The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 08, 1912, Page PAGE 4, Image 4
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THE UNION TIMES
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By The
UNION TIMES COMPANY
TIMES BUILDING, MAW STREET
BiELL PHONE NO?. 1.
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UNION, S. C? MARCH 8. 1912.
THE TIMES HAS FUtE.
On Wednesday morning between
four and five o'clock The Tiitnes building
and practically all its contents
were destroyed by fire. To say that
we awoke in astonishment and with
regrets is but to put It mildly. Our
plight, looked upon In the cold light
of early dawn, was not to our liking.
One side of this week's issue had
gone through the press. All that had
to be reset and the other side, much
Df which had already been set up
ready for the forms had to be done
over. In fact, it was about the worst
In-opportune time we could have
found for the unlucky blow to fall.
But, such as it is, here is yoar issue
for this, week. That was some hust^SUttCf*
Sentle reader, if^e do say it.
* *""" Our contemporary. Progress, came to
our help, and but for that, we coald
not possibly have gotten out on time.
We wish to express to Mr. Allan
Nicholson, Mr. W. W. Colton, Mr.
PhomVinra onrl \Ti? Qmlfrli oil nf tho
Progress force, our sincere thanks.
Their help, their plant, and the faithful
work of our own composing room
force, helped us over th? worst "tight
place" we have yet faced. We cannot,
in words, express all the gratitude we
feel to each one for the help rendered.
There is yet another thing: Hundreds,
men and women, have expressed
sympathy for us in the calamity
that has overtaken us. Some by
word of mouth, some over the phone,
some through the mails?the helpful
words have come to us. It is a real
uplift to feel the sympathy of friends
true and tried, and we will always
hold them in kindly remembrance for
the words of cheer spoken in a dark
hour.
We cannot say how the fire came,
except that it came as a "thief in the
night." We have, on more than one
occasion, had threats made by some
cowardly whelp who did not have the
courage to sign his name. But we do
no believe such a base cur would
come to low as to tire a building and
thus put in jeopardy the lives of men
against whom he had no malice. We
do not .therefore, make charge against
some unknown assassin. We sincerely
hope there was no one so utterly
base. We prefer to suppose the
fire accidental.
As to the future: We expect to "get
busy" with a new building and the installation
of a new plant. With the
blessing of the Ood whom we serve
and the good will of the friends we
)o\e and with the courage that any
worthy soul should pessess, we will
go forward. We do not propose to
miss an issue, nor to pause a day in
the work of reconstruction.
We have, as best we could in the
brief time at our disposal, reached the
conclusion that about three thousand
good dollars of actual loss, and the in
convenience of having to work under
difficulties, is about what we are "up
against." That does not dismay us.
MORE LIGHT COMES.
Upon reflection we have about
reached the conclusion that The
Times fire was the work of an incendiary.
There are several
straws which point that may. We
have heard of remarks expressive
of joy that the "d thing" was
burned. One worthy (?) citizen
of Union said: "It was the best
fire tJnion ever had," so we hear.
We are not in the least dismayed
bv these laments from the dirty
lawbreakers of Union. We are
I
afraid of no one of them or of all
of them together. We know where
the shoe pinches, and why the
"sweet" remarks, from such scalawags.
Now then, let's get down to business.
If the law-abiding citizens
of this town do not stand upon
their legs and fight for honesl
government, decency and the enforcement
of the law, there will
soon be no town left. The conditions
are simply intolerable anc
what is sure, they will result in th<
collapse of the whole thing. Wt
deliberately and with calm thought
expres our honest conviction upor
these matters. The lawless elemen
in this tozim is in the saddle ant
running like a runaway horse. It
is enough to make the sober-minded
people call a halt. They wil
have to do So or go down with tin
destruction that threatens. W<
purpose standing fearlessly anc
openly for truth, honor, clean citi
zenship, the enforcement of th<
law and for everything that it
worth while. We shall, in the fu
ture, as in the past, and agains
the blind tiger, the court juggler
the jury medler, the ballot box
stuffer. and everv other damnahlt
I piece of rascality that inflicts it:
rottenness upon the honest peoph
of Union and of Union couny.
Now. Mr. Good Citizen, don'
think that by standing aside am
taking no hand you will save youi
own skin. You will be the firs
man so stripped. This is no tim<
for wavering and uncertain mien
T.et us come together and set uj
our standard and defy the world
the flesh and the devil. Here's ont
who is ready to go the limit, anc
that asks permission of no man foi
so doing. There are others. Th<
time for action is already at hand
A word further: If an incendiary
did put the torch to The
Times to get revenge upon the
F.dior, the dirty scamp missed the
mark. The man he really struck
is the hongst laborer. The calamity
that has befallen The Time*
will be overcome?it is tnere monej
and we know how to make more
Tint there are two men, one deal
and dumb, the other up in year*
and with a family to support thai
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arc icii wiuiout a jod. trial
hurts innocent people, even if Th<
Times' Editor were a devil.
