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H ''' I THE UNION TIMES. * '*.? f V i - > __^_______^M^ VOL. LVII NO 6. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1907. $1.00 A YEAR. _ _ _ * ? ?vaav- ? ^ I (It UlSftNSAKY DOUBLY DAMNED.! . OThe Abolition of the State Grog Shops Gives This "Grafting Machine" the Black Eye. It is often said that one cannot touch pitch and not be smeared. In I regard to the "whiskey business that is true, certainly. Into the dispensary of South Carolina many men have gone with clean reputations; but not one such has come out. In spite of the revelations of crookedness brought out by the invcstigathig committee last Pj*oi, wwt.li DitiuKiu ai>t>ui a 'decree ftbm "ibe people ft?r the abofction of tlfte Sfate grog shop, the directors of t"he State liquor machine hwe gone on violating the law in mose flagrant manner, according to the report just made by a special committee of investigation. Although the law specifically ^ requires the directors to advertise for "bids from houses which <Besire to supply the State dispensary, the records of the business as reported by this committee show that "Rirecltor Black went in person to IVoria, fill., and bought.' 2ibout $125,000 wrrrth of liquor without :a bid, upon the State's credit; and that the same brand of Whiskey as quoted iby other howses oti the open market could have been bought about 20 per < cent, cheaper than tthe price Mr. Black paid for it. The lboard of directors, nvLurumi; tv) xnc ropoTt, nave lreqmrtrt- 1 ly violate*! the 'Jnw in regard to purchases, bids, etc. AH the warehotwe room of the dispensary is crowded with whisloey and fhcrc arc standing on the side tracks in the Colombia freight ynTds 35 ?rarloads of liqwvr for the dispensary. The commissioner swears he has repeatedly protested against the conduct of the board of directors, hut "all to no avail. And it will be so as lU.ng as men deal in the vile stuff. Wen with clean reparations have gone into tlie dispensary, hut none have come out. Or. 'Bpdbst's Lecture. Special Carlisle, "Feb. 7.?Dr. Flavins Rrobst. of the New Orhrans lyccum Imwau,' delivered his lectvre here last night on "Smiles and Laughter," in the school | building. Owing to the unfavorable condition <of the-weather there was only a smaTl number present. Or. Urobst is a pleavmg speaker and deligV/led his audience wtih jokes and humorous anecdotes. His phiSosophy on the ibene. tit of laughter a-ml smiles wa* very good. Mr. M. <C. Denver, who ha* 'been -quite sick with grippe for the 1a?t few days, was able to *it up for a sfhort -while today. His Ivost of friend* wish for him a speedy revovery. I Roland Glenn Young, son of &. 'G. Hill, is quite ill. Death of Col. B. T. Clayton. Col. R. F. (Clayton, one of Aivcier sori's oldest, roost prominent anil most amiafblc ctiizem, died on February '(*>. He was born in Greenville in 1X20. A,s ; a young man he came to Anderson and'! 'H has spent a long and uscltd life there,,j living lor the latter part ?Vf his life mi i [>' "his fine farm neair the city. He was. a great admirer oi!' tine stock and did I much to lead the 'Jarmcrs <vf his secS? t '1 to better and progressive mcth-. His passing removes one of the j " most beloved figures in Anderson | f county. 'k A Runaway. I Mr. Robert Vaughan was run over : 1 last Saturday afternoon by a to\orse 3 ridden by Mr. Israel Berlin. The acV cident took place just in front of Mr. I H O. A. Swygert's store on Main street. Mr. 'Berlin had "Keen warned as t<? reckless driving several times during, the day By policemen. The horse was a wild one. Mr. Vatighan was pretty badly cut tip. He wa< knocked senseless and his collar bone was fractured. | He was carried to Dr. Austell's office where he received medical attention. At last accounts he was doing well. ' The fault was perhaps more in the 1 /icious horse than in Berlin, hut the ' law against reckless riding in the city I limits should be enforced. Asst. Treasurer and Gen'l Manaqer. ! ' / * ?? ^ i i At a meeting of the hoard of direct-, ors of Lockhart cotton mills held in New Cork at Dcrring, Milliken & Co.'s recently, Mr. Alfred Moore was elected assistant treasurer and general manager of the mill. Mr. Moore has i for sever"! years been superintendent < [of the Tucapau mills. I! L SOME GOOD \D\ Mr. E. Mclver Williamson G Who Wish to Have For a number of years after I bewail to farm I followed the old-time method-of putting the fertilizer all under the corn, planting on a level 01 higher, six by three feet, pushing the plant from the start and making a big stalk, but the ears were few and frequently small. 