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m THE UNION TIMESJ1 VOL. L.XIV. NO. 28. UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, ULY 10, 1914. $1.00 A YEAR. SENATORI ADDI TREMENDOUS CRO HEAR THE Much Interruption of Blease's Op Humored?Pollock Says Blei Run on Union Republ Marlboro Cou Hon. Macbeth Young, county chair-1 man, made an introductory speech. pleading for good order. Rev. Lewis M. Rice was called upon to make the opening prayer. The chairman then introduced the first speaker: Gov. Cole L. Bleaae. The Governor expressed pleasure at the opportunity to speak in Union. Union has stood by me in the races of the past, and from the information brought to me, she will stand by me in this race. The conditions are fine, and on the 25th of August I will be promoted to the United States senate. The banks, the money interest, the newspaper reporting said we had lost. But we won then, and we will win again, l received a letter calling my attention to the report that I pardoned "Portland Ned." The question was asked, "Who signed the request for pardoning "Portland Ned." I sent The State the record; yet The State would not publish my report. If the dirtiest negro in The State send them an article they publish such reports. ! They refuse to publish what I send in reply. The newspapers will publish what is detrimental to our interest, but not anything that is for our help. < At Batesburg they fixed up so is to , pack it anti-Blease. Newspapers cost some folk thousands of dollars two year* ago, fet they were misled by newttapera. ' "Tney had a constitution iaftj |\ [L Gonzales, a foi^ffher and mUr mixed-breed. So if they are so much jar against the "furriner" why do they MB fix it so that one can vote in one year " in Charleston; anywhere else in the State you must reside two years. And I? they say your name on a note or check * 4<- you must sign in full. Why? It was done to deceive our crowd. You g( to one of these little cigarette smok ing clerks and he shows you the book Wnen one of their own men goes i he shows him that he must sign i full. That convention was the dirties piece of thievery ever concocted. Bi our people are registering as nev< before, and there are many going vote for me that never voted for .t before. The farmer, mill man a " ' laborer has quit his work and go enroll and be docked. They knew was unfair because they are defei ing it. Why do they take up th time defending it if they are thieves and robbers. Two years < * "onnie themse! a whole lot 01 ? up to be the best people?these pe< prayed for the best man to win. "A preacher prayed here this m ing that we might love one anot I hope God will answer that pr and pour some of it in his own h "We hear much about cotton, one can raise the price of any modity. Why if so, who raisec price of cow peas? Why don't I reduce the price of bacon. Mr. 5 might have thought he was ri I the price of cotton when he voted ' Haskell. Same thing when he I to pay the family of a negro II for lynching a negro. I will i li reference to pardoning, I hav< f doned a good many people. I I to pa?-don a good many more. , a petition comes signed by tt people, I am going to grant urHnv: I ex| )| granted one vBa?.? ? grant more. The man that do I it, confound him, he can't help The next speaker introduc Major Jennings of Sumter. ' my first visit to your city. I to tell you that I was a me that convention. I tell you, 3 your Governor, that you ar | to vote under those rules, 11 : can't help it. What do the jl provide for? That every w [I who goes to his club roll I and signs his name. The II has to go and enroll just as fI man. TTiose rules provide t I white man must sign his : 11 for not many have the same j Every club elects its own If your club is a Blease clu' - ?Qrv jf js a I ? Blea.se ?nv. ? | it has an anti-Blease secrc Blease says his people are Why then should you coi | will hearken to the voice of the white people of this S not here to abuse any one Governor says he is proud ! ord he has made. If so, around the State explain /ord. He should be proud helping him to tell it. T has told that he is proud don record, and will, if s< ington, use his efforts t< ? negro .mail clerks out. AL CANDII IESS UNIO] WDS GATHER TO'; SPEAKERS. ; i ponents, But Heckling was