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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By The UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO 1. LEWIS M. RICE - - - Editor. Registered at the Postofflce in Union, S.| C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ~ ? 11 nn une i ear Six Monti s , .50 Three Months .25 ADVERTISEMENTS: One square, first insertion $100 Every subsequent insertion .50 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 solid type?first insertion, per inch $1.00; each subsequent insertion, per inch, 50 cents. Citation to Kindred and Creditors, 3 inches, 2 times, $4.50. Final Discharge, 1 3-4 inches, 4 times, $4.50. Administrator's or Executor's no tices, 1 1-4 inches, 3 times, $2.50. Obituary notices, tributes of re spect, resolutions and cards of thank: strictly one cent a word. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1912. MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY The Times is happy to be one, an the only concern in Union, to receiv an invitation to a very unique gatli ering in Nashville, Tenn., to be hel during this month. The gathering i unique in that it is to be compose of representatives of various entei prises of the South which have stoo for fifty consecutive years or longe The Times is the only concern in Ui ion receiving an invitation to a tend. The invitation has been accep ed and one or more representativ? will attend. We are sure that one < the best assets The Times has toda is the long life it has lived. For newspaper to stand the stress of flft years and twelve more, making six! two years, means that it has stoc for something; that it has led worthy, a useful life and that it h; walked in the path of rectitude. "yellow journal" will flourish for time, but, in the end perishes ;a s< fish, sordid policy may put money i to the coffers of a newspaper, b leads it to its death. A newspap like the individual human sgplia^p its sure roa<\. J/iat fo? sixty-tw nas* 4i he Times has held up th V torch of truth, and stood for all thos material and moral values that mea the development, the progress an the hope of any people. School! churches, purity of government, hor esty in business, clean morals an true manhood have received the er couragement and help from Th Times that such worthy matters justi fy m)erit. The advanced ideas ii agriculture, in education and in al other lives of human endeavor fim expression in the newspaper rooji after conceived in the human mine The newspaper gives publicity, infor mation, inspiration to all worth; ideas. A newspaper could not lonj continue if it should fail in thes< particulars. This does not mean thai editors are always right, nor thai they are wiser than other mortals But the conducting of a newspaper is the filling of a public function, as well as the running of an enterprise. It belongs, in a real sense, to the public. The letter sent along with the invitation is worthy the consideration of everv reader. "Anv hnsinosa has been in existence for the long period of a half century, has necessarily had a notable career. It has passed through the cataclysm of civil war; it has survived the woes of reconstruction days; it has sustained the shock of panics, and to do so, it must have been conducted on the best principles?those of fair dealing, reliability and honor." We commend these last three words in the communication?fair dealing, reliability and honor. Especially do we urge their consideration on the part of the \ young men who are about to launch forth upon the commercial sea. There is a wide-spread belief nowadays, that to succeed in business of professional life a man must not be two particuJ lar; it is thought by many that the age, with its competition and its many temptations, is against high-class, clean business integrity. This, we believe to be a false view. Honesty, rock-ribbed and steel-structured, is the basic factor in any legitimate business. And it is the chief asset of each successful enterprise. The best \ asset of the banks of Union is their <? integrity. A crooked banker will soon L Y ru" amuck. Every enterprise must ' u in more or less decree, come in con-1 tact with the public, in fact, owes its . life to the public, when it comes to the ultimate analysis of the situation. The business must be honest and honestly conducted, or at least ,the public must believe that to be the case, if there is to be any long continued success. The sham, the shyster, the crook, may prosper for a time, but each and every one of thein are on the road to the scrap pile of human defeat and failure. Takes some of them a long time to get there, but they are going that way. We believe the "square deal" is the correct business method; that honest weights and honest measures hold custom; that sincerity, truth, honor otto,,!