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THE UNION TIMES PUHJ1HCO EVERY FRIDAY ' * V _ T THC * UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BITLD1NG, MAW STREET BELL PHONE NO. t. LEWIS M. RICB EdlUi Registered at the Poatoffice in Union, S. C., as sccond-class mail matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year ftM Six months 5* (Three months ?! ADVERTISEMENTS: unr square, tirst insertion 91.01 Every subsequent insertion 5< Contracts for three months or longei will be nt.-utc at reduced rates. LKOAL NOTICES. The regular legal rates are charged for all notices published according to law. which rates are as follows: Matter to be set in 8 point, breviei solid type?Grst Insertion, per Incb $1.00; each subsequent Insertion, pei Inch, CO cents. Citation to Kindred and Creditors S Inches, 2 times, $4.50. Final Discharge, 12-4 Inches, < times, $4.50. Administrator's or Exocutor's no tices, 1% inchcB. 3 times, $2.50. Obituary notices, tributes of re Feet, resolutions and cards of thanki ffictlr ono *ent n word UNION. S. C.. .IAN. 19. 1?12. Invitation for proposals to buih the poet office are advertised for ii thie issue. The bids must be ii Washington by o'clock p. m. Feb 27, 1912. It looks now as if th building will soon be under con struct ion. Wo trust the present legislator will thoroughly investigate th health conditions in the hosier; mill at Columbia wheroin State con victs are worked. If the condition are as Governor Bleaso says tho; they are?such as to produco con sumption?the conditions should b remedied or the thing abolished. 1 We believe the parcels post lav for the United States will work t< t Kn *sf 4 -- - A I ? - 1* * 4 wv uciiiui ci mo uiiizcmi 01 m< country. We do not believe the fea that the email merchant will be pu out of business by such a law to l> well grounded. It will be a goo< .thing for the country and we believ the time of its coming to be a lav of the land is at hand. In reply to Governor Blease'i tirade against newspapei editors w< quoto from Holy Writ: "Blesset are ye, when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say al manner of evil against you falsely for my sake." "Rejoice, and be excoeding glad for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the prophet; which were before you." Matt. 5 11-12. Andrew Carnegie, in bin testimonj before the house steel trust commit tee last Thursday, said that the da] of competition had passed bocaus? of the ability of "manufacturers t< fix and maintain prices." This condition, he says, "destroys com petition." The steel magnate believes "the government should regulate maximum prices." He expressed surprise that the government should have allowed the trusts tc reach the stage they have and predicts that their power will be further curtailed. It is to be hoped that the gigantic trusts will be regulated by the government. It hsu often been charged that the trust* run the government. It has beuu true in some degree, no doubt. Hut ?t seems that these conditions will not be tolerated by the American people much longer. Hut there in one thing that must ho borne in mind: it is curtailment of power, not destruction that is to be aimed at. l^et the corporation, the trust, the individual or the copartnership have a square deal and a fair show. That's all that anything or anybody HhoulJ ask. COTTON GINNERS' REPORT. The cotton ginners' report, issued by the government on Dec. 30th, shows 1,423,383 bales ginned as against 1,107,556 bales ginned in 1910 and 1,0(>1,819 bales ginned in J909 up to the sume date. Onion County shows 21,767 bales ginned this year as against 17,739 the year before and 13,321 in 1909. According to the report the State X' - ? . in general and Union County in par- V ; ticular produced more cotton in 1911 than in any one of the fix preceding years. ~ -3 . ~ Spartanburg County is given 70,; 992 bales ginned to D<c. 13th as ^ . opposed to 54,970 the previous year. v It has the distinction of standing e . second in the State as to numbers of ^ bales ginned, Anderson coming first * with 711,342 bales as against 00,375 j the year before. Orangeburg comes h third and is given 68,576 bales to o 3 Dec. 13th while the same date the v I year before it had 51,880 bales to v its credit. 3 The report by States to Deo. 13th H - gives for the United States 13,769,r 1K)6 for the year. Last year it was e 10,695,443 and the year before it * was 9,358,085. In 1908 it was 11,- ^ I 900,565 to that date. f Texas is of course the leader. The . last report shows that State to have i ginned 3,861,272 as against 2.819,- c 259 last year to the same date. j Virginia stands at the bottom of | ! the named States with 25,513 bales S to Dec. 13th as against 13,952 bales * * the same date last year. i POPULATION OF SOUTH CARO- { UNA. In a recent bulletin of the census j bureau South Carolina is given 1,515,400, which is an Increase of ^ 13.1 per cent, over the census of ( 1000. That year the census gave 1 ' the State a population of 1,340,316 and the one of 1890 gave it 1,151.