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( r^r ti . / ^ , 1 | / ' % THE UNION TIMES. % / ...; , . ; ,-3-? VOL. LVI NO 29. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR. ,, J ' i WE PAY 1 ON TIME I IWm. A. NICHC BANt - a* l UNION'S COMPANY RULED OUT. > Because of Negro Driver?Unjust f. Treatment By North Carolina Judges?Union Cheered. At the inter-state firemen's , tournament last Thursday in f Asheville, the company from Union was ruled out of the con* test because it had a negro driver. The rules of the Association are that none other than a member of the company can s. run in the races and of course s*ii the negro driver is not rated as J a member. ft , In the parade Wednesday af iternoon, there were several negro dii/ers in the different ' wagons. 8J says a prominent citi Who went to Asheville. -'JNOuiing was said about the negro drivers then, but next day when the races began the negroes were all displaced by white drivers except in the case of Union. Chief Smith was unwilling to allow any of his company to drive the horses, so had to with' draw from the contest. This K was amid wholesale applause fronj the spectators. Anderson 1 offered the service of its white driver but objection was raised. i TKo Smith PaiviUna l'tiHcroa wntoH ' -"x) Jj, UnlC contest any i^r i but che judges from North Cari elina overruled them. 1 Tne unfairne s seems to be A that the officers did not apprise A the Union Company of the rule covering the case. It would IBv have been the fair thing if these B had let the company know ir ftg time to prepare for the change V Anyone knows it would hav< V been folly to trust those horse and the outcome of the race t an inexperienced driver, s f Chief Smith i3 commended fc P \ his action. Union is proud of her team a ^ the same. She knows what (can do, and will still stand by i and she is proud of the applau: this team elicited in the para* Wednesday; indeed, Union's ai Asheville's were the only tear applauded. ^ All the prizes 'went to Nor #TarofHna Companies, Ralei *WnrJin? first >n the races Thu day/ , . ' f UitCT If DEATH OE m. r. u. wlo.. Mr. F. C. West, of the W Springs neighborhood, died typhoid fever Wednesday, J 11, and was buried the follow day at West Springs, Rev. R. Funderburk, his pastor, < >' ducting the funeral. Mr. West was a man who won the esteem of his neigh and by his exemplary life he large place in their hearts, was elected clerk of \ Springs Baptist Church at it ganization and held the plac H the time of his death. Twic , was representive in the 1 Legislature from Spartan county. He will be gr missed in the communit: which he lived, and the C< and State have lost one of best citizens. Nabbed Six. tJoh Humpnrey, a n^.? was travelling peac & n South street Thursda # > iw/ix gallons of contr "hZe, just from the e Office, all tucked snugly a ,"shack. Mr. Whitmire ( J this kind of thing i ^Tnion, so with officers ^Mulligan and Gregory, h< ?cepts this dark traveler t t "peaceful valley" and ha1 l / ?p. Now Humphrey wis hadn't done it. r> g^v INTEREST )EPOSITS. I )LSON & SON, CERS. COUNTY CAMPAIGN. Opens at Santuc on August 15th. The County Executive Committee met at the courthouse, Monday and arranged for the county campaign. Mr. C. $H. Peake, chairman of the committee presided, and Mr. J. W. Gregory was elected secretary. A motion was made and adop1 ted requiring each candidate to ' pay the sum of $8.00 for defrav ing campaign expenses. The schedule of meetings was made out and is as follows: San- i tuc, Wednesday, August 15th; Carlisle, Thursday, August 16th; Black Rock, Friday, August 17th; Cross Keys, Saturday, j August 18th; Gibbs, Tuesday, August 21st; Buffalo, Tuesday night, August 21st; Jonesville, Thursday, August 23rd; Jones-, ville Mills, Thursday night, ' August 23; Lockhart Mills, Fri- ! day night, August 24th; Monarch and Aetna Mill, Saturday, August 25th. at 5 p. m.; Union 1 Graded School Building Mon-1 day, August 27th; Cc (house square, Monday night, August 27th; All the day meetings opei.1 promptly at 11 o'clock a. m., I and all the night meetings at 8 , ?'ci??h&nff?aates for senator aim legislators are to be allowed 20 minutes to speak and all other candidates ten minutes. I nis is 1 the rule of the morning meet; ings; the time for the 1 meetings will be just th^*: 5 All candidates must file their 1 pledges and pay the assessment g on or before the day 01 lite luov s meeting. ? In Magistrate's Court. ir ?? Ben Jeter, well-known in ]] police circles was up before Magistrate Johnson Thursday or j. three charges of violating the dispensary