The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 13, 1906, Image 1
THE UNldfl TIMES.
VOL. LVI NO 28. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 13, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR.
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11 Wm. A. NICH(
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CELEBRATION AT
HEBRON CHURCH.
HEBRON CONGREGATION WILL DEDICATE
NEWGHURCH JULY 15.
Brief History of The Church By The
Present Pastor?Facts Long
Forgotten Are Investigated
And Chronicled
BY REV. J. C. LAWSON.
The Hebron Baptist Church,
which was then, and for several
years afterward, known as Tinker
Creek Baptist Church, was
organized on August the 23rd,
1806, and was located about two
miles south of Union on Tinker
Creek, a short distance from the
present home of Mr. J. C. Edwards.
The following is a copy
of the constitution of the church:
"The Constitution of the Church
rwf PUwrt ? r< 1
VywiJOU VJU JL mi\Cl JJJJ
it remembered that on the twenty
third day of August, 1806, we
the subscribers, being duly and
-Jgally called by a body of peopler
professing the Baptist religion
standing in Gospel order,
known hereafter by the name of
linker Creek Church, agreeable
to our call thereunto, have duly
examined the same people respecting
their faith, principles
and order. After satisfaction obtained,
*%" V**
ity of Jesus Christ, set them
apart and constituted them as a
(fnUfbh in gospel order on the
constitution of a platform of the
Bethel Association, giving and
allowing her full and independent
authority to act within herself
as a church properly organ*
ized, with full power of Gospe
discipline, to receive or suspend
agreeable to the Scriptures, tak
ing that for their only rule o:
life and practice, praying tha
the great Head of the Church
Jesus Christ, may bless them ii
all laudable endeavors to pro
mote his cause, on earth. Sign
ed by Rev. Thomas Greer, Aug
ust23rd; 1806."
The writer, visiting the sit^ o
the old church, found only th
large granite stones that wer
, used as a foundation for th
building, and an old grave yar
to mark the spot. We foun
many old graves, but as the
were unmarked, we could on]
euess when they were madi
The oldest marked grave wj
made in 1823, and contains tl
mortal remains of a man wl
helped to build the courthoui
and jail at Union.
The first house of worship ws
made of logs, the dimensions b
ing 20 X 20 feet. The organiz
tion was both numerically ai
financially weak, its membersh
in the early days of its histo
being about 25 or 30, and its li
for many years little more th
a struggle for existence.
Unfortnnately, the records i
more than a half century of
history are either lost or w<
never written. We have soi
information, however, obtair
from some of the older inha
tants in the community, wh
will commend itself as being <
tirely trustworthy and authenf
The first pastor of whom we hi
any account was the Rev. E!
Mitchell, of Chester, who, i
said, died later and at anot
* tiiUilo nroq
place, in tue iiuipiu vriiiib (/ivh
ing. Rev. Caleb Greer i
served the church about \
time as pastor.
Some of the families who
longed to the church at this t
were the Eubanks, Peakes, 1
ters and Smiths. The la
were related to the late Rev
W. Smith, who was well kn<
in Union County and elsewl
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INTEREST I
OEPOSITS.
)LSON & SON,
CERS. I
?BUM?IM1IH mwwJ
as an able preacher. So far as;
we have been able to ascertain
I the church remained in the i
: Bethel Association from the date
of its organization till 1876, when
it united with other churches in
Union County to form the Union
County Association. The Bethel
Association extended over a large
territory, including churches in
North Carolina. About 1830 a
- -v
vtnii^uib^ rtujst; in tne cnurcn,
which resulted in dividing it into
two factions, and ultimately!
; changing both its name and location,
as we shall see.
