The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 17, 1912, Page PAGE 4, Image 4
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Fill DAY. MAY 17, 1912.
Mr. J. L. Hames has been appointed
postmaster at Lockhart. Mr.
Hames was a candidate for re-election
to the office of coroner for Union
county, but will withdraw from the
campaign to take up his new duties
as postmaster. The Times joins with
the many friends of Mr. Hames in offering
him congratulations upon his
success in securing the appointment.
One of the most helpful signs of
the times in Union county is the substantial
improvement in the rural
schools. The splendid buildings which
have gone up in various sections of
the county are so many indications
of that improvement. We publish else
where in this issue a cut of the new
building at Cross Keys, together with
a school. The
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lie apA. Af a that community.
Sucn a school means much in a
neighborhood. The good fruit of such
sowing will not be long in appearing.
We gladly furnish the handsome
cut that accompanies the sketch, and
will do so for any school in the county
that has made any marked advancement
and will furnish us with a good
photograph of the building. We purpose
making an especial effort to encourage
the schools of the county and
will be glad to publish articles of interest
from teachers or patrons. We
will most willingly give space to any
live topic upon schools and school
matters.
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE JUROR
It was the privilege of the writer to
hear one speech of Solicitor Otts in
prosecuting a case and one charge
of Judge Sease in the same case.
Without passing judgment upon the
merits of the case, and with full
sympathy we wish to note one fact
in both the State's plea and the
Judge's charge. The sense of the argument
of the solicitor and of the
charge of the Judge was that the
whole ease rested linon t.he inrv. The
juror is a big figure in the CQurts of
justice?in fact he is the whole show.
There is no doubt about the fact. A
juror has in hand the property and
lives of the citizens and the liberty,
perhaps life of the prisoner at the
bar. The appeal to prejudice, to ignorance
or any other wrong motive
wouia ian 10 ine ground 11 tne sensible
charge made by Judge Sease could
be followed by the jurors of Union
county. It was a masterpiece, as was
Solicitor Otts' plea in behalf of the
State. We will have a wonderful day
of advancement when our people
come to put jury duty in the rank
that both these gentlemen place that
service. It would be good for the
innocent man on trial and it would
be good for the public in its committed
interest. Mr. Juryman, you are
the biggest thing in the court, and
should be the best.
i wo muies were Kineci last wecK in
Columbia as a result of a live wire
breaking and dropping across their
backs. Dr. M. Rice, city physician,
had a narrow escape, he having stepped
out of his automobile directly in
front of the wire.
The treasury department let contracts
for the construction of the
Gaffney, S. C., postoffice for $45,356
to Brent Construction company of
Norfolk and the Miami, Florida, postoffice,
for $140,435 t othe Tarbell company
of St. Petersburg^, Fla.
West Springs News Notes.
West Springs, May 16.?The farmers
of this community are still be- ^
ing hindered by the unusual amount e
of rainfall we are having. Hardly
anyone is through planting cotton. (
There has not been a day since December
14th last, when bottom land
'r
could be plowed.
Rev. W. H. Ariail filled his regular
appointment at Bogansville on last
Sunday afternoon. Mr. Ariail preached
an excellent sermon to a large and
most attentive audience.
Miss May Miller of Spartanburg
spent the week-end here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Miller.
Mrs. Ella Bogan is spending the
week with her mother, Mrs. J. B. Lancaster
at Union.
Mrs. Lillie Lancaster and children,
of the Walnut Grove community, are
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Hyat
this week. ,
Miss Mallie West, who has been
quite ill for some time, has now recovered.
Mr. M. S. Varner went to Union
one day the first' of the week on business.
Messrs. W. J. Betsill, R. S. Lancaster
and Thos. J. West are attending
court at Union this week.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Stephens on last Friday
Mr. Boyce J. Whitehead spent a
few days the past week with friends
at Adamsburg.
Saturday, the 18th, will be a day of
unusual interest to the people of
West Springs and the adjacent com- *
munities. Governor Cole L. Biease
and the candidates for solicitor will
address the voters on the subjects of
public interest. All candidates have ^
been and are invited to attend the j.
meeting. Gov. Blease will speak at j.
11 o'clock. There will be a barbecue ^
served on the grounds. The speak- ^
ing will be held at the school building.
Thos. J. West. c
Adamsburg News Letter.
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Adamsburg, May 14, 1912?Farm- ^
ers are not done planting yet. Some
few are about ready to go to thinning r
cotton. v
We had a good rain Saturday night. ^
People were glad to see it, so they 5
could set out potato plants. ^
The Misses Vanderford and Miss t
Effie Vaughan went shopping in Un- t
ion last Thursday. j
Messrs. B. T. and W. I. Vaughan t
spent Wednesday afternoon and night f
with friends and relatives at Mon- ^
arch. f
^ Miss/Nettie Vaugban and Thomas v
Nance spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. T. f
Vaughan of Santuck. j.
