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''* '' ' ? "'4;''JA'/^'" :* f' v'1,: v* > IHE UWN TIMF S EVERYTHING IN REA FOR UNI AN ELABORATE PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR VISITORS. Union's Second Annual Countv Fair Will Be Held Next Week?There will be Fine Racing, Large Exhibits and Plenty Amusement. Union county will hold her second annual fair on October 16-18, and everything is in readiness for the great event. Secretary B. F. Alston, Jr., and Mr. Judson Sarratt will be at the fair grounds early Monday morning to receive the exhibits and you are urged to get entry blanks and have your exhibits there as early as possible. The grounds will be opened at 9 a. m., and closed at 11 p. m. Season tickets are on sale at Glymph's Pharmacy. Special rates are to be had over the railroads and the u. and u. o. win run trains over their road every fifteen minutes. On Thursday at 11 o'clock the Hon. E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture will deliver an address. Gov. Blease was invited to speak on Friday but an important engagement in New York will prevent his attending. Friday will be "Children's Day at the fair and an especially low admission will be charged . The program for the three days has been arranged as follows: Wednesday, October 16th. 9:00 a. m.?Gates opened. 9:30 a.m.?Open air concert by Union Concert Band. 10:30 a.m.?Judging Horses and Mules. 12:30 p.m.?Open air concert. 1:00 p. m.?Races. O On Trnf anH Pflpp 2.17 Trot and Pace. Three-fourths Mile Dash. 5:30 p.m.?Fun on the Midway. 7:30 p. m.?Free Concert. 11:00 p. m.?Gates close. Thursday, October 17th. 9:00 a. m.?Gates opened. 9:30 a.m.?Open air concert by Union Concert Band. 10:00 a.m.?Display of all prize winners of the day before in front of the grand stand. 10:30 a.m.?Judging of best Jacks, Stallions, Mares, Horses and Mules, county owned. 11:00 a.m.?Address by Hon. E. J. Watson, State Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. 12:00 m.?Plowing Demonstration and short address on "Crop Covers" l>v Mr W R Elliott of Winns boro. 1:00 p. m.?Races. 2.40 Trot and Pace. Free for All. Three-fourths Mile Dash. r?:H0 p. m.?Fun on the Midway. 7:30 p. m.?Free Concert. 11:00 p. m.?Gates close. Friday, October 18th. 9:00 a. m.?Gates opened. 9:30 a.m.?Open air concert by Union Concert Band. 10:00 a.m.?Display of all prize winners of the day before in front of the grand stand. 10:30 a. m.?Judging of the best Gelding, Stallion, Jack and othev animals; open to the world. 1 *00 n m Pnrpts Gentleman's Road Race (open only to Union and adjoining counties). Green Horse; one mile dash; extra to be named. Five to enter, three to go. 5:80 p.m.?Midway in full blast 7:30 p. m.?Free Concert. 11:00 p. m.?Fair Closes. Additional Premiums Offered. Since the premium list was printed in booklet form a month or so ago, Secretary Alston has added several other prizes. In Department A. farm products, a prize will be offered for the best ten ears of corn exhibited, made by men> first prize being $2.50; second, $1.50; third $1.00. In Department B, Horse Department, he has added No. .38 1-2?best horse or mare weighing over 1,150 pounds each, for general farm work or dray, county owned; entrance fee $1.00, first prize $.3.00; second prize $1.50. No. 39%?best pair of horses or mares weighing over 1,160 pounds each for general farm or dray work, county owned, entrance fee $2.00, first prize, $5.00; second prize, $2.50. No. 48%?best pair of horses or mares weighing over 1,150 pounds each, for i DINESS ON'S COUNTY FAIR 20 COUNTY FAIRS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Columbia, Oct. 9.?A revised list prepared by the state department of agriculture shows that there will be over 20 county fairs in this state this year. Commissioner Watson has accepted invitations to speak at Batesburg, Barnwell, Kershaw and Union. The following is a revised list ol expositions and fairs to he held in South Carolina during the season of 1912: Fifth National Corn exposition, Columbia, January 27, to February 9, 1913. South Carolina State fair, Columbia, October 28 to November 1, 1912. Tri-County fair, Batesburg, October 15, 16, and 17. West Side Fair Association (fair and stock show), Parksville, about November 15, 1912. Laurens County Fair Association, Laurens, S. C., October 18, 1912. Greenwood County fair, Greenwood, S. C.? probably last week iii October. Spartanburg County Fair, Spartan, burg, October 