The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, October 14, 1904, Image 4
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UNION, S. C., OCTOBER 14, 1904.
tYTll A T UPVTO
WflAi nbA4
In the name and tor the aalce of all
and everything that appeals to the
YlTlTri?kTl anA aonmatann*, Vurft o?
vile, soared or unseared, horrorstricken
and appalled with feelings
of impending dangers unseen and
unwarned, in the shadow of the
church spires, within hearing of the
bells which ring out clear from these
lofty towers, under the benign influence
Hnd atmosphere of the gospel,
the elevated and refining teachings
of schools, colleges and literature
of this land of progress ar d
prosperity, we ask, with trembling
anticipation of the perpetration
of some diabolical outrage
upon individual, public or private
project or enterprise by some
nnmitiagated incarnate fiend: What
next j inc Bcmi.eniiK n-- - i
.. tipnn the door steps and
drive ways Of private home* ?n<f
promiirs of pnblic works ancl government
buildings, is unquestionably
the work of the socialist, nihilist
ftni anarchist. In the peaceful and
p n?ee-sec king realms of these United
States there has crept ammo; its populition
an element too dangerous to
be tolerated. The skillful ingenuity
practiced by the one whose hell-born
intentions to destroy the battleship
Connecticut, whs the work of an expert,
who was thoroughly fiunilhr
with ship building, as the means of
- rif .'V" ((f * l\ whip
builder failed for a tim>? to detect or
discover the several holes made in
the bottom of thoohip; had these
holes not been discovered, the ship
when launched unon the bosom of
the mighty ocean would have cone
to the bottom with all of her crew,
lives been sacrificed perhaps, and
millions of dollars lost to the governmedt.
The three attempts made to
wreck and ruin this noble war vessel,
gmmr'-v,- ^ t *' HI, OI t he
discover the effort while being done,
notwithstanding the number of
guards had been doubled and urged
to be more vigilant, is an evidence
that this diabolical work was done
by some one on the inside and connected
with the navy yard and construction
crew, Now for the motive.
Possibly we might say and with
truth, that a strong ally of the Russian
government was one of the employees;
that the Httitude of the
United States towards the two powers
now at war, as viewed by the
Russian government, favored, or
rather were in sympathy with her
enemy Japan, and at no distant day
it were possible that the United
States would feel called upon to aid
Japan. If so, one vessel, at least,
would not be able to take part in the
conflict. Certainly no American
citizen could have any motive in rendering
a wur vessel useless, by such
bold and unprecedented means. ,
tiri a. * ? * -
wnat next? All or the hellish designs
of human ingenuity known to ^
modern science, seems to have been
resorted to for the destruction of lifo
and property. The use of dynamite,
obstructions on railroad tracks, burning
of tressels and bridges, seems to
us to have been exhausted, when
the holes in the ship wero made, and {
we are still left in terror as to what f
will be the next thing done, and we r
exclaim in anguish of mind produced
by this state of things: Is there no f
way to prevent this? Can there be s
^ no way devised to contravent these t
fiends, for under the present condi- f
tions it seems no one is safe, not ^
even Unole Sam nor his property. t
We are no alarmist when we ehron- a
lola one after another diabolical at- k
tempt to destroy life. We shudder
when we write this: A manufacturer
of life preserver# discovered pieces of
steel plate worked Into the cork of
which lile preservers ere mane, in
order ?o inhk i he cork standard
weight, lied it not. been discovered
and the preservers been made, every
man, woman or child who put on one
of these would have gone to the bottom
of the (.cent), hike or stream.
BARN AND GIN HOUSE BURNING.
The frequency of barn and gin
house burning for the past few months
Call for the organization throughout
this country of vigilance committees.
That history repeats itself is a true
saying, and the necessity in many
oases for a people to make history
so do, is often the cause of its repetition.
We do not advocate the repeating
of acts by the people which
would make a blot upon their country's
history, but to inaugurate within
the law, a system of protection
against depredations and wanton
destruction of life and property.
COG NTYPRIDE.
State and County pride is pardonable
in any citlwn,' from the fact
that it I* the moat natural of feel'iDgs,
being inherent we are ever reedy to
do anil dare tor whatever tends to
promote the interest and welfare of
our people, and refrain from saying
or doing anything that would be cal
cuwutu 10 prove ueirimemai.
We cannot understand why, for
the sake of news, anyone would expose
to the public vi?w for comment,
criticism and censure the shortcomings
(not criminal acts) of the people
of the county, such as one having
the good of the county at heart would
not think of publishing, especially
when it concerned the people of the
county alone, ard which to us seems
our own peculiar secret. To us this
9ftems a queer and rather inconsis;
, , . , .,utaine world
tent w?v n? i?*?* ~
,n.Mow how prosperous, progtpsi-ive,
[peaceful and Jaw-abiding we are. We
have no patience with anyone who at
the sacrifice of a people's reputation,
for the mere gratification of giving
out an item of news, which is of interest
to no one outside of the county
and not possibly result in any benefit
to those inside and concerned.
