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THE UNrSr TIMES. - ===== t j VOL. LVI NO 25. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA,' FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR. WE PAY 1 ON TIME I C Wm. A. NICHI BAN! DOUGLASS ENGLISH ARRESTED III Atlanta?Letter From His Brother ?Deputy Sheriff Sanders firings Him to Union. bmce hinglish could not be found at his home, Delta, by the officer who went for him Thursday of last week, it was suspected by the authorities here that he was in Atlanta or Munroe, the termini of his run on the railroad, consequently, instructions were phoned the Piedmont DeV** te^tive agency, of Atlanta. English, who was there under the name of W. D. Smith, was easily apprehended by Detective Vickery, and in less than twentyfour hours after the message trom Union, was lodged in the police station. Mr. Vickery found the following letter on the person of Eng>.\ lish, with the "two bucks" spoken of in the letter: Union, S. C., June 11, '06. "'Dear Sport: Your's received, and was real glad to hear from you and to know that you were all O. K. I ^ not feeling so well today, as IVIrank too much yesterday. I was down in Big Stick Sunday. Tutiiga are just fairly quiet, but hope that they will work out all right. I think that Red and ^ John is solid. But some of those poor white devils are trying their damest to pull something out of Red and John. Thing for you to do is to remain off from home and not to write to anyone there. You can write Dave and he can write to folks at home. ""The negro was found Thursday and inquest held, but Red and John did not know anything at inquest. They had them for witness, though. If you have a job there I would just stay there awhile 'till we see how things turns up. "f am sending you couple of Bucks. "I will ring as we are busy today. Be very particular and not write home, and keep mouth shut ^ .and not talk to any one in regard to matter. I will write you and keep you posted on tricks. "Well, be good. "Your bro. Dick." Dick English is Douglass' brother and is a clerk here in the store of Mr. J. H. Spears. When seen yesterday, he said that he would not now either deny or admit writing the letter. It is supposed that the negro "'Red" is Red John Sartor; and John, John Ren wick, both of whom, testified at the coroner's inquest, but gave no damaging ^ yjd^nc^ Deputy Sheriff C. C. Sanders went to Atlanta Sunday and re9 turned with English Monday nij?ht. Mr. Sanders says the prisoner came very willingly and, indeed, seemed giad to see him. He talked very little on the way. remarking only that it was a good thing those detectives didn't catch him while he had his gun. "I just had put it in my grip though. When they caught me, they went through me like a dose of salts." English is still in jail here, but application for bond will be made next Saturday, by his attorney, Mr. V. E. DePass. City Property. The city council Monday night appointed a committee, composed of Messrs. Gault and Long, to _1 l. . ? * ci^ck up tne reports irons all the ^>city departments and report on same. This committee was also empowered to appraise all the real estate and personal property in the city of T^ion* mm INTEREST DEPOSITS. I l 3LS0N & SON, ! <ERS. > - ( MISS NANCE LECTURES. ] ?? 1 ^ Lecture to County Summer School? i County Association Organized. -< Miss Mary F. Nance, of Abbe- 1 i ville, S. C. President of the * . Woman's Association for the im- r provement of Rural schools in I South Carolina, lectured before ? the teachers of the Union County c Slimmer SuVinrvl iWnn/Tn.. 5 ?..v. Kjvuuui, iuunuajr H1UI II- " ing at 11:30 o'clock. Her sub- 1 i ject was what the name of the 1 association implies.and she talked * ably and at length on the various ^ ways by which the rural schools 2 might be improved. r Miss Nance urged the planting 1 of trees on the school grounds, ^ the building of good fences and f the keeping up of good appear- f ance surrounding the schools. The cultivation of the aesthetic t taste in children, she said, was \ one of a teacher's most import- i ant duties, and to this end she * should do everything in herpow- s er to beautify school rooms, such * as nursing pot plants, hanging r wall pictures and the like. Bare ^ walls were things of the past. 1 And, she showed the great need v of a library and how easily and t ! cheaply it might be secured. The association of which Miss i Nance is president was organized c at Winthrop college in 1902, Miss 1' Frances Whitmire, of GreenvKle, t who is one of Union's teachers e at present, being elected first c president. The object of t the association is to organize effort for the improvement of 1 country schools, and they desire y to enlist the support and co-oper- e ation of every lady teacher in South Carolina. To do this, coun- v ty associations are being organ* f ized all over the State. At the conclusion of her lec- 2 ture, Miss Nance organized a Union eonntv Hivi?ir*n nf t-Wo oo_ r i sociation. Mrs. Cora Murphy c was elected president; Mrs. Nan- a nie Moore Linder, vice president; e Miss Mary V. Gregory, of San- t tuc, secretary; and Miss Beulah Edge, treasurer. Eighteen mem- t bers were enrolled at this meet- . ing. Any other ladies may be- " come members on application; no fees required, except for as- r sociate members, who are required to pay one dollar. It is , desired and hoped that every I teacher in Union county will be- { come a member of this associa- c tion. t The meetings of the county as- t sociations are held semi-annually. '] E. D. Gregory Wins Dresser. 