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m the un9R times h? VOL. LXII. SO. ;ts. uyioy, s. C., FKIpJgl jpTKMBKlt 20, 1912. , 1 EAK. yi rnm?cn H?HA? - - n ivnincn umun CHAM Mr. William Arthur, Son c Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Arthu Formerly of Union, bi Now Living in Winches ter, Va., Makes Frederic Farmers Take Notice. Mr. William H. Arthur, son of M and Mrs. B. F. Arthur, who own an occupy the old Tidball estate, a shoi distance west of town on the North western prade, has prown three acre of corn durinp the summer seasm which has caused many farmers wlv have examined it to sit up and tak< notice. Young Mr. Arthur, who is but 1' years of age, returned a few days ago to the Clemson Agricultural College at Clemson, S. C., and he will naturally await with considerable in terest the report from his corn crop, the cutting of which was begun today. Last year was his first year at the college, and during the latter part of the term he won a four-year scholarship upon his examination and his own merits which entitles him to free tuition. There were about a score of young men in the class which competed for the scholarship. The corn which Mr. Arthur worked during his vacation was planted on j April by his father, and the seed, known as the White Cap variety, was obtained from the Jacob E. Baker farm in the same locality. No commercial fertilizer whatever was used on the land, and little was known at the time concerning climatic conditions. It was more an experiment than anything else, the idea being to ascertain whether the land would pro. duce, through proper cultivation, more corn than is usually grown per acT? in Frederick county. A reporter for The Star accompa- , nied Mr. B. F. Arthur through the '' \ Urge field this morning. The stalks 1 were .from .fight to ten feet high, and j of the ears being about 15 inches , long in the shuck, and all were uniform. The kernels were not only . long, but they were unusually well filled, soid and firm. < When young Mr. Arthur came , home from colege in June the coin was not over 18 inches or two feet | hiprh. He went to work at once in the . field to see what he could do with the corn that his father had planted. The field was plowed by the young man three times each way and hoed by hand. Several weeks ago the entire field of corn was blown down by a terrific rain and wind storm, but all, with the exception of a few stalks, came up again and when seen this morning none would have thought that it had weathered such a storm. Corn experts who examined the field last week declared it would certainly average 75 bushels to the acre. Counting young Mr. Arthur's actual labor at $1.50 a day, the total expense of plowing, harrowing, seeding and "making" the corn was $33.75. This does not include the cutting, the cost of which is a small item. Young Mr. Arthur's father stated today that the corn was worked after his son's own ideas, the latter having suggested that the ground be plowed at least ten inches deep, which was done, and he attributed the unusually latge yield for this locality to deep plowing and intensive cultivation. He stated that next year that part of the farm set aside for corn will be thoroughly fertiliaed, and he then expects to grow at least a hundred bushels to the acre. Mr. Arthur called attention to the fact that Jerry Moore, a lad of 15 years, raised 228 bushels and three pecks of corn on one acre of comparatively poor ?andy soil in South Carolina in 1910, and was proclaimed the champion boy corn grower of the world by the United States depart ment of agriculture. Miss Hannah Plowden, of South Carolina, raised 120 bushels to the acre in the same year. The point which Mr. Arthur wishor) <itn o fViol i f <> l> cu tw linij/na^iAC wan tnat i x a ouum Carolina hoy can raise 228 bushels of corn on old sandy upland, the top soil of ' Inch is less than four inches deep and with a yellow subsoil, what are the possibilities of the rich limestone land of Frederick county? Mr. Arthur's son does not expect to equal the record of Jerry Moore, but he is confident of producing at least 100 bushels of corn to the acre next year, now that he has become quite familiar with climatic and soil condition in Frederick county.?Evening Star, Winchester, Va. BUY IS PION CORN GROWEI >f OFFICIAL CHANGES It IN BANKING CIRCLE! 