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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED liVliUY FRIDAY ... BY THE ... UNION TIMES COMPANY 11 SECOND I-'LOOll TIMES BUILDING t BELL PHONE NO. 1. 1 L. M. RICE, - - - Ei)iT( R. i Registered at tin- 1*?in Unii?n S. 0. as second class mail matter. ' Kl'llNl lill'TION IJ \ I K> | Olie year - - - - $1 *> | Six months ... - .5(1 Throe months - - - -5 1 ADVKK riSKMK.M s : < One square, lirst insertion - $1.00 ' Every subsequent insertion - .50 , Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. Locals inserted at K 1 -It cents a line, j Rejected manuscript will not he returned. Obituaries and tributes of * respect will be charged for at half . rates. ONION, S. C.f A I K 11, 'i. j To tlio rfHilvrs of I m; 1 imi;s: After this week I nil! enter upon i the Editorship of Tin-. I'.mon Timks. ' Mr. .1. 1'. tiage retires at the end of this week, hut edits this week's issue. He has done a good work in the capacity of Editor. He has hecn fearless and faithful in 11is stand for righteousness. lie has stood for the things that go to make up a nohle citizenship, and the saeredncss of the home, society and [ pligiym I shall try to enter upon purpose to lead a manly life myself and to present such thoughts in the pafter as will help every rnvirp;?. and institution that stands for tl e lioVcst things. Sincerely. I.. M. lie i . 'I ln 111;:II who swears lalsely about )i i\ ing lost or mislaid 1?i~ ? ?*i! 1 >ty and state registrrtion certificate, in order to get his name on tin1 democratic roll i 11 his ward, will certain* ly hi' prosecuted for perjury hy the executive committee if, upon iuvcs j...f tli4. I'niintv registration those hooks. We publish in this issue the greater part of Senator Tillman's address to the people of South Carolina. We regret, for want of space we Could not give it in full. We have left some columns of figures, hy which Senator Tillman shows the enormous amount of mom y tie* dispensary has pa'd into the State and county treasuries. We always ' thought the object of tlie dispensary system was to decrease whiskey drinking, a step towards prohibits n . and not a money making^ niacliiin^^ SLNATOR TILLMAN' S ADDRLSS. v (. Another chapter in the Tillman hook of Revelations has been written and given to the dear people of 1 south Carolina, by the lion. Hen- f! juinin llyaii Tillman, wlio was al.-o f the author, no doubt, of the Shell r manifesto. a It'TlieState ol' last Monday reach- t id every la line in South ('an lina. r we would not l'eel ealh'd upon to s, .-ay anything to the people of I niou' e enmity, heeau.-e The State said more w and said it better than we ean, l>ut a since everybody has not read 'The < State, wc will say what we think the n people ought to know about the ad u dres- of Senator Tillman and in do- p illg so we feel that we discharge a U duty we owe to the people as a h county newspaper, and wr expect h some to dilTer with us, heeau-e you 'T never lind an entire people all of d one mind about anything, I'm- to ii plea-e every body is one J'the many st impossibilities iii bast week we published a state- ! nient made by Senator 'Tillman to |;t State Senator C'bristensen in which jn Senator Tillman said that in the pj campaign this summer he purposed p. to defeat, each and everv member of m tho General Assembly who opposed <h the State Dispensary. There had as been rumors circulated through the jn Columns of several newspapers in ri| this and other states, that Senator pi Tillman would do this; but this to tei State Senator Christensen was the do first open and avowed purpose over "< JjiB tmn signature of his intentions-.