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[ VrHE UNlJpv, TIMES J VOL. LwW 38. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, pAV SEPTEM 8 WE PAY I ON TIME H Wm. A. NICIi P'( BAIS SKETCHES OF ANSEE AND EYO JB Short Sketches of the Two Men W Received the Democratic Nomination for Governor and Attorney-General. Below are given sketche dipped from the^ Newberry 0 server, ot M. F. Ansel and , Fr&ser Lyon, governor and ai B# torney-general elects of Soul HL Carolina. These were succes ful in the most interesting of a the races for state offices. MARTIN FREDERICK ANSEL s actively engaged in the pra tice of law at Greenville. h was born in Charleston, Decen Ms ber 12, 1850. His parents move W to Walhalla when he was foi years old, and he grew up i that town, where he went 1 school, attending the primar \ and high school. He never ha the advants ;e of a college edi cation?indeed his education! advantages were limited; but h made good use of what he hae and improved his mind by reat ing and study at home, and whil engaged in other work. H moved to Greenville in Januar I ? ? 1876. In 1882 he was elected t I V the house of representative what was then the Eighth judi< i,il circuit, holding this positic by successive elections, until h voluntary retirement, in lwi. ffit a naol ?a a nrominent mer 1*11 . AUOV1 >U ? ber of the Presbyterian churc! P? is a good lawyer, a man of hij ' character and with a high sen of duty and obligation. He w make a good governor. J. FRASER LYON. will be 85 years old in Octob< He was born at Verdery, in wl is now a portion of Greenwc onnty. His father is J. Ful Lyon, a one-armed Coniederj soldier, who has been for ye.* one of the most highly honoi men of Abbevillelj(r^Mr. L> graduated at Woffdrd college 1895. He stood well in collej being regarded there as a yoi v man of very high character, i of solid, though not hgajli parts. IK ;s a young n/j quiet coura^f, and of an unO promising sense of duty, j \/*pn was admitted to the 'In 1898 and has enjoyed a: practice. He is said to have of the finest law libi*aries in up country and is *\ stud ant. became famous in the state nn thp committee 1110 ^VUA ev V..W ? . pointed to investigate the s dispensary. To him and Sen Christensen was assigned task of getting up the gre part of the testimony; in i they did the greater part of \ } was done,?several member the committee proving more hindrance thai" help fcv uncovering the frauds of tV stitution. It is worthy of mark, and shows the high < acter of the man, as well a sense of propriety and dig that in all the charges that been made against him b enemies of accomplishing little, as they expressed il the investigation, he never attempted to defend or e: himself by putting blame o: of his fellow-members ol committee. But the publi pretty well acquainted wii facts, and they know whe longed the praise and the for whatever was done o undone. The vote of A | 28th and that of Septembe were a complete vindicati Mr. Lyon from all the sil Malevolent charges that ha made against him by frier INTEREST] DEPOSITS. I [OLSON & SON, I IKERS. I r ' '"* ' Willis?Blackwell. ho On Sunday night at 9:3 i immediately after the preachinj ' service in the First Baptis church of Laurens, Mr. Alfue< T. Willis and Miss Leila Black well, both of this city, wer united in marriage. Miss Black b- well was at the time visiting he J-1 brother. Mr. HpArim Titon\r,..