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wm *r w mu ?H* TP t mm nr . wv ? j^p p^I ^ M i 1 excellent , i|i TT / T T l^T T,ss nrT rfi | M A. i1 fustclass =" ihl ursiiursi i imls jej VOL. LXVI. NO. 7. UNION". 8. C., FRIDAY^FJENRUARY 18, 1916 *1.00 A VEA1J. UNION COUNTY VOT Bill Providing For Good Roads Bond Issue Introduced by Senator J. 0. Hughes? Provides for Election Next June. A bill calling for an election in Union county upon the question of a quarter million dollar bond issue for the building of good roads has been introduced by Senator Hughes. It is probable that the bill will be passed and that there will be an election this spring for good roads in this county. The following is the full text of the bill introduced by Senator Hughes: A Bill to Authorize the Holding of an Election vin Union County on the Issuing of $230,000.00 of Coupon Bonds for Building Permanent Roads, to Name Seven Commissioners to Exbend the Proceeds of Said Bonds and Otherwise Define Their Duties, Powers and Terms of Office. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That on the day of April, 191<5, there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Union county the question of issuing $250,000.00 of coupop bonds, bearing not more than five (5) per cent interest for constructing public highways in said county. Sec. 2. This election shall be held under the laws governing the holding of general elections in this State. The ballots shall be provided according to law; on the one ballot shall be nrinted the words: "For permanent roads bonds?Yes"; on the other, ''For permanent roads bonds?No." If a majority of the ballots cast in said election shall be for the issuing of said bonds, the seven commission, ers hereinafter provided for, to be known as the Highway Commission of Union County, shall advertise for sealed bids on said bonds. No bid shall be considered for less than the par value of the bonds. The C^i> the bonds are sold, v. Sec. 3. Upon the acceptance of any ' bid, the Commission shall have printed coupon bonds, to run not less than twenty years, nor more than forty years, with the right to the county of redeeming any or all of them at ar.y time after twenty years. These bonds shall be signed by the chair man and secretary of the Commission, and the signature may be- lithographed. The interest 011 these bonds shall be paid semi-annually on the first day of January and the first day of July, each and every year, and there shall be levied annually on the property in said county a tax suffiI v cient to pay the interest on these bonds and to pay one-fortieth or more of the principal. The one-fortieth 01 more mentioned above and surplui accruing after the payment of the in terest on said bonds, shall be annual 'l !y paid over by the Treasurer of Un ion county to the Sinking Fund Com mission of the county, to he investe ' by them in such funds as are recojj nixed in law as proper for the ir vestment of trust funds. The Sinkin \ Fund Commission shall annually pr< \ sent to the Circuit Court of sai \ county an itemized statement of a such funds received by it, and how tl same have been invested, to who ' 'oaned, and upon what security. Th report shall be filed with the Clerk (said Court. Sec. 4. As soon as the funds ari ? <? from the sale of the said bon all be received by the said Highw "^mmission, they shall be deposit f by them in the several banks of I I ion county, according to and in p B nortion to the combined capital st< and surplus of each bank, at a r of interest not less than four (4) ] | cent per annum, to be paid by 1 bank at said rate from the date of deposit until the said funds are wi drawn from time to time by the s Highway Commission 'as needed them in the performance of their ties under this Act: Provided, T B should any bank or banks i'n Ur county decline to receive such dep om the proceeds of the sale of bonds, or decline to pay interest ? the said deposits at a rate of terest of not less than four (4) cent per annum, the pro rata of fJ nosits due to 'such bank or bank declining or refusing to pay sait terest, shall be prorated among al remaining banks of Union count proportion to their combined ca stock and surplus: Provided,'fur That the Highway Commission withdraw such funds from the banks in which same are depc in an impartial manner, and sha so far as possible, withdraw funds proportionately and on the basis that the deposits are ma said banks. Sec. 6. The Highway Comm of Union county shall consist of members, of which the supervh TO E THIS SPRING the county shall ex officio be one, the remaining six to be appointed by the governor on recommendation of the delegation from Union county in the General Assembly or a majority thereof. The members of the Commission shall be commissioned by the Governor and shall elect their chairman and secretary. Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which first appointments are made. The Commissioners shall receive no compensation for their service, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. The life of the Commission shall be five yeai-s; but it shall expend the funds received from the sale of the bonds for the construction of the roads within three years. Sec. 6. The said Highway Commission shall construct by contract or otherwise, in the discretion of the Commission, main thoroughfares be tween the following points: One from Carlisle, through Union and Jonesville, to the Spartanburg county line; one from Lockhart, through Union and Cross Keys to the Spartanburg county line; one from the county line near Whitmire, through Union to Skull Shoals, and one fiom Union, throug.1 West Springs, to the Spartanburg county line. These thoroughfares shall be thirty feel wide. After xastructing and improving the roads or thoroughfares herein described, then the Commission shall expend any balance of the funds remaining on hand in likewise constructing and improving the main tributary roads leading into such said main roads or thoroughfares. Of these roads the Commission shall have power to select which shall be permanently improved^ in whole or in part, to decide the width of the same, and the material to be employed, regard being had to the present condition of said road and amount of traffic over same. They shall further have the right to condemn land, surface soil, trees or other material adjoining or near tb the road for the purpose of relocating, widening, improving or constructing public highways herein provider! for, trees dr o^^WatFri^c^fmtBe^ cured by donation or agreement, tne i _ i._i- v. miKlip rn?<l same may oe ukcii iv> puwv purposes on paying to owner a reasonable amount therefor under agreement or arbitration, or through condemnation, such condemnation proceedings to be conducted as providec by law for counties to procure right' of way. Sec. 7. It shall be the further dut] of the said Highway Commission t< keep the roads constructed or im proved by them in proper repair dur ing the life of the said Commissior and for this purpose it shall receiv from the public road tax twelv (?12.00) dollars per mile for eac ? mile of road so constructed or in > oroved by them for the first yeai r ten ($10.00) dollars per mile for tl s second year, and eight ($8.00) do . lars per mile annually thereafter. Sec. 8. The said Highway Cor . mission shall employ a compete; - highway engineer, who shall ha' (1 the recommendation of the proper d partment of the United States Go i- ernment, who shall be bonded in t jr sum of ten thousand ($10,000.0 ?. dollars for the faithful performar id of his duties, the premium to be ps ,11 out of the funds in the hands of t Commission. His duties shall be - *- i-.l m locate all roads to be" construcieu lis the Commission, to furnish to the si of Commission estimates of the cost said construction, to see that the w< is- is properly performed, and that ds maintenance of said roads is prope ay done during the term of his empl ed ment. 