1 planted much corn in the spring and bought much corn the next spring, until finally I was driven to the conclusion that corn could not be made on uplands in this section, certainly not by the old method, except at a loss. 1 did not give up, however, for 1 knew that the farmer who did not make his own corn never had succeeded, ami never would. First, 1 planted lower, and the yield was better, but the stalk was still too large, so I discontinued altogether the application ol fertilizer before planting, and knowing thai all crops should be fertilized at some time, I used mixed fertilizer as \ side application and applied the more soluble nitrate of soda later, being guided to this by the excellent results nihtained from its use as a top dressing for oats. Still the yield, though regular, was not large, and the small A Shooting Scrape. i William Treaty shot Frank Rioe at Galilee churdh, neaT Sedalia. lllhc shooting ?o?ik place Sunday after i church. Rice .died Tuesday morning. He was shot iin the nedk. , An inqoest \wns held by Coroiner . Hames ore>r the Ibody of jRice on \V<t>d- 1 nesday. ll was .brought out that She j 1 two negroxes gut into a .qaurrel orer! ] 20 cents. *Beuty said to Rice: 'Tin 1 going to kill you."" He drew his pistcil < and tired. Me then went off about 100 ; yards, and returned and said: "I'm gr>- 1 ing to kill you." Wut did wot shoot a j 1 second time. The werdict ?>f the jury I was that Rice came to his death from I a gunshot wmund at die hands of Beaty. !j ????- |, An Approacmng Marriage. : Invitations arc out it<> the approaching marriage of AI iss Lena Lonora 1 Lipscomb, of Gatifney, 1<> Mr. Joseph Einil Johnston, of Greenville. The ! happy event is to come off Feb. 20th. 1 All iss Lipscomb is the accomplished ' daughter of Mr. \Y. Sam Lupscomb, ' and is sister of Messrs. C. ?. and Ed- ' ward Lipscomb, of Union. Mr. John- ( ston is cashier of the City National 1 Hank, of Greenville, S. C.? and is a |' man of fine character and of excellent j business qualifications. The Times extends best wishes. May life be "cme glad, sweet song." Marriage at JonesvBle. < Jonesville, Feb. 7.?At 8:.v> last night ( Miss Maggie High and Mr. James H. * Alman were married at the home of ^ the bride's parents. Rev. D. E. Ca- ' mack pronounced the solemn cercmo- s ny. About fifty invited guests were v present. After the ceremony light refreshment* were served. Prof. Brobst delivered bis funny lec- 11 ture here last night in the graded 'chool house. About one hundred were y present. ^ e Will Serve Cakes and Syrup p ti The ladies of the Episcopal church v will serve hot cakes and maple syrup I ">n Tuesday at T. E. Bailey's furniture d store. P DEATH TO WALL STREET GAMBLING j Some Good Work of Southern Gotton Growers' Association. Hot After Wall Street Gamblers. We believe in the Southern Cotton Growers' association. It justified its existence when it discovered the leak in cotton reports at the agricultural J department. It has justified its exis- j tcncc in other ways. The latest is in getting after the great and mighty New York cotton exchange through congressional inquiry. It is dawning upon the public that the said exchange is after al!l but a lot of robber barons, , gamblers who play for large stakes, who differ from the miserable bucket shops trot so much as was thought. Now the Southern States are in rapid succession passing laws, against dealing in cotton futures. The law in Nortb Carolina has already been tested in the courts and found proof against the attacks of the exchange people. Other States are following fn?t. It is said such a law is before our legislature. Let it pass. If \ve do away with selling cotton futures in A'merica the gambling in cotton will ] have received its death blow. The South will do it; and iits eyes once opened the New Yorkers will have a lonely time playing t!he game for the Southerners* shekels. Success to the Cotrton Growers* as- . sociation. Drain the Coast-side Counties, Ex-Governor Hcyward made an address on drainage for the coast-side counties the other day before the ' house of representatives at Columbia. ' It is a worthy theme on which the |' Governor is well posted. Ily all means the coast-side counties should 'be!' drained. Coastward South Carolina is ' both beautiful, sahflrrious and very fer- 1 tile. Tens of thousands of acres lie in forest and swamp waiting reclaiming and capable cultivation. The coast belt will one day 'blossom like and be the garden spot of America. 1 It is eminently adapted to trucking. With drainage perfected even that terrible bugaboo, malarial fever, will no ' longer frighten the timid up-coamtTytnan when "hps interests call him eoastward. 1 ness of the stalk itself now suggested that they should ibe planted thicker in the drill. 'Phis was done tV?? next year, with results- so satisfactory t>.rt I continued fem year to year t-o increase the number of stalks and the fertilizer, with -which to sustain them, also to apply nitrate of soda at last plowing, and to lay by early, sowing peas broadcast. This method steadily increased the yield, until year before last 'with corn eleven inches apart in six foot rows and $13 worth >f fertilizer to the acre. I made Kj bushels average to the acre, several oi my best acres making as much a? 125 bushels. Last year < 1905), 1 followed the sanig. ntfetboil, planting ah- u.