An orphan boy named Eubanks
was "bound" to a man named
Peake under a legal contract,
which provided that when the
boy was 21 years of age, Peake
was to give him a horse, bridle
and saddle. Peake gave the
boy an inferior horse. Complaint
was made against him,
and the matter was carried before
the church for settlement,
with the result as above stated. I
About this time one of the factions
began holding preaching
services at a school thouse which '
was located on what is now the
grounds of Hebron Church. In
the meantime the Tinker Creek i
faction became extinct, but its J
identity was preserved and its
existence continued by forming
the Hebron church, or in other I
words the old organization wa^
continued at another place an?j(
after its removal to Hebron was
Rev. Elisha Eubanks. Col. Samuel
Beaty gave the cnurcn 7 1-3
acres of land. On this a log
1 house was built and used as a
house of worship. This was
' used till about 1850, when a
I frame building 30 X 50 feet wa?
erected, which building was used
' till 1905, when it was replaced
Z hv t-ho r?rpsor?fr. house of WOr
t ship. From 1830 to 1860 we find
the names.of Revs. Wright, Dab[J
ner Duncan, Richard Woodruff,
_ Phillips and Kendrick, who serv[m
ed the church as pastors, being
.. men full of zeal and spiritual
power, and doing much for the
,f upbuilding of the church and
e community.
e i During the civil war the
ie 1 church had no regular preachd
ing, as most of the preachers
d were in the army. From 1867 to
v 1880 Revs. J. G. Carter, K. Jetjy
er, J. T. Gwinn and J. C. HumB
phries were the pastors. Under
jg the ministry of these men the
ie church maintained its life anc
1G received quite a number of use
ful members.
The coming of Rev. C. T
as Scaife to the church as pastor ir
ie_ 1880 marks an epoch in the his
a_ tory of the organization. Th<
a(j church was in a bad state of dis
cipline when he came. It wa
ry ;well disciplined when he left
fe | after about five years of servic
an as pastor. It was largely due t
; his able and persistent effort
?or |that the church espoused th
cause of world wide missions
>re and became what it has Dee
ever since, a thorough goin
ie(j missionary church.
Rev. A. J. Hires, who was i
ch the time pastor of the Unic
pn_ Baptist church, served as pastx
during 1883.
ive! In 1886 Rev. H. K. Ezell a
lias cepted the pastoral care of tl
t is church and served in this capa
her ity about three years. Durir
,ch- the second year of his minist
dso 3everal acres of land which b
this l?n? to the church were clear
and planted in cotton. This h
be- been cultivated ever since, ai
ime is quite a help to the church
?or- raising money,
tter A "Try Class" in missions w
. T. also organized during his min
Dwn try with about thirty membe
lere and $63.18 was raised for m
KILLED BY LIGHTNING. J
Young Jas. Briggs Instantly Killed Stocl
Wednesday.
Mail-carrier J. I. Harris came M<
to The Times office late Wednes- each
day night and informed us of a
sad accident that occurred on his
A | A j ? i \ .? . A.
route aDout 4 o ciock tnat alter- YyAO
noon. Mon
A heavy cloud came up, much ed r<
wind and terrible rain. The an(j
three Briggs boys, who were
hoeing: in their field about two'
and one-half miles this side ef st0f>
Cross Keys, were hurrying to- tl)C*
ward the house to escape the to p
storm. A stroke of lightning Cu'
felled all three of them. Two of
the brothers recovered from theimT a|
shock in a few moments,
when they examined their brofJMJc iSv
er James, found that he hacnV"(\li
been instantly killed. No skin4'^
was broken at all, but one side*! / ^
of his face was reddened and hisJ,,c5tf
nose bleeding. i*vm
The deceased is Mr. Jas. M. '(taTUj
Briggs, known as "Plumer" l\t$
Briggs. He was a young farmer
about 25 years of age, and a p<te,
brother of Mr. D. C. Briggs, of ASn
Union, who is with Turner &
Mayfield.
Mr. D. C. Briggs left early
Thursday for the grief-stricken ; tjjf0?
home, and attended the funeral,
which was held Thursday after-! ws[t
noon at Padgett's Cjeek. /
sions, besides a generous contri-?^pj
bution to Furman University
Several useful members were re-'m^j
^civuu wiiiic lie Welti Jjastur. | \A3WM
Rev. C. R. Williford succeeded mfl
him as pastor and served for fajjp
several years. He was regarded reco
as an able preacher. We are l5J&
unable to secure any special in- oM|
formation regarding his work. 'I
He was followed by Revs, our !
