The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 19, 1905, Image 1
r/sjf ? 4. WIT,
City of Union and Suburbs Has B~T 1 T 1 fTM T ~M It City of Union and Suburbs Has
Five Large Cotton Mills, One Knitting I j_B- ,11 . I f " mtv-fiES' I I / J W Five Graded Schools, Water Works,
and Spinning Mill with Dye Plant, Oil * |T <*^1 X M/ I |*Y
Mill, Furniture Manufacturing and 'ill I I W W S S W ' J L 1 Banks with aggregate capital of $250,000,
Lumber Yards, Female Seminary. _ . . JL^d JL \ _ _ V/ JL _ _ If JL JL^A W^_y I Electric Railway. Population 7,000. |
Y0L.LV.N0. 20. WlON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRllfiiMAY lit. I<MV>. * #1.00 A YEAR;
; , r i.'fvr r ??r.i.A^aai r -jus*
I Wm. A. Nicholsor
t Union, Soi
r ! PAY INTE
reminiscences qijtmt
i ^(hr between the
..... states. "si*
rendered his armvto Grant, th
cause of the South was no more
Just how things would have beei
if the South had gained her caus
I cannot* rncturt out no mor
than I could fell who I woul
- ..diavei>iWldcit-iny^nmouK
had married some other mar
But it will be remembered tha
the North had been raising sap
suckers for upwards of thirt
years past, and seeing now ou
cause was lost and we had n
government they swooped dow
in the south like vultures to
carcass, with a little sweet mo
sel under their tongue which th?
inserted into the head of Samb
We are your friends, we will he
you out if you will give us
chance, and they put some
their sweet savor into some
the whites so they could u
them as tools to do their biddin
and some were just as eager
do their bidding as ever a houi
puppy was to run when he hea
' * O Usx
a hen cacnie. run oamw, j
will have to register vour nai
so you will be a qualified vot<
~ So they sent some of their si
' " sapsuckers around to the differ*
voting precincts to register th
names. I went, but they had
oath to take that was big enou
to choke an Algerine pirate a
after I heard it administered
some others I made no atter
to swallow it. But all of Samb
race registered and if Dinah 1
put on a pair ofjbreeches
would haye registered too. T1
when November came arou
the people who lived in the ru
districts would be aroused
hours before day in great cnr
marching and sweating, smell
as strong as smoke from a
kiln, going to the election,
before the opening of the \
Qthey would be like bees in a g
and it was with difficulty 1
anv of the white could vote i
Sambo got through. The c
tion over, and some of the
speckled sapsuckers went t
on tne highest branch in
state ahd some Sambos >
elected to the house and ?
contracted a disease called
swell head (I don't noes r
'bout de law but I noes he
vote, caze I voted in de 'le<
and Ise gwine to vote for i
of them big bills when dey c
round) ana the time came \
they started down to the caj
full of joy, so full their
seemed to stick out like
toads and the only way
i could give vent their happy
ings was to sing the Snai
chicken he grew so tall in i
days, and after reaching
capitol and meeting with so
his down-tlie-country buckr
exchanging greetings he 1
out for a boarding place,
the thought of the big
for
i & Son, Bankers, I
ith Carolina, \i
:rest on J
A I
^ ^ sh^
J but could do no good. But the
~jblood that gushed through our
* i veins in *61 still kept our hearts
. throbbing. Finally we came together
as one man and choosing
~ one of our grand old heroes as
J leader we marched on to victory,
r Yes, victory, but these- sapsuckers
claimed a victory too, and for
t a time it seemed that there was
, going.to be something spilled
e more^fcecious than sap. But
Union nad a errand ; a?n_ noble
n hero there too^and by tMfc^lo^l
e quence and wisdom Succeeded ini
e ousting ouo these 'ijftpSUckersSl
df?ut .thSL?SE5 ?nai^joen prepar(
ing themselves a nest where they
* could stay and take their rest,
knowing the time had fully come
" when they would have to migrate.
J, But alas for one of them big,
speckled sapsuckers who had
n been honored to roost on the
highest pole in the state, not
r_ satisfied with what he had but
" yearned for a little more, conq
eluded he would get it by the
j' slight of hand process (embezzle-'
ment) but his foot slipped and
* he landed in the penitentiary and
* I am not certain if he did not
die there. That looks a little
bad for the grand old state but
f' you couldn't expect any better
of these sapsuckers. Since those
j times have passed we have been
doing as well as could be expected
for a down trodden people
ar under the circumstances that we
V had to encounter with, for we
I had to start from the foundation
': and build up. Now after the
elapse of forty years our dear ole
flonra wViipVi flnnt.pH in the zenhvrs
nrJ-j . .
of Virginia and other states hav<
to been returned to the states when
^pt they properly belong which wil
l0Vs most vividly recall to our mind;
ia(j and memories the heroism an<
she Patriotism of our fallen braves
ien Let us honor the dear old flaj
ncj under which many widows hus
iraj bands died. Many a brave sol
too dier grabbed its staff whe
the hand that held it was pass
ljn ing from time into eternity. .
