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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-11-18
saUIREs IN THE SOUTH.
The Title, Once Acquired by Citi-
zen, is Carried to the Grave.

The title IF squire, which is rarely
heard in the North, is still in vogue in
the South. Wnen "A man Is elected jus-
tic- IF the p+ace in Dixie he is a squire,
and although he my have sub equent
titles his old I'll. nds and neighboIs al
ways refer to him as squire,n said a
Southern lawyer who is attending the
slttings OF New York Court for the
first time.
He had been introduced to sever al at
torneys as Squire Blank, of Alabam. =.
and he was asked by one what the it'll
slgniied in his case. He said he was
elected justice of The peace in his town
In A'abam / at the close of the civil wa :,
and, although he has been a State Sena-
tor from his district several times, and
is major in military organization, he
IS still squire.
Our people," he continued, ssare
given to tackIng title to any citizen
who Is at all active in politics, but they
have sort of reverence for the old
English esquire, which they abbreviate
by eliminating the first letter.
II knew man who refused to b, a
candidate for the office of justice of tn.
peace simply because he would have hid
to give up Lis professional title if he had
been elected. He was a retired physi-
clan. He was solicited to become a
candidate by every voter In the town and
was about To accept it when il occurred
to him that he would be called squire.
and he declined for that reason alone.
He said he preferred to live and die as a
doctor.
TN some of the old graveyards in the
South one may find the title squire
carved on the headstOnes which mark
the resting place of the man who in life
was justice of the peace.
''Wnlle we are quite free In the ie-
Stowal OF titles in the South, sqnire is
never applied in an honorary sense. To
be squire the man must have hern
elected to the Office, which, according to
the custom bestows the old English title
''It becomes second nature to the man
who has the title to introduce himseIf.
where it becomes necessary, as Squire
S)-and-so. A man with any other title
except that OF doctor, would not do so;
but to say Il am Squire Bank is not
considered bad form in the best society,"
New York Sun.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-11-18
TOM WATSON'S STATEMENT.
Result Of the Election Considered
South Has Been Made a Tool Of
BY Wall Street Politicians
for 80 Years.

Thomas E. Watson, in statement
issued in New York yesterday, said in
part:
Mr.. Roosevelt's overwhelming majoii-
ty was not so much due to the fact that
our people believe in class legislation and
the reign Of special privileges. 1t was
not by any means an endorsement of
corporation tyranny, the greed of the
trusts or the methods of combined capi-
tai. Mir RoOsevelt's majority over MIR.
Parker was due mainly to two things;
one was the immense personal popularity
of Mr.. Roosevelt himself and the other
was the immense unpOpularity Of Mr.
'leveland's second administration. Un-
fortunately for Mr.. Parker, he became
80 completely identified with the ma
rauders who plundered the government
during Mr.. Cleveland's second admins
fration that he had to tear all the odium
which they had incurred. The people
have never had chance to show just what
they thought OF that second administra-
non. Mr.. Bryan's two campaigns did
not give them the opportunity; it was
only when the old Cleveland combination
secured the defeat of Bryan aud Hearst,
and dictated the nomination of Mr..
Parker that the masses rad the opportu-
nity to vent upon a national candidate
the intense hatred which they had been
nursing for years against such men as
Olney and Belmont and Carlisle and
Cleveland himself. They knew that |
could not be elected and they we're so
eager to make the best of the Op ortuni-
ty to safeguard the country against a
repetition of that saturnalia Of class leg
islation which marked Cleveland's second
that they rushed TO
Roosevelt and gave him a majority
which does not under ordinary circum-
stances belong to the Republican party.
In other words the personality of Mr.
Roosevelt and the unpopularity of MIR.
Paiker's environment carried into the
Republican column vast multitudes of
mm who under o. binary circumstances
wUud not be fduhd there.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-11-18
Booker Washington's
Appeal to his Race.

