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HI THE UNlwN TIMES IH vol. lxiii. no. 6. union, s. c.. frlfta^jj|pgruary 7, 1913. *kqq a vkar. ? ^ ... CUTTING SCRAPE i AT JONESVILLE J. W. Cameron Seriously Cut by Otto Kirby?Difficulty Occurred While Both Were on Duty in the Wallace Mill?Cam eron in a Critical Condition. Otto Kirby, a weaver in Wallace ] Mills, Jonesville, cut, and, probably fatally wounded J. W. Cameron, a . loom-fixer, Monday morning about ] 11 o'clock. The difficulty took place < in the mills and while both men were , on duty. j It is reported that Cameron's , wounds, nine in number, are likely < to prove fatal. He was cut on the ] arm, in the back, neck, ear and chest, the last named wound sever- ( ing two ribs and puncturing the lung. ( He has bled profusely since the cut- < ting. j Soon after the affair Kirby went home and a few minutes later was j arrested and brought to Union by j Jonesville's Chief of Police, J. P. McKissick, and lodged in jail. < Both men are about 28 years of , age and both are married and have ^ one child. ( Cameron is from Huntsville, Ala., j and Kirby is from Pacolet. Reports received from the injured , man on Thursday afternoon as we j are going to press are favorable to ] his recovery. I . j Civil Court Convenes. 1 Civil Court convened here Monday, with Judge R. W. Memminger pre- < siding. In the case of Julian Lipscomb vs. the J. J. Littlejohn Company, the ] jury found for the defendant. 1 In the case of Martha Smith, plain- ; tiff, vs. the Pant Bros. Co., the jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of ] $250. as we go 10 press. There will be another week of civil . court and the third week the crimi- , nal court will be held. j The third week's jurors are as fol- < lows: I W. W. Wilburn, J. A. Wilburn, J. \ G. Hughes, J. M. Wesley, W. Wal- . tor Greer, W. W. Sumner, A. R. Mor- 1 ris, J. F. Bishop, F. T. Williams, R. J. Alexander, C. N. Lawson, J. T. Bobo, W. B. Prather, E. F. McWhir- , ter, G. C. Harris, Con Allen, W. M. ; Stevens, I). II. Miller, W. R. Kelly, Wallace Burgess, A. J. Bailey, Robt. W. Scott, J. G. Morris, J. H. Graham, Sims Lybrand, S. S. Lawson, John H. Puckett, J. C. Crow, J. T. West, ] W. E. Greene, R. E. Sanders, J. C. J Lancaster, Boyd Cathcart, C. H. Norman, B. F. Johnson, B. F. Mabry. Ten extra jurors drawn Feb. 4th, for wi nter term L. F. Malone, D. C. Clark, W. T. ! Powell, J. R. Rippey, J. M. O'Shields, C. H. Kidd, Fred H. Garner, C. B. Ly- , brand, M. M. O'Shidlds, E. L. Clark, j Money Recovered. The Union Coca-Cola Bottling Company was robbed of $106.50 last Saturday morning. The cash drawer was prised open and the ] money stolen. Efforts were put ' forth to trace the robbery. Messrs. O. C. Lancaster and Policeman Robt. O'Shields got on track of the money 1 when they discovered that Jim Ha- 1 ney, a colored boy about 14 years old, and who worked with the Coca v^uiit jjuujmc, was spenuinp consiuera- < blc money for hardware. They forced him to own that he had the 1 money hidden up the railroad near the power house. The money was recovered. Thanks His Friends. Recently when the residence occupied by Mr. 15. Berlin was burned he lost his entire contents of the house. , At the tiriie Mr. Berlin was not m town. A number of his neighbors, thinking he had no insurance, contributed money to help him. Upon his return to Union, and having $K00 insurance on his household goods, he returned to each one the amount contributed to help him. He says he was grateful for the offered aid, but did not feel that he was entitled to it, hence returned to each one the amount he contributed. Mr. Allan Nicholson, editor of Progress attended the Corn Show in Columbia Wednesday. 1 50V. BLEASE PAROLES JOHN Y. 6ARLIN6T0N Sminole Security Men Had Served Fourteen Months of Three-Year Term?He Must Never Leave State More Than Five Days. Other Conditions Attached to Parole. Columbia, Feb. 4?Governor C. L. Blease this morning paroled John Y. Garlington during good behavior ind upon the further condition that he does not leave the state of South Carolina to remain longer than five Jays at a time, without the written permission of the governor of the state and upon the further condition that he does not visit any bawdy houses within or without the state. Garlington had served 14 .months >f a three year sentence for a breach yf trust in connection with the late Seminole Securities company. The petition was signed by ten of the jury. The critical condition of Garlington's father also played a part in getting clemency for the son. Governor Blease today appointed Colonel L. B. Singleton, of