The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 17, 1906, Page 5, Image 5
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- 11 Alts & CSil-di'dsts! J
1[ At the solicitation of a fev/ |t
-|i friends, i have decided to become iffB]
a candidate and ask the voters \v,
# of Union county for their sup- >%
port, i am happy to announce [g
?? to you that one and all can vote ?
ffor me. Both Gentile and He- Jf|
brew, white and hlark men ?
^ || women and children. Any one
? who has a penny or a hundred <?
H dollar bill can vote for me. No ^
? registration tickets nor qualifi= #
a cations required. Just come 2
? a running. Poll sare open from ?
I 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. Ballots are 2
? counted at close of each day and ?
H* von will not hp worripH nhnnt f
s? the number of ballots cast dur= J
2 ing the day. We keep that to j|
I? ourselves. ?
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^ I; You Vote for Me and I'll Vote for You. I
|" Get on the band wagon and let's ||
J all take a ride to Bobo's Depart- S
| J ment Store where everything g
|> is sold for less. |[
, 5 Candidate for Trade, g
1 BOBO'Sj
(Continued from page 4.) ignoranct of the other candidates in
\ i i;,,,] tt,,;..... *i.;, rt'8ai"d to the meaning of tlie word
he ran a blind tiger m Union; this b.
i i r i i democracy. He .said it meant
was too absurd to deny, however, *?_, *<* i * i
iiii ... short term of ofhee, and originated
a 1 these reports were incorrect and ? , t\ *
their originators liars. He prom- 'r"n'a man 9. Bcmo.-ntus.
iserl to cut out those fees just like a K.ree.k ? "1,lcn daf'. I?8 ?r,ry
Mr. Greer had done; also to be im- 1 ad "n|y one >'art'V thl? sta,V;
partial, sober and intelligent in the ^ the.r,u ,va9 n"""?8 to''h k 11
V , fi;, . i when it went too far. feaul we
discharge of his duty, if elected. ncedct, rfform -n lfl0 ^ ^
DINNKR. m>w we ^a(j ^(XJ mucJ1 0f jf. now
Here the assembly adjourned for the officers just stay in place and
dinner. There was no basket pic- "do as they darn please." "Turn
nic but a barbecue served by tne out the rascals." Mr. Hamilton
McDaniel brothers. then jumped 011 Union county, ascokonkr.
sailing its government and especial_
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MeSSre. J. W. Meng and S. K. [* 'u: o?m nouimg
Humphries merely announced ,, , 'M>('n , ,)no toward lifting that
themselves as candidates to fill out, a]*)n""a *c'? riasty," debt of
w the unexpired term of Mr. Gregory. , . . ? V.' ,1? Spartanburg and
J. L. Hames was not present. i Asheville It. It. lie asked what
The candidates for j f 1 S %%
lkgislaturk Duncan, promoter, had brought
were next. They were requested there. Those stocks were worth
* ' by Chairman Jeter to state their nothing and had never done Union
-positions on the dispensary and any good. He declared the councompulsory
education. ty's affairs were not Wing properly
Or. J. G. Going, the last an- run, because good men could not bo
nounccd candidate for the House hired for such small salaries. "I
was first speaker. He claimed it j have been all over this country,"
his privilege, as a Democrat, to of- | he said, "and have seen many men;
fer himself as a candidate in Union i I know something. I have been
county where he has always lived from the rock-ribbed coasts of
and where his people have lived. Maine to silvery Rio Grande; from
for loO years. He then told of his' vast fields of the Pacific coast to
. early struggles for an education, Florida's sunny clime, and I'll tell
.\? lagl ng up to the declaration that you I know something of men.
| "oiopu'sory education was not nec- i Your officers should be better paid."
' essar; . The desire is all required "However, tI'm no Solomon, glad
and it is in the grasp of every man, I'm not, for I wouldn't be here towoman
and child to obtain an edu- day, but in Canada for my health,or
cation. "Instill into the people in Spring City, promoting."
the desire to learn and you have "My position on the dispensary
the proper compulsory education, is squarely this" and ho did not say
is my idea. I where he stood, just referred the
On the whiskey question, Dr.! people to a circular of his own writGoing
says, since he lielieves in j ing. The people clamored to know
Democracy, he thinks it the right and after a long time he said he was
of every county to settle this as it j no prohibitionist, would leave when
wants. "If Union wants dispell-! we had prohibition. (Voice)
sary, let her have it, if prohibition "That'll be a good thing." Said he
let her maintain it." He thinks preferred state dispensary to county,
us capable of managing Union and opposes the Brice Act. About
county's affairs. Here, lie drew compulsory education, lie did not
comparison between the county as a j avow himself in clear statement;
sovereign unit and the head of a said only that he would do what
family. In other words local op- will make ours a white man's countion
is Dr. Going's platform, and try. Said the negroes are already
lielieves this to be the truo De-1 going to school, and they never
inocracy. He promised, if elected, | would be on top here,
to carry out the wishes of the ma-j "Give me a little more time and
jority. ! I'll tell you about compulsory eduMr.
