The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 03, 1914, PART II PAGES 9 to 12, Image 9
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Part II. Pages 9 to 12
HI THE UNION TIMES H
VOL. LXIV. NO. 27. UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY :i, 1914. #1.00 A YEAR.
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ISSUES ARE DISCUSSED
IN THE STATE CAMPAIGN |
Law Enforcement, Education, Pardon
Power and Roads?Review of the
State Ring?Hard to Say
Which of Eleven Guberv
natorial Candidates
Isin the Lead.
Columbia, June 28.?Enforcement
of the law, compulsory education,
good roads and curtailment of the use
of the pardoning power, are the paramount
issues developed in the campaign
tour of the candidates for the
State offices, which closed its second
week at Dillon yesterday afternoon.
Other issues have been brought into
the race, but thestohave been holding
the centre of th^p stage, at least as
far as constructive measures are concerned.
) "Coat-tail swinging" is heard from
every stump, becoming especially
prominent at Florence and Marion
during the past week. At the first
r*l n r*Ck oil 1/in/ln
riuw nil niuuo Ul V|UCM1UII?> WtTU
hurled at John G. Richards, who is f
running for Governor, when he declared
his intention to vote for Gov- J
ernor Blease for the Senate and denied
that he was a "coat-tail swinger"
as a result, that he was simply
exercising his right to vote for whom v
he pleased. He denounced what he j
calls the "newspaper oligarchy" and t
says they are trying to crush him be- t
cause of his intention to vote for i
Blease. 1
Called a Camp Follower. t
W. C. Irby, candidate for Governor, >
and also a political friend of Gov- i
ernor Blease, denominated Mr. Rich- ii
ards as a "camp-follower" at Marion, j
Mr. Irby said Richards reminded him j
of one who lurks in the rear while the (
fighting is going on and after the vie- <
tory is won rushes on the field and j
trys to grab the spoils. "Where," he i
asked, "was Richards standing two t
years ago when he went into a caucus j
with Senator Tillman to consider op- <
posing Blease for reelection?" He al- i
so wanted to know where Richards <
was standing years ago when he and c
others who have been with Blease for >
years went down to defeat with him. t
Florence was the first place factionalism
has crnnnerf nut nn tViio oom. -
paign tour. The audience there was t
anti-Blease, strongly so, and they j
cheered to anti-Blease candidates and c
heckled the others. From what has 1
been gathered most of the counties i
apparently so far visited are against j
the state administration with the pos- <
sible exception of Horry. It is ad- ?
mitted that county will be close, al- j
though Governor Blease carried it >
two years ago by a good majority. i
Places Visited. j
The candidtftes for State offices 1
have visited Sumter, Clarendon, Berk- j
eley, Georgetown, Williamsburg, 1
Florence, Marion, Horry and Dillon S
counties. Which of the eleven can- j
didates is leading for Governor is 1
hard to say. The people have been "<
giving close attention of all of the i
speeches. 1
That the people are doing their own <
thinking and are intelligently arriv- i
ing at conclusions regardless of the ^
so-called Blease issue is evident. All ]
of the audiences have applauded con- <
demnation of the indiscriminate use 'i
of the pardoning power, voiced by R. ]
I. Manning and M. L. Smith in their s
speeches for Governor. These, with j
John G. Clinkscales and R. A. Cooper ']
have stressed the need and necessity ]
for enforcement of the laws. Man- i
ning, C. A. Smith, Cooper, Clink- <
scales have scored race tracks and <
promise if they are elected Governor <
to suppress the evil. r?
The weather has been sweltering, <
so hot, indeed, as to be a burden to (
the candidates, the newspaper men. <
and the audience. The patience of <
i,ne wnoie collection has been wonder- t
ful. <
Oligarchy "Dopists." t
The newspaper men who are cov- ^
ering the campaign have new names, ]
as a result of the attacks by Major 1
John G. Richards, chairman of the 1
railroad commission, and a candidate s
for Governor. On what, hp has namnrl
"the newspaper oligarchy." A. D. s
Oliphant, of the Columbia State, has 1
designated the three newspaper men
as Oligarchy 1, 2 and 3. He calls J. <
A. Daly, of the Columbia Record Oli- t
garchy No. 1, Caldwell, of The News s
and Courier, as Oligarchy No. 2, him- t
self as Oligarchy No. 3, and G. R. j
Calvert, the Western Union man, who i
is making the rounds with the cam- <
paign and handling press copy, as t
chief slave of the Oligarchy. Rich- i
ards and Charles Carroll Simms, also t
running for Governor, are the only f
two out of the twenty-six candidates s
who have attacked the newspapers i
so far. t
The candidates speak this week at i
Darlington, Bishopville, Bennettsville, t
Chesterfield, Camden and Columbia, t
when there will be a recess until the j
next Thursday. W. F. Caldwell. i
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Men will do anything for notoriety a
and a little cash. Six graduates of i
the Universitv of Pennsylvania start- ?
