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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1916. 1
We have received quite a number 1
ui letters ?iiu nut a lew j>jjuiveii wuiu? ^
of commendation upon the last week's
issue of The Times. We feel deeply !
grateful to each one of the kind ,
friends who expressed their appreciation;
and the words of praise will 1
serve to inspire us with higher ideals <
and broader visions.
The high cost of living hits in every
direction, but should fall lightest upon
the farmer. He, of all men, can best
hedge against the conditions, for he is ;
a producer and can have something to
sell. The wage earner is the hardest
hit of all, for while he is paying vastly
more for what he must have, he has
not the increased income from a raise
in wages.
Union, like many other pi-ogressive
cities, has now organized an Equal
Suffrage League. Whatever one may
think of the movement, there is every
indication that it is promoting something
that is not only "on the way,"
but has about "arrived." We do not
feel the terror that some men are experiencing
over the approach of "equal
suffrage."
Was Marvin Charles the man who
assaulted Special Police Officer McGowan?
If so, he has put himself still
deeper in the toils, and there is no
hope of his ever coming to realize his
plight. McGowan emphatically asserts
that Charles was the man.
Charles emphatically asserts that he
had nothing to do with it. The case
will come up Friday in the police
court, and will be sifted to the bottom.
In the meantime, we withhold
judgment, realizing that a newspaper
is not to be used to try cases.
Thanksgiving day is here, and
brings to us all an opportunity to
turn aside from the busy cares of life
to the contemplation of some of life's
blessings. It is not the accumulation
of wealth nor earthly honors that
should be numbered among our chief
blessings. Health and the ability to
work, to be permitted to have a part
in the great activities of the world
about us?these are the blessings that
appear to us the greatest. We should
be thankful, not so much for what we
get out of life, but for what we are
able to put into it.
Christmas is soon to be here. The
harvest time is already here. There
are many of our subscribers who are
now in a position to renew for the
year. Many have already paid up. If
you, kind reader, are one of those
not yet numbered with paid ups, will
you not come to our aid during the
month of Decemher? It is no false
cry, this report about the high cost of
newspaper. It is a stern fact. Help
us, and thus enable us to help every
worthy cause in our county. To help
all worthy causes is the high aim of
a live newspaper. It is our aim.
COTTON GINNERS* REPORT.
Mr. Onus T. Relue, county government
.agent, has received the ginners*
ri nn r\ Mait 1 A nrU!/>U nUA?nM M
icp</i 1/ i4f/ 11/ i^i/v. it, >Yuitii auuwa iui
1910 a total of 8,991 bales as against
12,098 bales for the corresponding
period of 1915.
STATISTICS ON COTTON SEED.
Washington, Nov. 28.?One million,
fifty-three thousand three hundred
and thirty-one tons of cotton seed
were received at mills during the two
months ending September 20, the
first reports on cotton seed and cotton
seed products issued by the census
bureau under the new law aid. Four
hundred thirteen thousand two hundred
and five tons were crushed. The
remainder is on hand.
Crude oil produced was 119,922,091
pounds. Crude oil shipped out was
79,8.r>4..r>89 pounds.
On hand September 20 was 41,906,199
pounds.
Cake and meal produced were 190,214
tons.
nor i rr? i
oiii}i|icu nut were 2U9,ii)( ions; on
hand 103,320 today.
Hulls produced 101,112 tons; shippod
out 56,099; on hand 120,880, 1
I,inters produced 07,028 hales; shipped
out 41,405; on hand 64,572. 1
Hull fiber produced was 58,138
hales; shipped out 04,410 bales; on
hand 0,787. !
