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m THE UNION TIMESM = . irii" vol^lxtn- union, s. c.. friday, a^ruahy 10.1913. , >1.00 a year. J. HAY FANT SWORN IN AS SHERIFF UNION COUNTY LAST TUESDAY Mr. J. Hay Fant, Who was Elected Sheriff Last Summer, Sworn in on I Jan. 7, Succeeding J. G. Long, Who j ' Filled Office 20 Years?J. J. Colson ' Chosen Deputy and Boyd Harris Jailer. J. Hay Fant, elected sheriff of Un ion county the past summer, was sworn in on January 7th, succeeding J. G. Long, who filled the office of sheriff of the county for twenty years. J. J. Colson, of Buffalo, has been IB^Il .a_ + * tS ? '^^|&fjnZ? SHERIFF J. HAY FANT. chosen deputy and Boyd Harris, of^ Monarch, has been chosen jailer. Sheriff Long held the office for 1 *-- twenty years, there being an interval . A/ PI cht VMM Kat.tf AAM Uio ? ?J k 4g uvwTv^cu mo 4110V aim ^ ^second |BV lKP& A JM EX-SHERIFF J. G. LONG. ands. He is an applicant for the position of superintendent of the state penitentiary. Sheriff Fant is a young man thirtyfour years of age. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Fant, of Santuc. At the time of his election he held the position of chief engineer and mechanic at Monarch Mills. He is possesed of sterling qualities and his friends expect that in his election to the* high position of sheriff of his . county he will render faithful and efficient service. At the time of Sheriff Fant taking ^ charge there were but five prisoners in the county jail, four United States prisoners and one state prisoner. ft COUNTY BOARD ASSUMES DUTIES. v The Union County Board of Commissioners will assume the duties of the office today or tomorrow. The board is composed of the following named gentlemen: J. V. AsIkew, W. A. Robinson and Joseph Sanders. Davis-Butler I Mr. Wm. Butler and Miss Ethel Davis were quietly married on the evening of January the Gth, 1912, at the home of the bride's parents, by Rev. A. McA. I'ittman. Only the relatives and a few intimate friends were present. This now happy young couple have many friends throughout the county who wish for them much happiness as they journey together through life. A Marriage. Mr. Jack Keisler and Mrs. Mary Jane ('lark were united in marriage December 29th, 1912, at Union, S. C. ?rhe ceremony was performed by Rev. J no P. Matheson. Mr. and Mrs. Keisler have many friends who wish them great happiness. POISON IS FATAL TO : WILLIAM T. HARRIS A Popular Young Traveling Man of Spartanburg, Succumbs After Lingering Illness of Five Days. (Monday's Spartanburg Journal) Wilfred T. Harris, aged 33 .years, ( died at 8 o'clock this morning at his home, 179 North Dean Street, after J an illness of less than one week. The ' funeral will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning at the home, and burial will folow at Oakwood cemetery. The exercises will be conducted ' by Dr. J. S. Watkins, pastor of the * First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Harris was one of the best- 1 | known and most popular traveling 1 salesmen in the South. He was a J representative of the Cnai iotte Sup- ? ply Company and traveled all over ' the South. He was widely known in j many sections and the news of his tragic death will cause much sorrow. Until last Tuesday night, Mr. Har- A ris was in his usual good health. He c awoke during the night, however. with a terrible headache and thinking he was taking an aspirin tablet, by mistake swallowed a bychloride tablet. The poison had effect quick- 4 ly and Dr. L. J. Blake, the family t physician, was hurriedly summoned. 8 From the very first it was known * that Mr. Harris was an extremely ill ? man, but his friends and relatives 1 were hopeful, after he survived for several days. On Saturday morning, however, his condition grew much 8 worse and from that time the end * had been only a matter of time. 8 Those Who Survive. In 1900 Mr. Harris was married to A Miss Estelle McAulay. Miss McAulay t was a student at Converse, and on 1 the night she was awarded her diplo- * ma she and Mr. Harris eloped. She * and two little girls, Francis, aged 9, 8 Frank P Robinson, Mrs. Percy t' 1 Han-i. M-O T?. ?? Willi A ClgUOVU| ATX I O. Frank Eaton, of New York, and Miss Lucy Karris'. All were at his bedside * when the end came, except Albert, 4 who- could not make the long trip c from Texas in time for the funeral, ' and Mrs. Eaton, who, at present, is 8 abroad. r A True and Royal Friend. 