29, 30 and 31, 1912. Lexington County Fair Association, Lexington, S. C., October 22, 23, 24 and 25. Colleton County Fair, Walterboro, November 5 to 8, 1912. Barnwell County Fair Association, Barnwell, S. C.. November 12, opens. York County Poultry show, Rock Hill, S. C. Fairfield Agricultural Society, Winnsboro, about last week in October. Orangeburg County Fair, Orangeburg, October 21 to 25 inclusive. Abbeville County Fair Association Abbeville, October 15, 16 and 17. Fairview Stock, Agricultural and Mechanical Association, Simpsonville, September 27. Aiken County Fair Association, October 22, 23, 24 and 25. Calhoun County Fair Association, St. Matthews, (date not fixed. Kershaw County Fair Association, November 7, 8 and 9, 1912. Belton Fair, Belton, S. C., October 23 1912. Union County Fair Association, Union, October 16, 17 and 18, 1912. Charleston Fair Association, Charleston, S. C., November 18 to 23. S. H. McLean Has Returned. S. H. McLean of Columbia, district passenger agent for the Southern railway, is back in his office after two weeks spent in a hospital at Philadelphia. Mr. McLean returned yesterday and resumed his duties.?Columbia State. Mr. McLean has many friends in Union, where he lived for several yearS, who are pleased to hear of his recovery. Missionary Lecture. Rev. D. H. Owens, missionary from South China will lecture at the Buffalo Baptist church on Saturday evening, October 19th, at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to be pres ent. Mr. Owens attended the Baptist association this summer and made a most favorable impression upon all who had the pleasure of hearing him speak. general farm or dray work; open to the world, halter led or in harness, entrance fee $2.00; first prize $5.00; second prize $2.50. Number 53 ^4z, v. * 1 ? ? ? ucbv iiuisc ur mure weigninjf over 1,150 pounds each, for general farm or dray work, halter led or in harness, open to the world; entrance fe* $1.50; first prize $5.00; second priz? $2.50. A Letter From Governor Blease Mr. B. F. Alston, Jr., Sec. Union County Fair Asso., Union, South Carolina. Dear Sir: Your letter of October 4th, extending invitation to be present at the Union County Fair, October 18th, received. At the time I had my talk over the telehone with Mr. Wilburn, I did not have my calendar before me, and I overlooked the fact that I had a verv important engagement in New York on the date mentioned in your letter, and I fear it will be impossible for me to be with you. However, if the New York trip is not made, I will be more than pleased to attend your fair. Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease, Governor. p 6 A ^ Washington, Oct. 9.? have the great ceYeal'cngMndL the United States been so bottWftSK*J*|j those of this year. Records duction for almost evary ce*MMH[?j been surpassed, in some inata|o?Ojm^ millions of bushels. , .--.vffia ! The Uctober crop report of partment of agriculture issued tqdft& j shows spring wheat, oats.barley^tpi 1 and hay all have exceeded thfgjgpjn record productions Vhile theUfiKjF*o^t corn and potatoes from pr|(jm||MUj>| cations also will be the greatest ever! Speaking of this great showing! made by the country's farthers,James I Wilson, secretary of agrfeu|MroiNttjff Tama Jim Comments.'"The crops are the 'hdS^tsS^klM record. The season has been' favor- j able, but some credit is du^to^ww wide efforts made in late jrears.'byj the federal government and the states! to help farmers throughout the coutf-J try to get better returns from average acre. j . "Twenty-eight million ppces off literature have been sent- out bp thef department in addition to the* ad-I vices from the stations along thbsw lines. So the farmer* hates befnf helped in producing l^heir" record* breaking crops." > "* j ti,? - ? j? ? '? iuc xcatuixo ox me report are un enormous harvests of cort\, oats arijjl spring wheat. More th^n three lions of bushels of corn* almost aj billion and a half bqfehglg of oata' and three hundred ancU&hiirty mittem bushels of spring whMpf^ have Ml>> grown. The states in The horthweit are harvesting the greafcMt j grown there. "It looks as if we won't have to import any potatoes this year," said Secretary Wilson in commenting on the record potato crop. Indications are that the farmers will have 108,000,000 bushels more potatoes this year than last, when, by reason of the short crop, large quantities were imported from Europe. Sermon to Woodmen. Buffalo Camp