The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, February 24, 1905, Image 4
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UWIOH, 8. C.f FEBRUARY 24, 1905.
THE CRITICISERS CRITICISED.
The I'sion Times congratulates
the local contemporary Progress upon
Ixing tlie recipient of such fruitful
free advertising through the colniims
of The Times in adding a very
Tnneh needed number of 5ul>seriben?
to the list. Certainly Progress
should bo grateful and The Times
none the lew proud of the efficiency
ns hu advertising medium, and advise?
Progress to use The Times in
the future to make known its want*.
Evidently the surprise expressed hy
Progress is feigned, because it is a
w. il established fact thatTwKTiMis
has Hlways been generous and
broad enough to give space to tne
publication of any article designed
by the writer to vindicate or defend
himself, or to criticise public servants,
individuals or newspaper conduct.
There is one thing, howcv______
er. that The Times adheres strictly
nrw'i-nC" -ai m n,??* ??, * . . _ t
Neither does The Times give spaci
to any article which invades th<
sanctity of the homo circle expos
ing to public gaze the sacred secrets
of an household's skeleton in th<
closet. The Times docs not, no
has ever boasted of being the'chain
pion cxjK.ser of petty wrongs, noi
the sleuth hound to trail and rnr
to cover small offenders. There wa;
nothing in the communications ol
either "Citizen" or "X" that would
lead any one to believe that the
writers were in favor of chicken
lighting, 011 the contrary, were opposed
to such sport and the onlyreason
which lead the writers to
express their views through the columns
of Tin: Times, was to show
their disapproval of the course pursued
hy Progress. The niiseonstruing
of these two communications hy
Progress and correspondent, consoler
and supporter "V." is evidence
of the inherent weakness of
both, and as far as *' V" is concerned
he is certainly more familiar
with the different brands of din*
pt-nsary liquor, than the correct
construction of a written instrument.
The pasaage of a resolution by
the Democratic House of Repre-I
eentatives of South Carolina. ri-iom. 1
mending one of it* members to a :
Krpubliean President for appoint-[
ment to a Federal Judgeship, which
does not exist, was premature, un-1
dignified, indiscreet and a violation;
of goo<l taste. Moreover, it worked
an injustice to tho excellent gentleman
who was the subject of the
resolution, as shown by the result.
Tt. disclosed that he could command
but 15 out of a possible 121 votes,
far lees than a majority of the whole
Woua#, and that 35 votes were recorded
against him. In such matters
a unanimous expression is
expsctcd, as of course.
The ftljove is taken from the Charleston
News and Courier. The,;
Times fully endorses most heartily
its every word, and more, for a ,
feeling and blush of shame for those ,
thoughtless and indiscreet members t
who voted for and a hearty applauso
for tboet who voted contra, for (
they like tbo fair of old who were ,
poctf 6&ougb, sowed the oountry froqi
disgrace, jfi
JFI INSURANCE OP A MURDERER tui
ct<
Upon what principle of law, just- 1??
ce or public policy can a court of '?
aw decide in favor of an insurance
company which refuses to pay the a
life insurance of a inan hanged for eo
murder? Some newspaper cited one to
ease on record, that a court had so
decided, we do not now recall the
name of the paper or the case cited h,
by it, but the matter was suggested fa
by the McCuc case. In the case we >*'
refer to, the court decreed that the
premiums which had hcen paid by n
the policy holder be refunded, but
the face of the policy should not l>e tl
paid. We are not familiar with ?
the insurance laws, but know that
no insurance company can main- ^
tain any law, rule or regulation c
which conflicts with the general law e
of the country, nor the constitution 1
of any state or the United States.
There can be no law enacted that
will impair the obligations of contracts,
and unquestionably an insurance
policy is a contract with a ].
I valuable consideration, t
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A UNION COUNTY FARMER i
\
Of Experience, Gives His Views >
Upon the Cotton Situation. r
1
Mr. Editor: I want to say a <
few words through Thk Timks on t
the cotton situation and the organ- 1
i/.ing of the farmers and all business <
men of all other professions. Now (
will we nil sign the pledge to re- <
duce the acreage planted In cotton
this year 25 p?r cent of what we
planted last year and 25 per cent i
of guano used on the same. If we
do not stand by the decision of the
New Orleans convention we had
just as well disband, go ou and act
i the fools as we have been doing in
the past. This pledge exempts no
one and no one can put up an cx:
cuse that will excuse him. One
I man will say, oh, yes, I am in for
^ i A ! ?\~ 0/\ ? A.
culling acreage -o or jht cem,
1 and use twice as much fertilizers on
the land planted in cotton and
make as much cotton on the land
' planted this year as I did on all I
. planted last year. Well, what account
would that lie towards reducing
the amount of cotton made last
What we are lighting for is
uruess \VCTTO Trim WC Timr inn-v.-*peet
a price aliove the cost of pro2
duction this fall. How arc we to
- accomplish this? By doing just
- like the brave little Japs did when
j the call was made for three or four
hundred volunteers to carry sonic
r ships and sink tflom in the channel
' of Port Harbor to permanently
' blockade the Port which was al*
( most certain death if carried out.
