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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY By The UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1. LEWIS M. RICE .- Editor. Registered at the PoetofBce In Union, S. C., as second-claee mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months 50 Three Months 50 ADVERTISEMENTS: One squar", Qrst Insertion $1.00 Every subsequent Insertion 60 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. LEGAL 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, brevier olid type?first insertion, per Inch $1.00: each subsequent insertion, per inch, 50 cents. Citation to Kindred and Creditors, 3 Inches, 2 times, $4.60. Final Discharge, 1 3-4 Inches, 4 times, $4.50. Administrator's or Executor's notices. 1% Inches. 3 times, $2.60. Obituary notices, tributes of respect, resolutions and cards of thanks strictly ono cent a word. FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1912. The Winter Suit. Tt weighs a ton, this suit of mine, And yet I thought that it was fine! I wonder now how I could miss To buy a suit as thick as this! My breath comes hard, I sneeze and cough, It's hot, it's cold! The weather's c.ru'l; And T perspire like any mule! O gentle spring, withhold thy toot Till I can get a summer suit! ?April Llpplncott's. We trust it will not be many days before we can get back Into our building. The Times office has been in the building opposite the W. D. Arthur Co.'s store, hut many have found it hard to locate us. Indeed, we moved twice since the Are, and It Is little wonder that our friends have nan aimcuity m flnaing ub. Through thf courtesy or Progierrtr, wy? been getting out the Times from their office. and being located on the nearby corner from Progress office has made it very convenient for us. Two more issues will have to be gotten out in the establishment of our contemporary. We hope by that time to go back into our own place. We can never express adequately our appreciation of what Mr. Allan Nicholson has done for us in this matter, but we will most certainly do any good turn in our power, should oppc-ttvnlty present itself. It now looks as if we will fall a little short of reaching the $1,000 this week. We have had no time to go out of the office to hunt up s inscriptions. What is shown this week is that which was brought in or sent in during the past week.. The one day between the time we write these words and the h nn 1* frw M nroao n>"?s -? l"?"? "'"J nearer to the mark than it now seems likely. When you read these words, will you not Immediately turn to the front page and see just how we came out? "One thousand dollars on subscriptions in thirteen weeks" was the Idea that got hold of the editor on January 1st, and this week closes out the thirteen. You can see for yourself Just how near to It we came. Tt Is always a pood plan to put 1n '"one for pood measure", and so we are going to ask that those who have not helped us In our movement to buy a linotype, and yet see that the subscription has expired or is about to expire, will you not Join those who have responded hy sending in your renewal during this next, the fourteenth week? Tho little yellow label tells the story. We received a communication this week signed hy several farmers correcting the list of acreage reduction ns numifinen in iaBT weeK'B Timea The Hat puhllnhed was furnished by the eanvaaaerB for publication and we were but pafwln* on the Information. Here follows the letter: ".Tonesvllle, fl. C.. March 2B, 1912. "Mr. Editor: Will you allow ua space In your paper to correct anr errnr mo/In htr Iha mnn . .> **j <? *_> 111X3-ii i urn. vaiiTaoDcu this township to get pledges to reduce In cotton acreage, as wo have not soon any of the men and have not made any pledges whatever, and thoy have pot our acreage twice the amount that wo planted laat year. (s1gned> Dailey Txmg Jim Harvey. B. R. S. Long. T. M. Miller. Albart Hyatt Y la. FROM THE BROTHERHOOD. The Work of Aa Incendiary. Last week we referred to the destruction of the building of The Union Times by fire. It is now thought that the fire was the work of an incendiary. Editor Rice has waged a war for righteousness and this Is the answer whloh is made. The Yorkville Enquirer says: "There is reason to believe that the fire which destroyed the handsome new home of the Union Times the other day was incendiary. That Is the talk in Union, and the proprietor of the Times, as well aa t h A riAAnlfi r%f fhn fAWn iranAnellw ? morally certain as to the Identity of the guilty parties. They think the crime was committed by Illicit liquor dealers that the Times bas been lighting. There Is no proof, no legal proof, and there will probably be none. Incendiaries don't generally leave a trail that can be followed by law. but the fact remains, that a horrible crime has been committed, and such a stigma as there Is rests not upon the Times so much as upon the city of Union." People do not realize what is meant but such a Are as that which destroyed The Times building. The public has suffered more In it than in an ordinary incendiary act. The man who burns the house of another usually does it In revenge for some