5k Mr. Maurice A. Moore Sue ceeds ,Capt. Perrin as Cashier at Th<? "Mi aiavaiVIOUAI r- Bank & Trust Co. and Mr .t J. Roy Fant is Elected i- Vice President of This Ins stitution. n ? Capt. Geo. C. Perrin, for more than nineteen years cashier of Nicholson - Bank, and for a number of years vice president and cashier, has resigned his position on account of ill health. I A meeting of the directors was ; held Saturday afternoon, and at this meeting Mr. Maurice A. Moore, who has been connected with the bank for more than sixteen years, was elected cashier, to succeed Captain Perrin. He was promoted from the position of assistant cashier. Mr. J. Roy Fant has been elected to the position of vice president, and will devote his entire time to the duties of that position. Both Mr. Moore and Mr. Fant are wide-awake, progressive young men, and their friends I are numerous. ' Capt. Perrin's enforced retirementwill be regretted by the entire community. He is a man of the highest , type of character and his business career in Union has been one that achieved the highest success. He 1 will long be remembered for his cour- 4 tesy, trustworthiness and his high ^ ideals. ' : Off for College. | J Union is sending a large number of 4 1 ;>ys and girls to college this year. * / i id Misses Paulette Going, Pauline I : fillers, Anna Sanders, Eileen Mont-j" "Bmery, Annie Tinelfy ajid Ruth EflScFaucettf and "Willie Galljfhah to t Wdnthrop College. d Misses Vivian Sarratt and JKamie y young to Converse College. h Miss Frances Nicholson will 1 her studies at the College for Women b in Columbia. r Misses Vera Murrah, Mary Jones f ttuu lvtiiiccii u awito w V??*vw*M vvi ^ lege. j. W. D. Arthur, Jr., Ned Arthur, Henri Going and George Oetzel to ^ Clemson College. j Stewart Smith and Miller Arthur r to the Citadel. { W. L. Feaster to Furman Univer- t sity i Coleman Rice and Sam Dunlap to , Wofford College. I Hilland Thomas to Richmond College and Lewis Perrin to the Presbyterian College at Clinton. , Services at Duck Pond. ( There will be preaching at Duck ' Pond Baptist church, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. You are cordially invited to attend. Visits Union Again. Mr. C. A. McKnight, of Moultrie, Ga., and head boiler-maker with the Georgia Northern Railway, is in Union this week visiting his cousins, Mrs. T. K. Foster and Mr. Ellis Palmer. Mr. McKnight is accompanied by his wife. Mr. McKnight's father, R. A. McKnight, was the first editor and proprietor of The Times. He was editor before and during the civil war. Mr. Mctvnignt says ne gets DacK to Union every fifteen or twenty years, and was born here. He says Union has changed greatly since his last visit to the place. Mr. Kennedy Leaves Union. Mr. H. L. Kennedy has accepted a position with the Piedmont and Northern Railroad as civil engineer and left for Greenville last week. Mr. Kennedy made many warm, loyal friends during his stay in Union, who deeply regret his decision to make his home elsewhere. An Exchange of Pulpits. On next Sunday, September 22, Rev. A. B. Kennedy, of the Taber nacle Baptist church in Columbia, who is so well known and beloved in : Union, will preach at the First Baptist church, in Union, and Rev. W. D. Wakefield will preach at the Tabernacle in Columbia. SLAYING OF Aj ? BYM/LL/djj| Treachery of Old Friend iStB ? Snead's Avenging tftpt Jpl 3 Faithless 8H??pHK Happiness * Boyce, Sr., was shot and killed * * in a lobby of a Fort Worth ho&tf * | * on January 13, last, because ? * * remarks he is alleged to haip * * * JYlIulo ?uciuKaiuly vo inrs. * * Snead was tried for the kilting '* * but the jury was unable to- fcgveh, * * and pending a second trial. Wni^p * * is set for November 12, ne jMt * * released under bond. * A vendetta as remorseless as Carsica knew when steel, and not the'law, was the weapon with which wrobgs were avenged has reached its tragic termination. A blood lust as pjttgnant as ever inspired a Breathitt county mountaineer to sight down his squirrel rifle to wipe out prifgte grievance has been satiated. ' A story that has left a red blot on all Texas was written when, aft^r a year of waiting, John Peal.Snfad. millinnoi?"