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- THE UNION TIMES. JS 'IJf -LU1 - . >' r?? ' * " ^ || ^ ' VOL. LVI NO 33. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR. WE PAY I ON TIME D # Wm. A. NICHO BANK ^STATTcampa ? : HELD IN UNION, SATl PRESIDED OVER E Candidates Heard By a I _ C_xl Dl ._ Lime cninusiasm?Diea: "V ham's Agent-Colon Bouquet?Blease the Boys?No A small but attentive crowd of 1 v. voters and a few ladies gathered on the Central school grounds to hear the candidates for state offices. The day was fine, everybody was in a good, sane! humor and appreciative of the arguments set forth by the va-f rious aspirants to State honors. I The meeting was very quiet and ! so marked in its difference from campaign meetings of by-gone, days. The people behaved and, so did the candidates. True,! . T..yon and Mr. Ragsdale had I - tneir -lsuai slams for each other,1 0 Blease got very enthusiastic anu infused some of Ws spint m the hearts and throats of a few toi | The feature of the speaking was the denial by Mr. Blease of his having anything to.do w?h Lanahan, tne WlilOXV^/jr has never been accused of this, but it is supposed that insinuations had become so frequent and pointed he deemed it best tc deny the charge. Col. J no. T. Sloan who ha.< made a "rep" during this cam paign for eloquence, did not dis appoint those who were expect ing this, for he was there wit! the goods, in the way of flower language and glowing speech. The meeting was called t order at 10.50 by county chaii man, C. H. Peake, who intr< duced the speakers. Later M J. W. Gregory presided, M Peake being compelled to leav The candidates for Adjuta and Inspector General, spo first. MR. L. W. HASKELL, of Richland county started t fireworks. He is a young m and is now assistant AdjutJ ~ 1 and Inspector Uenerai. thinks he deserves promotion I his faithfulness to the duties f his office. He said noth against his opponent, Col. Bo and desired that the people \ for the man best flitted. fl| COL. J. C. BOYD, of Greenville is an ex-Con erate soldier and wants the pie to do something for him 1 not after he dies. He clain good record as a soldier and in military affairs of the ; , since the war. He has much, he said, for the S Carolina militia in days I when the legislature was ( I clined to help it and no* I wants to do more, g The five candidates /for if office of Railroaa Conrfrrp0* I are very desirous^ P*4*#? I there. Jt's ajat Jotr, Jgf I Whar^m. wSfc1'f'?KS h? * I to succem7 I V ? / sion is composed of up-c M men. He promised son I doing" if be was elected. NTEREST ii CPOSITS. \ j r iLSON & SON, :ers. ' J ???^j l(iN MFFTINfi I II VI 1 ITIL.I. I II 1V? ' < 1 JRDAY, AUGUST IITh,j \\ C. h. PEAKE. ! i Crowd of 600 People---; se Denies Being Lanael Sloan Receives ! Whooped Up by ; Drunkenness. ] 1 MR. J. A. SUMMERSETT, ? of Richland, claims that the job i ] of sitting in the commission j i should be his from the position ] he occupies on the map of South 1 Carolina. He said he was a1 j good private citizen and would 1 represent the neoDle. He Drom-11 lace reThlt0 a Jufjering popu yelled, "WewTll t,-y you.-' si lVra^Sd0-^a!i COL. J. H. WHARTON, ": . P_-l?Fei?si t^e much-attacked i other show. He said those | i other fellows didn't know what' : they were talking about. MR. JAS. CANSLER, 1 of Tirzah, for several times can-; didate, thought Wharton ought to quit. Said he gave away too I many passes and had cost the state $1,728,000 by allowing the - assessed value of railroad prop> i erty to be only 60 per cent. Mr. i Cansler thinks Wharton is an31 other Benedict Arnold or even - Judas Iscariot. MR. J. M. SULLIVAN, r of Anderson, said he was a busii ness man, and a very successful y one, and that this office needec i business sense. He thinks th< ' state and not the railroad; should pay the railroad commis ~ sion. * ! The candidates for governo i came next. This was an eigh handed contest and because c ^ importance the most interesting The first speaker was MR. JOEL E. BRUNSON. " n?i-? Mr. the straigh , 01 OUIULCl. . he out prohibitionist and in a clea ian forceful way showed the ir \j^ morality and evil results oftj He ; liquor business. "If the jfa( r fosters an institution 'ik/son . dispensary," said Mr- Ijsylun mf "it should establish anwijow, y?' for the inebriate, W claim rote and the orpha?- Jfy homi that crimes an' '' increase* cides h.aV9figDen/fy regime fed- under th&ay ^ dispensary i peo- "The OT^?rcj ^-ohibition, as i iow, a step>/for v, is to show th is a clairr^s the whole bus man rot^?> tf_je congratulated Uuio state h? havite voted out the dispel done cM.rv hec^ise the whole systei >outb ** * \otten through and througl t unt'fl thing rotten in its natui 1 uo foundation could not 1 r he'drifted. Mr. Br?nsonl is .^(Jpleasing spe^1:?