1 At the auction sale of the t. Bailey Furniture Co. Mr. E. D. c Gregory held the lucky number y receiving therefor the handsome a $25.00 dresser. All the numbers f were placed in a hat and little s Miss Frances Reaves drew ore y out; this number was 1G5 and the duplicate was held by Mr. s Gregory. The sale was a great '] success! so say the proprietors, t benefiting both themselves and j their pn<jtnmpro I Death of Mr. McD. Estes. > The body of Mr. McD. Estes a was brought to Union Tuesday, and carried to Padgett's Creek for interment. No funeral services were held. r Mr. Estes was a former resi- r dent of this county, but in late ^ years has been living with his sister, Mrs. Keller, in Fairfield Q county. It was here that his & death occurred Monday, June f 18th. The deceased was 59 years c old and was the last of four brothers. He was an uncle of ^ I Mr. R. M. Estes, of this city. a &50.000 SHORTAGE IN UNION BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION. I &2 7.000 May Be Recovered from! Surety Company?Expert Young Left Wednesday. Expert F. L. Young left Wedleaday morning for Atlanta,: laving completed his work on ;he books of W. W. Hughes, ;reasurer of the Union Building ind Loan Association. He carded with him all his papers to pe approved by the home office pf the American Audit Co. This company never issues statements in tne basis of its experts' work intil it has been verified and approved at the home office. Consequently it will be the first part )f next week before the papers ire sent back to Union. On reliable authority we have t that the shortage will amount ;o $50,000 or thereabouts. The li. If iL. i. * - ?l natter ui me treasurer s Donas ias been submitted to competent ittorneys, who give out the >pinion that indemnity to the imount of $27,000 can be col-1 ected. And Mr. Young, who ilso understands thoroughly the )ond contracts, states that the surety company is liable for this imount, which covers losses for line years according to the way hese continued bonds run. Yith this, it is seen, that the itochholders will receive about ifty cents on the dollar. As soon as the papers are reurned from Atlanta, which will >e Monday or Tuesday, a meetng of the directors will be held. Notices will then be sent to each tockholder, stating the day and lour when the stockholder's neeting will be held, and when lis or her series will be taken ip. At this meeting the report vill be read in detail, giving all he figures. Tho people of Union have been' mpatient, and on many sides v riticisms have been heard on the ' ength of time taken to go over he books. But when it is learn- ( d that there were five series to neck up, number lour being welve years old, number five line years old, and so on,making n all an aggregate of thirty-seven rears, the cause of delay becomes vident. Mr. Young, in speaking of his , vork, said he had no idea of the nagnitude of it when he came; f he had he would have brought in assistant. "I have worked all day and lalf the nights for thirty-four lays," said Mr. Young, "and I , im about broken down. My tyes have been severely taxed in his work." Mr. Young stated the defalcaions began eight years ago. IRS. YATES TKNiGHT OF HONOR. ; irst Woman Admitted in South Carolina?Organizer Thurston. i The Home Lodge Knights of ' Ionor of this city have the honor < >f having the first female mem- ' >er who was ever admitted to \ he order in South Carolina, ^his is Mrs. H. T. Yates, who 1 vith Mr. Yates, was taken into he home lodge, just before leav- 1 ng on their summer vacation, ^his State has been fighting for he admission of women in the lupreme Lodge for the past 10 'ears, and now that it has become ' i law the outlook is very bright or a good increase in member- 1 hip in the State during the j rear. The Supreme Lodge has as- 1 igned Supreme Organizer C. H. J ?hurston to this State in the inerest of the Order, and is look- 1 ng for some good results in the lext year. Mr. Thurston will n a short lime commence the ' vork of instituting new lodges n different parts of the State, ind rebuilding the old ones. : Mail Boxes On Rural Routes. On and after July 1st, every nail box on the rural routes are equired to have flags on them, i'hese flags must be turned the >roper way to indicate whether ?r not there is mail in the boxes; ind in turn, the carriers are rejuired to turn the flags to indi:ate whether or not mail has;. >een left therein. This rule wjfl >e a convenience to both durrier md patron. ?