ed out to walk barefooted from Phil- 1
adelphia to St. Louis. A club at the <
university offered a prize of $1,000
to any two who would make the ]
tramp. Six started out. Four fell >
out of ranks on the road. They left t
May 18, and two of them landed in i
St. Louis June 23. t
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Union is to have a week of high
:lass entertainment, something wort
vhile, as may be seen by the descrij
ion of each day's entertainment th
:hautauqua week for Union show;
The week is to be full of good thing:
The program should attract peopl
'ar and near. Nothing like this seric
>f entertainments has ever been give
n Union. The public spirited cit:
:ens who have made it a sure thin
;hat we are to have the course for
'ull week deserve the thanks of th
rntire community.
The following description of th
superb week's entertainment will gh
fou the opinion of a competent judge
Winchester, Tenn., June 8, 1914.
Alkahest Lyceum System, Atlant;
la?Dear Sirs: You asked me 1
tive my opinion on the progran. i'
his season, and the talent; and no
hat I have seen and heard them al
t is a pleasure to comply; a pleasui
>ecause I have nothing but praise. 1
he first place, the program itself is
irnrL" nf nrf T ^ n mAvn T It- 4-1
nore I realize this, and its renditic
s perfect. Neapolitan [Troubador
ire sympathetic in their playing ar
>erfect in technique, and this appli<
o their ensemble work and their sol<
>n the violin, harp, etc., and their pr<
jrams are evenly balanced and plea
ng to all. Miss Gassaway is a hi
md it took only one reading here 1
>rove it. Then came the Hawkej
Grlee Club. Of course Chautauqc
sn't Chautauqua without a ma
quartet, and yours is made up of gei
:rous fellows who do good work. The
vere encored again and again, and r
>ponded with equal enthusiasm. M
?Vard is superlative, because of tf
nagnificence of his theme, because <
he beauty o his art, because of t!
;harm of th?. nan, whose wonderful!
:ultured voice lends to this charr
Vladame Sybil Sammis-McDermid
in artist in her singing, her staj
jresence, her costuming, and was
lelight to the audiences on and off tl
stage; while the New York City Mi
ine band, both in volume and othe
vise is simply fine. LoZito and h
nen are so evidently desirous <
pleasing that were they less got
;hey would succeed, while they ai
?ood enough to please had they ni
;his desire. Their programs wei
veil built, (like yours is) and ga^
freat pleasure to everyone. Wht
;he Avon Sketch Club and Cle
(Veils appeared, for some reason
nore probably for no reason?I fe
;hey would not make pood. At tl
;nd of the first number I had chang<
tiy mind; at the end of the second
vas mentally apologetic; at the thii
[ was charmed, and as they progres
;d they swept that audience as a tid
ivave, deluging it with joy. The pe
jle went wild, and exhausted then
selves with applause. I can not si;
s;le out which part of their woi
pleased most. Clem Wells gave 01
sianologue in the afternoon, and
.he evening he had to give two moi
ind then gave that one again. Mi;
3'Shaughnessy (and that is no 'nori
ie-plume') in her Irish readings wi
so captivating that they made h<
lome back again and again; Mi;
3'Neill in a different way was just j
charming in hers. The duets of tl
ither two young ladies were mel>-:
ind harmony in one, and all of tl
choruses and solos were equally wt
lone. The sketch "How the Vote Wi
Won" is a scream from start to finis
[t is much better than many things
lave paid $1.50 to aee on the stag
When Miss O'Brien was readine hi
lecond encore "Scattering Pie-Cru:
Through the Land," a bunch of rosi
lome enraptured child had given h<
jefore, scattered their petals on tl
itage at exactly the right momen
ind it seemed she was suiting hi
ictions to her words. And in thi
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fnvwn nilVll OI1V V 1 VIIIIIXY IV W <
ihe) came out as that hideous servai
?irl (how can such a pretty girl ijnal
lp as ugly as that) a little black flei
;aten kitten deliberately walked t
he steps on to the stage and stoppe
it her feet. That ended the matterhe
house "came down" as the pha:
foes; and it almost ruined it. Th
roung woman (I am sorry they wei
lere such a short time I failed to gi
ill their names) who plays the vei
iretty and attractive wife, simply hs
-o bury her face in her hands. Bi
he servant, in all her hideousnes
licked the kitten up, and the day?
