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COLEY BLEASE TO Bl SURPRISED MAR (By Joe Sparks.)* Columbia, S. C., August 10.?A prediction on a political contest is always more or less problematical and should be taken as the personal opinion of one man unless certain facts well known to the public are presented. A political contest prediction in South Carolina is dangerous for even the wisest of seers never know just what is going to happen. The political situation in South Carolina this year presents some unusual features which go to make it more difficult to solve. Cole L. Blease has been the governor of the State for two years and he has made his record. That record can not be erased. It is familiar to a large majority of the citizens of the State and the people as a general rule have already made up their minds. Ira B. Jones, the chief opponent of the governor, has been out of politics for a number of years. This however has not disqualified him for he has made a most excellent campaigner. There are several features that stand out prominently in this campaign. Ira B. Jones made the tactical blunder in the outset of the campaign in pcriuauu^ uic ^uvciuur IU put 111111 on the defensive for even a moment. Gov. Blease entered the campaign with one of the most vulnerable records that has even been made by an American official. His one thought was to direct the public mind from that record and it must be confessed that he made good for the first several weeks of the campaign. However all of the people are not fools. The principal charge against Judge Jor.^.s was that he favored social equality. The governor used this charge to advantage. Judge Jones has already explained his vote to the satisfaction of thinking people. He has shown that the law proposed was unconstitutional and that a measure of that nature was not constiuional until after the constitutional convention in 1893. l he latest puncture in that great big charge by the governor is the letter of Senator B. R, Tillman in which the senior senator stated that no sensible man would believe that Judge Jones stood for social equality. The senior senator further stated that Judge Jones was "eminently qualified" to be governor of the State. Several months ago Senator Tillman said that he would not take sides in this fight and in his letter he reiterated his former position. The letter of Senator Tllman will serve to turn many who had been made to believe, by the governor, that Judge Jones favored social equality. Here are some of the reasons which are given for what they are worth to show that Cole L. Blease will not be elected as governor of South Carolina'on August 27th. He was elected two years ago by a majority of 5,645 over C. C. Featherstone, the prohibition candidate. At least 20,000 voters of South Carolina cast their vote for Blease because of his views on the whiskey question. Here it might be stated that thousands of South Carolinians have stated that McLeod would have been elected if he had been in the second primary. They both favored local option. in me campaign mis year jones and Blease are both on the local option platform. However the whiskey issue will cut a small figure. In the last election Blease received 3,565 votes in Charleston county to Featherstone's 829. The governor will not carry Charleston in the next election. The governor has insulted practically every friend that he had in the State who would have been able to swing votes for him in this election. The utterances of the governor on several stumps in the State have l>non qa xri 1 o fViof \rr\ foe ft/vvii ov t iiv ifimv iiuiiui vuo wi *uwvn have been turned away. The issue between Bleasism and anti-Bleaseism has been clearly drawn in practically every county in the State and so far as is known there are comparatively few Blease candidates for the legislature and the county offices. If the sentiment for Please we<? sn stron?r and overwhelming it is certain that there would have been a full ticket in every county. Every voter in the State knows that he has met few if any Featherstone men in the State who have switched to Blease. Every voter iij the State knows personally many men who have declared that they voted for Blease in the last election but that they will not support him in the coming election. Practically every member of the last general assembly who is asking for re-election is fighting Blease on the stump. The governor has done much talking yet he has so far failed to specify one instance where he has committed an act as governor of the : THE MOST ? I IN SOUTH CAROLINA State whereby the "poor man" has been benefited. The governor's attitude on State finances is pound foolish and penny wise