THE UNION TIMES. I
VOL. LVII NO 5. UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I. 1907. $1.00 A YEAR.
STATE DISPENSARY DOOMED.
The Report of the Committee Damages
Institution?-House
Against it.
The house of representatives b)
almost a two-thirds majority, ant!
after a debate of nearly three
hours, tabled the amendment foi
prohibition introduced .by Mr. D
L. Smith. They then passed to a
third reading of the Carey-Cothran
bill and killed the Richards
bill. This is a complete routing
of the dispensary forces. It is
plainly evident that the house
means to kill the State dispensary
It seems that local option will prevail.
that is, that counties will be
given the right to choose between
prohibition or county dispensary
This is Governor Ansel's platform
He is in sentiment a nrohibitionist
and believes in local' option.
COWHTTffS INVESTIGATION Of DISPENSARY
We find as matters of fact:
' T bat the State dispensary i<
over-stocked, and that there Wa<
on hand in the State dispensary
on January 15,, toot, about $669,000
worth of su ^
- 2' J '?at $400,000 worth of stock
is sufficient to run the State dispensary.
We find that this overstocking
has been going on both
under the old board of directors
and under the new board.
3- We further find that in the
purchase of liquors for the dispensary,
the law has not been observed
in a number of instances
and that liquors have been bough)
contrary to the rule established b\
the board itself for the purchase
of liquor.
1 ^ *'lat the present
board of directors passed a rule
011 or about the 8th day of Marchl
1906, that all orders for the purchase
of liquors must be signed
by at least two members of the
board of directors, but said order
to "allow "W'Crtlw m'tne noaru to
order the bulk goods. ,
5. We find that Mr. John Black
a member of the board of direct
" ors, purchased a large amount c
liquor, amounting to about 1,60
barrels, from Clark Bros. &
of Peoria, 111-, said Black makin
said purchase in person in Peon
111. We also find that at the san
time and place he made a pu
chase from Lehman & Co., t
amount of which we have been u
able to ascertain, but 300 barr
were shipped to and received
the State dispensary. We a
find that Mr. Black made a p
chase in person in^ ^ Cincinn
Ohio, of 600 cases 01 nquui ..
Moyse Bros. These three lots
liquor thus purchased by
Black amounted to about $1
000.
6. We find from the testirr
that the liquor thus purchase<
Mr. Black from Clark Bros
Sons, at $1.50 to $1.75 per ga
is a very inferior quality of li<
being what is known as high 1
and is not worth more than
to $1.35 per gallons, and ca
bought in the market at that
7. We find from the testi
^ that Mr. Black is out of the
V and we are informed that
sick, and hence it was impc
for the committee to get hi
timony, but a letter of his ii
tion to said Clark and L<
purchase is in evidence, ant
attention is called to the sta
therein contained.
0 find from the tes
O. % * X
that the present hoard of di
has constantly snhstitutd
goods to be shipped out
county dispensaries, in plac
goods ordered by the con
pensers, and that the good?
stituted were not satisfar
the county dispensers, or
people, and that they were
over the protest of the co
pensers, and over the pi
f the State commissioner.
" further find 1
V
board of directors failed
ed to buy in sufficient <
X corn, X pin and X rye,
there was a hip demam
class of poods, and that
claims that certain firms
ship out this class of pc
ordered, but we find on
tion that there are on
bids from other reput;
offering to furnish these
10. We further fin<
board of directors have
large quantities of of
case goods, in which t
SHOOTING IN HOTEL LOBBY.
Excitement In Onion Hotel Tuesday
Night?Mr. J. M. Clardy. Clerk.
Had Narrow Escape.
' An exciting incident, and very
I near a killing, occurred in the
lobby of the Union hotel Tuesday
" night at about 8:30 o'clock. It
seems that the proprietor of the
' hotel deemed the conduct of some
of the guests rude and disorderly
? and accordingly instructed Mr. J.
r, M. Clardy, the hotel clerk, to re>
quest the guests to observe better
order.
Messrs. P. D. and G. B. Bar
ron were in the room of Mr. L. L.
Mott. Mr. Clardy, however, did
1 not speak to the Barron brothers,
only to Mr. Mott. And thinking
all was well and having carried
nnf liic inctrn^tir\nc \'f r ro_
turned to the office. In a few minutes
Mr. Mott and the Barron
brothers came down into the lobi
by, where the latter accosted Mr.
; Clardy and requested an explana'
tion of the clerk's visit to their
room. Mr. Clardy replied that his
explanations were made to Mr.
: Mott, the holder of the room, and
he considered them satisfactory.