Good 1 ise's Staff Member, Gibson, i ican Mixed Ticket in nty in 1880. \ > i man can go to Washington and do ' this. They hold their jobs under civil ] service. Which doe? the most harm, 1 the having of a few negro mail clerks, * or 900 negro convicts turned loose on 1 you? Which is worse? If I got not 1 a single vote, I'll tell you that as I 1 can judge, the 26th of August will be < Governor Blease's political death for < all eternity. A change has come about. * The people are awake as never before. ' I'm not worried. I make more money 1 at home than if elected. You can't 1 fool all the people all the time. Where 1 we nave oeen some men hollering for 2 the Governor. But votes, not holler- ! ing, will count on August 25. My 1 time is almost up. I was born and ,1 reared in Sumter county., I worked 1 on the farm and then studied law."' > "Any niggers over there?" asked 1 some heckler. < "Yes, some that were turned out < by your Governor! Fifteen years j ago I began the practice of law. Four ' years ago I became Mayor of Sum- j ter. My people have some confidence ! in me." Of the hecklers the speaker 1 said, "Let them have their fun now, ' for after August 25 they will have ' "Senator Smith says he has raised ] the price of cotton. If there is a mpn 1' who b^ievemth^^^^^tf^^mit^^^ iBW't farm. I am working to do some good I for humanity as well as for myself. I come asking that you give me at-| tention." When I entered this race a few weeks ago, thefe were but two , 'men in the race, Senator Smith and , Gov. Blease. I said then and repeat . now that the record of Senator Smith was too weak and that of Gov. Blease n too bad to be elected upon. I am not n going to say anything of a persona ,t nature, I will not, however, fail b it read their record. If you do not wan ?r Gov. Blease's re*ord, you had bette to leave. Your Governor said he beliei nt ed in the courts and law. There ai nj 30,000 jurors and 20,000 grand juro to in the State that have been set asii it by Gov. Blease in his pardoning re id- ord. Cordoza Hampton, an all-rou eir lawbreaker and bad character is o not pardoned by your governor. He is aRO 'nigger.' You voters listen, how the sound of these nan1 ,ves y?u ? jple (here reads the list from tnancn club of last year.) Do you want th orn- Greeks and Dagoes to kill your vo ;her. I don't. Where does Gov. Ble ayer stand with reference to those fore eart. ers? He vetoed the act that shut >Io this foreign vote. He goes dowi com- Charleston and appoints Jim So' I the a little sawed-off Dago, to make they a colonel on his staff. Let me 'Smith you something that you do not 1 iising and which is a new feature in I with campaign: 'The Union Repufc voted ticket of Marlboro county in 181 $2,000 which the names of James G. *ay in field, president; Chester A. A 8 par- vice president, appeared; along exnect these were the electors of Soutl When olina, appears the name of 1 le best Hayne, a negro from the Firs it. I trict; Wilson Coke, a negro frc pect to Fourth District; S';muel L. 1 n't like negro candidate for Congress it." tjhe Seventh District. Alonp the name of J. ed was these app cat o v.., 'This is son, a candidate for the house am triad resentatives. This man Gibs mber of been appointed by the Gove as said magistrate at Bennettsville, e going colonel on the Governor's staf and ycu Blease has been the best fri >se rules netrro bucks have ever had. hite man turned out 900 of them. H secretary chauffeur, arrested for reckli rich man ing, was pardoned by 1 the poor Blease. It makes a jrreat de hat every ference whose negro it is. full name Smith's record is to weak am full name, record is too bad. The bigp secretary, [that Smith has ever done is b, it has a extra pounds on his slabs. nti-Blease, get a hog fat, we kill him jtary. Gov. him down. Senator Smit' . enrolling, will cost more to fatten r nplain? I did him. He says I'm a r the peopie, and that he is a thoroughbi tate. I am is a moss back. We want . But your best we can for our State, of the rec- family. There has been I am going over the State the greate his rec- lawlessness. I want to pi !