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$1,000 IN NINETY DAYS! YES, YES. THE UNION TIMES. ^_?*1 Y VOL LXII NO. 2. ONION, SOUTH CAROLINA, PRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1912. $1.00 A YEAR. GOVERNOR S MESSAG TO THE LEGISLATI Offers Many Radical Re mendations. Will From Time to Time Maki ditional Recommendations?1 tracts From His First Message. The following is the ;innual sage of C. L. Blease, goverin South Carolina, read before the ate and house Tuesday mornini To the Honorable, the Membe A* r\ \ a * * ine uenerai Assemoiy oi tho of South Carolina: Gentlemen: Once again you met together and it becomes duty as governor to make re mcndationa which are for the interest of the people of our ? This having been a very busj in the executive department iti possible to embody the various ters into one message without ing it entirely too lengthy. T fore, whatever may have been usual custom, 1 will commur with you by several message! stead of one, I have given close attentic financial interests and find ext g&nce in many places and that less offices have been created, that it is possible to run the go1 meat on less money, which w relieve our dcodIc from their 1 tax burden. BANK EXAMINER. The position 'of bahk oxat should be abolished and the d thereof devolved upon the a trailer general. . The bureau of agriculture k . accomplishing the work thai should in view of the amoui money it is;spending. ... Unless there is great improve! in this department it should be i ished. The position of game word* ueelf oo and unnecessary and at be abolished. J. GOVERNMENT PRINTING. A thorough investigation by who canuot be unduly iniluei and thoroughly understanding printing business, will show ex agance in the public printing much useless and unnecessary is lieing done, which is very e.\ aive and of no benefit to anyon< the printers HIGHER INSTITUTIONS OK LKARI Our higher State institutior learning are receiving entirely much money, and a special me will lie submitted to you contai letters from the presidents of various colleges, which will cl demonstrate this fact. The id one of your State colleges rece $75,000 for the numlier of stu< which it has is preposterous.at WofTord, Furman, Krskine Newberry, number of students amount received by each. You say, look at the difference in graduates. What places arc graduates of these colleges 1 ing? .... WATER AND LIGHTS. We are paying too much for i and lights for the public institu in Columbia. From a thoroug vesiigation of the matter you find that their entire plant i Htate property. For the year you paid for water $7,500 ant lights $6,000, making a tot $13,500. CATAWBA INDIANA. Von are paying too much m to the Catawba Indians, amount haw gradually incn from year to year until it is ao,(xx) " FINANCES. In regard to finance**: I pror the people to fight for reductio oxpcnHe* ana to veto extrnvip and have done everything tl Maid I would do in my cam] promise* and have not done thing that 1 Maid I would not d You were told in the camp "BIciiho'b election will ruin the financially." Your attentioi called to the fact that wjth thi nintance of Mr. J. Pope Mattl caahior of the Palmetto Nat Bank, of Columbia, money wai rowed at the lowest rate we ever had except during tho ad istration of Governor Heyi when a part of the amount n< (CoattMed en laat page) ' ' L J. ^ . ku E CAPT. W. B. JONES h URE DIED TUESDAY NIGHT com- He was a Good Man and Gallant Confederate Soldier?Was the ? Father of Messrs. R. A. and ai e Ad- W. B. Jones, of Union. y W Ex- ? (Contributed by Kcv. .1. K. Mntheson.) j On Tuesday night, Jan. i)th, at h 7 :iiO o'clock, Capt. William Barnett w Jones fell aaleep in ^Christ. The tt mes- funeral services wore conducted by >r of the Rev. J. F. Matheaon, of the h sen- First Presbyterian church, assisted n: g: by Rev. W. D. Wakefield, of the b rs of First Baptist church. Mr. Wake- si State field also sang with great beauty the li solo, "Face to Face." The hymns w have by the choir were, "Jesus Ixiver of al i my My Soul" and "Rock of Ages." vi com- The pall bearers were the follow- w best ing prominent business men of State. Union: Messrs. Emslie Nicholson, 'year R. A. Oliphant, B. *1). Gulp, J. sim- Dudley Jones, Geo. H. Oetzel, T. mat- M. McNeacc, Doctors S. S. Binder mak- and L. P. McElroy. Mr. W. B. here- Jones, Jr., took his father's Iwidy to tl i the Richmond, Ky., for burial. d licate Captain Jones is survived by three lc 3 in- sons, Dr. Ernest Jones, of Los L Angeles, Gal., and Messrs. William n >n to B. and R. A. June1?, of Union, and rava- one daughter, Mrs. Potter, wife of ri ; use- the distinguished Presbyterian w and preacher, Rev. W. R. Potter, of li rem- Covington, Tenn. There are several ai nlllfl ornnd.oKil/lpon Tn.n ? O ,VWkM v*?t?v*tvii. 1 Iiv? ninvcio tiru v leavy living, Mrs. Mary Francis, of Black- ti stock, S. C., and Mrs. Carrio J. R Tribblo, of Shelbyvillo, Ky. Two si brothers still survive, Mr. James bi luties ^one8? ?