^tic * , \W feel that this question should >e s tt'o 1 hy the jK'oplu themselves. Vn I th - mcmh-rs of the (icncml \ssendly w ho oppos-'d tin* l'aysordanning hill, and dH'eah'd it, (this <i!l only made some minor changes n thi' present law) had themselves n trod need a hill which, while destroying the State Dispensary, left t for the people of each county to leeide whether they would have proi i' -ition or county dispensaries. In ooking over the list of those who y their votes e-pposed the State Dispensary, we. lind numhers of the ihlest and purest members of this body. There was no factionalism in this question. To illustrate? Senators I'aysor and Manning, the strongest defenders of the State Dispensary, xvi re old'timo AntiTillman men, while numhers of those - 1 'I - M 1 1 1 til mo oiucr sine an", ami o.i\e ?? ? staunch Reformers. W'r will regret it exceedingly if Senator Tillman shall allow his zeal lov l\x? Itmpwiwry to lc.uA titlO llltO this ell'ort to again divideour people into two hitter, hostile factions. This is a question that can never he settled right and so as to give satisfaction to the people, except hy a e dm and dispassionate consideration of it on its merits. We recognize the fact that Sena* tor Tillman is one of the ablest men in the C. S. Senate, and we would regret exceedingly to see our State deprived of his services in that august body. The. principle, was ratal 1thought ill lb'JU that a I . >. Senator should not meddle in local polities. We remember that t\,.? vi'iwlcs LLainnton, the man who. in 1 s70 redeemed South Carolina from negro and carpet hag rule, made a speech in which he begged the people, on account of the love they bore their state, not to divide politically into hostile parties and thus jeopardize the supremacy of the white race in South Carolina, lie at once lost his inlluenccand two years later, when his term expired, was defeated for reelection and was succeeded ly .). I.. M. lrby,of I .unkind will occur in this ease, in fact we trust that Senator Tillman will 11.. .: iv i > < I.. ...... u]/|jii.iiiiuii, ior no cuuid ill In* spared from the Senate i:i the near future, when there is a strung probability of the I >onax-rat.- again controlling Congress. We trust that he will reconsider and not attempt to precipitate a hitter fight on this whiskey issue, hut if he should lo so, we have confidence in the sober judgement of the people, and feel sure that they will recognize the 'act that there are many other very m porta lit i.-Mies in St.-iie i >< 11 i' toi'l lull relegate lo private life, able nenibers of the (ieneral Assembly vho may perhaps differ with them >11 this question. e.' . * . rn* I I Tumor i uiiiian says: "Sixteen years ago then- was a 'evolution in South Crrolina, which ;ave the common people of the state or the lirst time in its history that ecognition which was their due, nil made them in reality the 11 laser. of our public affairs. The old ing wa- overthrown, the primary y.-tem which gave every man. how- I ver poor and humhle, an equal vote' itli every other man, however rich ltd high followed, the new State ( onstitution gave us temporary im- i mnity from negro domination; the ! tmost freedom of discussion in all nlitical activities, was assured, and ; nder these new impulses the State i as hounded forward like a race ; l n * * or.se aiong an progressive lines. ] here are not wanting, however, in- ! ieaiions, that a few men are se?-l<- j ig to obtain jnaetieal control of the | ate government and to dominate i our affairs.'' Now that revolution in State afir.? sixteen years ago, has grown strength in the minds of thepooe year hy year, and today, the ople are united and more deterined not to he dominated, lead or iven hy a one man power or ring, was held tip to them then as hcg used to deprive them of their ghts and privileges as a free pcoe, which now seems to he the in* ution of Senator Tillman, thus ( ing that which he abused the j >ld ring" for doing. The indica- ( >ns which ho uayu are not wanting J I ) on the part of Home to gain contr of the government are only tho which point to the getting ri<l of tl old State Dispensary which aloi gave to Senator Tillman any can for interfering with State politi during the coming campaign. J says "Our Affairs," who is oi k our docs not include every citizen South Carolina,he would go back ; this and say wo will exclude j 1 who do not think and act as we d from any participation in "our ; fairs '. Now he seems to want t people to do what he warned tin against and claims tin; credit I changing and thus emancipate The white citizens of South Cure na have always been able to vote they pleased. Cnder the (viwt tion plan every man voted for de gates to the County and State e< volitions and under no such restri j tions as are now provided by the r< istration laws. Doubtless it freque ]y happened that the delegates ' making nominations did not rep sent the w ill of the people; hut cv the primary does not do that, toto. It will ho found that then pic will not l?c governed, led driven l>y any one, which is i fruits of revolution. SANTUC NEWS. Fruit Not all Killed?