The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 24, 1906, Page 4, Image 4
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UN ION, S. C., AUG. 21. 1906. ,
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j KEEP YOUR EYE ON US.
Tin-: Timks will make every
I effort to give the hews of the
j election, both County ami
I State. We will use a stereopti- ?,
| eon to give the latest telegrams j
' h 'UV.' messages. Between arts j
with moving pictures ami s\ercepticon
slides. We have leased
a wire for Tuesday night
that will give us the very latest
news from headquarters.
Keep your eye cn our screen
I in front of Union Ti.mks oflice
Tuesday evening. Remember,
I lx?th County and State news,
i telegraphic, telephonic, liorse- , |
I haeic, mulebaeie, footbaeic, (
I 1 cart wheel ic and every otlier j
kind of "ic." So come and {
get the Jatest from the "Old
Reliable," Tiik Union Timks. ! ^
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May the best man with the best I
~ platform win?is our wish for Tues- a
day's results. t
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In the social columns of last Sun- ()
day's State, "Liberty" in South ' h
Carolina was overturned. t
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"There are blind tigers on every j
corner in Union; and upon every j
hill and in every hollow throughout; \
Union county," declares a candi-;,
date for high oflieein Union county, j,
Mr. Candidate, we deny the allega- ?
tion. c
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The test conies Tuesday. Do you t
declare yourself free from the shame ^
which South Carolina has borne for!
fourteen years? Or do you vote I
yourself a supporter of this curse- [
heaiing 1 radio? The line of demur-1
cation is clear; you are one or the
other. |
If the dispensary decreases crime |
and prohibition makes men violate ,
law, then why the decrease in numbers
of the cases before mayor, magistrate
and circuit judge? Facts are
stubborn things, Mr. Politician, all
your stump declarations to the con- .
trary notwithstanding. J
We congratulate the city council
for limiting the speed of automo- 1
biles, motor cycles and bicycles *
within the city limits. This ordi- '
nance has been a long standing :l
want, since some of our citizens v
have been careless in the extreme v
as to speed and care in driving '
their cars through the main '
.streets. c
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"How many grafters, think you, ^
will cast their votes for .1. Frazer <
I,yon? None. Hut there arc i
enough honest men in the state of ]
South Carolina to give him an over- 1
\ whelming majority. He stands he- ?
' fore his people today seeking en- a
dorseinent of his recent work and t
j? rini.--ion to continue it, vested j
with more power. W hat will the j
honest men of South Carolina do 'I
for J. Frazer Lvon?. I
Reports say that the men of the j:
Cnion company l>oro themselves d
like gentlemen while at Chicamau- I
ga. W'e congratulate you, gentle- n
men, and ourselves as well. You, tl
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A
is representatives of Union, ?
>roUght no shame upon either
;'ourselves or your home town. If t
om panics or organizations of all t
viiuls wouhl always thus keep in i
nind their liotne'n fair name, (
here would he less misconduct i
ihrnad. I
Now wouldn't Cole Blease make ,
\ fine governor! Here are two
things aUmt him: He got a drink
r>f liquor in Union just before his
speech, boasted of it, and in disparaging
the success of prohibition
in Union, made |>ossible the inference
that he got that liquor from a
blind tiger.
He expressed openly the hope
that the lynchers would succeed in
rapturing Bob Davis.
A great man this Colo Blease
ivould he, as the chief executive of |
^outh Carolina.
There was a diversity of opinion
in the campaign last week as to the.:
nrigin and definition of the word
"democracy." Its origin is the.
[ omhination of two Greek words,
"demos" meaning people, and <
"krados" meaning strength. Do- ;
inoeracy then, is that form of gov-,
jrnnient in which the people hold '<
tnd exercise the strength or j>ower. '
H)ine one said that democracy took
ts name from its founder and prop- 1
igator, Democritus, a Greek philos- t
tho'-msfflUg
pher, who lived in probably the
fourth century H. C., hut he had
nothing to do with the founding or,
propagation of the principles of
democracy, neither does it get its
name from such a source.
We do not believe "there is a
blind tiger on every hill and in ev;ry
hollow of Union county." We,
lave journeyed over a large part of i
Jnion county both before and after !
he voting out of the dispensary, i
iVe have talked with conservative i ]
nopie in many sections of thecouny.