- 1?cr abc Ill* of that. I'm of a man m u. he Governor condition. I want to see I of his par- father to help the conditio snt to Wash- campaigned 17 counties ) put all the am l.ere to tell you the f I know no the midst of a revolution )ATES ? V VOTERS s lawlessness and disorder the reign of Governor Blease. Cole L. Blease will go down to the greatest defeat in the tiistory of the State on August 26." After Mr. Pollock's address Chairnan Young announced that there was at Chautauqua entertainment going a: >n and that the proceeds netted would T go to the hospital association. After ei this announcement Senator Smith was ai introduced. tl Senator Smith. t< Senator Smith said: "My friend ni From Chesterfield is like the big whis- e\ tie on the steamboat that was too big ei For its boilers. When the whistle blew m tne Doat stopped. I am here in be- T half of the farmer. There would be b? no factory, no merchant, if it were not tor the farmer. The farmer has come So realize that upon his shoulders rest the task of feeding and clothing the world. Some of the best educated C nen I ever saw could scarcely read ei >r write. They could think, and think vl :orrectly. And some of the biggest pi Fools I ever saw had a sheeps skin in n lis hand and a sheep's head on his la jhoulders. All of you that want di Blease, Pollock or Jennings after you y? lear me, I want God to have mercy on C fou. Of 96 senators there is not a ol ungle mill man, and only 5 farmers, hi IVith these five fanners we have to r< Ight the world. God tried Adam and la put him in the garden. Adam failed ai ?nd God turned him out. Then God s? :ried Noah, Abraham and the prophits; they were failures. He never c carried out his plans until He became > lesh and walked the stony road of later. We do not appreciate our own Force and power. I am charged with Pj having nothing to do with the raise T in the price of cotton. I tried like the E iickens. Where were the other fel- I lows here, helping or trying? When * iid you ever hear of the gambler raisin? the nrice. Yon h*v? tu* i?ut ? jppdj^r^a '* fti.on and brought hi a panic. Under ^ the new law, I can go. to the bank and ] I will not nave to say will you lend ( me a little money. My God, think of . ill The man who fed him and made the c'othes on his back had to beg ?.>/ 'it. Now I can take my endorsed note and demand money on it. They used | to tell us there was no production of ' cotton, and with a nine million bale I 'crop they gave us 8 cents; since we have been raising a 13 million bale . crop we have been getting 13 1-2 cents. This means that the farmers of the State of South Carolina have been reaping an increase of twenty _ million dollars per annum. When I .jj start and travel through this count] and see the sign of prosperity, I thanl * c~v>? Thev said God I was in me uK..u ? had nothing to do with it. Than . God I was at the doing. The shark j held the dice and upon the rattle c them depended the prosperity of tl farmer. God isn't making any mo se cotton land, but he is making babi te? ^ bushels. You work 12 mont asg to make a bale of cotton. Here coir " the representative of the cotton buj * I from Liverpool and gobbles up ( n to c?tton bis own price. The tri i.;i never grows old. I expect to pre; him "ottoM ' die, wear cotton clotl be buried in a cotton sheet and g( v heaven in a cotton balloon. The f ernment has shown that there is p lican tica,|y no difference in the grade 10 on middling cotton and yet we have 1 Qar_ euchered out of large values on rthur" ca"ed l?w Rrade middling. with am ebairman on tbe Comm i Car on ^mmiKration and so heln me ^ ^ I am determined that the inheri . "i\: ' of our children shall not be 1 th" ^rom them. If I could I would I ee a ^oor to a'l immigration, gooi ' fr >m ')a(* ^or next twenty years. I ..V Governor Blease was accorde P rih. most respectful hearing of any 'f ' " candidates. The other three . heckled mercilessly, but held ,on as own in spite of it. The loul m L *w rnor as . also as que-8*10"61* was mucn m r r- vast majority, howver, seemd s lendihe to hcar. ',a' A Pleasant Occasion. is negro ess driThe Junior class of the Upp Governor Forest Sunday school and thei al of dif- er> Mr. Ben Black, spent a ver Senator ant afternoon last Friday at t 1 Blease's 'anfi school house. Ice crea rest thing a"d lemonade was served. Tl to put 50 l)eing from 4 o'clock to 7:30 When we Seemed very short to the fi i and salt h?ys f?r fhey were busily en h says