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- I n m THE UNION TIMES H I * 4 VOL. LXIII. NO. 13. UNION, S. CU FRILY, MARCH 28, 1913. $1.00 A YEAR. TROUBLE IS NOW BREWING IN UNION Alleged Threat of Gov. Blease to Remove Sheriff Fant From Office for Failure to Enforce Liquor Laws?Situation Result of Detective's Activity, Statements of Gov. Blease and Mayor Duncan. Columbia. March 26.?A sham clash between the city and county officials of Union on one side, and Gov. Blease on the other appears imminent. As a result, the people of Union city and county are very much wrought up, momentarily expecting the smouldering flames to break out ( in some new quarter in the triangular fight now being staged. Following the appearance of Representative Fortner, of Union, a Blease member of the Legislature, in Union, with a commission from Gov. Blease as a state detective in his pocket and the big row, it is said, he kicked up by attempting to raid an alleged blind tiger, the mayor of Union and several of the prominent people caustically condemned the Governor for giving a Representative a commission as a detective, and the DConle of Union, at least. manv of them, resented the incident bitterly and charged a political plot. Tuesday Sheriff Fant, of Union, received a letter from the Governor charging the sheriff with being derelist in his duty in enforcing the laws, and strongly intimating that unless he performed his duty he may be removed from office. In his letter to Sheriff Fant the Governor said: "It has been reliably reported to me that one Will Estes is running an open 'blind tiger" in the town of Union, which is a nuisance to the community; and, that J. W. Wolling, < mMa*.:.-) a negro; J. P. Fant, Millar F?l pud " Dick English are engaged in violations of the dispensary law. "It is further reported that the Mayor and the police force in the city of Union are not making any efforts to enforce the dispensary law in the town 01 union?in tact, it is reported to me that members of the police force kept special vigilance over one of my detectives, sent there, in order 1 to keep him from accomplishing anything. "Many complaints are coming to this office about the open, and flagrant violations of the dispensary law in the town of Union, as well as in the county of Union. "I again write and beg of you to get busy and endeavor to stop these violations of the law. "I am writing to other sheriffs along the same line, begging them to get busy, and I sincerely hope that all of the officers of the State will remember the oath that thou Vinvo toll en and do something to help me in the enforcement of the law. I cannot do it by myself; I can only urge it upon you whose duty it is." Concerning a rumor that the Governor had threatened to remove Sheriff Fant from office and appoint former Sheriff Long the sheriff is quoted as having nothing to say, while Mr. Long is quoted as saying he would accept. Mr. Fant defeated Mr. Long for sheriff of Union countv last sum mer. Mayor Duncan is quoted as follows: "I never give any attention to communications of an anonymous character. Let Gov. Blease give name of his informant, giving him information, so-called,regarding action of Mayor and police force; and it will be shown that his informant is nothing more nor less than a common everyday liar." Union is a thriving little city of some 5,000 inhabitants in the Piedmont section of South Carolina, and the people are mightily stirred over the threatened clash between the Governor and the local officials. It is said that Will Estes is the owner of a place which Fortner, while in Union with a detective's commission, said he would raid or he would have the Governor to place Union under martial law. , When asked this morning about the matter Governor Blease said he had not threatened to remove Sheriff Fant; that all such rumors were popycock. He said that complaints had come to him from as good citizens as were in Union county, complaining of the "wide open" way in which the "blind tigers" were running, and the Governor said it was reported to him that the mayor was THOUS^ HOSPITAL ASSN. MET LAST WEEK The Union Hospital Association Met on Wednesday of Last Week and Elected Officers for the Year? Plans for the Hospital Adopted?All the Old Officers Were Reelected for Another Year. The annual meeting' of the Hospital Association was held Wednesday evening of last week. The meeting was called to order by the president, I)r. J. H. Hamilton, the meeting being held in the offices of Dr. Berry. The chief question brought up was the matter of the erection of a building. The plans chosen bv the build ing committee were endorsed by the whole body and it was agreed unanimously that the work of construction be started, and that when the monej gave out the work stop until more could be raised. There is a considerable amount of cash now in hand and quite a number of large subscriptions that will be paid immediately upon the beginning of work. The election of officers was held and the old officers were re-elected to serve another yar. The building committee was also unanimously re-elected. Mr. R. P. Morgan was chosen a member of the executive committee to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Capt. G. C. Perrin Arrested by Federal Officer. Marvin Charles was arrested Tuesday by a post office inspector and carcase pending in the criminal courts here under the same