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ACCEPTS CALL. ,
Rev. C. B. Prince has accepted the 1
pastorate of the West Springs Bap- 1
tist church and will preach for that ?
congregation on Sunday afternoon at <
3 o'clock. l
>VERTON ADMITS t\
HE KILLED LAWLER a
H
iays the Judge Attacked Him First si
and Severely Cut Him, and That a
He Fired in Self-Defense. tl
Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 24.?Probate a
fudge William T. Lawler. whose G
leath was followed by the suicides of F
l Huntsville attorney and a sheriff of tl
dadison county, who believed they a
vere suspected in connection with his c
leath, was killed the night of June 14, F
>y David D. Overton, his political S
ival, Overton testified here today in S
lis tri?! on a charge of having ffiurlered
the purist. The killing which
>ccurred on the Whiteburg bridge,
vas in self-defense, Overton declared,
lie said he was attacked by lawler F
vith a knife when he refused to join ii
fawler in a plan to delay a report of a
:he Madison county grand jury which a
ivas then in session. t
Overton declared he drove lawler c
to the Whitesburg bridge in his buggy r
at the latter's suggestion to discuss 1
political differences which they hoped t
to settle. He denied he had anything s
to do with the disposition of Tawler's \
body or with the alleged painting out. c
~r i.i i ?i i !a A
[vi imihju MMI> mi tut' urm^c. i
TTe informed Sheriff Robert Phillips I
r>f the tragedy the nijrht it occurred, t
he said, and when he saw Phillips the a
next day, the sheriff told him the a
body "had not been brought to town t
and that no one would find it." Sher- f
iff Phillips hilled himself the week af- c
ter the discovery of Howler's body, c
leavincr word he could not bear the t
susnicion he believed was directed t
aeainst him. Three days before. Shel- 1
bv Pleasants, a Tluntsville attorney, j.
committed suicide. \
Savs Overton Was Wounded. ^
Pr. O. V. Williams, of Chattanooga, ?
who treated Overton's wounds in' that s
city last June, was the last witness
for the defense which rested its case i
late today. He described what he said 1
was a serious cut on the former clerk's t
nek near the juprular vein. 1
It is expected the State will conduct i
an examination in rebuttal tomorrow,
and that Overton's fate will be in the , 1
hands of the jury before nipht.
Overton's testimony touched upon
what he said were the friendly rela- 1
tions heween Trawler and himself <
when they were officials together in '
the Madison county court house, and
n f -f* oof innol f ftnlinrr xt'Vt I nVi Via coi/1 H
Lawler, developed when Overton op- ]
nosed him in the spring for the prohate
judgeship. i
Overton testified that while the i
campaign was in progress he made '
efforts to meet Judge Lawler to com- i
pose certain political differences between
them hut that Judge Lawler
refused to consent. ?
Met by Appointment. i
"After the election, on the afternoon
of June 14, I saw Lawler at the 1
court house," Overton testified. "He
said he wanted to see me. We went 1
to the basement and talked. Lawler
told me the grand jury which was in
session was trying hard to destroy
both- of us, and wanted him to give
information to destroy me. He said
he declined and thought it was time
we were getting together. T told him
T would be glad to meet him anv time
with State Senator Robert E. Sprag- 1
gins present. He renlied that he would
meet me in Spraggins' office at eight
o'clock.
"That night I drove to the court
house shortly before eight, and found
Lawler. He informed me Spraggins
could not be present. We got into my
lllirrrrv. T.flwlor en rr nrr?ef nrl nrn
drive down the Whitesburcr pike. As
we drove we discussed politics. T>awler
said he had found out the workings
of the errand jury, and then insisted
that if we cooperated we could
render the work of Special Solicitor!
Tate and his grand jury worthless.
Wanted Grand Jury Fixed.
"At the Whitesburg bridge we got
ou? of the buggy and discussed the
political situation more in detail,"
Overton continued. "Lawler suggested
that we would wait until the town
was puiet and see members of the
grand jury and get them to delay
their report until we could effect a
reconsideration.
"Lawler mentioned the names of
certain jurors T might see. I told him
T would not think of waking them up
at that time of night to ask them to
reconsider their work as grand jurors.
"Lawler showed feeling for the first
time, and declared he would hold me
responsible if the grand jury injured
him. I suggested we return to town.
At this moment Lawler grabbed me
and beggan to cut me. It was a complete
surprise to me. At the time we
were on the Whitesburg bridge.
"I tried to retreat, and tripped up.
Lawler rushed at me and when he
would get me down would cut me. I j
had a revolver and realizing my pre- |
dicament began to use it as a elub.
striking Lawler on the head several
times."