4 But what did they do? Did some
. say it is the very thing, hut we
have wives and children at home
' depending upon us for a living, it
1 will he alright for those young men
to volunteer and go and carry out
the wishes of the Mikado, while
others might have had their excuses?
But did they act that way?
They did not. So the time came
to .see who were the heroes, and
there were twenty thousand soldiers
to get those fow hundred volunteers
from and twenty thousand
men said wc will go. Not a one
had an exeiise. I say that Russia
will have, with all her resources, a
time /if fllllvlllinn 1 "
11HKJU pcopie, tllC
I lit tic Japs. Arc wc farmers going
to do like them. i
Now, brother farmers, when
those men who will present you ]
with a paper for you to sign the j
pledge which every one will have 1
the opportunity of signing or re" 1
fusing, don't take the paper and i
look and look at it for several j
minutes as though yon had never <
heard of such a thing and finally, <
with a long breath and a kind of j
stammer, say, well, it is a good i
thing, hut I ?I just don't see how a
I can sign it. You sec, I planned j
my crop some tiinc ago and I have v
bought my guano and yon just see o
how it is. And another may say, p
yes, it's alright, hut I have l>ought k
a pair of mules, what am I to do. a
Yes, and you see I've contracted tl
with lx>ys to work those mules, and tj
you see 1 can't sign it. And still p
another will say, I will l?e compelled j a
to plant as much or more land in
cotton this year than I did last u
t I ~
jcui, M?r*i owe or or h
#o(K), as the ease may Ik*, and f am ti
oblige to plant enough cotton to d
pay that debt and therefore I can hi
not sign it. It in the very thing, I d<
wish I could. He never told a Ji
bigger lie in his life. re
Now let me any right lu re that G
my man or men, if there l>e any, of
ivith the light before them will pre" d<
lent such excuses as the onoa named jk
it>ove he is a traitor to the interest or
>f the farmers of the south and all sa
vho live in our dear sunny south he
rith them. ke
>'ow, if you arc true, take that ca
Oiano and put \t ou <ttro laud and Jfrl
kc those mules nnd make corn,
?. And that man that is in debt.,
: is the very 1 one we arc working
r, to help him pay that debt by
ising less cotton ho he and we all
ay get more for a small crop than
large one and be able to have
mcthing else next fall ticsides cot*
n, and all of us be able to pay
lr debts and have sonic money
>r our wives and children.
I want it understood that what I
avc said abovj don't include those
irmcrs who came to their senses
ears ago and have been raising all
leir corn, meat and wheat, unless
leir wheat failed; also their ten*
ant croppers have raised enough
itliont buying. These have done
heir duty and deserve the respect
f everybody.
Now, you farmers who have hecn
o much wiser than us, wont you
ie so patriotic as to say you will
ut a 'leetle tcenty" more and cnournge
us, for if you do, it. will
lclp us and you too.
A Farm eh.
How and Where to Begin.
According to all estimates, sccuar
as well as religious, it is agreed
hut gaiuMing is a vice, hut there
s much diversity of opinion as to
ust what chances one may take
vithout incurring the reproach
vliirUi ottooliPH tlw? minirufcr.
Hie devotees of doodle?euchre nn<l
cindred pastimes are not accustom?d
to number themselves with those
self-confessed publicans who hazard
their coin over the green cloth. The
?aptains of industry, finance and
commerce would be greatly outraged
were they accused of being elder
brothers to those venturesome spirits
who stake their nickels and
dimes on the probability of the policy
numbers Ix'ing 1 ?11?If, or
some other equally popular "gig."
The crap-sliootcr points to the cardsharp,
tin1 card-sharp to the lxtokmaker,
the book-maker to the bucket-shop
patron, who in his turn
anathematizes the brokers of the
regularly organized exchanges. Each
finds his exoneration in himself
rather than in the law, and each in*
veigliH against the other as the man
against whom action should lx: taken
if the regeneration of society is ever
to lie accomplished. It is difficult,
therefore, for mere theorists, who
have nothing to guide their judgment
but the statutes and their consciousness
of individual rectitude,
fcnVrrr-irtnVfesv.*" t>romot:
er, there has lx-cn lent a helping
hand by the Hon. John H. Martin
a fearless Georgia jurist.