'n~ Sec. 9. The said Highway C< r0" mission shall keep a book, open )(j nublic inspection at all reasoni times, setting forth all contri made by it for the construction t ?. maintenance of said permai ,e roads. They also shall present 1 . r nually to the Circuit Court of U ^ county an itemized statement of , ^ funds received and disbursed u" then, and this shall be a part of .a records of said Court. At the < ration of the life of said Commis ? . . all its contracts, papers and h sai( of accounts shall be turned ov? ' .on the Clerk of Court and filed i'r ,n~ office, per (je. Sec. 10. All interests accruin g so such funds as are deposited b> j jn. Highway Commission in the ban 1 the Union county shall be paid by y jn banks to the Treasurer of 1 pital county every six months, to be thei. outed from the date of origins shall P?8't. an<* the interest so re< said shall he applied by the County T sited urer to ^he payment of the in ill in so received shall be applied b such County Treasurer to the paymi same the interest on the bonds herei jn thorized in so far as it will pa interest. ission Sec. 11. That this Act shal seven effect immediately upon its ap sor of by the Governor. BOARD'S MAI A. D. Oliphant, Assistant Seen Correction, Gathers Detailti mend Building o Mr. A. D. Oliphant, assistant secre-1 tary of the State Board of Charities^ and Corrections, made an official visit to Union the latter part of last week and gathered a considerable amount of data concerning the jail, alms house and the city prison. It is not the purpose of the board to antagonize the public officers, but to cooperate, with them and by suggestion, first try to remedy whatever defects may appear after full and frank investiga- 1 tion. Mr. Oliphant said the city prison vas faily good but the county jail FOR A GREAT Nt Bill in National House Represe Acquiring and Maintaining,1 Would Provide Employm to a Large Ni Congressman Wm. D. Stephen's of California has introduced in the house of representatives a bill to acquire, construct and maintain a national de-^ fence highway. The bill contemplate* the construction or acquiring of a national highway that will belt the United States. It further aims to give employment and to educate a large body of citizens in the rudiments of a soldier's life. The bill provide.; for a road 10,000 miles long, and for Ayears would give employment to 100,^000 men, who in turn would be drilled for military service. The following i? the text of the bill: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire^ establish, construct, improve and maintain for the def3fen.se of the United geles, CalihaU CQ) am?V 'ea^twardr^ a practical route through the States of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala?nd Florida to Jacksonville, Florida, thence northward through ' Georgia, South Carolina, North CarJ olirta, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, f New Jersey and New York, to New o York, New York; thence north ware - through the State of New York, Mas - sachusetts, New Hampshire anc 1, Maine, to Portland, Maine. Commenc e ing again at New York, New York e thence westward through the State h of New Yoile, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In l- diana and Illinois, to Chicago, Illi r; nois; thence northwestward throug le Wisconsin and Minnesota, to St. Pai 1- and Minneapolis, Minnesota; thenc westward through South Dakoti ri- North Dakota, Montana, Idaho an nt Washington, to Seattle, Washingtoi ve thence southward through Washinj e- ton, Oregon and California, via Ss v- Francisco and Los Angeles to St he Diego, California. 0) Sec. 3. That rights of way for tl ice national defense highway shall be a lid uired from the several States on co .he ditions satisfactory to the Presideni to Sec. 4. That construction, ii by provement and maintenance of the r aid tional defense highway shall be i of Army engineers, and according irk ?? ^ BIRTHDAY PARTY. oyMr. J. A. Petty went to Spurt burg Saturday to attend the bir f . day party of his mother, Mrs. Eli aide ')e^ The children and gra * j.s children were invited to the home ^ Mr. R. H. Petty as were a large ni "n'l . ... j . ... - ~ vAlohvOG n P( """ ber OI irienus anu n delightful day was spent. ?n~ Mrs. Petty is 75 years of age un .nIO!J remarkably hale and hearty for on f so many years. It is the wish of , ' that she may be spared to see rr .e more birthdays, jxpisio,n PLAY AT KELLY SCHOOL ooks sr to * i his "Held for Postage," a home U play, will be (riven at Kelly s< jr on Saturday evening, Feb. 26. Admis r the 10 an<l l,r> cents. Proceeds for ks of benefit of school. A bushel of said 's 'n store for all who (ro. Union 1 ' com- BENEFIT AT THE EDISON! il de reived ^jrs j pr08t Walker's circle I reas- ^ave charge of the Edisonia p; Th theatre Thursday, February 24th y. t interesting picture with a well-V j*nt of actor aB the