and the voters have not forgotten how he favored the unloading of a $900,000 debt on the state for a new State house. Will Blease lose Charleston? He will The blindtiger element in Charleston and the political ring rulers of that municipality will stand for almost anything except what is known as "doubledealing and double crossing." The citizens of that cultured community have been doubledealt and doublecrossed. That is the reason John P. Grace the mayor if Charleston is today waging a bitter fight on Blease. Bear this in mind, Judge Jones has nothing to do with the Grace-Blease affair. John P. Grace is a member of the staff of the governor. Whatever might have been said .or done has nothing to do with the campaign of Judge Jones. This much is certain Judge Jones will receive the vote cf the anti-Grace faction in Charleston. This much is certain that Mayor Grace _will swing every possible vote to Judge Jones. To split the Grace vote would give Jones a majority in Charleston. Further bear this in mind. Elmore Martin, the sheriff of Charleston COUntv. and a nnlit.ic#! nmuor Vina nnt much love for the governor. Gov. Blease has expressed great confidence in Ben H. Stothart, his chief constable in Charleston county. Stothart is the personal representative of the governor. Stothart has been directly charged with receiving graft money from the blindtigers. He refused to testify when placed on the stand on the grounds that it "might incriminate him." Several days ago he wrote a letter to Blease in which he protested his innocence. The situation is doing Gov. Blease a great deal of harm. The question arises, Will Governor Blease dare to dismiss Stothart? Will Stothart tell all that he knows? He may be forced to or be held in contempt when he appears before the legislative committee. In the last election Gov. Blease carried Richland county by 2,544 to 1,523. He will not carry Richland county in this election. There are 12 men in the race for the legislature and seven of them are out and out Jones men. There is serious doubts as to whether George R. Rembert, tHe styled Blease leader in the house, will be returned. He has lost ground fast in the last several weeks and is still losing it. The general opinion expressed is that Judge Jones will carry Spartanburg county by a substantial majority. The disgraceful affair in the Harris theatre several nights ago has caused all Jones men in that county to get busy. That affair was a practical demonstration of Bleaseism in action. It has served notice on the people and shows just what the citizens of the State may expect. In the last election Blease received 4,050 votes to Featherst.nnp'? 4 K44 P-n" Blease has done nothing to gain votes in Spartanburg and there is no reason to believe that he will cut down the anti-Blease vote. Greenville county will give Judge Jones a large majority. In the 1910 primary Blease received 2,214 votes to Mr. Featherstone 2,836 in Greenville. Many things have happened since that time. In the meantime the governor has incurred the enmity of G. H. Mahon, former mayor of Greenville; Adam Welborn a well known attorney and J. N. King and O. M. Watson. Mr. King is well known throughout Greenville county and has a large following. He was at work for Blease in that county when insulted by the governor. Both Mr. Welborn and Mr. Mahon have large followings in Greenville and these men will not be found in the Blease column. TV?A hio* finrhf fs\v irofno la / ...... 'VWO lii w be over in Anderson county. In the last election the vote stood, Blease, 3,497 and Featherstone 2,819. The friends of Judge Jones have organized a bureau in Anderson and will make an aggressive campaign. In Anderson county Bleaseism means Ashleyism. Josh Ashley is the leader of the house of Ashley and that same family which is large in numbers and influence in that county is working for Blease. If Josh Ashley is returned to the legislature Blease will carry Anderson county and if Blease does not carry Anderson then JoshAshley will be left at home. Blease lost rh?rokAf> rniintv in the loot oloo tion and the indications are that the same result will be secured in the next election. The pardon ol George Hasty has turned many vot^f from him in that county. Among the other counties that may be safely counted in the Jones column are Bamberg, Beaufort, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Greenwood, Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro, Oconee, Orangeburg, Sumter, Williamsburg, and York. I There is one county in the State that can be safely depended upon to give the governor a safe majority and that is Laurens. Many think that the t race will be close in Newberry with the odds in favor of