Birmingham, Nov. 14th.-In an ad-
dress to negroes delivered here to-
night Booker Washington said in
part: Not few have asserted that
on account of the election many
members Of our race would lose their
heads and become unduly pompous.
self-assertive and generally offensive.
With all the earnestness / command,
[ want to urge our people in every
part Of the country to disappoint
those who have made such predictions
by leading lives of increased useful
ness, soberness and simplicity. 1t is
to these things and to the cultivation
of friendly relations with our neigh.
bors of all races that we must look
for our ultimate success. Masses
of our people are to dwell for all time
here in the South, and here it is that
our destiny must be worked out, and
we can only succeed when we have
the confidence and cooperation OF
those about US. by Associated
Press.
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The Christmas "Delineator." !"

Th December "Delineator," with
its message Of good cheer and help
fulness, will be welcomed in every
home. The fashion pages are un-
usually attractive. illustrating and
describing the very latest modes In a
way to make their construction dur
ing the busy festive season pleasure
fnsresd Of p tssss, Gra 'esfs lesrasv
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They are really impolite, and even
after they have been served at the
delivery, they stand in the way of
others. They should recollect that
government institution does rot
belong to the political party in
power, but to the whole people.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-11-18
THE DISPENSARY AND THE LEGIS-
LATURE.

We have never advocated the dis
pensary nor have we fought the in
stitution by word or deed; but have
simply submitted since we like the
majority of the people of South
Carolina are no. responsible for the
establishment of the dispensary,
never having been consulted, nor
allowed to say whether We wanted
such an institution or not The
dispensary law was enacted at the
instance, dictation and command of
the far seeing Hon. B. r. Tlllman,
at which time a majority of the voters
accepted what he said as law and
gospel, as they regarded him per-
feet man, friend to the masses and
like the King could do no wrong. In
1895 the constitutional convention
(of which body Senator Tillman was
a member and still held considerable
sway) made the dispensary part of
the constitution and only subject to
amendments by the Legislature, thus
perpetrating the system at least un-
til this clause should be amended by
a vote of the people. This was the
status of the dispensary law until the
session of 1908 of the legislature at
which time Senator Brice from York
County introduced his bill providing
for local option, giving the right to
the people of the different counties
the right to vote out or in the dis
lpensary in the county. The original
Brice bill was so amenned before its
final passage that it hardly resembled
itself, retaining only the right to
vote with the pIoviso that if voted
out, the county would be subjected
to an additional tax to meet the ex-
penses of maintaining the State con.
stabulary and also be deprived Of
any of the dispensary profits. In
the face of these amendments under
the law as it stands. Cherokee
County at the general election, voted
out the dispensary by o large ma,
lioritY. It is now up R to ueua;ii,Ea the lsgisla:
repeal the Brice bill as it now is, and
pass the bill as it was originally, o,
to let it remain as it is. In eithe,
case of action by the general assembly
it remains for the other counties in
the State to follow the lead OF
| Cherokee County and thus practi
cally put out of business the whole,
sale dispensary in Columbia by not
having any dispensary in the several
counties of the State to supply. In
any event it is our opinion that the
dispensary will be an issue in 1906
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-11-18
A WORD TO THE NEGROES.

