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.-sssn. TOT ITATOBIkT TTTIU'TC! "ss^sn-" =j 1 flU IJ .11ML\ VOL. LXV. NO. 38. ^tSfclOK", S. (X, SEI>TEMKEK 17, 1915. NV. *' John*' $1>00 A YEAK ^ SOUTH CA % By a, Majority of 1 State Votei Prohibition Has Majc Charleston and Do to Oppose Stai Surprises ; The State voted for prohibition by more than two to one Tuesday, when the question of prohibition or dispensary was the issue. Throughout the State, except in Charleston and Dorchester the dry forces won hands down. Counties which had the dispensary voted it out; counties which did not have the dispensary voted to keep them out. It was a walk-over for the prohibitionists in almost ev ery section of the State. The question of "local option" settled itself sure in Charleston. Charleston, the one-time mighty enemy of the dispensary, has covered herself with glory (?) by voting for the dispensary by 2,594 to 346. Tho?people of the whole State (save Charleston) have put their signature to the death warrant of the dispensary system as a method of controlling the liquor traffic. The | vote throughout the State, as given in Thursdays Columbia State is as follows: Later rrttirns from the election held Tuesday did not materially change, change the result as indicated by the earlier figures which showed a majority of about 20,000 for Statewide prohibition as opposed to county option. The last figures give a total of 36,417 for prohibition and 15,069 against it, a majority of 20*858. r. Only two counties appear to have ' percentage in favor of the retention of the present system, and Dorchester, which finally has given a small majority against Statewide prohibition. i All the other dispensary counties voted for Statewide prohibition, several by sweeping majofities, and all the dry counties went in favor of a Statewide law, the only ones in which the contest was in any way close being Horry, where prohibition has a slight majority, and Berkeley, where the vote appears too slight to count for muth. In all, the vote probably will total between 55,000 and 60,000 or less ^ than half the vote in the Democratic Laurens 969 ^ I^e 437 236 * Lexington 1,396 576 Marion 652 118 Marlboro 828 39 Newberry 1,179 397 Oconee 1,108 162 Orangeburg 1,403 497 Pickens 575 213 Richland 1,237 793 Saluda 797 136 Spartanburg 3,180 1,096 Sumter 618 Union 1,281 427 Williamsburg 119 18 York ' 813 164 Total 35,417 15,069 County now has dispensary. i ROLINA JOINS DR % More Than 2 tc ? Prohibition. trify of About 20,000 rChester Only Two tewide?Many at Results. I GOV. MANNING SAYS HE WILL ENFORCE THE LAW Richard I. Manning, governor o South Carolina, kept himself in formed of the trend of the electioi last night and studied with keen in terest the telegraphic ret irns dis played by The State, in the eveninj he issued upon request a statement as follows, regarding the outcome. At this time it seems that the peo pie of the Stat^ have voted for pro hibition by a decisive majority. Th people have spoken?the law will gov ern. The prohibitionists have won thi first round in this fight. I want b say to them that this fight is not com pleted, but the most important par of the battle has just begun. The de termination of the success of the tigh will now depend on them and me. will look to the prohibitionists and t all other good citizens for their activ assistance. By this I mean I wan information, by affidavit or state ments which I 'can use in prosecu tions, of violations of the law in th courts, so as successfully to prosecut and inflict the penalty which the la\ senatorial primary last year. I his, however, is considerably in excess of tne normal vote at general elections. The figures by counties follow: Prohibition. Dispensary -Abbeville 786 197 * Aiken 1,040 326 Anderson 1,609 678 Bamberg 221 115 Barnwell 517 514 Beaufort 188 156 Berkeley 96 80 Calhoun 346 185 Charleston 346 2,594 Cherokee 1,057 230 Chester 617 196 Chesterfield 582 320 Clarendon 424 116 Colleton 784 227 Darlington 914 149 Dillon 403 134 Dorchester 430 481 Edgefield 709 79 Farifield 391 93 Florence 1,274 264 Georgetown 245 103 Greenville 1,792 940 Greenwood 1,088 191 Hampton 520 204 Horry 736 690 Jasper 129 30 Kershaw 541 252 Lancaster 1,149 223 tion is a social one, and we present* it as such.