Blease, because that is in his home county. The election will be held in August 27 and the governor will be the worst surprised man in the State of South Carolina. W. W. DAVIES JOINS RANKS OF THOSE BEYOND Deceased Was for Years Agent of Atlantic Coast Line Railway in Newberry. News has been received in this dity of the death of W. W. Davies, whi^ occurred at the home of his daugh- N ter, Mrs. A. L. Hopkins, in Newport News, July 6th. Mr. Davies will be remembered by many of the older residents of this city, where he resided from 1886 up to and including 1894. during which time he held the position of agent pf the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Durng his residence here Mr. Daveis endeared himself to everyone with whom he came in contact and, as Frank M. Ironmonger, Florida pas- _ senger agent of the Clyde Steamship Company, said yesterday, "he was a man Who would not go back on his 7 friends." t "It was my pleasure," continued E Mr. Ironmonger, "for a number of ^ years to travel the state with Mr. jv Davies, and I have never found a Ii more companionable man or one, who C ru;?u? ?*. *1 h 11VIU tito XI iVHUO Alt lliguci COlCCUl Ulttll he."?Newport (Va.) News, July 6th. j Ii Mr. Davies will be remembered by many of the older citizens of Union, ^ he having held the position of super- g intendent of the old Spartanburg, Union and Alston railroad many years ago. D. C. Bybee, teaming contractor living as 669 Keeling Court, Canton, li 111., is now well rid of a severe and p annoying case of kidney trouble. His xi back pained and he was bothered with headaches and dizzy spells. "I n took Foley Kidney Pills just as di- d rected and in a few days I felt much g better. My life k .id strength seemed to come back, and I sleep well. I am now all over my trouble and glad to recommend Foley Kidney Pills. Try them. Glymph's Pharmacy and Jonesville Drug Company. o Peputy Collector of Revenue Dies. ? Greenville, August 12.?John P. ^ Scruggs, deputy collector of internal ^ revenue for upper South Carolina, died here today, after s brief illness. / Mr. Scruercrs was a Confederate B Veteran and died in his 72nd jnMttjl' The funeral will be held Tuesday. The Reason. g Dr. C. H. Ellsworth, Dentist, 16 Baldwin St., Rochester, N. Y., says Foley Kidney Pills gave him imme- diate relief and strengthened him wonderfully. "I have been bothered with weak kidneys and bladder trouble and suffered much pain. Foley Kidney Pills gave me immediate relief and strengthened me wonder- ^ fully. I am pleased to recommend their use." Glymph's Pharmacy, Jonesville Drug Co. It was reported Monday that Mrs. -j John Jacob Astoi*, on the birth of her child, contemplates legal proceedings to break the will of her husband so ^ that his posthumous heir shall come v into at least $20,000,000 instead of the a $3,000,000 provided by the terms of ? the will. ? 1 e A. S. Jones of the Lee Pharmacy, a Chico, Cal., who has handled Foley g & Co.'s medicines for many years, f says: "I consider that Foley's Honey tl >and Tar Compound has no equal, and ? is Liie one cougn meaicine l can recommend as containing no narcotics or other harmful properties." The genuine in a yellow pacVage. Jones- -j ville Drug Co., Glymph's Pharmacy. The political zoo now contains the 'donkey of the democrats, the bull moose of Roosevelt's progressives, P and the blind tigers, who support ? Governor Blease. s p o r Notice of Special Term of C 'o / Dedicate New Court Ho J Notice is hereby given tnat the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, upon the request of the Union Bar, has ordered a spec- ? ial term of court of General Sessions for Unipn county for one day only, first Monday in September, (being the second day of September), 1912, for the purpose of dedicating the new J Court House. Judge Frank B. Gary I of Abbeville, who will hold the regu- \ lar term of court beginning the next a day, will preside. The Grand Jurors fi will please take notice and are re- t quired to be in attendance. No other jurors or witnesses will be required J to attend that day. ii I Frank Peake, Clerk of Court; Union, S. C., Aug. 12, 1912. I Sold iy Ses, THE UNION TIMES. 'ake it rind test it's merits, [elp it with poetry and letters, '.very subscriber should be a writer Jnsurpassed in pood printing, lews the latest and most interestin mportant is the advertising. Udest establishment in the county, lever neglect the home paper. 