The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-07-26
Santnc Letter
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r. Mary Gregory, who has beer
|aHing Summer" school - at 'Rocl
: 1Hhas returned home.
Ass Grace FAINT has been some
lin Anderson visiting relsttiRyTess ittiRTs
haAfriends. ~ - :'d'is'
Misses Helen and Annie .s Spence,
H Atlanta, Ga, are visiting thei,
busin. Miss Eloise FAINT.
Mr.. Ed Hancock of Carlisle was In
Iantpc Sunday afternoon-came up
fith Rev. o. N. Rountree, who
Eresehed on the third Sunday after.
IooE besides his regular appoint
bent the first Sunday. y - :
M. Jeter Cornweli, who" now
Iolds down q job in Charlotte, N. c..
YES moving around among his rela.
iyes here last week, taking a short
laeation. ''
M. JAS. Munro, Mr.. B. B. Going
Ind DR.. j., G. Going spent the day
UeEe Sunday, with Mr.. Starks Austin.
Rev. A. McA. Pittman is the week
Rotdpcting a .protracted meeting at
Hyers Springs in Fairfield county.
! AZ Sunday School was some time
ilgp sorganized at the Sunny Side
nIcAoAl house, over near the power
iopS to be held every Sunday after
iopM l. have been informed that
Pr y: L. Crosby of the Meador Sec
fohtis superintendent.
T1A
psf church was reorganized last
Ing Sunday. This is to be held in the
roeMoon. 1t starts off with a good
y humber of members.
There was a Farmers Institute
fefeRtoday, Tuesday, when three of
clemson College teachers and pro-
(essTs were here. 1t was not as
Fenefally known as it was desired
70 bs and not large crowd was out
70 get the good of it. Some may
hayeIbeen too busy. I thought I was,
put attended, and am now glad. for
aTe going to take what I learned
md fnake up my lost time. This is
sonsthing I think all farmers ought
70 !qrit work to attend, for I believe
Iheycan learn more by hearing, ask
ing questions, etc than by reading
farnk papers.
S3ne people believe in asking
Fan4dates if they stand for this can
fldate or that candidate, in higher
place. That is rather personal and
yetss too close to a candidate and
makes him too publicly open with
his voting, when the man asking, Of
'en eeps it close. Ask them if they
'ehsye in law and order; good gov
'rnnent, in every sense the term i'm
'lies. If they believe in a few
nenson the opposite side from the
Stttts, at court trials, with me';ssr.ss.
'atd hirelings, and an /yffcts
isss'net isss' sst e ash 3 Gid. .
'oHrt proceeo,nss, .,.. X--3.-- the
put of prison? Ask item. If they
'nswsr truthfully, you can know your
nen.
# Lawyer Nichols of Spartanburg
'tands as an apostle of pardons for
he criminal class, mediator to use
lis, influence with the governor, his
riend, to secure pardons, upon Pc
itions signed by the friends of the
awless (every lawless, bad man has
ome friends) after they have been
luly. and honestly convicted by the
:ourts of the State for pay, hold
hat he is something of a menace to
aw and order, to the commonwealth
and is sower of seed for mob law.
Yes sir, believe such methods are
dangerous. Even if he does get
drunk and don't know what he is
doing.
One may say what he pleases,
deny what he please, but there is
never so much "smoke" but there is
some "fire" about, and, I believe
there is much truth-more of it than
poetry, in these reports about Sam
j. Nichols working for that pardon,
and l believe Gov. Blease has been
approached with another bribe to
free man recently. A man stand
ing near a crowd while they were
talking about that evidence, accusa-
ton, by Detective Reed thought he
understood one man to say that he
did not believe the Governor would
take the bribe, that he knew that
he had refused money for the pardon
of w. T. Jones, now serving SEN
tence for his crime. That sounds
like bribe had been offered, if that
man did hear Alright. Another man
who has been all along working for
that end, says that. they, he himself,
j believe, had been to Nichols to pay
him to work for q nardon I have