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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24
Mr.. Browning withdraws From Race.

Mr.. Editor: Naturally it is a
source of qualification to me that
some of my fellow citizens are so
well pleased with my record as their
representative that they have an
nounced me as candidate for re-
election, although / have stated for
more than year that would not
be candidate for this position at
this time. Since this announcement
appeared, I have thought very Sc
riously of the matter, and regret that
for business reasons, and on account
of the conditions of my mothers
health, it will be impossible for me to
make the canvass.
Some criticisms of my course while
a Representative, and especially of
the financial policy of the State for
the past two years, make me vefy
anxious to meet some Of the distin-
guished gentlemen who desire to
represent you, and to show my fell
low citizens that State taxes have
not been increased in the past two
years, and yet, during that perior,
we have finished paying off the old
State house debt of S175,OOO, which
was contracted years and years ago.
We found that the State was an
nually borrowing 100000 for cur
rent expenses. This year she will on
-ly have to borrow $300;O00,' ana next
year, if nothing unforeseen occurs,
she will be on a cash basis-a condi-
tion she has not known since 1860.
Thus a burden of considerably more
than q half million dollars has been
wiped out in a period Of two years,
and l reiterate, State taxes have not
been increased one iota.
There are several other phases of
the finanuial policy of the State, that it
would give me pleasure to discuss be-
fore the voters of the county, but in
justice to rAyself an dmy family,
shall be unable to do so.
Again thanking my friends for the
confidence they have shown in me,
and also thanking my fellow citizens
for the liberal support they haye Civ
en- me in the past, I am forced to
request that the announcement of my
slf as candidate for the House of
Representatives be withdrawn.
Very respectfully,
Lowndes ]. Browning.
May 20, 1912.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24
DEATH PENALTY -. 80.
FOR FLOYD ALLEN

Guilty of First Degree Murder, Jury
Finds in Trial of First Case Involv-
ing Assassination Of Court Officials.
Verdict Surprise, Mistrial Being
Expected-"Fair Trial., Says AL
lens Counsel-PrisOner Picture of
Despair When Verdict is Read.
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Notice.


On account of the illness of Gov
ernor Blease's wife. he was COM
PEELED to cancel all engagements in
Union county Friday and Saturday OF
last week.
Monarch and Union Play Tie Game.
In game that was marred by kick
ing from beginning to end, Monarch
and Union played to to s tie Sat-
urday afternoon on the latter. ~. .
ground. The game was featured bv
the pitching of Hames for Monarch
and the fielding Of Thompson of IN
ion.
In the ninth inning with the score
standing 5 to 3 in Monarch's favor.
Union tied the score and when the
players and spectators ran ON the d.
amond and interfered with me Mon.
arch players, they refused to play un-
less the umpire called the runner ont.
Batteries, for Monarch, Hames and
Darby; for Union, Harrison, Fowler
and Millwood.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24
Negro Convention to Be Held Here.

The twenty-ninth annual session of
Woman's Baptist Educational and
Missionary State Convention of South
Carolina, will convene with the Cor
in the Baptist church of this city, be-
ginning Thursday, June 9th. and end
ing Sunday night, June 9th. The
Baptist family among the negroes
of this State number 220, 900. and is
divided as follows: Educational and
Missionary (mostly men), Woman's
Educational and Missionary and the
Sunday School and B. Y. P. u. State
Conventions.
The Woman's State convention,
which will meet here June 9th, will
be composed of about 200 delegates
from all parts of this State,
These women are consecrated
Christian workers. They do house
and foreign Missionary work. Their
objective work along educational
lines is Morris College, an institu-
tion at Sumter, S. c., owned and op-
Grated by the negro Baptists of this
State.
All eyes are looking toward Union.
We are hoping that this will be the
greatest session in it's history.
The watchword of all negro Bap-
lists in South Carolina now is, "On
to Union"
feel and know that Union, the
Pearl of the Piedmont, is equal to
the situation. I earnestly ask the CO.
operation of all christian workers, ir-
respective of race or denomination,
to help me make this convention a
great success.
Our magnamimous merchants can
10 me great good along the line Oh
assisting me financially in entertain-.
ing these delegates-as this has
been hard year on us all.
We cordially invite our white min
listers, all to call during the conven-
tion. and say word to us.
am yours for righteousness,
j. C. White,
Pastor Corinth Church
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24
Dots From Goshen Hill.