* w.lth 4 (:'ca ,invoice, ai.r H bea ?nd hig ^ a rpimed gentlemail ^' m/a- a- kdwards! tol. 10f says whiskey \s n >ught 1 the?V issue, in fact nbt tl \ 1 issu&**t good government j ! Howfe^he is a prohibitionist to he I bearish kes the * dfapensar unmrt-' but%iJhusf have it, then ountry I sbd^ improved. He charg iethii* TajtjWorcement of our lav I a damaging compa Vf ' son of South Carolina with New fork. Mr. Edwards has never )een a candidate before and is maccustomed to speech making. MR. A. C. JONES. >f Newberry now, but raised in Jnion county, was glad to be igain among the sturdy denocracy of Union county, and to evel in sacred memories. He spoke forcefully in favor of immigration. irood schools nnrl ornnH *oads, paying incidentally a triblte to the Confederate soldiers ind referring to his own record in '76. He claims to be the instigator of the movement which resulted in the Brice law, and that he is the only original prohibitionist in the race. He says Mr. Bruson is "no good and a traitor to Democracy," that he can't get the dispensary out of his own county, Sumter. "The iispensary law," he said, "is ;he most iniquitous law ever forced on a free people." He las never voted for the dispensary, does not stand for high icense, but endorses the Brice ict. Mr. Jones makes things? ind himself?warm when he 3peaks. MR. R. I. MANNING, }f Sumter, next intertained the crowd. Mr. Manning is a farmer and banker and is president ef the farmers' cotton warehouse. He is in favor of good roads, education. He favors the dispensary, because men will have whiskey and the state should conduct its sale. He op fhfE couPty dispensaries; says the issue is state dispensarv or hfhil* ?-n' ^ c?urse if prohibition is wanted he will entheCRavat i5W' -He stands for J?hi%yS?r' .5Ianning-Tillman bill, reformS?V1^S restrictions for a Mr Manni dlsPensary system. Mr. Manning is an even cool speaker, never loses his temper ind pleases the crowd. ' j? j- m'mahan, Richland county, once Stato SKVZSZ&tL. ot education? stringent enforcement of law; and said he never straddles any issue. He favors the dispensary as a step toward prohibition, for he is a prohibitionist. "The people of each county should have the right to vote out or tc I vote back the dispensary," sayj | Mr. M'Mahan, "but to vote out ;the State dispensary because o its rottenness would reflect 01 the honesty of our citizenship.' He thinks there are honest me: still, who can run the dispensary He favors the State owning an operating its own dist/fleries 1 Mr. M'Mahan thought a strony i clean man should i not merely upon X"e. whiske 3 issue, for other>casions ma -' arise, demandingtrength truth and power of /foacement. Mi r M'Mahan is^'ood speaker wit It both voice/ftouKh piping) an ?f and arms/ r. r/L. JNO. T. SLOAN, of Rj^,an(^ county, is at preser ! i;ei/"apt governor, and wan t- o higher; says his record i r Jsoldier and statesman justil n'/fis claims. lie favors the di y pensary as the best solution < i this whiskey question that h; i worried us so long and will t , ways be before us. "Take po i tics out of the dispensary ar s run it on a business plan and s will be a success," was annou - ced in strong tones. Col. Slo; d likes to talk about "woman," !. he let loose on that subject, a s monishing his auditors to lo is and cherish woman, our Sout e ern women, for they are t i-1 highest of types: and right ht n the Colonel became very, ve i- eloquent. He likes Winthr m College and says those Winthr n, girls "do make good wives re Col. Sloan received the 01 3e flowers of the day, but it did 1 a non-plus him, for he has beco r, [ accustomed to this petting. r" j MR. M. F. ANSEL, who hails from Greenville, s he ought to be elected, beca ot we Piedmonters have he had a governor since the days is. our own Gist. Mr. Ansel sta at for good roads, education j y, anything that advances our c itjlization. He opposes a St es dispensary and favors cou /s, control, allowing each to chc ri-1 between county dispensary t 4 prohibition. He calls for better enforcement of law, and says if i the people elect him, he will see that they are enforced. Mr. I Ansel has been attacked by j nearly all the other candidates i and accused of fence-straddling, but it never ruffles him; he goes on serenely smiling all the while and leaves the people to judge. VMR. COLE L. BLEASE, of Newberry, the straight-out dispensary candidate, told them lie was for State control and. the dispensary for all, and in favor of repealing the Brice law. People should vote for him or Brunson, for they were the only ! straight-outs. Mr. Blease thinks prohibition a farce in Union. On the stand he claimed to have (just got a good drink of North | Carolina "booze" and expected i to get another before he left. The feature of his speech was his denial of any complicity with