The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 25, 1906, Page 4, Image 4
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UNION, S. C., MAY So 1900.
Poor Russia! Her parliament is
making some of the same demands
the nohles of Kngland made hack
in 12K> A. D. Pitiable it is indeed,
that this nation, so great in numbers
and territory, should be just
('?'.)<) years behind.
The tirst copy of the Cotton Journal,
the new agricultural paper.published
in Atlanta, (hi., and edited
by Mr. JIarvie Jordan, is upon our
desk. It is a tine production from
tin' mechanical standpoint, and
measures up well in itseditorial and
other departments. It is published
weekly at 81 .< > > p *r year.
I'njiist! Cnjust! Will Russia
cullili'Din tlni-.i> Inn lirn-.i in..it
who fought us host tin y could, with
rebellious troops, and against a loyal
army of Japs? Rccause they
surrendered I'ort Arthur, those two
commanders have .been condemned
to death by the Russian military
tribunal. To hold Port Arthur was
impossible from every point of view,
and if these oHioers are executed,
Russia will add another to the already
long and black list of her
you, young men and women of the!?
future. May you carry sonic of the ;1
spirit you'have shown today into the 1'
issues of real life? Your speeches 1 |
today are glowing with strength,
youthful enthusiasm, and power.
May that spirit not grow torpid in
the din of earthly strife, hut grow
in fervor every day.
?
The Railroad Rate Rill promises 1
to be the most lacerated piece of
legislation ever ground out by an |
American Congress. It passed over
many knives in the persons of the j
senators involved, then struck a ,
snag in the mill,?the snag com-;,
inonly known as the Rig Stick.
This piece of timber, though Railey ^
snys it is clay, caused much friction .
iii the process, and some heat was
g<-Derated. ..Thus dealt with, the j ^
bill merges and passes back to the .
House. What this department of ,
< 'ungress will do for it bids fair to v
be a plenty. |a
If a child, sweet and simple, docs
not appeal to the heart of man,then P
lie is no man and has no heart. Ask ; tl
the old soldiers scarred, weather-j w
worn warriors that they are, what !
appealed most to them last week in , a
Columbia. Six hundred little ohil- j11
drendraped in Confederate colors and h
Ho vers in hand, stirred feelings in w
every heart that never would have tl
he ii awakene 1 otherwise. And it ir
was a beautiful sight to sec these 1"
strong, old men stand by and weep tl
for joy, their minds Hooded with t
glorious memories and their hearts A
moved by the smiles of sweet, in no- ,n
cent children. ti(
ar
The sentence imposed upon Calvin
?mith to serve six months at in
hard labor in the penitentiary and ! ca
to pay a fine of 8*200 for violating se<
the dispensary law is a stroke in the to
right direction. As long as men an* hit
allowed to trample the law under fal
t.hf'ir fpnf nrwl flimv ?? /?/!.% ? *
viiwi i LIU! COM - OI
sequences l>y the payment of a nom-1 glo
iml lUic we weed nut luok Idr an jgoe
i:: pro\emeitt in 11 ? ? matter M
di?nc to law. When the penitentiary
stares blind tigers in the face
there will l>e an end of blind tigers.
Judge l'urdy and the (IreenvilU
jurors are to he eongratulatod upon
tln ir effort to maintain the dignity
of the law.
There is no doubt of the fact that
many good citizens are honest in
their 1 elirf that the dispensary is
the best solution of the liquor problem.
For sin h honest men every
one has sincere respect. It is not
the purpose of this newspaper to
abuse these men. They have the
right to have their opinions. It is
' not the dispensary alone, but all
forms of legalized liquor selling for
beverage purposes that we intend to
oppose. The sad havoc wrought by
this great enemy of man is the
strongest evidence against it. Who
docs not recall a d< /en or more
.strong men unhappily cut down in
their prime by this worthless demon
?strong drink? It is all very well
for some to say that a man should
hive strength of character sufficient
to withstand the temptation. The
trouble is in the attitude oftbopub'
lie mind towards drinking. The
habit should he so thoroughly shown
up in its true light that sentiment
i against it is created and strengthened.
Public sentiment should he
t
aroused until to sell or buy the stuff
for beverage purposes is considered
a disgrace.
CITIZENSHIP.
