The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 28, 1905, Image 4
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' MON. S. (\, JULY 28, 1905.
If police headquarters is not safe
from burglars, what guarantee have
the banks ami business houses of
the city that they will not he the
victims in the near future? Where
are the night police? Then? are r.
number of crooked and unlawful
happenings around town every
night. If the police see it, it is
.i ii l?
never brought to the attention 01
the mayor and council. There arc
places in which unlawful acts are
nightly carried on and nothing
slid or done nl>out it. We will
make some startling exposures soon
if things don't change for the better
and that very soon.
INCHOATE RIOHT 0E DOWER.
In another column of this issue
we print a portion of a decretal
order of Judge Geo. \V. Gage in a
ease heard by him at Yorkvillc.
The views expressed and opinion
rendered in etVect are new, never
before having been decided exactly
upon the questions and points
raised and as passed upon in this
case. This ease presents a new
phase of the dower question or
right under the law that has never
before been subjected to judicial decision.
While there is no new
principle of law disclosed in this
decision n new application of the
right a woman has to dispose of
her dower right during the life time
of her husband is a new construe
tion of that right. Wo do not
know how far reaching this decision
is. If, however, the judge means
to say that a woman has the legal
right to sell her dower right to all
the land of which her husband is
seized and j>ossessed during his life
time, regardless of any sale of such
land made by the husband, and if
the supreme court sustains this decision
it will certainly complicate
matters in real estate transfers to a
very considerable extent. If the
decision says and means that the
wife can sell her dower right to
any person she chooses after the
husband has sold the land, then we
orrfiiii \c 1 f 11 if 1 w?/ ? ttoik * lwv ?" **
M lull It, inumnu tilt; Wilt'
would not !?< compelled to sell her
dower right to the person to whom
her husband s-ol<l the land. There
is, however, nothing binding upon
the woman, she must be, free to
dispose of this right, otherwise it
would not he a legal renunciation.
IS DISPENSARY RESPONSIBLE?
The Monday State says: "The
evidence, the increasing evidence, j
of stealing and grafting in this State
is peculiarly pleasing to certain
negro newspapers, and it is quite
natural they should he diverted.
They have for so long been hearing
of the thriving carpetbaggers and
the corrupt negroes that this realization
that the "superior" whites are
developing into first class grafters
comes as sweet revenge. Naturally
they gloat. And what are we to s
do alnjut it? Recognize the fact ?
that moral tone is Ixang lost, wipe 1
out the chief of the corrupting influences,
the dispensary, and then 1
try to get hack to old and higher
standards." <
Is it possible that the mere exist- 1
ence of the dispensary in our State
is exerting so baneful an influence (
upon her citizens as to convert some j
of our best, most honest men into *
thieves, grafters and moral degra- ^
dation? Is it |M?ssiI?lc that the very
atmosphere exhaled by the dispell- .
bury is so very foul that the bcyt, of t
our citizens have Ix'come corrupt?
Is this existence so contaminating
that it is no longer safe to remain
within the borders of our State, if
we hope to retain our honesty and
maintain our character for integrity
and morality? Is the dispensary
an cmisary of the devil whose influence
is felt hy those who do not
patronize or indulge in intoxicating
liquids dispensed hy it? Is the dispensary
responsible for the acts of
Mr. Speegle or Mr. Dargan and
others who have fallen short of the
mark of strict honesty, morality
and integrity? Is the influence of
the disjK-nsary so far reaching, that
it is tlu' chief source of evil and
crime, and does the Hichlaiul distilery,
"Mind tiger" and cluhs play
no part in this great drama of
wrong doing? If so, then the dis
pensary bears a fearful burden and
a multitude of sins lie at its door.
If all of these things are traceable
to the dispensary, then blot it out,
and if the people be convinced that
such is the case, they will by their
votes, blot it out. The people voted
prohibition and got dispensary,
therefore as dispensary was forced
upon them, they should have the
right to vote it out and to prevent
its establishment in their midst.
RAILROAD CROSSINGS DANGEROUS.
While it is true, and we are glad
to say it too, that there never has
been a very serious accident happened
at either of the railroad crossings
in the city, yet there have been
some very narrow escapes from
death and destruction. It is always
better to take precaution to
liict- iliiiic lu'f<ivi> mtbiT tliiin
after the horse is stolen. No city
or town in the State that has street
crossings of railroads hut require
the railroad company to make these
crossings safe, that is to provide
flagmen or signals such as will prevent
people either walking or driving
from going on the track while a
moving train is approaching the
crossing. The ordinance passed by
the city council requiring the railroads
to erect gates on Main and
Virgin street crossings was compromised
hy allowing the railroad company
to stop the trains and send a
flagman ahead and run into the
station at a very slow rate of speed.
This does very well as far as it
goes, hut does not go far enough,
for the reason that the passenger
trains are the only ones that <lo
this. No signal or liagman accompanies
the freight trains and the
shifting engines that run all day
constantly across the several crossings'in
the city. People generally
know ahout what time the regular
schedule trains are due here and
they look out for them, but these
trains that are running all the time
up and down the track no one (
knows when to expect them, and j
if gates were erected or automatic j
gongs placed so that persons would
he warned every time a train was j
approaching this would prevent any .
accident, except to a fool hardy, |
reckless person who always takes
the risk. There is now a way of
placing a gong over the crossing
which is worked by a moving train.