law. Because of in je sufficient evidence Ben was re 1(j j 1 iased. But his freedom wa ns; short-lived, for the city authori 1 ties immediately arrested him oi ,*.u the same charges. The case of J. W. Ramse jrg_ arrested for stealing tools froi " the Union Cotton Mills, wi compromised. Ramsey is to ps j for the tools in work. He now discharging this obligate est at the Mill. The value of tl of tools is about $30. fuly Gertrude Jennings, a whi rin{? man of the Union Cotton Mil j. was fined $7.50 for punchi son- 1 Chas. Ramsey's face with a b pole. It was alleged that you had Ramsey, looking through the b bors hole in the floor and seeing J< l<j a ning below him, got naugl He and expectorated freely, the s Vest vous precipitation landing in 1 s or- face ?f the accused. Ram e to said he didn't do it. The 1 :e he was paid. ?tate- Mrs. James Charles Buried. ourg eatly r in because of extra matter juntv The Times last week the acc< their of Mrs. Charles' death was crt ed out. Mrs. Charles had 1 ill for a long time in the hos at Chester, when on Tue morning of last week she fi hack- succumbed. The body :efuliy brought to Union Wednesda: y with interred in the Duck Pond aband etery. Rev. J. G. Farr cond xpress the services, way in >bjects Church Notice. around Evans, Owing to the indisposition 2 inter- pastor and the severe illness hrough wife th?*re will be no s< rvi( uls him Quaker and Flint Hill eli shes he next Babbath. I J. N. Isom, Pa GREAT DAY AT HEBRON/ CENTENNIAL AND DEDICATION EXERCISES HELD SUNDAY. Although the Weather was Threatening Large Congregation Assembled to Dedicate New Church?Centennial Exercises Held in AfternoonFine Showing of Pastor Lawson. On Sunday, July 15th, the congregation of Hebron Baptist church dedicate their new church building, and in the afternoon of the same day celebrated their centennial. The morning was unpromising, for showers were falling, and the clouds hanging heavy overhead. But the people came from far and near, and the house was filled. The exercises began promptly at 11 o'clock. Rev. J. C. Lawson, the pastor, stated the object of the gathering, and announced .' '^RRfT } . H * I K. 1 Jj_ ^ ? IjtiU lJ^ |, ^f ' V*- / jmggpr j ^fl * . 4A, rk*-*%' B REV. J. C. LAWSON. a hymn which was sung bv thp congregation. Rev. J. f. Going ter if ?.ra5?r- The 16th chap*1.?/ $lrk ^ua? read bV Rev. | appropriate on such an occasion. Just here a collection for State Missions amounting to about $8 was taken. It was at this point in the proceedings that the pastor made the pleasing announcement that there was no debt on the church, and that no collection for that purpose would be taken. t . m. Rice, upon the in j lvv? . vitation of the pastor anc church, preached the dedicatior t sermon. The text was taken ir , Mark 16:15, and the words, "al j the world," were chosen for th ; basis of the subject chosen: *'l 1 Vision of World-Conquest as Rc _ (vealed in Christ's Missionar sey . i, r aJB yfca it, i . it *mamm tine HEB TT,?f0r.nri?(?." The following UlJ l/Vi p* aw. . brief synopsis of the serr f?r "Most people regard a 'mis; Dunt arv' sermon as a dry discu.< >wd- 0g a worn-out theme. This been cause most missionary sen pital deal in generalities and cove sday much ground. The purpos nally this sermon is to present was thought?one great thought / and - let that be fortified so thor* cem- iy that it may be convir ucted There are not many thoughts floating around in minds. One great book u is but the development ol one fundamental idea, some of the thought developed and fo <>f his with many arguments an< ;os at trations. The Bible has lurches great thoughts revealed pages than any other stor. ,Such thoughts as the Cr Being: of God, TT Salvation, Love, Faith, the Atonement, anc many more. One of the great eat thoughts revealed in the teaching of Jesus was his idea o1 world-conquest. It is great ir its daring, its compass and it: object. "All the world," say: Jesus Christ to the "five hun dred brethren" assembled on the mountain in Galilee. One strange thing about this idea of Jesus is in the fact that it originated ir Hebrew environment. The ex clusiveness of Judaism is swepl from the horizon and a universa world embraced in the gigantie scheme. There are many people whe reg *d the!ltnjssionary enterprise as 1\ ily worth the serious at tention of strong-minded men. These individuals assume that women and some few weak minded people may legitimately give attentiop to such matters But here a gr? t mistake is made it is a great a, a great enter prise. The i eatest enterprise of any age. Men dreamed o1 