The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-01-11
UNION. S. c., JAN. II. 1907.

The illness OF Bishop Duncan will
cause great sorrow. not only among
the Mcthodists OF the State, but among
the Christians OF all denominations.
And now comes new hobby. A
leading physician OF London says that
candy cures consumption. Anyway,
this is sweet remedy for bitter dis
ease.
With our whole heart we hope the
present legislature will kill the diSpen-
sary in South Carolina. and bury it SO
deep that.it will never again h" seen
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1t is shame and DISGRACE that ,
sovereign State should have for ITS ono
great issue diSpensary or no-dispensa-
ry' But such is the case in the State
OF South Carolina today.
We believe President Roosevelt did
exactly the right thing to summarilv
B"sfS Bro%fnSsJtlhTifs. tbs To parlv with such an
outrage would have been disgraceful.
DR.. {. H. Judson's sudden illness is
sad shock to his manv friends
throughout the State. although it has
Tor some time been forced upon their
minds that this would, in the nature OF
things, have to come soon.
Senator Latimer's bill to give Union
a federal building will afford interest
ing reading to our citizens. we -hooa4
the bill may be passed. The need is
urgent and such a building will be oil
great help to our city
Gov. d. c. Hayward has delivered
his valedictory He retires to private
life. He carries back to his home
name unsulied by any act of his during
his administration. He is. today, as
well-thought OF as he was the day Of,
his election to Office.
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So many bloody things happen in
Russia that one is not in the least dis
turbed to read in the press dispatches
OF January 9 the following: "Gen. |
Pavaloff. chief military procurator was
assassnated this morning while attend
ing the court martial OF several rsyelu-
tionists." Al
Martin F. Ansel, who is about to
enter upon his duties as governor of
South Carolina, enters upon his duties
under very favorable prospects. He
has the confidence Of the peoples bf.
South Carolina, and is regarded as "a
man above reproach. May his admin
istration demonstrate the truth of, pub
lie opinion. = -
Mr.. Whaley, of Charleston, was elect
ed to the speakership in the legisla-
ture. This election does not prove the
strength OF the dispensary and mo- dis
pensary forces in the house. The lines
were not clearly and closely drawn
The forces are pretty evenly matched
and one watches with some interest to
see just how matters will turn.
We believe the selling Of whiskey as
a beverage debauches the seller as well
as the buyer We believe it is wrong
for the State to sell whiskey for Bev- 4
erage purposes, and it is wrong for an
individual to sell it, 1t is not, with us.
whether it pays in dollars to have the
State keep barrooms; with us itSfs' =
questions of morals. We refuse to put
this question altogether on the heart Z
less and sordid plane OF mere profit. Is
We do not believe it pays in money to c
sell whiskey. Even il we did, we would It
Just as earnestly oppose the sale of t
for we consider it question @
of morals. We do not care who knows k
that we are opposed to a thing that a
IS as bad as the dispensary. We, are c
also Just as thoroughly opposed to- high h
icense and open barrooms. a