charges as are in the federal indictment. The Spartanburg correspondent of the State- in writincr tn thut nonnr ? ? ? r-fV4> gives the following statement of the case: Spartanburg, March 25.?L. M. Charles of Union was arrested today on complaint of H G. Ijlorganroth, postoffice inspector, who accuses Charles of using the mails to defraud whiskey dealers in five cities and also of defrauding railroads in violation of the interstate commerce law. By means of his alleged schemes Charles is said to have received hundreds of gallons of liquor. He was committed to the Spartanburg county jail tonight in default of $5,000 bail. In ordering whiskey Charles is alleged to have inclosed worthless checks. The charge of defrauding the railroads is based on his alleged forging "bills of lading calling for only one drum. Charles has been granted bail in the sum of $5,000 through his attorney, J. Frost Walker, and an investigation will be conducted by United States Commissioner Atkinson, at Union on April 14th. WAK UIN HOOKWOKM. Dr. L. A. Riser, the State Board of Health agent, is meeting with good success in the war now going on against hookworm in this countv. Dr. Riser has examined 200 school children and 100 not school attendants, and found one-third oi those examined infected. He says the rural school teachers are giving him every assistance in this work, in many cases having every child in school examined. He urges all teachers to write him, giving the number of attendants in their schools and asking any question upon the subject for further information. , Saturday is expected to be a big day at Union, and Dr. Riser will be found at the court house in the grand jury room as heretofore. Mr. Chas. Henry Richards of Maybington, spent Saturday in Union with friends. encouraging them, as he was opposed to the dispensary. He said that it was also reported that Sheriff Fant had done nothing towards enforcing the law and he was simply calling his attention to these matters, he being a new official. He said that he had sent three detectives into Union and each of them had reported that a condition of lawlessness prevailed in respect to the blind tiger situation. "I have simply done my duty," said the Governor, "in trying to get the officials of Union to enforce the laws." ?W. F. Caldwell in News and Courier. iND&PM WORST CAL M SINCE THE G CATASH Dayton and Hamilton, Ohio,, Small Towns in Indiana Sw of Terrible Holocaust C Waters Subside?L Will Reach ti Chicago, March 26.?Three thoi deluge which swept northern Ohi< day. Probably half a million wer< Indiana and Ohio and property di least $100,000,000. These figures were compiled th ceived here from various points ii reports may increase the number any decrease in financial loss will An additional horror was rej? Dayton. Fire there, which seemfe controllable, in view of the paraly brought a horrible death to many? by climbing to upper floors of bi| Following are revised figures Ohio?Dayton 2,000; Piqua 54 100; Sidney 50; Hamilton 12; Ti] 11; scattering 200. Total 3,066. Indiana?Peru 150; Newcastle 5 Noblesville 2; scattering 25. Tot Dayton, O., March 26.?Fire w business district of the city late headway at 11:30 o'clock tonight accurately what buildings are b water down the principal streets | mile and a half of the fire center. martial law. That a fierce fire which appeal stroyed the Beckel nouse, whert' 1 than 200 flood refugees, was the c watchers on top of the National two miles from the scene of the fl Chicago, March 25.? Floods al- ) most unprecedented in area, follow- 5 ing the tornadoes and rains of the last three days, today swept four ! States of the Mississippi valley, caus- < ing a loss of life that may reach into the hundreds and damage to prop erty amounting to many millions of ' dollars. Ohio and Indiana and in a lesser degree Illinois and Missouri 1 felt the brunt of the disaster. At ^ Dayton more than 60 persons are reported drowned, following the break- 1 ing. of the Miami river levee and the ' Laramime reservoir, 50 miles above ' the city, When the Assoiated Press 1 correspondents wired, ' on reaching the city, anxiety caused by the loss 1 of life was set at rest, although : there was great diffculty in obtain- 1 ing details. Marooned in office build- : ings in the centre of the town, hundreds of persons were awaiting res- : cue. Strets heretofore considered miles from the danger line are under eight feet of water, the torrential force of which preludes rescue in boats. The climax of the flood in Ohio was reached at Dayton, where tonight it was reported that the water is from 20 to 40 feet deep in many streets; that bodies were floating past the windows of office buildings and that the catastrophe assumed the proportions of a tidal wave. At Delaware scores are reported dead and that many are missing. B. V. Leas mayor of that city, reported drowned, has been saved. He estima^4 4 uA ? 4 u i:Mi t or 4^ rrr kt-u tut; uetttu list ui iiuiu ?