It. \V. Hamilton told the cation. (Voice) "Cut him down
people he was of very decided views he's said enough." Mr. Hamilton
concerning Union county affairs, went'on to show how prohibition
and he was not afraid to throw was a failure all over the county on
rocks. account of the inter-state commerce
He then proceeded to ridicule the law.
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J. (I. Hughes appearing for the
livst time, made a good, clear
speech. For two reasons he was
in the race, because ( I ) he was
capriole, t) he had a desire to
serve his people. He spoke ?.f
what a representative should hi?a
man of el. meter, intelligence, < >ns"ie11t'e,
. : I?ri' "ahlc. < hi
tie. tion lie iiiiu a strong j?l? a r
its I'urt' ranee, saying that in -.at
eon hi he go .t without an rdu< atcd
peojile. lie favored lilieral appropriations
for hot h cnliegis and
eoininon school-, and < \:i extra
appropriations for the poorer district
;. And yet lie think- the time
not ripe, it it ever will he so, for
compulsory education. "If the
eliihl lahor law is enforced we won't
need that compulsion. Let no
child under 1 '2. years old work in a
mill; and I think that law is aimed
at the mills chiefly." Says the
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ter on our statute books. Mr. I lushes I
favors Anglo-Saxon imniigration, |
hut not the hringing in of any of j
the Latin Races. Favors reduction
: of taxes, provided no cessation of
I progress be incurred, lie will try
| to maintain harmony between
labor and capital. Will try to stop
railroads from working their hands
overtime; and further, that the
State should pay the railraud commissioners
and not as it now is?
they are paid by the railroads.
On the whiskey question Mr.
Hughes stands for a state dispensary,
under the provisions of the
Kaysor-Manning-Tillman hill, or
I-Iinntv nri iliiliiti. iV ilnoirlnr' ii? .i
primary and not a general election
as the J trice Act provides. He faj
vers amendment of this act. "Under
the restrictions of that bill, the
state dispensary will host solve the
' terrible question of whiskey; as for
I myself I wish the whole thing was
| in the bottom of the deep blue sea.
Hut so long as the inter-state law
' exists and men have throats and a ,
j thirst they will have whiskey; sol
let us control it.'' lie argued the
profit feature, saying Union city received
87,000 revenue under the
dispensary, but now the tax levy i
I had increased from lo to 20 mills'
and that Union still has the liquor.
Doesn't believe prohibition will
work; says local option means four
things: 1, high license, 2, state dispensary,
ft, county dispensary, 4,
prohibition.
Mr. Hughes favors state disjiensary
under Raysor-Manning bill,
I with power/under Brico Act amended,
so a county may vote for proI
hibition if desired.
TIIK SKXATK.
| 1 am against the state dispensary,
the Raysor-Manning hill does not
help, neither does the addition of
Tillman's name help it. It simply
' puts the stealing out of the dispell
sary ooarus nanus into ine governor's
hands. The dispensary is
naturally corrupt. I say you
could run an ice plant in hell easier
than a dispensary correctly. Nine
packages of whiskey came into
Union yesterday. With the dispensary
running there was a ear
load a week. I am willing to let
private individuals sell 'whiskey
under the proper regulation. You
could catch up with the stealing.
The Union county dispensary sold
885,000 worth of whiskey in one
yea'r The town got $3739.40.
j There are 30 negroes in Beaufort to
|one white man. Some of our
$85,(KM) went there. Let us keep
the money for our children. Before
the Briee act it was easy to get
! a dispensary in and impossible to
get it out. Under the Brice act 15
' counties voted out the dispensary.
If you get a dispensary legislatu.e
'you will have the Brice act rei
pealed.
B. F. Townsend was next introduced.
He had patriotic reasons
for running. 1. I am opj?ose<l to
| compulsory education. It came
down to us from the (Harden of
Eden t<> have choice. Compulsory!
I education is not democratic. Ilei
denied Itainillon's definition of,
Democracy, lie said compulsion
was unconstitutional, undcmocra-1
tive ami stroke at liberty. He said
it was a sad state of affairs that
whiskey was the chief issue. "I
am personally a prohibitionist. I
stand as witness to the damning
I effect of whiskey. But I haven't
! drunk whiskey in four years. But
I am in favor of dispensary.
| There are blind tigers on every
! corner in Union. The dispensary,
; is the solution. "There were 40
quarts of whiskey and f>00 shots
| tired at that Kelton row." Prohibition
forces men to break the law
to get whiskey. High license is
next to bar-room. Browning introduced
a bill for high license,
voted for Morgan hill and for Huh
Evans. If there is stealing in the
state dispensary there will he also
in the county dispensaries. I am
opposed, therefore, to county dispensaries.
There will l>e no chance
I to steal under the Raysor-ManningTillman
bill. "I don't believe in
the dishonesty of governors," said
he believed in a reformed dispensary.
Does not favor rei>ealing of
I Brice law, but does favor amending
it soihut every Dvuiocrot ca i vote. ?
