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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22

129O-England banished Jews and M.
fscated their property.
14S3-Henry Stafford, Duke Of Buck,o.
ham, beheaded.
1499-Columbus discovered land hs c,n
ed Dominica.
15O2-Columbus entered Porto Belle.
1519-Spaniards under Cortez ente,a
Mexico.
1oSO-Sir Francis Drake arrived HON.
from his voyage around the world
1674-John Milton, poet, died.
1694-The ship "Hannibar of Londm
arrived at the Barbados with
cargo of negro slaves from A.
RIGA.
17o5-Many killed in an earthquake n
Lisbon, Portugal.
1762-Peace papers signed at FontaIn%
bleu between England aA
France.
1765-Stamp act went into operation.
1771-First newspaper to be publishx
In Albany, N. Y, issued.
1773-Liberty flag raised on Harv.u
Grove, Boston.
1774- of rights by AIMED
can Congress.
1775-Gen. Montgomery captures tsu
at st. Johns, Canada.
1776-British abandon Crown Point
17S3-Washington issued his farewell
address to the army.
17SS-Deborah Godfrey, said to han
been the mother of thirty-eisAe
children, died at Stepney, En-
land.
1793-Louis Joseph Philip, Duke of Or
leans, beheaded.
1S12-French defeat Russians at BATH
near Wiazma.
1S13-Neutrality of Switzerland pro
claimed.
1S1S-First steamboat on the lakes led
Buffalo.
1S25-Albany, N. Y, celebrated opening
of Erie canal.
1847-Meldenssohn, the famous mud
Cldu, Oleu.
1S53-First Presbyterian Chinese churd
organized in San Francisco. -.
Russians defeated Turks at c.
tenitza.
1861-Seizure Of Confederate commk
sioners on the steamer Trent
1S67-Stars and Stripes raised ova
Alaska.
18S4-Grover Cleveland elected Pre&A
dent Of the United States.
1803-Anarchist threw bomb in thE
ter at Barcelona, killing thifn
persons. . voorhees, repeal ID
passed by House of Repres11-
tives. United States Seab
passed Chinese exclusion aH....
Free silver men issue an appeal
from Washington.
1S94-Alexander III. of Russia died....
Lieut.. Dreyfus Of the FreacA
army arrested on charge Of tres
son.
1S98-Russia modified feet At Port A..
thur.
19O1-L Hung Chang died.
19O2-FirewOrks explosion In Madisca
Square, New York.
declares its Independents
Of Colombia. {. g. Panama recognH
ed by the United States. linn
land act went into operation.
Roosevelt elected Pre&
dent of the United States. .huf
sian Baltic feet left Vigo, SpaiA
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22

an elevated road, and being tubular
throughout, obscures light less and is
less objectionable to the eye than any
other now In use. Any speed can be
attained with perfect safety.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22
bOJii Earned 1t.

what did you get for your mother
in-law joker"
"a dollar from the editor and six
weeks visit from my mother-in-law."
-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22

that the officials should be prevented from engaging
other business using the companys to fur
ther their private interests.
All Of those propositions manfestly Just unde
naby Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22

When woman entertains with an
afternoon card party, it is inelegant to
call her function card parV;" the
latest is to say she entertained with a
card fight"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22

to the wall Some of these had policies outstanding
in all parts Of the country, and their failure
plete that the policy holders did receive cent And
the weounded that the receivers of the
companies fattened the spos wrung widows and
orphans did not mitigate the with which outsiders
looked that carnival diaboism Empire State
1t is because the record of New England happy
tras with all this that advice from that quarter
trouble in the Equitable Life of New York has special
interest. committee Of New England policy holders
the Equitable has spoken words Of truth
This committee declares that matter what may
result of the various investigations process the
policy Of the company should be transformed in
ture It beeves-and who will deny THAT company
belongs to the policy holders and should be managed by
them; that the surplus should accumulate beyond
just needs Of the society," but should to the policy hold
in the form of reduced premiums otherwise that
provision should be made by law If necessary prevent
needless surplus that the funds Of the Equitable should
be regarded those of savings banks and their
should surrounded by the legal safeguards
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22


