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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ....bv tmb-... UNION TIMES COMPANY second floor times building bell phone no. 1. L. G. YOUNG, - - Manager Kcgistored at tin* Postottieo in Union S. O. as second class mail matter. subscription ratk8: l)ni> yi'iit* .... il.UO Six months - . X, . .50 Three months - - - .25 ADVKKTIKKMBS1H : One square, first insertion - 51.00 Every subsequent insertion - .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. J<ocals inserted at K 1-3 cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of re?nect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, S. C., JUNE 23, 1903. A COUNTY PAIR. When the fruit is ripe, is the ? time to pluck it. At 110 time in her history has Union been in a better condition to organize and maintain a county fair. Before the Civil War there was a county fair association and since there has been one, l>oth of which did much credit to the people of the county. Since the enactment of what is known as the fence law, the people have been taking more interest in the raising of good stock, for the simple reason that it does not take I any more to feed a thorough bred than a scrub. The introduction of the Jersey and Holstcin cattle have shown the people what quality means in animals, and today there are not many cattle in the county that have not some Jersey or Holstein blood in them, often a little of l)oth. There are still a few esittle having the old English, Devor, Durham and Ay shire blood, all very good. Now since the people have improved their eattlq by the introduction of thoroughbreds, are raising tine mules sind horses in the same way, also sheep, hogs, goats and chickens; tlicy are 1 letter prepared to make a most creditable exhibit of real good stock than ever before. Maj. J. \\V McLure has a tine herd of Jersey, Mr. Jack Harris has the best breed of Jersey cattle on record, Mr. Davis Gregory raises tine cattle, hogs, horses and mules, Mr. L. J. Browning has the short horn Durham cattle, Southdown sheep, Berkshire and Poland China hogs and pure strains of chickens, Mr. 11. W. Hamilton has tine eattle, horses, chickens and turkeys, and there are many others we can not now think of, living in different sections who raise and always have very tine stock. And no county in the State has better lands upon which the 1 >cst corn, wheat, oats, a great variety of peas, potatoes and cotton can he grown. In fact Union canity is now prepared to compete with any county in this or other States. A county fair is a great encourager and stimulus for the farmer to do his best. The manufacturing enterprises throughout the county has opened a good market for fruits and vegetables and the people generally have taken advantage of it and are growing the finest fruit, lierrics and vegetables ever put upon this market. The cotton mills, knitting mills, grist mills, oil mills, creamery and furniture factory can all furnish an excellent exhibit of their products and out put. When the crops are laid hy this summer let us call a mass meeting and organize a county fair association. The splendid display of wares and merchandise on the streets last Thursday afternoon shows that the r people will hike an interest in making a success of a county fair. Whatever the people of Union undertake, they do and do it well, and we lxdieve that they can do whatever they want. From a business standpoint there is nothing that pays a better per cent, of profit to the entire people than a county fair. The Moral festival and trades display has now almost become an institution rather thau a frolic for fun, uud the oviI II . dont interest manifested leads us to conclude that to have this celebration in connection with a county fair, the two would create widespead interest, ambition and lively rivalry in the contest for the ln'st in both. Along the line of the Union and Glenn Springs railroad licyond the residence of Mai. John A. Fant, a put of the property of the John A. j Fant Real Estate Company, there | are some ideal grounds for a county i fair: together with the railroad facilities and trolley line down Main street, this location would l>e all that would l>e needed. We call upon the progressive farmers and business men of our county to think over this matter, get together and talk about it and we feel satisfied the wise conclusion will be reached that Union county must have an annual county fair. HURRAH TOR UNION! (Continued from page 1.) of the equipages, being a white row boat artistically decorated with Japanese pond lillies and had the appearance of l>eing upon a lake covered with lillies. Each lady had a white oar. This deserved at least | a pink rii?ik>ii 111 recognition ot its being so picturesque. Mrs. E. O. Sarratt of CJaffney with Mrs. L. J. Haines rode in a single buggy handsomely decorated with pink and white roses in great profusion, the rear part of the buggy lieing completely hid by the roses and upon these