. Hereupon the elder Mr. Barron
i cursed Mr. Clardy and the latter
; threw the glass tumbler at his
head, cutting a gash in the fore:
head.
This act of Mr. Clardy's caused
Mr. G. B. Barron, who had walked
. around to the other side of the
t counter, to draw his pistol and fire
r two shots at the assailant of his
! elder brother. Neither shot was
effective, but Mr. Clardy's face
: was burned considerably by the
: powder from the explosion. Bar\
ron was deterred from furthef
shooting by spectators in the
\ lobby.
All the participants in the fracas
I the mayor \&?dIcase
was continued, J. J
case w . view of th
'Ifact that hc was obeying instruct,~f
lions the fine was not tmposed.
arsv;a'.'S*;MT'V'S.W"
find that a lar,
by dispensary ^ nQ <
lti| tne ?
om pensers.
> o? 12. We fur'her find that th
Mr. has been paid on the Clark p
25,- chase the sum of $30,000, and I
the checks for same were coun
lony signed by Commissioner Tat
1 by although he had been infortne<
i. & the facts concerning said purch
lion, 13. We find that since the rr
juor, ing of the general assembly,
wine, hoard of directors has adopt
$* 33 resolution that all orders for li
in be must be countersigned by (
price, missioner Tatum.
mony 14. In addition to the sto<
State, hand, we find that all of the
he is ceniber purchases have bee<
>ssible dered held up by the board,is
tes- is, orders issued not to shi
1 rela- goods?except the Clark and
ehman man purchases, which were
1 your up by Mr. M. H. Mobley,
tement which action was confirme
Mr. Black,
timony 15. We have not been 5
rectors ascertain the number of c
other 'liquor on the sidetracks in 1
to the i or en route to the dispen
e of the any particular time. Mr.
nty dis- stated in his evidence that
; so sub* informed by the railroad ;
:tory to ties that on a certain daj
to the first week in January the
shipped 36 carloads on the track
1 "'I 1
untv (lis- Mr. Moblev icsuucu i..?rotcst
of an examination three or f<
later and found 12 cars
that the tracks, some of which was
or refus- Under the authority v
quantities! your committee, we have
although ed the dispensary official
1 for this pay any more money t
the board Tiros, or to Lehman, am
refused to mit the matter to .your 1
)ods when body for such action. a.<
examina- opinion may be necessar;
file many N. C. Christenser
able firms, W. N. Graydon,
; goods. On the Part of the
1 that the E. M. Rucker,
purchased J. P. Carey,
>jectionable J. G. Richards,
here was a I On the Part of th<
MASONS ELECT OfflCERS.
Garflsto Masons In Prospering Con
Alton?Death of Mrs. Ophelia
Jeter.
Carlisle, Jan. 31.?At the Janu
ary communication of Carlish
Lodge No. 227, A. F. M., the an
nual election of officers was gom
into and the following officer
were elected: W. T. Jeter, W
M. ; W. H. Jeter, S. W.; A. W
Gilmore, J. W.; R. E. Moss, S. D.
Robt. Beaty, J. D.; Dr. J. T. Je
tcr, Secy.; W. L. Earle, Treas.
J. W. McGowan, Tiler.. This
lodge is only in its second year
It was organized in 1906, but sinc<
its organization there has beer
shown a remarkable amount oi
1 a _ :.1 1 r ?
uidMJllit ?Cdl. AS CV1UCI1CCU ITOII
the number of petitions that hav<
been presented and the amount o
work done and the regular attend
ance of each member.
Mrs. Ophelia Jeter, widow o
John R. Jeter, deceased, died a<
the home of her daughter, Mrs. C
A. Jeter, on Monday morning.
Mrs. Jeter's health had not beer
good for some time but her deatf
was somewhat sudden and quite i
surprise to her relatives ant
friends. She was a devoted Chris
tian woman and sowed seeds o
kindness and good Christian ad
vice wherever she was, and to al
that she came in contact with. Sh<
is survived by Mrs. C. A. and Mr
Gary Jeter, of this place, Dr. Rus
sel Jeter, of Whitmire, Mr. Ed
ward Jeter, of Jonesville, and Mr
J. P. Jeter, of Santuc. The re
mains were interred at the famil}
burying ground at Santuc.