"Just word of advice to the me-
groes of South Carolina. There is
some evidence of jubilation over the
election of Roosevelt. There is no
objection to the negroes being de-
lighted but it would be exceedingly
unfortunate if they should conceive
the notion that they have captured
South Carolina and acted according
ly. We have in the past given them
good advice and always earnestly
advocate justice for them and we
now advise them to keep at their
callings and not deceive themselves
with false hopes. 1t would be well
for them to realize that if trouble is
provoked, the negroes will be the
chief sufferers and a dozen Roose>
yelts cannot help them" The State.
= Before reading the foregoing piece
of timely and good advice volunteered
by the State, we intended to stay
a word to the negroes along the
same line. We have not forgotten
the fidelity of the negroes to their
masters and their families during
the four years of war between the
North and South and which war the
negroes we're given to understand
was for their freedom from bondage
if the North succeeded and for their
continued slavery if the South should
be successful. The peculiar rela-
tions existing between master and
SSlasase shs spa4aaipeau by TIPS evliep liepdaSt Inst
protector Of the women and children,
while the white men were in the
army. This we have not forgotten,
if we had, we would feel that we
were ungrateful; but those old
"darkies," many and dady, to whom
we owe this debt of gratitude are
fact passing away, and their offspring
the second and third generation feel
not those ties of affection which
bound master and servant 50 CLOSELY
together, neither can or do the
whites of this generation know or
appreciate such relationship. We
do and have ever felt sympathy
for this mislead and misguided race.
We are net among the strenuous ad-
Vocates of getting rid Of the negro,
by supplantiDg them by foreign i'm
migrant laborers, for we are not fully
persuaded of the wisdom of such a
move and are rather disposed to suf>
fer the ills we have than to fly to
others we know not of. We are
sorry to admit to that as general
condition of affairs, with reference
to the labor supply, the present
generation of negroes is not half 80
good as their ancestors, that the de-
sertion Of the farms by the negroes
and the focking to the towns and
public works alone has made the im>
migration move necessary. Our ad-
vice to negroes is to return to the
farms, as the farm products are
yearly increasing in value and SO is
the price of land. We do not CEN
sure the negroes for rejoicing over
the success of the Republican party, |
but they can be jubilant without
being offensive. They should take
the advice of their white and colored
friends, to be polite and respectful. |
There is no such thing as equality |
among the races. The churches |
teach that there is inequality even
among the angels in heaven. Our
attention has been called to but one |
thing on the part Of the negroes
since the election which looks as ifl
they felt new importance and had
better rights, that is the way thew
k.lsrAAN ahS tb4Saa h4S .AA.-.as<~
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and pictorial features are of rare ex-

- ---s-~<i-~-~-nf I-aua SopoS
from the Wagner Operas, rendered
into English by Richard de Gallienne
and beautifully illustrated in colors
by j. g. Leyendecker, occupies a
prominent place, and a chapter in
the Composers Series, relating the
Romance ofiWagner and Cosima, is an
an interest supplement to the lyrics.
A very clever paper entitled "The
Court Circles OF the Republic" de.
scribes some unique phases of Wash
ington social life is from an unnamed
contributor, who is said to write from
the inner circles Of society. There
are short stories from the pens of F.
Hopkinson Smith, Robert Grant,
Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Cutting
and Elmore Elliot Peake, and such
Interesting writer's as Julia Magruder,
l.. Frank Baum and Grace McGowan
Cooke hold the attention of the chill
dren. Many Christmas suggestions
are given in needlework and the
Cookery pages are redolent of the
Christmas feast. In addition, there
are the regular departments of the
magazine, with many special articles
on topics relating to woman's inter
ests within and without the home.
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The Metropolitan Magazine is
$1.8O a year, but we are offering it
and. THs TINES for the price of the
ma3seirvs ,
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UNION, 8. c., NOVEMBER 1s. 1so4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-15
ONE is AN EXPERT
But Four Members of the Gang Ths {
Holds Up Rock Island Train Are
Novices, Says Engineer.
NERVOUS DURING OPERATION
Looking to the Leader For Orders Be.
fore Move is Made-Crew
Thanked for Kindness.

w: II. Durham, engineer of the Rock
Island train which was held up near
Let's Monday night, gives the follow
ing account of the affair:
About 1870 o'clock while we were
going up a steep grade at a good rate
of speed the air brakes were suddenly
turned on and the train came TO
stop. l heard yell at the rear rear of
the train and my first impression was
that the rear car had been wrecked.
was just preparing to climb from the
cab to investigate when a long dan
Serous looking revolver was pointed at
my face and a voice behind it com
manded me to hold up my hands.
Requests Are Granted
The fireman was at the same time
meeting with the same experience on
the other side of the engine We both
very willingly granted the request of
the men with the guns and climbed
from the cab. My man then gently
placed the muzzle of a pistol under
each of my ears and pushed me to the
door of the baggage car. On arriving
there he called to the baggageman to
admit him. We afterwards learned
that the express messenger and bag
gageman had gone back to the sleeping
car at the first alarm. One of the
robbers then ordered me to open the
door, saying:
If you don't. we will blow the
ID thing off the track
Charge Under Door.
Il was unable to unlock the door and
the robbers began preparations to car
ry out their threats. One of the gang
who seemed to be the leader then
took small can of nitrOglycerine and
placing it under the door lighted the
fuse. We all ran about a car length
from the spot and in a moment the
explosion occurred. A small opening
was blown in the side of the car and
the windows were shattered Two of
the robbers using me as a shield then
advanced and threw another can or
explosive into the car. This explosion
eXtinguished the lights and threw ev-
erything into confusion. Up till this
time the robbers seemed to think that
the express man was still inside, for
they were careful to place my body In
front of them when they ventured
within range.
Put Into the Car.
Two of the men then took me into
the car and made me light a match.
They opened the side doors and | was
taken a short dis-GI &c away and ICTt
IN ,hC custody of one of the gang. The
man who did the first shooting then
used two large charges on the safe
and tore off the front side. From the
way he went about the work l judged
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-15