^ flag we love, a flag we honoi
an(j and at the next reunion of th
>olls Confederate veterans thi
um dear old flag should be hoiste
that UP t? ^reeze and the 801111
intil 0 ^u^e? and drum shou
dec- shrill the air with sweet strair
big mu81c that our dear old flag
0 gjf. once more unfurled and is wa
fu0 ing over our native soil. Wi
vere suc^ ^rand and refreshing seen
lome would be enough to make o
the old hearts leap up with joy ai
nuch wish we were boys again.
etion opinion "on "women
some clubs.
omes
vhen Grover Cleveland <
pitai, womans's Mission 01
mad Woman's Clubs in tl
they Ladies' Home Journ<
feel
nghai He says: One who can
a few member a mother's love an
: the mother's care in childhood,
me of who has known in later days
a and joy8 a devoted wife brings to
ooked lire of man, ought to be abl<
, but calculate upon general eocperie
bills so largely tallying with his <
that he need not fear protest or
dissent in treating of the scope
and character *f woman's missipn.
It is a melancholy fact,
however, that our subject is actually
one of difficult approach;
and it is a more melancholy fact
that this approach is made difficult
by a dislocation of ideas and
by false perspectives on the part
of women themselves. To those
of us who suffer periods of social
pessimism, but wno, in the midst
of it all, cling to our faith in tfye
saving grace of simple and unadulterated
womanhood, any. discontent
on the part of woman
with her ordained lot, or a rest
movement is so aggr&sive, and
so extreme in its insistence, that
those whom it has fully enlisted
maywellbe considered as inotfk
ing of these radiratsahigh priests
Uody to
prevent the execution of a woman
proved guilty of tho deliberate
and aggravated murder of her
husband. The speaker is reported
to have further announced !
as apparently the keynote of her
address: 'If we could vote we'd
be willing to be hanged." It is
a thousand pities that all the
wives found in such company
cannot sufficiently upon their
minds to see the complete fitness
of the homely definition which
describes a good wife as 'a
woman who loves her husband
and her country, with no desire
to run either;'and what a blessed
thing it would be if every mother
and every woman, whether
mother, wife, spinster or maid,
who either violently demands or
wildly desires for women a
| greater share in tne direction ui
1 public affairs, could realize the
[ everlasting truth that 'the hand
j that rocks the cradle is the hanc
that rules the world.'
I There is comfort in the redec
I tion that, even though these ex
j tremists may not be amenable t<
reformation, there is a fair pros
| pect that their manifest radical
ism and their blunt avowal o
* subverting purposes will effect
= ively warn against a dangerou
[" wide acceptance of their theories
' The real difficulty and delicac
of our topic become most appai
^ ent when we come to speak c
. the less virulent and differentl
' directed club movements thi
have crossed the even tenor c
JJ the way of womanhood. I c
4 not include those movemen
which amount to nothing moi
J? than woman's association or c
!q operation in charitable, benev
^ lent and religious work, large
local in its activities and in i
p" its qualities and purposes entire
fitted to a woman's highest r
ture and best impulses. I spe
more especially of the womer
clubs of an entirely different s<
which have grown up in all s<
tions of our land, and which ha
already become so numerous tl
in the interests of their cons<
m dated management a Natio
? " < fir
fid j Federation 01 woman a v?i
h?e ' has been created. I speak a
of the vast number of asso(
a1, tions less completely organiz
but no less exacting of time i
*"e~ attention, whose professed f
" a poses are in many instances
?r intellectual improvement or
tertainment of the women c
posing their membership. Doi
8 t? less in numerous cases the
>nce jects of these clubs and assc
3wn tions are shown in such a 1
* . T>-\
and am rtifele to appear so good, |
or at leastso harmless, that a
conscidptiohs woman, unless she
makes it strong fight against selfdelusion,
nifty quite * easily persuade
herself that affiliation with
thenvwould be certainly innocent
and peahaiw even \yithin the diel^tps
ojp* duty.. The danger of
self-deafskwi lies in her supposition
that? she is consulting the
.need or Alaxation or the duty of
nrcreasjaopportunity for intellectual*
improvement, when in
-'point ol fact, and perhaps imperceptibly
to herself, she is
taking npunsel of her discontent
.withQB humdrum of her home
' Cbhsidering the woman's
dlub.asdi Weapon of retaliation
UpdBfmaTi for neglect of his home
M^^ragesting that the retaliation
ncBr fall upon the innocent
a&.^&Bfe.the guilty. Mr. Cleveffcad
us 1 'it may safely be asspmedBpat
among those who are
tttf?i*bed by the growth of
d^^^Rkelubism the sentiment
W^'hl'wusai that man's neglect
is a dastardly offence
t^nSjilf^Hhe whipping post for
Wi??f*wers would be a whole- ;
Mature of our criminal
"I a3feersuaded that without
W&&?BTOion of statement we
rnayitosume that there are womwhose
objects-and intgp^HHnot
only harmful, but
h&rmSa&n a way that directly
mena^pi the integrity of our
homes aid the benign disposition
anA character of our wifehood
yl motherhood; that there
are oJAfS harmless in intent,but
whofi ^adency is toward waste
of timetmd preversion of effort,
as well as toward the formation
; of titip club habit, and the toleration
or Active patronage of less
innocepnorganizations; that there
of women
ious ent#rD~, wof charity, religprovement
are ai?;<^?u-r^-.u:-n_
ble and worthy. Leaving this
latter class out of account, and
treating the subject on the theory
that only the other organizations
mentioned are under consideration,
I believe that it should
hp hnlrllv declared that the best
and safest club for a woman to
patronize is her home."