No. 167, W. O. W., will have a special sermon to the Woodmen at the Baptist church at n?ff0u ?in L ' uuitaiu. me sci inuii win ue preacnea by Rev. H. E. Hill. All Woodmen and the public cordially invited to attend. Chamber of Commerce. The first fall meeting of the membership of the Chamber of Commerce will be held in the rooms of the organization on Thursday, October 10th, at 8 o'clock p. m. Secretary Hughes urges the members to attend as this is an important meeting. Will Serve Lunches at the Fair. j The ladies of the Episcopal Mission will serve lunches at the Fair grounds on Wednesday and Thursday during the county fair. Hot dinner will also be served on Thursday. Come and help a worthy cause. Will Have Fair Grounds We.i Policed Mr. J. H. Wilburn will be chief of police at the fair grounds during the three days of the county fair. He will have ten or twelve men under him, and the grounds will be thoroughly protected. The very best of order will be maintained. The following men will serve <v? policemen under Mr. Wilburnr J. R. Petty, John Moseley, Charlie Harper, W. E. Amons. H. G* Bailey, Z. A. Strange, J. P. McKissiclc, Paul Harris and others to be yet detenftft JWSpon. Evangelistic Campaign. Rev. W. D. Wakefiedl will leave on Monday, October 14th, for Lynchburg, Va., to assist in the evangelistic campaign in progress in that city. Rev. E. L. Woleslagel, the wellI 1" ' nuunii Kuspci singer wiu nave cnirga of the music and Mrs. Woleslagel will be accompanist. Mr. Wakefield will be absent from the city for two Suadays, October 20th and 27th, ami h# pulpit will bo filled by Rev. K. W. Cawthon, of Hendersonbille, N. C. a former pastor of I the First Baptist chureft. ' ' . * fk-' ' * 1 Meukebreakers fl ^ SHOT IN AUGUSTA. ijN&f Man. is Probably Fatali Wounded When a Mob BBry to Pull Employees j '^tom Car?15,000 RailEMpad Men May Strike at ah Early Date. -Augusta, Ga.,?Oct 9.?Two strikeBeaking street car employes were Sot, one probably fatally, here tonight when shots were exchanged between the men on the car and strike fiathizers. No arrests were made, crowd attacked the car in Sumille and it is said sought to drag motorman and conductor off the They replied by a shot into the d. Instantly the fire was returnj a dozen men. The injured men rushed to a hospital. lanta, Ga., Oct. 9.?The possibility of a general strike on all the railroads out of Atlanta and involving Bout 15,000 employes will be dis Based at a conference of representatives of the railroad workers here ?morrow. Alleged violation of neuBality laws, in aiding the Georgia pafiroad and Atlanta Joint Terminal Company, is charged against the other Shea. V According to representatives of the ttriking trainmen of the Georgia |<oad, the question of the reinstatement of the terminal sympathy strikisrs has been lost sight of in the largitr proposition involving the other wads. These roads include the LouisjHlle & Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, Atlanta & West JPoint, Atlantic Coast Line, Central of Georgia, Southern Railway and SeaK>ard Air Line. United Itates Labor Commissioner ^tartan P. feill, who is acting as factor >etween the strikers and the HTOftia Wad, was in conference here eAtf with C. A. Wickersham, of the V^rminal\board of control, but reAugusjto tonight. . It was Ucted tnat no definite agreement was reached as to the attitude "of the terminal toward its striking employes. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 9.?Recommends tions that a strike of the trainmen and conductors on three railroads entering Atlanta be declared unless they immediately cease reputed violation of neutrality regulations in connection with the strike of the Georgia railroad trainmen was made here tonight by G. H. Sines and Val Fitzpatrick, vice president of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen respectively. The roads effected are the Southern, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, and Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic. Their commendation was contained in a telegram sent to officers of the nnlAoo * * . nulla nuu ale IIUYY 111 1\UKUSIU in connection with the Georgia railroad strike. A meeting of union officials will be held here tomorrow to take action on the recommendation. Miss Oliphant Does Not imporve. Miss Mary Oliphant ,who was severely injured in a fall on Main street several weeks ago, has not improved as rapidly as her friends wish to see, and is still confined to her room. She was walking down Main street and tripped over a piece of lumber on the sidewalk, where the new store is in construction and was thrown violently to the ground. Miss OliDhant is dfiSftrvedlv nnnn. . ? ??