that this was not his first job of the
appeared more nervous and acted Tn
der his instructions throughout the
transaction. Two of the men entered
the car after the explosion and re-
moved the contents of the safe. They
placed their booty in a sack which one
of the men placed in the engine cab.
The fireman and myself were were
then led to the engine and our guards
still covering us with their guns climb
cd aboard. After bidding us good
night and thanking us for our kind
ness one of the gang pulled the throt-
tie and the engine steamed away.
Little Excitement Caused.
I'VE turned and hurried to the
sleeping car where the passengers and
train crew were gathered. None of
them seemed greatly excited, and after
informing the party that all danger
was over the fireman and myself start
ed after the engine. At Let's We
found a freight engine standing on a
siding, and jumping aboard we started
in pursuit. About two miles farther
down the track we came upon our en-
CINE standing motionless without fire
or water. We then returned to the
scene of the hold-up in the freight en-
CINE and took the train on.
There were five men i'll the gang
One remained at the engine, two
guarded the fireman and myself, one
went to the rear of the train and one
fired the charges. | do not know
where the robbers came from. | was
told that the air brakes were set by
a man in the smoker who bought a
ticket at Muscatine for Columbus
Junction. The conductor told me that
he would recognize this man, but l
hardly think l would know any of them
again. Except for the man who blew
open the safe all of the gang appeared
to be nOviCeS."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-15

than a full year This will be an en-
couraGing increase. but il is not a
large or even a sufficient sum. In Ohio
where the work started and is several
years older, a state with smaller area
and fewer people. over SCI 900 was fur
nished last year for the work to be &C.
compl!shed. They have closed thous-
ands of saloons by passing municipal
and residence district option bills, and
in the process, regenerated the Ohio
Legislature, but they accomplished
practically nothing until they reached
the $4,000 per year basis, which, for
Illinois. is less than the price of one
cent postage stamp for every man, wo-
man and child in the state
Stimulates Temperance Sentiment.
The extent to which the work has
stimulated and strengthened temper
ance sentiment, united the forces and
encouraged temperance people is re-
markable. but we will not be able to
show much tangible results in the way
of saloons closed until after the pas
sage of a local option bill which will
allow a direct popular vote by counties.
townships. cities. villages, wards and
precincts. The fact that the liquor
men concede that it means to close
10000 saloons is our justification for
first centering our efforts upon that.
instead of engaging in many little
fights for mere temporary advantage.
Next Legislative Campaign.
To meet the great expense of the
campaign for the local option bill in
the legislature of 1905. and do what is
expected. we must have not only a
large increase in the number of sub
scriptions of 81 to s. and so and up
ward. but a special fund of at least
10000. in sums of not less than 800,
all of which will be available for di-
rect, special work. without sharing the
general fixed charges. We already
have several subscriptions of 800 or
1920, one of $500, and the first $1,000
was subscribed and paid in cash by
one man. Another friend promised
$1,000 TO complete the fund.
With this showing we submit the
case 10 the people of Illinois as a bus
mess proposition. Results accomplish
ed must be in proportion to means fur
nished. As the Anti-SaloOn league is
the only agency equipped and now I'M
dertaking to do in the state at large
what the Legislative Voters league is
attempting in Cook county, and by
reason of being given n yearly hear
ing in the churches can reach the
christian voters and church cOnstitu-
ency as no other agency can do, it is
worthy of support in the interests of
good government. entirely apart from
any temperance consideration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-15
IN THE SUBURBS.
CORDOVA.