Mr. C. T. Coleman is building
him a modern dwelling here, neai
the residence of Mr. J. G. Rice
which he expects to have complet
ed in a short while. Mr. Colemai
Will then go to housekeeping. Ai
the present he and Mrs. Colemar
PMrs. I- B. Pl?. went to^Spat
\SSSS ST. Julian Welch, who
=1 a student at Wofford college.
n Mr Charles Dudley and htt
1 daughter, Marguerite, rett
? last night from a visit to relatrv
j 'HnT'^proceeds horn the lectr
of Dr Florians Brobst, of the N
fe Orkan. lyceum bureau, AMIS
wmgontowards the b
le" St ofthe""5>1 library. Men.
? of Dr. Brobst's appearance
Carlisle Has OCCI1 1 laaviv *? j
cre ious issue of this paper.
>ur
hat Subscriptions Lagging.
ter
The subscriptions to the
lase being ra>sed by the cemetery ;
lce^ ciation for the purpose of c:
tjie for the Presbyterian cemete
1 a lapping. Mr. Emslie Niche
who is secretary and treasur
-s this association, is making ea
effort to close the matter,
k on 's lackin?r but two or three
dred dollars of reaching the
~ thousand dollar endowment,
?that 'v tkose wbo have buried i
. t cemetery their dead friend
,le loved ones will not \et the
h \ ~\ l)r'se bul for the lack of thre
clerk dred dollars. This is the
^ burying groud in Union, an
lie the earthly remains of ir
i I . Union's noble sons and dan
a'rs of comniu"ity as a whol
he citv should be, interested in th
sarv at causc? ^or scarcely one mei
Tatum 1'1C comniunity could be fov
he was was not directly or indire
authori- terested in this cemetery.
r in the ""
re were Third Week Jurors,
s here,
he made t? .
our days ,h * '"ror.s for ,h* th.ro
on the ,C?.urt of COrnn^on plea
elass w follows. Their servic
rested * in "onday. F^ruary 4,h :
instruct- tTuST' T. m"
Is not to J. W. Mens, S o p
0 Clark w. V. Bentley, E. L. C
1 we sub- j- J- J}* **' Ben Mi
honorable t Mobley, H. A. I
none raoie Eugene Bohck, J. H. C
s in your A. Inman, W. j! B
y. Wm. Gall man, W. R
*? Jr'? fcSm Prrks* A- B- '
Win. Garner, J S F
c i Fincher, J. Q j
Senate, B. M. Becknell, W H
T. j. Wood, J G
J. B Holcomb, ). C. C
Fb w I"m*n' I- L- J
Kb. West, j. w
' House. Jim Mobley, fc. N.
SHOOTING AT KNITTING MILL.
V .
- rib*. E. S. Trammell Has Hand-to-1 Ji
Hand Conflict With Man and
His Son.
- On Wednesday afternoon at
e about six o'clock there came near th
- Being a serious shooting scrape at K
e, the -txcelsior' knitting mills. Mr. tw
s Toe Fore and his son Witt lay in E
. "Smlt for Mr. E. S. Trammell, over- it;
V scer in' the knitting and carding hi
; department, prepared to kill him. sc
The trotd)le arose from the fact ly
; tha]Lthe elder Fore; in a drunken a
s condition, went into the mill in the cl
. afternoon and insulted some la- ba
; dies, who appealed to Mr. Tram- m
t mell to put Fore out. The former H
f remonstrated with the drunken w;
i man, who seemed disinclined to wi
i get out. In fact, he made open he
f attack upon Trammell. The latter co
- struck him over the head with a di
spool and left the room. Fore or
f went home, got his gun and strap- H
I ped a belt of cartridges around his m
. waist, enlisted his son Witt, and
started toward the mill. On the
1 way he stopped at Mr. Whitener's
i stPre and declared his intention to
i kill Trammell. Mr. Whitener <je
I erased his store, went and warned p,
- the intended victim. Mr. Tram- ^
f mell left the mill as usual and was ^
- ion his way home when accosted
I Ify rore and his son. Fearing that bj,
e they intended to kill him, and see- py
. ing their ample preparation. Tram- *,j
- nwll pitched Jnto it for dear life,
- and as he said in the mayor's ^C]
. court, "for about two minutes I sa
- was the busiest I've ever been in
/ rr.v life." He caught Fore's gun j
and held the barrel downward;
I bore fired but the load went into
r the ground. Wrenching the gun sj
, he shoved the barrel upward and
- the other load was fired into the
I, air. Meantime, Trammell was
t holding the barrel of the younger
l IJore's gun in his left hand, keep- r
r l^Mr^TYammeTbr&e
lw Witt Fore, and used the ba[re* c
18 as a weapon with which he felled f
f m!; Fore The son then ran. t
!d IMr Trammel returned to his home s
eS I and the matter was reported t <
the oolice. There was some wild .
ireltalk about the mill last night u
ewlno harm was done anyone. before
The case was brought betore
^Wh* mavor Thursday morning and
iboth Fore and his son fined $100
?n~ ?r -?0 davs They were committed
{Z to fail on lailureyto pay the fine.
ev" Dividend Declared.