* > tu fu. Otto, a hamlet of 100 persons, was said to be destroyed, and the fate of the inhabitants was unknown. The death list in many cities and towns, including Fort Wayne, LaFayette, Richmond, Marion, Muncie, Kokomo, Connersville and Logansport totaled 15 persons. At LaFayette the loss extends to millions. Richmond is in darkness and 20 bridges in Wayne county were destroyed. At Rushville half a million dollars of damage was done in the business and the residence districts. At Kokomo the property loss was estimated at $1,000,000 and 500 per?ons are living in the second stories of their houses. Similar conditions were reported from Anderson, Marion, Tipton, Peru and Noblesville. Reports concerning the appalling USH IN I [ITY KNOWN 0 GALVESTON litOPHE. r- E Wiped Off the Map?Many ipt Away?Awful Story Ifmnot Be Told Until obs of Property lie Millions lsand may have perished in the . 11 A. .. j river vauey yesteruuy anu lub made homeless by the flood in image in both States will be at c< a Q is afternoon from reports re- c t the stricken district. Further C( of dead and it is unlikely that t< be made. p orted early this evening from t: d widespread and probably un- ? sis of the water plant, probably e who sought to escape drowning t ildings. n f the dead: a j 0 h 0; Delaware 100; Middletown, f ppecanoe 3; Tiffin 50; Fremont i p 3; Lafayette 2; Indianapolis 14; 0 al 196. Grand total 3,262. \ diich started in the flood-bound c this afternoon, gained renewed c It is impossible to designate 1 urning as rushing torrents of f preclude approach nearer than a r The city has -been placed under ? ;hereN were" supposed to be more ' oncensus of opinion of scores of * Cash Register building, nearly ] lames. . ? ] lature of the floods, which in most in- 1 stances it was impossible to verify, ' were received tonight from widely scattered sources. The most serious >f these were: An unconfirmed report from Springfield, Ohio, that 5,000 lives had * seen lost at Dayton and 500 at Piqua. ' A report apparantly more fully au- * From 200 to 500 had been drown at ' Peru, Ind. A message received at Phoneton, Ohio, that the reservoir at Hamilton had broken and that 1,000 persons 1 had been drowned. Continued aflForts 1 For verification were futile. An unconfirmed but persistant ru- ' mor from Marion, Ind. that the Grand reservoir at Celina, Ohio, had gone out, causing an unprecedented flood in the Wabash valley. Later reports from Delaware, Ohio, said that 75 to 100 were dead. More conservative^ figures cut this report in half. In few cases was it possible to trace these reports to any definite source. , Ohio, Indiana and parts of Illinois and Missouri suffeded most severely. Fayette, in Indiana, and Delaware, Terre Haute, Indianapolis and LaDayton, Columbus and Youngstown, in Ohio, present particularly pitiful spectacles. In all these cities there was some loss of life, according to reports available, and in each city the property loss was heavy. In Delaware, Ohio, 19 persons are known to have lost their lives, and 30 to 50 others are missing. Terre Haute, swept by a disastrous tornado last Sunday, today was partly inundated, interfering with the removal of stricken families. The death list still remained at 20, while the list of injured aggregates 250. Porter-Scales. Mr. James Scales and Miss Lizzie Porter of Monarch were united in the bond of holy matrimony Saturday afternoon, March 23rd, at 8 o'clock at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. J. A. Anderson. Miss Porter is a well known and attractive young lady of Monarch, where she has been living for a number of years. Mr. Scales is a well known farmer formerly of Adamsburg, but now residing at Glenn Springs. They have the best wishes of their friends for success and happiness throughout their life. ?LOODS|A RGANIZATION OF A BOYS CORN CLUB lach Member Will Plant One Acre of Corn and Prizes Will be Awarded at the End of Season According to Number of Points Credited?$100 in Cash and Other Prizes of Will be Given. m m The Boys' Corn Club of Union te ounty was organized last Saturday pi t noon, at the rooms of the Union Chamber of Commerce. Mr. F. W. iz larnell, agricultural expert in this rij ounty, presided at the meeting and e< old the boys what could be accom- ti lished in developing the corn indusry through cooperative effort In- w tructions were given the members as si t> cultivation, planting, etc., and ev- d< ryone pledged themselves to follow ti he instructions to the letter. Each w member will plant one acre of corn d< ,nd prizes will be awarded at the end " f the season according to the num- p ier of points credited. Taking 100 mints as a basis ,they will be cred- cl ted as follows: (a) Greatest yield e; ier acre, 30 points; (b) Best exhibit tl if ten ears, 20 points; (c) Best writ- cl en account showing history of croD. tl !0 points; (d) Best showing of profit m investment based on the commer- si :ial price of corn, 30 points. A and n i will be judged by a committee of c; arm experts, and C and D by a com- ii nittee of school teachers. The officers elected are, Heranan ii Smith, pjresident, Union; Herbert tl iowell, vice president, Buffalo; Lew- u lonesville; William Vinson, Jones- n rille; Boyce White, Jonesville; Paul a Page, Jonesville; Alvin G. McKinney, v lonesville; Walker Palmer, Union; b Earl Bishop, Union; Earl Belue, Un- t on; Herbert Farr, Adamsburg; Sam- r ael Littlejohn, Jonesville; Rosco Fow- t er, Jonesville; Harry Belue, Union. I uwing to the bad condition of the c roads, after the heavy rain last week, e 3ut few of the boys who are inter;sted in this movement were able to s atend the initial meeting, however jvery boy present promised to secure c at least one new member during the s week and it is expected that fifty will ^ have joined by Saturday. t Mr. D. Fant .Gilliam attended the meeting