8 Will Harris, as he was known to I his friends, was the son of the late Wilfred I. Harris, who died several years ago. He has always made his * home in this city and attended the 1 public schools of Spartanburg. He ' made many friends in his childhood * days and all of these he retained up I Until the end. He was one of the x most popular young business men of r the city. He was a very loyal and 8 true friend. One of the chief char- ^ acteristies of Mr. Harris was his ? fondness for his children and for his * home. He loved his two lit.le crirls t dearly and the Harris household was r one of the happiest anywhere. He was identified with the First Presby- c terian church. Many expressions of genuine sorrow were heard this morning as the k news of his death quickly spread ' over the city and the floral offerings ' which have been sent to his home 1 are magnificent. This shows in a 1 measure the high esteem in which he 1 was held by his friends. The following will serve as active * pall-bearers: I)r. L. J. Blake, W. M. ' Floyd, Dr. Harry Heinitsh, Jamie ] Brown of Cowpens, W. C. Cooke, Rishnn Wilson. Snmnol .1 Wi^Vinllc and T. B. Pearce. Mr. Harris was well known here and had a host of friends who will deeply regret to learn of his death. Dr. Pryor Improving,, Dr. S. W. Pryor of Chester, who went to the Richmond hospital during the holidays for an operation for appendicitis, continues to improve and will soon be at home again. This is very gratifying news to momr noArtlo Aa nulljr |/vw|/iv bill UU^IlUUb H1C OIUIY7* Mr. Flack Goes to Blackville. r Mr. Hugh R. Flack, who has held s a position at Glymph's Pharmacy for i the past year, has resigned and ac- < cepted a similar position with the s Blackville Drug Company at Black- i ville, S. C. 1 Mr. Flack has a large circle of 1 friends here, who regret his depar- 1 ture. < SEN. TILLMAN URGE! Senator Thinks State is in J islature to Safeguard Pi Such Crisis as Last S and Primary?Sfcjf is Doomed Unli Washington, D. C., January 7.? i 'We must either reform the Drimarv i system by law or see it die." warns < Senator Benjamin Ran Tillman, in an 1 open letter to the South Carolina i General Assembly, soon to meet, in i which it is urged that legislation be 2 jnacted to safeguard the primary < system of election in this State. "If i we do not safeguard the primary sys- J ;em," writes Senator Tillman, "and \ nake it above suspicion, good govern- , nent in the State is doomed." The senior Senator again warns the peo- < >le against the negro being used in ^ >olitics under white leadership; if the { >lack population be thus mobilized, t le thinks, offices of trust and power t vill become mere "pawns in the game f >f politics to be bought by the high- j !st bidders." Following is the statement: No Attempt to Dictate. "I dislike to have the appearance x sven of assuming the right to die- 0 ate to the General Assembly, and y mch is not my purpose now. But 1 or reasons unnecessary to enumerate ^ feel that I have a duty to perform. s n the present instance. White Supremacy Endangered. "The angry passions aroused last 1 lummer in the State campaign for jJovernor h^ve in a measure subsided^ ind the people have cooled off. To 1 ny mind there was great danger to vhite supremacy and Democratic uni- c y which is now happily passed. B^t * jnless every possible safeguard Is hrown around the primary system^ >y law, rules and regulations ma4t to plain and of such a just and rettt ' tonable nature as to pompel honesty ^ flrorences at the polls in November* * ust as they do now in all border and Northern States. < * a Two White Parties Impossible. 