* Rlackstoclkj?S. G., a Oon- h? federate soldier, who was wounded p~ at Gettysburg, and Major Joe Jones, O ( not of Richmond, Ky., one of the hard il , -t ridiDg, liard lighting soldiers of tt it of ^en* H. Morgan, of the Con- w federate An?jf? Maj. Joe Jones tnent tiines during the war, abol- a Morgan, made the famous a escape from the Federal prison at st ?n 'ra Columbus, Ohio. i' t, 33 kOuld V*?*" WiUisun JJW-sKW a tfc) - i marRabTe msui. Born'near Rich- ' inond, Ky., May 2, 1820, on.his eighty-fifth birthday hfe came from men Kentucky to Union, seemingly not iced, worn by his long ride. the When a boy nineteen, he made trav- his first business trip to South Carand olina with a drove of horses. Union work was one of his stopping places, and :pen- became one of his business centers. e but He handled, in the course of years, a business in Union county aggresinu. gating several hundred thousand is 0f dollift-s; among his customers were tt: .? *-v too j uuo v-/U1vni it- nix, mc uogftOH, ssage Thompsons, Gibbs, Rices, Jetern, ining 'Butte: 'h and many other well-Jcnown ' names. His customers were his early friends; his fair dealing and perfect oa of reliability retained all who transiving acted business with him. He marients ried MisB Mary Ruth Allen, who l ook wa8 a student in the old Union Feand male academy; she was a daughter and ?f Isaac A. Allen, a large propmay erty owner in riouth Carolina and the Tennessee. the Capt. Jones was a faithful soldier hold- ?f tlle Confedracy for the four years of the war. While serving near Knoxville he was in command of a large detachment. A lady came to vater an(j permission to pass lions trough the Confederate lines to M?* visit her husband in the Northern army. Capt. Jones with his usual' 8. courtesy sent her through. lAter . * he was captured on scouting iiuty . j and tried by a Fedornl court mara ? tial. All the judges but ono wanted him to be shot, but the lady he had befriended testified in bis behalf so oney eloquently tliat he was sent to prscon This in Ohio. There, he waa seen by eased Judge Breck, a close relative of Abnow rah am Lincoln. Breck at once applied to Lincoln for a pardon, who immediately granted it urtd Captain nised ' J?neB waH released. At the close of n 0f the war, Kirhy Smith, under w,hom <anco Herv'cd, clasp?*l him in his iat I arms and said: 4'You are the brav-1 I iniait est? promptest officer 1 have ever known." c In his line Kentucky home, near aign Richmond, Captain Jones was a State c"08*' hospitable host. He was a ' ja Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian , ^ church for fifty years. Simply, icwr grandly, ho lived tho life of a man innni ?' God; and God hath given His l b0J;_ beloved sleep. have **e leaveB I1'3 children the heriImin tageof an unstained name; his felvard lowmen the example of a strong and poded blameless life. He lias entered into the rest that remaincth for the peo( pie of God. V f]r-' .,e^?ihf v' . : < , "*' <?&? < Ai IE6R0 KILLED BY TRAIN AT JONESVILLE Jonesville, Jan. 10th.?George !d. OafTney, a negro man, was killi .by passenger train No. 13 just bove the crossing at* the oil mill esterday evening. Gaffncy was a Iking on the track when the train hich was going very ftlow struck iro. He was carried about one undred yards along the track and as left between the rails Utterly >rn to pieces, his bead cut off and jveral pieces of flesh and bones ft along the track. Gaffney was a tarried man about 40 years old ut had no children. He was a lly negro and chopped wood for a ving and had been out chopping ood and had started to his home ikhh a nan mue north of Jonesille. His ax was found at Pacolet hen the train arrived there. An inquest will be held