive moves in men who
seek to be elected to office. We do
not believe in what is commonly called
"mud slinging," but we do think
: if one candidate knows wherein his
opponent has made a failure he should
expose it and at the same time point
( out to the people his ideas and pur[
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, course ir Elected.
The candidates we here refer to are
those for the several county offices.
The candidates for the legislature
. have raised some new issues, and de!
clare for a more economical adminis
trution, State and county. They
> have not touched on the Brice dis?
pensary bill, an issue made in several
of the other counties of the State.
Favor the constitutional amendment
. which is to be voted on in November.
. Favor lower taxes, if possible. Some
i favor and some oppose the dog tax.
- Also the biennial sessions of the leg1
islatnre. . Opposed to making boys
> work the roads under the age of 2*1,
i as being taxation without representa
tion. Make no suggestions as to the
, roHd law system of working and
maintaining highways and bridges,
i ^The people will never know the full
ability, or lack of ability, unless the
1 full duties of the office are defined,
J so that they may know that any one
. in office has or has not done his full
s duty. The people desire to he in!
formed along this line. The masses
1 are not altogether a set of fools, they
, know and appreciate wise counsel,
and if will be governed by their judgment
when fully informed and they
are not always slow to see an error or
appreciate a remedy.
} SAXTUC AND CAKI.ISLK.
f Saotue is quite R thriving town,
r business seempd to be quite lively
> for this 3eason of the year. .Mr. W,
t T. Stokes, Jr. now has his bank in
' full operation and ready to accomo,
date the local patronage for the fall
i trade and in moving the cotton crop.
The crops look well and full fruited.
We paw an uuusually large number
of acres in corn, and all good, and if
no disaster overtakes thin crop, the
people of that section will have to
buy no corn for the next. year.
At Carlisle we notice the same conditions
prevail as to crops afid prosperity.
The Bank of Carlisle is in a
prosperous condition., ^ ? neat .and
commdKrflous building, well equipped
wWb op to date bank furnish- j
ings Afld presided over by < effieicii^lliTnt
competent offi-era, with
a business management equal to
that of any other bank. Mr. J I).
Smith exposes to have his 15 room
hotel re?JJy7o* dhe traveling public
early this fall. The Misses Crenshaw
who have kept the Deaver house for
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*w'.
the past two years have renttdbthe
Rily House in Greenwood aJfljijwill
move there 1st September.
We epen^.Friday uight at tfcgjbospitable
home of. Mr. H*#.- Faptr. His
daughter, Mrsr^Joll^y^a^^cttlld are
looked at the cagfto oflHHMt which
in our iudgemeAt are^^^jj^od, some
we coo|9f> tor the
amount P^tad fallen
f -.2
Times in ahtiljM^colamn WSshis Issue
a very ^eltnent artlolSrarom a
voter to the voters of UnUw*jranty,
whioh is in our opinion veryAppropriate
just at 'this tlmt^ol'Btage
of the county campaign. ^ yP^s expressed
the opinion and ifSVljSent of
The Times. In our judg^nenlfof the
people of Union county not^ven a
Cesarian operation oan give (birth to
a man or set of men. In this bounty
who can successfully dictate 1 to or
control by inticnldhtlon or 'Areata
the actions or opinions to anth.an extent
as to mak*. them any
man other than their own^mridual
choice. We fully agree w^$h the
wrl^r that the man intended to be
lijy^red by the petty, spit?flft:ithreat
v-hich is in effect but bUriflmtjailing,
is the one who will beJfijltarted
rather than the one infftMBiHp he
benefitted, for the simjMHnflRrhiA
the attempt to mislead Jly^MWHtols
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diuu ui vuo uttmo ui tut)
.of ordinary Intelligence can ryotTtei. to
see the objeot of the threav^^hkOb
to frighted |h?. candidate into Compliance
un^e^fche false apprehension
that unleswwMJompliea' by .paying
five dollars, he jpat^s well withdraw
from the race as he - is sura to pe defeated,
and for no other reason, that
this paper sordecrees.
The promised free advertising in
the shape of a "pen sketch" mould
hardly compensate the car^|ldate,
since his history is very well -known
to the voters of Union county, he
having been born and reared in this
county. It is^jre^uently unwise to
trace genealogy ^at this day and time
"every tub stands^hlj its own bottom."
There is anptys a Rubicon
for such a Caesar.
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hy Mr. (Wrls
_ . _ShauRL hue Ra^laetaf* '" ?
A short statement of the work of the
Commission during the term just served
by Mr. Garris may be of interest to the
people, as well as to the candidacy of
Mr. Garris himself in ti?? approaching
primary. Mr. Garris takes the position
that the railroads and the. people
are hound to exiftt. tntrpfhor fnr oil Sr?^
to come, and that they should live in
friendship, if possible. It is not right
that honest claims of either against the
other should have to be sued for and
collected at great expense to
therefore, the commission can do no
higher duty than to brihg, if possible,
the people and the railroads closer together.
Reasonable rates only should
he allowed by the Commission or desired
by the railroad^ The averige of
South Carolina rates Are now below the
average of the rates throughout the
South and especial cere has been given
by the Commission to the agricultural
anjV manufacturing interests of the
State. Qnflf aatty has all. ootton
manufactures heeflveduced materially.
