University of South Carolina Libraries
^THE UNlIn TIMES. VOL LVII NO. 19 UNION, SOUTH C^Olii^^lPAV, MAY 10, 1907. $1,0? A YEAR TAX PAYER ENTERS PROTEST. Holds That the Trustees of Library Have Not Measured up to Their Duty?They Should Resign . - or Make Better Showing. Editor of The Union Times: ? About 1902 or 190# Mr. Andrew Carnegie offered to the people of Union $1,000 for the purpose of1 erecting a building to he used as a . free, public library, on conditions that the to\W-mni^ftrrntBTf and furnish "$^,000 a year for the maintenance of said library. By private^subseripUon the^^itizen^^^ v^ed for support of this insti = ;; ivuiivu* r&ivci a IUU^ uvmj uic i building was erected, the then free library of the city donating its ~ Btock of books a? a nucleus for the | new one. In ltX)G, the General Assembly of South Carolina passed | an act incorporating the Union I Carnegie Free Library, naming nine gentlemen of deservedly high standing in the community as trustees, with power to choose their own successors. In this respect said act is a violation of the principles upon which are based all ; American or democratic institu- i tions. The people supply the money, but have absolutely no voice in its expenditure or managcmet. But this, while wronar ??? principal, may work- well, provide* 1 the men in charge give the projjor intelligent ami energetic attention to the% <luties they assume under tliis close corporation arrangement. Has this Hoard of Trustees met this condition? Ia;t the record show. This same act provides that the city council shall annually turn over to the trustees of the library one thousand dollars as VOted in_tllC_Cl(tpti*??oV three years, if not more; ana yet, * - when asked why new books or I magazines have not l?oen supplied! to the library' the statement is made that the council has not turned over this fund, and, therefore, there is no money with which to furnish these things. Here is a clear violation, Imth of Mr. Carnegie's condition and of the statute law of the state. The city council .N hn* ??? legal or moral right to use ^ this tax, levied and paid for the use J of the library, for any otjier purpurpose whatsoever, no matter how pressing the need. It constitutes a trust fund in their haiTTts tor ?-ui. sole purpose. Since council fails t< perform its duty under the law, upon whom falls the burden o forcing them to comply with tin mandate of the statute and the wil of the people? Clearly, upon th hoard of trustees and upon then alone. Here is tin thousand dollars ? nearly that sum that is due tl library and can be collected, if in peacefully then certainly by appl *' -o In this vit cation to uio cmiiu particular, therefore, the trustc appointed or chosen hy one man set of men to manage an 'nstituth supported hy the* whole peoj have flatly fallen down and uttei L failed in tin- performance of th j^Mf plain duty. A- ;i consequence t library is in a condition that H simply disgraceful to an inteUigi p- community. No l>ooks of any c< sequence have been added to L small collection donated hy former association. Until rccei fc the supply of periodieals was h crous. The large and increas demand for new l>ooks has had ? effect in stimulating the trustee* action. These gentlemen s content U? allow matters to run in any old way. It is high the people were demanding h service. These gentlemen, foi of whom I have the highest rej * i l U!1, I have I mm n tried aim ? from sheer lark of interest, should either make good, an so at once, or else they should down and out and give pis men who will feel and tuk interest in maintaining this ir tion in the proj>er way. The motive urged for the ment of money for the supp< the library was that it would an educational institution of benefit. Has it? Is it do now? Compare it with situ' stitutions in neighboring citi see how far it falls below the standard. The plain facts a the people, both those wl N t' E th thi*Vessel and Harbmffiffiffilj mination at Exposition^ H| Norfolk, May 9.?There hAril many fierce conflicts up<^in tHfiJH ters of Hampton Roads, but'^Efl of belching, cannon > bursting Bhell-^^^jhy^^ebMy between tlx; \\a Tl*- -- J^C.