^ i?r** i lar with a large circle of friends and I they wish for her a speedy and complete recovery. Dinner at the Fair Grounds. The Ladies Hospital Committee will serve dinner at the fair grounds the three days of the county fair. They will occupy the same stand that they had last year, and will serve ham sandwiches, coffee and ice cream. Colored Teachers Association. The Union County Teachers Association will meet in the auditorium of the Macbeth graded school on Saturday, October 26th, 1912. All teachers are requested to be present. A. A. Sims, President. Mrs. J. M. 'Gray of Darlington is visiting at the home of her brother, Mr. W. Newell Smith. Miss Mary Bishop, who is attending Clifford Seminary, spent the weekend with her parents, near Union. ATLANTA VICE COM ORDERS NEWBERRY KILLING STILL A MYSTERY. Newberry, Oct. 9.?With 48 hours passed since Spurgeon Johnson met his death by shooting while seated in his home in Moon township, 18 miles west of Newberry, the mystery surrounding the tragedy is as deep and impenetrable as it was when first the horrified spectators?Mr. Johnson's wife, child and a woman relative?rushed from their house and bore the news. There is no clue to the identity of the assassin; no sign by which the murderer may be traced. The coroner's jury returned a verdict Liittt ne nau come to ms aeatti at the hands of unknown parties. Dogs found the track of the slayer, but lost it at the point where the fleeing assassin mounted a mule and rode away. The tragedy was enacted in a remote section of the county about 8:20 Monday night. Mr. Johnson was sitting in his room writing. A charge of shot tore through the window, and Mr. Johnson fell dead. That the muzzle of the gun was close to the unfortunate man is evidenced by the failure of the shot to spread. The charge went into the side of the head, making one large hole. __Mr. Johnson dropped his head on the table and then fell from his chair onto the floor. Death was instantaneous. In the room at the time were Mrs. Johnson and their little son about seven years of age and a woman relative of the family. There was no telephone at the house and none for several miles away. The nearest neighbors were aroused, and they spread the news of the tragedy, and by midnight a large crowd had gathered, which continued to increase during the night and after daylight. For some reason suspicion fixed on Will Thomas, a negro, who lived in the neighborhood. He was found, but he proved that at the time the killing occurred he was possum hunting with several white men. He had carried his. gun with him on the hunt, but had not shot it, and another gun he owned and had lent to some one else was produced, and it has not been shot either. Then some of the crowd suspected that Mose Hailstock, a negro might have been the man, because tnat clay Mr. Johnson, who had been furnishing Hailstock, had sent his wagon to Hailstock's rented farm and got his cotton to pay his debt. When Hailstock was named a party went to his home nearby. They say when they knocked for admittance it was refused, and that they were fired on from within the house and returned the fire, shooting Os Atcrism and his son, aged 16. Neither was seriously wounded. It is not thought that Hailstock was at home that night for he had recently returned from a hospital, where he had been operated on, and was being treated at Cross Hill by a local physician. Then suspicion turned to John and Lee Jayne. negroes, John living near the John son nome ana L-ee at Belfast, ten miles distant, but no evidence was found that either had anything to do with the killing. Sheriff Buford was notified of the killing shortly before midnight and started at once for the scene in an automobile, reaching there in an hour or so and remaining in the neighborhood trying to feret the matter out until today about noon, when he returned to town and then went back this afternoon to continue his search. He has the help also of Rural Policemen Peterson and Wiliams, but so far they have no clue. Death of a Young Lad. Robt. W. Harris, a lad 14 vpars of age, died in the hospital here Monday and was buried in the Grace Methodist cemetery the following day. The lad had been in ill