As Overton described what be said
occurred on the bridge all eyes in the
crowded court room were fixed upon
^<m. Mrs. Lawler, widow of the dead
jurist wept when Overton described
the blows he struck upon her hus- '
band's head. Overton continued:
"The last time I struck him was on 1
the back of the head. I then shot and i
Trawler foil. I was very bloody and '
hd not wait at the bridge any time. '
1 diu not attempt to render Lawler '
any assistance." I
Called on Sheriff.
Overton then told of his talk with > 1
Sheriff Phillips, of the latter's advice J <
to him to leave town and let him an- j >
nounce the occurrence to the public. i
He described visits he said he paid *
:he next morning to Charles M. Nails, >
a former Madison county circuit court t
clerk, and Percy Rrooks, a Tennessee t
river ferryman, with whom he re- t
.irned to Whitesburg bridge, he said, c.
nd Lawler's body had been removed. an
[e told of trying to burn his blood- qU
tained clothes on the mountain side, br
nd unable to do so, how he buried pi;
tiem. rp
Overton said he left Huntsvi'le bu
nd went to Chattanooga where Dr. 8t
r. V. Williams treated his wounds*. re
Vom Chattanoogga he traveled th
hrough Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisi- th
na and Mississippi, always taking 8{]
are to elude the authorities. From di
Kentucky he went to Tennessee and on ov
leptember 25 was arrested near n<
Imithville. tr
JONES VILLE ?
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Jonesville, Nov. 28.?I attended the co
State meeting of the U. D. C.'s at Un- of
on last week and I was much pleased d<
>nd entertained at the large attend- ar
nice of delegates from every part of or
he State. There was a large amount B*
if real beauty shown in the faces of cc
nany of the delegates and as to inteligence
it was very conspicuous and K
lien harmony that prevailed and the rn
imnoth and hnsinpss lilcn mannni- in r>':i
It'
vhich business of the convention was rn
onducted was edifying and uplifting vi
0 one of feelings and temperament, gj
met with many ladies whom I knew ?tr
hat I had not seen for quite awhile m
ind then I made many acquaintances ot
ind while I was so well pleased with T
he convention I was somewhat sur- ei
irised to see so few Confederate Vet- p
runs in attendance. Yes, the Vet- fc
rans practically give the convention
he "go-by." Let my tongue cleave to e:
lie roof of my mouth or my right tc
land forget its cunning if ever I for- 01
ret the good women of my country p
vho have honored the Confederate w
Veterans, both dead and living, with pi
aich lavish hospitality as has been hi
shown them. pi
I have heretofore been opposed to a:
vVonian suffrage, but I have right late- tr
y come across and I am now with tl
hem in claiming equal rights with at
die men and hope they may succeed w
in getting them. S
Miss Alma Large Foreman of Nor- S
folk, Va., is the guest of Miss Bell hi
Free. 01
Mr. Forest E. Spears of our town tl
will go over to Coleman, Ga., on the
fith of December, where he will be il
united in marriage to Miss Jimmie C. ai
Hartley. Miss Hartley is well known a;
in Jonesville, as she taught in the la
graded school here several years. ic
I read with great interest the long 0
and very correct account of the organ- gi
ization and work of the Ku-Klux-Klan tc
nearly a half century ago in The Un- sc
ion Times of the last week's issue, tl
The organization of the order up in ai
Tennessee was not so familiar to me w
except by history, but when the order iri
moved down in this Piedmont country hi
1 can write or speak of it of my own U
personal knowledge and the account of ai
it last week was like much of the real fc
doings passing in review. As to the T
raw head and bloody bones disguiSfu^jpj
worn on the heads many of them were ^>1
made in my home and my wife was ai
reported to the Yankee garrison for w
making them and she fled the country w
to a place or city of refuge in Georgia,
where she remained in safety for
fourteen months. Did the Ku-Klux
do their duty and were their deeds of
tragedy right? Well, here is, or n
was, their answer to this, "Justice is e
lame, otherwise these things would
not occur." When justice was re- si
stored to our country these awful tl
deeds of the Ku-Klux-Klan ceased; E
one case in point?when Mat Stevens h
was murdered by the negio militia h
