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UNION, 8. C., DECEMBER 2, 1904.
The Spartanburg Journal in a
lengthy editorial charges newspapers,
business and banks with being- controlled
by the dispensary influence
in a financial sense in the city of
Columbia* The charges so far as
The State is concerned were fully
refuted in an editorial of The State
Wednesday, 30th. We are surprised
at the Journal as we have never for
a moment doubted the position The
State occupied towards the dispensary
as a state institution and its
"Daddy," if we are to judge by the
many articles aud editorials, comments,
etc., published in this paper
from the day of the establishment of
the dispensary. We presume The
State thinks there is a time oppor
tune and inopportune in which t<?
oppose or advocate any measure or
policy looking to the general good
of the entire people. The State is
always discreet and never overdoes
anything and is therefore generally
successful in whatever it undertakes
to carry out.
COMING SESSION OF CONGRESS.
A short session of the Fifty eighth
cot-gregs will begin Monday, December
12 h. it w. iil give attention principally
to the Appropriation bids.
Afior the holiday recess is deducted,
it will have time for little other legis
latioD, and, if it had, would not be
allowed by the K? publicau leaders
to undertake it. This season is supposed
to complete the business not
only of the Fifty-eighth congress,
hut of the secoi.d McKinley administration
whose jolicics President
Roosevelt promise 1 to execute.
This is not saying that there are
not other matters which could engage
the attention of Congress at
this session. As a matter of fact
there are a great many (juestions
which ought to settled and settled as
soon as possible It is probable
.1 L . f .1
mat mcucn er me opposuion 10 xve
publican solutions of these questions
will be withdrawn because < f overwhelming
Repubiican victory at the
polls on Nov. 8. Still, it is certain
ihat in the Fifty-ninth congress
there will be hardly enough Democrats
to offer auy opposition at all.
aud the prospect of being able to go
it as they please, is much more alluring
than the possibility of fighting
what opposition there may be at this
session of Congress. It is good policy
for the Republicans to get all the
credit they can in the disposition of
questions confronting the country,
and the opportunity to do so is offered
by the Fifty-ninth congress.
On the other hand it might prove
good policy for the Democrats both
in the short session soon to be held,
and in the Fifty-ninth congress to
allow the Republicans full swing.
While the Republicans might gain
some credit it is very probable that
they will reap some discredit too; for,
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legislation has been allowed to legist
late without critical opposition, mistakes
have invariably resulted, and
have been made the basis of political
argument by opponents in succeeding
campaigns. Consequently, it
would not be surprising if the Democrats
would be inclined to give the
Republicans all the rope they wante
l in the hope that they might hanS
themselves.
Whatever the course pursued by
the Republicans or Democrats at
this short session it is very likely to
be punctuated by some very spicy
allusions to the recent campaign, and
terminated in many affected adieus
at its close because of the large
number of Democrats who are to retire.
We clip the above editorial from
the "Pennsylvania Grit" a Repub
liciin paper published in Williams
port, Pa. It is evident that the Reyublicans
are sure of carrying eVery
measure in congress: but the idea
suggested in this editorial of the
Democrats in their weakness to
make no opposition, but on the contrary
to give the Republicans plenty
rope so that in their sway they will
hang themselves, is in itself like
"forewarned forearmed." It is pessiblo
for the Republicans to overi
reach the hounds, which in the next
election might rebound upon the
party with disastrous effect. Wc
can only wait and watch.
Jonesville Letter.
Jonesville, Nov. 28th.?Two of our
citizens died last week. The first
one, Mr. Hugh Bentley, passed away
on Wednesday, and his remains were
laid to rest at our village cemetery
on Thanksgiving day iu the presence
of many relatives and friends. Mr.
Bentley was about 57 years of age,
and while quite young, he entered
the Confederate army, and mnde a
good soldier to the close of the war,
and for fhi<j faithful sprvion ho \v?a
given a cross of honor by the Jonn
Ham^s Chapter of the Daughters of
the Confederacy. Mr. Bectley leaves
a wife, two sons and three daughters,
beside many other relatives and
friends to mourn his decease
On Sunday morning at -1 o'clock,
Mr. J. H. McKissick passed away,
after an illness of more thau three
weeks of Bright's disease. Mr.
McKissick was well known in this,
his native County, and all over the
State as well, from the fact of his
public life. When at the age of fifteen
years he was converted and
j ?ined the Baptist church at Skull
Shoals, under the pastorate of the
Rev. Jack Kendrick. As soon as Mr.
