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I II^IIWIIIIIIIB/^y^llllllll K (JT UNDER 1 fiim\ ^GOVERNMENT i jpE^ ^^SUPERVISION miannrM member BANK UNDER THE? ; J I Merchants & Planters Nat'l Bank "The Old Reliable" ? I The Oldest and Largest Bank in Union County 5 1st now in its Forty-Second year, and during that time no ; AMA li.w. /i?a pnnt Kv no and ukiln wo hnvo lnflt A i , line IUIO IUOI Uliv VVlifc "J ??* """V " V - " ? a ; few dollars during that time by OUR friends (?), yet, we ; are still doing business at the OLD STAND with Capital I and Surplus amply sufficient to serve you just as willingly ; and satisfactorily for the next 42 years, as we have done ! ' in the past. ' J I LOOK FOR THE BANK WITH THE CHIME CLOCK ! I And deposit your money where it will be absolutely sale : I F. M. FARR, W. F. GILLIAM, J. D. ARTHUR, ! President. Vice-President. Cashier. J L. i MWilMAUMiyuiiiiAlAIWAIIUAIMlAiMUMAAMJ I NORCROSS (fV I | Cultivator-Hoes I* ! and Weeders ! Y Y ^ The very best thing on the market for cultivating the Garden, V Y Flowers and Shrubbery. f A They work closer to plants without A A injuring them, than any other tool A A known, leaving the soil lever, loose A and untrampled. j They are as cheap as ordinary hoes, V but work much easier, faster and better. V A We carry them in all sizes, and A would appreciate a call. | The Union Hardware Co. | V The Hardware Peoole Union. S. r. " ~ i^A ATA A^A AT4 ATA ATA. ^TA ATA A^A A^A AT4- ATA AT^ A^A JTA AT4 A^A A^A ATA ATA ATA AT4 A^A ATA ATA I "Keep KooT Suits f % X | Palm Beach Coat and Pants * ? $6.50 - $7.50 - $8.50 f ? I |> Our line of Clothing, Hats and Furnishing y ?V Goods are the best that can be made. if ! Stetson Hats, Emery Shirts and the best ! t imported Straw Hats. A select line of 1 T |> Wash Ties just arrived. <|> X Call and see some good and new things. ^ I Clark Clothing Co. I v ~ ~ ~ o Y V Store of Better Goods at Reasonable Prices V :? v SPKCIAI. HOSIERY OFFER. r.ua'a-.eed^We.r.B^Ho.ie,, for J^g EXll^ClS Ladies' Special Offer. For Limited Time Only? Sauers (lOld Medal Brand, a 1st Six naid of our finest 35c value la- full assortment the famous Blui dies' guaranteed hose in black or tan Kibbon Brands, and the Votai colors with written guarantee, for Lj fh anvfhin, $1.00 and 5 stamps for postage. . mere is anytninj, SPECIAL OFFER FOR MEN. made in Extracts any purer, oi For a limited time only, six pairs more reasonable in price wi of our finest 35c value Guaranteed have unable to find it. All siz Hose with written guarantee and a es> and we wijj seH two b()t pair of our well known Mens I ara- < f , * , , , dise Garters for one dollar, and 5 / ciu oe re',al)'< stamps for postage. pure extracts of the 25 cent siz< You know these hose; they stoouifor 45 cents for one week fron the test when all others failed. They] this issue, and trivo tmtou ; give real foot comfort. They have fUp r;rp,,4 pnnv n f no seams to rip. They never become Contest. Ho loose and hat?f?y as the shape is knit tether IS the time to enjoy th< in, not pressed in. They are Guar- richness and fineness of flavo: anteed for fineness, for style, for su- of all these dependable uavors periority of material and workmanship, absolutely stainleu and to wear THE UNION GROCERY six months without holes, or a new " pair free. COMPANY Don t delay, send in your order he- f fore offer expires. Give correct size. L. L. Wa^flOn, Manaifei*. WEAR-EVER HOSIERY COMPANY Dayton, Ohio. Phone 100. I OPENING OF THE i STATE CAMPAIGN i 1 SPEECH OF HON. L. J. BROWN- J ING, CANDIDATE FOR GOV- < ERNOR, DELIVERED AT ] SUMTER, WEDNES- ] DAY, JUNE 17. i \ < In offering myself as a candidate J for the highest office within the gift of the citizens of my native state, it is only fit and proper that I should state ] to them, at this, the first meeting of , the campaign, my political affiliations. I am a Democrat, believing with all my heart and mind in the principles of this great party as formulated by Jefferson and practiced by Woodrow Wilson. In state politics I know no faction, being willing to take that . which is good and for the upbuilding ; of our state, no matter from what . ource it emanates, but let it be dis- , tinctly understood that there is not a coat-tail in South Carolina strong enough for Lowndes Browning to J swing to. I am not the candidate of < any faction, clique, ring or newspaper; the views I shall express are my own?arrived at after careful study and painstaking research. I believe the changes I shall advocate will be of great benefit to our state, and if I fail to impress them upon my fellowcitizens it will be on account of my lack of ability, and not because of the fallacy of the ideas. You see I am only a plain farmer: I have not made my living by my jaw, but, since I was seventeen years old, I have been actively engaged in farming. The duties of the governor tare = largely executive. The legislature ? makes the laws; the judiciary inter- ! I prets the laws; and the executive de- J partment, of which the governor is the head, enforces (or executes) the ! laws. My experience as a member of the State Legislature for six years. 