today. Telephone. Death of Mrs. Jas. L. Ray. Mrs. Jas. L. Ray died at her home iree miles South of Union Saturay night and was buried"the folding day at Sardis church. Rev. . L. Wagnon conducting the fueral. Mrs. Ray was, before her marage, Miss Janie Brandon. She as married to Mr. Jas. L. Ray in 382 and is s arvived by her husband! nd six children: Messrs. Boyd and has. Ray, Misses lone and Gerude Ray and James and Helen av. She is also survived hv nn# ster, Mrs. John W. Crawford, a rother, Mr. J. F. Brandon, and other, Mrs, jg|#rah Brandon., Mrs. Ray waa'awornori^of hobl/a. hristian oliaracter and during her Ineaa, which lasted through lonths, she bore her .suffering# ith Christian fortitude. . ? , v. t / * ' i *' ' '*V-' S '] Miss Rosa Fred baa returned from visit to her .lister, Mr?. Patter7.-* ryy:' ' "THE FIRI ' 'Despise not the day of small Honest men who have built up wor nines early discovered the value of economy to their enterprises. One year: it is also less tlian fifteen eent day is a quite respectable sum whet sixty-live. Many a man who is coi have accumulated a modest fortune better. It is sometimes said that at new. It is just the other way: it is When Nchemiah l>egan to build his enemy, ridiculed, him.' Anothc said: "Even that which they build, down their stone wall." But Nehei ceeded. I)o not scorn us for unden ink? n dollar here and a dollar then* you have one thousand. We joyful and renewals for tikis week: David M. Black. Pacolet 1>. G. Muggins, Dnion W. W. Johnson, Union .1. 11. Jolly, Union, K 'J |{. W. Tinsley, Union J. M. Greer, Union, Dr. V. R, Hawkins Walter Sande.rs, Union ('ant. G. C. Perrin, Union J. P. Goudelock, Union K. Priolean, Union J. MeJ. Fant,| ?antuc J. J. Oookn'y, Union H. A. Scott, Union, K 4 J. B. Kirby, Union Miss Lorena Hawkins, Unio Win. Cat heart, Pauline, R2 Clarem* Gregory, Union Arthur Lawson. Union Frank Clay, Union O. A. Sullivan, Union 11. E. Bentlej, Kclton, K 1. Itoafter Bentley, Union ... . K. J. Wilboru, Union . .... Jul Lu 11 Hugln", Union . T. R. Cash, Union. k. N. Hprouse, Union .. .. F. M. Adams, Adamnhnrg Mrs. l.iztie flames, Union J. P. .Hopkins,*Buffalo ...c J. T. A. Ballew, MountvillA. M. \1. Wilbnrn, Union, R 4. Mrs T. K Foster, Union, R Miss AnnaC. Haines, Jones\ J. J. Foster, Union, R4 .lease F. l^iwaou, Union, It 2 Mrs. M. L. Garner, Union . J. 11. Comuton, Carlisle. .. .1. 8. F. Adams, Santue . . Total tliia week Total last seek Grand total . One thousand leas $U0.tS5, raise eleven week". For a week of "bib That little yellow label Lei with your subscription to The Tim< you eonfer a favor on the "Old Itc THE TJIN VS ;> ' ... IRFVIVAL MEETING AT ! FIRST BAPTIST GHURGI i In^pite of the snow and ice ths | has covered the earth since Saturda i nights, good crowds have gathere | twice a day at the First Bapth church to hear the beautiful singin and earnest preaching of Evang lists Chae. M. Butler and II. E Neighbour. Mr. Butler not only has the be* voice that hoe been heard in thi city in gospel song but also has testimony to the Saving grace c God that is worth the hearing. Th friends who heard him, tell th story of his conversion on last Sun day night were fully satisfied tha he is a man who "has been wit God." Dr. Neighbour's preaching i characterized with an earnestnef I and pathos that is compelled to wi j the reepect of his hearers. Hi ; merges in the afternoons ar calculated to strengthen Christian land inspire to deeper consccratio and more loyal service while th j evening sermons are directed to th i unsaved both in and out of th | church. j No invitations are being given t uniffe with the church but peopl are urged to turn from sin and pi; their faith in Jesus Christ that the may be saved. Services continue daily at 3 p. n and 7:30 p. m. I', WiH Preach Sunday Morning. I ? i Rev. J. Frank Leeper will preac for V* iilO 1" ll?" Presbyterian church Sunday morn ing at tl o'clook. Rev. Mr. Leepe -is superintendent of home mission for the Presbyterian denominatio in Virginia and West, Virginia. H is no atranger to the Union people Shaving filled the pulpit for congrega P~" rst Presbyterian cburc ^anions.' He is a stron a man of , very pleat ^-~====p-==a=raB? ING LINE" things." It is unwiee ho to <lo. thy enterprises from humble beginsmall savings, and applied practical dollar a week is tifty-two dollars a s a day. That same fifteen cents a i multiplied by three hundred and istantly bemoaning his poverty might if he had grumbled less and planned ) honest man cannot succeed in busihard for a dishonest man to succeed. L the walls of Jerusalem San ball at, r enemy, Tohiah, the Ammonite, tif a fox go up, he shall even break iniah kept on building and he suctaking to buy a linotyjie by gatherPut enough of them together and ly chronicle the following names $1.00 - - .50 - l.