- ( 149. 1 The report gives Charleston a ' o population of 58,833 and Columbia, J p the second city in siae, is given 26,- . 7 319, Greenville 15,741, Spartan burg 17,517, and arc the only other < K cities "having over 10,000 population: y There are six cities having from - 5,000 to 10,000 population and five 0 having from 2,500 to 5,000. Union County is given 29,911 in the 1910 census as against 25,501 in 3 1900. 8 B The city of Union is given 5,623 t as against 5,400 the previous censuB ,* Union p.it v )>V wowio atinum ' _ ?w.v. - 'J UUWfTO IT Cftiu I ( B one, 616; ward two, 1,301; ward j three, 1,631, and ward four, 2,075. c The whole of Union township has 1 a population of 10,614; Jonesville ' township, 3,888; Bogansville town- j ship, 3,159; Fishdam township, j a 2,213; Santuc, 2,651; Pinckney, t b 4,219; Goshen Hill, 1,374; Cross 1 Keys, 1,793. . z ? The town of Jonesville shows a ^ 1 population of 969; Carlisle, 367; ! ? Kelton, 92. The population of Union County, 1 : according to the census, lacks just 8 : 89 bouIb of reaching 30,000. A ( 8 curious fact is that the increase of , " 13.1 percent, for Union County is exactly the increase per cent, for the 1 State taken as a whole for the period a from 1900 to 1910. 1 y Honor Roll Santuc School. t 3 1 * J t T . ? r x-nofc urituc?Irene jeu.T, 1X)U186 a i Jeter and Karl Joter. Fourth Grade?Belle Jeter, Kate v Jeter, Fay Moss and Thelma Jen- a k.ina. Fifth Grade--Both Jeter and Bee- Y aie Jeter. c i Sixth Grade? Mac Fant, Norman y , Jenkins, Mildred Jeter,. QUie Moss t and Lucy Gilnu?re. Seventh Grade?Manning Jeter, t Curtis Gregory, John Mobley .Jeter h i and Victor Gregory. Kighth Grade?Dewey McDaniel q , and Dorothy Mosa. jj ^ Ninth Grade?Huaacll Jeter, IJyan jj ' Jeter, Fred Gregory and Norman 1 Gregory. j, i I A Kind Letter. u 1 Greenville, B.C., Jan. 12,1912. 1 Kev. I.. M. Itice, ' Union, S. C. ^ Dear Sir: You will find encloaed t| check for three dollar* to holn thn good cauea. You have extended ^ credit to me two years. I will be j 1 half so good to you by sending you one extra. h Success to you and The Times. v Yours truly, j, Oliver F. Going. 8l Honor Roll of Cxcdsior School. Fourth Grade?Thellie Home, Janice Jolly. 1 Third Grade?Flonnio Cunningham. I> Second (irade?Genevieve Rart- I lett, Delphine Turner, Coline Law- u son. ? First Grade?Roger Gregory, n Mary McCarley, Guy Helton, Nellie ti Home, Ruth Grady, Paul Tram- g, mail. a . % . ? . . >. . < ' '" ? ' '?' ; % HLLIS RITES TO POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE (Continued from page 1) idy ticket seller to .write tlm ''letter ^ rhich tile governor sent yon yea tor-.s ay and when asked why she had rritten the letter with tears in her yer, she cried, "Oh, I had to do L" The account published was ? rue, but I had to write the letter, 'hen the affidavit that W. F. iarper, of Belton, is represented as laving given voluntarily was made ut and sigued in the Southern railFay office here in Columbia and ras taken by J. P. Darby, a notary iublic, who works as chief clerk for he roadmaster of Henry Williams' taff. "Gentlemen, the governor treatd the young lady ticket seller at Jelton exactly as ho was representd with having done and I submit o VOU in the form of sworn nf idavite proof of same. Affidavit of Miss Rogers: 'To whom it may concern: "This is to certify that the ac:ount of Governor Blease's conduct n the Southern railway station at 3rltnn on Saturday afternoon, July 19, which the Belton Times publishtd Friday morning, August 4, was i true account of what happened. (Signed) "Mary J. Rogers. "Sworn to and subscribed to heore me this 8th day of August, 1911. "John A. Horton, "Notary Public for S. CI" Affidavit of Mr. Alexander: ^Pelzer, S. C., Augusts, 1911. "The controversy between Gov. Dole L. Blcase and Miss Rogers, as printed in the Belton Times is correct. As I was present, trying to ;et a ticket for tho train going to Jreenville and heard the conversation. Would not have known the man if he had not said: 'I am Zo\o Blease, the governor of South Carolina.' [Signed) ' 'James M. Alexander; "Sworn to before me this the 8th lay of August, 1911. .. "J. H. Merritt, "Notary Public for S. CI" % ?Joe Sparks in Spartanburg Herald. : m m + Jonesville News Letter. * Jonesville, Jan. e6.?Part of four inows on the ground and a stiff lorthwest wind with the temperaure down to 20 degrees in hard veather on Door folks, but thia in >ur condition at present. uc i/ouis Fernandez, a colored, youth >{ Jonesville, left bis father's horn# ast sammer and the next news fr<ru lim was received last week tfotTn? r vas dying at Tallulah Falls,,. Ga.? lis father ^ent immediately fpr him J >ut he was dead and buri<$a before "J he party arrived there. 