0 "There are many people in South ' Carolina who would be glad to see ^ wo white parties in the State. Were alt* 4- t ir i j c rviiiuiuviis uiucicnt x 'iiijrscu wuuiu ike to have two white parties, but 'r is things are now it would mean the ? nobilizatfion of the negro and his ictive and aggressive return to State F lolitics under white leadership. A Dire Calamity. "I know of no calamity greater r han this that could overtake our peo- d >le. I speak advisedly, for I went r hrough the reconstruction period and I enow the degredation to which our c >eople sank, the rottenness and cor- c uption that were in our politics, and \ nade our Government a by-word and ? i hissing, and I know how hard it i vas to get the white men to line-up i shoulder to shoulder and throw off r he yoke. From 1868 to 1876 we had \ he vilest and most corrupt Govern- r n jnt in South Carolina that has ever t sxisted in any State of the Union, ex:ept Louisiana.\ \ Offices as Pawns. r "Thte negroes outnumbered us in 1 South Carolina by more than one J jundred and fifty thousand, and a 1 arge number of them are either reg- j stered or eligible for registration. If t hey should ever be mobilized and led I o the polls by white men, in the f struggle for mastery and control, s hen we can never save the State t MAN ATTEMPTS TO ( COMMIT SUICIDE. Mr. Ollie Harris, watchman at Monarch Mills, attempted suicide i Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock, f ;Ic shot himself with a .32 calibre re- 1 solver, the ball penetrating his body t iust below the heart. At first it was e lelieved he would die of the wound, ^ >ut he lias since rallied and wiil prob- | ibly revive. The mad act was perpetrated while 1 Harris was on duty. He is married i ind has a large family of children. 1 He is about forty years of age. c ( Week of Prayer. f This week is being observed as a week of prayer by the Woman's Missionary Society and the Young Women's Auxiliary of the First Baptist ;hurch. The ladies are holding their 1 services in the parlors at the church t md the young women are meeting at -he home of Mrs. J. F. Caudle on 1 Mountain street. The meetings have j seen very interesting and large 1 :rowds have attended. i ^REFORM BY LAW fopardy, and. Advises Legimary?Fears Another summer's Campaign S Election System Reformed f*om a repetition of even greatei corruption than we have already en tared. Tfte state corporations anc Standard Oil, to say nothing of the railroads, would use money lavishly i*d the Governorship and the United States Senatorships, to say nothing if the Congressional delegation, v^uld become pawns in the game of politics to be bought by the highest Adders. Remedy by Legislation. - "The Democratic party of South Carolina, when it meets again in contention, will no doubt deal with this luestion, but the Legislature ought o deal with it now, at this coming lession, while the memory is fresh ind knowledge of intensity of feeing' has not faded away. General Outline. "I cannot and will not indicate just llkof a low #V?a T ft/?ie?l T 1IUV OV1V VJ. U I?TT VIIV UV^IOiaVUlC ught to pass. The details must be vorked out in committee, but I can ind will outline the general policy vhich should govern us in this crilis: "First: The primary ought to be tonest and fair and above all suspicon. "Second: No man ought to object o whatever expense and trouble are lecessary to secure such registraion and preparation of the Demosratic dub rolls as will insure honssty and fair play. It must not be eft to hazard and guess work. *Third: Stringent rules and regu Hons are required. No man should in the primary to nomi Sid simple, but they must be enacted nto law iq order to compel 'compHtnce with them. Rifcpd punishment ught to be provided for. any- man vho neglects to comply with all conlitions and rules or he ought to lose lis vote. An honest and fairly conlucted primary can and will comnand the endorsement and support >{ all right-thinking white people; a lishonest one will command the sup>ort of nobody. Reform or Death. "We must either reform the prinary system by law or see it die. No lecent man will object or resist the ule of the majority fairly expressed. ..et us see to it that none but fairly [ualified citizens vote at the Demoratic primary and danger of trouble vill disappear. If we do not safeguard the primary system and make t above suspicion good government n the State is doomed. We want 10 man in the Democratic primary vho votes the Republican or other lational ticket in the general elocion. "I write the above believing that I vill never ask the people to vote for ne in another primary because I beieve I will be dead before another senator to succeed mc is