-eek m April. 70 acres which had produced the year Iwfore 1,000 pounds seed cotton per acre. This land is sandy upland, somewhat rolling. Seasons were very unfavorable, owing to the tremendous rains in May and the dry and extremely hot weather later. From June 12th t?> July 12th. the time -when it most Thseded moisture, there was only five-enjoins of an inch of rainfall here; yet with $7.01 cost of fertilizer, my yield was -52 bushels per acre. Rows were *.ix feet and com sixteen inches in drill. With thi* method, on land that will ordinarily jwwduuc 1,000 pounds o( ?eed cotton, \v?ith 800 pounds of fertiizer, 50 bushels <caf corn per acre sltould tie made by .using 200 pounds of acid ihosphate, 200 pomnds of cotton seed meal, and 400 pounds of Kainit mixed >r their equivalent in other fertilizer, incl 125 pounds of nitrate of soda, all to be used as side applications as directed below. On land tfzat will .make a bale and anc-half of cotton per acre when well fertilized, a hundred bushels of corn diould be produced bv dotiblinc the unount of fertilizer. except that 30c jcuuuls of nitrate of soda should be isc.d. In each case there should be left on he land in corn stalks, peas, vines and roots. $12 to ?i6 worth of fertilizing naterial per acre, beside the great henflit to the land from so large an unount of vegetable matter. I he place )i this in the permanent improvement if land can never be taken by commercial fertilizer, for it is absolutely immssible to make lands rich as long as hey arc Lacking in vegetable matter. Land should he thoroughly and dcepy broken for corn, and this is the ime in a system of rotation to deepen the soil. Cotton requires a more compact soil than corn, and while a leep soil is essential to its best derelopment, it will not produce as well >n loose, open land, while corn does test on land thoroughly broken. A leep soil will not only produce more leavily than a shallow soil with good easons, but it will stand more wet as veil as more dry weather. In preparing for the corn crop, the and should be broken broadcast durcig the winter one-fourth deeper than t has been ulowed hi?for?? it egetable matter is being turned liner, it may be broken one-third deepr. This is as much deepening as ind will usually stand in one year and roduce well, though it may be coninued each year so long as much dead egetable matter is being turned under, t may, however, be sub-soiled to any epth by following in bottom of turn low furrow, provided no more of the ICE TO FARMERS ives Good Advice to Farmers $ a Good Corn Crop. sub-soil jhan has been directed is ; turned up. Break with twt>-h?rse plow if possible, or better, with disc plow. With the latter, cotton stalks or corn : stalks as large as we ever make can ; be turned under without having been chopped, and in pea vines it will not I choke or drag. i Never I'j.'ivttwhen it ii wet, if yovi *e*f>eci ever to have any use for I ."vjiuiain, l?ed with turn plow in six foot rows. ., leavin^tjvc inch balk. When ready to plant, break this out with scooter, following in bottom of this fur#ow deep with Dixie plow, wing taken off. . Ridge then on this furrow with same | plow, still going deeper. Run corn planter on this ridge, dropping one grain every live or six inches. Plant early, as soon as frost danger is past, , say first seasonable spell after March 15th, in this section. Especially is 1 early planting necessary 011 very rich lands where stalks cannot otherwise be prevented from growing too large. Give first working with harrow or any plow that will not cover the ?lan? For second working use ten or twelve inch sweep on both sides of corn, which sliould now be SDoiTT tr finhinhigh. Tfcin after this working. It is ?u>t necessary that the plants should he left all the same distance apart, if die right number remain to each yard of row. Corn should not be worked again . until growth has been so retarded, and , the stalk so hardened, that it will never , grow too large. This is the MOST , DIFFICULT POINT in the whole process. K.\periencc and judgment (are required to know just how much i the stalk should he stunted, and I PLENTY OF NERVE is required to . hold hack your corn when your neighbors who fertilized at planting time and cultivated rapidly, have corn twice .t!> .size of yours. ('They are having j their fun how; yours Wfft cbmr -wr harvc-t time.) 