Miss Mary Farr of Monarch re- y,
turned home Monday after spending j.
a few days with friends and rela- c
tives in our community. r
Mr. Jiles Sinclair spent Sunday at c
the home of Mr. J. T. Scales. j
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Scales spent Sun- r
day with Mr. and Mrs . C. Crocker of j
Brown's Creek. r
Mr. W. I. Vaughan spent Sunday ^
with Mr. Sewel Scales. c
The wedding bells are beginning to
ring in our community.
Mr. and Mrs. .J. G. Hughes visited
at the hme of Mr. J. A. Orr Sunday.
Messrs. W. A. Palmer, Herman
Hughes and Wallace Harris visited at
the home of Mr. N. C .Palmer Sun- *
day.
Mr. W. D. Palmer visited at the ^
rome of Mr. A. Vanderford Sunday.
Messrs Charley Vaughan and A. ^
Vanderford spent Sunday at the home
of Mr. Robert Vaughan. ^
Misses Lucy and Mattie Palmer
visited at the home of Mr. Robert j
Vaughan Monday afternoon. r
Ministers Form Association. ^
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The preachers of Union and vicinity
met Monday in the Baptist c
church, where a permanent organiza- j,
tion was effected to be known as the a
Union County Ministerial Association. ^
The organization is interdenomina- j
tional. All ministers of the county p
are ex-officio members, and they are v
cordially invited to be present every j
Monday morning at ten o'clock. The a
object of the organization is fellowship,
spiritual development .influence
upon the morals of civic life. a
Rev. C. H. Jordan was elected
chairman with D. D. Jones for sec- f
retary. The following were present: p
Revs. J. A. 'Anderson, J. H. Danner, ^
J. L. Daniel, C. A Kirby, J. F. Matheson,
C. H. Jordan, W. D. Wakefield, ,
A. O. Allison, Lewis M. Rice, D. D.
Jor.cs, with Brother S. E. Rose, evangelist,
visiting.
At the next meeting Rev Lewis a
M. Rice will read a paper upon any e
cnKionf nn mo\r tiriok 4-^ L
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Don't forgot the time, brethren of n
the ministry. We believe you will be f
benefited by your presence at the.se ii
meetings and your fellow-laborers n
need your sympathetic friendship. r
D. D. Jones, Secretary. v
v
The annual meeting of tho Federa- d
tion of Women's Clubs came to a
close in Abbeville on Wednesday, v
Mrs. M. T. Coleman of Abbeville was v
elected president for the ensuing v
year. h
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Items of Interest From Kelton.
Kelton, May 13.?The weather is
oo cool for the young cotton today
ind the land is too wet to plow. We
lad a good rain Saturday and Saturlay
night, but we did not need it.
There is very good stands of coton
where it has had time to come up
>ut if we have a few days of cool
veather it will give it a set back.
W. H. Gault and I boarded the
rain at Kelton last Monday morning
or the reunion at Macon and we
oined other veterans of Union at
.ockhart Junction, when train No. 8,
rnlled in. We could not get reduced
-ate tickets at the Junction and had
o pay full fare to Spartanburg
vhere we got tickets and had to pay
he same as if we had gotten them at
Jnion, Lockhart Junction or Jonesrille.
The railway should be reniirurl
(n havp rpHnped rate tickets at
ill stations on its lines. Our train
eft the Junction about 9:30 a. m.,
Vionday and arrived in Macon about
I p. m. Tuesday, four or five hours
ate. We never changed cars. Our
>ar was hitched on to a special train j
it Spartanburg. There was no mis- i
lap on our journey. Tuesday was
i rainy day and many of the old Vets
eft for home Wednesday. Wedneslay
and Thursday were fair days and
svery one seemed to enjoy themiclves.
Macon showed its great hospitality
II caring for the boys of the sixties,
>ut as it is at all places there were
r.any who were after the dollars,
"hose who had made arrangements to
urnish lodging for the veterans etc.,
cere charging from one to two dolars
a night, single beds and two t?our
for double beds, a thing I never
lad seen at a reunion before. We
lave at all other reunions gotten
>oard and lodging at private and
>oarding houses at from one to one
md a half dollars per day, so Macon
'harcrcH oil vi cifnro frnm Rrt f a 10A
>er cent more than any other city.
The good people of Macon conlemned
those for such outrageous
>rices charged.