* No one prominent in tl fight is a politician, and no one asp4r< to public office. If we have servt the State, we are amply repaid. Pr< hibition must have our support t good citizens. Let us work togeth< on all questions of public welfare. The State. A fool can answer any question I his own satisfaction. Revenge is the doubtful pleasure < a feeble mind. I IHVHcnuefe xur lniracuuns 01 law, an< not simply to famish me witji rumof and unsubstantiated statements whicl can not help me to bring violators t just punishment. During the campaign last summe I pledged myself to the enforcemen of lfivv and order. The people the; sr c? ? ernor I have endeavored to fulfill tha and all other promises to the best o my ability. The sovereign people of South Car olina, i'n whom is vested all authoritj have again spoken, and by their vote have declared that alcoholic liquor shall not be sold in this State. I BELIEVE IN THE RULE O: THE PEOPLE, and as their servan entrusted with a commission direr from them to enforce all laws, I dt sire to state that WITH THE HEL OF GOD AND THE SUPPORT O THE PEOPLE, THE LAWS SHAL BE ENFORCED SO LONG AS I AI GOVERNOR. I fully recognize the fact that th enforcement of law is a "man's job, but with the support of the people I' SHALL BE DONE. I shall continue to do my duty. Richard I. Manning, Governor. EXPECTS THE LAW TO BE ENFORCE! J. K. Breedin, secretary of the pre hibition movement and leader of th fight for the referendum, said yes terday: "As I look back over the two can paigns, the one for the referendui and the more recent one for the eie< tion on prohibition, I feel especiall grateful to the press of South Can lina for its public .spirit and libera ity. I could never have organize the campaign for the reierendum i so short a .time had it not been fc the unstinted cooperation of th press. "Especially would I make gratefi acknowledgement to The State an the gentleman of its staff for the many courtesies to me personally an as prohibition secretary. "Now that the voters have e: pressed their wish for prohibition, am confident that most of the opp< sition will rally to the support of th officials in the enforcement of the la\ "Except for the recent unpleasan ness, the campaign has been educs tive. The question has been pri sented on its merits. There was r political division. The liquor que: y COLUMN Miss Mary Jones |S Represents UniMi The Harvest Jubilee, which be held in Columbia from Octobeil^H to 30 inclusive, will crown the beautiful younpr woman in Sou?h;CHj|E ( olina "queen" of the Harvest JubjjEiU TVio "ill.onn" i'o *- I? ? - <>v \|u?cu 10 cw uc Reieeifu UWH referendum vote and she is to repBfl sent the whole State. ? , ^ The county papers were askeM^J cooperate with the connuittee arftt Mfcg| lect the most beautiful youne; wonUM in each of the 44 counties. were forwarded to the State and tqH be published at an early date alO^H with a blank ballot, with a requjjfl that the reader vote on the yoifjM woman amonjf the 44, which toey* think is the most beautiful. These f votes will be forwarded to th6 pub^ . lfcity committee in Columbia, and tW a announcement of the "queen" will be . made on Monday, October l? 1915. . The younjr woman selected wilf b* r equipped with an elaborate trouseau t befitting her royal beauty and gtacd; and she will sit in state on a hand-! somely decorated float in the P&raftfc _ attended by exqdisite maids ana chiy alrous courtiers will pay her homagik' e Union county has selected as he* - icpiravntaiivc miss mttry UOIIKI e Jones, daughter of Mr. aim o D. Jones, and one of most pot>-, - ular younjf women in thig c<AnJ,y. We t fully expect to see hee*crooned - "queen" and the envied star of th? t festivities. ; INTERESTING S FAIR FOREi d Brief History of Br$yiM $jj h tionary Da ys?Pledfpr D. A. R., to r> fj. P?opl? are measured t ly, by the care of -and interest in f church, schools and the memory of the dead. When there is history, that history should be preserved, and one r generation should declare to another g God's guidance and blessing and the ,s heroism of the men and women of former days. To this end patriotic p associations should be formed that t they may keep the memory green over the graves of the faithful dead, and thus each generation shall light its p torches from the altar fires of a p dauntless past and find in these as L the Bible in spiritual things, "a lamp ^ to its feet and a light to its path." It is this which gives a distinctive e value to the Daughters of the Amer>? ican Revolution. Y Woman is still the last at the cress and first at the