walks State street other
that week by week the mailing cards exposed sale
shop windows progressing from vugarty abso
lutte ndecency Some of sort that should promptly
bring their seller the who sends them through the
mails before criminal court The matter of more
than ordinary Importance society exists
OF stopping the sale Of indecent books pictures But
the purchaser of such articles is usually degenerate
ing them for the qualification own vulgar and de-
PRAYED taste
Against the evil of the indecent vulgar post card
tnere Is To-Day no DEFENSE The purestminded maiden
most rehned wife, may at time have delivered her
by the Of the United CARRYING an
indecent suggestion, vulgar nnuendo open to all to
reao exposing her to the rdicule Of all who
ing the Postofice Department is doing something
to stop this Let the censorship be rgid-Chcago Ex-
aminer.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22
SECRET SOCIETIES IN SCHOOLS.

ECRET societies in high schools and other
secondary schools are scathngly criticised in
la report to the National Educational Associa-
ton by a committee appointed to Investigate
their effects. fractional, and stir up strife
land contention" "snobbish," "dissipate energy
and proper ambition" foster q feeling Of self
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22

Dancing dancing consists mainly of jumps and jerks
Grace and dignity have vanished and the wosep
is responsible 1t is proposed abolish the odious two
step and bring back the minue but fear is as
practicable it is to bring back the grace and dignity
that the of serious people
ago Inc present age averse to things that pleased
the fathers and grandfathers. hurry and
takes It's amusements in touchandgo spirit drama
the poem, the novel-all said decadent Like
manners they have been abbreviated two-step NAV
be sad enough but it has the being in accord with
present Observation-Disclosures Sun.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22
THE POST CARD NUISANCE.

UNITED STATES Judge at Trenton-let US
give his name-Judge William NJ Lanning, has
charged the United States grand jury to look
up the matter of sending "fashy" post cards
through the mails.
1t is high time that some official took notice
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22

A detestable fault is one Wa can
trace to somebody we dislike.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22
THE DECADENCE OF THE DANCE

ANGLING, it seems, is not what it once was
and even the waltz has deteriorated People
y romp and call it dancing to the disgust Of
those whose memories recall the grace and
apy y Of ss e s.1sa
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22
SUGGESTIONS ON LIFE INSURANCE.

|lFE insurance in New England has for many
years been managed with exceptional efficiency
and honesty. In New York that kind Of man
lgement has too often been lacking. Many
persons now far advanced in years can recall
the time, some thirty years ago, when a num-
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22
THE HELLO GIRL.

WI
-x delay and sometimes almost impudence in the
uSTHEE1 Telephone service but how ever feel that
VEAEzSG9yt is not automatic machine that they
using, that the voice they hear answering their
Impotence is not part of the machine there is
personal equation to be considered, woman away off
somewhere in the unidentified central" feelings
and selfrespect just other have; woman who
will recognize cross tone just quickly If
visiby present, and entitled to respectful treat
ment, just much as If she in her home The
fact that stand miles and talk into
does not detract from the right word and civil
observation-disclosures City Journal.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-22

q merry Ouiis''.''''' .ho beautiful oil
all took their places al LAW
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
South Carolina DdV.

Sometime ago, at the request
OF a gentleman deeply interested
IN educational work in the city
and county, we investigated the
date OF South Carolina day and
the object which it commem-
crates and a letter from Secre-
tary Salley of the State Historical
Commission, declared that the
day was June %, celebrating the
battle of Fort Moultrie, the first
victory of the Revolution.
Some doubt still remained as
to the nature of the day, it being
claimed that it might probably
be the South Carolina memorial
day,s.-and the matter was again
referred to the State Superintan-
dent of Education for his decis-
ion. The question has been asked
on the county teachers examina-
tions all over the State. Super
intendent Martin concurred in
the opinion of Secretary Salley,
but referred the matter for final
decision to Editor Hartwell M.
Aver, of the Florence Times,
who as a member of the State
Board of Education had prepared
the questions.
A letter was written to Mr..
Aver and we append an extract
from his courteous and decisive
communication.
! have been really surprised
to find out how many of our
teachers, whom | thought in a
position to know we'll what was
called South Carolina day did not
know. The day is June % and
celebrates the first signal victory
of the American revolution. The
day is celebrated in most sections
of the State, and by South Caro-
lima societies generally. | was
under the impression that Mrs.
Lee in her history so called the
day, but she does not and has
the date wrong"
This settles the matter and
proves that South Carolina Day
is June 2S.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
Miss GrimbaII'S Recital.

