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Obituary notices, tributes of re- are spect, resolutions and cards of thanks Wel strictly one cent a word. daj FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1914. WI Almost time for the "Negro Equal- ^ ity" hot air stump speaking scare- co^' scrow to begin. Fine dust for campaign purposes, but it has about lost its power to frighten the white people of this State. The white people have sys more to fear from themselves than Prc they have to fear from the "Negro J011 Problem." The superior race, un- ^a.? mindful of its high privileges is on w the highway to dusky death. Some twenty years ago there was ev< organized a society for the preven- arc tion of cruelty to animals here. The she institution has not been made promi- ing nent, indeed, many have forgotten irr that there was ever such an organi- thi zation here. But it is here, and there ant is work for it to do. The cruel and ruj brutal treatment being given stock 1 by some of the drivers of delivery ver wagons is a disgrace to a civilized sh( community, and it is to be hoped that no( some steps will be taken to put such characters into the hands of the law. 1 The school children of the-1 tenth grade will give a play, "Better Than ^ Gold," in the auditorium of the High school building Friday night. From j.' all we can learn, the play will be quite entertaining, and the patrons of the school and the public generally should attend. Admission is 25c The proceeds of the entertainment will go to the school library fund. The patrons of the school, particularly, should attend. There is not ' the full and hearty interest in our a 1 schools that there should be, as is ,ec frequently shown in the small audiences that attend the entertainments ^ given by the children from time to time. Come Friday night, and thus nt* show your interest. . fac THANK YOU! am The Times editor desires to ev- wa press sincere thanks to the Odd Fel- OUI lows for the very pleasant evening 1113 spent with them at Neal Shoals last ^hi Saturday evening. It was one of the ^ee best conducted, most orderly and 'us courteous gatherings the writer ever ')Ut attended. Thank you, gentlemen, for ^or a very pleasant and profitable evening. Pre ? Ion THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND. sue We sincerely wish there would not ??e again in a decade appear a candidate con seeking office and founding his appeal Peo upon the fact that he is the poor hig man's friend. It is so hard to keep Prc from feeling contempt for the maker dan of such an appeal. "I am the poor the man's friend?you give me your um vote." In other words, "Vote for me, Mr. Poor Man, I'm your friend." The ha\ friendship that demands votes is a w't friendship that is not worth having. a The real friends of humanity seldom me: have much to say about it. ar ?_ ver NOT STRONG ON DETECTIVES. ~ t h 3 We cannot but feel sympathy with ^ the people of that Georgia town who ^ got together and proceeded to throw spoiled eggs at the mighty W. J. Burns, detective, when he came into that region to gather up evidenie in j the Frank case. Whether Frank mur- goc dered Mary Phagan or did not murder goc her, of this we feel sure: The whole a')0 detective business is on a shaking foundation. One cannot escape the an( conclusion that they are a sol'ry T bunch, taken as a whole. A fellow the who is always "snooping" around and looking for evil things will, we ^r? believe, find them whether they exist jry or not. We would not believe one of cro them on oath, even when he swore on one a stack of Bibles a yard high. The ^ whole detective game is more or less of a sneak game, to our way of think- jer( ing. cup > llro WELCOME, OLD VETS! 'he Times extends to every old , eran a hearty welcome to come to ion Saturday. Come in, good nds, and make yourselves at home ' this bailiwick. It will be a pleas- < to greet you and to honor you. . 