Mr. Editor: AS per promise, l will
try and give you the news from our
section, the lower end of Goshen Hill
township. There isn't much to write
about but the weather and crops. The
farmers have been badly delayed in
their work by so much rain. Cotton
planting is later this season than I
have ever known it, and at this writ
ing good deal remains to be plant
ed. l hear of some who are not
through preparing cotton land yet. l
think there is good stand of upland
corn everywhere, and it is LOOKING
fairly well. Very little work has been
done on bottom lands.
On last Wednesday from about
1880 to $3.50 a m, we had the worst
rain that remember to have seen in
many years, washing lands terribly.
| think cotton is fully three weeks
late on the average. Most every one
| know of has a good garden and you
know, Mr.. Editor, that counts for a
lot in these times of high prices.
From my observation l don't think
the farmers around here are using
more than half the fertilizer thew
used last year. The oat crop will be
good, If we can get another rain in
a week from now. Very little wheat
sown, am sorry to say. 1t does seem
to me that high priced flour, corn and
meat should make the farmers plant
plenty of wheat, corn and oats and
peas and raise more meat.
Some are siding and chopping out
cotton and some preparing and plant
ing.
We have had the worst roads this
winter that I ever saw. l don't think
they would have been so bad if we
had gotten our share of the chain
gang work on them last fall. When
the time came for US to have the gang
1T was sent into Fish Dam township
to work the automobile highway $50
l was informed). 1 know we didn't
have them down in the lower end of
Goshen Hill township. The county
scraper has been in the upper part of
the township lately but didn't come
below Goshen Hill. They did scrape
the road from Goshen Hill to Whit
mire bridge. venture to say we have
the worst road in Union county. Well,
you know there are only seven or
eight voters below Goshen Hill and
we are "small potatoes and few in the
hill" do think we deserve some at
tention.
L am glad that we go back to three
county commissioners. In looking over
the list of candidates, think we can
get three good men who will give
each section its due share of chain
gang service.
- don't hear great deal of poll
itics- ! was glad to see the county con-
|yention endorse my friend, Browning,
after he had been sat upon by his
own township, or a part of it. Ev-
cry man should vote for tle .an best
qualified to I'll the place for which he
offers, irrespective of persoal feelings
or favors.
Back to the Auto. highway: What
good is that highway to people in this
section when we have road from
here to Whitmire, (our market town-)
That has been almost impossible the
past winter. It's all right to work the
Auto highway, provided, all the
other roads in the county have their
due share of work by the gang.
Telegram.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24
Porto Rico's New Wonder.

From far away Porto Rico come
reports OF a wonderful new discovery
that is believed will vastly benefit the
people. Ramon T. Mafchan, of Bar
celoneta, writes CDR. Kings New Dis
covery is doing splendid work here.
1t cured me about five times of terri
bic coughs and colds, also my broth
er OF q severe sold in his cnest and
more than 20 others, who used it on
my advice. We hope this great medi-
icine will yet be sold in every drug
store In Porto Rico" For throat and
Ing troubles it has no equal. A
trial will convince you of its merits.
50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free
Guaranteed by The Rice Drug Go.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24
DID NOT CHALLENGE
PHYSICIAN TO DUEL
Story in New York Papers About Ca
: det Littlejohn. of Jonesville, was
Grossly Exaggerated.