The recital given by Miss Eliz-
abeth Grimball, who was in the
city on Friday night, was an en-
lnent success in every way, and
all who heard her were delighted
as all her audiences have always
been. Miss Grimball is gradu-
ate of the Boston School of Ora
tory and Expression and is with
out her equal in South Carolina
in her work. At one time she
held the chair of expression at
Converse College and won an en-
Ylable reputation for herself
there.
The selections rendered were
beautifully done, and with that
art which reminds one of the
saying. 1t is an art to conceal
art, and so natural was her, de-
livery and her manner that this
was very evident.
Her first number was "An Old
Sweetheart of Nine by James
Whitcomb Riley, and she render
ed this masterpiece of reminis-
cent sentiment with rare charm
and exquisite grace. The other
numbers, equally as good, were
The Woman in the Shoe Shop. -
"The Sisterly Scheme, 1.-The
Night Run of the Overland, "and
the Birds Banquet.
The Union Choral Club assisted
Miss Grimball, accompanied by
piano and violins. Two choruses
were we'll rendered and there was
a duet from isabella" by Mrs.
j. w. Hunter and Mr.. Ben F.
Townsend. The male quartet,
Messrs. Thos. McNally, B. F.
Townsend, Jas. Powell and G..
K. Jordan, and the violin duo by
Misses Marie Clifford and Annie
Rodger, were attractive and eX-
cellent features of the evenings S
entertainment.
The proceeds, which netted a
nice sum, will go to the fund
raised to erect a Confederate
monument in the city.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
Killed With a Stick,

Friday morning, the 18th inst.
Orange Smith and Burris Bell
were picking cotton in the field
of Mrs. A. E. Pruitt near Fair
Forest creek. 1t seems that these
two boys got into an alteration
about a small matter and Orange
Smith picked up a small stick
and struck Burris Bell on the
back of the neck and killed him.
Orange says that they were play
ing and that the killing was an
accident. Magistrate Wade H.
Howell held the inquest and is
sued his warrant for Orange
Smith. Smith is now in Jail.
The Bell family seems to have
been unfortunate this year, as
there has been several deaths in
the family. Jim Bell the father
was shot some weeks ago by one
of his own sons, from which
wound he has not yet recovered.
Jim Bell lost his wife and three
daughters all dying in a short
time of each other. This family
of negroes have always been
considered good tenants and have
been working on the plantations
of Col. Glenn d. Peake and Mr..
c. H. Peake for several years.
The loss of good tenants these
days is a great loss to the land
owners, because this class is
scarce in this county.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
Governor Heyward Pass.
eS Through.

ACCOMPANIED by Mr.. August
Kohn of the News and Courier,
Governor D. c. Hayward came
through Union on Saturday
morning on his way to Greenville
to attend the meeting of the
Standard Warehouse Company of
which he was elected president.
Ine governor is the same affa-
BILE and pleasant gentleman that
ne has always been and is snilino.
in the same old way. He shook
hands with a great many friends
and the by-standers noticed that
he was just as friendly and
pleasant to the cotton mill opera
tive who came up ito greet him
as he was to the banker who was
standing by.
The governor does not think
that the presentation of "The
Clansman'' will do any good and
it is certain that the play will not
receive his commendation.
The many who have watched
Governor Heyward's successful
political career will regret to
know that after all it promises
to be meteoric, ffor it has been
stated on good authority that he
wiliretire at the expiration of
his tc;nn to enter into the more
lucrative pursuit of business af-
fairs. In different quarters it
has been asserted that the COVER
nor would make the race against
either Tillman or Latimer for the
United States senate and there
have been many who believed
that he would win the battle of
the ballots. Hayward is strong
and popular man and the cir
cumstances are not favorable to
either of his possible antagonists
at this time. 1t seems now,
however that politics in the Pal
metto state will lose a strong
figure and commercial life gain
an excellent and successful bust
ness man.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
Blind Tigers Burn the Wind.