^1?I solutely devoid of the terrible. Placidly lying at anchor on Hampton Roads when the sun went down on the evening of the 26th of April, were American and foreign war vessels, in solid but friendly phalanx, covering a distance of not less than ten miles. As darkness settled over the face of the waters, a few lights flickered here and there, subdued by the silvery moonbeams that fell like a sheet upon the land and sea. The great array of death- j dealing, iron-clad monsters were dimly outlined, until, at a given signal about 7: every ship blazed forth in lines of electric fire. It-was so sudden and so grand that the silence of the thousands upon the waters and shores attested ar> admiration too deep to be expressed j in word or sound. There they lay, every outline of hull and bridge and deck and funnel and stack, lined in living fire. Nothing like it has ever been seen Iwfore, and, outside of the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition, will probably never l?e seen again. With the ships in the harbor ablaze i of glory, and the buildings ashore splendid that those who never forget. It was mmufe alone 1 ? the historv of ill HI UliptlliiiiUKAi ... .... expositions, and in the history of! the world. j The illumination of shore and harlior and vessels, by an element that the wildest scientific dreamer ! had not conceived when the event ; occurred that the Ter Centennial Kxposition celebrates, is one incident alone that demonstrates the giant strides that have been made since the pilgrims landed upon America's shores. The searchlights of the various ....<^.1^ time and again shot out > their piercing i?*j., r . ? . . , j broad <biyliglit the darkest nooKt f1 and corners along Hampton Roads, but gorgeous, weird and wonderfu 1 as was ihe illumination on the nigh e of the 2bth, it is only the initiativ* n of the greater and grander scene that will follow when the govern >r ment piers are finished, and th ie system of submerged harlsir illumi it nation is installed. * :il...v.i?at!nn < i- | Hut, us it is^uie num. ul i the opening night so fur eclipst es the most gorgeous pyroteehnic di orjpUty ever attempted, that there ? comparison. \V. H. Bright. rs. Charlotte Grego otte Gregory, ofGity night, May 0, at 1 daughter, Mrs.^ Jc lor was laid lurch yard at Putm itly i Rev. J. R. Funderlftirk "conduct idi- j the exercises. dug Mrs. Gregory was a good wom no! Her life was full of good deeds ! to gentle kindness. Those who vein knew her loved her most. ii,ni! A Small Cyclone. l tt< ' A small "cyclone" passed :l" the ol<l "hanging grounds" 1 fa!" 'daV afternoon. Jt was about * ? i ?. litlllg j yrt,.,ls wide unci i)n->v uwT... , !'h|jy |trees. step scriWcd and the much -larger c? to |K-r who pay taxes iir-i sick to ? a", of the way tins library has istitu- jftnd is managed. If the tr ! say they serve for nothing pay- may resign and rid themselve r?rt of duty they have neglected prove failed to perform. These | large men, as stated, stand high in ing so ness and social circles and ' ilar in- Ho. Hut they are not the m es and trustees of the I'nion L proper This they have themselves re that beyond all peradventure. 10 sul)-1 Tax 1J l^flBBQk^|* T j th te^plao#*rt^ffq^- JfiftL. ^ wards it was as follow*: ? VVa^rd 1 - - Artjiur 36 ^ Charter to be Changed. An election was held Tuesday^? upon the question of surrendering V the old Charter of Town of Union, S. C., and accepting the new char- t ter for towns of over 5,(XX) popula- ' tion as provided hy General Civil Code 1902 and amendments there-"-! Nbj .. " y K- The "election resulted in an over- (j whelming majority in favor of the q propoei^hvtvs ?; ?-"The town has been working un- tj der an old charter in force since ^ 1S72. The old charter was alright m for a small town hut is inadequate now that Union has grown to be a jj city. We were known as the p "Town of Union" under the old j.