1 two years of which I was chairman of , the Ways and Means committee, pave j me a fair knowledge of the practical ! problems of state government, and in a measure, put me in a position to un- , derstand the duties and responsibili- | ties of the head of the executive de- ! partment. No avocation requires j more executive ability than does farm- ( ing, and no training could better fit a j man for the discharge of the respon- | sible duties of this great office, than ^ a successful career as a farmer. It is upon the labor of the toiling ( millions on the farms, and in our , shops and factories, that our great ni\rll i'7Q ti am 10 orl V/v4- 54- ?< vioiwmviuii to lUUHUCU. 1CV 1W 19 lilt* | fanner and the wage-earner who first , feel the effects of unwise legislation. \ and, in the past, prosperity has been \ slowest to knock at their doors. There- | fore, it behooves the government to ( foster and protect their interests by . constructive legislation. Thank God . under the wise leadership of our great j president, we of the farm and of shop are about to come into our own. ( But such has not been the case in the { past in regard to the national govern- j ment, and our own State government ] has done practically nothing along . this line. What are some of the con- j ditions now? ^ Plan for Farmers to Own Homes. ] Our towns and cities are growing ^ _ at a very rapid rate, considerably ] more than the normal increase. Where does this excess come from? We have j practically no immigration, and we ( reed not cry over that either. If not , from immigration it must come from 5 the farms, the back country. What , does this portend? You know no city j can grow larger than its tributary territory will support and permanent- < ly prosper. The white population of our rural districts is at a standstill. f It was thus from 1900 to 1910, and the same conditions continue today. . If this constant drain upon the rural ] communities continues it means dis- } aster, not only for the rural sections. ? I hut for the over-grown towns and j cities. So the business mn.a of th? , city, as well as the farmer, is vitally interested in the upbuilding of the t country districts. i We have today .'10,000 white tenant ( farmers in this State. Who will gain- ( say the fact that each one of these j would be a more valuable asset to so- j ciety, were he a farm owner? He would be a fixture, naturally he would f take greater care of his land; he . would have a better home, better r barns, better stock and better tools, j His family would enjoy many more of ^ the comforts of life; his lands would . enhance in value and necessarily he J would be a .more valuable citizen. ( How can the tenant farmer be helped , to become a land owner? Let the { State lend him on long-time twenty . years?from $1,000 to $2,000 to buy a j home, let the interest be low, actual j cost to the State, say 4 to 4 1-2 per j cent?for it is home o>vners and not ( profits the State is trying to get. The . . first three years require him to nay { the interest only, during the other seventeen years let him pay the debt , in equal annual instalments. The Eurchase is required to make this his ome, and should he move, be requir> ed to sell to some one who will make < 3 a home there. To secure the monev \ j for these loans, the State could sell < r coupon-bonds bearing a low rate of < ' interest, for its credit, and not that i '* of the purchaser would be behind j 3 them. These bonds would ih?n Vioi/o a I. ...... . ? TV U | - world market, large amounts of out- ' side capital would he brought into our 1 a State; all lines of business would feel i ' the effects of this great increase of i 3 money aqd lie greatly benefited. The 1 1 deposits in our banks would be so 5 1 greatly increased that our bankers i I could, and would, lower the interest < rate to the ordinary borrower and still < B make more money than they do at 1 I* present. Better farming would be <. i. done, and we would stop this constant 1 drain from the country to the town, i r The young now reared in the country 1 and having nothing but his brain and 1 muscle knows that if he remains on 1 the farm, he must come in direct \ competition with cheap negro lebor. < The negro can, and does, live cheaper i than the white man, his standards i iro lower and in farm work he has ;he white man at a terrible disadvanage. I, for one, am