Samuel Littlejohn, of Jonesville.
has written to a friend in Spartan
burg in regard to the story recently
published in the New York papsrs
to the effect that his SON, Robert Nc
Gowan Littlejohn, cadet at West
Point had challenged physician to
duel because, according to the story.
the physician spoke sharply to Cadet
Littlejohn when the latter's horse al
most trampled upon the physician's
brother.
Mr.. Littlejohn encloses a newspa-
per clipping, showing that the story
was greatly distorted and exagQerat-
ed. He says there was nothing TO it
except that those Yankee dudes
were making sport of the manners
and brogue of the southern boy. = He
adds that che will get through with
out this matter coming up at all; as
there was nothing to it, only he told
them to come over to the academy
and he would find private place
where they could settle with their
hsts and he would guarantee him a
fair deal. Xxx, ;s1E.
Cadet Littlejohn will be graduated
from West Point this June. He Is a
nephew of Capt. William MCGOWAN.
of Spartanburg.
Following is the clipping previous
ly referred to, in part:
"Denouncing as false recent news
paper articles rejecting upon certain
cadets who, as well as the academy.
have been placed in bad light. Mai.
Gen. Thomas Barry, commandant of
the Military academy, has addressed
letter of explanation to Secretary
OF War Stimson in Washington.
The commandant referred to- the
incident of Robert M. Littlejohn, a
cadet from South Carolina. who it
was reported in the newspapers on
May a, had challenged DR.. Thomas
D. McMenamin, of Highland Falls, to
fight duel.
The statement was absurd said
General Barry. Cadet Littleiohn
while riding in Highland Falls, had
an alteration with DR.. McMenamin.
This was due to the fact that the ca
det's horse became frightened at a
passing automobile, and the animal
sprang to one side, almost striking
DR.. Mcnamin's brother, who was
talking to a woman on the sidewalk.
DR.. McMenamin demonstrated with
Littlejohn, and the cadet admitted, to
me that, not being at fault. he was
angered at the physician. 4
The next day, according tok Ahe
physician, Littlejohn wrote him. 5ays'
ing that If the regulations had not
prevented him from dismounting off
the reservation he would have re-
sented the physicians language more
forcibly. DR.. McMenamin showed the
letter to me, but it did not contain q
challenge to fight duel, and why this
absurd report should have been
spread can explain only on the the
ory that malice prompted its publica-
tion.' N
According to cadets who were
questioned not the slightest friction
exists between the administration of
the post and the cadet csrps."-Sun-
days Spartanburg Herald. %
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24
$4,000 Fire in Atlanta.

Atlantis, May 20.--Twenty-five or
thirty girl operatives were driven PAN
ic-stricken to the street, and property
loss estimated at sI50,000 caused by
fire which broke out late today at
$3.50 Mitchell street, near the termi-
nal station. The building was ocuc-
pied by the Warren Manufacturing
Company, manufacturers Of suspend
ers.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24

DR.. J. T. R. Neal, Prop. Riverside
Drug Co., Greenville, s. c., writes re-
Gently: 81 have been a practicing
physician and druggist for over 3s
years and have sold and administered
many kidney medicines but none to
equal Foley Kidney Pills. They are
superior to any i ever used and give
the quickest permanent relief.D Jones'
vile Drug Co. and Glymph's Pharma-
cy. =
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24
The Man and the Bee.

THAT get-rich-quick man is as
busy as a bee"
eyes," replied Mr.. Cumrox. "He's
one of those busy bees who can't
manage to gather honey without in
cidentally singing somebody
Washington Star.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24
Her Address.

Husband OF Militant Suffragette
Ito his secretary)-Take this note
around to my wife, please.
> Secretary-CertainH sir. A. which
er-jail is she stopping ?-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24
How She Knew.

Mrs. Commuter-But how do you
know what kind Of people the Browns
are ii you have never met them?
Mrs. Mutler-I have heard their
phonoS-s2h selections.--Puck.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24

Williamson is making great prep
arations for their 1912 chataqua,
which will be held the frst week in
June.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-05-24

Gaffney is taking steps to extend
an invitation to the Confederate vet
Grams OF the State to hold their an
nual reunion in that city in August.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-22
MARY LOUISE BRUMBY'S
SIXTH BIRTHDAY

Mary Louise Brumby celebrated her
sixth birthday last Tuesday afternoon.
About thirty of her little friends came
to rejoice with her. The table was dec
Grated with vases of jonquils, yellow
spiral stick candy, crepe-paper napkins
adorned with jonquils and big yellow
cake with six candles blazing on it.
At each place was a small square vel
low cake with yellow taper lighted
upon it.
Ice cream was served with these
cakes
The guests brought pretty gifts for
the little hostess, who was lovely in
white.
Various games were played and a
peanut contest was held that gave -four
prizes, and every child drew toy,
wrapped in yellow crepe paper, from a
bag. At each place there were small pop-
pers, and the favors to be cherished
were large peppers with flowers on
them and caps inside.
A merry afternoon was spent and
each tiny heart was sincere in wishes
for many returns of the day.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-22
IT'S so EASY TO
END CATARRH

Go to Wikle- Hodges Drug Co. and
say want HYOMEI outfit take it
home--open the box-pour a few drops
Of HYOMEI from the bottle into the
little hard rubber inhaler breathe it
for five minutes and note the refresh.
ing relief breathe it four or five times
day ior few days and catarrh and
all its disgusting symptoms will gra-
dually disappear.
HYQMEI contains no opium, CO.
caine or other harmful drug and is
sold on money back plan for catarrh
asthma, Group, colds, coughs and
catarrhal deafness. Complete outfit
81 00-exrra bottles if needed so cents
at Wikle- Hodges Drug Co. an
druggists everywhere. Simple instruc.
tons for use in every package-you
can't fail to Danish catarrh if you
follow instructions.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-22
PHONE $40
Whcp you have any social
or news Items. We Will ap-
preCiate them.