"! 'icliM'tl run the dispensary >>ut |
<>f l nion, I ait I i.ci;. \ ti t Hr .
law is wrong. Another reason for
" >!> - ig pr< , ;.s a practical
i I'..;, is t Kit l: .. : l .1 l:i: 1
under it. Taxes in i nion ' '? mills '
? : N> rtli < a ili ?i!i!y ' lu ll-. |
A11? : To' nsen inistn !. Ilmwn- i
ing v pll. d. ! d ! intr. :;; * proii:'
. -n sin ' hi;.:i 1 i 11 - i w It
lii*. . -sit s h it i. Ti; r. an 1.
was a compromise : : I so I work
for that as .li?* n< ;i i est tlrng. i
did vi.to fir lluli Kvan- bee u. I
bclievt d 1 ' lsa<! .Ion.' lore t kill ,
tlia ilisp.-usury in S >uth Carolina
tlian any other man. 1 believe
that two more years ?>:' 11uI? Kvans
won 1*1 have killed it .lea.I as Hector."
drowning said Townsen.l |
lia.l hunted up Caudle to sign the ^
petition to vote <?n dispv-nsary <>r no
dispensary, and olYered to canvas '
the county for prohibition. 'Ibis 1
Townsen.l denied. I
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CARLISLE MEETINtS. ,
A few people hear the esindi.kites. 1
County Chairmsin K. (i. llill
called the meeting t<> order in
MM - .t ? i i ?
jLiiumas grove <iiki inirouueeu the >
candidates for Auditor's office.
These sjioke along fhe same lines
followed at Santue. J. I). Kpps
made a very strong talk to the few
people who had gathered.
T. C. Jolly still thinks he ought
to he promoted.
J. II. Parties said he was no1
talker, but a first rate treasurer. His1
office is a trying, dangerous one,and
he works while we sleep. He's glad
he has no opposition. (Voice)
"Please tell us what was done with '
that sinking fund derived from a '
special levy."
Chairman Hill here told the candidates
to desist from attracting the'
people's attention.
Mr. Parties resuming said that ,
the levy was made to liquidate an j
old debt to the It. K.. "1 invested j
that money in taking up our own
bonds. Later I traded these bonds!
taking up our bonds at ^111 ..">() on
I the hundred dollar bond. Then 1
' was beaten, when 1 came back found
(these I Minds] at Sl'JO.(K), 1 created
or rather had the representative to
create the act allowing us to loan
the money as we saw lit. A com,
mittce of Capt. Foster, Capt. Farr
and the Treasurer was institucd to
handle this fund. We loaned this
money to corporations, the first he/
ing to T. C. Duncan, president of |
O. ivr. The utock thon wns nt
8150.00 tilt' share. Cnpt's. Foster
and Farr had three or four times as r
much money in this stock as was
placed in hy the county. v
Wc loaned that mill 822,000,and |
had certain special favors as to I
stock. We loaned Knitting mill'
al out $7,005. Monarch 8 or $10,-1
000, liockhart al?out the same, and |
Jonesville alxtut the same. "Some
said yesterday that those l>onds
were drawing 2perc. only,and they
were really drawing G per c." (Mr.
Hamilton here denied that he had
said only 2 per cent., that he said
4 per cent.)
"It would have cost us al>out
$20,(XX) to liquidate these. Now
according to our plans, we hope to
collect every dollar with interest
from the Union mill, which
will amount to al>out $20,000. We
may not get all this, hut men if we
get only 75 or <80 per cent, this with
our other investments will cause us
to lose nothing and even to gain.
We cannot lose anvthimr on the
Duncan transaction and may gain. |
So you sue that the sinking fund is j
in good shape and under good man-1
agemcnt.
SUI'KRVISOH,
J. A. Bet si 11 announced himself.
T. J. Betenbaugh reviewed his j
work showing the number of bridges |
built etc. "The 1 mill and comniu- j
tat ion tax is not sullicient for our ' _
work, but we have done our best.
We have done the U'st on the roads
that the rural carriers go over, that
these may be retained." He thinks)
it wrong to have controversey with |
Lee, but the latter had picked flaws i
with bis work and he had to answer.
He desired good feeling all
the way through, a decent campaign.
M. B. Lee denied again starting |
the controvcrsey and said the circular
was the cause. Tie again read
the circular. He asked where the j
money to build these roads was;
coining from. Betenbaugh answered
that it was Ixirrowed and
IkhhIs provided for until the money
was paid in in the fall, bee then J
denied that all the crossings on i
1 main roads in the county were in
' good shapv. Said if he couldn't do! 1
| better than Betenbaugh he'd get
out. (Hurrah for Betonbavgh.)
Betenbaugh replied briefly; so
did I^ee. Is-e charged that Betenbaugh's
son was getting pay in two
' positions, and that it was a family
affair.
Betenbaugh then explained how
the board elected his son as clerk
and that he also worked like a common
hand at the quarry.
(Continued on Supi lenient.)
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I claim to give more goods for same money, same goods for
less money. For proof I offer the best -10 inch Lawn iu Union
"t f for 10c; tho lu st 10 inch Persian Lawn for 20c; the bestUing- ' ^
* hams for ">c, 7 1-2, 8 l-8c; the l?est black for ">, 8 1-8and 10c. * J"
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