The almost unanimously ex- 1
iressed conviction is that conditions 1
re vastly improved. We have at- i
ended many political meetings in ' <
Inion county, and the most orderly i
f them all have been the meetings i
icld this year. It is said by some1?
hat our constables are doing noth-| j
ng. That statement we also deny, t
f Constable Whitmire and his t
lelper, Constable Wiggins are kept, <
n Union county another twelve ;
nonths the county will be "bone
Iry." It is almost that even now, j
o far as the sale of liquor is con- '<
terned. There is nothing to keep ; i
nen from ordering all they want fori;
.heir personal use. Hut the blind ;
igers in Union county are well-U
ligh dead now. \
"doeTFpay?
The one standing argument of
those who favor the sale of whiskey,
is the revenue feature. Tt.nnv?
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these apologists for the ruin traflie.
rhey do not dare to say that it proluces
anything beautiful, true or i
noble. They can only say. "It
pays." Surely this is a low plane i
upon which to argue. It but shows i
how sordid and depraved men are
that thi< argument should catch so
many. Is man incapable of view-j
ing this question upon any higher
ground than that of personal profit. .
f you knock a traveler in the head i
nd take his money, such an act >
vould be "profitable." The high- j
vayman would have more money in ]
lis possession than he had before. 1
Jut the fact that his money had in- '
reused would not make it right for 1
lim to rob. besides, there are!
;ood reasons for believing that it h
Iocs not pay in dollars. It costs f
nore than we get back. Five dol- (
sirs pass out and l?ut one of these 1
inds its way back. We then use 1
nh , and more besides, in looking i
il'tcr the criminals and paupers that
be liquor trallic has produced i
imong us. Who has reaped the ]
>rofits from the sale of whiskey? I
I'lie man engaged in the sale of
iquor seems sometimes to prosper. <
Ve have our doubts alnmt his really (
trospering, but admit that he does >
lo so; he is but one in a thousand. I
t may be set down as a fact that i
lot one of his patrons prospers in a
he transaction. He pays out^s
noney for that which profits him ft
lothing. If there is any profit in
he sale of liquor that profit goes to K2
he dealer, not the public. The ft
vhole business, whether dispensary S
>r open barroom is a nefarious bus- K
ness. The profit in it, if there is a, w
;>rotit, is one that is reaped from the S
legredation and weakness of man. , K
Let the accursed business come to ft
m end. Let us turn away from S
this blood-money, for that is just @
what it is?blood money. ft
LYNCHLAW. |
It is ugly; of that there is not' g
the slightest doubt. And it docs ft
not stop the crime which it seeks to S
be avenged. Anyway it does not g
seem to stop it. But it is just as 0
well to remember that it does little S
gootl to rave ana loam at tne g
mouth over the lynching.-* that take 5
place. There are some crimes that s
are so atrocious, so inhuman and g
so revolting that it is certain the 5
perpetrators will find speedy death 2
when known to he guilty. The one |
thing that guarantees the security ?
of our civilization is the high regard a
and reverence we for have womanhood.
Destroy this one safeguard ?
ind there will he little left worth
having in our civilization. 5
It remains a solemn fact that 5
when the hand of a rapist clutches s
he throat of a good and pure wo- 5
nan he will forfeit his life at the 5
he that community any^nniunity' I
.* . ,, ... . Vw,oro Aroni ?
Maine to California or from ^ g
to the Gulf of Mexico. Where 5
there is certain proof, and the per- ?
petrator of the crime is caught, f
there is hut one ending to the hor- E
rihle act?death at the hands of the 5
moh. Neither is color the thing \
that counts. Black, white, brown, \
red and every hue that comes he- 5
tween will go the same way. 3
Kverywhere and all colors it is the I
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j.iuit; Biinj ii BWIK lU'illll tVX llll'j B
hands of an infuriated mob. j/
There .seems to he no way to stop s
lynch law except there he found a k
svay tostop the crime that brings ft
swiftly in its wake the lynehiogr-In 3j
nir sane, sober moments, and when r
s some other man's wife, daugiiter,
t sweetheart that is assaulted v e may ^ng
tay "let the law take its course." t>]({1
Vnd it is true that the law should a v
;ake its course but it never will,
jo long as the blood that runs in
aur veins is the blood of freemen
and brave men. That's all there is r
to it. Let the rapist ecase upon ni(|
the earth, then will cease the spirit jM)j
of lynching. Hut so long as it does tin
exist there seems to he no remedy, '
\Y
a sad fact, but verily the truth;
ind we had just as well face it and q
l>e done with it. 1
We stand for law and order al- K.
ways and everywhere. But is it nu
not thinkable that our state's laws j,
are at fault and inadequate? If, |
not, why such frequent violations j C.
by sane and sensible men; f<>r some' '
of our very l>est citizens, law-abid-1 a
ing and true, are members of these ?.t;
lynching parties? Do thev not see i
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and feel that they must act in de- j M.
fense of their homes? The very f
\V
fact of so much lynching gives "
food for thought along this line. j j()g
Here, we think, are four causes (
why lynch law prevails: Poi
First and foremost, the crime /
which the lynchers seek to avenge.