fancied or real personal injury; and there was doubtless revenge in this instance, but it was revenge because. Mr. Rice had been standing between the lawless and the welfare of 1Mb community. Had he been silent and allowed those evil men unmolested to prey upon his people he himself would not have incurred their malice. Such men also have design as well as revenge ill their acts. They propose to make it dangerous to any man who would lift his voice to prevent them from despoiling the sons of the city of Union. They shoot the picket sim ,/.j iu get at me Bleeping array. They kill the watch dog that they might attack the flock. That torch which burned The Times building was really set to every house and home in Union. A fire like this comes because officials have been lax in the discharge of their duty. We do not have first hand information as to the state of law enforcement in Union. But evidently vice has become profitable there. We urge this because It la only profitable vkfe that seeks to Intimidate communities. And vice oould not possibly have become profitable I In Union except by the virtual consent and connivance of law officers. Had those officers done their duty against "blind tigers" and such like, there would have been no occasion for this fire. Every policeman and officer in Union who have winked at crime helped to light the torch which destroyed The Times building. Almost every one condemns the act of such an incendiary; but what is needed is a condemnation of those acts of lawlessness which are the real causes of such a tine. A citizen is very inconsistent who is now outraged by this crime, but who has done nothing heretofore to put himself, heart and soul, against the lawless elements o fhis city. By his fear of evil men or by hiB Indifference to the conditions of his town, he has contributed powerfully to the boldness of this revenge. Many a man is horrified at what he himself has helped to make possible. If such a firs as this would produce repentance for indifference to civic righteousness it would do a world of good. But if we allow lawlessness to fatten under our very eyes we need not be over much surprised at the fruits of our own criminal tolerance. union is not worse than other South Carolina towns. It haB as good people as you can And In the state. This Are 1b perhaps not due so much to the presence In Union of a worse element than can be found in her sister cities as to the fact that Union has a man who has spoken with unAinching faithfulness. Evil here Aared Into crime because K was hit and hit hard. In many other of our cities it is not linnrd f rnm oaIoIw WansA l* i? v% V*M BViV?/ MWVaUDO IV IS uamolested.?Baptist Courier. Annua! Meeting. The annual meeting of the Union County Fair association will be held Saturday, March 30th, at 12 o'clock, noon. In the rooms of the Union chamber of commerce. All stockholders are urged to be present, as many matters of importance will be disc.ueed. Mr. R. W. Vincent, for a number of V ... - - yearn managing editor or the Charlotte Observer, has been elected managing editor of The Atlanta Georgian and will go to Atlanta early In April to enter upon his new position. An express messenger In the west has refused a reward for killing a couple of bandits who wanted to rob his car. He had too muoh fun doing It to get paid for It. 1W.I ? - . ?.? f Ifewa From Kelton. i I Kelton, Iflaroh 26.?Mr. Bdltor: At- { ter eight or ten days without any rain \ the farmer* had started their plow* < but Saturday ai_d Sunday it cam* < again and It will be two or three day* I before the ground will be In order 1 to plow again on the Rldae land. * The heavy rains of the 14th and 15th ' lnat did great damage by washing the < lands, etc The creeks In my oommn- ( nlty I think were the highest I ever < knew them to he during my memory < of 50 years. On rolling lands ter- ' races -were no more than mole hills ' In ordinary rains. If our lands had ' been broken like they were last year ' the damage would have been muoh greater. Where small grain had been sown the land was washed In gulllos as deep as It had been broken. I mean the hilly land. There is no use for men to tell us how deep to break our hilly lands to keep them from washing, when six or seven Inches of rain falls In a day, because we know | that the land will be washed in gullies as deep as It Is broken. I am not much of a believer In fall breaking land, unless we have a winter cover crop on it Lands which were sown In peas last year or corn or , peas and crab grass, stood the heavy , rain all right Uncle Si Poster, doceased, always said he did not want his stubble land broken until just before he got ready to plant It in the spring, and he was a successful planter. He began farming when a young man, and never followed anything else, and when he died his property *ras valued at forty or fifty thouaf and dollars, besides many slaves set free at the close of the Civil war, and he made the most of his money selling corn and pork He was never a big cotton planter. I have heard him laugh and tell of how he moved his wife and her goods after his marriage They were simply tied in a bundle and carried in