(K) 1.00 1.00 1.00 - ? . - 2.00 - 1.00 ---- 1.00 .25 : i.eo 100 .50 - - - 1.00 - . .50 n.- _ l.oo ' 50 - 1.00 - - 2.00 ... .. 2.00 ? 1.00 1.00 1.00 . ? -. ... . .. i m? 2.50 ... 1.00 1.00 1.00 . V l.oo J 1.00 1.00 . 1.00 4 100 riUe 1.00 1.00 ti . . 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 ? $41.75 48 00 $<H>.?5 d to date, equals $9(81.;16 to raise in ucard,'' this is a fine showing. Is the story of how you stand w. By renewing your subscription liable," HON' TIMES, J.EWI8 M. RICE. Editok. * \ *T V ' \ . ' UNION BANKS IN [R 1 FINE CONDITION it The Annual Meeting of Stockholders Jt ^ Held and Reports Show That ci ,t the Past Year was a Very B Prosperous One. > H< )- t The annual meeting of stockhold^ ers of tho three banks of Union have ? been held since Jan. let and the rea ports are gratifying, showing that the financial conditions are good e and that the past year, in spite of VV the low price of cotton, has turned F< Xm out to be a reasonably good year. as t Nicholson Hank and Trust Com- Hi ^ pany held its annual meeting on Fi Jan. 9th and declared a semi-annual nc dividend of 4 per cent., amounting in ^ to 83,000. All the officers of the n bank were re-elected and the presi- \Y lB dent's report showed the affairs of w; , the bank to be in splendid condi- M 1B tion. ' ar n The Merchants and Planters National Bank held its annual meeting Si e on, Dec. 9th and declared a semi- wj e annual dividend of 6 per cent., Fi amounting to 83,600, this lieing dl 0 their 7.r)th semi-annual dividend of e 6 per cent. All the officers and di- th lt rectors were re-elected for the ensu- st ing year. fa y I flit- 1 - xue annual meeting ot the stock- ot ( holders of tho Citizens National gc Bank was held on Jan. Uth and a report of the bank was made by Mr. bj R. P. Morgan, the president. The Ui report showed a surplus and undi- ar h vided profits account of 20 per cent. M of the capital stock. The bank has dc also paid a semi-annual dividend of Y< T 3$ per cent, sinoe its organization, nc 8 The same board and officers were hr n re-elected. lit e The annual meeting of the Farm- U (| ere and Merchants Loan and Trust Ji L. Company, with heaitaQartere at the h Citizens National Bamfe, was also fi< g held. The same directors-and o?- th i. cere were elected. This concern has Ir been running nine months and de- Be c clared a semi-annual dividend of 3J Per cent, and set aside a surplus ao i count of 10 per cent. t Marriage of Popular Young People. JjJ West Springs, Jan.11. ? Mr. Wal- it l %i r - ** 1 wee m. twncasier, 01 west Springs, j and Miss Carrie Gall man, of the |K New Hope section, were married ai Sunday, Rev. \V. H. Ariail |>er- ^ forming the ceremony at the Meth- j0 odist parsonage at Jonesville. Tlie fc marriage was witnessed by a few j0 intimate friends of the young penpie. The groom is the son of Mr. re and Mrs. M. W. I^ancaster, of this place. The bride is a daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. A..I. Gallman. *( p, Lyceum at the Opera House. ?] H The Mozart Concert Company, to ti< appear at the ()pera House Friday CI evening, January 12th, is an all-star si organization, and thoee who fail to cc hear them will miss a rare treat, pi Each member is not only a gifted e< artist hut a student whose years of pi training under the lx?st teachers in el America and Europe have placed in 01 the front rank of concert and recital m work. fr All of the lyceum numbers which have been presented on the Opera ci House course have been highly sat- C isfactory, and this one, we know, pi will keep the reputation up. They C. attempt nothing that is not rendered' fe in a truly artistic manner. Their el programs are built with the whole oi concert in mind, each artist combining to present an evening that shall be a symphony in itself. Seats are now Relliug at G lymph's ll Pharmacy, where those holding sea- V son ticket* may have tliem