It is of such horrible nature that yy
men's hlood hoils and clamors for sor
speedy retribution. 1
Second, an attempted rape is not Ho
punishable by death, - and men
enow in their hearts that a would1
>e rapist merits death, nothing f()V
ess.
Third, our lawyers seem to glory ^
$o in the,deterrence < f punishment, 1
i or i
glorying so in the display of knowl- j
dge on technicalities, that the]
brute is often allowed an extra and
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..uncvil 11115. wronged
men cannot hear with this.
Fourth, the fact that a woman i
must ap|x ar in court before a gap-1 duping,
curious, vulgar crowd and 'cai
estify to her shame. p?'
These seem to us to Ik; the causes yy(
>f lynching, and until these causes,
>f which lynching is only the re- firs
til It, are removed we may expect ?P1
ynoh law to continue. The legis- j^r
aii.re of South Carolina may just j
is well take up the matter, for ( ]<><
omething must be done. Lynch- firs
1 I DON!
I "I don't care how mucl
1 sez it in a few words."
jl Our Clothing for this h<
M are after if you want C
M fort and everything els
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are putting them out
H Price. Don't take our 1
1 COME AND SEE, WEALWAY!
I Mutual Dry
I R. P. HARR
s will continue unless there is a
mge, and if not, we may expect ???
eritahle reign of terror. ! -Sgi ________
Primary Election Managers. Jf
rhe County Executive Committee J
it August 20th, 1000 and ap- -591
inted the following managers for
ensuing primary election: jjl
Santui?John Mobley Jeter. Br., 5!;
. J. Fridy, 1). J. Gregory.
Jonesville?J. C. O'Shields, M.
(Jault, B. F. Kennedy. I
LTnion, Ward 1?S. M. Bice, Jr., 4|
I'., K. C. Howze, T. K. 1'al- jj (
Fnion. Ward 2 ?It. W. McPow,
A. Oliphant, C. Sartor, Sr.
l'nion, Ward :>?It. (1. Gregory,
M. Bailey, H. J. Kirhy. ZL
l'nion, Ward 1?A. S. Whitener, ij|
rrie Barnett, C. ('. Sanders.
Carlisle?Jesse Coiner, J. I*. Jji
in, W. K. Thomas. Tf
Soshen Hill?J. W. Wilson, W. DEAR SI1
Sims, C. K. Jeter. dL ...
Dross Keys?A. J. Hill, Thos., |L we v
Cooper, b. T. Bishop. i we were
IVeat Spring-Jam.* Hyatt, |T j,
leph \inson, G. G. nest. 1
Dole rain?J. M. Harrison, G. H. Our 1
nder, Bailey Lawson. and VOU'l
?ihhs?Joe Gregory, Win.' .st .
>1 >s, Henry Smith. S[ Wlt'l any
Buffalo Mills?Jno. H. I'uekett, 5: $2.50, $3.
J" ?" Humphries, li. ti. Uw- || sh()es mQ|
rCelton?H. S. Porter, Bunyan Wear
leomb, I). Ti. Gault. ? |
aoekhart J. \ Askew, W . B. ?r j
inford, Jeter Butler. J Q|| || |
\damshurg?Ashemoro Vander- I T*
d. G. C. Harris. W. F. Fiirr
Monarch Mills?A. B. Osliorne, ? We v
C. liowct, John Jolly. fnrnrklic c?
Managers arc requested to send iamous SI
come for boxes. that will i
\V. Gkkookv, C. H. Pkakk,
Sec'y. (bounty Chairman.
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Hoke Smith Elected. |?
\fter one of the longest, hottest, i Ta l?l
tiest, most boring, detestablej ill jM
npaigns ever known in the ^|| I 1^1
itli, Hoke Smith, former mem- *L
of Cleveland's cabinet, was on I
dnesday elected governor of
>rgia. He was nominated in the $
t primary, over all four of his I
xinents. At this time the re- ?1
ns are incomplete, hut sufficient ?L
<ive Smith a clear majority. \\ JQ Pact 1
former fire chief Joyner was J P
ited mayor of Atlanta on the T'
t ballot also.
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