Mr.. Claude Bishop viii be at 1.-THE
Famous" with Pearl Brothers as g
salesman
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Frost, of Mil
waukee, are guests of Mrs. T. H.
Patterson.
Miss Lizzie Garrison is with Miss
Clae Short in Mr.. Henry Wards MILL
merry store
Mrs. A. V. Jones and children are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Perry in
Cartersville.
J Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Trippe and son
Paul, of Kennesaw, were in Marietta
last Thursday.
Mr.. Clarence Perry, of Cedartown,
called to see us on his way to Atlanta a
few days ago.
Miss Matt Black has returned from
Madison but Miss Florrie will remain
week longer.
Miss Jennie Henderson, Mrs. Baswell
and her little sons were among our
visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Clarence Power and Misses Eliz-
abeth and Eta Cogburn spent the
weekend in Atlanta.
Major Henry G. Cole was recently or
dered to Panama and Mrs Cole is visit
ing relatives in Florida
Mrs. John R. Northcutt spent the
weekend in Athens with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Dorsey.
Mr. and Mrs S. j. Lindsey and fam
lily have moved to the home of Mrs.
Lem Black on Roswell street.
Mr.. Doyle Butler, who went to Flor
ida to bring his mother and sisters
home, has returned with them.
Mrs. Herman Wink has gone to Au-
gusta to spend few days with her
aunt, Mrs. Churchill, who is i'll.
Mr.. A. S. Cohen writes that he will
visit Paris during his stay abroad,
which is an unexpected pleasure.
Jonquils are blooming in the windows
of the Martha Berry Tavern with a
most charming spring timey effect.
Miss Eta Cogburn and Miss Arrie
White are receiving many congratula-
tons upon their new solitaire rings.
Mr.. Herbert Miles, new draughts
man for the Kennesaw Marble Co. is at
home with Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Black.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-22

Mrs. Cheek and Mrs. Davtnp
have returned from Chattanooga ard
will be at the Whitlock House for a
week or two.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry DuPre are ex-
pected home about the first of April
and will spend the summer among
North Georgia mountains
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lovejoy will come
from Chicago to make their home in
Atlanta early in April. Dr. W. P.
Lovejoy will be with them.
Mrs. C. A. Wikle is spending two
weeks in Gainesville with her aunt,
Mrs. Sam P. Jones, who gave family
dinner in her honor last Sunday.
Miss Bonnie Denold, of Jackson,
Miss, has arrived and will be in charge
of THE Fairs millinery department,
assisted by Miss Rice, of Marietta.
Miss Helen Daughtry will return to
Marietta next Saturday to take the
place in the city schools left vacant by
the resignation of Miss Bess Whatley.
Little Edward Brown is with Mrs.
Meinert while his mother, Mrs. E. T.
Brown, is at St. Joseph's infirmary re-
covering from a serious surgical opera
ton.
Mrs. Sarah Miller has been enjoying
visit to relatives at Pearl River in
Louisiana and family reunion was one
of the most enjoyable affairs she has
attended.
Hon. John P Cheney and Mr.. j. w.
Hardeman are on the Cobb County com
mitteee for reporting to the head
quarters of the Rock Hill plan for re-
ducing the acreage of cotton this year
The Acworth Post says: Atten-
ton is called to the announce
ment of Mr.. w. O. Fincher for tax re-
ceiver and Mr. I. H. LEROY for tax
collector Both these gentlemen were
in Acworth this week and made many
new acquaintance and friends here.
Mrs. Cater recently heard from her
son, Mr.. B. P. Hutchison, for the first
time in years. He escaped the flood
last year at Austin, Pa, and is living
in Emporium, Pa. He has a saddler' s
shop there but was burned out not long
ago. None of his family was injured.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-22
SOCIAL AND Personal
BUSINESS PHONE
- Is -