The officers and stockholders ol
the Union Grocery gmpany me
in the company s office luesaa.
fund a{temoon in their regular semi
tsso- Annual meeting. ^ jhv.dend o
mng 10 per cent., or $2,000, d*
ry islciared on the half year s ?P"atl?'
>lson.|Thc report of Manager Wagno
er of Las most gratifying. H is remen
irnest bered tbat on October first
rhere trict|y cash basis was adoptt
h?n- ani it was feared that the busine
three I wOUld be greatly decreased, bu
Sure- was shown not to be the ca.
II tlllS T f |
s and ,act the sales tor tne iiol ..
enter- Januar>' are consideral
e htin- more than those of January, 19
oldest an(' l^e ot'lcr months compare
id here vora^ylanv
of stockholders express th<
ighters se,ves as highly pleased with
e is or new methods and the mans
is good mcnt'
nher of
md who Installation of Mr. Jordan.
;ctly in
Last Sunday morning at
church of the Nativity, Rev. C
. Jordan, the new rector of
charge, was formally installed
week of veste(t with authority as r<
is will be ^'S'10P Ellison Capers, who
e beirins ^llcts such exercises in the E]
oal church, was unable to be
j ent, so Rev. A. 1. VV ami,
alone, missionary, was authorized
aimer', as institutor.
:iark With due solemnity an<
Dunbar adopted ritual the new rect<
iraham) placed in charge of the chur<
lumett,' the sermon was preached b
Kelly, Mr. Walsh.
^Adams' ^r' Jort^an bas been in
ffowell ' f?r some months, having
Page,' from Pinopolis in the late fj
Adams, ready he is well known an
^opeland, an enviable position in the
Rochester, an<* confidence of the Uni
Johns. ' pie.
TAKES HIS OWN UfE.
idson Klrby, a Yonth of 17. Found Tl
In a Ravine Tuesday With Bullet
Through His Heart
Tuesday, about two o'clock in
e afternoon, the body of Judson b<
irby was found in a ravine about ti
ro hundred yards south of the C
xcelsior knitting mills commun- th
y. Mr. Duff Noland was out sr
anting and came upon the grew- ai
>me find. The young man was tli
ing face downwards; nearby was dt
38 calibre revolver with one C
lamber recently emptied. The
ill passed through the heart, and th
ust have caused instant death, vt
e was about 17 years old and m
as full grown for his size. One fir
tness at the inquest testified that bt
! had heard Kirby talking of G
immitting suicide just before his w
sappearance, which was a day Iv
two before his body was found, er
e had evidently been dead for a
any hours when found. to
at
Mr. Dtckerson Dead.
al
sr\omcU?rC^Vin^",adk"<*w" P'
?3?-?i5^r
Concerning his death the Ches ?
r Lantern has the following ,o P
Jho/e, near^byvillfFaiV ?
'OLj-.\T9o^r,?e'a,,r:cth
year of his age Mr n*T TI
TioZ 3 Confederate veteran "
,dr loS?"' of his limb, hj the fc
r a nHuCmbWearS?fy?eaarsWaaSOn> V"
'he Baptist church and aTn"Ist1
onducteS M &Sreh work. His n"
). Wells. He leaves a wire, *u?X s
>rothers and two sisters, four sons
md two daughters, besides a host ,
if relatives and friends in Fairfield j
and Chester counties to mourn
their loss in his death.
A Marriage.
Mr. John A. Lynch, of Macon,
Ga., and Miss Alice Sellers, of
Jonesville, S. C., were united in
marriage on Wednesday morning,
Jan. 30. They were married by
Rev. L. M. Rice, at his residence
i in Union, they having driver
t through the country from Jones
f ville that morning. Immediate!}
- after the ceremony the bride an<
f groom returned to Jonesville, am
- will, in a few days, start for Ma
1. con, Ga., where they will mak
n their future home. The young 1;
i- dy is well known in Jonesville, ar
a while the groom is something 1
d, a stranger in Union, he made mai
ss friends during his flying trip
ch our city. He said he was tried
>e. living an old bachelor's life a
alf felt that he needed a good wife
dy look after him. We extend cc
06, gratulations and best wishes,
fa
Charged With Heinous Crime.
mi- 3
Aleck Brcwton, a 19-year
l^e negro, was brought to Ut
Tuesday night and lodged in
He is charged with having c
mitted rape upon the persoi
' .Martha Sturry, also colored, 5
""" ront was SI
the'days ago. me ...