'ruthful let it be in every line, nteresting and instructive all tl time lerit is sure to win. '.very copy a newsy gem Uccess to the Union Times. Eliza A. Garner. Kelton, S. C., Route 1. Triplets Fat and Healthy. Caldalia, Ga., August 12.?Thr< ttle erirls who a fpw rlovo own i?o resented by Mrs. Charlie Almand, ? his county, to her husband, we amed today in honor of the thn aughters of Woodrow Wilson, Ma aret, Eleanor and Jessie. The babies all are fat and health Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to the esta f Mrs. Elvira Wright, deceased, w: lease make payment, and all persoi aving claims against the said e ate, will please present the san uly verified ,to the undersigned m iter than Monday, Sept. 2, 1912. Levi W. Smith, B. F. Landrum, 0-3t. Executor * ^SEHTMMONS TOR RELIEF. ' (Complaint served) lta?e of South Carolina, County, of Union. Court of Common Pleas. 1. M. Hill, Vrflly Bishop, Bird Hi Sallie Stone, Nannie Duval, J. 1 nr t it ~li : _ t n tt.ih HUIU3, tt . u. nuins, J. v_^. noil] Birdie Griffen, Sallie Geege Plaintiffs, Against liram Yarborough, Lewis Yarb rough, Rosanna Hill, T. E. Whi ten, LeRoy Whitten, et al, ch dren of T. E. Whitten and Mi C. J. Whitten, Defendants, 'o the above-named Defendants this action: You are hereby summoned and r uired to answer the complaint bis action, a copy of which is her nth served upon you, and to ser copy of your answer to the sa omplaint on the subscribers at the ffice at Spartanburg, S. C., with wenty days after the service heree xclusive of the day of such servic nd if you fail to answer the cor laint within the time aforesaid, ti 'laintiff in this action will apply he Court for the relief demanded he complaint. R. B. Pasloy, Plaintiffs' Attornej July 29, 1912. 'o LeRoy Whitten and the oth minor children of T. E. Whitti and Mrs. C. J. Whitten, Ta! Notice: That unless you procure the a ointment of a guar an ad litem ppear and defend this action on yo enalf within twenty days after ti ervice of this Summons and Coi laint upon you, exclusive of the di f service, Plaintiff's will apply to 'rank Peak, Clerk of Court for U an county, for an order appointme f a guardian ad litem to appear ai efend this action on your behalf. It. B. Pasloy, l-6t. Plaintiffs' Attornc Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that C. ,awson, Administrator of the Esta f William Lawson, deceased, has a died to W. W. Johnson, Judge >johate, in and for the County of U on, for a final discharge as such a ainistrator. It is Ordered, that the 27th day lugust, A. D., 1912, be fixed f learing of Petition, and a final s< lement of said Estate. W. W. Johnson, Probate Judge Union Counl July 27, 1912. In the Union Tim< l-4t. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that J. oily, Administrator, of the Estate tell F. Jolly, deceased, has applied V. W. Johnson,,Judge of Probate, ,nu ior ine uouniy 01 union} lor inal discharge as such Administt or. It is ordered, That the 8th day lugust, A. I)., 1912, be fixed for hes ng of Petition and a final settlemei W. W. Johnson, Judge of Prodgate for Union ( Published in the Union Times. 28 f ^^MANY IMITA TIC j claim to.be "just ^ good," but a clait 4, is never a provec ^ fact.Stick to a Certt y BUY ONL Y THE THE KTJL Y- TA YLOR CO IX M?? Orltant . I Couldn't p MI used to be troubled witl H women," writes Mrs. Anna Jor 9 nearly a year, I could not walk, ' 1 tried several different doctors, bi k I our dru8ffist advised Cardui for 9 thin, my weight was 115. Nov 9 never sick. I ride horseback a 9 fine health at 52 years." I f* TAKE = I Cardui ? 9 rc 9 We have thousands of sue ee | arriving daily. Such earnest te h nave inea n, surely proves ttie g ble, tonic medicine, for women. y" Cardui relieves women's si M women up to health and streng I PPve ^ a ^ should help yo lion others, ft Is made from pur 155 ehts, which act promptly and sureh s- H It is a good tonic. Try it 1 Youi |M Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept., Chattano* B (or Special Instructions, and 64-pace book. "Home '8. TT News from Lockhart Junction. Ba In Lockhart Junction, Aup. 11.?We have had a trood rain last week that revived everything. The cotton crof> II is sure going to be the shortest one we have had in years, no matter how favic ornhlp tho woafVint* io !r? Protracted meetings, picnics and Qf j barbecues are the order of the day. na, ? Mr. Tom Fowler and wife and Miss ,rese last it- Janie McWhirter of Hunt county, ru^1 il- Texas, are visiting relatives and iatj, "s. friends in Union and Spartanburg }v , counties. They report the crops in rig! Texas as being very good when they c? 1 e- left home, but they were needing rain. 0,(.^ in Governor Blease spoke at Jonesville e" last Saturday night to a very large deci crowd. disc ir The board of registration has an- a^a in other meeting before the general election and they want to register I) ?' every white man in Union county, 191k he whether he is for Blease or Jones, if O to he has been in the State or County m long enough to entitle him to his o certificate. 