The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-03-06
SANTUC NEWS LETTER,
Does Not Agree With Miss Garner
In Her Defense of Roosevelt i'm
His Social Equality
Business.
SOME ORIGINAL VERSE.

ktduVu. NOW 10 nOJ WISH the people
To pass it by because l said it is home
made Tor that cannot weaken it. 1t was
"fred" from fort" on a Gibralter of
Gibraltry, and l, might say is truly a
part OF the gospel, and provoked by the
! fact that our State is having murders for
a pastime it seems. Nothing could be
moe timely and to the point am think
ing.
The red handed murderer is abroad in
the land,
With double barrel shot gun or pistol
ss In hand,
Shooting down his victims for the least
prOvOcation
Whether in the highest or lowest station.
The laws of his country he does not re-
gard,
] For he knows he will never receive his
reward,
The rope around his neck will never grow
tight,
: II condemned at all, his penalty will be
light.
Emboldened by the laxity of the laws of
the State, -.
Murder is increasing and crime is very
great,
To hang white murderer the jury
can't agree,
Manelaughter is the verdict or he goes
''soat free"
With tickle fondling jury to try MUIR
der case,
Is q failure, farce and woeful DIS
- grace, .
ran of ,urage who will dare do
In co.I -.--vsull!5r whether black
The verdict Of heaven rolls down through
the sky, =
The cold bloodcd- murderer must surely
die;
And he who would spare. him. prompted
q q by pity or gold, "a
Increases the murderer 6f hurderers a
thonsand fold. -r,zi
To protect the, innocent the laws must
be applied,
Or ths door toward anarchy will fly open
Lynch law and terror will reign su-
= preme,
And cizilization, will only. .be:a delusive
dream. - -
ssThe month February ends the winter
time, -: ''
81 And we are glad to know it,
Altho' just yet there is no sign
OF birds and flowers to show it."
Yes, but they will come. Some
tried it but blizzard caught them
afar from home and filled them with
-;chills.
We are M.rch(inO now, and we
may expect to hear. many March airs
played, and if houses are made to
y stremble time to the music of the
March( winds) we need not be afraid.
[ have studied what that order or
ladies society tabled D. O.. XXX.
2 was, and have just come to the con-
Z clusion that those letters must mean.
! Do Our Kicking Kindly.
Some spring oats were sown last
week but only few; the ground was
heavy, then rain fell again. Seed
oats are scarce ana some could not
get them. Work is behind the sea-
son. -.
A Sunday School here is gettin :
nitz~>glyserinishlit' IS quick. and
-'srailxaaded." The members meet at
the plsEe, give the house shake and
i'm slAash the Sunday school "goes
.og and everybody hurries home to
dinner before one can get grip on
what is done. -, So,
/ notice the Board off Commission :
'ers are going % inspect the roads
this year and ''inf that way keep in
CLOSE touch with all the oyerseers. ;"
Good, aud then they will know what
they are paying ont money for; the
neglect of which.!I wrote about last
I, fall when I "set the woods afre."
Il thank w. g. Bailey, our far
away brother of Colorado, for the
favorable comment on nv article
slxeently concerning the late homicide
here / feel that we must look at
,the useful side of a man. whether he
lisa church man orenot, he can be
wery useful and q warm, generous
H1.arted man, but if chfistianshow
mach more 80. Here let say i am
always interested inthose. far away
letters. g
A storm broke on US here Saturday
morning about day and the wind
= blev hard and wa had fs2 inches of