'The richer the land (the ni re necessary it is that the stunting p. >ccss should be thoroughly done. 1 When you are convinced that your , corn has been sufficiently humiliated, ! you may begin to make the ear. It i shock I now be front twelve to eighteen I j indies high, and look worse than you 'hare ever had any corn to look before. Put half your mixed fertilizer (this ' lx.'ii?Sg the first ti-r-cd at all) in the old sweep furrow on both sides of every middle, and cover with turn plow. . About one week later treat the other middle the same way. Within a few .days side corn in first middle with sixteen inch sweep. Put all your nitrate of ,M?da in this Furrow, if less than 150 pounds. If more, use one-half of it now. Cover with one furrow of turn .1? - - invii *>'*\v pons in tins middle broadcast at the rate of at least one bushel to the acre, and tinish breaking out. In a few days side corn the other middle with -aine -weep; put balance i of nitrate of soda in this furrow if it has been divided, cover with turn plow, i 1 sow peas, and break out. This lays by your crop with a good bed and 'plenty of dirt around your stalk. This i should be from June totli to 20th. 1111iless season i- very late, and corn should be hardly bunching for tassel, i Lay by early. More corn is ruined by late plowing than by lack of plowting. This i> when the ear is hurt, j Two good rains after laying by should Intake you a good crop <corn, and it will certainly make with much less rain than if pushed and fertilised -in 11 lie old way. The stalks thus raised are very small land do not require anything like the j moisture even in proportion to size j that is necessary for large, sappy stalks. They may, therefore, be left jnuicn thicker in the row. This is no new process. It has long been a custom to cut back vines and trees in orjder to increase the yield and quality of fruit, and so long as you do not HOLI) back your corn, it will go, like mine so long went, all to stalk. Do not be discouraged hv thr> t?r?Wc of your corn (luring the process of i cultivation. It will yield out of all proportion to its appearance. Large stalks cannot make large yields, except with extremely favorable seasons, j : for they cannot stand a lack of niois-j 1 ture. Early applications of manure go to make large stalks, which you do not j want, and the plant food is all thus ! used up before the ear, which you do want, is made. Tall stalks not only will S not allow you to make the pea vines, j (Continued on Page Four.) BUND TIGER POISON DID THE WORK. Four Men Drank Blind Tiger Booze Freely?One Dead and Other Three in Critical Condition. Four Gaffncy horse traders left that I town on last Monday for a jaunt to j Spartanburg, bent on swapping equities to their pecuniary gain on the Spartahnurg "hone yard," for it was salesday and salesday is the approved day for dealing in abused and trieky horse flesh. To make the trip "interesting." th< four poor fellows fatuously procuret from some place what is thought to have been wood alcohol, of which they all drank pretty freely. The names of the men are J. F. Farmer, Hosea Fright, Hud Bright and \V. M. ! Scoggins. | They spent Monday night in Spartanburg. Tuesday night at Mount Zion and started for GatTney Wednesday morning, but Farmer died between that point and Cowpens and the others aresaid to be in a critical condition at Cowpens. Relatives of the stricken men havegone to Cowpens to see if they can be of any assistance. Theatre-Going Preachers. -?my ffectarti love of the histronic, and do not attend even the good plays that come to Atlanta, because there are so many who would mistake my approval of the good as an indorsement of theatre-going alan institution, without discrimination." ?Rev. John E. White, I). 1). "Here." says The Constitution, "b where we differ from Dr. White." And here, says The Georgian, is exactly where we agree with Dr. White Further than this, we share the view | that when preachers generally indorse the theatre because it is not whollj had, and because some plays are good there will he no one left to resent tin vast number of plays that are wholh evil. ATtnvt Wfi wtOie'lieve that this of hi times is not the time for the preach lers to become more worldly instead o 'becoming more spiritual. The laps* of the old time religion is pronounce* enough as it is. and we are moving a! 'too fast in some directions toward .1 | church that "will not interfere eithct with your politics or your business." When the preachers are turned loose j in the theatres, it won't be long before they are at the race track which J ""has some noble features" in the game courage of the beautiful animals | and tile cool courage of the little jocki eys. And then, you know, it is a "great training to the judgement" to "bet |discreetly and successfully" upon the | results. Dr. Rroughton scores a strong point in quoting Edwin Booth and Henry Irving upon the danger and demoralization of the stage and the watchful care which they exercised over their children in attending it. The position of The Georgian is not une oi opposition to the theatre. What we stand ior is the preservation of the pulpit in its purity and integrity,?as an example and an influence in the w< >rld. Worldly amusements and frivolities are not for the orthodox ministers oi ! the Xazarene.?The Atlanta Georgian, News Around West Springs. \\\->t Springs. Feb. 5.?The weather has been ver\ unfavorable for the last 