tomb, and it is highly proper that the daughters of the women who were the herines of 1776 shall keep precious the memory of those dauntless ones who met the test of savage foes? both red and white. ) who faltering not at steel nor lead, who rose to their full statue in blood and fire. ie Centuries ago ,i'n a great crisis, France had one Joan of Arc; in our Ivf V fJIULlvill frti.II IlUIIlf IlrtU UIIC 111 1_ each mother ,each girl pure as the 11 Maid of Orleans, dauntless as she, c~ as lavish of life for the cause, as y ready to die. Today we devote ourselves chiefly to a local part of these immortals. I(' In this, the county seat of Union in county, we have in this year of 1915, >r formed the first chapter in the county ie of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It is well that this work is begun. We are a part of South Carolina, one of the original thirteen ir colonies. Without our aid it might have' been impossible for the Revolution to have succeeded. George Washington thought that Francis 1 Marion and our other heroes made 5" Yorktown and the surrender of Corni o ii : i_ i _ ah >j TT wuiiis possiuie. /\ii uruunu ^is in unv* ion, Spartanburg and other counties near us there *V?" fighting fierce and x~ sharp, perils by sword, peri's by night B" and day, perils from the red savage '? and the white savage, foreign born s" and Tory. !(* Out of all this we must choosey ,e name for our chapter of the D. A. R. ;s We are fortunate in a wealth of ma!f* terial from which to select. We are a" to have a name appropriate for the 18 present and to grow in its disir tinctive value as the yeard* go by; a name that will shine brighter in a day as distant from ours as we are to from the days of '76. When the members of our chapter then shall jf learn from our efforts the story of their Revolutionary grandparents, i I'OUHTY FAIR I NEXT MONTH ctober 20, 21 and 22 [ are the Dates. Li fening Day to Be Holiday For III Schools in County?Plans Under M(ay to Make This the Best Fair Yet Held. Union County Fair will come oflf year October 20, 21 and 22, and ins are on foot to make this the Ifth annual fair, the best fair the pociation has yet held. The open- .. [y. Oct. 20, will be a holiday for ^ | the schools of the county. Score- ^ ry B. F. Alston, Jr., is now busy jrkinff up the exhibits and tfettiny ' ^tters definitely shaped for th* ? ree days. Superintendent of Edu- ^ tfon Jas. H. Hope has announced 1 at there will be holiday for the hools throughout the county Oct. i, the first day of the fair. Admis- ? >n for children that day will be Iv 15 cents. , J" An excellent athletic program has ' ien arranffea and valuable prizes c' 31 be awarded winners in the variis contests. Many clean attractions, ' aong the number bein# good horse cinfc, will be in evidence. It is con- s lently hoped that the exhibits this ? (Sr will be even more attractive ^ an in former years. Let everybody * an to come to the fair Oct. 20-22. 0 fclr. Hydrick L. Kirby left today r Hot Springs, N, C., where he will iter the Dorland Institute. KETCH OF I w COMMUNITY 5 fl jjMf*r n H and Women of Revolu- J the Fair Forest Chapter, J rye Historic Spots J if County. \ ^Jn*. -Thi* impoilunt JcKjtpteV name fa one of romantic in- " tereft ,of rhythmic beauty. Cl "FAIRFOREST." ltd history in the Revolutionary days centres largely in a church and | about a stream. The stream was . named first. It's Indian name was ? probably some beautiful word now forever lost; its English name is of somewhat uncertain origin. One tradition is that Lord Cornwallis was once in the region now embraced in h Union and Spartanburg counties and s that impressed with the beauty of / the woods about him used the ex- l? p cession, "What a fair forest!" This I is shown to be unlikely in that Corn- IS wallis probably never crossed the s IIroad river to the west; and further, b the name antedates the Revolution, a The more probable origin of the n^pie t Fair Forest is given in Howe's his- h t.ory of the Presbyterian church of f South Carolina. As an undenomina- p tional order our chapter is not con- i coined about the history of any indi- a vidual church of any denominuticn, 1 but from the records that at present d are' available it is historically valuable for us to study our subject in ^ the history of the Fair Forest church and other churches of that day, near- y by, Such as Brown's Creek church in J Union district and Nazareth in