Policeman Ward saw two ne
groes getting off the train Sun
day night with some suspicious
looking jugs, and he started af-
ter them but could not catch UP
with them. They saw their pur-
suer and started flying. Police
man Ward, to scare them. fired
his pistol over their heads, but
the frightened negroes fled, and
judging from the police reports
in regard to being unable to find
the negroes. they must be run
ming yet.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY OCTOBER 20 1905

acc8fding to the proclamation
which in the first act Ben Gamer
on lore down. The troops are
heal and in his despair, Stone
man tprns to shoot Lynch, al
thou&h it means his daughters
deaf better than a worse fate.
The Moor busts open and the Ku
Kux with Ben at their head,
rush INTO the room. Elsie and
Ben are reunited, and Stoneman
says TIT he will make one more
appeal to the government at
Washington. That the army be
withdrawn and water be allowed
to sec its level" Thus ends the
play.
JIG is powerful and dramatic
picture and one that will never
be forgotten by the spectator.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
Financial Condition of Union
County.

The following statement will
be of interest to whose who are
keeping up with the financial
welfare of the county. 1t was
furnished us by Mr.. G. B. Will
burn, Chairman of the County
Board of Commissioners.
Statement of financial condi-
ton of Union County for 1904
after annual settlement.
Roads of 1904 paid up in full
amount of ordinary county in
debtedness carried over from
1904.
Notes of J. D. Graham
and interest $2,16O. 100
Notes of Sinking Fund,
County, 100000
Notes of j. M. Bennett 1,5OJ 90
Notes of Miss Sue Jeter
and others 2.91s.71
Total $9,578.71
To amount of ordinary
county funds on hand
at time of settlement $3,S71.98
Amount of Indebtedness
ordinary county $5,6O6. 73
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
Unusual lnfOxiCdtiOn.

1t is said that a negro who was
recently arrested for intoxication
used a very unusual plea, declar-
ing that he had kept shy of the
blind tigers and the peripatetic
booze porters, but that he had
taken an overdose of the
new medicine Checkers" which
caused him to get a heavy fall
off the water wagon. His was
indeed a checkered career.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
"MaIOney'S Weddinq.''

The local theatre season opened
last Thursday night when Murphy
and Mack and company presented
Maloney's Wedding, a ridiculous
farce which kept the house
laughing the greater part of the
time. Several of the topical and
popular songs made hits and
there were many funny situations
in the play. The opera house
was crowded.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
New Restaurant.

Messrs. Douglass Harris and
Jack Smith have opened recently
an up-to-date restaurant and
oyster parlor next door to r. w.
Tinsley's store and they are serv-
ing there the very best of oys-
ters and other good things to eat.
Everything is kept clean and
neat and the restaurant is well
come addition.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
Union Men HOnOred.

Messrs. w. E. Thomson and
j. ID. Arthur of this city have
been appointed by Governor Hey
ward as delegates to the Ameri-
can Mining Congress which meets
at El Paso, Texas, November IA
18, inclusive. Quite a number of
other prominent South Carolini-
ans have been similarly honored.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
"THE CLANSMAN." !"
Dramatic DeIinedtiOn of
the Stirring Times in
South Carolina Dix
On'S Historical Play
Dealing with ku kIux
Days.