-Recent Rains lay Fanning and Gardening. .Miss Mary Gregory, who has In x I'-.uAi'.i.p wliot)l in I-icxington Cot y'.""" . f(lV two Sessio IS home again, her school Inclosed for this session. ! We don't know whether the per v crop killed or not yet, hut c tainly there are a Tew peach Later we will know, j Many people helicvo in planti garden truck away early, to "tout en" it, hut I wonder how "toug tin- hi'iins. etc.. crot dnrins? I i freezes, and frost and wot. I A Sunday School has boon org; i/.od at the Presbyterian church i ccntly, and at the Methodist chin it was to have lieen reorganized y j terday, April 1st, hut tlx' day v cool and threatening. It will 1 . next Sunday. I c.-li.Kil LuibUuu l".?? nloi pleted about a month ago, till nu when the school is closed for tl session. | Measles took hold of this ph some six weeks ago. and spro like tire in an old held, and n< has about run its course. Sol were made very sick by Somehow, not a single negro 1 1 had it, but there is a possihili ! that some of them will take t ( measles. I If thone whose theory is to pla vegetables in the winter time | "toughen them," to have tin ready for summer could use th theory on corn and cotton, in trut Jjirnwrw would IlUVe no CXCUSC 1 j getting behind waiting for sprin | There is a large quantity of gua , coming in just now. A few wee . ago it seemed that there was n going to be much, hut now there a large quantity. Whether tl means a large acreage planted cotton this year, I cannot s;iy, b more likelv it docs s>..im. f-> though, arc going to manure hcai ' lv, producing more per acre, ci ting down the acreage expense working. The rains for the first month h kept the ground very wet, and ev< though the mild, fair weather February, put a spirit in the fan , ors, plowing was done. I'eall, alter all, there is not much done. Perhaps the last half of April ai May is time enough to plant, warm, bright spell of weather i February won't hurry that tin and it is needless to cry for tu months "getting behind."' Bu three weeks ago, I heard two nit saying they were, afraid they colli not get their corn in in timceuoug to work it out before the workir season for cotton came around, f< then .they could not work the corn. Some time back now, heir scared out of season; and one < these, at least, was a great Cotto Association man, and could nt work his corn because for season ( bis cotton. Do you see the poii here. Is not that what has put on country in a bad fix? I will leav this to you. Hky Dknvkfi. A NEWS LETTER. Thouyiits of Spring-Personal MentionOther Items. Our farmers :irc waiting anxious), for the ground to become dr, rmough to plough and some wh< have already put in their fertilizer tvill have to use more on account o he heavy rains; in fact, Mothe; Nature seems to have taken M Ltiit! ol so i PS I ppl ^ I (Ifuk tlia dc- liI if H'ii I And never die ,111- 11 tude of styles ns, VI fords will be ^ Gracelul conc< u.|i J Gun Metal an er- li ing ribbon tie: "1' I "o I Shapes and patterns fi | taste can be pleased '' j fitted. May we not hi V of showing these no' mcnts are complete. Hire - MUTU ras ? imI .. . ?