< charter; under the new it will be wj the "City of Union." It will lie/2 about sixty days l**fore the newjJS charter goes into effect. In t|''1^3 meantime Will Locate in ilnio^. j feu ?rrTjfwhoV^ri'i Mr. Cirover 1!1?'kjfina? cier JM l)een with Mr. M. Hjflr . , store, to [since he opened hiajr" . ; j-rst ,,{itaw I will leave Catnden _ lwi \^\\ lo-lMi i July for Union, JF1'""" iv: eate. Mr. Black#* 1,:iS \,ut, ji jewelry busiiu#^ that progressive y? town, ami wilW^i^*" associated with , " him in the kpclry business a very! excellent an/ capable man. There ("J is no hettc/young man in Camden than G rover Black well?honest,1"! high-toned and an all-around good |l 11 fellow. We are sorry he lias decided " ;| to leave Camden, hut wish him sue- ia i1 " T his new venture. We Coin-IJ ; mend lain \o rTit ? 1-neuDie of H m Union as a deserving young man| ami a perfect gentleman.?Wateree d 1 Messenger. -! Scalded to Death. !. ei Mr. John 11. Hough, spinning i-1 room boss at Monarch mills, was j called to Spartanburg the last of jf last week on account of the serious td scalding of his brother's little child s- in that city. The child was about' is eighteen months old. The motherI had put a kettle of water on the J grate to heat. The little child I pulled it over and \yas terribly ry. scalded on Friday morning and died Saturday night. die I "inj5tf? >hn : " ^ a ii|l to A ministers' conference consisting an, of the Baptist pastors in the Uniol ,ing county association was organ izdf here last Monday morning at tt ,an. home of Dr. J. J. Taylor, and Di". Taylor was chosen as presic best, ing officer over all meetings an Rev. J. T. Going secretary. A pr< gram for the next convention wi lorruntfisl. and speakers appoint< on the pa me. near rp^e n,.x^ meeting will l>e he VLon- on Monday morning after the fi forty gun<jny jn June, when the subj of evangelism will Ik; discussed. A Hail Storm. num death Hail fell as big as hen eggs r heen, | "shoe-mouth deep" al>out half 1 ustees Ix'tween the Forest and Tiger r they near the settlement known as s of a | Robert Greer settlement Mori and; afternoon. Leaves were be gentle- from the trees and into the shir busi- on the houses "like some one tightly pounded them in with a hamm en for one of the eye witnesses put illiriu jr . j proven Newlx-rry county will Iioki i ! ponMary election in November, ayer. ' county is now without dispcnn (how the votes stand |e Times Voting Contest for D Bp to Jamestown Exposition. >; ' TEACHERS. belle Mom-head 8800 ^Frances H.y^Vhitmire oloO llba Walker 1800 . jfalmla Smith 1200 ^ r Jjary Meador 12(H) ^ t Blanche Garner .">00 , y SCHOOLGIRLS. jwAnnie Kelly 3400! ?' Cluril telle Fant 1400 ^ MuV'l Gouclelock..k. 13001 ' ?^aggic Mangum 1200' " linage Txmg 000 *' fcluth,\yill>urn 0001 AureesK Wilburn 700 SCI00L BOYS. [ 1> Arthur, Jt. 2000 rK Exell 1(500 ie fre** La 1800 kry Shaw ...J. .? 000 Witt Whit^ok X 400 i<fu iwsq/o.: ,, 800! Kzail^ 1(H) P^rKy^^UiamB KK) better From Oklahoma Wianorna City, Okla., May (5. V Editor: kydll give you a short letter from kiaoma as it is a new country. \\ landed at Junction City on ie,.ii day of March, and I can't lfryu how the country looked to t^j. Just think of it, 3"> miles I [Uf; that never had a horse nor a OJB'nark on it. flRt land is almost level, just a I M&eloping, and is very rich. The ?g{f portion of the land is black efeticky, but some is what these oJle call chocolate; all produce walking plows usfd, the People A here to do everything. 1he are kind to you and are glad 'f* f9w y?>?i conic. STThe land is all ifiri up ami is cut int<? quarter Aions, K?(l acres. "yW he re land w been worked for tajo or three ars with a house on it (no barn r the people out hero don't have irns, just a little shelter or anj (1 thing) the land is worth froir >0 .to ?40 per acre. The land pro uces well anything that grows ii le east?from twelve to fourteei undred pounds of seed cotton pe eri, and from thirty to seventy-iiv usliels of corn-per acre, the bottoi anil makes the 75 bushels. notion City is a small place, lias a nice de|*>t, pnstofliee, t\\ stores and only one saloon; it is Conaaneey county, Law ton is tl county s<at. It is six years o and has six or seven thousand i habitants and live good banks. I Cfinu.' to Oklahoma v.u> 2">th/ You talk about your movi cities this just beats anything y ever saw. Alx>ut every tilth hoi iy a boarding house ??r hotel a they fire erowded all the time. Li ' tw?> jtntl three miles from the c j is worth from $200 to 8~>,(K)!) fl where it is cut into lake, which the Street is building, bring $5, 00 per acre. is plenty work?hcl \fnds, and good wages m 81.7") to ?o.