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ONION COUNTY NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered from
Various Sections by our
Correspondents.'
LETTER FROM WEST SPRINGS.
A Post Office at hast?The Hawk
* and the' Red Flag?Negroes?
Alarmed?The Price of Kisses.
Mr. Editor: I promised you tome
time ego that you should hear from.
West Spring* occasionally. I would
have written ere this, but in some way
or other, and in rcme place or other
I slipped up on something, it wasn't
the smallpox as was reported, but it
was the measles.
We had the darkies all scared in
an inch of their lives. While I was io
bed with the moasler, a hawk oamc
and carried cff two chickens atone
time, and my mother, thinking she
could not stand many visits like that,
gathered two red flannel garments and*
took to the yard to display them, and
the darkies took it for granted that
we had a bad case of smallpox and
a bad put up the flags as a warning to
them.
Things are moving along nicely
around West Springs so far as I have
been able to learn.
The gold mine has not opened up
yet, but tbiok it will start soon.
There was a slight of hand and
maoin lantern show at the P&rham
school house on the evening of Jan.
J 6. It was enjoved by a good many
of our people. Prof. P/ady says
youug girl's kisses are six dollars per
doxen, married ladies' kisses three
dollars per dozen, and "gee whiz" old
maid's kisses are six for a quarter.
There sa^a sociable at the residence
of Mr. R-P. Weston the evening of
IP January 15th.
Mr. John Smith gave a musical one
night last week in honor of Mr. Gilmore
and Miss Bettie West, of Ssntuc.
It was quite an enjoyable occasion.
Mr. Bep Little, of Charlotte, N. CM
is at borne. We hope Bep will decide
to stay with us this year as such boys
M Bep is needed in our community.
Mr. J. B. Lancaster, Jr., is the
father of r. fine boy.
Mr. Quse Wen* is also benny, its e
girl.
Well, Mr. Editor, we are to be congratulated.'
X think we have succeeded
at last in getting a post office rout)
from Glenn Springs to Union. It
will leave Glenn's and come to Ya'e?,
an office just this side of Sulphur
Springs church, thence to our office
Mearsville," which will he at Mr.
W. 1). Lancaster's store. (Mr. Lnn
caster will also be our post master )
Then will go to Parham, theuce to
Buffalo and then to Union. I guee-i
our mail will le coming through in
about a week or two and then we
won't have to go two miles on a Saturday
morning for our favorite paper,
The Times. Then, Mr. Editor, I
ju will write from West Springe, but
will give you a notice from "Meant
ville" occasionally.
With best witLes for The Times
and the Editor. M. L.
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H. F03TBR, Vice President. T
D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. T
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our Business. f
Jonesville News Notes. '
Joneaville, Jan. 22.?This is love- ^
ly spring like weather, and every 1
op? is moving around in a hurry
making use ot the fine day.
'fhero ia not a case of smallpox i
in our town and we hope now to j
keep clear of the pest.
Rev. D. C. Freeman has resigned t
the pastorate of tho Baptist Church g
here, end for the present there is no t
preacher at that church but the mem ]
bers expect to be ablo to secure a c
pastor soon, but just now they don't ?
know who they can cet. i
Last week the Confederate pen- J
sioners were moving round getting '
up new applications for pensions
under, the fate Jaw. They are having
more trouble to prove their seryjee
in the wai?$>\?p. they did under
the first'pension law, and it is really
a hard?ljij>>$u same of the veterans
aqd the widows to make the required
. proof,. * * f %*.?
Mies Willie Southard, who is in i
Winthrop, .cajpi over from Rock Hill
and sp^ht last Sunday in Jonesville.
MUs'Oqra Fernel.'of Columbia, is
visifin?Jv&' uapl?. Prof. R. L David.
., Mr. Harhefrt Lindsay e?m(( up" from
Union last Sunday to see his parents,
Mr. D. W. Fowler, who had n
second stroke of paralysis a few days
ago, is very low and his recovery
is doubtful.
Mr. W. J. Haile, of Union, who
has been quite ill for some time, has t
so recovered as to come to Jonesville i
to stay awhile with his brother-in- y
law, Mr. F. T. Williams.
telephone. 1
FROM THEVAR WEST. \
Interesting Letter From our Texas
Correspondent.