In a charge which Judge Martin
lias just delivered from the liem h
at IfnwkiiisvUle, the grand jurors
of Iulaski County are advised to
smite and spare not. They are
warned, however, to hew to the line
of the letter rather than the spirit
ot the law, in order that exact justice
may be done without regard to
S21!!'. or ^H-ial prestige.
,1^ .SU1(1 Jlu,gc Martin "at
tins evil in high places with all
your might," and then he added:
it is not less criminal to piny
tin a suvcr card ease than for a
"plain silver dollar as it comes
"from the mint."
Preposterous as this may seem to
those fair and gallant gamesters
who now and again arc wont to capture
the dainty and valuable souvenirs
that are the rewards of the skill
they display al>out the baize in private
parlors, it is nevertheless ac- i
cording to the law as it. has been
made and provided. Judge' Martin
says: i
"I charge you that society poo-'
pie, l>o they male or female, who
form social clubs, and meet from
time to time at the homes of the
members and play whist, progress-1
ive euchre, flinch, trail bunco or
my other game with cards or like
levices for valuable prizes, pur hased
with funds to which the
ilayors have contributed, are as
nuch guilty of violating the law
gainst gambling as the veriest
ilcbians, who hover around a light" ,
rood knot lire and play seven-up, I
r poker, or skin, for the paltry
>ennics and nickel*
_ uuv? vur |n;i!"01l
nowingly permitting such playing1
t his or her house is as guilty of ]
ho offence of keeping and main- j
lining a gambling house as is the 1
roprietor of the den in some back 1
lley, where gambling is practiced." '
The Atlanta Constitution informs s
s that the charge of Judge Martin *
as "created a State-wide sensa* J
on" in Georgia; but we aje not (
is posed to think that many true 1
ills will bo brought in against the A
oodle-euehre criminals of society. 1
idictmcnts, as we have learned
iccntly, are difficult to obtain in J
eorgia, even when the violations '
law arc most llagrant, and we M
>ubt that a jury could be found 0
issessed of cither the inclination F
the hordihcK)d to so violate the v
nctity of Mrs. Hyphenated Smiths *
mpitality as to arraign her# for
eping a gilded hall of chance, bouse
she occasionally permits hov
ends and acquaintances to stru$? | *
glTFTv
i That
1
1WE HEAR
they
I Shoes;
they
minds
go time;1
|jl "Quee
|? alway
I riutual
glc within her Ihmiio for Gibson
pictures and scarf pins. But, all
the same. Judge Martin may have
suggested to this lady and others a
reason for the exercise of a spirit of
charity, which they sometimes fail
to display.?News and Courier.
Lockhart Junction Locals.
I/K'KiiAitT Junction, Feb. 20.?
Mr. Editor: It has been some time
since I wrote a letter to your welj
conic paper which we receive every
week and vend ond
jii i urc Willi
pleasure.
The old year has passed and with
it many sweets and hitters, and
many we hope lias entered upon
the new with better resolutions to
improve the future than they have
the past.
1 There is not much news from
this side.
The great question of the day
scorns to be the cotton as it seems
to be. king the world over, or rather
the prieeis.
The writer attended the farmers
meeting held at Jonesvillc last Saturday,
in which Mr. J. J. Littlejohn
was elected chairman of the
meeting and Mr. Thomas H. (Jore
secretary. There was a very large
crowd present, considering a
free exhibition was going on out on
the public street. Every one present
signed the paper, or pledge, as
some might call it, to reduce the.
acreage 25 per cent, and resolved
to plant more corn and other grain.
The farmers seems like they arc
going to practice what they have
been a long time preaching aliout.
To make more corn and have
hogs and hominy at home. We
know several farmers in this section
who have already cut their acreage
long ago, and now they have corn
i plenty and some to sell. And
mother farmer said he had a thousmd
bundles of fodder to sell and I
leanl anotbrr -
jou chll got
Vno dollar and seventy-live cent*
xt hundred or ?2.00 for it. Well!
von't that beat cotton at six cents
xt p< )iuul ?
Well I have been asked the qucsion
had I quit writing to The
PfMEs., I answered no, I have not
[iiit, hut I haven't found good news
nough to write to such a worthy
wiper as The Union Times. One ,
kho has always stood by what they
bought was right. j
Moxy.
The Times and Metropolitan |
lagazine one year for $1.80.
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