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THE UNION TIMES. ^ I " ' ' VOL. LVI NO 24. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, I90A. $1.00 A YEAR. WE PAY11 ON TIME I \ I NICH( D I BANI MOSE HUGHES MURDERED AN OLD NEGRO KILLED. BOUND ANL THROWN IN TYGER RIVER. . W. R. Gilliam and Douglass Engllsli Suspected of the Crime?Gil liam is in Jail The I ody of an old negro rran was ft ^ in Tyger river June ^th at abouv . o'clock. The ^ y -body was badly cfecpmposed; but was not so much so as to prevent identification. Magistrate Hughey once held an inquest and Henry Henderson swore that the body was that of old Mose j,< Hughes. The testimony of the several negroes at the inquest was somewhat restrained; it aeemed that they dared not tell . -all they knew. The verdict of the jury did not incriminate -any one directly, . inquest i Clarence Jeter clahnsthat he saw $ dilliam and English with Mose IT hughes on Sunday and that he I - heard Gilliam and English pass I his house late Sunday night. The verdict of the jury was that Mose Hughes came to his death by party or parties unknown to the jury. This was in accordance with all the facts in possession of the jury, though Magistrate Hughes seemed to regret they could do no more. The body of old Mose was "found1 by some other negroes in the bottom land of Mr. W. R. Clilliam, after a search of some days. They had heard that Hughes had been killed by Gilliam onrl urnrn aoovnV*in rr -f/xv* f Vin ^ nam nuu noic ocai v*uiu,^ xvi tnc ^ lbody. It was found near the river banks, badly decomposed, fiands tied with a rope behind the back, and rocks stuffed in the T>ockets and pants legs. The con-dition of the body was such that no one would touch it, so aftei the inquest on the day after the finding, it was buried on the banks without being ?noved. There is much speculation and -guessing as to who killed Mose Hughes, and it is almost a certain fact that he was killed, and the finger of suspicion has been pointed toward W. R. Gilliam and Douglass English, two white men of the Goshen Hill township. Hughes has a son, on trial now, charged with burning Mr. Gilliam's barn, and he had just returned Saturday from Union wtore he had visited this son. TWs fact connected with the tes tiliony of those who saw Gilliam Y English and Mose together or Sunday is tho ba-ds for suspicion, On Wednesday afternoon Clar once Hughes swore out a war rant for the arrest of W. R. Gil liam and Douglass English Olarence is th? Fon of old mar Mose, and is here in jail. Mr Gilliam was in town and was a once arrested and placed in jail A-* The officers went for Mr. Eng lith Thursday. # Fra'ik Peake 1 4 iin l iiHEST I DEPOSITS. 3LS0N & SON, <ERS. BBBHHBB HSBDDHBDHHHH QBHBHUEi | CITY COUNCIL MEETS. First Regular IMeeling . Under Ne' ) Administration. New Officers. The new council of Union me in the Council Chambers Monda I night. Mayor Macbeth Young who was recently elected, pre sided over the meeting. Th new aldermen took their seats these are: J. G. Long, Jr., o Ward One; Geo. C. Perrin, o i Ward Two; J. H. Gault, of War i Three, and J. W. Nance, o Ward Four. Mr. W. D. Arthu ! remains city clerk and treasurer ; The reports of the differen officers were received as infor ' mation. These were from th clerk and treasurer, street over .! seer, superintendent of the roc! quarry, health officer, commis 1 misioner of public works, an* i the city attorney. All the re ports showed a healthful condi 1 tion of the city's affairs, and es , pecially in financial matters The condition of the city in thi line is much better than it ha been. The dog license ordinance wa , abolished to go into effect Jul; 1st of this year. This repeal .the $1.00 tax on dogs and th I necessity of collars for them. I** The mattter of most interes was the election of city officers There were three application for the position of chief of police twenty-four for roundsmen, tw< for street overseer and five fo i health officer. Mr. J. G. Long Sr., ex-sheriff of Union County was elected chief. Mr. J. M Austell, the present officer, du L not apply for re-election. Messrs. Claude Jones and Jno ! Petty were elected roundsmei in place of Messrs. A. Eubank and Munro Ward. Mr. W. F Railey was elected warden o > the police station. Mr. J. 1 i i .Vinson succeeds himself as strec I overseer." To tne office of healt , | inspector, Mr. M. C. Lake wa ! elected, and as cemetery keepei I Mr. Jos. Powell. The followin; | roundsmen will continue to serve II Messrs. M. JL Evans, J. F Mosely, J. F. McKissick am C. B. Gregory. The new officer will begin their duties on Jun 1115th. No Institute for Union. June 8th, the last day o which applications for the farm ! ers' institute might be sent in ! | has passed, and no action take by the farmers of Union Count> 11 This means the loss of a fine op . p^rtunity. The projectors o this institute have labored faith . fully to bring together in one i a ' all those things that would in i terest a farmer; furthermore i; they have provided lectures o: , all subjects pertaining to farm ing. These should be induce ; ments for one to seize the oppoi tunity for their betterment. 