iiean the evening?was won. T1
.wo young ladies I havn't mentioni
vere every bit as good in their pari
is those I have, while several ladi?
laid Mr. Wells made a most naturi
lusband on the stage. That is hai
in husbands, but praise for Well
\nd tlty were so generous V/lic
icople ct me up to tell them the
vere fine they simply said; "Wa
ill the Oxfords come." In iuat th
vay Madame MacDermid had praisr
hem. The only criticism I have 1
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lid Enjoy
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11 offer on them is that Miss O'Shaug
a nessy should be put in on the evenii
ie for at least one reading, if they ci
?n possibly squeeze her in. And ci
s you arrange for them to carry fu:
id blown roses and a little black kitt
;s everywhere? Booth Lowry had mai
ic fpienHa horn nnH Uo ma/jn T*l
[>- first thing I heard when I got he
b- was that he was very popular hei
t, and he was even more so when 1
to left this second time. He was ve:
re 'fine. Then came to Ernest (lamb
ia concert party; three artists, as ever
le one knows. Their work is beautifi
and so are they. At least the womi
>y are, and Gamble will do ?for a ma
e- Mrs. Pickett's theme is so encrust
r. with sentiment that she would $
ie have to do well. But her stjfi
>f preachee is so handsome; her dicti
ie and delivery so perfect; and her voi
ly so clear that they unite to make h
n. buperb. I, for one, was so facinat
is with her looks and manner that I i
re most lost what she said, and am ve
a glad I shall hear again. Dr. Hil
ie lectured in wind and rain, but he he
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a_ ma uuuieiiiu ausoiuieiy. Me is iru
r- vidual in the extreme and it is an i
is dividuality worth while. Many sa
af he was the best of all?but many sa
>d that of every one of the attractior
f-j We waited until the Oxfords came,
ot the Avons bade; and the waiting w
re rewarded. With their groups of qua
re tettes in the afternoon they complet
>n ly captivated the audience, word pas
m ,ed and in the evening the tent w
_ 'filled. The ladies of Winchester;
It .committee of them?had arranged t
ie stage as a perfect setting for "T
;d Nickado-f' Japanese lanterns, fa
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r a Week
jrtainmer
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h- and parasols, flowers, screens?everylg
thing. First Harrison Burch gave
in several piano solos. His work is brilin
jiant. In the afternoon he completely
11- subordinated himself as an accomsn
pianist; as soloist he asserted himself
IV with great power, thus doubly showlie
ing what an artist he is. His touch
re is sympathetic but fine, and he is in e,
.comparable in the perfection of his
lie technique. But he never lets tech
kci <nvay wiin mm; lie sacnle
ficed it to feeling always. He is an
y- artist in every way. Mr. and Mrs,
il, Ogden, Miss Cogburn and Mr. Leither
en in the "Mikado" blended their voices
n. beautifully, and were also most effected
tore in the solo parts. Gifted with fine
Ot^oices .to begin with, and having had
ge xpWhtftd trfilrtlng, the result was to be
an foreseen. Their acting was a artistce
ie as their singing; their costumes
er handsome; and thanks to them the
ed Chautauqua closed in a blaze of glory,
il- and the applause made the welkin
ry ring. The audience was transported
es and gave them an ovation at the end,
ild Many said you had saved the best foi
li- the last, but some added it would have
n- been the same the other way round.
i<l Sincerely yours,
id HUNT COOK.
is.
as PROGRAM.
** FIRST DAY.
,e. Tuesday, July 7th?Afternoon.
is- Address of Welcome by local eitias
zens, responded to by the Platform
a Manager, Dr. Chas. Lane of Macon,
he Ga. Grand Opening Concert by the
he Neapolitan Orchestra, assisted by
ns I Miss Elaine Gasaway, reader.