health for something like four years, but only for the two weeks preceding his death was he in such extreme ill health. The burial was conducted by Rev. J. L. Daniel and Rev. W. D. Wakefield. He had many friends among the graded school children here, and passed the examinations for entrance to the 7th grade last summer. He was I a great favorite with all who knew him, and his untimely death is mourned by all. Mr. R. C. Bishop of Route No 2, spent the week-end in Chester. Mrs. Anna Wilkins of Spartanburg is visiting at the home or Mr. L. L. Wagnon. Mrs. F. M. Farr and Miss Amey Nicholson attended the Woman's Missionary meeting at Jonesville this week. ? MISSION SPEEDY CLEAN-UP XAT A MTC ururrrp di * irn unnio TV 111 X JT.i OLi/iV JCi TRAFFIC IN GEORGIA SUPRESSED Declares Daughters of Best Families are Being Lured Away in Atlanta?Suggests Health Certificates Before Marriage, and Home for Wayward. (Tuesday's Atlanta Georgian) A crusade to eliminate the white slave traffic in Georgia and the street and assignation house evil in Atlanta is urged in the long waited report of the vice commission, submitted to the city council today. Chief Beavers' crusade against the "houses in our midst" is up-held, and a policy of repression is urged In dealing with the social evil. The report is embodied in 272 typewritten pages and goes into a discussion of the social evil from psychological, economical and moral view points. It declares that efforts have been made to lead astray young women of the best families of the city. It declares that the worst evidences of evil are the assignation houses?many of them on the principal streets of the city?and immoral women on the streets. The commission urges a general clean-up of the city. Lectures on Hygiene in Schools Proposed The report goes into a detailed discussion of the sources of the evil, urging that parents instruct their chil dren as to their sexual natures and that lectures on hygiene be given in the public schools. It recommends that separate parks be provided for white people and negroes. It urges better hospital facilities for the treatment of venereal diseases. A home for wayward girls is pointed out as one of the city's big needs. It declares that there is a "white slave" traffic in the state, engaged in l,,..;,.,. ?:.in * iu. 11? x luting Kuia nuiii tut* siuuuer IOWI13 to the cities. ' The report touches on poverty and the small salaries paid working girls as a matter demanding attention in a campaign to wipe out the social evil. It criticises extreme fashions, tight skirts, and the like, as a stimulation to sensuous desires. The signers of the report are Joseph A. McCord, Thomas J. Day, John S. Candler, James K. Nutting, Orville H. Hall, George H. Boynton, W. G. Humphrey, Edgar G. Ballinger, George I. Walker and R. N. Fickett. Urges Campaign on Questionable Hotels. "The commission finds that one of the greatest menaces to our young people and an evil for which there is absolutely no excuse, is the assignation hotels- and rooming houses on many of our principal streets, which furnish a place of ruin to the young girls living at home and at work. They should not be tolerated. "We believe that the best way to handle this Question is to nrinnt a policy of suppression, not in a spasmodic way, but with a continued vigilance by police authorities, and that this should also extend to rooms occupied by women of questionable character in the business sections of the city, and that a general clean-up campaign should be instituted in such sections. "One of the greatest evils arising from this source is the fact that many young girls, having no proper place of amusement and naturally seeking pleasure in the evenings, are lured to these places, frequently by companions of the own sex, who are not known to be immoral. Friends are in troduced who take them to places of amusement frequently of doubtful character, and in this manner form a familiarity that leads to their ruin. Police Should Regulate Amusements. "A great .many children grow up without the proper care and are left to form associations that ultimately lead them into vice. "This condition also is brought about by the fact that we have not yet sufficient schools along industrial lines where these children can be given a proper training qualifying them for the duties of life. We believe that the | board of education should give careful thought to this particular phrase ' (Continued on page 8)