1 is hoped that next year the farm .! ers will get together and tak advantage of this good thing. ^ I Union Building and Loan Associatioi Mr. Young, the expert at wor on the books of the Union Builc ing and Loan Association, wa seen Wednesday night. H stated that his work would b completed by Friday or Satui day, but just now could give ou nothing for the information c the public. "Anything doing down you j. way, Mr. Young?" With a smile he replied. "Oh yes, there's plenty doing." "Things in bad shape?" ' 'They're bad enough, alright. I COURT PROCEEDINGS. j Judge Geo. E. Prince, of Anderson Presiding-Few Cases Disposed of. ? ? The summer term of the court of common pleas is now in ses; sion at the court house, having convened Monday morning. Judge Prince, of Anderson, is the presiding judge; Solicitor ; Sease and Stenographer Mott are in their usual places. Monday morning was consumed i in swearing witnesses to appear ( before the grand jury, and it was . past noon before the first case : was called. In presenting the bills of indictment to the grand jury Judge W Prince made a strong, clear-cut .charge. He said that a coward j had no business on a grand jury;' ,i. he must be willing and able to ' i do his duty regardless of what^ . his neighbors might think, say^, [I or do. "It is the duty of a grand' I jury," said Judge Prince, "to. . pass judgment, to act, not only j- here in the court room, but | ^ throughout the entire year. You j ^ are grand jurymen for a year. ( f not for a few days. Now T; would not have you spy on yourjj . neighbor, but if you see violation', j. of law it is your sworn duty tot' report such and act upon it. ~ Further, a tattler hasnobusiness^ ._ion a grand jury. Your work is^ ?! secret and you are sworn to lettj _ none of your actions go beyond j the jury room doors. So don'tj ] tell on your neighbor, the way^ he voted etc. And gentlemen," {( * continued Judge Prince, "nnUii,] a lick at blind tigers. There isf g nothing so lowering, so disas-t s trous to the welfare of any conv? munity, as the illicit sale of whis-1 g key. I won't say whether orl v not I favor the dispensary, but l\ g do say that it is my purpose to 1 e enforce the law as I find H in each county. If you have p*ro J, - Jhibition it ia my - intention force tnat. Gentlemen, givefoifii t a chance at your blind tigers a *' e they will quit for a little while.' j fc s Ana juag? rnnce was strong p , in his language on cases of adul t q tery. The mixing of the races r r he declared, was a terrible men [ ace to our civilization, and lv { ' would deal with such violators o g * law, as harshly as the law per: f j. mits. Thp grand jury of thi year made a record in returninj so many true bills, notably tha ^ all five of the blind tiger charge: s were found true. ? The first case to go before th< < j! petit jury was that of Wallace J Jeter, charged with the killing j of Dudley Woodson at Jerusalem ? h church-last-J-uly r -This was hit { s second trial, and resulted this 1 time in guilty of murder with s ? ' recommendation to mercy. Thiia f. means a life term in the State c >' penitentiary. However, Messrs F j Sawyer and Foster have giver a 3 notice of an appeal. t e The case of Wash Bird for as [ sault and battery was nol prosseqj Margy Browning charged witk murder was bound over to nexf0 court, Mr. DePass, her lawyel y 1 being unwell. And likewise thi11 n case of Orange Smith, for mur v l" der. ,0 ' ' Manning Murphy and Henr^J t , I Little were dismissed, theil | charg i of larceny being n* } ? prossed. Pete Smith on san J] charge was also dismissed. 1 l" The case of Dule Eubanks f? ? ' hftlisP-hrpiiWinor nnfl larnonv Mr [" continued. A second charge 3 |y burglary and larceny was al. 11! continued. J": Mr. L. D. Smith was four guilty of violating the dispense . *" law. Messrs. Townsend ar 1 Townsend, his lawyers gave n a l" I tice of an appeal, so senten( J e was deferred. ! J; The two cases of R. V. Gistfj I violation of the dispensary la. . 