*? * iiiiiuuiiuuu LuiuuiiiHii and banker of Georgetown, Texas, saw Al Boyeci^f.'1 die before* the portals of an Amfcrillo church, and the smoke of hisjrfr$ shot gun told him as it drifted lazily to meet the blazing Lone Sft?g|taiin that his^ mission of ieblOod that Sk *cod0 of the # emanded. The beauty , that had nuBfc ? oung Boyce forget the sanctitaj^B is neighbor's' home has disappeSfljl. L 'he avenging shotgun of her jHand could not restore the ame that she had borne beforeBte J trst chapter of the tragedy was tJfcH en. She, too, as well as the BojjHfc J r las paid the price. , 8 There is a sequel to be writte^Ho * he story, but, like all sequelj^Bt r oses the gripping interest of the 1 mrrative. It may be written itdn * lim light of a death cell. It ma?pe c old in the narow confines of a aflftl)arred room of stone. It may dKol c ,way for thousands of pages thrfljfeh x ;he hopeless, bitter, declining y&uv * >f the slayer. J|?' * But whatever the end may be, the * scarlet thread that has run through * :he narrative since its beginningjpfill ? be there when the Great Author writes His "finis." y." * Harkens Back to Gun Reign Qiyi. ' The beginning of the story havens ' back to the days in Texas when ito&'8 1 fight was law, when the six-shi$ter ' outweighed Blackston on the scaMs of 1 justice, when the price of a Eton's 1 uviiiui ttoo i/iic iuc ui tuc iiiuii tinm had filched it. 1 John Beall Snead was born 'and 1 reared in the rough and ready days of j Texas, before civilization's progress 1 had checked man's impulse to act on 1 his primal instincts. His father was a pioneer cattleman. 1 His ranches covered counties. Bis steers ran into the tens of thousands. To his father's wealth and ideals he 1 fell heir. The Snead home seat was llisar I Georgetown. In that section medtbers of the family were overlords. Thftir ' power was as undisputed as thftt of 1 feudal baron. On an adjoining ranch livajft\the Boyces. The Boyce acres were irffcss ! broad than those of the Sneads. ifoeir cattle interests were none srij$ler. ' Their social position was thejjBnie. For years the Boyces and the {Hjteds lived as peaceful neighbors. Mptodship between members of the ftfelily was mutual and deep^yntil one-yjven- 1 ing John Beall Si.e ad broughtaEome his bride. That evening there*!* a red glory of the setting sun Mgthe ravQ u/prn nn Knfh December and May Are W(ft Snead had waited until late^h. life to find a mistress for his < ntfttons. 1 When love finally entered th^Hfart of the cattleman it went owap a ' woman years his junior. were the ideas of New TexdjSgZler environment had been that j9T the city rather .than thd ranch. ^Bedu H-IN. TEXAS ff JOHN B. SNEAD is karlet Thread in its Wake. hglBaJ T! to His Torn Heart. i plal ' With Health, anl l auty. catioi iad been in the seminary. His had pn on the plains. Bu iespite the wide difference in yaariand the vast discrepancy in ideatfand training, the pair seemed i 3 TM 1 I vAucvutij iuaicu. x iic iciiutT, rusuPink] >ride apparently had given her Who I heart to the rugged, primitive cattiman. He in turn bestowed on her I devotion that only the man who hasteached the prime of life gives the maiden who has surrendered her lyoujh to become his life companion. The Snead fortune was at her command to grant her every whim. Snead's presence was her guarantee that her every wish would be gratified. Years of married happiness seemed to stretch out before the pair as unending as the acres of the husband. The Meeting of the Soul Mates. There was high rejoicing at the Snead ranch on the arrival of a mistress for the domain. The youthful bride was greeted in true Texas style. Bonfires burned a royal welcome to II-1JJ * * uci. nuiiuuy was aeciarea ior tne cowboys. They rode far to join the revelry of the occasion. Neighbors traveled from surrounding't-anchcs to extendi'their congratulations. .And on the eventful evening there were no congratulations more warm no* more gratefullyaccepted than the felicitation^ .offered by, the members the house of Boyce. ' Albert Bo^ce, Sr., was among the firfttr* to shake the. hand of his lifeikg friend and neighbor and was ^oeTsr the first to be proudly pjethe radiant youn* g^? .r.c^. tj?ear a*A. \ WB]e,byjrGoo^ w4] sg?*J His reaving fhaoliferent school than that in which ] lis father and Snead had been taught ' heir ideas of life.' Sach Sees They are of Same World. He had the breeding of the plains', >Ut the training of the city. In the learty but rude welcome of the ' anch he and the bride both were conpicuously out of the picture. To hem bride's roses would have been J nore fitting decoration than burning nesquit b^ush. Evening clothes would lave been more fitting than rawhide haps. When the youth grasped the hand >f the bride each knew that they vere looking in the eyes of one of heir own world, a world from which hey were as far removed as if both lad been cast on a coral island of the South Seas. With this realization the leed of tragedy was planted. Snead and his bride soon settled lown to the