Duck Pond church, two negroes, Hen- d
ry Cannon and Taylor Palmer, who \\
took part in the murder, Henry Can- tl
non especially, for after poor Mat n
Stevens was dead and lying upon his o
back, Henry Cannon punched nim in ti
the face with his gun and cursed him fi
but Henry and Taylor made their o
escape and were not heard of until a
after the persecutions and prosecu- n
tions of the Ku-Klux was all over w
and the Yankee garrison disbanded, w
Cannon and Palmer were located over o
in Fairfield county near Blackstork, tl
were arrested, brought to Union, lodg- p
ed in jail, tried and convicted before S'
Judge Thomas, a Republican and were tl
both hunpr on the same prallows near g
Union at the famous hipr hickory tree, v
Henry Cannon and his mother, a prood w
old nejrro mammy, and my mother'? b
cook, both lived on my father's place y
and Henry was such a had fellow that n
I told him not a ^reat while before he a
was hunpr that he would be hunpr and fi
while the feeling aprainst these two c:
neprroes was prreat that none of the h
negroes would help to bury them for r
fear of the white people, hut for the s
sake of Henry's prood old mother, my a
brother and I took his dead body from a
the prallows, carried to our home and ei
to his mother's cabin in the yard. pr<.t d
a coffin and buried it in the potters' a
field nearby and when "Aunt" Harrier:, e
nciiry s moiner, niea, wnicn was not y
lonp afterwards, for she died of prief, h
we pave her a decent burial beside her C
bad son. I pive this account to show ii
that when justice was restored the 01
lynchinp ceased and the courts were w
respected, and the majesty of the law p
upheld. w
One other Ku-Klux trapedy and I k
will pass the subject. There was a
riepro man in the Cross Keys com- tl
Tiunity, named Mack Bobo, who was t<
accused of burninp Mr. Andrew Estes' S
smokehouse, who was arrested and n'
odped in the jail at Union near the w
same time that Mat Stevens was 01
tilled, when the hip raid was made 01
>n the jail at Union and eipht neproes ai
were lynched. Bobo was taken out d<
with the others, but in the darkness I
ind confusion he made his escape and tc
was not heard from in some time, but tt
he ever vipilant Ku-Klux were not
o be outdone or cheated out of their si
nan and finally he was located on Mr.
D. Farrar's place near Pinckney
id the Ku-Klux one night went
lietly and silently as the evening
eeze and took Bobo from his hiding
ace and spirited him away to Broad
/ed nearby and filled his body with
illets and cast it into the river and,
range to say, this tragedy was never
ported, nor did it ever come into
e courts or was it talked about in
e community. Now, why was this
lence? It was because the men that
d it were like Hiram Abiff, the widv's
son, and Sam Davis, the Ten?ssee
Confederate boy, they were
ue to their fidelity and never gave
e secret away. It will be remem;red
that nearly every conviction of
ie Ku-Klux in the United States
iurt was upon the confession of some
' the Klan who turned State's evirnce
(perking, the Yankees called it)
id told upon their comrades but not
le of the boys that were in the Ma *k
obo raid ever "perked," which aciunts
for its secrecy.
Again, let it be remembered that the
u-Klux did not visit all the punishent
upon the negroes but they vised
many of the white people, both
en and women, who were living in
olation of the laws and some they
lve orders to mend their ways on
ial, others they whipped and two
en at least, one in Union county and
le in Laurens county, were killed,
he Ku-Klux visited Mr. Alfred Owis
in Union county, north of the
acolet river, now Cherokee county,
>r the purpose of administering a
md whipping upon him, but he was
cpecting them and prepared himself
fight, which he did. and he killed
ic of the Klan, and they killed him.
r. Win Smith, near Glenn Springs,
as visited by the Klan for the purise
of giving him some orders and
; was expecting them and was preared
to fight, which he did, his wife
listing him and he gained the vic?ry,
heing in his House and fighting
irough a window. He had much the
[Wantage. He was only wounded
hi le he killed one of the Klan, Capt.
trihling, a good friend of mine,
tribling's comrades buried his dead
idy the same night and it was given
jt that he had gone West and there
le matter rested.