SENATORTILLMAN
Talks on Issues Live to
The South.
Benjamin Tillman, United
States Senator from South Carolina
and one of the best^known
, figures in American politics, is
an Atlantan temporarily, making
* his home for a week or so at the
Robertson sanitarium on Capitol
| avenue," With Mr. Tillman is his
i wife and it is on her account that
the trip was made. "Still," remarked
the senator in this con"m
nection, "I was feeling a trifle
" off my feed the early part of the
winter and there were certair
syihptoms which made me knov
? that there would be no harm don<
in my taking the treatment her
as well as my wife. So I am her
and I am glad to say that at pres
* ent even the suggestion of thos
symptoms of the early part of th
winter are gone and I am feelin
* fine."
Senator Tillman certainly look
? the picture of rugged health an
I there is little in his stalwai
t frame and generously proportioi
' ed features to even suggest tY
| fact that dl-ing his boyhood I
' ! was a great invalid. It was whi
i"; he was in delicate health and 1
aii ' years of age that he came
. nporo-ia for a year. He settle
J below Elberton in the flat lam
1 and there he met his wife, the
> | marriage occurring some thr
r? ! years later. "I've never beer
freeman," he said yesterds
" " { "I always belonged to my mo1
a? : er until I married when I was
jj_ and I never have found a til
naj since then that I did not belo
to my wife," and the sena
i ' laughed in a way that suggesi
?ja. little suffering from his lifelc
'ed" slavery.
ind IMMIGRATION TO THE SOUTH
>ur- When asked about the mat
the of immigration to the south
en- South Carolinian stated:
om- "It seems to me that the noi
jbt-; and by that I mean mostly
ob-1 northern cities, are % doing m
cia- in the way of sending foreigr
ight to the south at this time than
F. M. FARR, President,
T
Merchants and Planl
Successfully Doing Busint
^1 is the OLDEST Dank in U
hna n capita' and surplus <
is the only N ATION'A L li
has paid dividends *mou
rays FOUR per cent, in1
is the only Dank in Union
has DurRlar-Proof vault,
pays more taxes than A LI
WE EARNESTLY SOLIC
BSnOBBHHiBHBnBBBn
er before. . I think that this is it
mostly due to th<?" fact that they tl
are beginning to be afraid of the h
congested condition of the cities b
made by these foreigners who c
populate the alien quarters of the
cities to such an extent that its c<
welfare is threatened. Another n
thing, the drift of immigration is a
naturally this way and will con- e1
tinue to be. All of the govern- c(
ment lands have been occupied e:
and the opportunities in the south o\
along agricultural lines are cer- hi
tain to attract many. They are v<
coming this way. now, but, of v<
course, this is only the dripping ol
as compared with the great num- tc
ber which comes this way and ir
also which it now looks as though tl
the future would bring. t?
"In our state we have an immigration
bureau and the results tl
have been flLisfactory. I believe
the sea coaflbt just now seems par- c;
ticularly attractive to the Italians ei
and other Latin race3 because of jr,
the opportunities for raising gar- tl
den truck, and at this these races
seem to be most at home. I
think, too, that this matter of the
Latin races coming to this part P;
of the country in great numbers
:
is uiie which curries witn it great ~
responsibilities. If properly
there is no ques- I1
brought out in a way That "will w
mean much. On the other hand, ?
if the rush when it really sets t;
this way is not controlled there ?.
is danger that our present problem
may be complicated, and a
heaven knows we have trouble ?
enough with this matter alone. ]
Everyone knows that just now 11
all of the negroes are hurrying j
when possible from the planta- j
tions and the farms to the cites
and the railroads, and there is no 1
doubt but that we need labor to j
make possible the harvesting of :
our crops.