K?JU1
of High
it.
EveningMusical
Preludes by the Neapolitan
Orchestra and readings by Miss Gasaway.
Humorous lecture by Dr. H. W.
"Taffy" Sears of Illinois. Subject:
"More Taffy and Less Epitaphy."
SECOND DAY.
Wednesday, July 8th?Morning Hour.
Lecture by the platform manager,
Dr. Chas. Lane. Subject; "Analysis
of Laughter."
Afternoon.
A program of vocal and instrumental
music by the Hawkeye Glee Club.
Evening.
Thirty minutes of music by the
Hawkeye Glee Club. Shakespearan
recital by Mr. Frederick Warde, the
noted actor and tragedian.
THIRD DAY.
Thursday, July 9th?Morning Hour.
Lecture by the platform manager,
Dr. Chas Lane. Subject: "Lessons
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Afternoon.
Song recital by the noted soprano,
Sibyl Sammis-MacDermid, assisted by
the New York City Marine Band.
Evening.
Grand concert by the New York
City Marine Band, M. Lo Zito, director,
introducing a sextette and quartette
and Madame Sibyl Samvnis-Maci
Dermid as soloist.
FOURTH DAY.
Friday, July 10th?Morning Hour.
Lecture by the Platform Manager,
i Dr. Chas. Lane. Subject: "Talks
, and Talkers."
Afternoon.
1 Preludes of sketches and music bv
the Avon Sketch Club and Glenn
j Wells. Humorous lecture by Prof.
1 Lowrey, the "Blue Mountain Philosor
pher." Subject: "Simon Savs WigWag."
Evening.
Dramatic entertainment and con|
cert by the Avon Sketch Club and
Glen Wells, introducing the famous
' suffragette playette, "How the Vote
Was Won," and the popular Banjo
, Quartette.
FIFTH DAY.
Saturday. July llQi?Morning Hour.
Lecture by the platform manager,
Dr. Chas. Lane. Subject: "A Neglected
Field of Poetry."
Afternoon.
Musical preludes by the Ernest
Gamble Concert Party. Historical
i lecture by Mrs. LaSalle Corbell Pick,
ett (widow of General Pickett, the
i famous Confederate leader.) Subject,
"The Battle of Gettysburg."
Evening.
? A concert recital by the celebrated
Ernest Gamble Concert Party of
Pittsburg. Introducing Mr. Ernest
Gamble, Basso Cantante; Miss Verna
Page, violiniste, and Miss Aline Kuhn,
concert pianiste.
SIXTH DAY.
Sunday, July 12th?Afternoon.
Mass meeting. Musical preludes by
the Ernest Bamble concert party.
Sermon by the platform manager, Dr.
Chas. Lane.
Evening.
Preludes by the Ernest Gamble eon
cert party. Lecture by Hon. Jos. G.
Camp, the famous Southern orator.
Subject: "The Making of a Man."
SEVENTH DAY.
Monday, July 13th?Morning Hour.
Lecture by the platform manager,
Dr. Chas. Lane. Subject: "Elements
of a Strong Character."
Afternoon.
Preludes of music by the Oxford
company. Lecture by Dr. Robert
Parker Miles, the noted dramatic lecturer
of Cleveland, Ohio. Subject:
"Tallow Dips."
Evening.
The Oxford Grand Opera Quintette
in their costumed presentation of the
comic opera, "The Mikado," with Mr.
Harrison Burch, concert pianist.
Programs begin promptly at 11 a.
m. and 3 and 8 p. m. unless otherwise
announced by local committee.
A young lady walked into President
Wilson's office and asked him to kiss
her. She seemed delighted and said
she would carry the kiss to her home
in California. She was 7 years old.
So long as the president confines his
kis.QAfl tn V/>1 in or 1 Q/lioc? nf iKof Ko
may expect peace at home. If he
should try his harrf!, or rather his
lips, on handsome young women three
times that age, he might have to submit
to meditation.
A Wisconsin farmer garbed a
scarecrow in male attire, and the
crow's roosted on it. There he put
women's clothes on it and there has
not been a crow in his field since.
Which surely sustains Rudyard Kipling's
theory that the female of the
species is more deadly than the male.