world-conquest before Christ': day. Caesar, Alexander. Cyrus and others. Napoleon in mod ern times had the -same dream But the different* was: ~.ies< men dreamed of a world-conques that killed men to get them int< the kingdom, while Jesus Chrisi himself dies to get them in. Th< spirit must get hold of Christ's followers before they may b< truly called his disciples. The missionary idea offers the widest possible scope for the test of human endeavor. The philanthropist founds colleges, orphanages, libraries and other institutions that heb mankind. The spirit of Jesus Christ is tc do all this and more. The generality of philanthropists hedge in their benefactions. They take up some one idea, Ike founding libraries. And this idea is hedged in by race, color, and perhaps even one lifcle communthe unselfish benefaction <ft tit world. The broadest religioi under the shining stars is th religion of J&sus Christ. This i not always the spirit mani^te u., uia fnlinwprs. however Doe u.y 11 to AVi.v _ a man crave the excitement c the battlefield ? Christianit furnishes the broadest possib field of operation. The annals < I missionary history furnis I more heroes than do tl 1 annals of any other branch * history. And too, the man 1 the world marches to do bat k with the eye of the world up >. him. It is not so hard to lea< y forlorn hope in the face of RON CHURCH. is a world of people who look o non: shout encouragement. 0n< sion- woman, having heard the < jsion voice calling to the far be- mission field, responding t mons call, displays more true h< :r too than any soldier in earth'5 ie in ever yet displayed. It i one derful! The power of the , and Christ to Jead his followe ough- the thick of battle. Ar icing, what"/ Not glory, not great not tire praise of men. I men's cause If the rooting of thi sually thought in the heart. I ' some of the Vision of Christ's great sal dorAinion filling rne e> Ttified inner ear hears the ir ] illus- words. ot; command: 'G more the worlJ' in its; How Ixmt then am book. Are wrxble to say ths eation, Christ i^Vuiaking good. 1 I F. M. FARR, President. >i THE MERCHANTS & PLA1 t 1 THK "< >1. I > 1-1 ; Is Still Doing Business 5 During the thirty-four years of its < Dividends sinGe its organization amc times its Capital Stock, jnd now ha Account equal to more than half its J | Department in which Deposits are i paid on all amounts left in it for si offers to Depositors prompt and Gar 1 treatment consistent with safe and * - his vision of world conquest an | idle dream as it seemed to the worldly-wise of his own day? ' How goes the batter? Watch man what of the night? Just 1 this: The world-vision is becom ing a world-fact. The great en terprise is gathering momentum, , - intensity, magnitude. Never in 1 the the history of Christianity i f has there been so bright a day < 5 as the present. More men and ; 5 women, more money, a greater < uuiijuci ui a^cutics aic 111u1 on Christ's side to-day than ever 1i -; before in the history of Christ tianity. And the army of Christ 5 is equipped more thoroughly t than ever before. If new and - then an out-post has been surrendered it yet remains t.ue1: -1 that upon the whole the baitle goes with Jesus Christ. The i ; forces of sin are arming themt selves as never before, but step i by step the army of righteous- < ness advances. I am glad of < this. It rejoices the heart to i ; feel that we follow the regnant < 'Christ. The "one that was 1 dead is alive, and alive forever t 1 more." Some day, soon, be it ^ ; hoped, Jesus Christ will gather y ' up all the ends of his mighty j ! purpose and lo! the nations will < 1 be his. "Even so, come, Lord < Jesus. ] n The congrefeu.v-r? ,L K. !i e journed for one hour. * *' b ; iuousdinnerwaSservedone_th_ t;fembled' .f exercises were neiu. '* tCUVViXM. y Rev. J. C. Lawson, the pastor, \ le made an appropriate address. He called attention to the fact 3h that Hebron church was 100 he years old. It was just the age of of the famous "Haystack" Mis?f sisnary Society. But Hebron tie was not then, nor for a long ,on time afterwards, missionary. j Not until 1880 was the church really missionary in spirit. Th< a trouble was with Hebron as wit! many other Baptist churches o: a former day, an over-dose o i Calvinism. Even after the mis sionary spirit got hold of it people the appeal was based 01 the "misfortune" of the heath en. Now the note of obligatio is sounded. When Hebron no' 3 gives to missions it is upon th $ conviction that our obligation 1 Christ compels us. It is th ' voice of Jesus Christ that is no ^ heard. He speaks, that is suf | cient. We feel that obedien ? is essential to a full and free ft ?lowship with Jesus Christ. Rev. J. K. Hair was then i troduced and he made an int< tU/, onhio (esting address upon 111C ouujv "The Post Age a Root Age He said many people could .? ?? 