B. C. Lampley and J. N. Booth, man
who were at different times also loSj
pastors of the Union Baptist
church. These were able' men ti*
l^jnd the church developed under ajjfe
,1'^ir ministry. Later Rev. C. 3m
wafJ called ' he MB
two years. During nis ^1
there was a great reviva,
ing held in which he ? pjd tbi i rat
preaching and as a re&ui t(t of it coi
20 persons were baptized anu^the ]
spiritual life of the chujrch great - no
ly quickened. Following thi?h an
Rev. T. H. Garrett, of Andersoj/h off
County, this State, wAs called as h mi
pastor, and served about two '
years. He did a good work. {
Rev. L. M. Rice did son T. e(
faithful and efficient service L %
different times as supply. -tJt ?
In August, 1900, the writ &>t-1
I became pastor and has contini is w I
in this relation since with t, nil 1| *
exception of a little more than. (hp.
year, during which time Revfyi J.1
C. H. Holland was pastor. cph'lj
was much loved, being te-r^Y
garded as a man of great spirit jP
i ual power. J
In August, 1902, the wriUfr^
mna ni>rlainilH tft fVlP 'fllll Wf?rk fitof ' _
' | W fVv? v/l \4(41I4V\A VV Vk*\/ A IT m t ?. vs _ _
the gospel ministry, being rs)i a
member of the Hebron chu/wri ar
i and pastor of the same at i pj
1 time. The presbytery was t'f'0(
- posed of Revs. J. D. Mahon ?ilnd p(
C. H. Holland, together with ^the ai
. deacons of this and sis iter m
In the fall of 1904 at a confer- j1
e ference appointed for the wur-. g!
- pose a motion was passed /that p
s subscriptions be taken ford the ^
purpose of building a new Mouse .
e of worship. The vote was \JLnan- ^
o imously in favor of it. Ipiberal
s, subscriptions were made ^nd the jQ
e1 work went on in a very pleasing
i, manner. .' a
n In March, 1905, the Jbuilding a
? was begun, and on the first Sun- c,
day in June of the sartae year, a
if the house was occupied \for the n
in Hmo thp nn.st.or using as a n
>r text John 3:16. The biffilding n
was practically complete d dur-1 s\
c- ing the year 1905, thougl i some 0
le details have been adde d this v
c- year. The present hoi ise of
lg worship is a neat wooder i strucry;
ture, and will accomodat/e from
>e- 350 to 400 people,
ed The zeal and liberality of the
as members, with the liberal con- v
nd tributions of a generous) public, a
to by the grace of God, have given a
us this new house, a gift which e
as we prize more than wjords can a
is- tell. As we enter the iew cen- 1
rs, tury we pray for higher achieve- 1
is- ments and greater success. j i
|
^||[AGE Of $60,008.17.
ft, ?J?s Hold Meetings?Series
&Jlll be Continued.
eetiW^s have been held for
i se?3e3 of the Building and
i? rarhursday night No. 8
JjSd; Friday, Nos.fi and 7;
j, Nos. 4 and 5. A detailjj
F.*t was read in each series,
i ';ion was taken on each
t ; sly. In every case the
1 Riders decided to continue
y ries and make each share
la Omniinf- nf lTnrlof
XIV U111W UI1U VX VliVIVl
Ij&rrangement the situation
' work itself out in two or
fefe losses in the series are as
Ows: No. 4, $21,442.10; No. 5,
,702.41; No. G, $7,810.06; No.
17,550,59; No. 8, $3,503.01.
he total shortage of Treas.
jhes amounts to $60,008.17.
Farmers Meeting.
'he regular monthly meeting
the Union County Cotton
>Wers Association was held in
court house Saturday. Few
re present and little business
b transacted.
[ resolution was introduced
jDr. M. W. Culp and adopted,
gad as follows:
Resolved that the Union
Cotton Association in
assembled this day dc
pr? their thanks to Congress[Efillerbe
for his untiring ef1
ferret out the false
rt? issued by the Agricultural
arf&ment on the cotton acrele
S*South in its last report,
t ??s a pleasure to the people
Staate to know that they have
gin Washington who are
injSg after the welfare ol
r f constituents, and oui
4ks are hereby tendered tc
i ^representatives."
-f nnf T?o i?i
litjjui t liuin i icoiuciib i an
M that arrangements hac
tma.de for storing cotton ir
L^arehouses of Monarch anc
MiMs- The
President Harvie Jordan wiJ
t tie able to speak in Unio;
y time soon, so reported th
icers who have been in com
iinication with Jordan.