her arms, as she rode behind him on his horse The untimely death of Jim Sprouse was a severe shock to his many relatives and friends He was raised on the Ridsre and iwm n 0> but had moved to the cotton mills i several years ego with his family. He ( was hurled beside his wife at Foster's J chapel church, who only preceded him I to the spirit world a few years ago. I The funeral services were conducted < by Rev. Mr. Hodges In the presence of < many relatives and friends who have ' the sympathy of this community. . j News From Adamslmrg. A jj Adamsburg, March 2ft?We have been having some more rain. We had some very nice weather for several days last week, and farmers got started to plowing but another ratn came Saturday and Sunday and etop-> ped them again. Oats and wheat are h?rlnnln? to look fine after a few days of sunshine. Mrs. E. W. Palmer spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hancock. Messrs. E. W. Palmer, Lewis Scales and Sewell Scales, spent Sunday with Mr. J. D. Hancock. Miss Nola Soales spent 8unday with Mr. and^fra. J. D. Hancock. Messrs. W. D. Palmer, W. A. Palmer, and B. T. Vaughan visited at the home of Mr. Ashmore Vanderford Sunday afternoon. Miss Eflle Vaughan spent Sunday afternoon with the Misses Vanderford's. Messrs J. P Vanghan and Thomas Nance visited at the home of Mr. W. M. Vaughan Sunday afternoon. There Is not very much sickness around In this community. Mr. J. W. Parr spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. J. T. Scales. Trees are In full bloom and It Is beginning to look like spring. People are beginning to garden. Some have got cabbage plants set out and English peas and ebans planted. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that the Grand Jury of Union county In lta report to the Court at the February term last, called special attention to the violation of the law as to barbed and edged wire fences along the publie highways in Union county. The law Is as follows: "All persons or corporations building or using a barbed or edged wire fence wltnin fifty feet of any public highway, shall nail or place a plank I or pole on or near the top of Mid fence; Provided, That the said plank or pole he not required when there Is such an embankment at the side of the road as shall, in the judgement of the road overseer of snch road, render it safe from injury to stock travelling said road without such plank or nole being on said fence. All persons violating the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall he punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, of Imprisonment not exceeding thirty days." All citizens of the county are specially requested to report to the Mag- 1 Istra+e of any township where this I law Is being violated any violation, < and all Magistrates are requested to 1 strictly enforce the law in this re- < spect. i County Board of Commissioners < by J. H. Spears. Supervisor. ] Union, 9. C. Mch, 16, 1912 12-St < SB 1 - - _ M/ =??==== j OurSp % Are on I ? I Get Under a i Satisfj | Mutua [ ... UN". |1 B If someone were to I make you a present of I .a suit of clothes and give you choice between a ready-made anu a tailored-to-order suit, which one would you accept? The Tailored-made, of Course, because it's better in style, workmanship and especially if made by H Ed V. Price & Co. I OF CHICAGO, I and won't cost von any more. Let us measure you for your Spring and Summer outfit. Humphries-Perrin Company, THE STAG SHOP, 13 Main St., Union, S. C. R. O. Collins, Postmaster, Bamgat, M, J., was troubled with a severe la crlppe cough. He says: "I would be sompletely exhausted after each lit of violent coughing. I bought a bottle jf Foley's Honey and Tar Compound fcnd before I had taken it all the soughing spells had entirely ecased. It cant be beat" Jonesvllle Drug Co. GMymph's Pharmacy. * I rng Reelofs display and Reac our Inspection. Roelnf and Smifo tv vivi uny i/iunv ? Also,a ship Oxfords in al ers and Toes. Oxfords in 1 L Black, also 3 and Colonial * $3.00 to A New Shipment i 117- * J nc nave on display ai WOOLENS for making Come In Am action Guarant 1 Dry Goods ION, - - S. C N. Visit Haile's >.s * * Are You Of Your ! You may justly be foot-wepr if you use 1 in getting the righ No matter what the qual must be fitted to your fi answer the purpose for i tended. In making s stretched over the last, v | a n Cr\r?t r% * I* v ii iuwl , an\i jnai HIS.C till jfssbk ed feet thwfc arc differen |Z| We have shoes made ov< like your feet. It doesi more. Now, let us pre won't oast you any exifi * Satisfactor; I Long We ' / S H C iW Place to B HAIL 17 Main St. | M. mm m m m u ms * # ^ E J** J r w w wwwvww Hats | ly for J i tl fntK ?p<j? iu?pu# ) = ment of . II Leath- | . Button ? ran and | Pumps | I Pumps % $3.50 | of Ties 50c 1 I the LATEST % SPRING SUITS J I Look | ? eed | Co., | Shoe Store ~ Proud Shoes? proud of your the proper care it Shoe Dealer. / ?.. r ri i - I uy 01 a dnoe, it eet properly to which it was inhoes leather is fhich is a wood2 different shap- /fes^ it shaped lasts. fiv? ir a last shaped l't cost you any >ve this; and it VfM i for a stylish* y and taring > E uy fcnoes. F\Q i mmmr% Union, S. C.' % < '