star, will be (riven. In aV" and violin music will be e*. y said prjzes will be (riven to those h< lucky numbers. Many inter 1 take features will be interspersed, iproval and brin(c another with you; fi\ ten cents admission. . J . / INTATIVE KEli VISIT TO UNION fary State Board Charities and * i />*" irmation?May Recomf LMfMIHere. orJth4^an [e<>^ ventilation, and had no ade, thj? means for aeparating the pris- 1 or Whites, blapks, made and fe- f m W<1; seem to have but one large c re | ji.in which to congregate during thl- (day. The sanitary conditions of 1 thj, htefl were found to be poor also. } " /T,jfeport gathered by Mr. Oliphant => ? fneyV* '0ng an<* anc* *S ,arKely 1 p? fhftoinary. It is a certainty, how- 5 eva?,r that the board will recommend the building of a new jail or | ttifc Vemodelllng of the old. ITJOWAL HIGHWAY wftvrProvides for Building, S^Thousand Miles of Road. jand Military Training of Men. ;Oph in specifications as the President Sty >t deem beat for automobiles, auto4|iF-'|the direction of United States ttr 7/and wagon traffic. 5. That the use of the natie/^al defense highway shall be under )6 established by the President. ?Qec. 6. That all persons employed, o TVp'jCally or otherwise, in the const f "^fiion, improvement and maintena,^ 'otn Jf said national defense highway 1 7 be able-bodied citizens of the th . Id States, physically and mentally1 [j, 'Asd for military duty, who shall said employment be drilled p aijnst.-ucted for two hours daily, Sundays and national holidays, * moiled States Army officers, in acn^mtoce with United States Army f>\\? 7. That in order toJaequire, estjiflH^jcon struct, improve and mainn \Vd^^def^^l^^^vway, proWri&fing money for th^natlohaf defens lig highway fund the Secretary of the |lp4'ea8ury is hereby authorized and direciofced to issue and sell, on and after Julys 4 first, nineteen hundred and sixteer/CT, at par with accrued interest, , cou)*l)on or registered bonds of the , Unitfted States in such form as he may ' pr^J^crfbe, and in denominations of I or multiples of that sum, said bontfls to be payable in coin fifty years 1 frolin the date of issue, and to bear - intijjlrest, payable in coin semi-annually, Wit the rate of three per centum, s thegjl total amount of said bonds not to - exclfeed $100,000,000, and the issue and i- sal J of same not to exceed sucli h am'jiunts as may be necessary from il tirrwo to time to enable the Trensurei :e of I the United States to make pay a, meSnts from the national defense highid waly fund to meet the obligations in i; cuwred in accordance with the fro visflions of this Act. Bonds issued un m dew authority of this Act, or the in m cowiie therefrom, shall not be sub joe toF taxation of any kind for any pur he p<hve. Bonds authorized by this sec tc- ti m shall be first offered at par as ; in- p< ipular loan under such regulation t. pi escribed by the Secretary of th m- T easury, as will give opportunity t la- tl e citizens of the United Staves t in- p irticipate in the subscription for th to 1c west aomunts shall be first allottee BOND BILL AMENDED. ftll_ Since writing the editorial on tl r >ads' bond issue, and as we are goin za- t ) Press we received by phone froi nj. ( olumbia the news that the bill pn t of sliding for the 1 ond issue has bet jm- f mended. The commissioners ai .1 a i amed as follows: R. R. Berry, Jn 11. Little, R. P. Morgan, W. H. Jetc d is ] i. Nicholson, B. F. Kennedy, W. 3 of liilliam, J. H. Riley and, ex officio, tl a" supervisor of Union county. The boa 'any will have nine instead of seven mer bers. The bill, as amended, puts special license tax on motor vehich and further stipulates, that the boa elect its own chairman and knocks o ilent Specific lines to be built, men :hool saying that the main thoroughfai sion, shall first be built. . <he ? fun I SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT. j jA There will be an entertainment I A. v,'?e Bishop school house near Jon i 'Mile on Tuesday night, Feb. 22, u ^nning at 8 o'clock. There will j ei jp admission fee but bring your poc ||oks. There will be refreshme * |tl& program celebrating Washi x As' I i birt^(,ay- ^be Patrons , fS I Vds ?' 8cbo?' are urf??d to j 1 the school in the celebration il fl ihington's birthday. Let all co i . I welcome. ly j 'I I m 8 fulttB fcss Lwellyn Bywaters, of Rox "C?.