elected. Therefore, no charge of selfish o> sersonal motive can be justly made igainst me .taking the position I do, t is solely because I know the danger, having passed through the crilis once, that I make bold to write his way." COLORED BOY FOUND DEAD Walter Keenan, a colored boy, ibout thirteen years of age, was ound dead near the pump station Vednesday. He had been dead but in hour when found. He died from . ..J tL. 1 1 it. ? ^uiioiiut nuuuu uvci mc ueart, tile vhole load of shot penetrating and >erhaps killing him instantly. Robert McBeth, another colored >oy, about eighteen years of age, is n jail, and acknowledges killing the >oy, but says it was accidental. He :laims that the hammer of his gur :aught in a limb and was accidentally ired, killing the boy. An inquest was held Thursday. Meeting of Dairy Association. .The Union County Dairy Associa,ion met in the court house Monday it noon. The meeting was called to order by Or. S. S. Linder, president of the Association, who introduced Mr. R El. Mason, of Clemson College, the nvited speaker for the day. ' MILLIONS ARE LOST IN RECORD FREEZI Estimated Damage to Fruit Crop ii $40,000.000?Texas Covered With Snow?Many Cattle Frozen. Water Supply Cut Off. Los Angeles, Jan. 7.?From Sar Bernardino to Los Angeles every acr< . of oranges and lemons has been froz I en. s This was the statement that cam* , tonight from Pomona, centre of o/i< I of the heaviest producing sections ot > the citrus fruit belt. Only a fifth ot , the crop may be saved, it was assert 3d. If this be true the total loss 01 150,000 acres of fruit will amount dose to $40,000,000. More conservative estimates, how j ever, figured the total damage at $20,000,000. Between five and eight t million of this sum will be the loss . to railroads in curtailed freight re. ceipts. River Frozen to Its Bed. Tulsa, Okla., January 7.?With th< Arkansas River frozen solid, Tulsa's water supply was cut off today an<3 ' tonight the municipal electric lighl 1 and power plant was forced to closs 1 down after all the av?il?hl?? artiflpin 1 ice had been melted to supply the boilers with water. The supply of icc on hand, about 1,000 cakes, was consumed during the day and earl) 1 night. The Arkansas River averages ? depth of three feet and is the city's ' only water supply. It is frozen to its 1 bed for the first time in twent) years. The lowest temperature today was ' 5 degrees above zero. Many cattle arc 1 reported to have frozen to death in the Osage pasture lands. Selling Water In Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, January 7.? ' Because of the /udden cpld we^tbw and general freeze water is being I sprinkling edrta. A number erf laundries have been compelled to shul down. WADIf DPPTXTCJ /Vat tt v/ivn ijuuin o ICE PLANT Building operations have begun or the ice factory and cold storage plant, a concern recently chartered as the Union Ice and Fuel Company and capitalized at $12,000. The buildings will be erected on the old Rice Mill property on the Southerr ' railway. The machinery hag been or1 dered and it is expected that the building will be completed in 30 days The concern is promoted by local business men. I Local Union Chartered. i The secretary of the State Farmers' Union issued a charter yesterday , for a new local union in Union county. It is situated in the southerr part of the county in Cross Keys township and is to be known as Se, dalia local Union, No. 817. J. W Sandeft is the president and R. E Sanders is the secretary and for busincss agent Lowndes J. Browning was . selected by the local union. Th< , postoflice address of all three of thes< officers is Union, S. C., R. F. D. No 2. The deputy organizer in making , his report to the State secretary ol this organization added the follow, ing under the head of remarks: "I think this will Drove to be thf best Ideal Union in the county. Thej I have pood material to build out of.' One of two other new organizations are expected in the same couni ty before the meeting of the Stat* [ Farmers' Union in Columbia, Jan; uary 16th, and some others in tht t eastern part of the State.?Thurs. day's State. 