Firemen's Tournament.
The Union Fire Departmer
ft Tuesday morning for Ash<
lie, where they enter the cor
sts of the State and Inter-Stal
remen's Tournament. Tt
ces in which the Union con
tny takes part do not come o
itil Thursday at about noon,
tie too late for this issue c
rie Times; however, a report b
ire will be sent this office an
bulletin will be posted.
Those who represent Unic
e: O. E. Smith, Chief; D. I
lynn, Ass't Chief; J. B. Gree
oreman; H. B. Dantzler, Ass'
oreman; J. Frost Walker, Sec:
id Treas.; R. H. Harris, bu
an; F. E. Sanders, ass't bu
ian; T. B. Garner, breake
E. Hancock, nozzleman; R. I
anders, W. H. West, J. P. M
issick, J. H. Mixson, nozzl
len.
The State's correspondent i
sheville in writing of the tou
ament Wednesday, says the fc
wing about the home <ompan
The Union, S. C., horses ar
pparatus excited much interes
nd won considerable favorab
)mment on their fine appea
nee. Union is here witn !
len. The grand parade will tal
lace at nine o'clock Thursds
lorning, and then will come tl
teamer contests, followed by tl
ther events. The city is fill
dth firemen and visitors."
Union Creamery Case.
The Union Creamery case,
yhich much interest is attache
ind in which many people he
ire concerned, will receive r?
srence next Thursday morni
it 10 o'clock before Mr. C.
3eake, Master, at the Coi
douse. Every lawyer in Uni
-vill appear in this case.
IF. M. FARR, President.
T M
Merchants and Plant
Successfully Doing Busine
IP ? is the* OLDEST Hank In Ui
H H Ihih a ? ?*pitu uii'l surplus <i
W P is theomv NATIONAL lit
tj I has puiil dfvidi'nd? . imtu
B H pavs K'H'lt per cm. Itit
? k Is the only Itiiuk In I'uioii
H H has liurirlar-Proof vault, i
P pays iuuiu taxes than A I.I
I^V^ARNESTLY SOLK
TILLMAN SPEAKS ?
AT SANDY FLAT.?
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OUTLINES HIS PLANS TO REfORM j!
THE DISPENSARY. n
tl
He Would Put the Whole Business n
Back in Politics by Allowing tiic c
People to Elect County Dispcn- 1
sers?Believes all Liquor Should c
be Purchased from Government ii
Bonded Store Houses?Says State p
Board Should be Stripped of Pur- y
chasing Power. ?
There is but one important t
issue involved in this campaign i
so far as State affairs go, and as
for my own candidacy, it rests 1
on the record which I have made <
since I entered public life sixteen ?
years ago, and the intimate I
1 knowledge which the people of I
this State have of my character. 1
| personality and qualifications. I <
I am willing to leave it there with- s
out discussion or presentation, i
lhe fight is State Dispensary 1
? vs. County Dispensary, for no 1
; one expects the prohibition can- i
; dictates, however worthy and 1
1 well qualified they may be, to 1
; receive very much support.
. With all their efforts, (and they
have been many and long con- j
? tinued,) the newspapers, which
i have always fought the dispensary
have not been able to drum
i up a candidate for governor who
i advocates local option straight
' as against dispensary and prohii!
i fering m Charleston
local option offered tfie pecfjile, ?o ,
_1 between prohibition and county
l"! dispensary, and the whole fight
{is to destroy the State dispen1
sary, first, with no other purpose
than to then obtain the privilege
of reopening the old bar rooms
selling under the new guise of
it liquor stores, selling under cons'
stitutional limitations. The
i-! real fight is for the control of
:e the legislature, because the govle
ernor cannot make or change the
laws, and can only try to enforce
ff them. His only influence over
a legislation would be in the use of
>f i the veto power. But it is all im
>y portant to get a strong and good
d man for governor. The times
! distinctly demand one.