Cordova. Sept. 15.-F. 5. Cool re.
turned Sunday from trip to St.
Louis, where he had spent a week at
the exposition.
The Misses Olive and Matilda Hum
phrey are spending this week visiting
friends in Davenport.
Earl Eye is attending Browns Bust
ness college in Moline again this fall.
Howard Reeves left Friday for Okla
homa, where he has work the coming
winter.
Ira Richards was in Rock Island
Monday.
William Harris and family, of Hamp-
ton. are visiting with William White
side and family.
Miss Florence Qucrk is visiting
friends in Clinton this week.
Roy Mace. of Rock Island, spent
Wednesday with friends here.
Jasper Forsythe is spending few
days this week with friends in Clinton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-15
AN EMPLOYEES CLUB.

hitting the sale of beer. The NOM
bers who had been in the habit of
having beer with their luncheon pro
tested that it would be unfair to i'm
pose such restriction. whereupon the
club decided to make this concession.
but. it was clearly understood. only as
an experiment. Beer is sold whenever
the club is OpCn-at luncheon and on
entertainment evenings. The expert
ment is not a year old and there has
not been a solitary instance of the
slightest abuse of the privilege. To
bacco is also on sale.
When the work was planne |. some
of the directors doubted the wisdom
of an expensive system of comfort
stations. They feared the motive might
not be appreciated or the property re-
spected. and cited the fact that the
toilets in the old works had met the
customary fate. The president replied
that in the old establishment there had
been nothing 10 appeal to the personal
Self-respeCt of the men. or their re-
spect for the property, and that he
believed the proposed new departure
would be received with favor by the
employees. So the system was put in.
In order that the life of the workers
may be comfortable while they are al
work. the latest and best ideas in con-
struCtiOn have been made use Of. every
scientific and hygienic idea has been
put in force so that the worker has
his life looked after for him far be
yond his own ideas.
The president of the company, in
speaking of the industrial betterment
features that surrounded his men.
said recently:
The weightiest question confront
ing the goth century is the relation be
tween capital and labor: there must be
a drawing together. or a still further
pulling apart; harmonious relations
community of interests. must be es-
tablshed; otherwise there must come
between employer and employee con
f1ict more potential of disaster and de
structiOn than any war this world has
ever witnessed. II is. therefore. the
duty of every employer to contribute
by all reasonable means to a peaceful
and satisfactory solution of the exist
ing differences. II is my hope that the
social and other plans for the pleasure
and welfare of our employees will not
only shed a little sunshine day by day.
but will throw a little light on this
momentous problem. and indicate 9th
er steps along the same road"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-15

day after 10 days visit with friends
and relatives. Mrs. Ben Brasmer ac-
Companied him 10 make a visit with
his family AT Rochelle, III.
Quite a number of the farmers
shipped hogs TO Chicago Tuesday.
James Shannon and George Gun
bingham We're in the tri-cities Thurs
day.
Robert Robertson of Viola visited
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. John Rob
crtson from Saturday till Sunday.
Miss Francis Edgar returned 10 her
home in Rock Island Tuesday after a
10 days visit with Mrs. Quincy Far
row.
Henry Holl returned home Wednes-
dav from the worlds fair
Mrs. Gus DanielsOn of Moline visit
ed her son. Ed Danielson and wife
last week.
Mrs. Ben Wilde. Sr. and son. Ben.
passed through Sherrard on their way
home to Cable from Coal Valley Sun
day.
John Beck and daughter Elsie re-
turned home last week from Dunlap.
South Dakota. after a two weeks visit
with his daughter, Mrs. Binard.
Miss Jennie Meeker OF Cable is Wis
ting with Mrs Barney FIaherty. Jr
Otto VOik went TO northwestern
Iowa last week.
the baseball game at Gable between