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/ W**: UNION AND SUBURBS HAS ? ^ | 1ST "W" "ST ~^T "TO ~^T If* TST -TIT 73T Hf?^ / V UNION AND SUBURBS IIAS !? \0SJ? Jng*yZto'? El^Uio B | |_J S..J | \ [ llv^SgKjRL | I % /i |j Xiw 2 "?L^*? "u'n ^'1* ?K 2 Lights Vhroo Hanks with uggrc- | f H Bl 9 % H<S^>'V 9 ? / ffl H ^ 2 nnd s>PinninK Mill with Dyo Plant, (ft gate capital of fg5'J,000, Macada- U H I I i nil >Q. I II "R.J H Q W/ 3 H ' ,. \| n Oil Mill, furniture Manufacturing R mixed Streets, Population ii.QOO. B ll JH j?^ JL- J. l. T M J/ ? a,,<l Lumber Yards, Waterworks. B ^' Olerk of Court . VOL. LVl NO 18. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, I906. * $1.00 A YEAR. j WE PAY I ! ON TIME C m \ Wm. A. NICHC BANK jgB? ganBeamsi ? ma? MACBETH YOUNG ELECTED MAYOR I THE ELECTION WAS THE QUIETEST i EVER HELD IN UNION. ! G. C. Pcrrln Elcded Alddcrman in Ward Two, and J. H. Gault in Ward Three, j J. G. Long. Jr. and Jno. W. Craw- ' iord in Second RaGe in Ward Gne; J. W. Nance and W. H. West in , Second RaGe in Ward Four; D. II.1 Wallace and W. S. MGLurc in Second RaGe lor Commisioncr. Well, whiskey did not do the voting in Union last Tuesday. It was the cleanest, most business-like election ever held in this city; less drinking, less j brawling?less everything except the free and uninfluenced use ol mind. More interest was mani fested in this election than any j previous one; for there were j issues at stake that demanded; the interest, judgment and de-1 cision of the citizens. As a result of the election, three of the city officers are elected, while there must be a second race for the other three. ! Mr. Macbeth Young is Mayor by | a maioritv of 57 votes: Cant. Geo. C. Perrin, alderman for I Ward Two by 26 votes, and Jos- i eph H. Gault for Ward Three by i 24 votes. A second election i must be held between J. G. Long, j Jr., and J no. W. Crawford in ; Ward One; J. W. Nance and W. i H. West in Ward Four; and between D. II. Wallace, and W. S. McLure for Commissioner of Public Works. The following is the total vote for Mayor: i Macbeth Young* 251 M. W. Culp 193 i for commissioners: D. H. Wallace 200 W. S. McLure 139 B. F. Arthur 103 The vote by Wards: ward one: mayor. V*' Macbeth "Young 24 ^ M. W. Culp 33 alderman: J. G. Long, Jr 25 Jno. W. Crawford 21 Jas. II. Schoppaul 11 commissioner: r> it Wnllapp 36 W. S. McLure 5 B. F. Arthur 16 ward 2: mayor. Macbeth Young 51 M. W. Gulp 51 alderman: Geo. C. Perrin 65 F. G. Austell 39 commissioner: I' D. H. Wallace 45 w B. F. Arthur 4(1 W. S. McLure 1 ri ward 3: mayor. Macbeth Young 84 M. W. Culp 61 alderman: Jos. H. Gault 8H. G. Bailey 4( C. A. Vaughn i J. W. Meng < commissioner: D. H. Wallace ft W. S. McLure 5! B. F. Arthur - 2 ward 4: mayor. Macbeth Young 9 M. W. Culp 4 alderman: J. W. Nance 4 W. H. West 3 W. A. Humphries 3 W. P. Skelton 1 Qeo. S. Kirby 1 F. 0. Willard NTEREST j i IEPOSITS. I H ! 1ls0n & son, i ! :ers. 1 j commissioner: ! W. S. McLure 58 j D. H. Wallace 57 B. F. Arthur 24; The 2nd Primary will be held ( Tuesday, May 8th. I CLOSING MEETING OF CAMPAIGN^ j The last of the series of chS^ paign meetings was held on the i court house grounds and in the \ court house Monday night, April! i 30th. A large crowd gathered r and gave each speaker the closest< attention; indeed, this campaign i c has been one of the most exc& ? ing, important and yet one of;, the cleanest over known in Union ( ?hence the interest of the | voters. 1 Sheriff Long called the meet- ( ing to order and introduced the ( speakers. First, Mr. J. G. Long,1 i Jr., candidate for alderman in , t Ward 1, asked the support of his t people and pledged them the best in his shop. He promised not to { raise the tax rate, and to look af- < ter the streets in Ward 1. one of ' which he said had not been work- j uu emeu 111s rusiuuiiuu mere. lie \ promised, if elected, to see that} i an itemized statement of all ex- i penditures for the town be given j} the public at the proper time. j Messrs. Schoppaul and Craw- < ford were present but had noth- j j ing to say. I < Neither of the candidates from . Ward 2 was