>n i In any event, some counties
i\ will stand by prohibition with its
r, blind tigers and heavy jug trade
t. by express. Other counties will
y vote for county dispensaries,
t- and the cities where the princit
pal newspapers are published
r; have the fight on the issue of
C. State Dispensary or County disc
pensary, with the ultimate pure
pose of having the county dis;
pensaries turned into licensed
at i barrooms if the county dispenr
aries are abolished. The scheme
>1- is to restore the sale of ;liquor to
yi' private individuals rather than
id let it remain in the hands of
it, State officials. Those who clam>le
or for county dispensaries instead
.r- of one State dispensary, must
30 demonstrate how it is easy tc
ke prevent corruption among the
ay thirty or forty county boards
lie than to stop it in one State board
he I have great faith in the gooci
ed common sense of the people, anc
1 . A. 1. 1? il l il L .
ao not Deneve tnat tney can o<
persuaded to destroy the State dis
I pensary and leave each county t<
purchase and sell its own liquor
Yet The State and News an<
to Courier, which have alway
id, hated the dispensary "wors
?re than the devil hates holy water,'
ef- are advocating candidates wh
ng favor county dispensaries. Th
H. only possible good reason tha
urt can be advanced on this line i
ion that the prohibition counties ur
ider the constitution receive
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J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. R
E H
ers National Bank, |
iss at the "Old Stand." |j
nion. w
f $10 ',000. *
ink In I'ninn. M
nfinir to ^ikijoo.
crest on deposit!*. t?
inspected l>y an ollleer, K
slid Safe Willi Time? Lock. H
. the flunks in I'ninn eomhin'-d. M[
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;iT YOUR BUSINESS. |
art of the profits which arise
rom the sale of liquor in the
ther counties. This is unjust, as
veryone must acknowledge, but
; can be remedied very easily by
aving the State dispensary
lake no profits other than a few
housand dollars above its runing
expenses, thus leaving the
ounties and the towns to divide
he profits between them. This
an be easily done and when we
onsider the expense of buying
iquor in retail quantities and
laying local freights on it intead
of buying carload lots and
laying through freights the
:ounty dispensary cannot stand
he comparison. But this is not
he greatest objection.
The leakage or stealage in bot:ling
of liquor at each county
iispensary would be immense,
and I know no way that it could
tie prevented, nor do I know any
by which it would be possible to
arevent the whiskey being watered,
bottled, refilled, relabeled
and other schemes of making
money dishonestly, if the system
were adopted. It is not possible
to prevent it, and I do not think
any sensible man who considers
the question will seriously contend
that it is. Even if one-half
of the counties in the State
should adopt the prohibition?
blind tiger?jug trade program
it would be better, more economical
and there would be less possibility
of corruption and speculation
in the purchase and handling
of liquor in the other dis- X
pensary counties, if the buying, T
bottling and shipping should be *
done at one central depot instead
" ic Itvwxh county.
cause it was the unueiau. _
(and a bargain was made) during
the fight in the legislature
last winter against the State
Dispensary, that the ultimate
purpose is to have Charleston
wholesale liquor dealers supply
the county dispensaries as well
I as the jug trade by express in
dry counties; and while this
would be better than to have this
liquor shipped in from North
Carolina and Georgia, as it now
is, because it would keep the
money at home. I do not now
believe that the people of the
State are now willing or will ever
be willing to see the State Dispensary
destroyed, with the inevitable
result that liquor selling
will gradually go back to the old
system of private control. I
would be glad to have Charleston
prosper, but it is not the loss of
the liquor trade that hurts Charleston.
Other things are to
blame.
The issue between private control
and control by State officials
must hinge at last on the question
of whether or not the people
of South Carolina shall determine
that we cannot find honest men
enough to carry on the dispenj
s* ry system and devise laws to
make those who are dishonest
afraid. I say we can. I do not
believe that every man who hanj
dies whiskey must become a
, thief. I believe that the people
. only need to see and know that
the dispensary system can be re|
formed and cleansed of corrupj
tion to make them stand by it.
T ?Ml 1 ' * 1 *
i i wm proceeu to give me pian
- which appears to me after a
:> great deal of thought and con.
sideration of suggestions from
i very many sources to be the best,
s We will begin on the counties,
e County dispensers should be
' elected in the Democratic prio
mary the same as other officers,
e The County Board should be
.t composed of the mayor of the
s town in which a dispensary is
i- located, the supervisor of the
a (Concluded on 8th page.)