Conway, solicitor for the 12th circuit to fill out the unexpired term of Walter Wells, deceased. The appointment is good for the term of four years. Eddie Patterson, a Georgetown negro, convicted in 1895 for murdering another negro and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentary, today was paroled during his [?ood behavior. PROF. DE LAUNAY IN UNION. Columbia Organist Delights .Music Lovers With Recital. Union Feb. 5?Monday evening a large crowd enjoyed a most delightful organ recital at the Church of the Nativity, the Episcopal church here. The congregation recently installed a new pipe organ, which is a ..Ifery handsome and sweet-toned iniMtru^ ment. for tfco the p*>pl? of the - city hoard thoorgan, mm the music delighted the audience. Prof. Paul de Launay of Columbia, an accomplished musician, gave a number of selections. He is an organist of rare ability. Other numbers >n the program that highly pleased the hearers were vocal selections, they being a solo by Mrs. R. A. Jones, i duet by Thomas McNally and Rev. W. D. Wakefield and a duet by Mrs. R. A. Jones and Rev. W. D. Wake field. In addition the numbers by ;he fehoir were well rendered.?The State. New Store Opens. Mr. T. B. Washburn, of Shelby, N. C., has decided to move to Union and will open up a fancy grocery in the store room belonging to Mr. L. G. Young opposite Hotel Union. Mr. Washburn will get opened up for business on or before the 15th of the month. He has engaged Mr. W. T. Powell as salesman. Mr. Powell is a popular salesman and -has had years of experience in the grocery business. I)r. Sawyer Goes to Savannah. Dr. Ernest Sawyer, who has been with the Rice Drug Company for some time, has resigned his position and accepted a similar one In Savannah, Ga. Dr. Sawyer is a skilled pharmacist, an excellent salesman and these' qualities combined with courteous manners assure him of success. He had many warm personal friends in this community, who regret exceedingly his decision to leave Union, but their pood wishes for continued success will follow him. Honor Roll of Sardis School First prade: Paul Burpess, Inez Younp. Third prnde: Merlye Betenbauph, Sudie Betenbauph, Charlie Betenbauph. Fourth prade: Alma Betenbauph, Josie Younp, Joe Edwards, Charlie Younp. j'litn grade: Walter Betenbaugh. Seventh grade: Athlee Young, Noble Betenbaugh. Rector of Church of Nativity. Rev. J. II. Chessley of Wilming ton, Deleware, has been called to the Church of the Nativity and will arrive in the city at an early date. Mr. Chessley is a Southerner, being from Virginia, but has served churches in Delaware for several years. A warfn welcome awaits Mr. Chessley and his family. BRUTAL MURBH AGED MAN'S FACE if LOADED \|| Mr. Robt. D. Coleman, O&f and Best Citizens, Watt! Near Jonesville Last Quietly Reading ffif Harry Coleman, ?P Verdict of Clft Mr. Robt. D. Coleman, one of the county's most highly respected cifcjU /.ens, was shot to death by an asMivsin Friday evening about 7 o'clotJc. Mr. Coleman, who was sixty<MC years of age, had returned to'Jus home late in the afternoon fittpi Jonesville, which is about two mOps distant, and was sitting before the fire reading The Union Times, whtoh had been taken from the office that day. The missives of death cane crashing through the window, shM| tering the glass and entering tS face, neck and right hand of Ae murdered man. Mr. Coleman liv| about twelve hours after the but did not regain consciousjjk?ty| Harry Coleman, aged 30 years, a ftn of the dead man, has been arrtistld upon the charge of having coltQMgtted the dastardly crime. An intfrflpt was held Saturday afternoon amuHe verdict was that the deceased <fe?Se to his death from a gunshot ^tyfeBd in the hands of Harry Coleman,^*. The tragedy has well-nigh ojMid the peaceable and peace-loving ctj&r zens in and around JonesvilleJxjEg: Mr. Coleman was held in high esmfljpoi by everybody. He was noted a^?A honorable, xtruth-loving and up-tfht man, a God-fearing man. Everylpe who knew him feels a personal nkf because of his untimely .and ihhian&t taking-off. Many were heard to w: "If he had an enemy ib' the wO^jp, I never heard of it." Ty He was jealous of hi#*,' Teput^ttio* ^for^honeaty, h^^^^^ojve^oc^^o^ endorsed took all the money he had to do it. He was frugal, industrious 'and economical. He owned a good farm, said to contain about two hundred acres. His modest, two-story home situated op this farm, was built upon the vorv hflnlfC nf a nroolr or*rl O ? ? " "-"I ?"