|rf I1 v?. I NINE DISTILLERIES DESTROYED. K. E. N. Fowler, of Union. Airong Raiders?W. D. Whltmlre . Sprains Ankle. Constable K. E. N. Fowler called in The Times office Wednesday and related the story of the big raid on the moonshiners of upper Greenville county Monday night and Tuesday. Lyfnrt rant, of Spartanburg:, phoned Mr. Fowler, who left here Monday at 2:10 o'clock. The Crowd of officers, some U. S. revenue officers and the others state constables,' left Spartanburg Monday night at about 9 o'clock, and reached t?. "dark corner" | of Greenville at about 4 in the! morning of Tuesday. They set to work immediately running in every moonshiner they could find. These could not be arrested because no proof as to who operated the stills was obtainable. However, the officers did good work in cutting up the stills and other apparatus for making whiskey. They cut up 9 stills and emptied out about 2.000 gallons of the still beer. Two negroes were arrested for transporting contraband whiskey they had about 25 gallons of the "pure dew." A company of officers came from Greenville to assist the Spartanburg crowd in their raid. In this crowd was Mr. W. D. Whitmire, of Union, who has been spending some time at his former home in Greenville. During the night Mr. Whitmire in some way, fell and received painful injuries in his leg. He was carried back to Greenville and will likely be confined for some time. ' mi, V /v* * 1 ^ ine orncers came oacK to Spartanburg at 4 o'clock Tuesday. This was quick work; in about wenty-four hours a blow was dealt the moonshiners that they will not soon forget. The "dark corner" is a notorious section. The Criminal Court. A remarkable fact in last week's general session of court was that the grand jury returned "no bill" in only one case;: this was in the State vs. W. W. Hutchinson charged with malicious mischief. The cases continued were as follows: Barney Glenn, held on the charge of arson; Jim Henderson, violation of dispensary law; Bowling Walker, murder, J. W. Wyatt, obtaining goods under false pretense; Walter Hampton, throwing missiles into moving train; and Smith Fowler for assault and battery with intent to kill. The case against Lawrence Worthy for violating the dispensary law was nol prossed. The appeal of Bird Ivey from the Mayor's court was not granted. Appeal of John Renwick was reterred back to Mayor s court for review of evidence. The appeal of Nancy Moore from the magistrate's court was heard. Wallace Jeter was found guilty of the murder of Dudley Woodson, with a recommendation to mercy. He was sentenced to a life term in the penitentiary. L. D. Smith was found guilty of violating the dispensary law and sentenced to a fine of $200 or six months in the penitentiary. He paid the fine. The case of Archie Eubanks, charged with arson, resulted in a mistrial. A verdict of guilty of simple assault was rendered against Macus Gilmore. His sentence was $50 fine or 30 days on the chain gang. Gilmore chose the latter. tierry i ucKer, Clarence Hughes and Jno Sheppard, charged with arson, were found not guilty. Judson Rice was sentenced to 2 years in the penitentiary or on the chain gang, for assault and battery. Sam Jeter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter with a recommendation to mercy. He was sentenced to 2 years on the gang or in the penitentiary. James Gregg pleaded guilty of carrying an unlawful weapon andjjteis fined $25. Rei^tyen Gilliam was acquitted afthe charge of murder. i. Mao*)1 F. M. FARR, President. T * Merchants and Plai Sue cessfully Doing Bush 1HBB1 Is tho OLDEST Hank In Iihh a capital and surplu 1 is the only NATIONAL I has paid dividends ?m< pays FOUK per cent. I is the only Bank in Unlr has IUirtrlar-Proof vault pays more taxes than A1 WE EARNESTLY SOLI * ?????MgMMM MR. GILLIAM'S BOND. $5.000?By Agreement Between Solicitor Sease and Attorney DePass-Amount fixed. On Monday, release was secured for Mr. W. R. Gilliam.who I was being held for the murder of Mose Hughes. No application was made to Judge Prince at all, it being simply a swap between Solicitor St ase and V. E. DePass, counsel for Gilliam. According1 to law, the solicitor has therisrht to detain a prisoner four days on any charge, before application for bond is beard. Mr. DePass, wishing an early release for Mr. Gilliam called on Solicitor Sease and they effected an agreement. The solicitor not being able to wait and hear all that might be brought out pertaining to the case, agreed to release the prisoner, provided a large bond was given; a large sum being required in order to protect the State against any evidence that might later come out. Mr. DePass agreed to give any amount desired -bv the Solicitor, so the sum of $5,000 was agreed upon. Mr. Gilliam's bondsmen are