The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, June 22, 1906, Image 1
THE UNrSr TIMES.
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VOL. LVI NO 25. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA,' FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR.
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C Wm. A. NICHI
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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
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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*
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INTEREST
DEPOSITS.
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MISS NANCE LECTURES. ]
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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.
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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
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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.
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&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
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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
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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. '
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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.
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F. M. FARR, President.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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