1 nothing good except in the pa others could see nothing g< except in something ne What about the past? It was time when physical prowess i n and glorified. Things were in e lone rough. More polished now, divine it is to be feared that some -away the stalwart manliness of 0 that past has also vanished, jroism past was a day of small th 1 wars in education. But men s won- deep convictions and were ; risen afraid to express them and I rs into for them if necessary. Me id for old did not toy with sin. riches, conversion of sinners was a dut be- quent occurrence. These s world built foundations that will s< because but one feels that the best ^hvistianitv is at i univer- ui ? 'e. The Something of the rugged ispiring hood of the past is lost, pe o!' 'All and there is danger of an > cultated ministry. But we :1 now? not let our culture mak it Jesus weak. Let us gird ourselv " Was the greatest conflct of a >? bb J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. NTERS NATIONAL BANK, IKI.IAHI.K." at the "Old Stand." ;xistenGe. it has paid Semi-Annual mnting to $214,800, nearly four is a Surplus end Undivided Profit Capital StOGk. It has a Savings received, and 4 per cent interest | x months. It solicits accounts and eful attention and the most liberal [ profitable banking. p NEGRO KILLED BY EREIGHT CAR. Reuben Ford, an Employee, Run Over by Empty Car?Died Shortly After--Coroner's Verdict. At about 7:50 o'clock Saturday morning: a fatal accident occured :>n the railroad track near East Main Street and directly in front jf Mr. W. H. Sartor's residence. As a result Reuben Ford, a negro employee of the railroad, is dead. The switch engine, in charge of the switch crew stationed at Union, was hauling an empty freight car toward Aetna I mills, the car to be placed on the siding there. Conductor Reid was out of the city, so brakeman Humphries was in charge. A fly-switch was being made to place a car on the Aetna siding. Ford was walking lown the track toward Aetna, ind stepped off to let the rngine pass; then he stepped aack on the track unaware of :he car's approach. Humphries, >vho was on top of the car, /elled at the negro hut it seems le did not hear. The car ran Dver the negro, crushing his skull and cutting his arm in two places one below the shoulder, :he other below the elbow. He -vas at once taken to Dr. Hamil** no purpose aa viw. j ^Kiiiiui onpr 12 o'clock the same day. 1 body was taken to his old home at Winnsboro Saturday night, i Mayor Young held the inquest and the verdict was that Ford came to his death through his own negligence and the negligence of the switch crew. Mr. Bishop's House Burned. i News was received Wednesday ' of the burning of Mr. John BishJ1 op's house, located on the MacP beth place out on rural route No. *. 1. Mr. John Bishop with several * brothers lives on the place, but in separate houses. On Tuesday, s Mr. Bishop, who is a widower, n with his children went to the field, and in his absence the fire n occurred. It was about 10 o'clock kV in the morning. Very little of !e household elfects was saved. It :o has not yet been ascertained if ie there was any insurance or if the cause of the fire is known. c.e rair View?-Brov?n's Crock. iic,<n,iav morning. 11 a. m., j-j_ V./II OUliui.,, ?r~ Mr. S. E. Bonev, of The Times, and Rev. J. R. Funderburk will , >1 deliver addresses at Brown's g'ee Creek church. There will be no S? services at Fair View, hut all !j0(j will attend the Centennial exercises at Brown's Creek. !> ci vas aKes- The conflict that is to the en(* in an enthroned son of God. but Let us go forth to victory! of Rev. J. T. Going was next inthe trod need. He urged the people The of God to be true to the iradiings tions of the past and thereby had bring to the present day its not legitimate large yield of fruit, fight He closed with an earnest apn of peal to the unsaved and the The careless Christian. A good fre- speech, short, but well spoken, men The meeting adjourned with tand. here liction, by the pastor, Re'.. day J. C. Law son. land. Thus ended a day long to be man- remembered by the Hebron pea rhaps pie. Their plans for a r I emas- house have matured. I "l-J ""'l onir'.u | must church is umit*u mm _ ;e us The pastor is loved by th</^ J es for pic. A bright future is 1 11 the them. or* r| nor*. cers. I tmu and tuttmted M