a number of white butterflies flitted and nestled. They wore blue dresses and carried a white silk parasol, exquisite in pink ribbons and roses. Miss Sydney Gage, with Mr. John U. Wardlaw rode in a single buggy very artistically trimmed with natural flowers purple and green, forming a striking and charming contrast to the bright leafless flowers that adorned the other vehicles. Miss Gage wore white gown and a purple picture hat. The tennis club had a very attractive float. At the four corners a stake was placed and round these a tennis net, attached to each stake was a tennis racket, each stake, racket and net was tied with red ribbons. The young ladies riding were Mrs. Royal Shannonhouse, M iss Lizzie Ta'c Hydrick, Misses! Marie Clifford and Mamie Oetzcl, dressed in white with red bow of ribbon, each carried a tennis racket. The gentlemen with them were Dr. J. M. Wallace, Roy Kant, Clough and Ren Arthur. Miss Lucilc Crosby with Miss TA ! - rtl 1. ? * t r uiiiuo v inriv were in a single nuggy very tastefully and lieautifully decorated in green and white. Misses Iloineau of Columbia with Mrs. Claude Sartor rode in a phaeton elaborately decorated with pink roses and garlands of pink tissue. Miss Aliee and Nellie I'urcell were in their pony cart drawn by their Shetland. The cart was cute and attractive, trimmed in white, spangled all over with gold stars. It was a shining little rig. As we mentally waded through this grand bower of beauty, bright faces, pretty women,handsome men, gaily and gorgeously decorated equipages, we became confused, and if we have omitted or wrongly described any, we ask that the public ami the participants not to view us with a critic's eye, but pass our imperfections by. Union has immortalized herself in the magni-tiule of this glorious display of what she is and can do. senator*colel blease Tells What he Knows of the Dispensary?His Side Well Defended. A movement has lieen started in Newberry county to vote out the | dispensaries. htate Senator Uolc L. Blcasc has contributed to the Newl>erry papers an article on the subject. Mr. Blcasc is one of the foremost champions of the dispensary in the State at this time, and by virtue of his relations with the state Ixmrd of control his article may be regarded as a sort of official statement. His article is as follows: To the voters of Newberry County: In view of the fact that the effort is lx:ing made to vote out the dispensary system in Newberry county, I take this opportunity of presenting to you some facts in regard to said law. It has Ikjcii charged frequently that at the election in 1892 the prohibition, and that the prohibitionists asked for fish, and were given a serjx'iit. This statement is not true. At the session of the legislature of 1892 the prohibitionists made a strong tight for the Childs prohibition bill, which was pusscd by a good, safe majority through the house of representatives. When it readied the senate 2x-(iovernor Evans then senator, moved to strike out the Childs l>ill and insert the dispensary law as an amendment. That was passed t?y the senate and returned to the house of representatives. The prohibition leaders, notably S. A. Nettles, who is now a Methodist minister, and who had been making a strenuous light for the Childs bill arose in his seat and begged the prohibition members whose leader he was, to vote for the : senate amendment, which was the dispensary law. Now, if the prohibitionists were strong enough in the house to puss the bill, were they not strong enough to have defeated the dispensary amendment? Certainly they could have done so if they had combined with the anti* prohibitionists, who did ask them to help them kill the dispensary amendment. You see, therefore, that the prohibition majority is responsible for the passage of this law, and not the anti-prohihitionists. You all remember the old barroom system, with all of its evils, which are so numerous that I need not mention. You also remember that when the courts closed the dispensaries for the time Innng what the condition of affairs was from original package houses and blind tigers. Do you wish to return to either of these systems? The dispensary law provides that no whiskey shall 1)0 sold l>etween sunset and sunrise; no whiskey shall l>e drunk on the premises; no whiskey shall Ikj 'sold to a minor or habitual drunkard; no person shall be allowed to purchase whiskey but once ;,i ? a..... .... i.:~i? ?i-i Mat ?