W? ve?V 'mo apprecTaTS'Tne Ttmar
fill work of the Union Fire departmen
on Wednesday morning. While thi
Times building was not saved, th<
surrounding property was. The roo
on the HumphrleB-Perrln Co. wai
badly damaged and their store roon
was flooded. The small building Ir
the rear of The Times' office was noi
scorched. The Rice Drug Company'i
building, one side of which Is a Joinl
wall with The Times' building, escaped
with some slight damage to th(
roof. Mr. J. IT. Gault owns both the
buildings adjoining tho Times building.
Tlie good work of the flremei
saved these and the buildings in th?
rear of The Times.
Mr. Bob O'Shlelds got his handi
burned severely while fighting th?
fire, and Mr. John M. O'Shlelds got t
severe cut in the hand. We feel grate
ful to one and all for the service*
rendered, and rejoice that neither ol
these injured men were serlouslj
hurt.
Our unfortunate fire destroyed th<
copy and the type belonging to an interview
The Times man had with Hon
Lowndes J. Browning this week. Th<
article was, we think, well worth go
ing to the readers of The Times. Mr
Browning was one of the most usefu
members of the House of ItepreBenta
tives this year, and the interview re
ferred to above was in the nature o:
questions upon matters which cam*
up during the recent meeting of th<
legislature. We shall mako ,it oui
business to get another interview witl
Mr. Browning and hope to publish li
next week.
J'ardner" it gets right into a fel
low'8 heart when you speak a goo<
word to him in the day of testing.
A Card of Thank*.
We wish to thank our fr'ends ant
neighbors for their kindness and sym
pathy shown us during the illr.oei
and death of our loved one. Maj
Ood in His mercy bless and protect
each one of them.
Clyde Willard,
For the Family.
A Kind Letter.
Jacksonville, Fla.
eD. Z3, 1?1Z
Union Times Co.,
Union, S. C.
Gentlemen: Your statement received.
I enclose you check for $3
which will pay my subscription t<
June 15, 1913. I enjoy reading th<
paper and wish you continued success.
Yours truly,
F. S. Robinson.
Mr. C. P. Summer spent Sunday it
Jonesville.
I KELTON NEWS.
Kelton, March 2.? We have had
. three or four days without any rain
and the ground Is beginning to dry
out a little but It will be some day*
I before the plows will start for it was
i thoroughly soaked. The fanners are
; behind in their farm work.
Mr. Foster Qault has bought an en[
gine and saw mill and will be ready
. to saw In a few days. He will do his
I first sawing at Mr. Geo. T. Gault's.
; I see in The State that Gen. Wal?
ker, commander of the U. C. V., de
r iim'3 mi; report mat ne was going 10
I do away with the parade at the reunt
ion at Macon in May but says he in1
tends to cut it short in distance and
t to do away with some ot the parade
- heretofore practiced. I for one am
1 pleased to know that the commander
; is going to make some changes. ]
; don't see any sense in holding the old
1 vets an hour or two in the hot sun
- waiting for some who are to take pari
e in the parade to get ready. I believe
5 it was at New Orleans that the pro
cession was ready to move but had tc
t wait somethting like an hour for s
prominent family to get ready. No
- I would not bave that part of the ree
union cut out because that day is the
s biggest day of the whole gathering bg
; let the boys of the sixties who feel
like marching and viewing the beauti*
t ful ladies do so because we love to
1 look at the beautiful girls'the same
r as we did fifty years aeo. There t?
t one thing I hope that the comroandei
; will he able to secure and that is to
. get a young lady to march with each
> one of us. If he can there will be the
, largest number of old vets in the pa;
rade that has been seen in many
I years.
r Mrs. Mary Relly, of Jonesvllle, ii
; visiting friends and relatives In Kel.
ton.
Prof. Southard, of Jonesville, prin;
cipa) of the Kelly High School, Is ths
i right man at the head of that school
i There is not a great deal of sick*
: ness in our community at the pres.
ent time. G. T. G. *
' News From Konte No. 4.
f Union, Route No. 4, Mar. 5.?The
. Kelly school No. 2. taught by Miss
t Nannie McDow, closed Friday. MIbs
McDow gave perfect satisfaction in
. her work tind any school should feel
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'v/uviv;u iu Dcuuiu ucr iur a leacner.
Miss Maggie Goings visited Mr. and
j Mrs. Mae Amnions of Union visited
a at the home of her father, Mr. D. G.
f Gailman, last week,
a Miss Bess Kelly visited at the home
i of Mr. J. G. Paucett Thursday,
i Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Charles and
t children spent several days this week
a at Pacolet at the home of Mrs. Ann
t Gailman.