?Anderson Mail.
LY 7-13
HEIR TO AUSTRIAN THRONE
MEETS DEATH WITH WIFE
Shot Dead in Street at Sarajevo?
Second Attempt in Short Time?
Archduke Wards off Death
Dealing Bomb Before
Shots are Fired.
Sarajevo, June 28?Archduke Francis
Ferdinand, heir to the AustroHungarian
throne, and his morganatic,
wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg,
were assassinated today while driving
through the streets of Sarajevo, the
Bosnian capital. A youthful Servian
student fired the shots which added
another to the long list of tragedies
that has darkened the reign of Emperior
Francis Joseph. ,
The archduke and his wife were
victims of the second attempt in the
same day against their lives. First a
bomb was thrown at the automobile
in which they were driving to the
town hall. Forewarned, however, of a
possible attempt against his life, the
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..CO ..uvviiiui aim mii'uck tin*
missle aside with his arm. It fell
under an automobile following1 which
carried members of the archduke's
suite, wounding Count von Boos-Waldeck
and Col. Merizzo.
On their return from the town hall
the archduke and the dutches* were
driving to the hospital when Claviro
Prinzip darted at the car and fired
a volley at the occupants. His aim
was true and the archduke and his
wife were mortally wounded. With
them at the time was the governor
of the city, who escaped injury. The
bodies of his murdered companions
collapsed across him and protected
him from stray bullets.
The governor shouted to the chauffeur
to rush to the palace. Physicians
were in prompt attendance, but their
services were useless as the archduke
and his wife were dead before the
palace was reached.
Until the emperor's wishes are
known the bodies will lie in state at
the palace here. They will doubtless
be interred in the Hapsburg
vaults in the Capuchin church in
Vienna.
In Sarajevo there is mourning everywhere
with black draoed flaps and .?
blink
At Mary's drop-stitch shirtwaist.
When Mary left the U. S. A.
To visit dear old Sparta;
She wore a skirt in which the slit
Extended to her destination.
?
Throughout the day weeping women
were to be seen in groups while great,
crowds surrounded the spots where
the bomb exploded and where the fatal
shots were fired.
Culmination of Sorrows.
This final tragedy which has come
to the house of Hapsburg is the culmination
of the personal sorrows that
have overshadowed the life of the emperor.
The reign began with sinister
omens for the emperor faced internal
dissensions and external aggressions
from the moment he came to
the throne. In 1853 the list of tragicincidents
began with an attempt on
his life when a Hungarian named Iebenye
wounded him with a knife.
Fourteen years later his brother,
Archduke Maximilian, emperor of
Mexico, was executed. Then followed
the burning to death of a niece in
Vienna, a sister in Paris, and the
death by suicide in Stahrenberg lake
of a cousin.
In 1898 the emperor's wife, who
was the daughter of Maxmilian Joseph,
duke of Bavaria, was stabbed
to death at Geneva by a mad Italian
anarchist. They had been estranged
for many years but the emperor had
.never ceased to show a deep affection
for her.
Less than 10 years before the emperor's
only son, the Crown Prince
Rudolph, a man of ability and promise,
met death in a mystery which to
this date has not been cleared. On
January 30, 1889, his body was found
in a hunting lodge at Meyerling, not
far from Vienna, Beside his body lay
that of the Baroness Marie Vetzera.
No Rhyme or Reason.
When Mary starts to board a car,
Just see how brazen men are;
Why don't they turn their heads I
hep,
Why should they look at Mary's hat?
?Cincinnati Enquirer.
Those hiph-step cars are a dispraee;
They are entirely out of place;
The distance truly should be half;
Then Mary would show her animosity.
?Detroit News.
When Mary starts to dance a bit
Men folk nearly have a fit;
If more clothes her form did drape;
Mary wouldn't show her disposition.
?Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Mary step*; across the putter?
Oh, the mean thinps men do utter;
Mary's anper 'pins to rankle?
Why should they talk about her elbow.
?Ft. Smith Times-Record.
When Mary wears a short slit skirt
Then men all try with her to flirt
And wonder if that nauphty breeze
Doesn't chill her to the shoulder.
?Birmingham Age-Herald.
When Mary does the "Kitchen Sink"
Men do thinps very shockinp
Thev caze and stnrp and urintr Qr?rl