McKissick became twenty-one years
of age, he joined the Masonic fraternity,
and later on he advanced in
Masonry until he became a Shriner,
which is near to perfection in the
ancient ar.d honorable institution,
one Mr. McKissick loved dearly.
Mr. McKissick held the office of
clerk of court for his county for
twelve years. He had held several
offices in the Masonic fraternity, first
Worshipful Master of Skull Shcals
Lodge, Worshipful Master of Union
ttou juoegviiie Loagee, uisinct i)eputy.
Grand Master and Junior Grand
Deacon of the Grand Lodge, and he
served on many important committers
in the Grand Ixxige. He was a
trustee of the Jonesvilie Graded
School, and Cashier of the Bank of
Jonesvilie when he died. Everyone
of these various offices were filled by
him with honor to himself and satisfaction
to his constituents and fraternities.
Mr. McKissicks's wife
and two small children preceded him
to the grave, and one little daughter,
Lou se, still survives him, beside one
sister, one full brother and one half
brother, and many other relatives.
His only living sister, Mrs. Emma
Davis, was with him the last two
weeks of his life. Mr9. Davis came
from her home in Clarksvillc, Ark.,
one thousand miles away, to be with
her brother when he died, and sea
his remains laid to rest, which will
be done today at Union with Masonic
honors. The faneral services will be
ootid noted in thn Rnntlat otinroVi Vtei*<a
by his pastor, Rev. H. K. Ezell, assisted
by Rev. David Hucks. Mr.
McKissick served his country in the
cavalry service in the late war, and
was a member of the Knights ol
Honor. Tblkphoxe.
A Bold Cotton Seed Thief.
Lafft Friday morning at 8 o'clock
Mr. Huskel Thomas and Mr. Perry
Sartor in a buggy together were returning
to Union from Carlisle where
they had beeu attending a thanksgiving
dance given by the young
people of Carlisle. As these young
gentlemen came into the road leading
to Union just below the gin house
of Mr. Davis Gregory, which house
stands near the main road leading to
Mr. I). B. Fant's home, Mr. Thomas
saw a man go into the gin house
door and saw a wagon with two mules
hitched to it standing in the road immediately
in front and below the fin
house door. As they passed the
wagon they saw cotton seed iu the
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wifgon uuuy. aiiuy uiu nui hi up auu
uh thoy drove along Mr. Thomas remarked
that that wagon beiDg loaded
with cotton seed at that time of the
1 morning looked a little auspicious.
1 When they reached Mr. Gregory's
1 dwelling house which stands close to
the road about thrse or four hundred
yurds from the gin house In plain
1 view, Mr. Thomas got out and told
jMr. Sartor to drlvs on above the
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! house a short di?>taiiCo so as not to ]
I appear to stop, for fear the imuv at
the gin house might see them stop,
(the moon was shining as bright as
day) Mr. Thomas went to the house,
knocked lightly on the door and
called Mr. Gregory. Mr. Gregory
answered, Mr. Thomas then told him
about the man and team at the gin
I house. Just then Mr. Thomas looked
, towards the gin house and saw the
man turning the wagon round and
starting down the road in the direction
of Mr. Fant's house. Mr.
Thomas called to Mr. Sartor to turn
round quick and come back, then
f Mr. Thomns got in the buggy and
they went in pursuit of the fleeing
man, wagon and team, following
them to the hill just this side of Mr.
Fant's house, when the man in the
wagon jumped out and ran across the
field, going west. Mr. Thomas
jumped out of the buggy and caught
the mules. In the mean time Mr.
Gregory and Mr. Joe Wright had
caught their horses and came up to
where Mr. Thomas and Sartor were.
They did not pursue the man auy
further but turned around and drove
back to Mr. Gregory's gin house, unloaded
the cotton seed, about twenty
bushels, put the mules in the stable
and that morning after breakfast
drove the team to Union, and after
consulting his lawyer, Mr. J. A.
Sawyer, Mr. Gregory placed the
mules in Crawford and Acooks staffle
and posted advertisements. Neither
Mr. Gregory cr anyone of whom he
inquired knew to whom the mules or
wagon belonged. Iu the afternoon
of the same day Mr. Starks Johns
who lives about a mile this side of
Santee came to Union looking for a
lost mule and with the intention of
I advertising for a lost mule, he was
! told of the mules that Mr. Gregory
had put in the stable here, and upon
going to the stable he recognized one
of the mules as his, and took it back
home with him. He did not know
to whom the other mule or wagon
belonged. Late Saturday afternoon
Mr. W. T. Jones of Santuc. came to
the city and claimed the wagon. He
said the tire ran of! one wheel and
had been left on the side of the road
about half way between Union and
Santuc, and the breast pole had been
taken of! and carried to his house.