% UUJ , 1IV/ n iiiom^ niuu LHJ &U1U on credit; no whiskey shall be sold in less quantity than one-half of one pint; and no man pays a cent to keep up the dispensary except the man who buys the whiskey. A revenue is received from the sale and is divided l?etwccn the town and county. For the year ending No" vemher 30, 15)04, the net profit of the state dispensary, placed to the credit of the school fund, was 8171,377.72. In our own county, New4>erry, we received 83,507.18. From our county dispensaries the county received last year 86000, and the town received $6000. Now. if the dispensary law should he voted out it would necessitate the raising of the tax levy from two and one-half to four and one-half or live mills. In addition to this, the schools throughout the entire county would l>c materially injured. We all know that schools which used to run three and four months are now running six and seven months; that the teachers are receiving higher salaries: that the school houses are hcing improved, and that new equipment, such as desks, maps etc., are hcing added; and a surplus yet remains to the credit of the schools. It has l>een said that it was a sin t 1 - 1- i) * iur tne suiu: ui rt-coivc iniH money from the sale of whiskey. Which is tlic greater sin, for the state to sell whiskey and receive the profits or to sell a license for the sale of whiskey and to receive the license money? Is it more evil to sell whiskey and receive the profit than it is to license another man to sell whiskey and you receive the license? Is it more wrong to sin than it is to encourage it and license others to do it? Because, in either ease, it is money received from the sale of whiskey. It is liquor money just the same. The dispensary system is not responsible for had manngmcnt, and should not be voted out liccause some are violating the law any more than a city should he condemned and boycotted because it has some disreputable parts. For instance on Sunday I noticed, while people were going to the opera house to hear the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of Newlierry College, that a crowd of negro Iniys were under tie court house piazza on the public square, playing a mouth organ, dancing, laughing and talking loudly. The same thing was going on during the service and during the time that the people were leaving, returning home. Should Newlnrry be shut up and the town charter taken away from the town lweause o! this? Yet people say tlie dispensary must go liecausc sonic Imd management lias been shown. What means this combination among the prohibitionists, the blind tiger element, the moonshiners and those who favor open l>arr<x>ms? ? If the dispensary is voted out, what are we to have? Prohibition? No; lieeausc it would never l>e enforced; the attempt would l?e a failure, as it always has been everywhere, and as a result it would soon become a stench to the nostrils of the people, and then wc would hear the other side crying out. (iive uh the old Iwirnsuns,and that is why they are today with the prohibitionists and endeavouring to kill the dispensary. Do you want the old barroom system in the back, <#ud of you,r dru^ stored? II i. i I |ji la-gij.r-QjM mi.liJiLOJ.1.1 I f^orrtlj I There'! We a re p o-ret it 111 ? women c ^riiey an SI loess ar store an wliat ret fir i nf i i-s Ijl iV/1 t 1 vlt MUTUA 9 R- pso, vote to kill the dispensary and to establish so-called prohibition. These are only a few thoughts which I wish to call your attention and ask you to consider. If the election is asked for, before it is held 1 hope that there will Ik? arranged meetings in the county where the question can be fairly and without prejudice to the people. I stand | ready to defend the dispensary sys- * tern, and at the proper time will! invito a joint discussion with the leaders on the other side. Then the matter can be presented, and the tight can be made and to the finish. In conclusion, let me call your attention to the meeting of Saturday and to those who were leading it. Does it remind you of certain other conventions held in our county? Is this another political movement in disguise to help somebody get office? Respectfully, (/OLE I/. BLEASE. If You Want a Drink of The Very Best Coffee Unadulterated Old Government Mocha and Java, always see that it is put up in properly sealed tin cans, with this label on it. Money refunded on every package that doesn't give entire satisfaction. Union Grocery Co. (liigh Grade Coffee.) ? rfcr,#,ita*t% VrtBB** FaaI^ si ill ill! \/I VUI CC/t 1 > No Meed Of it. 1 1 o roving this fact to a i my discriminating | i nd men every day. | e being fitted with B id Slippers from our S d then they learn ? :il, downright com" 1 L DRY GOODS CO. I HARRY, --- MANAGER. &jf 1 Lucas Paints! 3?? ?= 3 ^ Have been sold in this city ^ 5 15 years. Always give ^ ^ 4 i* ? ^ satisfaction. Durable and ? jjjj low priced. Qet our esti- jj* mate before buying. Color ^ 5 cards on application. 9 % % ! OETZEL HARDWARE CO. \ cjPmRR9i^SMBM90MM9NN0H8jBP9MR9GS??BS99HSssS9$ ^ I Kool Komfort 1 ,c jJJ For Warm Weather can be found at ffij rviir CA/in U'"4"" r i*' m- vui uuua wain ruuniain and Ice Bf TO Cream Parlor. We see to it that only gl I Best Ingredients Are Used ? . in our cold drinks and ice creams. & ifiz Our personal supervision is given to {2 ]H every detail. PURITY, HEALTH- H H FULNESS and PALATABILITY are U Jjj some of the things that belong to our ;'<< refreshment products. I The Rice Drug Co., 1 || (The place to get Pure Drugs and Low Prices.) w