Spar- \ tanburg district. j It is from these records that we get v our information regarding the name v "Fair Forest," and the best insight into the early history of this region, q On the roll of honor of the patriot t names we find men and women whose i descendants are here today, so it f will be valued by us all to read of s the Fair Forest church. The con- i glegation had none in it who were t not prepared to sign the pledge an- > nexed to thd Declaration of Inde- t pendence. There was not a Tory ? among them. The germ of the Fair c Forest church in this district of Un- t ion on the waters of a large creek of t the same name, which flows into the \ Tyger river, a branch of Broad river, f waa planted in the time from 1751 to 1754. The site of the church is half c a mile below where the road between c Union and Spartanburg crosses the I Fair Forest creek. The church dates c its origin from seven or eight fam- t ilies who, being from Lancaster coun- f ty. Pennsylvania, from the year 1751 to 1764. Among the first emigrants were George Story, James Mellwaine and y one by the name of Dugan. Their I first place of encampment was on a ' commanding eminence about twp < miles east of Glenn Springs. A beau- ( tiful valley stretched far in the dis(Continued ton page 5). I * * PROHIBITION S UNION C )EATH CLAIMS COKER PRESIDENT ' toward Lee Jones Dies at-Florence Distinguished Educator Interred Thursday?Accomplished ' Much for Church and Education Hartsville, Sept. 15.?The Rev. loward Lee Jones, I). I)., president of 'oker college, died at 7 o'clock this lorning in a hospital at Florence, 'he well-known educator had been in 1 health For several months and had ought rest and treatment away from ome, hoping to recover before the eginning of the new college session n September 2.1. Following a deline a few days ago he was taken p o a hospital in Florence, but his frail s onstitution could not respond and ^ he end ramp this mnmino. f the family were ftt his bedside. 1 The body was brought to Hartsville j his afternoon and the funeral will t e held in the auditorium of Coker r ollege tomorrow at 12 ocloek. The c ervices will be conducted by the Uev. j !. V. Baldy, D. D., pastor of the f 'irst Baptist church of Hartsville, as- _ isted by the Rev. Ilr. Sowers, pastor ( f the First Baptist church of Flor- j nee. By request of Dr. Jones, in- (j srment will be at the First Baptist v hurch. v tllYS INTEREST IN J MILHOUS DRUG COMPANY. 0 Dr. Nat. B. Morgan has purchased t n interest in the Milhous Drug com- \ any, and will be associated with Mr. 1 !. H. Milhous in the conducting of ( he business. I Dr. Morgan is a Union man, has t uH covoral voorc' avnA^ionen 1" ' 4 J ?I1 w.c I rug business, is a graduate in phar- t lacy and has held a responsible po- f ition in the laboratories of the Greer f >rug Co. of Charleston since his grad- t ation. For several years Dr. Mor- t an was in the employ of the Rice r >rug company here, of which con- e em the Milhous Drug company is r uccessor. Dr. Morgan left the Rice t )rug company to go to take a course }> i pharmacy. His coming back to t Jnion and entering upon hi? duties j i me Milhotw Drug company^ is like j oming back home. t Mr. C. H. Milhous, since becoming s lanager of the company, has sue- i ceded in building up a successful 0 usiness. Dr. Morgan will add i trength to the already excellent bus- [ less. ' c LEAVE FOR NEW YORK. s Prof. A. B. Adams and Mrs. Adams * eft this week for Columbia univer- * ity, New York city, where Mr. r ulams goes to complete his course }1 2acling to the degree of Fhd. 1 he Jniversity of Oklahoma has granted lr. Adams a year's leave of abence so that he may attend Columian the coming year. Mr. Adams is .ssoci'ate professor of economics in he University of Oklahoma. He has lad conferred on him the honorary ellowship in economics by the Coumbian university; this carries with t an annual stipend of $650, and is lso considered quite an honor, as only 2 such fellowships to the whole stulent body of 10,000 are given. COLORED MAN SHOT TO DEATH. R. A. Foster, a colored rhan, 60 rears of age, was shot Tuesday by Aubrey Wilburn, son of Mr. Roht. Yilburn, who lives on the Foster dace in Pinckney township. The i veapon used was a shotgun, loaded vith buckshot. j Coroner L. B. Godshall held an in- < luest. It was brought out in the estimony that Foster was rushing ipon Mr. Roht. Wilburn when his son ' ired the shot that killed