~i , vx V/V4 X-J I C4V_ rv W C 1 of Laurens, and Mr. Willis lef th for Laurens Sunday morning s" They attended service at th< First church, and at the con elusion of the service they v, er married by Rev. J. D. Pitts , pastor. Miss Blackwell, whose forme home was in Clinton, is wel known here, having attendee Clifford Seminary and latei * occupying ^he position of ste nographer in the U. & G. S Railroad office. She has man: X friends in Union who wish he: 1 all happiness in her new relation *7 Mr. Willis, whose parents live " at Landrum, S. C., has been ii j business in Union for some j' years. Previous to this, he I" served a term in the U. S. Navj on the battleship Maine. Foi several years he was clerk in the Rice Drug store, and later was ' electrician at Neals Shoals 'f Power Co. Recently he ac rt -,7?7r.W hiiainfleta hp is % W 111V11 MUU1A4WW aaw "" pied. JJ Mr. and Mrs. Willis lef Lanrens Wednesday, arriving ii Union Wednesday night. The: P" are present making thei v how 9* >h Mr. L. L. Wagnon. *0 m m se r" ill I nfc/v3ini national S. S. Conventioi ? i\^>l'y met Sept. 13-14 ? Pa^^t's Creek Baptist churcl :5l i The meeting was called to orde |*Vby S. M. Rice, Jr. E. U., pres 1 1 dent. Mr. Rice was re-electc jfe | president, T. H. Gore was elects vice-president, and J. H. Pickei d ! secretary and treasurer. T1 " executive committee is compost of the following: Rev. L. ] 1 Wagnon, J. W. Scott, and T. j ' Betenbaugh. The committee < ,_5 narratives was appointed: Jol Wilbanks, J. W. Scott, and G. < ? Harris. On resolutions: T. ^ Alverson, J. P. Coleman a k r " T. A. Bailey were appointed. * Questions of vital iraportar e : !to Sunday school workers w< discussed after the work of ganizing was completed. 1 tt followii; g delegates to the sfc u con very ion were elected: J. Scott,'md S. M. Rice, Jr., E. ?. ? The (ownship superintende "fA1. chosen were as follows: Jon fV._ ville, M. C. Gault; Uk'on, Jos< _for Sanders; Goshen Hill, J. W. V . f son; Pinekney, J. V. Ask h I Fish Dam, W. T. Jeter; Sant r: Arthur Jeter; Cross Keys, T. _ Alverson; Bogansville, J ?ard West" r in-' next meetin? will be 1 " with the New Hope ,hurch, " convention having at iepted t s * is invitati?n. While the att( T tv ance of representatives from have scboote was not very large, - pnthusiasm was great and 7 hJ!! meetings were instructive t, by he,Pfu1' once xcuse ' Mr. May's Condition. n any the tyrs. Geo. C. May retu c are Wednesday from Columbia w :h the Mr. May is in the hospital, re be-. May is improving and expec blame return to Union in about a i r left or ten days. His malady is .ugust cer of the stomach. r 11th j ion of | ly and the state dispensary?a vir d been tion that he is no doubt ; ids of of, and that he richly des< R. R. COMMISSIONER EARLE WRITES OPEN LETTER Concerning Situation in Onion in Reply to Postal of Complaint Written by H. L. Scaife. In a recent issue of The Times was a short editorial on the railroad situation in Union. A marked copy was mailed Corfimissioner Jno. H. Earle, of Greenville. The next dayv^Mr H. L. Scaife of Union, wrote Mh ! Earle a postal, a copy of which I nnnontsi ViaIaiu r . iur iviauuiiK vj ail -trains. Mr. *iio . matter up and frown iowing letter Jr haf* ? sending a copy tWsay T ? in The Times* TlU\nsappreci5! Greenville, S. C., Sept^ft.^uB ? Mr. H. L. Scaife, J| Union, S. C. ^ Dear Sir:? Your postal card, which seems e to be countersigned by Henry " M. Holmes and E. H, Scaife, r dated September 8th, just re11 ceived. The postal is as follows: k| "Dear Sir:?The Southern train due here at 11.35, a. m., is e 1.20 late, the same old thing. " Have missed important connece tion at Carlisle. For the sake of '? the long sutfering people please do something, or resign your r job, and your resignation will be j unanimously accepted by th? 1 people of Union. Please get a r move on you about this thing, as " the people of Union are getting hot under the collar. f Yours truly, p T T T f~i ? - I XI. Ij. dCAIFb'. a In the first place, I am sun^ prised at a man of your inteJ/i3 gence writing this on a postal , card. I have not had, nor do I t believe the Railroad Commission p has had, a single written comi plamt concerning this matter. 