When the train approaches it sounds
the gong ahead, these are so fixed
that the train sounds tlx? gong at a
crossing when <S0 yards from the
crossing, thus giving the warning
in time to persons going or starting
across the track. Something should
ho done now before some serious 1
accident does happen.
WHISKEY PROBLEM
The Way it is Worked in
Sweden.
Editor (la/etto:?In view of the
igitation for the al>olishinent of the
lispensary, it may lie interesting
to leaiYi of the experience in Sweden.
The following synopsis is taken
From the autobiography of Andrew
1). White, the noted educator and
liplomast. Mr. White says: "At
liothcnliorg I took pains to obtain
information regarding their system
>f dealing with the sale of intoxicating
liquors and became satisfied
that it is, on the whole, the I>e8t
solution of the problem ever oh"
ained."
"The whole old system of saloons <
fin-shops and the like, with their <
dlurements to the drinking of adul- <
crated alcohol, hub been swept ,
away, and in its place the government
had given a corporation the
privilege of selliug pure liquors in a
restricted number of decent shops,
under careful devised limitations.
First, the liquors must Ik; fully
tested for purity; secondly, none
could be sold to persons already under
the influence of drink; thirdly,
no intoxicant could be sold without
something to eat with it, the effects
of alcohol upon the system !>oing
thus mitigated. TJiese and other
restrictions had reduced the drink
evil, as I was assured to a minimum.
But the most far reaching
provision in the whole system was
that the company which enjoyed
the monopoly of this trade was not
allowed to declare a dividend greater
than, I Kdievc, six per cent;
everything realized al>ove this going
into the public treasury, mainly for
charitable purposes. The result of
restriction of profits was that no
person employed in selling ardent
spirits was under the slightest tcmtation
to attract customers. Each
of these sellers was a salaried oflieial
and knew that his place depend"
ed on his adhering to the law which
forbade him to sell to any person
under the influence of liquor, or to
do anything to increase his sale;
and the whole motive for making
men drunkards was thus taken
away.
'I was assured by I Kith the American
and British consul as well as
most reputable citizens, that this
system had greatly diminished intemperance.
Unfortunately, since
that time, fanatics have obtained
control, and have passed an entirely
"prohibitory" law, with the result
as I understand, that the community
is now discovering that pro*
hibition does not prohibit, and that
the worst kind of liquors are again
sold by men whose main motive is
to sell as much as possible. ?
Beaufort Gazette.
Respectfully .
Tkmpkkawe.
A DOUBLE MARRIAGE.
Beautiful Wedding Ceremony
in the Magnolia Baptist
Church.
Magnolia, N. C., July 21.?Wednesday
evening last at 7.30 o'clock
a beautiful double marriage was
solemnized in the Baptist church.
The contracting parties were Miss
A linn llr?,n,?r Cnm.n XT
iiuvv j/iauiv^ v iu ill 1 . kJIICllAM I
Brinson Hunter and Miss Eva
Becchcr Crooni to Mr. John Knapp
Hamblin. The attendants were
Mr. Forrest Crooni, brother of the
brides, and Mr. (.leorgo \V. Robinson
ushers; Miss Exie Crooni of
Burgaw and Miss Macy Cox, bridesmaids;
Miss Mary K. Crooni, sister
of the bride, maid of honor.
To the sweet strains of Mendelssohn's
wedding inarch, skillfully 1
played by Miss Alicee Swinson, the
party entered the church in the
following manner: The two grooms
entered the right aisle and the ushers
at the left. Then came the two
bridesmaids together; next the
maid of honor, followed by the
brides. The beautiful and impressive
ceremony was performed by
Rev. J. W. Martin. The brides
were beautifully gowned in white
crepe dc chine and wore the bridal
veils. The maid of honor wore a
charming pink gown and the bridesmaids
were tastily attired in white.
The church was beautifully decorated
in red, white and green. The
brides are popular daughters of the
well known Mr. and Mrs. John
Franklin Crooni.
Mr. Hamblin is one of Magnolia's
popular young men and is now a
successful lawyer in I' 11 ion, South
( 1n r/il inn
Mr. Hunter is a popular young
man of Egypt, (Ja., and is superintendent
of the K. E. Foy Manufacturing
Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter left on the
8.30 train for Tylx'e Beach, (ia.,
where they will spend a few days
and then go their future home in
Egypt, Oa.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamhlin will remain
in Magnolia a few days and {
say farewell to their many friends,
then they will go to their home in '
Union, S. C.
Both couples have many friends
who wish for them long and happy
lives with the added Blessings of
Brightest sunshine in their pathway.
?Raleigh Morning Post.
We congratulate our friend and j
townsman J. K. Hamhlin, Esq., }
'.111(1 O.vtl'nd fllW lniTvrwtr '"'""1" 1
V.>?< lirlljnu UUI !
warmest and most hearty welcome '
to our city and wish for them a j
long, happy and prosperous married
life. >
McLure's Magazine.
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Arthur Train, a New York Dis- ^
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criminal world have brought him ? UEb I mt
fame contributes to the feast of ft
short stories in the August McClure's
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vein.
Jn "Gatherwood's Data of Ethics"
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the cost in human misery of his Ins ClOT
"hurry order" clothes. Hisadvcn- rfl
tures in midnight London trying to 1M
end the all-night slavery of his W
tailor's sweaters is a story that will (k D C|\
make you stop and think. MR DLL/ I
"tiik steady" iu3
The gift of a tender and true ? AT ^
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