The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 10, 1907, Image 1
^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.