The thief had used ropes in the place
of a breast pole and breast chuins.
Mr. W. T. Jones came back to Union
Monday and daisied the other nxule.
The gears belonged to Mr. J. C. Sartor
and were taken from his g^ar
house. This was u bold, resourceful
and energetic thief. He got one
mule at one place, wagon at another
and the other mule at another, and
gears at another. He must have begun
early in the night and hustled
lively, for the wagon and team when
made up represented a considerable
distance and much travel. After
getting the mules a mile or more
apart, the gears about the same distance
and the wagon at 1 oust four
m'les away then he had to drive
nearly to Santuc before taking a right
hund road that lead to Mr. Davis
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vjirguij a guiiiuusc. iu mi ne mum
have travelled at least 10 miles, and
then be detected and frightened away
was hard luck. It is very probable
that after putting into the wagon
about as many bushels of cotton seed
as would ordinarily belong to two
bales of cotton, he intended to put
two bales of cotton on top of the
seed, as there were two bales headed
up, come to town, sell cotton and
seed, leave wagon and team nnd go
| away on the 9 o'clock train. There
are some suspicions among the people
of the neighborhood who the thief
is, but as yet no certuin clue and
perhaps never will be.
Books of Subscription to the Monument
Fund.
1 It is hereby announced to the people
of Union county and all interested that
on salesdav in December the subsciip
tion books for the Union county monument
fuud will be opened at the following
named places:
The Peoples Bank, in charge of B. F.
Arthur.
The Merchant and Planters Bank, in
, charge of ('apt F. M. Farr.
Fant Bros, store, in charge of Too".
McNally.
Progress ofHce, in charge of W. W.
Colton.
I', is earnestly des re 1 th it every per
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the monument and that this, if (tossible,
bhall be done by families. Parents are
therefore requested to enroll all the
members of their families as subs rilters
to this fund. Each subscription should
be a free will offering proportioned to
the means of the subscriber, and given
in honor of the men, living and dead, who
suffered and foujht for Union county in
such a way as to win the admiration of
the enemy and the applause of the civi
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When the "roli" is complete the
nlilies of ihe subscribers will be entered
in a handsome roll l>ook which will lie
placed in the public libraay so that in
the coming years it may be seen who
appreciated the sacrifices of the men
who, at the call of South Carolina,
offered their lives in defence of constitutional
liberty. People of Union
county, can any one of you afford to
have your name or the names of ycur
children left out of the "Monument
Book" when a small contribution will
put it tl err?
The Rummage Sale has been postponed
till after the holidays.
Confederate monument lunches will
be served in Bobo's furniture parlor on
Saturday, Deceoubsi 3rd. Oysters and
h it coffee on sales 'ay, December 5th.
The lunch committee, empvverel t?
cillan entire chspVsr, is, Mrs. F M.
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fan, Ml". v*W. II. UJIZ-il, mt3. j. a.
Fan*, Mr*. S. S, I,loder, Mrs Davis
Jefferies.
The bazar is in charge of Mrs. B. ft
Clifford, Mrs C. II Ferke, Mrs. W E
Thompson, Miss Amelia C>x
Mt. Tabor has the honor of having
given the iirst contribution in kind frotn
the country to the Confederate monument.
Mr. W. I>. Cudd brought Mrs. Clifford
one chicken and two pounds of
butter.
Mrs. A. T. Farrar of Ciohs Ancho'
has sent one and a half pounds of butter
and one dozen eggs.
M. W. Bobo. I). C. Flynn, The Mutual,
The Union Drug Co, and Miss
Edna Tinsley have given dainty materials
for Bazar work.
Messrs Norman and Murphy, Sexton'
Estes and The Union Grocery Co. have
contributed gen rously to the lunches.
am communions will be acknowledged I
in ibis column.
Notice to Trespassers.
All persons are hereby forbidden
to tresspass on any of the lands of
the undersigned, either by walking,
riding, hunting, fishing, cutting timber
of otherwise, and for each and
every offense will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law.
D. A. Owens,
J. W. Johnson,
A. H. Foster,
17- Itp W. E. Thomson.
House and Lot for Bale.
I offer my dwelling house and lot
on South Si.reet for sale. Terms of
sale, one third cash, balance on one
and two yaara time, with the privilege
of pay log all cash.
41- Mm. Cora N. Murphy.
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