humdrum of ranch life. 3o overwhelming was the husband's ove that he could not see that which was nut suppnea to maxe tne lite of lis mate complete. Her every wish vas a command to him, but he could lot bring to the mesquite the pleasjres that had been hers before she had pledged herself him for eternity. Albert Boyce; Jv.,'was the sole link that connected her with that existence, which as the weeks and months rolled on in unending sameness, seemed farther and farther away more and more to be desired. Young Boyce Interested in Bride. At tne tsoyce ranch it was noticed that for the first time young Albert was evincing a deep interest in his father's cattle affairs. His trips to Forth Worth, Amarillo and nearby cities which had been constant became less frequent. They finally practically stopped. When he left his father's estates, it was only to make a neighborly ride to the Snead ranch. Boyce, Sr., rejoiced in the interest his son was taking in his affairs. Snead saw nothing sinister in the increasing frequency of young Boyce's visits to his home. He had known the boy from childhood. In his mind he could never be anything but a child, the son of his friend. Business affairs constantly called tne cattleman to Kort Worth, where he was largely interested in several banking institutions. He was glad that the presence of his neighbor's boy precluded the possibility of the wife of his heart becoming lonesome during his absence. The Cattleman Sees No Treachery. Others saw the friendship of the youth of the city for the bride ripen ' Continued on last page A FULL BLEASE TIC ELECTION GASES DISPOSED OF IN COURT COMMON PLEAS Several Verdicts Given Against Southern Railway?The Suit for Damages Brought bv J. M. O'Shields Against J. Roy Fant, Resulted in Favor of Defendant. Court of Common Pleas for the county of Union was held beginning on the 3rd day of September, 1912. His Honor Judge Frank B. Gary, presiding. The following cases were disposed of: Deaver-Jeter Co., vs. Southern Railway. Suit for damage. Verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $277.50. Chloe Thompson, plaintiff, vs. Southern Railway. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $300. Martha Smith, plaintiff, as administratrix, vs. Fant Bros. Co., defendants. A mistrial was ordered. R. L. Cromer, plaintiff, vs. Southern Railway. Verdict: "We find for the defendant." J. T. Burns, plaintiff, vs. Southern Railway. Suit for damages. Verdict: "We find for the plaintiff actual damages, $100." J. J. Littlejohn, plaintiff, vs. Knight Foster, defendant. Verdict: "We find for the plaintiff $572.29." C. L. Steppe, plaintiff, vs. S. C. Crosby, defendant. Verdict: "We find for the defendant." Mrs. Ellen McDaniel, plaintiff, vs. llnion Mfg. and Power Co., defendants. Verdict: "We find the plaintiff, $2,000 in satisfaction of all damages to land described in the complaint, both flast and future." k Ttie case of B. F. Arthur, et al, re^Wuej-8 for the Peoples Bank, vs. J. f^i own, resulteji verdict for the - ' J I* in the/, 3^of $2,500. by ponL-T^f it1"? $600. Verdict for plaintiff It? the sum Jf $225. v J. Gordon Hughes, as administrator vs. Southern Railway Co. Consent verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $1,000. Cree Green vs. Union-Buffalo Mills Co. Consent verdict: "We find the age of the plaintiff at time of injury to be 9 years and 11 months. We find for nlaintiff $200. Jno. M. O'Shields plaintiff, vs. J. Roy Fant. Suit for $10,000 damages. Verdict in favor of defendant. Jolly-Wharton. Mr. L. C. Wharton and Miss Carrie Jolly were united in marriage Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jolly, South Union. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. L. L. Wagnon. A large circle of friends and relatives witnessed the marriage. The bride is a young woman of many excellent qualities of mind and Vina rf IV*r WViorfnr* 1c c? irnnncr man of excellent character and is a member of the city council. The many friends of the happy couple extend best wishes for long life and great happiness. Fourth Week Jury. Foster Bentley, G. C. Wilburn, J. J. Willard, Samuel Gregory, W. F. Hart, D. R. Farr, Preston Betsill, W. G. Hancock, L. D. Varner, J. V. Wix, F. L. Pickens, W. 0. Nichols, R. H. Carter, Joe A. Cathcart, Sanford O'Shields, Lester Garner, J. D. Mob icy, n. w. naney, v. r. jrnnce, Lievi W. Smith, J. M. Bennett, B. A. Westbrook, W. K. Brown, J. W. Carter, N. C. Palmer, W. G. Bishop, E. T. Johnson, G. W. Ivey, J. W. Bishop, C. A. Betsill, J. F. Hart, J. W. Jolly, Jason