Miss Pearl Kelly of Unidh spent
i several days last week at Kelly's with
5 relatives. /
Mrs. N. H. Paucett of Union is
i spending several weeks with relatives
? in this community.
Misses Nannie McDow and Beatrice
? rauceu were me guests or miss Bess
J Kelly Wednesday night.
1 Mrs. Elizabeth Charles is spending
- several days with her daughter, Mrs
* Alice Knox.
f Miss Bess Kelly entertained a large
T crowd of her friends Wednesday
night. Candy making and games of
Old Maid were enjoyed by all present
3
Will Have Elaborate Parade.
9 Macon. Ga., March 5, (Special)?The
visit of Col. W. O. Connor of Care
j Springs to Macon, which will occur
' Wednesday, promises to be eventful
inasmuch as while in the city Col.
t Connor will take up with the local
parade committee the matter of pa3
rade to be held here, and discuss the
details for the big reunion event,
j Col. Connor comes, as the Adjutant
t General representing General Maddox,
Commander of the Georgia Division.
Just what wil be hiR attitude oonecrning
the orders, given by General
" Walker, shortening the parade, will
* not be known until Wednesday when
he will act with the local parade
committee for General Maddox in the
matter. It is hinted that Col. Connor
1 will be in favor of making the parade
- even more elaborate than any held at
n previous Reunions
r
Advertised Letters.
Advertised letters remaining In Union,
S. C., Postoiiice, week ending
March 2nd, 1912:
Edwin Arimor, Jack Pates, P. G.
'iishop, Miss Janie Danis, Mi: s Violet
Dawkins, Mrs. Francis Ff^ter, Mrs.
Grade Glenn, Rennie Gist. Mrs. Clarn
Gist, M. E. Gleason, Dora Harris. F
M. Hughes, Miss Manie Johnson, Mrs.
1 dzzle I/owe, MIbb Lillie Long, F. P.
t McManus, J. W. McLean, Jr., Mrs.
? Pink McCown. Miss Hotter Noise, J.
, W. O'Shlelds, Lizzie Pane, MJss Bertha
Pinckney, MIbs Sarah Sims, Mra
'an? Seism, Mrs, Lou Sssie Smith,
0. ^W. Sligh, E. B. Tailor, Mrs. Annie
Thompson, Mrs. Annlehea.? lbtgolf7
Thompson, Mrs. Ada Wommaek, Mlsi
Susie Walker, Miss Jetter Wehster
Willie WlllJngham, Boyce Wl'Hams.
L. G. Young, Poatwaster.
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j latest colors,
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I - UNI
ANDERSON NEGRO TO
HATE SPEEDY TRIAL.
No Regular Judge Will Be Disengaged
Until Marrh 25th, Howerer
a Special Judge Say Be Appointed?Same
Court May
Anderson, March 6th.?Governor
i jBleaee has agreed to order a special
term of criminal court foT Anderson
county to try the negro, William
ii Steed, who Is held In the county Jail,
on the charge of attempting to criminally
assault the wife of a well
known farmer at Dean's station on
the night of February 26. Immedlatei
ly after the alleged attack Clerk of
' Court Pearman wrote to Solicitor
Bon ham to ask the governor for a
special term as the public generally
thought It best to have a speedy trial.
The solicitor made the request on the
governor, who stated that he would
order the court to convene on any
date the solicitor suggested. Sellcltor
lionham has stated that the court can
he convened on Monday, March 18, but
as all the circuit judges will be engaged
at that time a special judge
will have to be commissioned. It Is
possible that there will be some difficulty
In getting a lawyer to consent
to preside on such a case as Reed's,
and especially since the court will last
hut one day in all probability. On
Monday, March 25, one week later,
, -nc of the regular judges will be die.
tioro otaA anrl if fha Hmn A m sof
hat date this judge -will probably be
isked to come here to preside. The
, date of the special term Is either one
, of these.
It is quite probable that Samuel
, iyde, the young white man who kill
* his wife and father-in-law on July
x Inst, and who has been convicted
i murder, will be resentenced at the
.pedal term. He was sentenced to
banged on October 20, but the ex
> ntion was stayed pending an appeal
:o the supreme court. The appeal
wne dismissed by that tribunal, and
i case was remanded for a resen
^nce.?Spartanburg Herald.
hw ifallow in Dmfitrti fn TTmIaB.
Dr. George T. Keller, wno purchased
the Btock of drugs formerly
( Tied by Dr. A. C. Dukes, deceased,
has about disposed of the stoek, and
will return to Union, whers he will
| reopen a drug store. Dr. Keller Is an
' old Orangeburg boy, and his many
1 friends here wish him much success.
?Orangeburg correspondent to The
State.
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