Lanaham in his dealings with the dispensary. He called on Mr. Lyon to state if he knew the man's name, which Lewis W. Parker could have given before the investigating committee. , Mr. Lyon replied that he did not. It is remembered that Mr. Parker knew the "certain high official" whom Lanahan claimed was I representing him in this State, I and it had been whispered he was a member of the investigatling committee. Please thought suspicion pointed his way so took occasion to deny same, and support his statement with Lyon's word and certain affidavits from ! members of the old dispensary ; commission, stating that he had I never recommended to them the ! purchase of Lanahan's whiskey. Mr. Blease favors biennial sessions of the legislature, the 10 hour labor law, and opposes children under 12 being allowed to work in the mills. He opposes I higher education for negroes. Mr. Blease is a strong talker and i received much applause. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. ! \vfl&l| F is without think it is fair for you to ; what you are going to get. appreciate the_ fact that yo\ think me good enough to rui without opposition. SECRETARY OF STATE. t' Mr. L. M. Ragin, of Columbia f once clerk in this office, no^ n wants it all; says he can do th ' j work. Mr. McCown, of Floi n ence, Mr. J. B. Morrison, c , Charleston, and Col. M. P. Tril ci ble, of Anderson, all three shov i. ed why they should be elected. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Mr. J. Frazer Lyon, of Abb y ville, the man who raised such y "rucus" while investigating tl / dispensary, presented his claim V Says he is not running on Rag *1 dale's demerits nor any 01 else's, simply on his own merit Mr. Lyon has exposed mu< graft, and in his speech mai it this characteristic utteranc ts "How many grafters do you su is pose will vote for J. Fras 'y Lyon?" s- Mr. J. W. Radgsdale, of Fl< of ence, one of Lyon's opponen as charges that he (Lyon) receiv d- rl<ui)ilo n,iv while makinir t1 li- investigation, insinuating tl id this was graft. He says Ly it has done no good, for n- prosecuted no one. an Col. Leroy Y. Youmans, t so present incumbent, and wh< d- home is in Richland, was una ve to be present, but a letter fr h- him was read, in which he aslhe the support of the people for \ ?re oflice, in whose duties he was ;ry present so busily engaged, op ^ ,, |?"MR. BRIGGS WLLL. ily iot Younq Man Who Was seriouly I me has Almost Recovered. Mr. Wrm. Briggs, who aid hurt some time ago in the mi! use Jonesville is now almost not covered and able to be up of walk around. While he is ye nds little weak, still he is in a and markably good condition cor ivi- ering the severity of the inj ate Mr. Briggs came to Ui nty Tuesday and is spending a >ose i days with Mrs. J. W. Crawf and | his sister. | F. M. FARR, President. I THE MERCHANTS & PLAt 5 TH ! : "< >1,1 ? W B Is Still Doing business During the thirty-four years of its ( Dividends since its organization amo times its Capital Stock, and now ha Account equal to more than half its Department in which Deposits are i paid on all amounts left in it for si; offers to Depositors prompt and Gari treatment consistent with safe and [ * ??????? jTHOS. KNOX ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.! At U. &. G. S. Station Saturday Evening by Judson Wright? niP/t Mnn/lai/ Aftprnnnn m>vu naviiuuj ni ivi nuviii i On Saturday evening last, 1 when the U. & G. S. train came 11 in, from Buffalo, at 8 o'clock, < two young white men, both of 1 1 that place, were getting off the ' baggage car when this very pe-1| 1 culiar accident occurred. The 'two men were Judson Wright! ' and Thomas Knox, both between 22 and 25 years old; Wright is 5 married, Knox a single man. Wright had a pistol in his hip 5 pocket, the barrel pointing up" i ward; and as he jumped out the ;! car the hammer struck on the : car floor and discharged the load. ! i The ball passed back through 1 Waight's coat and up into the 1 body of Knox, who was still j standing in the car door. The; , ball entered the lower abdomen j1 and ranged upward. The woundI ed man was taken to the office of , [ Drs. Sarratt and Torrence for j i treatment, but it was seen from ' the first that nothing could be I done. Sunday he was taken j1 1 i back to his home in Buffalo, where he died Monday afternoon. ; He was buried at Pacolet Tues- [ i day. A it -it 1* .Ms suun as uie pisun was uis_ charged, Wright ran, returning [ carrying0a arrested at ; j is now in jail. The inquest was held, and the verdict reached was that the shooting was entirely accidental. lt Death of Coroner Gregory. .V ie Coroner B. F. Gregory died at r- his home in Union Friday, Aug. >f 110. He had been in declining )- health for a long while and was j- a great sufferer. He was 57 years of age and has lived all his life in Union county. He leaves three brothers, I. S., G. W. and e" R. O. Gregory, and a wife and a two children. Mr. Gregory, ie shortly before his death, was res' stored to the church and exs" pressed himself as feeling ne assured of his spiritual safety. -h! A Law and Order League. de e: A Law and Order League was 0" formed at Buffalo on Thursday er evening, August 9th. This movement was brought about b: n'~ the best people of the place, am ts. f-he nbiect is the suppression o e.