present. < Mr.' J. W. Meng, who hails ( from Ward 3, asked the good people to vole for him. but told < them he could not make the tax i rate any less, for a while at least. . He believes in city works and improvements and knows they | have to be paid for. Since the J dispensary was voted out, the < ] town has been deprived of from '5 seven to eight thousand dollars: j consequently, that amount had to be raised by taxation, if city j1 improvements go on. * Ward 4 has the most candi- ; , dates for alderman, and promised ( , the most interesting election,;: ; Dad streets and rr?nt?vd 1 and unfairness seemed to be its . complaints. Anrl the aspirants for not only alderman but also '' for the mayor's oflice were decided in their statements that Ward 4 should be better treated in the future. J Mr. G. S. Kirby thanked his i supporters for their past support and since he did his best, wished it again. In just a few words Mr. J. W., Nance promised, if - elected, to work for the interests of the : whole city. Mr. W. A. Humphries said j Ward 4 was the biggest ward in j the city, paid more taxes than any other ward, and yet it never i had received its pro rata share of: I of improvements. He promised to do what he could to set this i ? right. M Then came Mr. W. II. West, who declared he was the best i looking candidate on the grounds; i and even if he was the youngest [: and smallest, that he had more 1 backbone than any of them. . , More lights, better streets, better \ \ water supply for Ward 4, was his y platform. * Messrs. Willard and Skelton 3 promised each to do his best if , elected. 2 No candidates for Commission) | er were present. Sheriff Long 3 then adjourned the meeting and requested the crowd to reassem2 ble in the court house to hear 0 the two candidates for mayor. This done, the real thing began. j No mud slinging, no dirt, but 3 just a good clean debate it was. 3 As one of them stated, a man 1 in public office was ever 7; open to criticism and that it was 2 the right of every American citi4 j zen to know the doings of his public servant. Because of this right things were said, criticisms Tiadc of past administrations yet all without malice. Dr. M. W. Culp opened the debate, beginning by correcting the j impression that had got out after j. .he Band Park meeting, viz. that he had accused Mr. Austell of embezzling money from the po-; ice funds some years ago. Dr. | ffulp said he was not a prohibi:ionist, that he believed in social Jrinks, but as for blind tigers, -?well, there would be a hot ime for them if he was elected, md he was sure of bo-ng elected.' fie would know no friend no foe 11 is mayor; that he was running for mayor in the interest of the ' nty and the hope of upbuilding 1 t. Then as to taxes; he charged hat on account of Mr. Young's ' jxtravagance and airs taxes had 3een made too heavy. At the beginning of Young's administra- ! .ion the rate was 8h mills, and a city debt of $10,000. with $1,200 1 n the treasury. When Mr. Young vent out of office, the rate was L it mills and a debt of $15,000. Today the rate is 20 mills and a lebt of Stvif.-OOO- TTe said ns n r? ;ult of those increases Union cannot today borrow a . .Union or SpartanbiP' yp. -~rzr^ jankcr in Richmond lias urged payment on a $6,000 note against Jnion, and another banker in ' Charleston says his note of $4,)0() against Union must be paid, ill these calamities he attributes .0 general inefficiency and ex :ravagance on Young's part. Dr. Culp promised reform in man?ial matters, less extravagance and an itemized account of ill expenditures. He further promised (1) that he would not; make his brother chief of police, (2) to reform the police department, and (3) that he would give jood sidewalks to the mill vilages, for the sake of the chil- , Iren whom he declared to be the Future of the city. "The issue'' -aid Dr. Culp, "is between morility, law and order on the one iide and blind tigers, law-breakers and gamblers on the other. Tomorrow, you will have to decide. Dr. CuId closed and amnio an plause was accorded him. Mr. Macbeth Young, former mayor for two terms then took the stand. He