Wilkes, J. Wesley Bobo, Beaty Fowler, C. C. Fowler. Opens Office in Union. Mr. Charles Lindsay of Spartanburg, a civil engineer, has opened an office in Union, over the Merchants' & I'lanters' Bank. A Double Wedding. Miss Mattie Lockhart and Mr. T. H. Lanier and Miss Mattie Lanier and Mr. J. J. Dover of Lockhart, were married Setember 17,' 1912, by Mr. J. L. Hames, Notary Public. Both couples have the congratulations of hosts of friends and best wishes for long and happy lives. KET IF 11S NOT DECLARED Governor Does Not Propose to Enter Second Primary and If Matter Goes Over to General Election All Offices in State Will be Contested bv His Friends. Columbia, Sept. 18.?"In case the action of this executive committee makes it necessary for Governor Blease, as the nominee of the democratic primary, to contest in the general election against Ira B. Jones or some other independent candidate for governor, we have from various men of more or less prominence in politics the following state ticket suggested to us for the Bleaseites or regular democrats to put out: For governor, Cole L. Blease, of Newberry; for lieutenant governor, Thos. F. Brantley, of Orangeburg; secretary of state, J. V. Wallace of Charleston; comptroller general, Jas. H. Craig, of Anderson; state treasurer, Newton L. Bennett of Spartanburp;; adjutant general, / Oscar \V. Babb of Laurens; commissioner of agriculture, Jas. Norton, of Mullins; attorney general, Thos. H. Peeples, of Blackville; railroad commissioner, John G. Richards, of Kershaw; superintendent of education, J. E. Swearingen, of Edgefield ,is the bold statement in a letter dealing with the general political situation in South Carolina, written by one of the "inner circle" of the Blease camp and believed to be agreeable to the governor himself, if appeal must be made to the ?general election to decide the state officers for the next two years. The naming of a ticket headed by Cole L. Blease makes it certain that no matter what the action of the state committee, provided they find Blease not the nominee or order a second election? that the governor will refuse to recognize the action of the committee and will go into the general election claiming to be the regu | lar nominee of the democy*'?w?>ftrty. that he would **?. mWto \ committee has usurped power in'^d ^ dering another primary. That they have no legal right to do so. V Election Officials. ' T* Another significant part of this * letter which is recognized here as at least "semi-official," is this: "Another thing which will add strength to the regular ticket is the matter of election commissioners and managers. The governor appoints the commissioners, both state and national, and he being the regularly recognized nominee of the democratic party, he will, of course, see to it that none but regular, straight-out democrats are appointed to fill those positions, and they, in turn will select none but true blue, and regular democrats for eection managers. In that way the white men of the state will retain control of the election machinery, and it ma> be that in case there are independent candidates in the field the regular democrats wi'l still be able to hold the 'black peril' down to the usual minimum, thus giving these misguided people (in case they go to that length- an opportunity to return to the fold, after inevitable defeat has shown them the folly of such a course, as did the old time 'Haskellites.'" The letter, which is taken as a statement of the Blease side of the present wranerle in South Carolina and outlines the course which that faction will follow, attacks the state executive committee as a partisan body, over-riding the will of the people, taking unto themselves powers which they haven't, and procrastinating as much as possible. Particular attention is paid to John Gary Evans, state chairman, and W. F. Stevenson, chairman of the subcommittee probing into the alleged frauds. Reference is made to the dilatory tactics of the committee and bitterly attacks the action they have taken. The semi-official statement declares that the committee has no power to order another primary now and intimates that an ordering of another primary would be illegal and that if the election for governor is thrown out on account of fraud it will invalidate the nomination for general assembly and all county officers and throw them into the general election. _ The War Talk. Disavowment is made for responsibility of the "war talk" which has Continued on last page t