him. Foster tayed on the place Mr. Wilburn has n charge. It appears from the tes- ; i'mony that the difficulty grew out of J murine AA/Vl tin i*ti hnvino* ridrlon norocd ' he edge of Foster's watermelon patch ( i month before the shooting and be- : ause Mr. Wilburn was taking Foster ' o task for not looking after his crop 1 tnd there was trAub!6 About ?. uiulo vhich Mr. Wilburn had that day come ' 'or. The shooting occurred about 4 j 'clock Tuesday afternoon. The ver- j lict of the coroner's jury was: "That 1 t. A. Foster, deceased, came to his leath by gunshot wounds at the hands >f Aubrey Wilburn in defense of his "ather." COLORED BOY SHOT. Colored boy about 20 years of age 1 vas shot by the chief engineer of the : Sxcelsfor mills, Will Whitner, Wed- I lesday. The ball penetrated the ablomen and it is thought the negro will lie. And may the best man win the pretty bridesmaid. WEEPS .OUNTY 3 TO 1 By a Vote of 3 to 1 County Goes Dry. '.very Precinct Except Meador and Coleraine Gives Good Majority Against Dispensary? Every Mill Precinct Gives Good Majority for Prohibi lion ? Results Tabulated. The election upon the question of ?rohibition or dispensary Tuesday resulted in an overwhelming: victory for rohibition. The county went dry by xactly three to one. There were 708 votes cast and of that number irohibition received 1281 votes and he dispensary received 427. Coleaine and Meador were the only preincts giving: a majority for the dis)ensary. The vote at Meador was or dispensary 12; for prohibition 11. -just one vote apart. The vote at 3oleraine was for dispensary 20; for >rohibition 14, a majority for the lispensary of (> votes. Every mill >. oted for prohibition. Excelsior mill vent almost three to one for prohibiion; Buffalo went over two to one or prohibition; Lockhart lacked but ne vote of going seven to one for >rohibition; Monarch voted prohibi;ion almost six to one; Jonesville 'oted prohibition almost six to one; Jnion went dry almost three to one; Carlisle voted dry almost five to one; Celton voted dry by more than two o one; Adamsburg by more than two o one; West Springs by more than hree to one; Santuc by more than ive to one; Cross Keys by more than ive to one; Gibbs by more than three o one. The election resulted for vicory for the prohibition forces by a nuch larger majority than the leadrs of the movement hoped for. The najority was 854 in favor of prohibiion. The voters of Union county lave shown clearly that they mean he dispensary shall go, profit or no ( >rofit. And there is everywhere be- ' ' ' ng expressed the determination that. he illicit sale as well as the legalized ale of whiskey shall go. There is ittle room for doubting the temper if mind now possessing the law-abidng and self-respecting citizens of Jnion county. 1 hey mean to put lown the rule of rum in Union couny, whether it be open eyed dispen;ary or blind timers. Much of this rood work is the result of the organized movement the good women ind children are carrying on in this ounty. The following is the tabuThe following is the tabulated result of the vote in Union county: Dispensary Prohibition Jnion 124 34!) K. Mills 37 0f? Monarch 47 173 Lockhart 10 09 Santuc S 42 Carlisle 3 35 Jross Keys 13 t>9 !<elton 27 50 \damsburg 14 30 VIeador 12 11 Black Rock 12 18 Jibb* 8 20 Joleraine 20 14 West Springs 15 55 Jonesville 21 122 Buffalo 51 11 (? 427 1281 1 he county went dry by u majority of 8f>4, and of the total vote ast, 1708, the "drys" won by exactly 1 to 1. DKATH OF MR. OH AS. R. L AW SON * Mr. Charles TL Lawson, of West Springs, dropped dead Monday morning while seated at the breakfast table. lie had finished eating and was conversing with a friend who had =ipent the night with him and suddenly he fell back and expired. He had been in poor health for several years, and for the nast six months had grown very much worse. Mr. Lawson had a wide circle of friends, who are grieved at his death. He was a faithful member of West Springs Baptist church. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Charlotte I nmonn. t V,...... W 11 I?n P. and II. L. Lavvson, and one sister, Mrs. D. V. Lancaster. The burial was at West Springs Tuesday at 12 o'clock, and was conducted by his pastor, Rev. W. P. Smith, and Henry Crow. A large gathering of relatives and friends gathered to pay a last tribute to this good man. Mrs. George King, of Columbia, is the guest of Mrs. Arthur H. Cottinghani. . .