'he ladies of the Wm. Wallace , jpter, U. I). C., invite you. They 'e prepared a feast of pood things your physical man and a feast of >d things for your mental enter- ' nment. Come on in! Everybody ;hes your presence. Our gates lira , tn, our homes are open, our hearts 1 open to receive yoj. Come, and Icome. Saturday, May 9, is tht r. Do not forget it. 11 ,>Ul KbrWK.ll IHE. I'KIMARY? Vhy should it give any one the i shivers to make bare mention reforming our primary system ? lat objection could there be to owing: safeguards around our item? Everyone knows that at isent it is about the most looseited proposition to be found. In t, it is so loose and so lax that it h difficulty holds together. What ite man, honest of heart and sine of purpose, but that he desires iry reasonable safeguard thrown ?und our primary elections. Why >uld there not be restrictions look; to the suppression of fraud and egularities of various kinds? One ng is certain, it must be honest 1 fair, or it will die of its own corition. There should be some way to prelt a man voting twice, and there >uld be some way to prevent those t qualified from voting at all. MORV TO roi i nwr IV * VUUV Tf We present to the people of Union inty a splendid array of historical a this week. But we beg to say it this is but a part, a small part the plan we have in mind. There : many other valiant men, many ler most interesting incidents that hope to brinir to the remembrance our people. Then, when we have ried the subject as far as we can ry it, it is the purpose that these itches be freely used in getting out leat volume, so that these valuable ords will be in better shape for iservation. It is the aim to correct, I to and carefully arrange the icles before putting into permait book form. Ve are on the lookout for more ts, additional photographs and any 1 all truthful incidents of the late r. We earnestly solicit help from friends and from every patriotic n and woman in Union county, e -community that tramples, unding, upon the graves of its iltrious dead is itself not only dead already damned. The people who get their past have no future, ney it may have, but will lose it; stige it may have, but not for g; pride may be in the heart of h a people but it is a pride that >s before a fall. Through all the ling years the chief asset of our >ple is the heroism, courage and h thinking of its people, past and sent. If the present sons and ighters forget the noble deeds of fathers they are but degenerates, vorthy of a place in the forefront human endeavor. Too much, alas! re our people become enslaved h a greed for gold; too prominent place has been given by us to re commercial values. These things i good only when we have to dit and foster them a better thing i high and holy reverence for all t is good and great, especially se treasures that have come down m the fathers. JONESVILLE onesville, May 4.?Last week was >d for the farmers and they made ?d use of it. The cotton crop is ut all planted; the bulk of the n crop is yet to be planted. The ' weather has hurt the gardens I the oat crop very much, festerday was a big day here with colored people; the first Sunday May is always a big day with m, the trains from both ways ught crowds of them and the counfurnished its hundreds till the wd must have numbered about s thousand. t tenant house on Mr. M. R. Sams' ce, about three miles from Jonese, was accidentally burned yesday evening. The house was oclied by Charley Dogan, a colored ~1 EPOI 1CITYAI | Ope |: Thursday ? 8 O V X Pleasant surroundings, ?? and Polite Y Come to our Theatre A and T. A. M MAIN A^AAA^AAAAA^AA^ |f ?, # T,T ^ man, while the family were awa at Jonesville at church. Charley lo: all his belongings. Mr. Boyd Gallman and Miss Bess Palmer were quietly married la: Wednesday night. Mr. Gallman is a fine young me who lives with his mother four mil< above Jonesville. Miss Palmer is tl daughter of Mr. Samuel O. Palm< of our town. There is something a little unusn aKnuf t ho nam oc nf Mr ^ Polmor sons-in-law. He has two dajjohte married and both their husban^B^ named Boy Gallman, v<ho arc .jrtw cousins. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer had UU the: children with them Sunday and the were very happy. "Cinderilla," the play rendered b the Epworth League, managed b Miss Hannah Barton, was well rer dered and well patronized. The pr< ceeds being over forty-one dollar Mi ss Burton deserves much cred for the trouble and hard work sli did in getting up this play, as we as the children who performed th play. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Herring an two children, William and Eleano Mrs. M. M. Lawson and little soi Wesley, all of Columbia, spent Sur day with relatives in Jonesville. Miss Pearl Harris of Union wa the guest of Mrs. L. J. Fowler an her young lady boarders Sunday. Telephone. MEMORANDUM OF FACTS Concerning the Intra-State Freigh Rate Matter. Thp Snutli rarnlinn nnltlip f a pot? most serious situation with respe< to its freight rates, and the hearin before the Railroad Commission i Columbia on the 14th inst. will ur doubtedly determine the future po icy of the State towards the rai roads. The State of North Carolina ha in the past, waged a continuous an