declared himself \ white man's man and a demo :rat in favor of all that pertains to progress and industrial and 1 commercial advancement. He claimed that Union had reached its zenith in this advancement luring his administration, and; Lhat tiie present calamities were not due to poor administration ' out to tite iallure ux ton Mills and the removal of thei dispensary, which removal cost the city about $7,500. He said that he was confronted on the j first day of his administration with a note of $3,750 and not a cent in treasury, for on the night before, the council had voted out, the $1200. And furthermore, the council had used all that year's tax receipts and still a debt of $10,000 remained. Hence he recommended the semi-annual payment of taxes, which is still a law. At the close of his first term the town was out of debt. In his second term de-, mands for public works were made and he complied. The ce-, ment walks, the city sewerage, the arc lights and a city quarry I stand for the money expended in tnis term; and, if the taxes for the last half-year had been in,his second term would have closed with the city out of debt, lie said if Rogers had received that $(>,700 hack taxes for Union Cotton Mills and still left a $10,000 debt, certainly extravagance and inefficiency should not be charged against him. Mr. Young promised the finest administration in his power; improvements in lights, water supply and streets; that the taxes would be lessened if possible; and that the police department would be reformed. "Gentlemen," said Mr. Young, "I want | to be Mayor. Dr. Culp is all right, but he's too busy; when you want him he'll be ofF in the country. He charges that I'm a man or leisure, but this is iust the reason I'll make you the better mayor, for I'll always be ^4 Johnny ron-the-Spot.''' 4'tltlP TO THE WEST. Dr. I. M. Hair Tells a Times Reporter of His Trip to Oklahoma?A Wonderful Town for Growth?Visit to an Indian Reservation. The territory was opened up to white settlers in 1900. I went out a few weeks ago with the Frisco tourists to see the country and as a purchaser. I went by way of Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Springfield, Me., Telsa, I. T., and^Enid, Okla., to Hobart. Hobart is a town four years old. Tbhd has a population of 6000 peoWe, all white. It has electric ligli$8, w%ter works system and sevfretfige system. It is called "the four-year-old wonder of the West.:>. Sixty-one thousand bales of cotton were marketed here last season. We visited Anadarko, the headquarters of the Wichita', Indians t:? " * Atiw^Liviiiies j iin is cniei 01 tne tribe?' There is here an Indian school which accommodates four hundred children. They carry them through an industrial course. These Indian children as a race, are the richest children in the United States. Each one is worth a farm valued at from live thousand dollars,and thereby?tvvo million dollars to be divined anions tw?i thousand of them. We attended their worship. They were dressed in gala attire, The chief led them in their wo- ship. They went through with the holy dance. These Indians live in wigwams made of malted grass. They arc the only Indians in the world that manufacture this material. I saw an Indian gown worth twelve thousand dollars. It was made of elks teeth strung on silk cords, v I stopped at Shawnee, which is the feecimd." largest Irish potato markeHri The United States. Thirty-seven,thousand car loads were shipped from here last seayn. Qgeeftiville, Mich., is the largest snipper4*of Irish potatoes, marketing last season forty-nine thousand carloads. Shawnee has a large starch factory. It has a population of twelve thousand, and was five years old last July. I went to Guthrie, the capital, a beautiful little city of eighteen thousand. The lands are'prairie, not wooded lands, and are very productive. Without fertilizer they produce from seven to fifteen hundred pounds of cotton to the acre, and thirty to fifty bushels of wheat to the acre. The chief crops are cotton, corn, wheat, oats and broom corn. The farmers are building good houses. It is a law of the government that " fence in his farm with a tour otrand fence. The farming is done wtM, , u?