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? ' s a * THE UNION TIMES ___ ^ ": ' VOL. LX1I. NO. 20. - UNION, 8. C., MAY 17, 1912. $1.00 A YE Alt. ? , ??? f Brief Ske The following brief sketch was furnished The Times upon request. The Cross Keys school is one of the best in the county, and we feel sure that what the patrons of the school there have done could well be emulated in other sections of the county. This is the first of a series of articles which we hope to publish about our countyl schools: In 1909 the Cross Keys school, under the management and efficient teaching of Miss Nan Wilburn was well graded, put in prosperous condition, and made rt-auj *S> meet the requirements for State aid * ne following session the trustees realizing the need and advantage o fa country High school, met the requirements of the State board that year, and instituted the Cross Keys High school which closes its third session today. The growth of the school has been steady since its first session. During CROSS KEYS UNPLEDGED D WILL GO 1 Senators Tillman and Smit John Gary Evans the 4 Blease Was Defea ***** ***** * * * Delegates at Large. * * * * The election of delegates at ** * large were elected as follows: M. * * clamation of Senators B. R. Till- * * man and E. D. Smith, and on a * * ballot vote, in the choice of John * * Gary Evans, of Spartanburg, and * * Richard I. Manning, of Sumter. * * Governor please was placed in * * nomination and received 66 votes. * * The result of the balloting was: * * Manning, 207; Evans, 188; M. F. * * Ansel, 83; L. J. Browning, 68, C. * * L. Blease, 66; F. H. Weston. 62. * * Alternates for the delegates at * * large were elect das follows: M * * F. Ansel, of Greenville; F. H. * * Weston, of Columbia; W. J. Stev- * - euhun 01 ^neraw; n. t/. jfoik, ol * * Bamberg. * * * * * * * * ***** Columbia. May 15.?The State Democratic convention voted down instructions for Woodrow Wilson tonight, after a hard battle lasting over three hours, by a vote of 178 to 162. A resolution simply endorsing Wilson was then passed overwhelmingly. Judge Jones voted for endorsement And Gov. Blease against. The Wilson people made a hard fight for instructions, but the Convention was against tying the hands of the delegation to Baltimore and left them uninstructed. .'Simple endorsement was all that Wil.son could get. United States Senators Tillman and .Smith, former Governor John Gary Evans and Richard I. Manning make up the four delegates at large from aA..tu n 1s? * * - ? 1 iouulii v/urunna to tne XNational Democratic convention at Baltimore. The .Senators were elected by acclamation and the others on the first ballot. A resolution endorsing Snator B. R. Tillman for re-election was reported I xL * - 1 jLuvui?ui,y wy me resolution committee. John Gary Evans, State Chairman. i The convention adjourned at 2.05 <o'clodk .this morning. Immediately following the adjournment of the convention a meeting of Ihe State executive committee was Jield and John Gary Evans was electted chairman. tch of a Got the second session the school won a fifty dollar State prize on rural school improvement. The following year one of the schools in this district was consolidated with the High School. This consolidation made it possible to remodel and enlarge the three-room building into five rooms conveniently arranged, including an auditorium, which can be enlarged by two of the class room on special occasions. We are indebted to Prof. W. K. Tate for the Dlans of this building. The patrons of the school hauled logs to the saw mill, furnished a good part of the lumber, gave private subscriptions, did practically all of the work and had it ready for this session last September. Mr. Will Stephens, a patron of the school, was the foreman of the building committee, and executed the plans in a creditable manner. This session the school employed a fourth teacher and HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, ERECT] ELEGATES rO BALTIMORE h, Richard I. Manning and l n _ _ tug tour '?governor ted For Delegate. Governor Blease, while seated in the convention, took no part in the deliberations and had nothing to say. The convention adopted the unit rule for delegates to the National convention. A resolution from Bamberg county, which sought to relieve Senator Tillman of the necessity of entering the primary on account of his health, and urk;/.u ib.i ** ^ ?? vii jji wv iucu uiai tne convention elect him at once, was turned down by the committee on rules as being "undemocratic." The hardest fight of the convention came on tho question of the instruction of delegates. Those who opposed instruction won out only after a determined struggle. While waiting for the report of the committee, the convention at 2 a. m., proceeded to the election of four altrnates-at-large, L. W. Parker nomi nated Ex-Governor