#! ha Kacia in ouppv pntfirnrise. if that enterprise is to stand. And there is one other thing, not mentioned in the invitation above, but which is one of the fundamentals in success, in our opinion. It is the old-fashioned, unfailing courtesy. The crahid, pugilistic individual has a hard proposition when it comes to succeeding. The knocker, the double-faced man, the "blow-hard"?each and every one of them will find hard going upon the commercial and industrial sea. Pleasantness is a very necessary asset of a successful business. A smiling clerk . is worth ten dollars a month more than a morose fellow, even when all else about them exactly matches. West Springs News Letter. West Springs, June 5th.?Mrs. Mazie Bennett died here at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. M. S. Varner, or last Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock " Mrs. Bennett was probably the oldest s inhabitant of this community, being 82 years and 28 days old at the tim< of her death. For the past year oi two she has been in quite feebl< health. All the spring her conditioi was regarded as very serious. Mrs. Bennett was never a membe: d of any church but was always a quie and unassuming person Mrs. Bennet was the widow of the late William F Bennett, a Confederate soldier, wh< d died at Richmond, Va., in 1862. Sh is is survived by the following children d Messrs. W. P. and J. M. Bennett o r- West Springs and Cross Keys respect d ively, and T. F. Bennett, of Camder ni? 2? ? 1 ~~ Ktr fKn fnllfturin ]- ane is uisu survivcu uj w>%. ..... !_ daughters: Mrs. J. H. Lynch, of Cros t- Keys and Mrs. M. S. Varner. On t- daughter, Mrs. Samuel Barner, pr< ;s ceded her to the grave several yeai ago. The funeral of Mrs. Bennei ty took place at Putnam on Sunda a morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. B. i ty Lowe conducting the funeral service ly Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Whitehead spei >d one day the past week with friends j a Union. as Miss Kate Holcombe, of Charlott A N. C., is a guest at the hotel th a week. > ;1- Miss May Miller of Spartanburg. n- here on a visit to her pare 2 I * WWUVIWJ C*V ITtOl j Mrs. Susan Hyatt is quite sick s 0 this writing. She is being attende e by Dr. Herbert Smith of Pauline. ie Mrs. Fannie Cunningham of Unio n spent the past two weeks here wit d her sister, Mrs. F. H. Poston, who i quite ill. t- Mr. Dalbert P. Bogan and Mis d Daisy West spent last Sunday a week i_ ago with Mrs. William Lancaster a e Walnut Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Judson Lancaste n went to Spartanburg Tuesday on busi 1 ness. el Children's Day will be observed a ! Bofransville on next Sunday. Then |. will be an ail-day service with din . ner on the grounds. The children'] p Day exercises will be held in th( r morning and preachinpr in the after ? noon. Revs. L. L. Wagnon will de t liver the address of the occasion. t Rest Room in Columbia. I "Woman's Building Rest Room, 1212 Lady street. Visitors Welcome Bundles Checked Free. Information Given." This sipn hung yesterday in the union station will ftrect the eye of arrivals in Clumbta and doubtless will especially attract the attention of me nunareds of college girls who will be passing through the city within the next week or two. Many of them will have several hours to spend in shopping and will be glad to drop into the rest room to obtain any information they may desire about places and stores in the city; to rest and "freshen up," to leave their traveling bags and perhaps to have their bundles sent there from the stores. Mothers of the graduates of the colleges and the university, many of whom will come to Columbia to see degrees and other honors conferred upon theirs sons and daughters, will also J Li.! r> . * a. i _ ' uuuutiess nna ine rest room a convenience and will be impressed with the need for a place of the kind in a city of this size. A competent maid is in charge of the!room. No charges