The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-11-17

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CONSERVATION decpened as the primary
proceeded and it became evident that
the old time ring of city rulers was out
numbered. Henry Maxwell. pastor of
the First church; Milton Wright. Alex
ander Powers. Professors Brown. Will
lard and Park Of Lincoln college. Rev.
John West. DR.. George Maine of the
Pilgrim church, Dean Ward of the Holy
Trinity and scores of well known bust
ness and professional men, most Of them
church members were present. and it
did not take long to see that they had
all come with the direct and definite
possible. Most of these men had never
been seen in primary They were
complete strangers to the politicians.
but they had evidently proftcd by the
politicians methods and were able by
organized and united effort to nominate
the entire ticket.
"As soon as it became plain that the
primary was ont of their control the
regular ring withdrew in disgust and
nominated another ticket The News
simply calls the attention Of all decent
contains the names of whisky men. and
the line is distinctly and sharply drawn
between the machine and corrupt city
government. such as we have known
for years, and clean, honest, capable,
businesslike city administration, such
as every good citizen ought to want
1t is not necessary to remind the people
of Raymond that the question of local
option comes up at the election. That
will be the most important question
on the ticket. The crisis Of our city
affairs has been reached. The issue
is sGuarely before us. Shall we con-
tinuc the rule of rum and Doodle and
shameless incompetency, or shall We
rs President Marsh said in his noble
speech, rise rs good citizens and be-
gin u new order Of things, cleansing
our city of the worst enemy known to
municipal honesty and doing what lies
in our power to do with the ballot-to
purify our civic life?
THE News is positively and without
reservation Oh the side of the new
movement. We shall hcnceforth do all
in our power to drive ont, the saloon
and destroy it's political strength. We
shall advocate the election of men nom
mated by the majority of citizons met
in the first primary, and we call upon
I'll Christians. church members and low
crs Of right, purity. temperance and
homc to stand by President Marsh and
the rest OF the citizens who have thus
1cgun long needed reform in our
city
President Marsh read this editorial
nd thanked God for Edward Norman.
.At the came timo he understood well
enough that every other paper in Ray
muld was on the other side. He did not
aisundcrstand the Importance and scri-
onsness Of the fight which was only just
l2Gun. 1t was no secret that The News
mad lost enormously since it had been
governed by the standard Of What
woull Jesus do?" The question now
w&s "Would the Christian people of
Raymond stand by it Would they
make it possible for Norman to conduct
y daily Christian paper, or would their
desire for what is called "ncws. in
the way Of crime. scandal, political
.partiSanship of the regular sort and
dislike to champion so remarkable re-
form in journalism, influence them to
irop the paper and refuse to give it
heir financial support! That was. in
i:ct, the question Edward Norman was
asking even while he wrote tire Satur-
dry editorial. He knew well enough
Jnnt his action expressed in that cdi
tor,al would cost him very dearly from
Of l-,u e
Raymond. and sill az ] @ drove his pen
over the paper he asked another Ques
tion. "What would Jesus do?' Tha.
question had become part of his life
now. 1t was greater than any other.
Iut for the first timC in it's history
Raymond had seen the professional
men. the teachers. the college profes-
Sors. the doctors, the ministers. take
political action and put themselves
definitely and sharply in antaGoniSln to
the evil forces that ha | so long con-
trotlod the machine Of the municipal
government The fact itself was aston.
lsh,ng. President Marsh acknowlcG. .;ed
to himself, with feeling Of hum.i!a-
t!on. that never before had he known
What civic riglitnou-nc $ could accom-
p!iyh From that FrId ~ nights wor;
he dated for himself AID his college Il
new definition Of the worn phrase. 1.-THE
-cl)'ar iii politics. " Education for him
ai!'. hose WHO were UnG,r his influence
ever after meant some clement Of suf-
fcr'nS Sacfiiice mrtst now enter into
the factor Of Development
vi tho Hectangie that week the tide
of spiritual life rose high and as yet
s'ic,cd no signs CT flowing back Rachel
ana Virginia went cv,ry night. Nir
gin liz was r"pidly reaching II conclusion
with respect to IL large part of lcr
mcncy. She had talked it over with
Rachel and they had been able to
agree that if Jesus had vast amount
of money ~ biI Iic.,,rnl bp ,,i.yl,t IL,