(X) per .ours work, interests any of the i 1 wait* again. I am always glad to get , pihj xjr. F. (J. }>iuu< I jath of Mr. James Kirkpatri I iflr. and Mrs. T. I,. Carte ' Cr< \ss Keys, passed through I Th arsday on their way home r Ch tster county wh?re they be(^n called by the sudden dea .1. I ? I Mrl J.1to?J3 MrK|Miinri\, ui.pu j Mi j. Carter. I kfr. Kirkpatriok cnme into ter Tuesday morning, and lVb j un pitching his horse, fell an iJ. int iliately expired. He had J.1 icks of heart trouble I i JfTTs wife was with him wh am >'dropped dead. His body | buried at Armenia church, ( hi county, lei ! it ft The steamship Siberia 1 from the Orient a distinj x party of Chinese officers, wh T it represent the imperial am aril. inavy of China at Jamestown i I i DEATH OF MR. JOHN R. SUMNER ( ied at His Home in the Coleraine I Sectioh Wednesday?He was a Christian Gentleman and Will be Greatly Missed. : This good man died at his home n the Coleraine neigh l>orh<>od kVednesdny morning, May H, and vas buried the following day at Mt. fxjhanan chureh. Mr..Sumner was >2 years old an was a true man Kudu good .citizen. In his home H&flfeotioq^te father and As a citizen he hteousneSs. As a Chris* e was above reproachh, ed a willingness to Hub-' mit to the will of (iod. His faith was unshaken, even when he found nrv ll'll tllik lout 11111 irm t 11 liwjr \a ? iui.u uitii vi?^ | enemy, death. He filled a large plaed in his community and will he] sadly missed. His wife preceded him to tne grave by three years. Picnic at Forest Today. There will be a basket picnic at Murphy's mill on the Forest today. Th e macadam road has been completed from Union to that point, a distance of about five miles. A committee of citizens living along the road from Union to Cross Keys appeared Itefore the lxtard of county commissioners this week and asked that the work be carried on to Tyger river, a distance of about four and one half miles. This committee was Composed of Messrs. C. H. Pcake, M. VV. Ho1k>, San ford Wilburn, J. \Y\ Sanders and others. They propose to contribute by private subscription the money necessary to carry the work that far. There is something like one thousand or fifteen hundred dollars left on hand for permanent road building this year. This, it is claimed, is but a small amount and will xnc fconsxruCVion v. ' the road from the Forest to I ygci river after the sum on hand is usee I up. On the other hand there n Iteint/ made by citi/ell! i Kiruu^ unv/i w --x,...0 living eiist of Union to haw tin machinery moved and have worl ! begin on the Lock hart road. Tin matter was left undecided by th board of eoniissioners and will b - again brought up at the picnic t< 1 day. The public is invited to atten 1 j the picnic and requested to brii l , Well tilled baskets, ? Citizens Want New Road Opene n 1 A movement is on foot to g<-i it new road opened from .h.nesville ;o Racolet River, a distance ?.f mh in seven miles. This proposed re le will strike the river about half w Id between < Sreiidall Shoals and I ':* n- : let. Citizens of .lonesville and comintmity arolmtl have oiTered <ri 1 make liberal private subscripts ng to the enterprise. A committee oil them appeared before the con use commissioner's hoard here ' nd week in the interest of the en tml prise. They hope- to have Ui :ity County bear one half the exp< per,of a bridge over Racolet, and C lots okoe County the other half. (XX) Honor Roll of Santuck School rfto , section (a) ?Mil fare Jeter, Jh l.-n "Ben day Section (b) ? Lucy tSilmore, v j Moss? . ead- Second grade?Curtis Ore) Jeter. UUM. your Third grade?Lizzie Stevens is. Moss* Fourth grade?Lizzie Jeter, Ck. sell Jeter, Fred Gregory, John I well. r, of! Sixth grade?Ryan Jeter, 'nion Stevens, Will Grady, Robert from Seventh grade?James Jeter had tie Gregory, Pauline MoT tli of, Clarence Worthy, Fi nest (li! ler of Mary Jenkins, Beatrice MeDai Eighth grade?Kathleen Ches- Annie Ruth Fant, Davis Ragwhile sie Rage. d im- Ninth grade?Clarihcl Fan I had W. Z. Dant/.ler, 1 before. ien he Civic League to Meet ' was 'lwst?-r On Monday afternoon at fi j there will be a railed merlin | civic league. The preside!i irought K. M. Farr requests that al guished 1h rs attend as business ?