Little Billie Sauls is in bed. with a
severe cold.
Mr.. r. W. Moon has recovered from
his recent illness.
Hon. J. P. Brooke is a guest of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Bishop.
Mrs, John P. Cheney entertained her
AZ club Friday afternoon.
Mrs. c. E. Henderson is better after
an illness of several weeks.
Mrs. Homer McClatchey and children
have returned from Florida
Mr.. w. c. Kemp, of Blue Ridge.
attended court here last week.
Miss Edna Bulard, of Lost Mountain.
was among our recent visitors.
Mrs. George Gober is convalescing
from her recent painful illness.
Mrs. M. P. Morris is at home again
after visits in Triton and Thomaston.
Little Larkin Grower, who has been
threatened with pneumonia, is better.
Mrs. Aristides Reynolds was hostess
OF the d. A. R. last Friday afternoon.
Mrs. E. w. Coleman, of Canton. is
visiting her father, Mr.. J. A. Massey.
Miss Angie Field spent the weekend
with Miss Louise Mcmillan in Acworth
Rev. Joel Dawes, presiding elder.
preached at the Methodist church Sun
day.
Mrs. Dunklin Reynolds entertained
her AZ club Tuesday afternoon, of last
week.
Mrs. 0. L. Dobson, of Augusta. Wis
tied her aunt, Mrs. G. W. Duval., last
week.
Mrs. A. H. Sheppard entertained the
Roswell Street Social Club last Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. F. Gary, of Atlanta.
visited Mr. and Mrs. j. r. Mckinney
Sunday
Mrs. Paul Akin made brief visit in
Marietta last Monday on her way to
Atlanta.
Mrs. c. l.. Bray and Misses Nina
Moon and Ida Bray spent Sunday in
Calhoun.
Mi. and Mrs. Len Baldwin had as
dinner guests last Wednesday evening
Messrs. George Napier, F. L. Gregg
and ]. Glen Giles.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-22

M. AMI Mrs. Tom Read arr having
glorious time in Texas. They stopped
IN New Orleans on their way out and
took a tour of the city in big car with
a guide to point out places of interest
and beauty. Mr.. Read writes home
about Texas in most enthusiastic
way.
Gov. Joseph NJ Brown is now the
proud possessor OF a real Gordonia Pu-
bescens tree, and has transplanted it
to a flower pot at the executive man.
sion, intending to move it later to some
other place probably his home in Ma
rietta or his farm in Cherokee county.
The tree is small one, hardly bigger
than seeding 1t was sent to the
governor by B. w. Hunt, of Eatonton.
This is the tree which Gov. Brown has
declared should be made the Georgia
tree, because it grows nowhere else
than on the banks of the Altamaha
river, in this state.
In the Household Journal and Floral
Life for January there is a beautiful
picture of roses grown by Mrs. Henry
Melnert. These superb cochet roses,
with long stems and luxuriant leaves,
are gracefully arranged in a tall cut
glass basket with a handle, standing
before a mirror in which it is reflected.
NO description could dc justice to these
splendid roses but most of us have seen
Mrs. Meinert's garden and it's wealth of
beauty and fragrance. Mr.. Murray
photographed vase of these roses last
year and the picture was copied in oil
colors for Mr.. Meinerts Christmas
gift
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-22
A CALL FOR THE SPRING POEM.

The Alpharetta Free Press says:
The bluebirds are lowering over Ma
rietta and Cobb county. We wish Law
son Fields would write poem about
them
Mocking birds have begun to sing in
the treetops of Marietta already, and
there is no other news so good to re-
peat as this: THE time of the singing
of birds has come "
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-22
FOREST DIMON IN JAIL FOR
AIDING PRISONERS ESCAPE

The negro who furnished saws to the
recent jail-breakers is now behind the
bars and will be fifty punished. He
confessed to Mr.. W. A. Bishop, who
arrested him, that he tied the saws to
a string, thrown from a Jail window to
the ground, by which the prisoners
easily drew the saws up. A negro,
Joe Wood, witnessed this proceeding
and told Mr.. Bishop.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-22
LITTLE REBECCA COLE
BREAKS RIGHT ARM

Rebecca Cole, the en-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs d. C. Cole, broke
her right arm just above the wrist Fri
day afternoon by fall. 1t was
promptly attended to by DR.. Nolan and
she is resting easily at this time.
Some time ago Rebecca's left arm
was broken.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-22
NEW MEMBERS OF THE
co. BOARD OF EDUCATION

The grand jury has appointed G. w.
Mcmillan, of Acworth, and A. H. IT.
vine, of Austell, as members of the
county board of education to succeed
j. N. Johnson and w. H. Winters,
whose time has expired.