^ j ] farming implements. A farmer driving four mules to ;a sulky plow is a common sight. I visited a blackberry farm three years old. A net profit of seven hundred and fifteen dollars was made last season on three acres. The school system is quite fine. Every thirty-six square miles has two square miles set apart by the government for a school. This liberal help results in elegant schools everywhere. The people of Oklahoma came principally from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Indiana. The country being prarie lands there are no trees. The people have nlanted the eottonwood and elm for shade around their houses. One of the largest farms in the world is at Bliss, Oklahoma. It embraces eighty-seven thousand acres. Last year this farm had nine thousand acres of wheat and eight thousand acres of corn. It has ten thousand head of cattle on its ranch, besides twenty head of buffaloes. My trip was very enjoyable, and at some future day I expect to take another trip to tnis country. Death of Miss Rosa Wood. Miss Rosa Wood, a young ladj about eighteen years of age, diet at her parents home. Aetna Mill, , Wednesday night, at 12 o'clock, and was buried in the city cem ; etery Thursday. Shewasayounj woman of sweet Christian char ' acter and had many friends, anc 1 her life was a strong testimon; ^for her Master* | F. M. FARR, President, a; i l^?rshanfs and P!a: P Successfully Doing Busi t' g] Is ilio OLDKST Hunk ir P 8 lias n eipitnl and snrpli [r II 'st'leonlvNATIONAI b | ias pall dividends ?m ' Z imvs FOlTH percent, j b 3 is tlio only llnnk in Uni ; J lias Tin rjrlar-Proof vaul ! m tv pays more taxes than A J WE EARNESTLY SOL "DAMON AND PYTHIAS" Striking Presentation of this Famous Play.?Splendid Achievement of Local Talent, as Well a* Imported Talent,?Great enjoyment of the Large Audience in Attendance. About three hundred and fifty people greeted this performance at the opera house Wednesday evening. Many out-of-town visitors with a large Union representation composed this large and appreciative audience. And their taste of the really good in this art was not disappointed by any means, for, with true interpretation and ability, was the old story of friendship acted oat before them. The story of Damon and Pythias is an old, but an eternally true one?may it never die! That story, wherein is the tale of such love, such devotion to brother man, that Pythias will i lay down his life for his friend, I .1 i_ _ 1 m\ 1 is wormy to nvo. ine lnuuence set in motion by this act of Pythias, has already reached a degree beyond our power to measure. The cast of characters was strong; composed partly of local talent, of talent from neighboring towns, and of Mr. and Mrs. D'Oize of New Orleans. Home talent took good care of itself and its already good reputation. The senators, Messrs. Johnson, Wilkes, Crawford, Parker, Ravenscroft and Wilburn, although they had not a great deal to do, acted well their dignified parts. Mr. R. E. White, the headsman, had a silent but impressive part. It is well he had his visage masked, for he would not have lookea well to his own townsmen, standing there grim, silent, with the ' ponderous axe in his hand. Mr. A. W. Lowry was good as Damocles, that favorite who later incurred the displeasure of Dionysius. Mr. Benj. F. Townsend i looked and acted well the part of 1 Procles, captain of the guard; he has a soldierly mien. But little of all; not irigntened at ail, he I carried out to perfection the part of Damon's child. The actors, not from Union, I were all good. Indeed, they ' were expected to be even better I ,1 1 i-~1 i. -C u 1 liwin iiume luiuiit, lux tjiiL'11 ima : played his or her part several times before. Mr. L. S. Matti! son, of Anderson, played well ! the part of the Syracuse tyrant, Dionysius. James Hemphill, of Abbeville, looked well the part of the Italian, and his interprcti ion of a slave's bearing was good. The two ladies in the play were Mrs. D'Oize, of New Orleans, and Mrs. Phillips, of Anderson; and both these