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THE UNION TIMES l PUBLI^hbU tv bkY FRIDAY ] ....by the ... i UNION TIMES COMPANY SECOND FLOOR TIMES BUILDING ' BELL PHONE NO. 1. L. G.' YOUNG, - - MANAGER Registered at the Postoftice in Union S. C. as second class mail matter. subscription rates: One year - - - - $1.00 Bix months - .50 Three months ... .25 advertisements : One square, first insertion - $1.00 Every subsequent insertion - .60 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. Locals inserted at. 8 1-3 cents a line. ' Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION. P. FEBRUARY 10, iw 5 The present legislature as a body is as badly in need of compulsory education as the poor unfortunate children of the farm and mill districts. This being the ease what can South Carolina promise; herself from the next generation of her children, who will be called upon to take the places of the members of the present legislature. The negro children do not require compulsory education measures to make them attend school, because their incentive is to outstrip the white children and they take advantage of every opportunity. TWO GROUND HOGS. Evidently there are two ground hogs in South Carolina, one in Columbia and the other in Spartanburg, according to the accounts we read in The State and Spartanburg ITerald. The State's ground hog came out on the traditional day wutiu inaTfhe backbone of winter was broken, thcref< re none need look for any more cold weather. The Spartanburg Herald's hog came out, looked about him, at that moment the sun shone out, he saw his shadow, frowned, returned to his burrow and announced that the people might look for several days of real cold weather. The State's hog was pleasant, but deceptive, while the Herald's hoe was unwi l com*', but ;i true prophet. SUSPEND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS To strike back in self-defense or vindication is commendable, to resort to lex tulionis, never. The State in quite a lengthy editorial arraigns The Union Timks with a how dare you question, doubt or misconstrue, by your expressions of I indignation at the State's editorial referring to Judge Townsend granting John Clegg bail in the sum of ?lo,00, when it is known that The State has so consistently and persistently criticised the judiciary with a view to bring about better conditions, All of this does not con-I vincc Tiik Times that the intent on the part of ' The State" was mt to rellect upon the individual, rather than to criticise the judiciary, and by so doing, if possible, add a feather's weight in turning the scales against the candidate for reelection. Unquestionably the sole i purpose of an appearance recogninizance is to bring the accused into court for trial, at the time and place therein specified; but The j State seems to regard the bail bond ? A ? ?i an it pun oi me penalty. South Carolina is very jealous of the life and liberty of her citizens and de-, sires to inflict punishment upon the guilty only, and her law presumes ' every one innocent until proved guilty. Evidently the policy of "The ' State" is to indefinitely suspend the writ of habcus corpus and thus place everyone accused of a homicide behind the bars, and let the' innocent. suffer with the guilty. ( The idea expressed by "The State" c that a light bail bond gives to the r public the impression that there is < little in the case and thus influences * the men of the jury that will try j the case, seems to us only to reach the uninformed, while on the other | mnd it is true whon one suffers con- \ 0 moment for a time liefore trial, public sympathy becomes enlisted ind the heart and mind of the people touched with pity. The State r\ would further inflict punishment of t upon the accused, guilty and inno" illcent alike, hy confinement, deny- co" ing them the privilege and opportu- pU^ nity to make defense hy getting j witnesses and evidence in their be- tin] half, this is contrary to the policy ^ and fundamental principles of the . * laws of the land. In this editorial rph to which The Times now refers? (;0 "The State" charges The Times Jet with being discourteous. Usually it is unbecoming in the pot to call the kettle black. The Times means to be courteous to contemporaries always, hut in its zeal to defend or right a wrong, may not he as choice and particular in expressions as some of its contemporaries would have it be, in this instance, however, the Times does not feel called j upon to apologize. A PLOT TO KILL THE CZAR DISCOVERED. a11 it The Czar while walking through the corridors of his palace saw a jV letter on the floor addressed to him. ft8 When ho read it, he was amazed, ni as the letter told him that a plot fo had been made to kill him, that 12 Cfl men had sworn to kill him on that ^ Sunday in January. A secret mcs- r0 