? M*""? " peninsular formed by a small branch which emptied into this creek. In front and on either side stands wooded hills. The whole place is picturesque and reposeful. It reminds one of a mountaineer's home nestling in between the hills and with the nearby stream so sure to be found in such retreats. It was in such surroundings in the early evening hours, and while the owner of the home was sitting before the fire, a small table upon his right holding a lamp, and without any warning whatsoever, that the sudden boom of the gun was heard and the good man fell with the blood gushing from fifty horrible wounds. Mr. Coleman had living with him his neice, Miss Lizzie Coleman, and his son, Harry Coleipan. At the time of the tragedy there was no other occupant of the house, Miss Lizzie having gone to a neighbor's house about 200 yards away, and Harry was supposed not to have returned from a trip to Jonesville? Mr. Coleman had one other son, Roland, who left here for the West several years ago, and who is supposed to have died. His wife passed away about three years ago. The blacksmith shop, referred to in the testimony at the Coroner's inquest, and which is given below, is located about 100 yards from the house. Mr. Coleman leaves one brother, Mr. W. G. Coleman, the only survivor of a family of twelve children. Sheriff Fant was notified of the tragedy about 11:30 o'clock Friday night, and with Deputy Colson, by 1:30 o'clock Saturday morning, was upon the scene of the murder having gone through by automobile immediately upon hearing the news. Blood hounds from the state penitentiary were brought up Saturday morning and put upon the supposed trail of the assassin. These dogs finally came to Harry Coleman, singling him out in the midst of the crowd. He was then sent off into the woods and told to climb a tree, the dogs in the meantime being kept out of sight, arid behind' the house. They were then led around and allowed to pass over his trail diagonally. They took up the trail and went directly to the tree into which Harry Coleman had climbed. After Harry Coleman was lodged Ht jonesville *T^i&frN OFF WITH GUN TH SLUGS. Mr Union County's Oldest Lflgjassinated at His Home IN^dflV Eveninc Whilp iwspaper ? His Son, barged with Grime, akr's Inquest. in ,-jail his shoes were taken from hmi and fitted to the tracks supposed to^^have been .made by the assassin. They fit the tracks, even to the break made by a (frayed place on the side of the left sole. It is understood that the prisoner rdfuses to talk, but save to deny his guilt. The remaining facts >n ;he story of the tragedy are brought out by the article of Mr. W. (P.y Harris, a long-time friend of MIS Coleman's, and the testimony <tt fe Coroner's inquest, both of which e published in full below: Mr. Harris writes: Story as Told by Mr. Harris. Jonesville, February 4th.?Three pules north of Jonesville on the side of a public road in the fork of two bright rippling little branches, there is a home unique in all its surroundings and situation. It was a home of peace and plenty. Like most homes in the land, sorrow had entered it and took the wife and mother, some four years since and one son had been gone and not heard from for more than four years, which had all weighed heavy on the husband and father, but like all good faithful, obedient, submissive, humble servants of God, he retained his integrity and did not complain of the hard things that Rcame his way. This was the home I-of Robert D. Coleman. After the {death of his good wife, he secured Mhe service of his neice, Lizzie Colejman, to keep house for him. Lizzie EmmI her little daughter, Mr. Coleman J^yry, made up the living and there was no cause for unrest. Mr. Coldhian owed no debts and' had a snug little banl account. He was 66 years of age, was a Confederate Veteran and a member of Camp Boyd U. C. V.s He was a consistent member of the Baptist church for the last twenty-five years and a Mason for forty 'years, a good truthful,honest, kind, peaceable citizen all his long life and there was not an enemy of his known to exist on earth. Last Friday Mr. Coleman's son, Harry, came up to Jonesville as he often did and did not return up to night fall. Mr. Coleman had been to Jonesville and returned late in the evening. After supper Lizzie Colempn and her daughter, went over to Mrs. Adelaid Cook's, who lives on the place, about three hundred yards awav. to sit till hprl timo loavin? M? Coleman at home alone. About 7:30 they all at Mrs. Cook's heard a gun fire, and Lizzie Coleman went to the door and looked out toward their home, but saw and heard nothing unusual and went back. About thirty minutes afterwards Harry Coleman came to Mrs. Cook's, where they all sat and talked for about