>f o are to lance will I?v transacted. T ?y and ing will be held at Carnegie 1 building. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT ERECTED Exact Date of Unveiling Not Known But Will be About May 24th or 25th?It is a Memento of the "Boys of '61" The Cnion County Confederate mommx-nt is finished. " "In- lieautiful shaft of (Jeorgiu granite stands on historic ground in the most conspicuous spot in the town of Cnion ?the slight elevation at the intersection of Main and Judgment streets. For all time it is to remind Jjjj^oomingf generations of the suffermfcs and sacrifices made hy the peopie of Cnion county in the (iO's, And to tell them that truth, courage an?fy patriotism are more enduring than the "Almighty dollar." The Win. Wallace Chapter C. 1>. C. was organized in March of liKKi for the sole purpose of erecting this monument. To this end the ladies have toiled faithfully, persistently and often under great discouragements. The first effort toward th" monument fund was made in 1!?0-| when some fine chrysanthemums and the "Monument Bouquet" were put on j sale in* the show window of T. K. I Bailey's furniture parlor. Mr. B. F. | Arthur paid (Kl f?r thj< Uiuqiu-t I which carried with it tin; honor of I marking tin* site of the monument, i By this sale of flowers SoO.tiO was I deposited in the Peoples Bank as a I nucleus for the monument fund, i 1 lie lirst voluntary contribution to the fund was made to Mr. B. F. , Arthur l>y Mrs. I refzer and family on I tec. t>, BMt4, the second by h, B. \\ illard and family on Dec. in, 11104. By means of the Christinas j concerts, and the luncheon of May, lHOb, the fund was increased to ' $7<M). In July of lUOb the MeNeel Marble Co. submitted to the Chapter designs for a monument and 'iteifvoTirtA : One l?y one the thin grey lino of white-haired veterans were rapidly crossing "over the river to rest in 5 the shade of the trees" with beennd ' .lack-son. Soon they would all l* * gone. I lie ladies gazed wistfully at each other?accepted a design and 1 signed the contract. Within the past years, subseriptions and contributions have been solicited?every effort has I made (1 to raise the $2<MM necessary to pay in July for the nionumeut before4it is unveiled. 1 be full amount mu>t . j W in hand on or before May 24. The ladies do hereby earnestly beg subscribers to pay in their subserip'l ,l tions as soon as possible to Mrs. 14. ,M (I. Clifford or Capt. F. M. Fan*. They also ask all who have not rim1,1 i tribiited t" do SO at once. Something more than S'jii-n is nccutd at ' once. Fifty iron erosss of lumor, l'R' each weighing 1"? lbs have horn or' to dered and one will be placed as a 1>n?*. permanent marker at tie* grave of each Confederate soidier buried in nt\ u>.i i.iu'n limits, t hie of th?* favor . , 111< 1 11 s ite songs ??f the youiii-' miM'h r- of tin* t.('r" (?0's was "ho liny think of mo at non homo?" u"|* i After forty long years of silence r", the daughters and >i>U-rs of 1'nion I CounMy are signalling the answer i agMpi the river to the silent hoe!. ' you take part in this work? -jdro Tfcis under-t i will take pi.:.-.- ... M. y The exact date will Ik: announced gory, Cross Keys School Closed. , Dot The school at Cross Iv-vs el'-sed May 1, after a six months s.?~-i m. litis- Miss Minnie Lou Ik.ho, daughter of Corn-1 Mr. \V. Fowler lloho, was the (teacher. The patrons of the school Lillie | were very mueli pleased with their Moss, teacher, and the progress of the , Mat- students was highly satisfactory. >aniel, I more, ; Graded Schools Close. niel. I ? Jeter, j Prof. \V. H. Hand, of South Car', Hes- ' olina I'niversity, will deliver the address at the closing of the graded t. schools, Friday, May 111. The excrUrto cises will hegin at 1(1 o'clock. It is probable that tin- exercises will Isheld in the grove surrounding tin1 central school laiilding. The public o elock cordially invit"! t-> ntt?-nd. g of (he -* *t, Mrs. Mr. M. R. Lee, of Rogansvillc, 1 mem- paid us a visit Wednesday. He is itnpor- preparing to make the trip to tic he meet-1 reunion at Richmond; in fact, laLibrary seldom misses one of these gathorJ ings.