glad the white nan's standards are nigher, and I A'ish to place him in such a position :hat his standard of living will riso ;o a yet higher plane. Every argument in regard to more white farm owners applies with equal force to the town or city dweller who ioes not own his home. There are iow about 25,000 white citizens in jur cities and towns who live in rented homes. Aid them just as you do the farm purchaser. Thus they will accome more permanent in their domicile, which will necessarily make them not only more vaulable to the State at large, but also to the town >r city in which they live. These being facts, let us so legislate that ev?ry white man who so desires shall be able to worship God under his own line and fig tree. Defects in Our Personal Property Tax and the Special Taxes Which Should Be Substituted for It. Our system of taxation is fifty years behind the times, and while it was well adapted to a purely agricultural community, it works great hardships in our present state of development, and will continue to be more and more oppressive as our civilization becomes more and more complex. The personal property tax for State purposes should be abolished. The laboring man cannot hide the bed upon which he sleeps, or the stove upon which his wife prepares his meals: the farmer cannnt hiHn hie work stock or is tools by which he both feeds and clothes the world. Your tax laws at present says return it, to the last mangey pip: and lowsey calf, we must have the revenue from the worn out stove and the rickety !>ed. But to the capitalist, who has his thousands, and maybe hundreds of thousands, invested in invisible personal property, it says?with an humhie and deprecatory bow: "My dear sir, we have no way of forcing you upon the tax books; if, however, in vour great and overflowing generosity, you desire to make a donation, it will be most thankfully received." The gentleman makes a return of uhout ten cents on the dollar, and Lroes forth thanking God for his great patriotism and generosity. I have not the time today to take up in detail the practical, economic, fiscal, and ethical defects of our personal property tax as I will do during this campaign; neither have I sufficient time to elaborate on the special taxes which should take its place. In brief. I think our personal nmnprH i r - "J tax should be abolished and that we should'put in its place (1) a graduated income tax, and (2) a graduated inheritance tax. We now pretend to have an inome tax law but we all know it is a farce, [i joke, and that as it stands cannot be enforced. But by following the ead of our national government along this line we can make our State income tax a large revenue producer ind at the same time, a just and equitible tax. The State incoir' tax should, ,n brief, be somewhat as lollows: The :ax should be levied on the net income )f the individual. An unmarried perjon with an income of less than $600 and a married person with an income less than $700 should be exempt from paying the income tax at all?and there should also be allowed an additional exemption of $100 for each dependent child which the citizen has to support. This will prevent the man with a very small income from being burdened with taxation as he now is. All individual incomes above the legal exemption should be taxed at a rate jf 1 per cent. Then there should be in additional (or super) tax with the rate increasing with increase in the size of the income somewhat as follows : , That part of an income above &1,000 and less than $2,f?00 at 1-2 of L per cent; that part of an incime ibove 82,500 and less than $5,000 at 1 per cent; that part of an income ibove $5,000 and less than $7,500 at L 1-2 per cent; that part of an income ibove $7,500 and less than $10,000 at 2 per cent; and all of the income ibove $10,000 should be taxed at a rate of 2 1-2 per cent. A progressive inheritance tax is me of the fairest taxes that can be evied because it entails no sacrifice >n the part of the recipient of the istate of the deceased, and because it :axes the man who has great ability ;o pay. Again it is one of the e&siest es collected. This is true because ill estates have to go through the probate court for final settlement. The judge of this court can collect ;his tax as he now collects the probate fees. The rate of this tax should be progressive, that is, should be much higher on large estates than on small >nes. The rate of the tax should also /ary in proportion to the kinship of ;he recipient of the estate to the deceased. That is, the rate on the inheritance should be very low when the property is willed to the wife, a ittle higher when it is willed to a child, and a great deal higher cVhen it foes to a cousin or some distant rela,ive. Defects in