We over estimate our power to do
good and bring about a reform in
atTairs when we scrutinize the private
acts of honest people, for we antagonize
and make resentful those who in
btjuu mi unriii una frequently we cast
Iunintentional^ ?
Doings Around Kelton.
Keltou, Oct. 11.?There is nothing
new that has taken place in our
sect on of la>e.
Farmers arc busy gathering their
cotton ami the crop practically will
soon he gathered. The gins are
running on full time ami they can't
gin it as fast as it is hauled to them;
and it was being sold as fast as gin.
ned until the price dropped below 10
oam* and.now thev are holding it
are.
'1 here is very little sickness in our
community.
Miss Annie Smith is attending
Limestone College, and Mia? Mary
Wood is at lted Springs, N. C.
Mr. Bunyan llolcomb, of Spar*
tanburg, visited friends and relatives
here last Sunday.
Rev. A. II. B est filled his regular
appointment at Foster's Chapel last
Sunday morning and Rev. H. K.
Ezell his at Mt. Joy in the afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Page, a very old and
much respected Christian lady, is in
vt-iy imur neaitn at this writing.
ClTI/.KN.
"Work Day" Offering
For Epworth Orphanage.
We have planned to have a "Work
Day" offering in favor of the Kpworth
Orphanage, on Oct. '20th inst. We
desire to have as many people as will
bo donate their earnings of that day
to the support of the Orphanage.
Thero are thousands of men and
women, boys and girls, who could
well afford to give the earnings of one
lay to the support of a cause so
worthy and deserving as that of prodding
for the more than one hunlred
fatherless little ones placed
inder the cure of the Methodist
ihurch in South Carolina, for sup>ort
and training. It will bo a small
natter to the Individual to make
Ills contribution, but the gifts of the
nariy will aggregate a helpful sum
or the care of the orphans Let
ome one be appointed in every com
nunity to take charge of the offerings
md remit to as, but if preferable the
ndividual may send his own offering.
Ve hope the children throughout
he State will be encouraged to take
n active part in this matter, and
hat all the friends of the orphans ,
rill co-operate with us in making
his day a success.
W. B. Whakton, Supt.,
Columbia, 6. C.
A TRAGIC DEATH.
Sad, Sudden and Sensational. Mrs.
Bert Gregory Passes Away After
a Snort, Severe Illness.
The death of Mrs. Bert Gregory at
her home near Monarch Mills last Senday
at 11:45 a. m. caused quite a sensation
among the trill people, who were
acquainted with the following facts and
circumstances:
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gregory were married
Sept. 18th, 1904. Mrs. Gregory,
before her marriage was Miss Virfririo
Estelle White, of Pacolet, S. C. Immediately
after marriage, this couple went
to house-keeping in one of the Monaieh
Mill Company's houses, occupying only
one half, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Harris occupying
the other half of this house, and
according to the testimony of Mr. and
Mrs. Harris this newly married
pair lived peaceably and happily together.
Tuesday night, Oct- 4th, Mr. and
Mrs. Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. Harris
were in the dining room driuking cor a
cola and eating bananas, and soon after
Mr. Giegory insisted upon his wife taking
? dose of calomel, as she had lint
day complained of having a headache.'
She told him she did not need it, bpt
to please him, she did take a c?8ori-e}
powder, three calomel powders having
heen obtained from their family physician
to be taken, one at first dose ai d
two an hour later. An hour after tal ing
the first powder, Mrs. Gregory w? r>fc
into her bed room, followed by her )<hfband,
and it was said that he put tie
two calomel powders together andgaie
them to his wife. Very soon after
this she complained of feeling funny ei d
grew worse, her hands and limbs became
drawn and rigid, and she had one convulsion
after another, each convulsiin
being more violent. Their physici; u
?na lunurwijtieiy 3uuiuiuuwi| miu u|;| u
his arrival he pronounced it a case of
poisoning, and began at once to administer
antidot*" ?; 1T ?o
uciter, at least of her pains, ?tm\ n e
convulsions were checker! by the use of
chloral and other similar drags to counteract
the poison in the system. Me
uever did recover consciousness; th:.?,
however, was owing to use of then
druge. Mrs. Gregory was closely attended
by I)rs. Jackson and W. L. Under,
who say that the immediate came
of her death was pneumonia. A veiy
strong suspicion was aroused in the
minds of the people against Mr. lleTt
Greogory tint he had poisoned his wife,
based, Grst, upon the assertion and treatment
of tge doctors, that Mrs. Gregory
was suffering from strychnino poison
and ou Thursday a brother of Mrs,
Greeorv nhl.ajnvd.o- crregoiV nfcrai rfeStt a
and lodged in jail, but was released Friday
on a $f>()0 bond. Magistrate W. W.