(l intemperance and law-breaking 'lls Mr. C. A. Miller was chose iat president, Rev. L. E. Wiggins ?n vice-president, and G. V. Erye "e,sec'y. The executive committe is Mr. L. Maynes, chairman '"e C. II. Matthews, Hendrix *?e The organization, will from tim to time, invite speakers to at om dfess them on subjects that wi help in the work they have ur ^he dertaken. Rev. L. M. Rice wi address them Tuesday evening August 21st. Hon. Jos. f. Johnson. . I Several weeks ago, Hon. Jo 1uri T. Johnson sent us his cand date's card for publishing. I some mistake it has failed was appear in our candidates colum 11 at We beg to assure Mr. Johns' re- that this was purely an uninte and tional blunder on our part. \ a believe him to be a gentleman . re- the soundest moral characb isid- and trust that he will overlo ury. | our carelessness as to the cai nion It appears this week. few * 'ord, All the campaign news in tl issue of The times. - - . . . ? J. D. ARTHUR. Cashier. | STERS NATIONAL BANK, j at the "Old Stand." existence, it has paid Semi-Annual untincj to $214.800. nearly lour s a Surplus and Undivided Profit. Capital Stock. It has a Savings eGeived. and 4 per cent interest t months. It solicits accounts and 3ful attention and the most liberal profitable banking. THE HOBURN-COBURNCASE. Two Arrest Made?Mrs. HoburnCoburn-Harvey in Rock Hill. Lura West and Ollie Ponder, ;he two young white men susaected of the crime of whipping >r otherwise maltreating Mrs. Roburn, were last Monday arrested and lodged in the Spartanburg jail. West gave bail but Ponders remained in jail. Both are of good families. The preliminary hearing was set for Wednesday as then the [evidence secured by detective Hilliard will be introduced. It is remembered that he recommended the arrest of these men, and Magistrate Bogan refused to issue the warrants. Mrs. Hoburn, Coburn or Harvey, whatever her name is has been variously seen and tells such various taies of herself, that it is difficult to keep up with her. A woman by the name of Harvey has been seen in Rock Hill and has been interviewed by the correspondents of fVlo Sf-nfo nrifl "Mr?\?rc Courier. These interviews are very unlike each other. The woman says she left her home because her landlord threatened to kill her and that she was not whipped. She is now living with a relative at Rock Hill. If this is the right woman she will t-bomrrnnpii to appear in the afternoon by Deputy outi-. White, of Spartanburg, and were given a preliminary hearing Wednesday before Magistrate * Kirby in the court house at Spartanburg. Solicitor Sease appeared for the prosecution and J. A. Sawyer. Esq., represented the j defendants. After taking the testimony of five or six witnesses the magistrate held that he thought it was a case that ought to be investigated by the Grand Jury, as there was a probable case made out. He, therefore, sent the case to the sessions . court, and put the defendants . under $200 bond each, for their r appearance. The bond was promptly given. I A Fatal Shooting Scrape. 5 j The row started at an ice cream 5 supper Saturday night at the ; home of a negro, I). L. Smith, I living on the plantation of Mr. f S. 15. Aycock. At this ice cream supper a boy named Holly was ii shot in the face by an unknown i, i negro, but supposed to be a boy, James Keenan. e On Sunday morning the Holly i; brothers, three in number, while under the influence of blind tiger e whiskey, came to Bethel church 1- to settle the matter with KeenII an. They brought their guns i- and pistols and tried to get Keen11 an to come out of the church, r, He for some time refused to come out, but after some time he with a number of boys came out of the nnfl etowfnfl 1111 tVlO m!>fl I1UU5C a I IVI O ICVi V/V_ U up V11V * vi*x. , when he saw that he was about s. to meet one of the Holly boys li- with his gun, Keenan turned and }y went back to the church yard to when the shooting began. Keenn. an tried to run and get in church on but was overtaken and shot in m- the back by one of the Holly boys. Ve It is said that the wound will of i prove fatal. After Keertlft had 2r, fallen, he turned and shot Mos^ <ok Holly in the abdomen which may 'd., also prove fatal. Kelly Holly has been arrested and is now in the Union jail. At this time Keenan his | is not doing well. Holly is said . to be improving.