Our System of Taxing Real Estate?Suggested Changes. Our present system of taxing real sstate is, if possible, more unjust end works greater hardships, than does >ur personal property tax. Some in ;very community do absolutely nothng to develop their holdings, and y* t *row rich on the enterprise and procressiveness of their neighbors. They will neither develop nor sell their toldings, they are simply leeches livng and fattening on the thrift and ndustry of the neighborhood. They ;oil not, neither do they spin, and the iheckels continually pour in. Let me llustrate: Mr. A owns a frontage >f a fourth of a mile on the outskirts >f the main street of a considerable ?wn; some eight years ago, he did >pen up his heart and sell to Mr. B. ;he fartherest removed and least deiirable one-half acre for $2f?0. Mr. B. builds himself a modest home and lis one-half acre is now on the tax >ooks at a valuation of $800; Mr. A with his one-fourth of a mile of more iesirable holdings will neither improve nor sell; property in t' .t town s steadily advancing in value; Mr. A 1 is yeaily growing richer and yet this in piece of valuable property is now on pi the tax books for the modest sum of In $20 per acre. Think ot it! Worth to $500 per acre five years ago, annually ar becoming more valuable and yet only fo assessed at $20 per acre now. ar I could give you many other illus- m trations along this line, men simply ba doing nothing and yet growing richer se and richer on the energy, the enterprise, and the orogress of their communities. Any just system of land tax must take note of this unearned to increment, and see to it that the state co gets a goodly share of it, so as to lighten the burdens of government ed on those of her citizens who do have sp enterprise and who are developing the resources of the state. Thus and m thus only, can the wide-awake man Bi get a just reward for his efforts by y? having his taxes lowered, and thus st can moss-backism be made unpopular because unprofitable. Thus will it h< be possible to buy homes for our landless citizens for large holdings will so be unpopular when the State shares ni largely in the increased value of unutalized real estate. cc Real Estate Defects?Torrens System th or Before leaving this subject of real st estate I desire to refer to our present 2E system of lftnd titles. So far as I know, it is as old as Magna Charta which was wrested from King John at Runnymede some seven hundred u years ago. Each time a piece of property re changes hands, a lawyer has to be em- jyi ployed for the purpose of examining, tracing and passing on the title. He, of course, has to be paid, and I am a( not saying he does not earn his fee, pj but this is an entirely unnecessary jc burden on the seller when the transfer is made, and a still more omerous ^ tax on a land-owner who wishes to \ use his real estate as collateral for a loan. I am told that in some counties of our State, the fee for examining w and tracing titles is ten percent of the loan. You can readily understand that no business can stand such a drain as this. Besides, this makes real estate an undesirable collateral, whereas, were we to adopt the Torrens System of registering titles, the _ State would examine once for all, and ^ guarantee the title. Under this sys- m tern, the transfer of real estate is as simple as the transfer of a share of R bank stock. It then becomes a very I desirable collateral to the owner who I desires a loan. The adoption of this I system is in keeping with modern I methods, and will have to be used be- ^ fore we can .make our lands perform _ me great part tney should in the fur- ~ ther progress and development of our ^ State. Educational Problems. ^ We come now to a question that is of more importance to the future welfare and progress of our State than any other. I refer to the education of our children. All history shows us that to be permanently great, prosperous, and happy, a people must be educated. After the great war for Southern independence, our State was ruined and lay powerless at the feet of an ignorant and servile race, which was led by as vile a crowd of white men as ever disgraced humanity. For eight years we endured a reign of corruption and debauchery such as no other brave and virtuous people have . been called upon to suffer. Then, . under the great Hampton, our people , rose and threw off the fetters which bound them. Our State was redeem- jj ed, but it was also bankrupt in all save honor. Still, poor as she was, her first efforts were along educational lines. Mistakes were made; our ! educational system became top-heavy; a wide gap was left between our common schools and colleges. The proper d thought and attenion had not been given to the education of the masses. OUr