and expressed his confidence ' in the boy's ability to do great things i if they would but try. Mr. Johnson, 1 principal of the Union Central School, > spoke along these lines and said that he would endeavor to interest the ] boys under his supervision in this , work. Mr. W. K. Sumner, secretary ( of the Chamber of Commerce, also j addressed the club and promised to i do everything possible to aid, and to , work with the officers in obtaining in formation, etc., urging the boys to make free use of the Chamber of Commerce room as headquarters. \ There will be $100 in cash given | away and also several other useful i prizes. Up to the present the prize , donations are: One pure Berkshire pig, given by Mr. Emslie Nicholson; one pair pure bred chickens, given by Mr. J. L. McKinney, Jonesville; one pure Berkshire pig, given by Mr. D. Fant Gilliam, Union; one springtooth cultivator, given by the Peoples Supply Company, Union. Any boys wishing to sign memberui? -i. .t jjnip umnits, can oDiain mem irom Mr. F. W. Carnell, from any of the members or from Mr. Sumner at the Chamher of Commerce. There are absolutely no dues nor membership charges and it is hoped that all the boys will take advantage of this opportunity to join the club. Services at Baptist Church Sunday. Rev. W. D. Wakefield, who has been conducting revival services at Georgetown for two weeks will return to the city this week and occupy his pulpit Sunday morning and Sunday evening. Notice. * There will be preaching at Philippi Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The church was closed on the regular Sunday on account of the parstor being in Atlanta. Everybody is invited to come and hear Mr, Hodges Sunday. % MERCHANTS BRANCH ORGANIZED t a Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Held Tuesday Evening, the Merchants' Department Was Organized?J. Cohen Chosen President and F. H. Garner, Vice President. At a meeting held in the Chamber Commerce rooms Tuesday evennig, arch 25th, the Merchants Departent of the Union Chamber of Comerce was organized under the sysm of The Merchants Credit Cominy of Macon, Ga. Mr. T. C. Plunkett, general organer of the Merchants Credit Compa/ addressed the meeting and assisti in effecting the local organizaon. By this system all individuals as ell as firms are placed on record lowing at how many places they sal, what amount of credit they oblin, and how they pay each firm ith which they have had credit eatings, accordingly they are rated prompt pay," "fair Ray," "slow ay," and "no pay." People who pay one or two merliants in order to use them as a refrence to get credit from others, and len neglect to pay them, form the lass tnat is largely responsiDie ior tie losses in the business world. The aim of the system is to show uch persons in their true light, and lake it necessary for them to pay ash, thus reducing losses in extendlg credit. "What the trading public should isist upon," said IV^r. Plunkett, "is * hat their merchants give them a rat- ^ tig so that when they ask for cred- "* t nil tfeat is necessary is to refer to wko "iri 4RH ot intentionally slow in paying their ccounts, but are neglectful, and /hen they understand that they must >e rated they will endeavor to secure he best rating possible, and will be nore prompt instead of allowing heir bills to accumulate. The Credit lating Guide is now published in all if the Southern States and renewed (very twenty months. In some States very hamlet is organized under this iystem. "People moving from one State or ounty to another are followed by a iearching special reporting service vhich shows if they are good or bad isks for credit, and for what amount. "Supplements to the Credit Rating juide are issued every sixty days n the form of a secretary's report, ceeping the rating book constantly jp to date. "Each subscriber is furnished with etters to send to all delinquent debtsrs that he may have on his books, giving them due notice to adjust their accounts so no one can comnlain there was an injustice done that one after the book has been distributed. The explanation of Mr. Plunkett, who has charge of the organization work in this state, was so satisfactory that the merchants were glad to give their endorsement, adding that the plan is undoubtedly the very best ever offered for the protection pf business men of this city. About thirty of the Union merchants are already co-operating in this movement and it is expected that practically every business and professional man in the city will enroll. Mr. W. K. Sumner, the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce will look ifter the affairs of the local credit and collection bureau. Spartanburg, Greenville, Greer, Newberry, Anderson, Abbeville, Gaffney, Laurens, Chester and a great many other cities and towns in the Piedmont Carlinas are co-operating in the movement and it is planned to -nake it a State-wide institution. Mr. J. Cohen was elected president of the new Association, and Mr. Fred H. Garner, vice president. An executive board will be appointed at another meeting which will be held at an early date. Dinner for Chamber of Commerce. There will be a dinner given by the Union Chamber of Commerce at their rooms Friday evening. The dinner will be served by the ladies of the Tospital committee, and will be in the nature of a general booster's meeting. All business men are invited to buy a ticket and attend.