Inc ClanSman, Cne QramaClc
and soul-stirring story of Ku
Klux days in South Carolina was
played in Spartanburg last Friday
night, and there were many
Union people there to see the
presentation of this much talked
of play.
The papers have been filled
with commentator and con-
demnation of this play, and in
Columbia, when the play was
presented there Saturday night,
Kisses greeted the author, Thomas
Dixon, when he scame out in re-
sponse to curtain calls to address
the audience. The play has been
denounced as indecent and wrong
in motive; and it has been called
an untrue picture and an over
drawn statement of conditions as
they were in the times that tried
mems souls.
essss Nevertheless, to the spectators
of another generation than that
which participated in those ter
rible days of reconstruction, riot
and ruin, it was an impress
sive lesson, rather than anappeal
to passion or prejudice. 'The
Clansman' may be incorrect in
historical details and in some
particulars it may be overdrawn;
but it is a powerful picture. 1t
shows wildly to the spectator
the times and conditions which
necessitated the existence Of the
Ku Klux Klan and it makes clear
the fact, so often disputed, that
the Ku Klux was an organization
which upheld the law, instead of
undermining it. No written his
tory could so vividly explain the
cause of the creation of that
wonderful band that saved the
south from ruin and race war.
And even if the play be detri-
mental in certain elements let
this be said: above and beyond
all these things, it teaches the
southerners of another genera
tion to respect and revere the
calm courage and splendid self
control of the men who risked
their lives to protect the honor
and integrity of the race that
had been trampled down by the
iron heel of tyrannical law and
cursed with the damnation of
negro domination.
"The Clansman" teaches this
generation of the terrors and of
the black horror that surrounded
the people of the South as well
as of South Carolina in those
dark days after the fortunes OF
the Confederacy had fallen. 1t
teaches them the lesson of re-
markable self-control which re.
strained their fathers in the hour
of persecution and kept them
from exterminating the entire
negro race from southern soil
and it proves beyond doubt that
the Ku Klux Klan was not 6
gang of lawless, blood-thirsty
hot-headed men, but a body Of
law-abiding, peaceful and calm
citizens who joined themselves
together in a successful effort tt
restore law from chaos and tt
snatch away the white race from
the grasp of the scalawag anc
the leopard.
The story of the Clansman be
gins with the election of Novem
ber 20, 1867, in the village Of
Piedmont, South Carolina. A
motley crowd of negroes ant
carpet-baggers has gathered il
. the yard of the Cameron house
The returns from the election arr
brought in and the negroes exul
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-20
Manager Fant.

The campus correspondence
from the South Carolina College
to The State announces that Mr..
j. Roy FAINT of this city, has been
chosen manager of the senior
class football team at that insti-
tuition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-02-17
Tho, &c tho preot affair You will

That is the great affair. You will
always find people who like to get big
WAGES. More rarely you find capabil-
itv. And if you are looking for pro
bity The G.lliculty increases. Mercena-
r,es may be had for the asking; faith
fulneSs is another thirg. Far be 1t from
re 70 deny the existence Of faithful
servants. ct once INTELLIGENT and up
r.S'.t But You Will encounter as
many, II not more. among tie i'll paid
as among those most highly salaried.
And II little matters where you find
them, you may be sure that they are
not faithful In their own interest; they
are faithful because they have some
what Of that simplicity which renders
us capable of self ahnpgation.
We also hear on all sides the adlge
that money - the sinews of war. There
Is no question but that war costs much
money, and we know something about
II. Does this mean TINT in order to
defend herself against her enemies and
to honor her flag country need only
be rich? In olden time the Greeks
took it upon themselves to teach the
Persians the contrary. and this lesson
will never cease to be repeated in his
tory. With money ships, cannon, horses
may be bought, but not SO military
genius, administrative wisdom, disci-
pine, enthusiasm. Put millions into
the hands Of your recruiters and
charge them to bring you great lead
err and an army. You will find hun
dred captains instead of one, and q
thousand soldiers. But put them I'M
der fire; you will have enough of your
iiirclings. At least one might imagine
fiat with money alone it is possible to
tighten misery. All, that, too, Is an IL
fusion from which we must turn away.
Money, be the sum great or small, is a
seed which terminates into abuses.
kindness, much knowledge Of men. it
will do nothing but harm. and we run
great risk of corruptlng both those who
receive our bounty and those charged
with its distribution.
Money will not answer for every
tHluS, IL IL IL power, Dut IL Is hol uii
powerful. Nothing complexities life,
demoralizes man. perverts the normal
course Of society, like the development
Of venality. Wherever 1t reigns every
body is duped by everybody else; one
can no longer put trust in persons or
things, no longer obtain anything Of
value. We would not be detractors Of
money. but this general law must be
applied to 1t: Everything in its own
place. When gold, which should be a
servant, becomes tyrannical power.
affronting morality, dignity and lib-
ery; when some exert themselves to
obtain 1t at any price, Offering for sale
what Is not merchandise, and others,
possessing wealth, fancy that they can
purchase what no one may buy. 1t Is
time to rise against this gross and
criminal superstition and cry aloud to
the imposture. THY money perish with
theew The most precious things that
man possesses he has almost always
received gratuitously. Let him learn
so to give them.
TO BE CONTINUED.