it amusing Karnes and plays, fie than it friends were present who als< azor back, themselves very much. do1 the ,n Honor of M'88 county and A party of Tuesday moi sweeping that at which Mrs. W. J. st reign of entertained in honor of II ay the part McDow of Union, who is a >ut a better the summer school. At sr "? cnme to- a series of games of "bunco *;i noon. wh ona. I have gagel in uu?... already. I course collation was servet >eople are in ess being assisted by hei against the Mrs. J. R. Stokes.?Rock 1 INMCHAUTAUQUA I I! WELL ATTENDED pleid Entertiinments, Large T an Enthusiastic Audiences ind Many Visitors. E The L Chautauqua entertainments re onLnd Union is in holiday attire, he f Avities tf the week are being d ajoyefcy many of our people. There t re n Jsrous Visitors to our city and a te enptainments are measuring up J > a hn standard. Each ententain- \ lent fSms to be the "best yet," and i rerybly in attendance seems to be 1 ijoyirlithe program. The entertain- < lents nil continue through Monday. < here Ae a good many feasts yet to 1 u spreft Come! 1 Winslpwo Trips to Wrightsville. WalttM F. Going, manager of the . olumbsK district for the Southeast- ( rn Lifrtlnsurance company of Green- ] ille, hu been notified by his com- < any tint he winB two free trips to ] rrightsiHle Beach for writing the j irgest amount of paid-for business : iiring fee first six months of the ear. Mr. Going has his offices in olumbia. He secured $105,700 worth f paid-for business during the first an 01 i?n ana iv ?ua Vino opivuuiu a >cord that won for him the honor of ading the other agents in business nd gave to him two free trips to the ashore. hiidre^a Day at Lower Fairforeat. The Co0dren*B ?)av service at Lowr Fairfirost church has been postunad m*- L the aacfrnd Sunday to the lird Sunday In this month. There gil be am intonating program and inner will be served on the ground. nd:puh8c is fordiaUy invited to afcmd this service. , ^ 4?^ Creamy ^^ ^ urial by Kev. o. dathesorr of the First Presbyteriar :hurch of which church Mr. Lybranr was a consistent member. Death-of An Infant. One of the infant sons of Mr. T. / Littlejohn died suddenly Wednesda The little child was sick only one da The mother died several mont! ago, leaving the few weeks old tw boys to the husband. i File Bill For Frank. I Atlanta, Ga., Juply 6.?Attorn< / for Leo M. Frank, under sentence It death for the murder of Mary P I gan, today filed a formal bill of k ceptions to the action of Judge ;s H. Hill in sustaining the demurei >f the prosecution to the motion to le aside the verdict against Frank, re bill of exceptions was filed with es court of the Fulton county supi hs court and will be transmitted by les to the State supreme court withi fer days. >ur Argument on the motion, whi nth based upon the claim that Fr ach constitutional rights were vie les, when the vciJict was return j! 'i-om court. \v; ) to'ing us au?,.v. rov- he heard until October. The rac- motion in the case, appealing s of new trial on the ground of new' been covered evidence, already is so- the higher court and prohabl be argued later this month, littee Lower Fairforest, July 7.?I God, everything will be lively in Uni tance week?all of us out here wan ;aken for one dav if no more, but fc shut so busy, plenty of rain and pi d and grass that there is very little "laying by." d the The "boosters" passed thro of the neighborhood on their last I were did not stop with us at all. their slighted. Six colored men outhed Union that day and on thoi ce; the home met the "boosters". W inxious reached home the question w "Were there many people in day?" His answer was, " everybody was out paradinj >er Fair We were dull here on th r teach- The Times Editor and Mess y pleas- Foster and Douglas Smith he Oak- on their motorcycles to the m cake Per at Mr. C. M. Bailey's, he hours Misses Willie Gallman i o'clock. Smith have returned to the ,'irls and Union Friday after spendii week with relatives t gaged in A few out here, o enjoyed Mrs. R. F. Ray is spei time with friends at Cros ~ Sedalia. The services were well ning-was Lower Fairforest church Rawiinson although it looked like diss Irene Sunday school has decit student in "Children's" day on the t nail table? which will be on the n i" were en- July. We hope all