3 I have, personally, numerous j times checked up these sc.hed . ules and taken the matter uiy " ^en t many times of their own volition ^ and we now have the matter up, ;; and have had it up, with Mr. Spencer, the General Manager, I for some time, and only day i before yesterday the Commission wrote him again demanding an I. answer to our communication cencerning this matter tt i I fail to understand . vhy the 1 Southern Railroad officials will ?r allow the condition that exist or ,'i_ the S. U. & C. and C. & G ?d: branches of their road to con I tinue. Their tracks are in ba< ' shape, their rails are too ligh for the heavy trains which i(j | pulled over them, the bed is yj L. ballasted except in a few p' j., for a short distance, any^d on seems to me that any el -nf hn they cannot use on J s C. of their main lines, they y/put j" these branches and the Pf^aili nd Commission gets the blr^m? lce S During the last Legij^atui 2re got up a bill, which w#?s in or- duced by Senator MauPuin, 'he passed the Senate by nar ate margin, giving the $P?ih \V.: Commission authority to en;~V XJ.! an expert mechanic to \1 nts amine these engines, and af es-' such examination, if in tm 3ph1 judgrment these engines wd Vil-1 unfit for the service *fbr wM eW;,they are being used, the Cu ;uCt' mission would then have a r.| j] I to condemn them. The I ack ' never.left the Committee K j of the House of RepresentatjJ ield and although I am informed i. the! the Committee heard the r heir i road's side of the case, no Jn(j- single Commissioner was the Quested to appear before , the ! Committee, and the bill "die! the natural death." If the Legi and ture will not givq us author and continue to pay no attenl to our recommendations, w of course, the people will hav suffer. If the good people ?j this State would not go off a Aiinif rned tangent on tne mjuw muv.^ 'here and elect their Legislator^ s Mr. i ply on this one idea, but sefe t ts to ' they sent men to Columbii i ?veek will pay attention to afu ? can- departments, possibly the ] road situation could be han better. Out of the four or . bills introduced at the reque, idica- the Railroad Coqimission at proud last session of the Lep*ty>' jrves. only one of them past*" 2 rd = tv ? Southern After Blind Tiger. e had it that the Souti way here had in some ' n helping the blind tigers tier, that some employees road were helping. The n was taken up by Mr. E. iders and Mr. S. H. McLe i thoroughly sifted. It v nd that certain notorize ^ ? >v/uO Kit oes, here in Uni habit of makinj ville and there pi s whiskey. It w off to some secoi i the train enteri m the thorough ii on the part of tV ials it appears thi nployee of the roa ugly business. Bi and Mr. Sanders as the Southern roa< ercilessly with an> service that engages * traffic, and that the will co-operate with :horities to suppress affic. They also say I all employees of the md guilty of helping arious business will ly dismissed. Both ;men are men of inare well known in feel sure that there p put to the bringluor. / With a thorration 1 between the end the town auvill be little trouh1f? . uvaiejwypi vagrants. So, "Corirkmp^?n' a,ias' 'Bull,' and hfcd XSf f? by the name of 'Chick' 1pi k firhtrshy of this ugly ttynoff '?ss hereafter, for they are ?TS the ^iJway investira! t1 shows to have been at the W?r ?' SSbSffk6-!^8? t0 give us author-!. klPmn L d?pots at ?ther than m ^Jlistlr0^ Points. co tfc,*T< nn^j. * Inning trains on time th? tftii^Jmn^S wn#n-CHtW^kor^ ' wc tft'nJj?e same time I see absolutely -1 \ n&iMp excuse for the trains being . W jlte all the time, as late as they nc | JT1 am glad that I have a chance a]i t| Iy> write you as an intelligent tu j/cnan concerning this situation. ,, I t'he first thing the people want I co do is to jump on the Railroad 1: 1 it J Commission, accuse them of be- t \|/ing owned by the Railroad, lMr> (always behind their backs), and j j ,/i ,accuse them of every other uiiiit crime and misdemeanor instead 1 yJice of co-operating with them and i 'not trying to upnoia tneir hands, ices You understand, as a lawyer, it that