It is not excessive ^.estimate that the
commission's rtductio'ns on cotton piece
goods has resulted in a saving to" the
mill interests of the State of -aomgfthing
like MX)
Fertilizer saving'fey rodnctiotf '
to agriculture -jHjjwJ.OO
Reduction in transportation ofMfiL
cotton iW^OOO.OO
Reduction in wood for fuel.. #3,000.00
Reductions in brick, starch,
lime, building material 40,000.00
Reductions on articles of 1 z
merchandise and oth?rR it ?r
is fair to estimate 1 L'0,000.^
Total v... $474,000,Jp
Now, this is a conservative estirara
of the amount of money collected
the railroads less than^hey would ha?
collecaed on the comAce of the Sta?
for last year had it noflieen for the
terference of tho Colbirifssion. The
Commission has Oiligently tinder dlfliculties
kept up the graanal improvement
of depots in the State, Ufa that we have
more new and modern hUHciures.,than
in any State in the Sotting Since his
term began there are on tfao Southern
railroad twelve additional t&i ue^oiog
passenger service and five on . the Atlantic
Coast line. While condltufascai)
never be entirely satisfactory to?ll the
in iv nuv liiir vu ftir. UWOCIO Bfiy
that ho has done very well Ace ho
feels that lio hfti^m^^^^^h^iiia$ils experience
and do ?h?s hi? peoi
pie, ought he not to be retained As A
matter of business, an<f*ihfttJtbo in tl>6
interest of all classes, espechuly the ag*
ricultural classes?
Mr. (Jarris' life has l>een a struggle
| for the making of himself, and, his
strong, intelligent, consistent work for
tho people we believe will be rewarded
by his fellow citizens.
Siovid by Many Fuibnob.
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Santuc News Notes.
* Santuc,
Aug 22.?Mfcses Mart-and
Fannie Thomas, of Union, are visiting
relatives id SaKtuc.
Misses- Ruby and Patra Swtienzcn,
of Trenton, S. QjWlm visited their sister,
Mis. L. L. Shealy last week have
I returned home.
Misses Marv ami llwi^.> v.,.i ....... n-?
u i urn. wnr rtl
borne" to a number of f Mentis, last Wednesday
from 7 to It p. m
The annual picnic in Stokes' grove
will have come and goute before this is in
print, as it takes plage on the 22 nn
t^uite a large*uumber of visit >rs were
in Santuc on ll?e.'19th to witness the .
Opening of the couuty campaign.
Rev. W. U. White has started a meeting'
at "the* Ftteabv terian church, which
will last several days
The protracted* i ains, some of which
were very damafcjng to land, has almost
cpme to an end,' ^ut crops,, especially
Cotton, weie seiiou^ly datnag^a:-"* Wet
weaUAer^^udfrcoini"i' much shedding
' and MSpuMBKl
The new frfilroad, about four an<\>&
half miles from the Seaboard Air Line,
U> the dam is about ready for the lies,
and it will not be many weeks, it seems,
f before it wilf be ready to transport
fi? igbt over."
at over to see t he dam one day
k. and saw much that still lame,
and I always see more and
pck up more Jyawdedge of the great.
f plant th^t- is l$nPQrtaed on th" Shoals.
This time the snperiutende >t, Mr. F.
I .L. Sellem 8hot?|?d us aroun i himself
Jr$iy kindly and^llingly giving im)i1| tff
; toe details of tha^cnnati uction. visfffibg
4 t&^concrete mixing plant, the power
^iMqKj^and the dam itself. 1 learned
ujGBgtBim tliat the entire length of the
Kmaeoaty part of the Main from the comer
Km the power house, up the race, then
i across to the opp<^ii?fe hank is Vb nit 9S0
feet. From thf'dfirve from (lie i>ce
straight, across'is 050 feet Part of tl^
dam i# finished complete with a p eity
Concrete roil top, anil it looks tin" < >ue
part of the Mam, from bottom of the
Ijelow the beM of the river to
fifty-two f?et. 1 spent an
e most pleasantly, liemg eni
the construction an I wort (igautic
undertaking, in t' e
Ntr. Sellem, wlio I find tubal
g- nth man; and every tiling
g as smoothly under his sucy
as one need wisii to see;
) guidmg of a master mind,
all seem satisfied, and consetiouble
or jarrtng with anyi
works that man eS(ft?re?BT*ee 1'
to be sfiowit around theie
cjiflferu or Mr. the
tf sh >w you afound.
rgot to tell Wmt I Saw a lug
I an engine being ho!<teM b >-1>p
of the dam, which is the
flam doing duty. Hky Dksvbk.
(O Wdfcrinrur
Xkla signature Is on every box of tbe genuine
.Laxative Bronio-Quinine Tablets
i?say ttrt pw> eeM Is esse
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Rice, Grits, Meat, Lard, Hams, II
Breakfast Bacon, Syrup and ||
Molasses, Can Meats, Can .Veg- II
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I Groceries, Tinware, Crockery-1|
Iware, Spices, Extracts, etc., etc.,
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