( iti/. -nship is a priceless heritage,
but it imposes grave responsibility.
, A free man in a free country may
' well feel proud of bis station, but
be should also perform the duties
i that devolve upon him in that high
' INnwltlitU \ <\tl>lkilllO !(J I * IIWtHA 1 O t\<l
|_jv ir?iin'||i ^V.Mt IIVIU iO It IIMMU UII11.I*
ing upon a man to act righteously
than in this relationship. Too often
men are swayed hy party spirit,
personal likes an<l dislikes, petty
spites and envies, lo he able to
rise above these sellish ends and
view the question from the stand1
point of right and wrong evinces the
highest advancemon^jn^dtAzgng^^
lopeTumsign that this type of eiti- .
,en is multiplying in number. It
s a company that no one need be
ishamed of being identified with, j
IS PROHIBITION THE CAUSE OF
BUILDING AND LOAN FAILURE.
Editor Robert R. Hemphill, of
the Abbeville Medium, gave about
half his editorial space last week to
ridiculing prohibition and boosting
the dispensary. The live editorials
upon this line were headed as follows:
"A Dry County Defalcation,"
"Whiskey in York," "Bloody Prohibition
Record," "Make a Note of
ft," "Tragedy in a Dry Town."
The insinuations and slurs in these
ditorials are beneath the dignity of
i man of Editor Hemphill's staining.
lie has allowed his procliviics
for the dispensary to run away;
vitli his usual fair-mindedness.;
Yhy should he begin one editorial.
pith the scnteiu VS. "I'liinn Pnimf..
W...UJI
oted out the dispensary months j
go, and the people are said to he
truly good.' But some are not so
articular about other misdeeds as i
I icy are about taking a drink of 1
hiskey. The latest is that there M
> a shortage in the ITiion Building t
nd Loan Association amounting to '
bout 830,000." What, pray, has t
uilding and Loan shortages to do '
ith the matter of prohibition? In,'
lejmanagcment of local dispensaries '
t various parks of the State, we often y
ard of shortages. But not even in t
ic dispensary management in d
nion have we heard of a shortage. 1'
man must be hard put to it when r
his /eal to overthrown prohihi- d
>n he is willing to resort to such . H
gument. <1
It is true the Editor of The Med- ^
in does not say prohibition is the
use of the defalcation. But it w
inis to afford him great pleasure
couple together the words "pro- ?*v
lition" and "defalcation."' Do- pr
cation tits in with the reputation h?'
the dispensary like a hand in a
ve. Vet the writer in question "P
:s ou to say; "We doubt if allffuc
? II 11 II I - I
! the misappropriations in the dis-;
pensaries lias amounted to ?30,000."
. There arc many of us who have!
much less doubt in that matter, |
but what has that got to do with
i Union being a dry county? One of
the deplorable things about the
whole whiskey business is that it
! will light to win by fair means or
'I foul, and the Editor of the Medium
1 j seems to have so far forgotten him- j
! self as to move in this same direction
of unfairness.
THE ABBEVILLE MEDIUM FURTHER
ARGUES AGAINST PROHIBITION.
The Editor of The Abbeville Medium
in speaking of the capture of
1,500 gallons of leer, goes out of
his way to say of the captured distillery
in that connection: 'Tt
would have been running yet if thej
work of prohibitionists had been
depended upon." What a brave
argument to throw contempt upon
the cause of prohibition! Under
the head: "Bloody Prohibition
Beeord," this same Editor speaks of
two homicides in Marion County in
one week. This editorial he closes
with the following: "The bloody
record of a week in Marion County ,
is against the statement of our esteemed
contemporary." "Contemporary"
refers to the Hartsville!
Messenger which had said'- "There
was an immediate and noticeable
decrease in crime and disorder in
very county that voted out the tlis
pensary as soon as the dispensaries!
closed." Under the heading: !
"Tragedy in a Dry Town," the
Editor of the Medium goes on to
say concerning the killing of P. L.
Cannon by his step-son, Millican, j
in Spartanburg last *week: "The
homicide was in the busy part of a
town crowded with churches and
schools aiul prohibitionists, but
there was no dispensary there."