are made for the use of the rest room. Everything offered is absolutely free. Of course, however, voluntary contributions of money or articles really needed will be gratefully received. One of the visitors at the room this week was anxious to know if there was not a box somewhere to receive contributions from visitors. She was one of those, she said, to whom it would be a pleasure to express gratitude in some practical way. JURIES ATTACKED FOR FREEING EV*NS. ??? Columbia Minister and Attorney General Fraser Lyon Comment* on the Case. W I Columbia, June 4.?Attorney General J. Frazier Lyon, directly in a statement, and Dr. C. E. Burta, |*istor of the First Baptist church of (o lumbia, by inference, in his serttion Sunday, roasted the Richland count? juries for their verdicts of acquits! It the dispensary graft cases tried heK last week. The cases were that of Hub Evad^ chairman of the old dispensary bosW of control, charged with accepting!* bribe of $50 from a whiskey drumttMll and those against John Bell Towl and L. W. Boykin, dispensary commit sioners, charged with conspiring t< "graft" $22,500 from the state in a label deal. The jury in the Ev?nj case was out only 10 minutes befota returning a verdict of not guilty, U the case of W. O. Tatum, the attoa general stated to the court thai he did not think the .evidence wouM justify a verdict of guilty and theifl fore would not ask for one. I "I expected nothing else," said tH attorney general, commenting on tn< trials. "Richland county juries won*' convict in these graft trials no mat ter how strong the evidence is, I sa;j . this and I think I have a right to sa^| < it from the experience 1 nave n?< , in the graft prosecutions. The ohl conviction I have secured has beJ - disregarded. There are a few of r old graft cases pending in this countj j but the facts in them have all bae . thrashed over in the other trials aa , '.hey will be nylle prossed, and eftj j if they hadn't been thrashed out whi would be the use with the verdicts 1 r these other cases staring us in tl t face?" t The report taken at the graft tria ' by Dr. Burt was an indirect one, bi 0 it was a shot nevertheless. Said h e in his sermon on the subject of civ . righteousness: "I will not pass jud] f ment on the jurors who sat in tl trials and heard the evidence, yet j shows there is a low state of morals p the community and an unhealthy co ,s dition in the state where men a e convicted of petty thefts and yet ot ers of a certain social and politfc .s prominence, charged with plunder! the state are allowed to go free, y should be the duty of the church ^ quicken the conscience of men so tl s a miscarriage of justice would be i lt possible. Any institution that c< rupts the fountain of government a brings shame and disgrace ion 1 e community should be destroyedJ^S js' The label case was called laaH& tember hut, in a nufltriaK/1 ofTdTs^nsary graft ^ i, that have kept committees investigf aud state officers prosecuting f 10 years or more are now at an er lt The remaining charges against Der Weiskopf in the label case and tho against John Black and J. M. Rawli n son on charges of conspiracy in tl h beer case will be nolle prossed in |s few days. The general opinion is th the State will breathe a sigh of reli s at finis being written on the most n . torious scandal of its history. t Jonesville News Letter. r Jonesville, June 4th.?The town < Union has our sympathy in the loss < t many of its prominent citizens in su< B rapid succession. To every one of tl _ bereaved families I wish to express i s this communication my sympathy an g would commend them to a kind ar . gracious heavenly Father, who is ev? . ready to hear the cry for mercy ar sympathy. June came in warm and favorabl for crops and vegetation. Sunday being a beautiful day man , people were out for pleasure an ...1 it - J 1 * - wueii me any rounaea out there wer i many Sunday sinners on the roll, fo Sunday in these modern times seem ; to be appropriated more for pleasur and amusement than any other daj All these things will have to pass i: review before the eternal Judge. As this is election year and I sei so much about the campaign in th< papers and hear so much talk about it .my mind runs back to the election away back "in the good old times be fore the warEvery man could rui for the office then without any hin drance. There was no entrance fee no obligation, no