sage was sent to General Kuropat- le kin. It is thought that the Czar to is so deeply impressed with the ^ terribly unseated condition of his , , . . . ni own people, their strikes, uprisings, and threats, he will, as soon as qi possible, cease hostilities toward tl Japan, and thus end the war at the ^r earliest possible moment. All <tf! af Europe, in fact, the whole com- q> mercial world, is aroused with the ni feeling of the necessity of ending hi this terrible conflict. The present indications point more promisingly tl towards an early peace between n Kelton News Notes. ^ Kklton, Feb. (5, 1905.?The 'il weather has been very cold for sev- 11 oral days and it began to snow last' Friday aliout 12 or 1 o'clock and ? ? * 1 1 , . . untu nigm, it was a Deauti- u ful snow and a fine time for the j? boys and old ones to kill rabbits " and there was a large quantity of a tbein killed on Saturday. And then 111 again early Sunday morning it be" gan to snow again and snowed all " day, (round snow,) and unless the }v weather turns warm it will be here 1S for several days, Representative H. C. Little rame home Saturday to spend Sunday at 111 home. He will return to Columbia today. ' >c We are glad to know that Paul tr< Kzell, little son of II. K. Ezell, who 1 has had pneumonia, is much im proved. ? m' j Mrs. Judson Little, of Sulphur Springs, visited friends and rela- ?" tives in Kelton last week. I | Miss Hassic Foster returned to her home in Spartanburg last week after spending several days with her relatives and friends on the Ridge. I I see that there is a call for the tlc farmers etc., to meet at Union on an the 11th inst. to perfect an organi" zation of cotton growers. Let's have co a hig meeting that day and show to vo the world we mean business. joa< We are glad to know that the Southern is 'abiding a depot at . Kelly's on the Locknart R. R. It 1,1 will add much to the convenience 011 of the merchants of Kelton and the *)U. traveling public. There has been a shed there for some time,hut it was *n of very little service to the traveler ^!1< as there was no store. . r Mrs. Winter Turner has returned int to her home at Manning, after spending several weeks with her an' sister, Mrs. W. T. Aycock, of this place. }ttlJ Mrs. Willie Comer, of Pacolet, y spent severdal days last week with her son, Mr. E. E. Comer. Mrs. E. c E, Comer and little son,L. E. Gordon, accompanied her home. to , Miss Maude Whitlock sp-nt from coi, Friday until Monday at the home fn i>f Mr. I). J. Gault. ncv Mr. II. Arthur Gault is salesman \ for the Aycock Little <fc Co. store. cr , For the present K. (;8p, ? > ^ ^ftV i ? "?*' vubwu ui uwcrs meeting. | / BCCt To the Farmers, Merchants, dog [Jankers and other friends to the Alv ausc of the Cotton Growers Asso- j)Ur iation. You are hereby called to jy neet in each township on the 11th yhe >f February to elect two delegates 8ick rom each township to the county bett nee ting to be held at Union Court N louse Feb. 14th wcel J. G. FARR, B. A. Cor*Lylw. JMUI ?UR SCHOOL COLUMN Z And Bureau of Information. g 'he following is the honor roll ?P he school taught by Miss Evelyn ? Hall, Carlisle, S. C., and the i posit ion on honey bees waa S tton by one of her bright little t E >ils. Sc dary Ruth Thomas, highly dis- . g guished. B roll. lb dary Bates, Louise Bates, Liz* 8| Deaver, Minnie Flemming, Guy . K oinas, Roy Jeter, Bertha Mc* P wan, Estellc Hudgp th, Harold ft er, Edna McGowan. I fl HONEY-BEES. ? "Honey bee, honey-bee, where K arc you going?" i 8 "To fill my basket with prrcious 5 pelf; j | lo toil for my neighbor as well as g myself; ? To find out the sweetest flower S tlmt grows, fc He it a thistle, or be it a rose? ; S A secret worth the knowing I" j K Bees arc industrious little insocts. Jj icy are the busiest of all insects. They get the juice from flowers, id take it to their hives, and make into honey. If it were not for the honey-bees l; would not have any honey, and r this reason they arc useful to us, ^ the honey they make is very ce to cat, and nearlv every one is nd of it. | Bees have for their homes boxes lied hives?in these they make icir honey and in the spring men ib these hives, but they always ave some in the hives for the bees live on through the winter or ley would die, as there are no jwers in winter for them to take lore honey from. There are three kinds of bees, the noen bee is the one who rules over i ic other bees. If she flies away oin her hives the other bees do J k>. They arc satisfied in a hive, ] ; long as the queen bee is there. | he working bees are the ones that lake the honey, they arc the smart: ees. The drones are la.ge, lazy bees lat do not work any and they do , ot sting. Lindsey School?Mr. Editor: he Times is always a welcome visor to your many readers in this eighlxirhood. j ( After haying had a big time