1 ; A Dinner Party. [ i Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Foster enteri tained on Friday of last week at ar i elegant course dinner, in complimenl fA t.ViA miniatorQ nf fKo nominations in the city. It was s most enjoyable affair. Notice to Pensioners. The Pension Commissioners will b< in the Auditor's office in Union ev ' cry Saturday during the month o] January, to receive applications foi ' jension?. to grant transfers, and als< i receive applications for a raise t< . pensioners. s W. H. S. Harris, Chairman Pen. Com HORRIBLE TRA6EDY PERPETRATED LAST FRIDAY AT HERBERTS 9 Mr JflmM A ITAflra A n A M ? ... ^u6v, nil ngtu ??C1 chant at Herberts, Found Dead With His Throat Cut From Ear to 1 Ear Besides Other Ghastly Wounds. Thought to be Work of Robbers. No Clue to Foul Deed. % " James A. Edge, a merchant at Herberts, was found in his store at that place with his throat cut from ear to ear, a long gash from ear to mouth 1 and a crushed in skull last Friday morning. The deed had been perpetrated the night preceeding. The dastardly crime was committed for the purpose of robbery, as was shown by the fact that his pock5 ets were turned inside out, a trunk and drawers were rifled and other aigiia ui searcn ior vaiuaDies were noticed. A coroner's inquest was held,' Tuesday but no clue was found. ! Mr. Edge was a man held in high ' esteem by all who knew him, and the community in which he lived is ' terribly wrought up over the matter, i Mr. Edge had recently returned from Chester where he had gone to ' attend the burial of Mr. D. P. Crosby. 5 In the pockets of the trousers worn to the funeral, and which had been exchanged for everyday clothes, was found $50 in currency and a check 1 for $2.50, which the robber failed to 1 get. In fact, it is supposed that but 5 a small amount of cash was secured by the robber, for Mr. Edge had deposited money in the Carlisle bank ! the day before his death. ! The body of Mr. Edge was discov1 ered about 9:30 o'clock Thursday by Mr. J. W. Cameron, who had gone to the store to purchase some article of merchandise. The body of the dead , man showed that he had then been . dead fee hqprs. ( The remains were brought to Un- ^ y \ ? Mr. Edge was unmarried and was \ I about fifty years of age. PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION [ A meeting of the directors of the > Citizens National Bank, and the , O If - V i * ? ^ l * aimers oj mercnanis i.oan & Trust ( Company, was held December 28th, i 1912, and the reports of the institul tions were made which showed the ! most prosperous year they have ever . he J. The usual semi-annual dividend ? of three and one-half per cent, was declared payable by both the Bank [ and Trust Company, December 31st, which will still leave the stocks worth practically $125.00 on the books. Immpdiately after this, a joint rticeting of the directors of these two institutions was held for the purpose of discussing the consolidation of the Citizens National Bank and the r armers <x mercnants l.oan & Trust 1 Company. Owing to the continued growth in business in both the Bank and Trust Company, and their being ' so closely identified, it was decided ' that greater success could be attained by merging the two into one and increasing the capital stock of , ' the Citizens National Bank not to ex1 ceed $100,000,.00. In carrying out this plan each stockholder in the Trust Company j will receive in exchange a like num' ber of shares in the Bank as he held n the Trust Company. This proposed increase will be vo! ted on at the regular annual meet[ ing to be held JanuarV 14th. 1913. GOES WITH COCACOLA COMPANY. Mr. Oscar Lancaster has accepted a position with the Coca-Cola Bottlinp Company in the capacity of bookkeeper and city salesman. The officers of this concern are: C. M. McWhirter, president; E. F. Mc Whirter, vice president; E. A. Goodi win, manager; Oscar Lancaster, t bookkeeper and city salesman. i Revival at Buffalo. Rev. J. Andrew Smith, evangelist of Enoree Presbytery, is conducting a revival meeting this week at Buffa- \ i lo. Rev. Mr. Smith is well-known in - Union, having conducted a revival f meeting in the First Presbyterian r church here several months ago. He ? is a strong preacher and has been > very successful in soul-winning. The public is cordially invited to attend the services, beginning at 3:30 . and 7:15 p. m. each day.