when we have charge of as fine much as we concerning railome roads, the rates and everything on else connected with them, tele- ' oad phones, telegraphs, and express >Y-0 for companies, with over 3(X?0 miles : of railroad to start with, that J ~ 1 e I we cannot know the conditions *ro tr ! everywhere, and that we have to 't.Ji i rely on the people making us Wl1 ot/V a written complaint, and when>nui A, such is done the matter always ?to 'ufy receives attention. The whole de' (Loc- Commission is ready at any time an< Jer that they receive a complaint to JJ? reir take the matter up and ivesti- w< fere gate it. . Keh -?or if instead of . writing rpe | |>m- an insulting postal card, which! jht you might know as a sensible ^ pill man, is not the proper' way to Sal am address a public officer, you had tea ;es, instead written the Railroad j Th< 'hat Commission a complaint, I have we (nil- no doubt that the Chairman wh t a; would have ordered an investi- Mo re- gation immediately, and I will for the ask that if you are sincere con- of i a cerning the matter, and the for sla- "people are long suffering and anc ity, hot under the collar," as you tion 1 stated, that vou have them makp as hy, | out a complaint in writing, fore to | warding same to the office in of Columbia, where we meet next i t a Tuesday afternoon, and I would T ion, not be surprised that you find bej um-, that the matter is immediately wit hat attended to. I simply suggest; da: who i this as a proper way of attend- thr the; ing to business, and I might add to Etf.l- tnat hereafter if you desire str itfisd resignations, that you at least1 we put the request in a letter! ( stof sealed, instead of using a postal1 hcl rfthe card. Yours very truly, chi loC, # John H. Earle, lie I d i Commissioner. an v\ F. M. FARR, President. iern' THE MERCHANTS & way, thk i, or After the crop lias escape* iat" have to light against, ami E- still liable to lose lie er< an? safe place. We offer to tli vas from his crops, ami we ar~ hank can possibly give to ion vesting, is to harvest tin I a sound, safe Hank. ir-1 as 1 Moral: Deposit your cr< >d a-1 te Commission Meets, it I d The commission of publ it works of Union county met i- the Supervisor's office on Moi 3 day and held session almost a / day. The commission consist 3'of Mr. T. J. Betenbaugh, th i Supervisor and Messrs A. G i Bentley and Sanford Wilburn The chief l>usiness was electing public cotton weighers for th four cotton markets of the I county. Tl>e election resulted as follows:?Mr. J. C. Gibbes, for Union; Mr. J. H. Tweed, for Jonesville; Mr. W. T. McDaniel, for Santuc; Mr. W. T. McGowan for Carlisle. An examination of finance showed the county funds about exhusted and the road overseers were instructed to cease work on the public roads. Orphan Work Day. Saturday, September 29th, is he day. It is a very thought- t jl habit that is growing upon ir people?the setting apart of a le last Saturday in September ; tl i a day to work for the orphans. a; On that day, unless yourself - ui neip, devote your in me to the fatherless. Give a! em the proceeds of your day's h orphans in the 3ne, and the fatherig&J >t eaten thereof, then let mine nj m fall from my shoulder blade, n< d mine arm be broken from i A e blade." Whether, therefore! e reader of these lines be Jew ! gentile, protestant or Catho, let him give the 29th of Sepnber t<> work for the orphans, co iding his contribution to the th stitution that he is most in-1 eated in. ce ClTntn S>ase- .