dur- | lg the holidays visiting and enter lining, the fanners are now set" j ing to regular hard work, for tuss- I ng with Mother earth for dollars >ove living expenses is no easy ? latter, and the fall in cotton which iught many, has led to much ? linking and some maneuvering men we hope may prove .ill that ^ expected. i n\ The school house is beautifully tuated and while the house itself ft. ay not Ik; as large as many your unty can boast of still, nature has p en liberal and given beautiful jes and good water in abundance, The literary society, known as ik Knoll, held its first regular eeting of the yea;-, last Friday af- f] rnoon and elected the following licers: Mr. Boyd Harmon, President: r. Will Alexander, Secretary; iss Millie Garner, Critic; Miss rtie Alexander, Monitor. ce The honors for the liest recita- CI >ns were given Miss Gertie Alex- Ix der and Master Henry Long. wi Very little sickness excepting an Ids, and if tho case were to be M ted upon as to who hud the worst is 3h man would vote for himself. I m-o n ? - " wio. vmiicr Hpeni Bunaay with ag r son's family, Mr. Thos. Garner ch Jonesville, and by the way to P<> e who has not seen this prosper- an s little place for half dozen years, vo ings seem to lie growing rapidly ah d not only things hut the people, [1 the snap of the pocketbook in- ac< atcs not only a hank but money, or lividual money, th \ccept best wishes for yourself foi i The Times for the new year. al. iVe regret that the alxive cominication was unaccountably de- att ed in publication. [Ed.] Sp Ikdalia, Feb. 5. 1905?Mr. Ed- . *?As you have asked our school t,v svrite you something to the school iimn in your paper (Tme Union ies) we decided to give you the an' vh of our neighborhood. | "Vl Ve are having some snowy wcathlow and it is bad on the stock, I ecially the mules when they c to lie out hauling wood. j he* i mad dog passed through our ion last week and bit scvoral 9 . s, and a fine hog for Mr. T. J. crson, weighing about three , J?" idred nnnnrla ' Irs. W, T. DaviH and Mrs. Sarah 0011 ttlesworth, who have been on the mo list for some time, are much er I am glad to say. (iss Agnes Murphy spent last ( k with her grandfather, Mr. C. KCKy Bobo and aunt, Mrs. M. 8. ^.ir. phy. COLD Yes, to be GOING TO Our SI For 1 in tl B riiffii5i Misaes Stella and Ada Estea spev irt of last week with Miss Ev iahop. Misses Pearl Goforth and Iri 'ilburn visited the Misses Alvei ?n last week. They also enter ined quite pleasantly Tuesda; ight in their honor. Mrs. Lula Bailey entertained i w friends Wednesday evening ii >nor of her guest, Miss Neel; rater. * Miss Lula Bishop and brother r. Willie spent last Sunday wit! [isses Minnie and Brattie Stewart With lx'st wishes to The Unio: IME3 and its many readers we ar Brown and Blue. Death of Mr. R. C. Thompson. Mr. Richard C. Thomson, a sue ssful and extensive planter o lestcr county, died at his home n >ckhart Thursday night. Hii fe and four children?two sow id two daughters?survive him rs. Baxter Lemmond, of this city a daughter of the deceased. Mr. Thompson was GO years o! e and was a man of fine traits oi araeter, which rendered him verj pular with a large circle of friends d acquaintances. He was do' ted to agricultural pursuits and i\ays made money farming. The remains of Mr. Thompson, companicd by the family and oth" relatives and friends passed rough the city yesterday lx>und GafTney, his old home, for buri" Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Lemmond ended the funeral. We clipped the above from the ar tan burg Herald. Richard C. Thomson was a nae of Union county. Dick as ovrlxxly called him was popular m a lioy, and all through life, d deservedly so, for there never ed a more genial, generous and xl man than he. The last ten years of his life he s a great sufferer, having lost his iring and eye sight, his afflictions re great, but he was always icrful and ever glad to meet his mds. His whole souled hn? - ?y 1" ty was known and appreciated oilghout York and adjoining nties, for no one contributed re to tho pleasure, c^mfoTt and port of neighbors than did Dick >mpson as long as he lived, and ?n he died the community lost a d friend and neighbor. The ipathiea of the entire county are h the bereaved. I WEATHE R. | it's cold, but it's going g? . j BsS HS>8 ! colder, and you are _ ^ I NEED MORE SHOES. 1* aoiNO to t ifli ra . " 1the mutual. isl iocs Arc Known 1 Value and Style there is Ira |h 1 Drv_ Goods Co., I R. P. HARRY, Manager. ?pj j j ' 0BBE^^BSS5?S?a3SSSa3SSSSS33?g 8 | | UNION SHOE CO.'S SHOES BEST MADE. | j I WATCH US! : j - 1-156 PAIRS? Ladies $3.00 ' ? $3.50 and $4.00 ! I Fine Dress Shoes f and Walking \ | Shoes to go at ? | the Low Price of ? ?$2.00 CASH;; Visit Our Big Shoe Store. R jy 1 !j Union Shoe Co., r !| Shoe Merchants. 'u Main Street :-. Union, S. C. | 5