^. ., W, spring cleaning thoroughly and we Ui: trust effectively, and that now it a(' | will not he long before the decoraJW j tions are made to beautify in the ; most artistic way, green carpets, interwoven with llowers, and from (as these high into the air will he seen 1'y , shrubs and trees covered with buds, he iuaves and flowers, making to the eye a restful picture of beauty, yet unattainable by mortal painter; then, too, will come the bright and ;in varied lined songster fdling the air 'a* with sweet melodies and giving life to the woodland. or The Woman's Aid Society, at '*? their last meeting elected Mrs. 110 J Davis as President, Miss Etta Gall^ j man as Secretary, and Mrs. John i (lalhnan was re-elected as treasurer. Is j The object of the society is to raise ,1K money to make some needed im*? provements inside of Bethlehem u* Church. "The Lord loveth a cheerr^' ful giver." ;1" Mrs. llenry CSallman, from near , l'acolet, has been visiting relatives ?* j and friends in this locality. She j was accompanied by her son, Mas 4,0 i ter Albert (jnllman. ;n The school at Bethlehem closed m on the twenty seventh of March, "" having had a six months term. V? On tin; thirty first the Literary Society of the school, under Mrs. 1(' Britten's supervision, gave an on,a tertainment to their friends, who in were very much pleased with this, ie the first effort of the school along ,,() this line, and those who were not L present will know that they were 'n successful, as they were able to keep (? the attention of their audience from six to eleven o'clock, notwithstanding the cold snap and that the exer#)r cises were in the open air at the ir school house. About live hundred 'K people were present. Mr. Dan " | Gallnian and Mr. M. D. Ellred fur-' 11 | nished the music. Messrs. Jack d i Holcomh, James Faucett and Ed. " Harris extended valuable aid. also it ; AIl'KHfH Join, cllll ?11 miiuo viailllKUl ,r and Sam darner. 0 The hcaltn of the community in good. The friends of Mr. Ash by Kelly gave him a lift, hy a day's work, in rebuilding a house where the one .. stood, which was destroyed a couple of weeks ago by fire. We understand that the situ for a pretty location of a house has "been ^ decided upon by a young man in ^ this community, and that the lumber will soon he upon the ground. 1 | Obsekveh. r 1 Tin-: Times and the Metropolitan Ivul? f <Mf< c ?_ 1 -r-WW&Bmwwij IW l| ! |faacl? ?I OPENING Dli Good News This AHE new "Queen Quality" Shoe ? sparkiing with newness, are t 1 grace the feet of fashionable fe: land! Here are the original mod s for women's footwear! Here is men everywhere look forward to 1 n to the greatest of garment and I "Queen Quality" Openingl i a season offer greater latifrom which to choose. Oxtremendously popular this ? -variety. V options in Patent Leathers, d d Kid, from those with flow- J s to Pumps, trim and plain. rom which every and every foot avc the pleasure . M w while assort- ^I AL DRY GOOJ ' 11PLOWJ ! ^ | "P. D. P. Co." i ^ Middle Burster: ^ ^ LOWEST PR ^1 i S PLANT ATION l ^ ^ i g ^ AFT7PI I n. V/L- B iLLL n/~\ i ^ S IT IS WHAT YOU SAVE i THAT MAK fe'3 There are 365 days in a y 9 and it will leave 313 wor 55 you save each working d; you will at the end of fiv( k:>J 5 cents per day for o years In years 15 44 " 44 5 years 'JO 44 " 44 5 years 30 44 44 44 5 years ^ , 40 44 44 44 5 years ' 50 44 44 44 5 years , 75 44 44 44 5 years 1 00 44 44 44 5 years &A 1 25 44 44 44 5 years H$| 1 50 44 44 44 5 years ! 1 75 44 44 44 5 years 2 00 44 44 44 5 years Did you ever have that fe ACCOUNT and see your I gg each week? If not start c THEPEOP yPLA Y ! \ itylesarein! Here, he styles that later mininity throughout els that set the fashthe shoe event that with no less interest nillinery displays,? 2k $3. W) W ' $3.50 Many styles at $2,50 DS CO. ~" "~T I > Cents | J Per Pound ^ i ? " | | Correct Shapes jj| 5 $3.50 to $s.oo S S* \-^y ICES ON ALL * HARDWARE. ? $ ^ RDWRRE CO. | g mmmmmmmmm . NOT WHAT YOU EARN, | ES WEALTH. i ear. Take out 52 Sundays Eft king davs in a year. If ly the following amounts, Eg ? years have Amount Interest Total Deposited Earned Amount 78 25 0 4!) 84 74 Nl 156 r>() 12 1)8 101) 47 2.14 75 19 40 254 21 @9 318 CO 25 91 338 91 391 25 82 42 423 09 409 50 38 95 508 41 yjJ 020 00 51 88 077 88 BH 1,565 00 129 70 1,C91 70 **9 1,050 25 10213 2,118 33 M9 2.317 50 194 55 2,512 05 2.738 75 220 98 2,005 73 3,130 00 259 10 8.389 40 gH ^ >eling of having A BANK Ji valance grow a little larger g| >ne at once with s$j LES BANK. |