M. F. Ansel, F. H. Weston, W. F. Stevenson and H. C. Folk. These were elected by acclamation. The reports of the district delegations were listened to and confirmed. W. F. Stevenson, chairman of committee on platform and resolutions, presented their report. The seven Congressional districts elected 14 delegates to the National uemocratic Convention, two being ' chosen by each district. The delegates follow: District Delegates. Firsft District?R. S. Whaley, of Charleston; Carleton Durant, of Manning. Alternates, A. G. Padgett, ot Walterboro; H. H. Grosrf. of Dorchester. Sedond District?W W Wilis..? WW .. . ft f? uiiaiiin, of Aiken; B. W. Crouch, of Saluda. Alternates, B. E. Nicholson, of Edgefield; Neils Crristensen, of Beaufort. , Third District?H. L. Watson, of Greenwood; E. C. Doyle, of Easley. Alternates, R. F. Smith, of Pickens; B. B. Gossett, of Anderson. Fourth District?Lewis W. Parker, of Greenville; S. T. D. Lancaster, of i Spartanburg. Alternates, W. Mills Momley, of Greenville; Ben Hill < Brown, of Spartanburg. yd School M 9 'raddd a tenth grade. The teach* !, Prof. W. C. Pitts, Misses Lizzie Pitfr man, Pearl Ezell and Inez Wilburn, who are all college graduates, have had a very successful year. Mr. Pitts has been the principal of the school and Miss Inez Wilburn hfcs been in charge of the primary depart? ment for the past three years. < The school is greatly indebted Uf the State for its building aid and th^ snV?nnff nn Hiirl* ?n? WJPpWW?? ??***5*1 mviiwi ooMijf. ] Mr. B. G. Wilburn, who has bcefti the chairman of the board of trustee^ for .many years, gave the school an additional acre for play ground. The, trustees, Messrs. B. G. Wilburn, A. J, Hill and J. F. Betsill, are to be congratulated on their management of the school and the splendid opportunities they are giving its pupils. Consolidation and concentration in school work is a marked success in this in-%' stance and the school has a bright fu-; ture. I A I TAmMi ED IN 1909. I NEW UNDERTAKING COMPANY ORGANIZED The Wagnon-Bradley Company, Undertakers, Will Begin Business About June 1. Capital $5,000. Messrs. L. L. Wagnon, J. H. Gault and J. F.Bradley are the incorporators of a new concern in Union. The concern will be known as the Wagnon-Bradley Company. Undertakers. I and will have a capital stock of $5,000. They have bought the good will of the Bobo Undertaking company and, for a while, will conduct the business at the stand occupied by the Bobo company, this latter company agreeing to withdraw with its entire business to Spartanburg as SOOn as the new enneern ia rnoHu w vw operate. The officers of the new concern are: L. L. Wagnon, president and treasurer; J. F. Bradley, secretary. R. M. Estes will be in charge of the funeral directing department. The plans of the company are to have erected a modern new building and display rooms on Main street at some time in the near future. High School Ekerciaes. The closing exercises of the Union High School will be held in the school auditorium on Friday evening, May 24th, at 8:30 o'clock. The address to the irrftdliatinci' rlaaa vm'll Kn delivered by Dr. H. N. Snyder, president of Wofford College. There are six graduates to complete the course, Misses Mae Smith, Willie Gallman, Mary Perrin, Effle Faucett, Estelle Mathis and Mr. Ottis Going. Fifth District?W. M. Dunlap, of Rock Hill; J. W. Glenn, of Chester. Alternates, W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw; T T A?D* - ?. v. v/ umr, ui winnsDoro. Sixth District?W. T. Bethea. of Dillon; S. A. Words, of Marion. Alternates, T. B. Gibson, of Marlboro; R. B. Scarborough, of Conway Seventh District-^-W. A. Stuckey, of Bishopville; A. B. Wingard, of Lexington. Alternates, J. P. Thomas, of Columbia; B. H. Moss, of Orangeburg. ? OFFICES CHOSEN |iLAST THURSDAY 1. F. Alston, Jr., Resigns and , I. J. Hames Elected Presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce. . ^The Union Chamber of Commerce Wd its annual meeting Thursday igftening and officers to serve the dbsuing year were chosen. The following is the result of the election: .5 President, L. J. Hames; first vice president, J. jttoy rant; second vice president, W. S. McLure; treasurer, R. P. Harry; secretary, J. G. Hughes. Directors: W. S. McLure, R. P. Morgan, S. M. Rice, R. P. Harry, L. J. Haines, J. R. Westmoreland and -P. E. Wilburn. The directors holding over are J. Roy Fant, B. F. Alston, Jr., Emslie Nicholson, M. A. Moore. D. C. Flynn, L. S Townsend, J. Cohen and J. G. Hughes, making fifteen on the board. _ ^Mr. B. F .Alston, r., who was re"f^pitly nominated alderman from ?card 2, and who has served acceptably as president for the past two ^r$ars. declined nomination for the chairmanship ,and Mr. L. J. Hames, one of the most enthusiastic members of the body, and one of the directors, was chosen president. Mr. Hames is one of the leading business men of TJnion, and the choice of him as president of the Chamber of Commerce was a happy one. COMMENCEMENT AT i CLIFFORD SEMINARY ^ The commencement exercises of ; Clifford Seminary will be held on 26, 27 and 28. jf On Sunday ,the 26th. at 11 o'clock tihe Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered in the First Presbyterian <jhurch by Dr. J. B. Green of GreenSfotl Seminary lawn. A recital will be given by the mu- | sic class in the Seminary chapel on Monday evening. Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock the graduating exercises will be held in the chapel. Dr. Patterson Wardlaw T. T. r? nf f . JM. J-?. y VI VIIV VIUVCI3H^ VI South Carolina will deliver the address. The friends of the faculty and students are cordially invited to attend the exercises. The Seminary is closing a most successful year under the leadership of its president, Mrs. B. G. Clifford. Educational Rally at Cross Keys. There will be an educational rally at the Cross Keys High School to day, Friday. In the morning Dr. Lee Davis Lodge will speak. In the afternoon Governor Cole L. Blease will speak. There will be a big barbecue and dinner on the grounds. The proceeds will go to the benefit of the school. The public is invited to attend. Banquet at Ottaray. Quite an enjoyable affair of last week was the banquet given at Otta ray Dy Mr. Lewis W. Parker, president of the mill in compliment to the Woman's club. There were present about twenty-five guests besides the meiftbers of the club. Prof. Davis Jeffries, superintendent of the city schools, delivered an address on the "Mothers Duty to Her Child." Miss Thomfti of New York gave an entertaining and instructive talk on the "Work Being Done by the Women of the United States." Miss Mae Jone* of Greenville gave several readings which delighted her hearers. A delicious salad course with coffee was served, followed by Ice cream and cake. visits Union After Long Absence. Mr. A. Sheppaul, of Argyle, Texas, was here for a week visiting relatives and friends. He came expressly to see old soldier friends. He left Un<on thirty-two years ago. Mr. Sheppaul is a native of old Prussia, Ger many, leaving there in 1858. He was a gallant Confederate soldier. Mr. J. H. Schoppaul is a nephew of the veteran. Mrs. Frances Murphy and Miss Edith Murphy of Mt. Tabor spent Saturday in Union with Mrs. Theodore Maddox. I .* ' ' ' Mr. Groyer Baber of Union, S. O., pent yesterday in Gastonia on business.?Gaatonta Gazeta. ' RESULT OF SECOND PRIMARY ELECTION Kirby and Berry Chosen Over Their Opponents, Humphries and Young?Result of City Election. In one of the hottest campaigns ever Known nere, tne secona primary closed Tuesday with the result that J. E. Kirby was nominated over his opponent, Mr. Humphries, by a vote of 33 to 26 in ward one; and Dr. R. R. Berry was nominated over his opponent, Simpson Young, by a vote of 91 to 78 in ward three. In both wards the vote was very close?there being a difference of but 7 votes in ward one, and a difference of 13 votes in ward three. The nominees in the Democratic primary now are: For mayor, T. C. Duncan; alderman ward 1, J. E. Kirby; ward 2, B. F. Alston, Jr.; ward 3, Dr. R. R. Berry; and ward 4, L. C. Wharton. W. S. McLure was nominated for water works commissioner. There was no opposing candidate. This was quite a remarkable fact, since the commissioner is elected at large as is the mayor, and that there was no opposition, was a strong endorsement of the work of the commission in general, and of McLure in particular. Of the old council and reelected to the new are Mayor T. C. Duncan and Alderman J. E. Kirby. The other three members of the council are new men. The general election comes off the first Tuesday in June, the 4th. Mr. Albertus Moore Dies in Atlanta. Rock Hill, May 15.?A telegram from Atlanta was received here this morning by relatives stating that Albertus Moore, a former resident' of this city, had died in that Vqfafeza* taken suddeifly in *RH ?, ; tack of appendicitis ;that an operation was considered the only hope, and that it was performed but that he only lived a short time afterwards. Mr. Moore was born in this city. He was a son of the late Lawrence latter now living in Union. He was ivioore and JVlrs. Mary E. Moore, the very popular here and was known among the boys as "Rip" Moore. The remains are expected to arrive here tonight or tomorrow and will be buried in Laurelwood cemetery beside that of other members of his family. Mr. Moore's illness and death must have been very sudden, as a party from this place conversed with him on the streets of Atlanta ""'1 V-? J A- 1? * - - u?i.uiuitj tnin in,- siciiicu tu uu in excellent health and spirits. Hurt by a Mule. Last Monday George M. Young, son of Mr. J. B. Young, was badly hurt by a mule; the mule belongs to Union county. He was hitching the mule up when it kicked him in the