$2 --- M Clifford Seminary Opening. \ ur de Clifford Seminary will begin ca rk for the on-coming session, : idnesday, September the 26th. iSc large crowd of young ladies da >m out of Union are exnected nl s J f," i with those in Union who! II attend, they make a goodly Bs mber. Clifford has for years co od for the moral and mental ve yelopment of young ladies, j i results of its work are Sc arly evident in may lives, da ? wish it a successful session, fo Buffalo Wins From Monarch. vs i tic rhe Buffalo baseball team last1 $2 :urday defeated the Monarch m by a scorce of 6 to 0. jMi os. Painter and H. Painter ;tri re the battery for Buffalo, | ile Horn, of Woodruff, and! tts were doing the same act: Monarch. Mr. T. I. Swygert < Union, was on the first sack \\t\ Monarch. The hits were 6 0f 1 3 in favor of Buffalo. Mr. F. Townsend of Union acted umpire. on The Storm. 1 qu inj Che prevailing winds, which inj can to rise Sunday, and lasted im ;h terrible force through Mon- go /, wrought little damage rei oughout Union county, except As crops. No serious damage to ch uctures has yet been reported. It l# 9 I st? Children's Dny exercises will be] at d at the Green Street Methodist ho ireh Sunday night, 7:30. Pub- ] pl< cordially invited. Come with lor offering. by $1.00 A YEAR. J. D. ARTHUR. Cashier. I PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK, >1,1) K1CI.IAlll.K." 1 the grass and all other tilings you you get the money for it, you are >p, unless you have the money in a e farmer a safe place for the money offer to him every assistance that a its customers. The last act of haru money proceeds of your crop in a )p money in "Tlie Old Reliable." g ; THE DISTURBANCE IN f i le ic Secretaries Taft and Bacon Now in in Cuba. i ^ The trouble in Cuba is yet un3 settled. The insurgents and the e government oflicials are under a temporary truce, but the strain * cannot last for long. President r Palma of the Cuban republic is 5 doing his utmost to quiet the ; turbulent insurgents, who seek (the downfall of the government; but his efforts seem unavailing. Secretaries Taft and Bacon 'have left Washington for Havana and it is hoped thap ; they may be able to effect some settlemen. President Roosevelt is slow to take a hand in the matter, but if he deems it necessary he will do so. United States battleships have been hurried to Havana harbor for the protection of American citizens and their property. A dispatch from Havana is to he following effect: Havana, Sept. 17.?The gener1 desire of the Insurgents and he Government officials is to rrange peace as quickly as nibble. -^vuiug yet has devel3ed as a basis on which an rreement will be reached, ope will be abandoned if peranent arrangements cannot be "ured by Wednesday when ime said to<?ay tHHl d possible way of peace without merican intervention. Civil Court Proceedings. The cases disposed of in the urt of Common Pleas during e week's session are as follows: Rosa Hayes, Plaintiff, vs. Exlsior Knitting mills, suit for mages to person. Verdict of 5<K) for plaintiff. ~ E Ziofrts.._ plaintiff, vs. A. e to pay salary ol $HP"ge, fail;r. By motion of defenu?fv~ se was non-suited. > W. H. Bramlett, plaintiff, vs. nithprn Railw?? MV..v .*vMu??uj vu.i &uii iur .mage. Verdict for $500 to aintiff. Ferdinand Ecker, plaintiff, vs. liley Lumber Mfg. Co., case of llection of account. A consent irdict for plaintiff of $459.32. C. G. B. Counts plaintiff, vs. ?uthern Railway Co., suit for image to person. Verdict of $900 r plaintiff. Aycock, Little & Co. plaintiff, . B. B. Going, case of collec>n of account. Verdict of 25.79 for plaintiff. The case af Mrs. Sarah V. nrph.v vs. S. R. Co., was being ed Thursday. Booze in a Trunk. 0. B. Gregory and W. D. hitmire captured eight gallons blind tiger booze Wednesday ?ht. A trunk landed as bagge and these two officers were the look-out at the Southern pot. After everything got iet they saw Jim Chppk ? over the baggage and watch? there. They then began /estigation and with the foreing result. Cordosia Hampton turned on this same train from jheville, and this trunk was ecked from there to Union, seems probable that this conmt violator of the law is still his vile business. It is to be ped that the law-abiding peoi of Union will not much lger be run over rough shod this tough customer.