1 Mr. Claud Whitlock left for Ari- } on a about ton days ago. Mil. * .Vhitlock has lung trouble and bp, * rent to Arizona in the hope of im- ' >roving his health. The white and colored schools >oth held up part of last week on account of bad weather. I The public roads are in bad conlition and we are threatened with a ! vood famine. j A good many rabbits and birds < lave gone to their death during the 1 now. I used to enjoy killing the * >oor birdB and rabbits when they j rere shut in by tho snow but my J ine? feelings have got tho better of J his disposition to hunt and I feel ^ tow that it is cruelty to animals ,nd a sin. j. Prof. K. R. Aycock will move ? ritli his family to Clinton, 8. C., in \ /few days. Rev. J. E. Coker has moved with ? lis family into the house being vaated by Prof. Aycock as the home v ins been purchased by the Preabv eriiMB for a pa? won age. The first, quarterly conference for he Jonesville circuit will be held .. lere next Saturday and Sunday. Mr. D. P. Holder, who had been uite sick for some time, got much etter for a while but he has reipsed and is much worse again. This is the coldest weather wo ave hud since 1893. In January, 1 88(>, my thermometer went down ) six degrees above zero. Jo 1893 lie temperature registered 56 derees above and Sunday morning nd this morning the temperature 1 ?as 15 degrees, proving this to be I ire coldest weather since 188(>. Mrs. Mary Brown gn{! Iter daugb r, Mrs. Tda Long, have moved to onesville. Mr. A. Z. Bridges has moved with . is family from Darlington to Jones ille and opened up a grocery Btore \ the* Whitlock building on Main treot. Telephone. An Appeal. Union County Jail, 5 Jan. IS, 1912. j Special to The Timee office: S lease publish the following: 1, E larrison Gregory, of Union, S. C., j i in jail and I wish to ask my good j rhite friends of this place to help A in all they can. This is my first E line to get in trouble and if I can et my good white friends to help ie I will never be in jail any more. 2 & #?,- % ' ' V. 3 ft .#- iti- ., ^?? 1 I wwwwwwwwww www www www W w w www w j^j ^ j| ^ n * ~ " 11 ?J Every hat's a hat, but not 5? 11 every hat's a Roelofs "SMI LE." |' oil l ne difference between the ^ ? Roelofs "SMILE" Hat and $ gto others is the difference be- djf a tween joy and gloom. m ? Put a "SMILE" Hat on your W ^ head and "SMILE" waves & ? will break over your face. j? ^ There's no more: chance for % x sadness in a "SMILE" hat % i than there is chance' for dis- x f satisfaction, because satisfacX tion is guaranteed. 5 0 Roelofs "SMILE" Hats are 0 ii good?they're more than good. tip A They're great. . Q ? Try one on even though you ? don't care to try it out. ? | MUTUAL DRV GOODS C0.| GrantRdmandy, father of jf" .. sa^f^>* J,. . 3UreqceV. T. Richeson, the con- S leased murderer of Avis Linnell, has J ~ Br M- Mn 1 lave Richeson's life, believing that | juwmu, i.ncuowanrj; rnss wnma Hal- g 49 ite.'Frank Howell, Mrs 8 J Jonee, E % H Johnston, Miss Louise Kohn, Willc _ _ T . __ m f\. * SsftrSJSSs? When Yon Give'an Order Walter B. Sherman. . L. G. Younc. Postmaster. -> At this store you can absolutely rest assured that GOUGHS and COLDS the order will be filled with positive fidelity. No I ^ substitution or carelessness. We are paid to please 8 Are often n?*1nrt<Ml ?- you. a but should be attended J to at once. It is dan- You receive the greatest attention when the J run^oVlon1 * cough order is given. It is filled correctly and de-r | ' livered to the minute. Courtesy and pains- y HIJIFT'S taking care form a large part of our business I success and you may be sure we know you 5 Cough Syrup appreciate that kind of treatment. 5 8 guarenteed to give relief Send us a trial order today and md and 50c a Bottle. iet us show that we know how PALMETTO to p*ease you ant* retain your ^ _ nifitom DRUG CO. Some Specials for This Week: THE MONEY SAVERS P .. ? * . r ? ! T, c o # English Fruit Cakes ' 3 lb. Tins Sweet Potatoes Union, - S. C. Rex Brand Mince Meat 3 lb. Tins Prepared Pumikin ; ' 1 . ? ImnnrfflH Qu/ice r-? -? ....>>? \rfi1cc3c ncsn macKerei, ail sizes Notice to Taxpayers! , on accuaot ?i mm conditio, or???*., Crisco, the Great Cooking Fat, andsabstitute for butter, tofiSZTcSZ lard and other necessary articles of like nature. Leys and < JoHhen Hill. Will be at W?A ' pniipM, on Jan. 30th, forenoon at THE UNION GROCERY CO. ifteniooit of Jan. 31st; Aoaban Hill, ' ??ek Rock, Feb lat. The Pure Food Store All other appointment* to atand ae u* ,. 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