an hoyr, then Mrs. Cook's grown son and grown daughter and a small daughter went with the Coleman's to their home to spend the -l-Li. 1 1 * uigut, iinu wnen mcy arrived at Mr. Coleman's house the two small girls were in front and when they opened the front door they found the house quite dark and they held their lantern up in front at the door, and there, rather to the right and front of the fire place the awful and heartrending sight met their eyes, for Mr. Coleman lay on the floor in a pool of blood in a dying condition. The young people >^ere of course appalled at such a sight and ran back, and Lizzie Coleman fainted. After she revived Mr. Cook suggested that they go after Messrs. E. A. and J. E. Mabrey, who live nearly a mile away. Mr. Cook, beintr frichteneri w?? willing to go without a pun, and the two went to Mr. Coleman's shop, about 100 yards distant, and got Mr. Coleman's shot gun that he had left there after doing some repairs to it some two weeks since. They went to Mrs. Cook's and Mr. Cook got his own gun and went for the Messrs. Mabrey, and they came as early as possible. They were the first ones to enter Mr. Coleman's home, and they found him lying on the floor, his left foot resting upon the chair and his head upon a stick of fire wood that evidently had been put there for (Continued on last page) ? rroiia WORK AND PLANS OF THE BUREAU OF SOCIAL HYGIENE This Organization is Doing a Great Work of Suppressing the "White Slave Traffic"?Jno. D. Rockefeller and Other Influential Men and Women at Head of Organization The Bureau of Social Hygiene came into existence about two years ago, as a result of the work of the Special Grand Jury appointed to investigate the white slave traffic in New York city which served during the first half of the year 1910. One of the recommendations made by it in the presentment handed up at the termination of its labors was that a public commission be appointed to study the social evil. The foreman of that body subsequently gave careful consideration to the character of the work which properly be done bu such a commission and the limitations under which it would operate. In this connection, separate, personal conferences were held with over a hundred leading men and women in the city, among whom were lawyers, physicians, business men, bank presidents, presidents of commercial organizations, clercrvmen. settlement workers, social workers, labor leaders and reformers. These conferences developed the feeling that a public commission would labor under a number of disadvantage* such as the fact that it would be short lived; that its work would be done quickly; that at best it could hardly do more than present recommendations. The conviction also grew that the main reason why more permanent results had not been obtained by the various organizations which had dealt with the subject of the social evil during the past ten or fifteen years was that most of them were temporary. While active, they materially improved the situation, but as their efforts were relaxed, there came the inevitable return to rouc]?,j^4ame conditions as before. I The forces of evil are never gftHiv ly alarmed at the organization of in vcaunuung or reiorm Dodies, for they know that they are generally composed of busy people, who cannot turn aside from their own affairs for any great length of time to carry on reforms, and that sooner or later their efforts will cease, and the patient denizens of the underworld and their exploiters can then reappear and continue the traffic as former!>. So the organization grew that in order to make a real and lasting trr^ provement in conditions, a permanent organization should he created, the continuatio nof which would not be dependent upon a temporary wave of reform, nor upon the life of any man or group of men, but which would go on, generation after generation, continuously making warfo rn omoinef 21 T1 * u^unuiv me 1UM.C9 U1 L'VII. It also appeared that a private organization would have, amonp other advan tapes, a certain freedom from publicity and from political bias, which a publicly appointed commission could not so easily avoid. Therefore, as the initial step, in the winter of 1911, The Bureau of Social Hypiene was formed . Its present members are Miss Katharine Bement Davis, Superintendent of the New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford Hills, New York; Paul M. Warburp, of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb, & Comnanv: Ktnrr .1 Murphy, of the New York Bar; and John D. Rockefeller, Junic * As the work develops, new members may be added. Oe of the first things