the len a two- Sunday schools will cor 1, the host- Fairforest on that day e daughter, children and large baske Mill Herald, and goodies. IRS. LA SALLE CORI . WILL LECTURE I WO GOOD SPEECHES WERE HEARD HERE ON MONDAY AH Ixperts Address Farmers and Dairymen?Methods to Build and Increase Forage Crops. Mr. W. R. Elliott, of Winnsboro, listrict agent of farm demonstration irork, addressed the Farmers' union ind Union County Dairy association donday. The subject of the address vas "Soil Building," with particular eference to that work in this State. He urged the farmers to put on cover :rops such as clover, vetches, rye, 1 )ats and to practice three year rota- the don. By these methods the soil will era 'urnish abundance of hay and enable an :he farmers to keep more live stock, Sa ind this in turn also helps the soil bel milding. Every farmer should keep tui i sufficient number of live stock to th< consume all feed crops. By feeding o'c live stock, sowing leguminous crops, gu which take the most expensive ferti- fel lizer properties from the air and store uri it in the soil, any farmer can cut his no fertilizer bill in half. Mr. J. M. Burgess of Clemson col- So lege, spoke on "Forage Crops" with lie special reference to silage and perma- of nent pastures, two very necessary wl things to successful dairying. 1:- in urged the raising of sorghum and sil- is i<re corn and showed how large quan- ra tities could be produced per acre, and bl how a man |could feed his cattle lei through the winter by growing suen n< crops, thus leaving only the expense ar of buying cotton seed meal. He showed how such feeding made a more cc balanced ration for both dairy and d< beef cattle. Burr clover and Bermuda w [grass were shown to be good perma- C nent pasture. ei Every farmer in Union county a< would have been helped by attending ai these lectures. tl FARMERS* INSTITUTES ? TO BE HELD IN COUNTY Far*?chi-tfto f colleges above mentioned op \ the communities a ^ demonstra> fti.iRP dates. Th ^ ^iat 1 * tion and extension worn. ii? <? ?. should interest every farmer in Un- ' ion county. No one can afford to miss attending these meetings. The rapid^ ly advancing improvements in the farm methods of this county are y largely traced to this work. Goose Lived 27 Years. in Uncle Daniel Barnett, who is now nearing the century mark in age, ha J an old grey goose which died this sys week. The old goose was 27 years of of age, and was a pet of Mr. Barnett's ha- Mr. Barnett is deeply grieved over th ex- loss of the aged fowl. Ben ? ? r Visits Union. set The Rev. C. F. Felmet of Converse spe; erjor several days with friends in Unit hi,.,, this week. Mr. Felmet is pastor n Gilead church near Jonesville and h many friends and acquaintam ch is throughout this county, who are ank's waYs tflad to see him. dated Death of a Young Man. dtir ' th"- Louis Pinckney Willard, a yo o.ner man ig vears 0f age, died at his I r a thcr's home. Mr. Z. P. Willard, I i miles below Union near Mt. Vet before church Saturday evening, July 4, y will was Juried at Mt. Vernon Sundaj ternoon. The cause of his death Kuess typhoid fever. This family has on this severe time with this malady * ? iro the mother and anothe ii, % , f are are now down with trie ievc. entv of . ? talk of Death of a Little Child. ugh our The little son of Mr. Lester < uiip and Gf Santuc, died last week am We feel buried at Sardis church 4 miles went to 0f Union. The child was 2 yen r return an(] was sick for six weeks be hen they died. Rev. L. L. Wagnon con as asked, the burial. town to- * N'o, Cap, To Clean Off Graveyard e Fourth. The graveyard at Gilead ir.s Ernest cleared off on Thursday bef< came out first Sunday in August. All i fish sup- vited to come and help with tt or send a contribution to J. S. and May Jonesville, S. C. ir home in Quarterly Conference. ig a pleas- ^ _ wul friend- rp^e ^jrd quarterly confe the South Union charge will riding some at Sardis, Sunday, .July 12 s Keys and will he preaching at 11 o'clo ner will be served on the attended at The business session will be on Sunday, mediately after dinner, rain. The ' 1 ~ led to have Speaks at Court Hoi hird Sunday - Rionse an(j Sar inetecnth of I Uoveruvi neighboring oils spoke to a large gathei ne to Lower court house Wednesday n ind bring the