191; rs- This writer lost a letter last week, tl0^ which was written to Mr. J. H. Spears er and had in it Mr. Spear's office key, (]ay Bn I hope whoever finds it will mail it said to Mr. Spears, or send it to me, as it sa'(' p. has my name on the envelope, to j per Ur all 1 he SOUTHERN RAILWAY ui'i Premier Carrier of the South *l,u' Schedules from Union, S. C. n" WEST BOUND. A rjj No. 3?For Spartanburg, Asheville f olj and Knoxville, 2:26 a .m. No. J)?For Spartanburg, Asheville, . .y# Knoxville, Cincinnatti. Atlanta, Bir- ' s I minpham and points west, 0:20 a. ni. ' d. No 27?Carolina Special to Ashe- . ville, Knoxville, Cincinnati and all . * points west and northwest. 3:07 p.m. No. 13?For Spartanburg and Ashe- " : Pj ville. 3:45 p. m. . *Uh No. 41?For Spartanburg and local stations. 6:40 p .m. | } EAST BOUND. ^ No. 42?For Columbia and local ' C . points. 9:00 a .m. has ' " No. 14?For Columbia and local points. 11:55 a .m. No. 28?Carolina Specia lfor Co- nlnf lumbia and Charleston, S. C. 2:37 p. too ' m. No. 4?For Columbia and local points. 6:40 p. m. No. 10?For Columbia, Charleston, "V L. Savannah and Jacksonville. 9:22 p. m. plo; of Nos. 27 and 28?Carolina Special? mei to Through electric lighted train, con- be in sisting of day coaches, Pullman cars MA a and observation car between Charles- Sho a- ton and Cincinnati. Let For funther information call on lo- Ari of cal agent, or address L. D. Robinson, Stu tr- C. P. & T. A., S. H. McLean, D. P. A., lira it. Columbia, S. C., W. E. McGee, A. G. Ter, P A. Columbia, S. C., S. H. Hardwick, coll 'o. P. T. M., E. H. Coapman, V. P. & G. Bus 4t M., Washington, D. C. villi linty. ?U Walk! I h a weakness peculiar to B les, of Kenny, 111. "For H without holding my sides. B it I grew worse. Finally, B my complaint. I was so B v, I weigh 163, and 1 am I s good as ever. 1 am in I The I Oman's Tonic I :h letters, and more are B stimony from those who B reat value of this vegeta- B ifferings, and builds weak B :th. If you are a woman, B u, for it has helped a mil- B e, harmless, herb is^redl- B j vii uiv nuniciiily ui^ailSi ' druggist sells it H Dga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga. Tenn., Bj Treatment lor Women," sent free. J 56 BB nkrupt's Petition for Discharge. the District Court of the United States, for the District of S. C. 1 the Matter of J. L. Gault, t Bankrupt. v the Honorable H. A. M. Smith, Judjre of the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. , L. Gault of Union, in the County Jnion, and State of South Caroliin said District, respectfully rep:nts that on the dav of Anril past he was duly adjudged Bankt under the acts of Congress reig to Bankruptcy; that he has duiurrendered all his property and its of property, and has fully iplied with all the requirements said acts and of the orders of the urt touching his Bankruptcy, therefore he prays that he may be *eed by the Court to have a full harge from all debts provable inst his estate under said Bankt Acts, except such debts as are jpted by law from such discharge, ated this 1st day of August A. 1)., !. J. L. Gault. RDER OF NOTICE THEREON DISTRICT OF S. C.?ss. n this 7th day of August, A. 1)., I, on reading the foregoing peti? it is? rdered by the Court, that a liearbe had upon the same on the 12th of September. A. 1 >.. 1012, before I Court at Charleston, S. C., in I District, at 11 o'clock in the foren, and that notice thereof be imbed in The Union Times, a newspaprinted in said District, and that known creditors and other persons nterest may appear at the said time place and show cause, if any they e, why the prayer of the said peiner should not be granted, nd it is further ordered l?v the ,-t thut li.? ..U..11 l i -- > v, v??v v..v v iv* i\ ^uaii M'lin i#y 1 to all known creditors, copies of I petition and this order addressed hem, at their places of residence itated. fitness the Honorable II. A. M. th, Judjye of the said Court, and Seal thereof at Charleston. S. said District, on the 7th of Aut, A. I)., 1912. Richard W. Hutson, Clerk. 3-3t. ole Yountrer, the former bandit, been robbed by a pickpocket while ;ning to a lecture by William Jenrs Brvan. Silverv elnmieneo wn? much for the ex-bandit's gold. Your Capital. 'our SPARE TIME is your unemyed capital. Think of the idle molts you lose at night that could profitably spent in taking, HY II., lessons in F.ookkeeping, rthand, Penmanship. Business ter Writing, Business English, thmetic, etc. For prices on Home dy BY MAIL, address Jno. F. lugnon, President, Nashville, in. For catalogue on con *ses at ege, address Draughon's F ractical liness College, Columbia or Greene, S. C , or Nashville, Tenn.