head, knocking him senseless for about an hour. The mule kicked three teeth out and cut two big gashes in his head. He is suffering greatly, | but ii is thought he will be better in a day or so. He is barely able to work. He is the driver for the county scraper force, and is in Goshen Hill township with the force. To Instruct Military Officers. Military officers from South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and several other Southern States began taking a week's instruction from the regular ar.my men at Fort McPherson on Monday. They will re ceive practical lessons in drilling, tent pitching, camp making and similar military functions. Capt J. Frost Walker, Jr., and Lieut. J. A. Hollingsworth of the Johnson Rifles left Sunday for Fort McPherson. Evans-Davis. Mr. Ernest Evans and Miss Hattie Davis, both of Union, S. C., surprised their friends, when they were quietly married in the presence of a few friends Saturday evening, May 11th, 1912. The ceremony was performed by Rev. L. L. Wagnon at his residence on Church street. Mrs. John K. Young is visiting Mrs. McNeil in York"ille. Before returning to Union Mrs. Young will attend commencement at Winthrop College to witness the graduation of her daughter, Miss Theo Young. CASES TRIED AT THIS TERM COURT Many Cases of Interest in Both Civil and Criminal Docket. Judge T. S. Sease is the Presiding Judge. Civil court which was held in Union last week adjourned Friday afternoon and the following cases were tried: B. F. Miller vs. A. B. Brannon for personal damages; verdict rendered in favor of plaintilff for $300. Lucinda W. Webber vs. Town of Jonesville. The jury rendered the following verdict: "We find for the Dl&intiff the land in discussion and $150." Chas. E. Thomson vs. Union Mfg. & Power Co., for damages to land; case resulted in mistrial. J. Wiley Sanders vs. Western Union Tel. Co., verdict was in favor of plaintiff for $750, but Judge Sease thinking the verdict excessive, reduced it. Criminal court convened here Monday morning with Judge Sease presiding and after swearing in witnesses for the grand jury and other detailed work being done that usually comes up before the court, Judge Sease delivered one of the strongest charges that has been delivered to a grand jury in this county. By his positive ruling and strict regard for the law, Judge Sease has won for himself a reputation. The first case up before the court was Dick Foster, charged with housebreaking and larceny. He plead guil iy ana was sentenced to titteen months on the gang. The case of English vs. Renwick for arson consumed the greater part of the day and the verdict- was not guilty. The case of John Henry May and Clyde May charged vfSth the murder ^ ^ of^pieriry Boshea on Miin street j May boys have as thiir attorni^^w , F. Townsend and John K. Hamblin. ' k , The State vs. Andrew Fernandez, charged with murder. Verdict, not guilty. The State vs. Wade Fowler, charged with assault and battery. Pled guilty. The State vs. John McGowan. charged with burglary. Verdict: Guilty of larceny with recommendation to mercy of the court. The State vs. Joe Turner, charged with housebreaking and larceny. Verdict: We find the defendant guilty on the second count. The State vs. George Fowler. Jr.. I Arrowood, and Gregory, charged with housebreaking, etc. Verdict: Jury went in as we are going to press Thursday afternoon. The State vs. Grady Melton, charged with aiding prisoners to escape. Verdict: Not guilty. Case of Harris, chargetf with murder, was called Thursday at noon. BANDITS HALT TRAIN: ESCAPE WITH $200,000 Hattiesburg. Miss., May 15.?A rich haul, variously estimated at from $35,000 to $200,000, was made by two masked bandits, who early this morning held up the Queen & Crescent New York limited train No. 2, near Okahola, a flag station eight miles south of Hattiesburg, and blew open the safe of the Southern Express car. Express officials tonight deny that the sum obtained aggregated anything like the larger figure, but declined to make anv n-f *V>*? loss. The bandits, who are believed to be the pair who held up the Mobile & Ohio train at Corinth, Miss., in Februthy, made their escape and tonight were still at large. When Sheriff Bennette. of Perry COlintv 1?1 ' , vnv oituc <JJL 1,1113 IIU1Uup with bloodhounds, about dawn the trail of ihe robbers was taken up by the dogs. This led them to Northeastern railroad and a tap line the junction of the New Orleans & road, where the trail was lost. It is believed the men boarded a freight train at this junction. Four men are reported to have been seen leaving the freight train when it arrived at U.iAi 1 ? .ntuie?uurK. a iew nours after the hold-up. but the authorities here have . been unable to locate the suspected quartette. Miss Lois Tinsley who has been teaching near Maybington, has closed her school and returned te her home in Union.