Even .so, the Editor of the Medium;
seeks to exalt the dispensary and;
ridicule prohibition. But his arguments
arc not fair that is all, and i
it is apparent to the fair minded i
that they are neither fair nor logical.
builds upon argument. Cold facts !
I *
are what the honest people desire. J,
It is not the purpose of The Times c
Editor to fling dust in any man's
eyes. If prohibition proves to be a c
failure, he expects to own it candid-' j
ly. Nomiud-slinging, no resort to )
t # I
trickery, no unfair grip on oppo- 1
nents is proposed by this writer. |*
Facts the people shall have, as far \{
as they arc known. Now what of a
prohibition in Union County?
There is considerable whiskey ship- a
ped in and there are said to be a 'J
good many blind tigers. But this
incoming tide of whiskey is on the tc
decrease and there are not as many' ti
blind tigers as there were just after
the closing of the dispensary. Our
constables are doing good work, tc
The moral sentiment of the community
is with them. It is certain
that blind tigers are not as bold as IT
,1 x 111
once they were 111 these parts. I
How do I know this? < hie proof of js
it is in the following lines: From!
December 1, 1?.M)I, to May 22, 11)05, j l>e
there were 1 11 committals to jail in 'N(l
nu
I'nion for State offenses. 60 of j)t]
these were known to he directly gir
raccable to whiskey. Now from j hai
December 1, 11)05, to May 21, 1906,! 'a(^
he total committment to jail in I ^
'nion for State offense aggregated j
>6. And 10 of these are known to for
>e traceable to whiskey. There $
ou have it: 66 under prohibi- cori
tllf*
ion to 111 under dispensary. 10
lireetly traceable to whiskey under i e
i I
prohibition to 66 under dispensary i are
ule. Can any fair-minded man ally
oubt the logic of this argument? C
besides, our sheriff and his oflicers j co,r
rclaro that they have nothing?like
i many prisoners under prohibition gQ ^
> under the dispensary. Next q
eek we propose giving the police
>urt records. Those records are payi
en more pronounced in favor of
ohihition over the dispensary,
it facts talk. We scorn to build *c
argument for even a just cause ',ant
011 any other basis than honest nn,r'
:t. 'year
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Mr. Claude Iinncastcr, who ha
>ecn visiting his mother, Mrs. W
C. Lancaster, returned to Columbi
ast week, his sister, Miss Janie, a<
ompanying him.
The band boys have moved, an
re now practicing in their new ha
iver the company store.
There is a tent here where the
lave preaching every night. \V
lave not been able to learn tli
lames of the owners, but believ
hey arc evangelists.
There was a large gathering at th
;e cream supper last Saturday nigh
nd all enjoyed themselves.
1 hear that Mr. J. W. Nance los
very line grey horse a few days
go by being over-driven. We an
wry to hear of his misfortune.
M. C. Patterson, who has been
> Enorec for several weeks, has ren
ned home.
Mrs. Lemuel Proctor, who has
;cn quite ill, is improving.
Mrs. T. J. Newberry is much betr.
Mr. J. A. Kennedy, who has
en quite ill, is improving. Ilis
other, Jno. Kennedy is here with
m.
Mrs. Nannie Broom, of Gaffney,
visiting her sister at Mrs. Paris'.
The voting on the gold locket to
given hy the hand hoys to the
ung lady receiving the highest
niber of votes, is now going on at
inlap's store. Boys, vote for your
1 as the locket would make a
iidsome present for any young
ly.
Sir. and Mrs. Geo. Weeks have
ved to Clinton.
Vliss Delia Vinson has been ill
several days.
Several subscribers have been j
aplaining of not being able to get !
ir papers from the postollice
jn they know the paper is there,
'he strnolo ?
?.?v. gumes over nerc
in a terrible state, and are actudangerous.
?uitc a number of people are1
plaining and some are sick
>se names we could not learn,
(iss Josie Smith is expecting to
o Tennessee.
uite a number of people are ;
iking" because the mills are
ng off weekly. What next?
Hthtlkk.
dclough Stukcs, a negro, was
jed in Sumter, May 18, for the
tier of Capt. I). E. Wells, a
a^Q.
0 ARGUME
lecessary to prove
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yone who wears a
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aggregate of savings avera^
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in the Savings Banks alor
^ aggregate $3,060,178,611, ;
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savings-bank business is d
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