1. and Geo. C. May and C. Lav 1 rence Allen for the same offens^ 0 k were both continued by Mr. D- }* I- Pass. ! is The following cases were ale r e ! continued: W. M. Brec'-, dispo- v e ing of goods under lein; Sylw-| f *- nus Fowler, assault and batter J i t Lovelace Young, murder: an J >f Ed Keenan, assault and batter j Mr. DePass is the counsel for ?1 = ir these except the last named. c The trial of Archie Eubank) ^ i, held for arson, resulted in a mfe jr trial. The jury was out for son< r hours and failed to agree. , t As The Times go to press thtt( "THIS IS TOO SUDDEN" DECLARES MR. BRYAN. Iljls News to the Nebraskan That He Is Being Endorsed for the Presidency. Berlin, June 11.?"This is too udden," said William J. Bryan, vith a laugh, when he was inormed of the adoption by recent Jtate Democratic conventions of esolutions favoring his nominajon for the nresiden^v nf Jnited States in 1908. | "This is the first announcement of this news to me," said Ir. Bryan. "I have been olf :ne main caravan route for some ime and have been absorbed in vhat I have been seeing and dong." Mr. Bryan had been noving so rapidly since he left yierTna on Friday that letters ind telegrams did not reach him intil today . As to the possibility f his nomination he had little to lay, declaring it is too early to ,peak of that question, tat takng up the subject of the political equirements of the day he said: "Before leaving home I tried 0 distinguish betweenDemocracy ind what can properly be called Social ism. Democracy recoglizes competition as legitimate ind tries to protect the competiive from attack. Socialism sees ompetition as an evil to be elimilated by public ownership and peration of all means of producion and distribution. While this listinction between Democracy ind Socialism should not be overooked the Democratic platform nust be one of progress and re- j orm and not merely of opposi-! ion to Republican policies or | Socialistic ideas. In our fight for he absolute elimination of privae monopolies and for the regu\tion of corporations in general1 1 j is necessary that the party 1 tall be free from any suspicion.. rests that have been Juminat-' ng American politics. To this nd campaign contributions must >e limited to those who have the tublic interest to advance. I rust that public sentiment will : _n t:? 1 1 evjuire an parties 10 Keep ineir ooks open, so that hereafter no arty will be under private obli-1 rations to shield corporate ofenders." Death of Mr. Andy McNeace. Mr. Andy McNeace, an aged itizen of Union, died Wedneslay afternoon at 5 o'clock at the tome of his grandson, Mr. Milton ! dcNeace, on Church street. Uthough his exact age is not :nown, it is positive that Mr. dcNeace was between ninety-five >nd one hundred years old. He ould recall the time when he layed around with the Indians. ,nd he was too old to enlist in he Confedrate service. He was orn in Union County and has ived here all his life. Mr. McNeace was the father' ?f three sons, none of whom surives him. There are four livng grand-children, Messrs. Mar in, Milton and Wallace McNeace f this city, and a grand-daugher in Virginia. The remains were interred "hursday afternoon, services beng held at 5:30 o'clock by Rev. ). M. McLeod, pastor of Grace iethodist Church. 1r. Gilliam in Jail; English to be Arrested. Clarence Hughes son of old /lose Hughes the murdered man, ,nd who is now in jail on the hargeof burning W. R. Gilliam's arn, has sworn out a warrant or the arrest of Mr. Gilliam and \r. English. Mr. Gilliam was n town Wednesday and was at nee placed in jail. The report /as current that Mr. English had eft the country, but Thursday norning Mr. V. E. DePass, who /ill defend Gilliam and English i. i. 1 / i ? . i ^ave out me lmormauon mac English was running on a train rom Abbeville to Monroe, N. ). and could be had at any time. ase of arson against Clarence foung, John Sheppard, and Bery Tucker is being tried. These legroes, it is alleged, burned th?< tarn belonging to Mr. W. R. iiilliam. P. M. PARR, President. T 3r3 Merchants and Plan Successfully Doing Busin BM Is tho OLDEST Hunk in I lias a capital and surplus Is the only NATIONAI. II has paid dividends ?mni I Pays KOUK per cont. In is the only Hank in Union D has Ilurjr far-Proof vault, pays more taxes than A I, WE EARNESTLY SOLN i' NEGRO WOMAN KILLED. . N Alice Cleveland Killed By freight G Train Saturday Morning. v The south-bound freight^train Snf.irrlow r?^:? _?inuiiuii^ suuck ana i ? killed immediately an old negro' woman named Alice Cleveland, g The accdient occurred at seven o'clock a. m., about six miles below Union and a little way above 1 h Santuc station. j ^ The woman was on her way to, work, walking down the track,' and being deaf, did not ^hear the h track signal. Three ^^SHi^ses n testify that the thistle "was' h blown repeatedly, and that,, it was impossible to stop the train., e< Mr. W. W. Johnson held the in- nr quest and the verdict was in ac- c< cord with the above facts and did not incriminate any of the, (j, railroad employees. 