common schools were poorly taught, and of equipment, they had almost none. Of high school we had none, our colleges had to lower their standards, or the children had to be sent elsewhere to be prepared for college. Some years ago, our government P saw its mistake and for a number of years high schools have been estab- 6^ listed at a rapid rate, common schools p have been greatly improved, the standard for teachers has been raised, ? and, in one word our ideas along educational lines have been revolutionized. But do not imagine that all has been done that should be. Our common school system is founded on the wrong basis. The three mill tax is a county whereas it should be a State tax. The school children are the children of the state and not of the var- = ious counties, therefore, this should be a State and not a county tax. Soon 1 thev will take our places, and the destinv of South Carolina will be in their keeping. Not only on account of good citizenship, but also on ac- r, count of the superior business qualifications of an educated man, so are ail vitally interested in having an educated people. ' Let us see some of the gross irreg marines 01 our present school terms. In the city of Charleston there was expended last year for the education of each negro child on the school rolls the sum of $21.27, a sum greater than was expended for the education of each white child in thirty-six counties of the State. This condition is not ~ confirmed to Charleston alone, it exists in other cities of the State. Now L I am not fighting negro education, but A I do say our first duty is to our own race. We have a glorious heritage in the civilization which we received from our ancestors, we can only preserve that civilization by having an p educated people. The making of the three mill tax a State and not a county tax will not p entirely equalize the school term?, but it will be a long step in that direction. I am sure that our patriotic F people will, when their attention is co'led to this, recognize the fact that these children occupy the same position toward the State as does the C Confederate soldier. These brave 0;d heroes did not suffer hunger, colds and all kinds of privation for Summer or any other county. They fac=d death for South Carolina and therefore our State now tries as best she may to care for them in their declin g years. The same argument apies with equal force to our children, the future, they will be called upon battle for the welfare, the honor, id the progress of the State. Therere, let the State see that each has i opportunity for at least a comon school education, so that in the ittles of life, they may acquit themlves like men. Too Thin. "Father," said the student, "I want talk to you about changing my urse of study." "Talk to your mother, son," dlrectI the father, who was reading the lorting page. "Mother," said the son, "I made a i stake when I elected chemistry, ut it is not too late to change even it. I want to take astronomy inead." The mother searched the eyes of ir son sharply. Then she said: "Nope. You'll have to think up ime bette rexcuse for staying out at ght!"?Pittsburgh Chronicle. The governor ought to have his lat-tail reinforced. It can't stand le pulliilg and tugging that is made l it. He will find nothing but rings hanging to him after August ?.?Spartanburg Journal. LOW ROUND TRIP RATES. Rates open for everybody from nion, S. C. $19.55 to Washington, D. C., and iturn, account Unveiling Arlington onument and Peace Celebration, ine 4, 1914. $6.55 to Atlanta, Ga., and return :count Annual Convention Photogralers Association of America, June >-20, 1914. $25.00 to Philadelphia, Pa., and reirn, account National Electric Light ssociation, June 1-5, 1914. For schedules or other informaon, call on Seaboard Agents or rite the undersigned. D. W. Morrah, T. P. 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D. on 10 >r cent deposit. Allowing examinai>n. TIRE FACTORIES SALES CO. ept. A Dayton, Ohio BARRON & BARRON Attorneys at Law | UNION, S. C. 'ractice in all Courts. Mony to loan on City and Farm 'roperty. T. H. MUNRO A -1 T Aiiunic; a i juaw UNION, S. C. FFICE OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE JNO. K. HAMBLIN LAWYER ooms No*. 14-15?Foster Building See upstairs, Opposite Hotel Union Union. South Carolina Lawrence G. Southard ATTORNEY AT LAW Will Practice in all Courts Office Opposite Post Office uneral Directing and Embalming or linsnrnnaao/l aon/ino ? - r? ?>. UK. . 1VV, In perfect taste, or widest range of selections. At lowest possible cost, or licensed and experienced Embalmers and Funeral Directors, all us any hour of day or night. THE WA6N0N-BRADLEY CO. p-to-date Parlora, No. 13, Main St. Parlor Phone 104 day or* night. UNION, S. C.