undertaken by the Bureau was the establishment at Bedford Hills, adjacent to the Reformatory, of a Laboratory of Social Hygene, under Miss Davis's direction. In this L aboratory, it is proposed to study from the physical, mental, social and moral side each person committed to the Reformatory. This study will be carried on by experts and each case will be kept under observation for from three weeks to three months, as may be required. When the diagnosis is completed, it is hoped that the Laboratory will be in position to recomend the treatment most likely to reform the individual, or, if reformation is possible, to recomend permanent custodial care. Furthermore, ' roarhinir nnt hovnn/l (S<> !nJii.i/i..?i. ? J . .i.u.nuuai,involved, it is believed that thus important contributions may be made to a fuller knowledge of the conditions ultimately responsible for vice, If this experiment is successful, the the principle may prove applicable tc Continued on page 6) to .Judge = CIVIL SURVEY MAP OF UNION COUNTY Government Experts Have Begun Work ? Their Coming the "Result of Postmaster Young's Efforts?Work will Require Several Months Before Completion. Government agents will at once begin making a soil survey map of Union county, as a result of the persistent efforts of Postmaster Young, who has interested himself in this matter and gone to considerable trouble to bring about this good undertaking. nr rr 1 * ? messrs. iverr ana l^ounsuury are the gentlemen sent by Uncle Sam to do this work. They will require some four or five months to fulfill the task. They will make a soil survey map of the county on the scale of one inch to one mile, and this will show not only the geology formation, but also the location of all roads, houses, streams, railways, school houses, churches and other matters of public interest. The following letter from the Chief of Bureau of Soil, U. S. Department of agriculture, show the actice interest and influence of Postmaster Young: Washington, D. C., Jan. 28, 1913. Mr. Lawrence G. Young, Postmaster, Union, S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter of January 24th referring further to a soil survey of Union county has been received. Since my last letter to you I have received word that on account of the unprecedented early floods and the continuous rains, the conditions in one of the Arkansas areas where we have a soil survey party is unfavorable for economical field work and that the party will probably be unable to do effective work there for some time. I have, therefore, decided to temporarily suspend that work and will send a party of two men. with Mr. Clarence Loun^burg in charge to Union county, S. C., to make a soil survey of that county is a basis for your agricultural extension work. Orders to this effect will go out today, and I will instruct Mr. Lounsbury to notify you of his irrival. Very truly yours, William D. Whitney, Chief of Bureau. r M ay-Con ni ft e. Miss Louise May and Mr. J. E. Carniffe were married Monday evening, February 3, at the Baptist parsonage. Rev. W. D. Wakefield read the service which united these two ives and only the Immediate fam ily was present. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Carniffe left on the d:40 train for a honeymoon trip, afer which they will be at home to their friends in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Carniffe is the daughter of Mrs. George C. May and has many friends here who wish for her unvlloyed happiness. Mr. Carniffe is connected with the Southern freight office and by his ?lose application to business ana courteous manner has a high place in the esteem of the community. Death of Miss Phronie Whitmire. Miss Phronie Whitmire* who has been ill for several months, died SurtJay morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. B. G. Wilburn, of Cross Keys. The funeral services were leld at Padgett's Creek church and were conducted by Rev. J. A. An derson, pastor of the church. Miss Whitmire leaves two sisters ind one brother, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn her death. She was sixty-two years of age, and until she sustained a fall , several months ago had been remarkably well and strong. Miss Phronie was possessed of a most kindly heart and had a wide ^ circle of friends who will be grieved to hear of her death. , Moves to Union. i Mr. B. A. Van Buren, of Baton Rouge, La., has moved to Union and > will at once open an office here for the, Iafe and Casualty Insurance Co., , of Nashville, Tenn. The insurance ! this company writes is industrial. ? Mr. Van Buren's office will be in the Townsend building.