0 Hose Wagon Accident ?A^ ? It seems that Union's new, ? hose wagon is a dangerous sd J * it.jwthe^youngfiremen?reyhs off. The latter is probably the.U more likely cause of the numer-q\ ous accidents that have occurred, tt It is remembered that Dr. Hair sprained his wrist on one occasion, and later Mr. Sumner ol had his arm broken. n: Monday afternoon Mr. J. Frost ni nr_ii i-- i waiuer naa a terriDie lail. In n jumping off the swiftly moving wagon, he was thrown violently to the ground, inflicting severe P cuts on hands and arms; no d bones were broken, however, d But these firemen are game; they c; won't be stopped by a few j scratches, and Union is proud of men who make sacrifices for e, public service. It is believed jr and hoped that before many vv weeks of practice, these firemen w can do their work without these f( injuries to themselves. Death of Two Children. p( tv In our unsettled state last H week, owing to the fact that we ] b< were moving into new quarters,' we had, at the last moment, to g; leave out a number of news items that should have gone in. Among these items was the not- a ice or the death of the three ej weeks old infant son of Mr. and > c, Mrs. Berry Richards. The little ; e' child was buried Tuesday, June1 Qy 5th, at the Methodist church cemetery, Rev. D. M. McLeod * conducting the funeral exercise. We also failed to make a note j: of the death of Robert Franklin, J the two year old child of Mrs. h! J. T. Rose. The child was bur- P; ied in the old Presbyterian ceme- ' tery June 6, Rev. A. G. Ward- y< law, D. D., conducting the funeral exercises. ^ Medical Association Meets. 9 Thp rpirnlar wppklv mppfinnr r?f ? -<- j -i~> o< the Union County Medical So- fa ciety was held Monday night in p, the offices of Drs. Austell and th Culp with I)r. Torrence, the p, president, in the chair, and Dr. V( Sarratt, secretary. The meeting was largely attended and was of unusual interest. Drs. Sarratt and Montgomery, j having just returned from spec- j ial courses in New York, enter- Ci tained the members of the soci- th ety by relating some of the num- of erous operations witnessed by A them in New York. There was bj quite a free discussion indulged in in by all present. | at I J. D. ARTHUR, Cashtor. I : E | lers National Bank, ess at tire "Old Stand." Tnlon, of 5100,000, lank In Union, mtlng to $900,400, terest on deposits. \ i inspected by an ollicer. and Safe with Time-Lock. L the banks in Union combined. Z\T YOUR BUSINESS. # IEWS Of THE PALMETTO STATE. athercd From Our Exchanges and Condi nsed for Quick Readers. An e'ectric railway is being uilt from Anderson to Belton. Clemson and the University of outh Carolina closed this week. Senator Latimer has shipped is two fine horses, Hampton n'd Calhoun, to his home in lei ton. Hon. M. L. Smith, of Camden, as withdrawn from the guberatorial race, on account of his ealth. ? Sinographer Deal has resigni becaSstjjje disapproved the lethods of Mayor SulU?^ of An- J%.ol. *<H. Wh?^?n 1 ,n lilroajl coml 3^0^* J. if no. ??^4&3i5S& t ie was offered;W aper for a fiftcg" ^ mteP* * iew.; this he do^EflS)gjr ^ . < / aittoH 0Z? h Enter[)i?temw' iat he re..." J lrrenee. Dr. W. T^oples' ? j^iresident. f the Ersk wi theological Semi ary, at Due West, died Friday ight from a stroke of apoplexy iceived three weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Mor ran, of acolet, on waking last Thursay morning found their baby ead in the bed with their ? aused from heart failure. Fraternities ba^e been abolishi at Woff. rd College. The rul lg is that no more new me-' ill be allowed to join. Th"* ill, of course, kill the order in >ur years. The members of the State di=ensary board must appear be>re the investigating committee !. H. Evans is chairman of thi? sard, and seems to be chief ob?ct of the committee's investiation. Julius Brown, of Atlanta, gav * birthday dinner on his fift' igth celebration, on which cc asion a skuii was placed besic ach plate and one suspended /er the center of the table. lbert T. Patrick, of New York, uist die for the murder of th^ ?ed millionaire Rice, Recorder off has denied to hear another lotion for a new trial. Patrick as been in Sing Sing for four jars. Rev. J. Matthews Fortner, a :>ung minister of Greenville, ad a student at Furman Univerty, has been arrested for election from the navy. Effort is jing made for a pardon, but so ir the efforts made by Presidei. oteat, Hon. J. J. McSwain, an 1 le students of Furman hav?> oved futile. President Roos *ilt has refused to interfere. Cotton in Union County. Capt. Farr, president of Union ounty Cotton Association, ?tate< lat there are about 12,000 bales f cotton still in Union Count v. t a recent meetiug about 300 lies were pooled, but considerg the amount on hand now this ;tion does not amount to much.