Some men were mean to their famies
and had concubines and living in
;lultery in open violation of the law,
? the Ku-Klux claimed justice was
ime and several of these sort of felitire
^lrovn vioifo/1 p4-?n!/?L4-/w*/\rI
'**o nvit rioitvu aim ow ai^mciicu up.
ne old fellow lived near me, had a
ood wife and family, and was said
? be living this way and one of his
>ns requested me to write him a
ireatening letter and let him have it
id he 'would drop it where his father
ould get it, so I wrote it and said
i it if he didn't put the woman off
is place and stay at home with his
imily that he would be waited upon
id his light put out sure as night
tllows day and signed it, "K. K. K."
he letter was found at the door one
loming and soon as it was read the
Id man said, "Boys, get up the wagon
nd move 'Coot* today for the Ku-Klux
ill do what they say" and "Coot"
as moved that day. Telephone.
KELTON
Kelton, Nov. 27.?We are having
ice weather for hog killing and sevral
fine ones have been slaughtered.
I was in Union last week and had
ime business in Prof. Jeffries' office in
ie graded school building, where the
laughters of the Confederacy were
olding their convention and while in
is office the convention adjourned for
inner. I placed myself in the hallray
where I could get a good look at
[lose beautiful and noble spirited wolen.
There was a large attendance
f all sizes and ages, from sweet sixsen
to old age, intelligent and clieerul.
W. II. S. Harris and I and anther
comrade were standing together
nd as they passed through the hall
lany of them greeted us with kind
rords, told us who they were and
rhere they lived. I cannot describe
ur feelings. IIow we do appreciate
ne love and work they are doing to
erpetuate the deeds of the Southern
oldiers. I can only say God bless
henT and the great work they are enaged
in. I believe if Brother Harris
nil attend more of the meetings
rhere so many of these sweet and
eautiful ladies attend it will add
ears to his life. I stayed over one
ight and attended the night meeting
nd witnessed the carrying out of a
ne program. The building was
rowded with intelligent and anxious
earers, but the meeting was interupted
in the midst of Dr. White's
peech by the whistle of the fire
larm. There was some confusion for
few moments but the speaker quietd
them and soon continued his ad
which was ^ranii ana patriotic
nd full of prophecy. I wish that
very politician in South Carolina,
es, all in the Southern States, could
ave heard him. He is one of South
larolina's ablest orators. I thought
' that fire alarm had not been a false
ne and had been near the building
re were in there would have been a
anic and only one escape many
rould have been injured and some
illed in a rush to get out.
Rev. J. R. Copeland, who has served
te Kelton charge, has been assigned
> the Cherokee circuit by the Upper
outh Carolina Conference for the
ext conference year and will leave
ith his family within the next day
r two. Mr. Copeland is a very zealiis
worker for the cause of his church
nd Mrs. Copeland is one of the most
gvoted and active Christian workers
have ever seen and many are sorry
> see them leave. Rev. Mr. Kelly will
ike his place on the Kelton charge.
The health of the Ridge is good,
ive colds, which are numerous.
G. T. G.
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We are sole agents fc
the Law" Shoes. So f
able to hold the price <
of shoes, after Januar
compelled to raise the
selling them today at v
We would advise you
needs before January 1
Also our line of Clot
ing is complete, and al
any house in the state,
any business you ma
you give us a trial we
that it is to your inter
i
Christmas is only a
so let us all get busy,
ion early. Come and lo
we will be glad to sh
= you are ready to buy c
iJVevv Holiday Good
One Ever-Ready Safety
With Every $10.
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Greater
Shows
Auspices Syrian
Relief Fund
Will Exhibit One Week
in Union, Commencing
MONDAY, DEC. 4th
I And Ending Saturday I
Night, Dec. 9th
This is absolutely one
of the largest organizations
of this class and
character travelling
through the South.
Company carries over
300 People, Three Free
Acts, Two Brass Bands
Fifteen Paid Attractions,
2 Riding Devices
and 25 Concessions.
This is an Up-to-date, Strictly
Clean and Moral Organization
all the way through.
No Graft and no Immoral
Shows
Charles Nader
Manager
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ar we have been
lown, on this line
y 1st we will be
price, as we are
wholesale price,
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prices as low as
We will appreciate
y give us, and if j
will convince you I
est to trade here.
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We \|iave Just Receive^
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Our Goods and
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We will Save You Money
Complete Line of
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