were all their parts could demand. The pathetic scenes in a play are especially trying on an actor,but these ladies met fully every requirement. Mrs. D'Oize has been on the stage with Mr. D'Oize for some time, and has had opportunity to ati tain excellence. Mrs. Phillips 1 is a graduate of the Greenville School of Expression, and while i not a professional by any means, the quality of her work is professional. Probably the most pathetic scene and the best acted i part was the farewell of Damon Hermon. Here Mrs. Phillips' j saddened beauty won every heart 1 before her. It is a toss up fer the better actor, when we come to Mr 1 Clarke and Mr. D'Oize. Botl ? have voices that go to your . soul; both looked their parts ] both acted superbly. Mr. D'Oiz< y is an actor by profession, and w< ^expected it of him; but Mr J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. | i-I E i ators National! Bank, 1 ness at the "Old Stand." [\ i l*nion, I is of $10^,000, f, . I tank In Union, lountinir to 100, V Interest on deposits. [J on inspected by it n ollleer, f. It, and Safe with Time-Lock, *? LL the Manks in Union combined. &CIT VOLJP gjTSflSESS. I KWKBESBmsamKBrxamaniami jlmuJ : MAYOR MGNALLY TELLS OF TRIP TO fHlfAnn 1 v'wvmvv. Successful iti Bond Matters?No Bonds Have Been Issued?Matter Now Lett to City Council. About one year a pro the city council voted liquidating bonds for $25,000. These bonds were never issued, have never been drawn up, only the vote to issue and the papers pertaining to the i action are in existence. Mr. McNally wishes this clearly understood. as statements to the contrary have'been made in the recent campaign. Shortly after the bond was voted, the papers . were sold above pai?a good price for 4' per cent, bonds. But because the town charter expires in 1912 and the bonds were to 40 year contracts, ihey were declared illegal, invalid by the attorneys for the bond buyers. Thereupon the city bad a bill passed in th<?last legislature validating the bonds. The bonds were again soid to S. A. Keane, of Chicago, at par. Keane was unreliable and was holding the* ; papers until he could sell them to some one else at good profit. As Keane had the matter tied up, the Council of Union sent the city attorney and Mayor McNally * to Chicago to straighten it out and get the bond papers. After some trouble, the papers were secured from Keane. Mr. McNally and the attorneythen sold the papers to Seasongood & Mayer, of Cincinnati, at par. Of course, this sale is to be confirmed by the city council and then the bonds will be isI sued. "MarGli to the Sea." A son of Gen. Sherman, a Catholic priest, left Chattanooga for Atlanta, accompanied by an escort of soldiers. He intended going ever the journey of his father's "March to the sea"? anyway as far as Atlanta. President Roosevelt issued an order iiesaca. fnis for trie reason that the newspapers raised a great protest against the thing. The son of Gen. Sherman has the right to make this trip, if he wishes to do so, but the government shows a lack of consideration for the people of the South when he is granted a detachment of soldiers to escort him; and the case is not much better if he accompanies the soldiers as their guest. There is no name in American history that the Southern people despise more strongly. Smouldering ruins and forlorn women and children form the back-ground of every picture of this invader of our Southern I country. AcGidcnt at RogK Quarry. Mr. Wallace Vaughn, well known in Union, was seriously hurt at the rock quarry near here, last Tuesday. He was caugnt in between the engine and a post, the workings of the engine crushing and mangling his body terribly. While he is in o ... M *^?jr uan^ClUUB CUIHlltlOIl, ,Mr. Vaughn is resting well today and hopes for his recovery are entertained. '(Clark astonished those who had never seen him before. How ' this busiest man in Columbia can find time for acting, and how he i ever made such a fine actor of himself is beyond us. But it is , as Mr. D'Oize remarked to The ~ Times reporter: "Actors are 3 born, not made; Clarke was born . ^an actor,"