crowd was mainly Hease ai ts' of chicken supporters, and the enthus fcsted was intense. SELL PICKETT [ERE SATURDAY , CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WILL BE ADMITTED FREE. <41 r Subject is "The Battle of Gettysburg," and Will Be Delivered in High School Auditorium Saturday at Four O'clock. rhe William Wallace Chapter of ! United Daughters of the Confed,cy invite every Confederate vetorin Union county to come to Union turday and hear Mrs. LaSalle Cor1 Pickett deliver her famous lec e "The Battle of Gettysburg" at 5 high school auditorium at. 4 lock. The veterans will be the ests of the Daughters of the Con eracy and are cordially invited and ged to attend in compliment to this ble woman. Among the noted women of the >uth, no name is dearer to the pubthan that of Mrs. Pickett, widow the renowned Confederate general, 10 led the greatest infantry charge all the annals of war. Mrs. Pickett a woman of exceptional beautv, re dignity and has gained an enviae reputation upon the platform. Her cture, the "Battle of Gettysburg" :ver fails to create both enthusiasm id admiration. The Confederate veterans of Union >unty, we are sure, will be proud to ) honor to this splendid woman, the idow of the great General George . Pickett. Every Confederate vetran is urged to come. He will be imitted free. Let the veterans come nd march in a body; let them wear leir badges. It will be an inspiring rwnsinri Organ *RecitaI tff*' will be given ,t *X, JoS li h^^!?ni>church? Thurst Colurnbia' ^au' Launay an ha? b*Si i2ltir^dsoine new or 1? The governor of South Carolina refused Monday to sign an order grant- ing permission for such troops of the National Guard of Georgia to enter South Carolina, going to or returning from the camp at Augusta, as may obtain the benefit of a more direct I route thereby. The order was submitted to the governor by W. W. Moore, adjutant general, along with other orders. The governor returned all of them, saying he would sign no further orders until the military mats ters had been straightened out bef tween this State and the war depart ment, Gen. Moore says. e "It is a matter of courtesy, simply," said Gen. Moore, last night. " I am aware that there is a law that does not permit armed troops from another State to enter without permission. In the general run of things 1 do not think it is necessary for them to have >a. permission." J. Van Holt Nash, adjutant general of Georgia, wrote Gen. Hoore on June ]e.s .'10 as a mere matter of form, request a " ing permission for troops of the National Guard to enter South Carolina on their way to and from Augusta. Gen. Moore was on the campaign at un,v the time the communication was refa2 ceived at his office. On returning he r,,-(,S4Mited order No. 47, along with fnv h i .non other orders, to the covuim.. .... and signature. In his reply to Gen. Nash . af. on July <?, Gen. Moore said: was "The order was returned to this dehad partment by the governor with the this statement that he would sign no furr son ther orders until the military situation in this State was cleared up with the war department. "I regret exceedingly that the governor has taken such a position and rireer, that this courtesy can not be formally 1 was granted you." south irs old Will Attempt to Pass, fore it Raleigh, N. C., July 8.?Although ducted Adjt. Gen. Young was en route to Camp Glenn today it was stated in his office that the Second regiment and Troops A and B certainly would attempt to pass through South Carolina will be unless the war department at Washore the ington gave other orders. Inquiry are in- Was made at both the governor's office lis work and the adjutant general's office, Cartev. where the report from Columbia was not taken seriously. First Baptist Church. rence of Geo. P. White, pastor. Preaching I be held Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8:80 p. m. ;. There Morning, "Self-deceiver, or Lost At ck. Din- Last." grounds. Evening, "The Cost of Not Being ' - and neiu in. a Cordial invitation to vi?uuiS ?? strangers, use. . Miss Fannie Mae Jones of GafYney n J. Nich- is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. P. ping at the McElroy. ight. The * ' ad Nicholls An old grouch is as good as a new iasm mani- one, so why trouble to break in a fresh one?