"I know, too, that an Italian
can work all round a negro if he
wants to, but I do not know
whether he will want to when it
comes to working for some other
, man. Perhaps, they will simply
, want to get on to the ropes and
. then start in on their own ac.
count and then the labor which
; we so much need will not be
i forthcoming. As to the solution
i of the problem, I dare say that it
j will have to be solved as time
e makes possible the solving and
e the meeting of the new condie
tions.
"As to the Equitable and the
e insurance question involved, I
p rirm'f knnw enoucrh about it to
UV1I V- 4>?.v ..
g speak. To tell the truth, I don't
understand it as I would like to.
:s By the time Bget through specd
ulating on when and how the
ft Japanese and Russian fleets are
i- going to get together there is
not time left in the day to decile
pher all of the intricacies of the
le insurance matter, except, I dare
1-7 say that when the matter is setto
tied between the agents and the
id officials, the policy holders wil
ds continue to lose as they have
sir done. But I don't know mucl
ee about the matter, so I had bette
i a not say anything. With the wa
iy, it is different. Why; when i
tn- started, so far as I could learr
on /lonnrVifor and the Russia
llijr uauf^nwi
me embassy were the only ones wh
ng were whooping it up for Russij
tor With the constant losses to h(
ted champions, my daughter no
?ng says that she is for the Russiai
because they are white peopl
[. But when the two forces now <
iter the sea meet it means more
the the Japanese than the Russian
simply because a victory for tl
rtj, Russians would mean a comp
the cation and the prolonging of t1
lore war* On the other hand, t
lers Russians seem to have acquir
ev. the losing habit, and if they 1<
J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. |
E - 0
ters National Bank, B
)ss at the "Old Stand."
nlon, -?
jf $10\000,
mvk in!" nil in,
luting to $300 400.
torcflt on rtopoHltn.
IniMcU-d by nil ofllcor,
and Safe MfHh Time-Lock,
the Hanks In TTnlon combln-d.
;iT YOUR BUSINESS.
; would not mean so much to
hem, and, with the troubles at
ome, would certainly tend to
ringing the issue to a nearer
onclusion.
"As for the reduction of the
otton crop,' there seems to be
o doubt but that there has been
reduction in the acreage and
iren under the most favorable
mditions, the crop would not
tceed 11,500,000 bales. The
atput of fertilizer, however, has
sen large, but I understand that
sry much of this has been dented
to corn and, perhaps, some
.her crops. To me this seems
> be a good sign and in the raisig
of produce at home, rather
lan purchasing it from a dismce,
the advantage is obvious.
"When will I help you to get
le new Atlanta post office?
/ell, I will do it always when I
in. Anything that is a southrn
proposition goes with me and
ets my vote, you can deoend on
lat.
A VIEW OF ROOSEVELT.
"As to what I think about the
residents present trip I don't
are to say much. Since the
me he insulted me, during the
isit of Prince Henry it was, I
ave never seen him, and what
Lmore. I don'r. exn*y?t *Q .until
f censure regarding my dimculy
with another member of the
enate was entirely a matter for
he senate to decide, and I heard
, great many of the republican
enators say that his meddling
n what was none of his business
it that time was deserving of
^ensure. Of course, I have seen
aim, but we have never met,and
[ don't expect we ever will. As
for his present hunting trip, I
suppose he wants to make himself
conspicuous by doing something
different as he always
done.
"No I am not troubling myself
with politics or matters of state
these days, I am simply here
with my wife for a rest, and except
for reading the papers, I
don't know and don't want to
know what is going on in the
1 J ? ^ *>4- 4-1-\ i r% f 1*V>A
worm OI politics just at umo I/into
for I am simply taking a day off.
I don't know just how long we
: will stay, but I know that I like
it here and we have both been
greatly benefitted.
In his dress Senator Tillman
was much the same as he has always
been found for years. With
trousers that were creased in every
way except the pressing club
way, linen of the kind suggestive
of the country and a light
house coat, the senator was the
same representative of the people
and the democratic solution
! of the simple life problem, which
he has always been since his first
entrance into politics with the
1 sobriquet of "Farmer Tillman."
If A NEW STORY 5
I ? *
II Sir Henry Morgan, J
" ? lliirnnoer. %
,v T" A P H V\4 V VA * *.
?*
ir ^ By Cyrus Townsend
w a; Brady, author of "The 4
f Southerners" : : : : <4
J; Begins in this Issue, jj
s. ^ Dashing Pirate Story,
J.e ? interwoven with Love, ?
he ? Romance and Heroism.
he ^ Don't fail to read it. ?
>e3dti
*