'week. We have had rain and now we .have sleet and snow. It i> with regret we learn that Mr. 1 S. E. Money has withdrawn from The ! Times. Mr. Monty has many friends in West Springs who regret very much to see him go. However we wish him much success in his new field. It seems that the work of the inccndiary goes on. We cannot pick tip a ! paper without seeing the account of a ! house being burned somewhere. It 1 cannot be that all these burnings are accidental. There must be some incenI diary hand at 'he back of these fires. I Let us see ' *e one who has caused this gre?' of property is caught and pjr .iied. Let us see if we cannot s4op so many of these fires. If this state of affairs is allowed to continue no one can consider his property safe at any time. Mr. Curtis Gregory and Miss Leitha Kingsmore were married Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of the groom's brother, Mr. Berry Gregory. They were married by Rev. J R. Funderburke. Mr. Gregory is a young farmer who lives near Gibhs. and Miss Kingsmore is an attractive young lady irom Buffalo. I DEATH Of CLAUDE COLEMAN. ' | This Christian Young Man, of Eighteen Years, Succumbs After a 3WR Lingering Illness. j Claude Coleman, son of Mr. Frank Coletnan, of Jonesville, died Saturday, January -?6th. Though he had been in poor health for some time his death was quite a shock to all his friends. Voting though he was. only eighteen, death held no terrors for him, and as . he said, he was not afraid to die. He / iihad been a member of the Baptist I church since he was thirteen.?a mcm> her in word and deed, one who lived i i his religion. He was one of the most active workers in the B. Y. P. I"., re' cently organized at this place. During the summer, when a series of prayer ! meetings were organized <>n Yarn i Mill Hill, lie was one of the first to I aid in conducting these, and frequently made helpful talks at these meetings. | He was found in his place at the Sun|day-school on the Hill as long as his health permitted, lie will he greatly i missed in all these organizations and j in the community. One of his friends said that he was never known to do .anything wrong. Can anything better |he said of a young man? Of all those l who miss him, his mother's grief is Ithe sorest v XT ; "? I.. ?iiotn such could he said, will surely give her strength to hear the i and send the Ithcr so kadly need. It is well with him because his life was true and he has gone to the reward his Father had for , him. lie once told his mother that he wantled to go tirst. so that he could be i there to welcome her when she came. Ilis wish was granted and now he has passed over the river to wait for his imother until she, too, shall he called j to her reward. *i < >nr sympathy goes "tit t ? his sorrowing family, who sorrow not as i "they who have no hope," hut in the trust that God will bring them to him jin his own good time. H. A. \V. I / A Serious Scrape. i A few days ago Jack Jeter, a colI ored man living on Mrs. I.eaty's place I several miles west of Santuc, was found l in his house in an unconscious condi' tioii. Dr. Jeter, of Santuc. who was called to see the injured man, found ''hint unconscious and with a severe wound on the head, indicted by Walki er Gardner, another negro. He was [still living when last heard from about noon Thursday. Entertainment. The Art Recital company, under the j management of the Alkahest lyccum, j will give an entertainment in Union Monday night, Feb. 18. The company is made up of Miss j Mandeline M. Evans, 'celo; Miss Chris'tine Giles, soprano and violinist; Mr. Ross Crane, cartoonist. Those who ; attend may expect a pleasant and profitable evening. The attraction is brought to Union by the U. 1). C., and (the ladies request a liberal patronage. Reserve *eats 7^c; general admission ; 5?c. Goes to New York. Cant. K. I.. Clark will leave Monday for New York, where he goes to purchase a stock of goods for the Clark Clothing company. The new concern ' will i .iii-ii - . , . ...i iniMill-ss 1110 lir>t Of | March. Capt. Clark says he is going t<. >tart tip with an entirely new stock of goods. He does not expect to purhase any of the old stock of the Bai'ey-Copeland Co., but will have i only the newest goods and latest styles. I ' Will Governor Remove Board ? Governor Ansel will hear arguments today in the matter relating to the ! removal of the dispensary State bo^rd 'of control. Director Joe B. YVylie appeared before Gov. Ansel at noon I Tuesday and argued the point he raised a few days before, viz: that the governor has no right to remove without first giving notice to the accused that I they must show cause why they should , not be ejected from office. Today i the governor will hear the 'of the attorneys employed by the 1 board. Bamberg was visited by a disastrous tire Tuesday morning. The tire i- thou-.'it to have been the work of incendiaries. The loss is estimated at $jc,ooo, with only partial insurar.ee. x i