H. out by Thos. Sturry, husbar
this the victim, and issued by M
I and trate Bogan. Brewton is nr
ector. ja*l awaiting trial at the next
con- ?f the circuit court. Aleck 1
pisco- ton an<l the Sturrys all live o
ores- J Norris Rodger's place.
State ..
to act Gone to Hospital.
i the Mr. R. E. Bruce left ear
Dr was week for Memphis, Tenn.,
:h, and he goes to be operated on
y Rev. pendicitis. The latest new
him was that he had stood 1
Union very well, but had not y<
\ come operated upon,
ill. Al- Mr. Bruce is a young
d holds fine character and good 1
esteem qualities, and his many
on peo- will deeply sympathize wi
in his affliction.
CLARKE CLOTHING COMPANY.
ills Firm Has Purchased Bailey- , JI
Copeland Go's. Stock?Capt. wM
Clarke Experienced Man. !
Mr. J. C. Copeland, who has 1
;en a resident of Union for sonic V
me and a partner in the Bailey- '
opeland Clothing Co., has sold
ic Union establishment to Mess.
E. L. Clarke, David C. Clarke
id J. A. Sawyer. After March
ie first the business will be conicted
under the name of the
larke Clothing Co.
Capt. E. L. Clarke has been in <
e clothing business for many
iars, and bis experience will lend
uch to the success of the new
m. Mr. David C. Clarke has \
ren in the mercantile business in
affney for a few years past. He
ill move to Union and be direct- i
connected with the business opation.
Mr. J. A. Sawyer, while
partner, will not devote any time
the business, since his practice
law requires all his time.
The establishment will handle
1 kinds of gents' furnishing goods
id will be right up to now in all
e styles.' Capt. Clarke leaves a
>on for the northern markets to
irehase a full line of spring and
immer goods.
Amusements Being Secured. i
The Neal Shoals Amusement
3. is actively engaged these days
securing amusements for the
l-coming season. Correspondice
of all kinds and with various
mcerns is being carried on and
>me contracts have been closed,
lie management seems dead in
rnest about furnishing every r.
nceivable form of amusement '
r the people of Union. /
They have arranged for the in-/
allation of a bowling alley, boy
11 alley, tennis courts, golf, et'
ne unique feature they hope/
H Shows ofVsff*~ horse-r~- ... ,
dUe etc., have been engaged V
f 'pkasure ol Union people \
A Charter Member. A
On last Saturday Mr. H. P.'Mci
Kissick of Joncsvdle, was in the
1 city and sp{n? an
fice. Mr. McKissick is 79 y
oW and
Times in its firs McKnight
I I nau Vx*'* -[interestingly
of those times Dctore
p the war, relating many incidents
j and items of interest that escape
cj general notice.
Besides Mr . McKissick, we
know of only one other "charter
member" of The Times subscriber
ers and that is Mr. Joe Gault, of
Jonesville.
iv *
to Auction Sale.
of ^
nd The auction sale of lots in Jonesto
ville last Saturday by Mr. E. F.
in- Kelley. real estate agent, for Mr. . \
J. F. Alman. was quite a success. f
Twelve lots were sold at very sat- t
isfactorv prices. Ex-Sheriff J. G.
Long, of Union, was the auction(
-OKI lioK
I
jail Dr. George Douglass. <
:om
11 Dr. George Douglas, who died
?ome jn Baltimore last Monday, Januvx
ivorn ary 21st, was buried at Ebenczer ^ .. '
I(1 church, near Mabington, this
aK'p" county, last Thursday afternoon.
>\v in ]")r Douglass was a prominent
term physician and was held in high
Brew- esteem throughout the county and
n Mr. everywhere he was known. He {
has two brothers still living, Dr. ''
W. J. Douglass, of Jonesville, and /
Capt. J. T. Douglass, of Union.
Dr. Douglass was a member of /..v
ly this the Union County Mutual Benefit (
where association. / >
for ap- I !
s from The next meeting of the Union I) "
cntton Growers' aslocia- J *
the trip tou 11 tj
it been tion will be held in the court <
house, Saturday, Feb. 2, at 12/
man of o'clock m. The president, CnotJ,.
business F. M. Farr urges that not only
friends farmers, but the business 11121?
th him merchants, bankers and other/ *
attend this meeting. j
? ?