assessment upon th< candidate, no executive committee nominating conventions, registratioi or primary elections. There were n< second race to it, the candidate tha1 got the most votes was elected. Ev j man 11vm i-wcnuy-uiie years uj was entitled to vote except paupen in the poor house. The laws didn'1 prohibit betting or treating and very often there was much money gpenl treating and buying votes, while much changed hands by the sporting fraternity. In 1858 there was an exciting race in this district for congress. At first there were three candidates in the race, John D. Ashmore of Anderson, T. O. P. Vernon of Spartanburg and Jones of Greenville. Jones withdrew early in the race and the others run it to a finish. Ashmore was a star speaker, which made him % ** Our Spi o> For Men andC Are now c< T a ?*#!*? ;M ljcautci c ft Interwoven Soel lithe best sock m< t PS Socks at 50c the jaWv new shipment of S ?|| holes easie fMutual ?|feUnioi X>MWj3?yKere-**8 another hot and in this county for the senaw. The candidates were lt_ ^1. Robert Beaty and Col. Joseph F. or GlWneither of these were fine oralc^ tors <r polished speakers, so they (j8 made heir strongest pull by shrewd se electioneering and the use of money. n_ In this race Col. Beaty was successful. Ths was the last big race before a the wki. After the war conditions at were mjtn different, as the negroes were atyiet free and given their suf0_ frage a\ihe ballot box. The old time election^ were eclipsed then by the new ordei of things. During the campaigns there was a reign of terror all over the State, and when it came - to the day of ballots men's lives were ^ hanging as it were, to a brittle thread for there were many pistols, knives ' and guns in evidence and they were n not concealed, and the popping of a ^ cap, or the report of a pistol, would ^ have caused a general fusilade and ir shedding of blood. I have served my ^ day in all these tronblesome times. Mr. Joseph Sanders of Union and le Mr. J. V. Askew of Mt. Tabor, were in Jonesville the last week. Mr. J. N. Littlejohn spent last week j in Gaffney. Telephone. e Democratic County Executive Committeemen, Attention. s e You will assemble in the City Hall r. at Union, S. C., on Satlrday, June n 15th, 11:30 a. m. for the purpose of organizing, making assessments on candidates entering the Democratic e Primary election to be hold^n August e 27th, next, enrollment of Voters in ,t the respective clubs and such other g business as may be deemed fcecssary for the good of the cause, ett, etc. By order of Macbeth Young, i Attest: County Chairman. F. M. Ellerbe, Sec'y. The committeemen, as handed in ' to the County Convention are: L. J. J Hames, Ward 1, Union; J. A. S?wyer, '? ward 2, Union; John Whitlock, ward 1 3, Union; W. H. Crosby, ward 4, Un> ion; L. L>. Smith, Monarch; W. H. . Howell, Buffalo; T. A. Littleiohn, Jonesville; F. E. Gault, Kelton; L. F. * Adams, Adamsburg; J. V. Askew, , t i i ..a. r\? t m ? " ' u * ' i.uL-Kriun; ur. ?i. i. .Jeter, HantUCK; j J. F. Gist, Meadors; J. D. Fleming, t Fish Dam; C. W. T. Willard, Goshen Hill; J. R. Whitmire, Cross Keys; "W. J. Smith, Coleraine; J. B. Lancaster, t West Springs: R. M. Fincher, Gibbet, j Macbeth Young, Chair'm, . F. M. F.llerbe, Sec'y. Robt. C. Williams, Treasurer. Card of Thanks. We desire to express through The Times our appreciation of the many kindnesses shown by friends and neighbors during the illness and death of our mother, Mrs. Mazie Bennett. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Varner. ing and Sum [FORD i, Women hildren >mplete in all } and Toes. lS in Extra Thins, 2! idc. Also Pure Silk pair. H A1 t OF ALL DESCR1 Felt, Stiff ant hirts and Collars. The Li st-to-button; they don't teai Dry Good! i, South Carotin Haile's, TheMBio'j i VMM rv-nip I j A TRIM ANKLE AND A Often make an otherwise plain tractive one. You will find in paid close attention to this wl present stock. Ladies, here you find signed to set off your j matter whether they or not. Come in tod us show you. We kno^ want. COME WHERE SHOE SA1 , CERTAIN. HAIL The Leading Shoe MAIN STREET - - - mer I S /T\ I ic and 35c, Interwoven rs IPTIONS 1 Straw inocord button * out. A 5 UO. a. I Shoe Store " * >i sait M NEAT SHOE? | i woman into an at- I this store that we I hen we bought our | J- B ?iiucs uemkles?no are pretty ay and let r what you V riSFACTION IS E'S I House. | UNION, S. C. |