The parade on Thursday was witlessed
by many thousands and there
vere more old soldiers in the march
'nan usual. Comrades W. H. Gault,
'ach Reaves, J. H. Foster and others
lid not stay to see the closing of
lie reunion. I don't know what was
he matter. They were all widowers,
t was announced in the papers that
he old veterans would be married
ree who desired to get them a beter
half. It may have been that they
M*uwu*?^?u viuimiu^ vuat lUftCUJM
i/as lidt going t'o furnish" the giffljf
>ut their faith gave way too sodn, *
or there were plenty of widows on
land, and one old lady said she had
lad three Confederate soldiers for
msbands. I did not meet many old
>outh Carolinians there, but Comade
George Buchanan was there full
if life, but it seems that his health
s not so good; he wished to be renembered
to all his old friends in
Jnion and said he was sorry he could
lot come to Union from Macon. Hope
ie will give us a write-up of the Maon
reunion through the Times.
G. T. G.
Honor Roll of Mt. Tabor School.
First grade?Catherine Calvert,
larin Johnson, Zera Tracey.
Third grade?Pinckney Calvert, As;ew
Shand, Theodore Brennecke.
Fifth grade?Lucy Byrd, Faris As;e\v
and Annie Willie Johnson.
Sixth grade?Benj. Calvert, Lonie
'udd and Whitney Cudd.
Seventh grade?Elizabeth Askew,
esse Byrd, Alice Grennecke, May
'alvert.
Ninth grade?Eliza Byrd, Cleo
laldwin, Foster Calvert and James
The following are the ones who reeived
approbation cards for attendng
school regularly for three months
nd had good lessons: Elizabeth Asew,
Faris and Harold Askew, Eliza,
?uey and Jesse Byrd, Foster, May,
'inckney, Benj. and Catherine Cal- '
ert, Cleo Baldwin, Lonie Cudd,
ames Oates, Askew Shands, Alice
nd Theodore Brennecke.
Alice Brenneck was awarded a
iploma of honor for regular attend,nce
for two terms.
The banner spelling match pupMs
or this month were: Ninth grade,
llizft RvrHt Fifth errn?fo Foria A a
:ew.
lirl Didn't Turn Her Other Cheek.
Atlanta, May 14.?When J. B. Ball,
. drug clerk got mad at a red headd
girl friend of his named Laura
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luwuru, unu niappea ner xace last
ight, he got more than he bargained
or. Instead of screaming and tryng
to scratch him with her finger
ails, the woman squared off in the
nost approve attitude and landed
i'ith her fist on the point of his chin
/ith a blow straight from the shoul- (
ler.
A fast fight followed. The young j
/oman had it on Ball' in weight, and
/as about to get the best of him ;
zhea the police intervened. Both
lad their faces covered with blood.
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BLEASE APPOINTEES
OUSTED BY COURT.
Case Similar to Magistrate Matter
Decided Against Governor?His
Men Not Legal Officers.
Columbia, May 14.?The supreme
court in a decision handed down today
ousted Gov. Blease's appointees
as township commissioners in Beaufort
county, and ruled them guilty of
usurpation and illegally holding office,
and ordering them to surrender.!
The defendants are not fined but assessed
the costs in the case. This is
the first quo warranto proceedings to
oust appointments of the governor in
many parts of the State and is considered
an index of what the results
will be in all other cases. The opinion
was from a unanimous court and
it considered a victory for Attorney
General Lyon, who instituted the
cases.
The court rules that Blease's appointees
were not legal encumbents
of office for fact, they being appointed
without approval of county delegation.
The case is similar to the
Greenwood rural police case and the
decision is based on that case. It is
considered a slap at the governor's
acts of makinc annointments of fol
lowers contrary to legislature. Attorney
general demurred from the
return q/ defendants in the case and
hip demurrer sustained. There were
four cases against the township commissioners,
but all were tried together.
Mauldin Sues for $10,060.
Greenville, May 14.?Attorney Oscs
r K. Mauldin, who was arrested
Si turday morning by purchasing contt
iband whiskey, champagne and
b nedictine, from an ageat of the
U lited States government, and who
\* is later released on $200 bond, has
si itcd that he will bring suit against
saeriir rooie lor $iU,UUU damages.
f?- false imprisonment.
lOne of the Vanderbilts has been
sled for a grocery bill. There is not
sf much difference between a millionare
and a newspaper man after all?
llcws and Courier.
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feet and not to misshape them.
It's a crime to put ill-fitting S
| feet?their feet can never g
strong in ill-fitting: Shoes.
The correct Shoe for Childrei
sole and broad of heel to allow f
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The shoe service of this Shoe
I well worth considering. We kr
that every foot should wear, ol<
$1.00, $r.25, $1.50, $2
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