successful campaign against the rai roads for a more equitable adjusl ment of freight rates from the Wei and in addition, by a recent a< passed by the legislature of Nort Carolina, called into special sessio to consider the North Carolina rate a reduction of about 33 1-3 per cer in the intra-state rates in North C'ai olina was ordered. This order ha been suspended temporarily, pendin an investigation by a special coir mission appointed by the legislatun to give the railroads a chance t show cause why that scale should ik be made effective, or to what exter the reductions named therein shoul be modified. The rates to points in North Ca olina from the West are now betwec 70 and 80 per cent of the rates I points in South Carolina, and the di: t a n/rpc Via f Ko OAlltVlOrrr ISnAO a ? a 1 />' as a whole, to points in South Ca.< Una, than to points in North Ca:< Una. The State of North Carolina i present, has a scale of rates in open tion over the trunk lines, that i about 80 per cent of the intra-stal rates in South Carolina, and if t! rates passed by the legislature < North Carolina go into effect, the rates will be about 54 per cent of tl rates within the State of South Ca olina. As a matter of fact, the State < South Carolina produces greater n< revenue on traffic within the Stal than does North Carolina, and b> cause of the higher rates inbour from the West, the rates within tl State of South Carolina should 1 less than in North Carolina, if thei is to be any difference at all. %V. The POPULAR POLISHES Black, Tan and White 10c )ealars The F. F. Dalley Co? Ltd. Buffalo. N. y. Hamilton, Ont. jshes rdomel ning | V Night at I clock ? Fine Moving Pictures .1 Vaudeville. between G. W. Going's urrah's Stores. A STREET ^ int A^AA A A A A A A A t y^r V fJ u ua "WONDER" I Our Black i Spanish JACK Will make the sea" son at our stable " a this year. t ?Weight 940? i1 1- rA A nA a I twws, 9c a ruunu Mules, 25c a Pound t i Why Not Raise Mules? n ft ?THE? SPEOPLES SUPPLY CO 1- ^^______ o Under such conditions as are transit piring in North Carolina, it is' a matit ter of the most supreme importance Id to South Carolina that it bring about an adjustment of rates within this i"- State in a way to keep pace with the n movement made in North Carolina, so o that the advantages which the State 3- of North Carolina now has in freight is rates, both in and out-bound, will )- nnf hfi f li rthor mnvoooA/1 tlio >- advantage of South Carolina. The carriers recently increased a r ?t number of rates within the State of i- South Carolina, which they claim was is done under the authority they had to re apply the maximum rate prescribed >e the South Carolina Railroad Com?f mission in 1911. The scale of rates ir in South Carolina was revised by the ie Commission in 1911, which caused r- numerous increases in the rates for the longer hauls, if The rates from points in North 2t Carolina to ponits in South Carolina, te are in a great many instances, lower e- than the rates prescribed by the _ id South Carolina Railroad Commission, le .and when the carriers advanced the >e rate? in January, 1914, it increased re the disadvantage of the South Carolina cities. I % , > . ' ______ .. ,' ' . J^k a^A A4A ^4 J^k iTA ?a yTi"^ y ^r iy ^r iy | You Will Find | T T |* AT THE UNION CLOTHING COMPANY a New ?|* *1* s ^ Y and Complete Stock of Men's and Boys' Clothing, V Y vShoes and Hats; a Full Line of Ladies' and Chil- Y Y d'*en's Shoes. Y v % ? Everything is new here?this is our first Spring A A Season, therefore have no old style, last season's A |> goods to run off. A Y You will find our prices as low as any other V Y house in the county, and everything we sell is V Y backed up by our guarantee of "Your Money Y f Back If Not Satisfied." ' f A We kindly ask you to call and look over our Astock before buying. You are welcome. ^ | Union Clothing Co. | D. W. MULLINAX, Mgr. T A-Ak^kA^AJ^kJ^A A^A. A^A. | It's a I . | Cold . rli/Jp^L 1 I Proposition -^|gb==a f .; Y to talk a?out Ice Cream Soda during this torrid ?? weather, but we know that the subject will be Y received with great warmth by our customers. Y Here you get the purest and coldest soda?so Y palatable and refreshing that there is nothing Y Y like it?except another one! It's a poor appetite Y Y that can't "go" a couple at this season of the year. V You can get them from The Rexall Fountain. | MILHOUS DRUG CO. | ? y Phone J6. T W V V W Oliver No. 7 rhe Latest IV^lodel 1914 Many marked improvementa. Call and let us show you the machine itself. 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