^ JL is the guest of Mrs. C. H. Pe il TILLMAN KEAT COURT PROCEEDINGS. T I M. R. Sams vs. Knight Foster. Verlict: "We find for the plaintiff acual damages, twenty-five dollars." T. J. Vinson, administrator, piain;iff, vs. Union-Buffalo Mills Co., defendants. Verdict: "We find for the lefendants." Frank Smith, plaintiff, vs. Western Union Tel. Co. Suit for damages, /erdict found for the defendant. ^ Mrs. Mary Trautham, plaintiff, vs. n Union-Buffalo Mills Co. Suit for dam- p iges. Verdict: "We find fifty dot* 0 lars, actual damages." e The case of J. L. Belue, et al.. i, plaintiffs, vs. Sou. Bell Tel. Co. Criminal court convenes on Monday f of next week. The jurors drawn for j that court are as follows: I ^ J. J. Welch, Fish Dam. |t J. Li. r.ison, union ocnooi isisirici. n Frank Harvey. ii R. I/. Nance, Pinckney. D. Fant Gil1iam( Union school dis- x trict. . ^ C. J. Parks, Jonesville. v J. G. Snider, Cross Keys. t G. P. Godshall, Union school district. R. E. Turner, Union school district. Ira McCluney, Lockhart. s Giles Smith, Bogansville. Watt Pajre, Jonesville. J. D. Brown, Jonesville. 1 J. V. Wix, Fish Dam. * Victor Prince, Cross Keys. c J. G. McHutfh, Santuck. I W. S. Vaujfhn, Union. Ben A. Whitener, Union school dis- 1 trict. c B. H. Betenbauph, Bopransville. I Archie Hollinpsworth, Union school ^ district. ^ T. B. Stranjje, Union school district. W. R. Thomas, Santuck. T. D. Noland, Union school district. ' W. H. Lawson, Bo^ansville. G. H. Jackson, Union school district. J. W. Carter, Union school district. ! J. E. Tinsley, Union school district. R. P. Harry, Union school district. 1 Paul E. Wilburn, Union school dis- i trict. I Claude Wilburn, Cross Keys. A. D. Sims, Union school district. ; T W TA^ncIlla iUlill TV x aiuici , uuncor invi W. Y5. Hill, Cross Keys. - -W?X Sanders, Pinckney. i jailATWIW . ipftlftff.w <v?, Colored Woman Arrested Upon Charge of Arson?Jealousy Given . as Motive. Hattie Renwick, colored, svas arrested Monday upon the charge of having- set fire to the home of Jane Lipscomb, another colored woman. Saturday morning about 4 o'clock. The home of the latter was destroyed ' , by fire which appeared to have origii nated from outside and under the | house. Chief of Police Evans, from i clues followed by him, has drawn the, i net idosely about the Renwick womarr She is said to have made threats - against the Lipscomb woman. Kero. sene was used in the starting the fire. . Tracks supposed to be made by the - accused were found and other inerim. inating circumstances make up a - strong case, it is thought. Jealousy t is supposed to have played a part in . the business, if it was incendiary. i BANQUET BY RED MEN s SATURDAY EVENING. e o Oudalee Lodge, No. 18, Red Men o this city, gave a most enjoyable bane quet in their hall over Union-BufTalc 1. mills office Saturday evening, Feb. 12 s Not only the local lodge attended, bul Red Men from the various lodge.1 throughout the county were guests Mr. James G. Long, Jr., was toastmas ie ter. Hon. Col L. Blease was the prin K cipal orator of the occasion. His ad 111 dress was on "Fraternali'sm," and wai o- heard with pleasure by the large gath :n ering ol Red Men. The banquet servei re was one that abounded in good fel o. lowship and tempting viands. p' WILL PAY YEAR'S PREMIUMS. The Union County Fair associatio will now endeavor to pay the pren n" iums demanded by the winners dui a ing last year's fair. Owing to tli 2S? very great handicap from bad weath* rd during the fair many winners c >ut premiums willingly relinquished tl ;ly premiums won. At a recent meetir es of the directors it was decided th; the premiums demanded be now pai The winner will have to call on Se retary B. F. Alston, Jr., for a vouch and this voucher, presented to Mr. at G. Kennedy at the Chamber of Coi es- nierce rooms will issue the check. he- 1 b3 DANCE FOR MISS BY WATER? ket nfcg Mr. and Mrs. J. Clough Walla njj. gave a dance on Tuesday evening and the Chamber of Commerce in comp: join foent to Miss Lwellyn Bywaters, , 0f Roxton, Tex., the house guest of M me> C. H. Peake. About 15 couples enjoyed Mr. a Mrs. Wallace's hospitality and af tor., he dance an elegant four course si ake. per was served. ^ I'nion Tdbrarv =^==r >ES INO MEASURE ells Why He Can't Support Proposal, Calling it Invasion . of State Rights?Smyth and Other Mill Men Oppose Bill. Washington, Feb. 15.?Capt. Ellison l. Smyth and other leading cotton lill men in South Carolina today apeared before the senate committee n commerce in opposition to the of tho Kpotinir rhilrl labor ill. While much of the ground heretoore gone over was covered again toay, an interesting feature of the learing was the fact that it developed hat the Pelzer mill is probably the riodel cotton mill of the country in ts relation to the child labor question. Questions were asked Capt. Smyth vhich showed that while members of he committee were well pleased with chat they heard about the Pelzer mill hey believed this one was far above he general average. In connection with this matter, senator Tillman today said: "I have received so many letters in pgard to the Keating child labor bill, ill of a similar character, that I have lecided to prepare a statement of my josition on the subject. "I am opposed to any national child abor law, because the subject matter )f any such measure ought to be left :o the States. The police powers of jovernment?that is, matters affecting the public health, public morals and public safety?were reserved to the States by the founders of the United States government, who sought, thereby, to safeguard the principle of local self-government. "It will be a sad day for us all when the ordinary civil rights, privileges and liabilities are defined and fixed by' the central government at Washintgon. Child labor is bad?all decent people know that?but the destruction of local self-government is worse. Atiaolf nn Stalos I "The Keating U."1, while ostensibly ^ry.lxerciM of UUfci*?wers of congress . the States. If enacted Tnto~IawTTOi' held constitutional, it will establish a precedent which, when carried to its logical conclusion, will reduce the States to mere departments of the general government. If congress can use its delegated powers to accomplish objects entirely foreign to those for which they were granted, there is no civil right or relation too sacred for the United States government to lay unhallowed hands on. The Keating bill is too broad and sweeping, but this is only on incidental objection: .fundamental reason for opposing it is that it is an attempt to usurp the vital powers of the States. T can not stand idly by and see local selfgovernment torpedoed without warning. "As to child labor in itself. I am opposed to it, and am glad that the South Carolina legislature has at last taken action that will in a measure abolish it. The new statute, as I understand it, forbids the employment of children under 1" years of age after next July, and raises the age limit ' of employment toll years after July 1917. This is good in the main, but ' there should be an amendment pro^ vi'ding for the employment of children under these ages when a widowed mother is dependent upon their wov'* . for support. ISucli cases are ran . comparatively speaking, Init they do . accur and should be provided for s thought proper means should he tak en to prevent abuse of the exception il by collusion between heartless mill - owners and worthless parents. Favors Prohibiting It. "With this one exception, I am heartily in favor of prohibiting the n employment of any child in cotton i- mills or other manufacturing instii** tutions. Indeed, in some respects T would go farther than the legislature Jr has gone. I would have the State for^ bid employment of any child under 10 1<? years of age who can not read and write. This, in effect, would be an excellent compulsory education clause: ? for parents, instead of being forced e|. by the State to educate their children ^ ?which is, at best, a doubtful ex n. pedient?would of their (own accord place their children in school in order to make them eligible for employ ' ment. I hope the legislature will approve this idea and incorporate it in l0e the new statute, if possible." Capt. Smyth, who is president of the South Carolina Textile Manufacrs turers' association, today told the senate committee on interstate commerce mtj considering the house child labor bill ter that the passage of the measure would Up_ mean the driving from the mills of (Continued on last page)