Messrs. W.oT. Jones, of S&ntuc; T. K. Palmer and Farr Gilliam, of Union, Jnd L. J. H/jw'r.'h.g, of Sedalia. This is probably the largest bond given in Union county for many years. CANDIDATES ?0R~ sT4TE OFFICES. W. W. Lumpkin Opposes Tillman? Eignt Entries for Governor. Following is a complete list of t all of the candidates for all of the State offices to be voted for in the primary election, which will be held August 28: United States Senate, B. R. Tillman and W. W. Lumpkin. For Congress, First district. George S. Legare, incumbent; Second, J. O. Patterson, incumbent: G. T. Toole and B. B. Hare; Third, Wyatt Aiken, incumbent: J. E. Boggs; Fourth, J. T. Johnson. incumbent: W. C. Irby, Jr., G. H. Mahon; Fifth, D. E. Fin- 1 ley, incumbent: T. J. Strait, W. P. Pollock; Sixth, J. E. Ellerbe, incumbent: Seventh, A. F. Lever, intunbent. Governor, M. F. Ansel, C. L. Blease, J. E. Brunson, W. A. Edwards, A. C. Jones, R. I. Manning. John J. McMahan, John T. Sloan. Lieutenant governor, T. G. McLeod. Secretory of state. R. M. McCovvn, J. B. Morrison, L. M. Rapin and M. P. Tribble. Attorney general, J. Fraser Lyon, J. W. Ragsdale and Leroy F. Youmans, incumbent. Comptroller general, A. W. Jones, incumbent: G. L. Walker. State treasurer, R. H. Jen- 1 ninps, incumbent. Adjuatant. General, J. C. Boyd and L. W. Haskell. Railroad commissioner, J. H. Wharton, incumbent; James Cansler, J. M. Sullivan, J. A. Summersett and J. C. Sellers. r?. . < 1 .*1 state superintendent 01 education, O. B. Martin. The State campaign opened Tuesday at St. Georges. Democratic Club Organized. At the Union Cotton Mills Tuesday night a democratic club was organized. Mr. Geo. League was elected president. Mr. R. E. Sanders, vice president, and Mr. J. J. Colson, secretary. This is about the first mill club organized in Union, and it means a great convenience to the mill voters. A meeting will be held Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock i in the court house. . J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. I E iters National Bank, itess at tho "Old Stand." Union, s of Sion.ooo. Hank In Union, tuntinfr to $300,400. ntoreat on deposits. >n inspected hy an officer, t, and Safe with Time-Lock, [,L tho Uanks in Union comhlnod. ICIT YOUR BUSINESS. I BUCKET SHOP LICENCE. Revoked Conditionally By City Council?Mr. Jno. R. Mathis to Appear Saturday. At the meeting last Monday night of the city council, the matEdi* Af 4- ? 1 1 vw icvumii.1; i/iie license granted bucket shops in Union, was taken up for consideration, and voted upon. It was voted to revoke this license,provided it could be legally done. The council notified Mr. Jno. R. Mathis, who operates an exchange here, to appear Wednesday morning and show cause why his license shouk; not be revoked. Mr. Mathis requested that he be given until Saturday to confer with his partner in business, Mr. Ramsey, o:' Spartanburg. The request wagranted and the hearing set for Saturday morning at nine o'clock. Postoffice Matter. . I Just what is taking place at present in the postoffice depart- I ment in Washington, cannot be learned. But it is known that ?- ? tlio rvfTl r*C* of TTnirvr? l" ~ ^ ~ viiv Wiwu^ ut Uiiiuii anu LUC Ullllials are under consideration. Th : report of the postal inspector, who was in Union for some time will greatly influence the actio:', of the department. No charges against the present officers have been made public, and, indeee. there may be none. But the ma'. ter of a change is being seriously considered. The power of appointing postmasters rests with Mr. John G. Capers, referee for all Feden.l appointments in South Carolina. Mr. Capers is now in Washington. There are three applicants for the office here, should a vacancv occur. These are Messrs. S. M. Rice, Jr., E. U., C. M. Graham and J. A. Brown. Death of Mrs. Peake. Mrs. Narcissa Peake, wifaof Mr. Glenn D. Peake. died at I.e. home, the old Robt. Beaty horn. stead, Wednesday night at abo't 12 o'clock. She has been in iit health for some time and the end was not entirely unexpected. Mrs. Peake was the daughter of Robert Beaty, was 72years of age, and has lived in Union county all her life. She was the mother of onlv one child, Mr. C. H. Peake. Master, of Union county. Her husband and son survive her. Mrs. Peake was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church. The funeral sendees were held Thursday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock and the body interred at Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church about six miles below Union. Rev. Wardlaw conducted the services. Mayor Young After the Tigert. The Mayor of Union, is do'r.g his utmost to run blind Peers out of the city. To this end he imposes the limit sentence, ??0 days or $100 fine. Only one case has so far been brought I efore him. W. I'. Pollock, of Chesterfield,Dr. T. J. Strait, of I?ineaster, and 1). K. Finley, of Yorkville, are ont for Congress in the fifth difctrict. i* J