reserved. Prices 50c., 35c. and '25c. Children n down stairs 25c. , _ ^ al h Death of Colored Physician. ri u I)r. M. J. Hardy, one of Union's colored physicians, died Monday at cl his home in the northern section of cl Union, and his remains were taken a to Spartanburg for burial the fol- t< lowing day. a Dr. Hardy had been practicing jt medicine in Union for uuvural uuuru J and had built up a lucrative c practice among the people of hie tl own raw. lie wan graduated from h one of the l>e?t medical colleges in r the country and waa respected by a both white and colored people. He ? had been in poor health for more f; than a year, the disease from which di / ho suffered being pellagra. ? ICHARD C. WATTS UlNcou,,v.^-'^5fCH idge of Fourth Circuit Elected Fourth Associate Justice. Duse and Senate Pass Conflicting Concurrent Resolutions as to Time for Electiog Chief Justice. Iiy a vote of 80 to 45, Itichard C. aits, of Chesterfield, judge of the nrrth circuit, was elected fourth sooiate justice of the South Cajroia supreme court over Thomas B. raser, of Sumter, the only other >minee, Tuesday night at a meetg of the joint assembly. Judge Watts was nominated by r. F. Stevenson. His nomination is seconded by Senator Wharton, mi >. 1/iauii, mi, mu'in, ,ur. .uiner id the Marlboro delegation. Mr. Fraser was nominated by nutor Johnstone. His nomination is seconded by Mr. Dick, Mr. ultz, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Chaner and Mr. Wingard. The election of Judge Watts fills ic place provided for by the conitutional amendment voted on vorahly by the qualified electors the St^ite and adopted hy the neral assembly at a later session. Considerable laughter was caused r a "split" in the delegation from nion county. Mr. Browning rose id seconded the nomination of r. Fraser on behalf of the Union legation. A moment later Senator oung, of Union, seconded the >mination of Judge Watts in beilf of the Union delegation. A .tie later Mr. Hamilton, also of nion, seconded the nomination of idge Watts on his o\vn behalf. The house and Hpnato :ially notified Tuesday night by* ie governor o! the resignation of a B. Jones as chief justice of .the >uth Carolina supreme court.. ,i( SKETCH OE JlIDtiE WATTs. ? * j : : The following sketch of Richard . Watts, chosen fourth associate stice of the Supreme court Tuesiy night, is copied from "South irolina Bench and Bar," hy Gen. . R. Brooks: "The subject of this sketch was >rn in Laurens on March 15, 1853, id was the third son of Mr. and rs. John Watts. He had the misrtune to lose his father when a w years old, but he had the good rtune to enjoy the care and nttenan of his mother until after he ached manhood. "He was admitted to the bar on ovember 28, 1873, under special :t of the legislature. He began the ractice of the law immediately pon his admission as an attorney, e was first associated in the praece of his profession with the late hief Justice Y. J. Pope, and for x years the firm of Pope & Watts intinued, enjoying a lucrative ractice. In 1882 he was nssociut1 with Col. I>. W. Ball and this irtnership continued until he was ected judge of the fourth circuit i December 1, 1898 and was comussioned to hold for four years, om February 14, 1894. "When elected judge of the fourth rcuit, he at once removed to ucraw. neing aireaay .ngagcci in lanting in Chesterfield county, S. he was re-elected judge of the rarth circuit, and by successive ections he has been retained judge 1 the fourth circuit. his school kecohh. "Judge Watts roceived his educaon in Laurens academy and the niversity o! Virginia. He evienced while at school a very quick lind, a generous nature, with great owers of concentration and with tl a self assertion which enabled im always to stand up for the ght. He made fast friends and ever lost them. "As a judge he has always been haracterized by love of justice, a lear perception of legal principles, ready anaylsis of cases submitted > him with great firmness in the dministration of the duties of a jdge. As one of the best evienoes of his firm stand as a first lass judge, the people of the >State, hrough their representatives in the gislature since his first electiou, e-elected him unanimously for four uccessive terms. Judge.!.Watts is rarm hearted and loyal to his riends. He was a fine lawyer and 3 an excellent judge.?Wednesday" Itate.