Johnson was notified of the death of Mrs.
Gregory and on Sunday afternoon he
empanneled a jury of inquest. The following
men composed the jury: It. D.
Kitchens, foreman, I. M. Kirby, J. II.
Wakefield, It. T. Parr, W. It. Jolly,
L. I). Smith, J. J. Latham, It. X. Wat
nun, ,j. w. nanaers, v. L>. Uelue, M. O
Phillips, F. O, Nichols. In addition to
the foregoing facta, II. M. Holmes, a
licensed pharmacist employed at the
drug store of Dr. F. C. lluke, testified
K ^UJ004,yu.,yea,
he sold to Mr. Bert Gregory one
of strychnine, also some vaseline; that
Mr. Gregory had also a bottle of turpentine,
and out of these he, Gregory, said
he would make a salve to rub on his
feet; that his feet, like many mill people
who stand on their feet a great deal, 1*.
came sweaty and sore, and the preparation
would prevent this and cure L s
feet, and that he had used this mixture
before, and knew it was good.
V. E. Depass, Esq., conducted the
examination of the witness for the State
and B. F. Townsend represented the accused.
I)rs. Linder and; Jackson were
the physicians present by request of ti e
acting coroner, and performed the autopsy,
and gave it as their ppinioq, (as
we say above,) that the immediate cause
of her death was pneumonia. Acting
coroner Johnson adjourned the inquest"
to the 18th of October, at whieh Umo o
further investigation will be had. The
stomach, or rather the contents, of the
dead woman will then have been analized.
The remains of Mrs. Gregory
were intererred in tne city cemetery.
Mr. Bert Gregory has since been arrested
and placed in jail under a charge
of murder. It is not within our province
to try this case, therefore we have
not said or intended anything calculated
to prejudice in favor of or against the
accused.
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Baptist Convention Postponed.
The Spartanburg Baptist Convention
will meet at Gllead, near Jonesn?.u
o.-_J? ....
Tiuo, 111 ii ounuHy in tnis month. It
has boon decided, at the request of
the members of the Jonesville church,
to postpone the meeting of the Union
County Baptist Convention which
was to have been held at Jonesville
5th Sunday, till thenextftth Sunday. '
Revs. L. M. Rice, ]
f. I). Mahon,
J, K. Hair. 1
| MUTUAL
AW A&f flONDING CONFESSION. ]
Bribing a Legislature, by Corporations.
The written confession of Charles F.
Kelley, former speaker of the lower
branch of the Missouri legislature, is certainly
an astounding one. It shows that
both Democrats and , Itepublicans were
parties to a conspiracy for the purpose of
extorting sums of money for votes for
bills in the interests of corporations and
other parties; that prices for votes were
lixed in accordance with the value of the
legislation to be passed; and that, as a
rule, they exceeded the sum of $1,000111>"
^"faasinn also shows tliat f.hA nan.
spirators contemplated the assaassination
of Attorney Folk, who exposed their
conspiracy, and failing in courage to do
this, undertook to destroy his influence
by bringing trumped-up charges against
him through the Dublin nr?a? u
_ . r - ?. &U blUO
contemplated attack on Lawyer Folk I
the coDspiratora were joined by corporations
and men prominent in the business
of the State wbo feared the consequences
of exposure. Mr. Kelley'B confession
has done more than anything else, since
Mr. Fo^'s startling exhibit of corruption
in tbe State, to arouse the people against
the conditions which prevail there.
Id concluding his confession, Mr. Kelley
promises to go into details at the
proper time, to call names, specify
amounts paid for different bills passed
I by the Legislature, designate the men to
whom the money was paid for their passage,
and the division of the spoils. In
other words, Mr. Kelley proposes to
supply the evidence which Mr. Folk has
needed in order to convict a great many
m en whom he has felt were as deep in
the mud as others were in the mire. If
Mr. Kelley does this, it is very evident
that the people of Missouri will again be
aroused by revelations fully as startling
as those which recently stirred them.
As Democrats are as deep in the mud as
Republicans are in the mire, the people
of Missouri will have a splendid opportunity
for selecting men whom they can
trust to manage the affairs of the Stato,
reorarrilftjw f\t
(7I.IUJT aillllittlOIIS 11)
the end the confession and promised exposure
may not prove a bad thing to the
State.
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