Editor Union Times: What do
you think about wealth and prosperity
corrupting people? If it is a fact that
they do, it ia a sad commentary upon
the human race. I myself think it quite
possible as a rule, but be it said to the
honor of many exceptions that it is ,
not always the rule. Touching upon
this thought, I reproduce a paragraph 1
taken from the Dallas county Grand (
Jury report to the District Court on 6
January 6, 1901: '
"We regret to say that, in our judg- 1
ment, crime is on the increase iu Dal- <
las oounty instead of the contrary. 1
This, we think, ia partly due to the 1
more prosperous times, more people j
having more money to spend on evil
inclinations than is usual and giving ,
more temptations to others to be ,
possessed of the treasures that they
see'so carelessly displayed." I
Whether the grand jurors are cor- ,
rect in their conclusions or not, it remains
a fact that the possession of
money is a means to that end, if men 1
arA nrnnfl in indiilcA in aviI h*h!la 1
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Io that case money becomes a curee
rather.than a blessing. Many people
desire and sigh foi the possession of
the thing that they consider the
panacea of ail ills, when in faot, money
oauses as many ills as it cures. Getting
money has reached the stage in
American life where It is a failing
instead of a virtue. People are going
road for money, they are wearing
themselves out for it, they forget their
own kindred aud Iriends fpr it. It
has come to pass in America that the
"dollar is placed abovo the man."
The teachers and pupils of the
schools of New York oity sent on
January 5, 1901, for the relief of the
sohool children of Galveston, the nice
sum of $27,907 as a gift of smypathy
f, (Kaip qo /I misfrwfnnoi rta nsAn kn
?vi w*vaa iuivivi ?uuv?) vnunvu u v
the cyclone of last September. 1
Speaking of sohool children reminds 1
one of the fact that Texas has a larga
number of children who receive the
benefits of the sohool fund. The
pcholaetic census for 1901 aggregates
729,445 within the scholastic nge,
quite c ne-fourth of the total population
of the Siete. This scholastic census,
though it is not altogether reliable, as
the school attendance in many iu<
stands is not iu,ro tbaa one lourth
f tbe school ago enumeration. Of
couric, some allowance must be made
for tho non attendance upjn the public
schools, in all, of many in 6very county
witkiu the scholastic ago aud included
in the enumeration.
Governor Sayers in his message to
tho legislature in this month recom
mends the e tablishment in Texai of
an industrial school which is considered
timely aud wise on the the part
[?f the governor.
There is an old saying to the effect
.hat ' it is better ta be bom lucky
:baa rich." I devoutly believe in the
naxim. As an illustration of the
.ruth of this saying I will mention a
jase. In the mouth of December,
1900, there came from Honolulu,
Huwaii, a young lady?Suith by
lame?to R*d River cunty to visit
Rosalie, a country place in that county
in I the birth-place of Mi'.s Smith,
ind while there or while in Rid River
jounty she met Ernest Burke, whose
ather lives at Blossom, (prairie)
MipsSmir.h lorr>d Mr R irtio
ind Mr. Burke loved Miss Smith at
light, it is paid, so they were married
it Clarksviile three days ago. Mrs
Burke informed her husband, who is
juito well kuowu in Boaham, as well
is his father, that he would have to
nake his homo in the Sandwich
islands. 4lWhy," asked Mr. Burke.
'So that you may more easily mtea^e
ny estate." "Your"ostate for heaven?!
jave. you an estate in the Pacini
island*?" asked Burke. ''Yes," the
aplied. "What is it worth," queered
le. '-Oue million dollars sir, or more,
;ame the answer. Mrs. Buike went
it <1 Tinvilr of f '1 trlrari I In 1 n rf ru u;
noney beforo leaving the United
Statc-s. The bank aakod the Sao
bVauciao bank, upon which she dre w,
low much Miss Mamie S nidi's check
vouM be good for on that iostitutioo,
ind the rep'y came quick that her
heck wa^good 0>r $150,000 on that
link. Mr. and Mrs. Burke pis'ed
hrough Bonham on January 14'.h,
lay bef ire yesterday, ou the r way
o San Frauoisco, from where they
will soon sail f>v Honolulu. Mrs.
Burke's proporty cousists largely of
eal estate iu the Hawaiian Islands of
he Sandwich group. This man Burke
s both lucky and rich according to
veil accredited roports.
Bonham's cotton mill is progressing
licoly and it is the intention ol the
Management cf the concern to have it
n operation by June let of ihis year.
Paris, Texas, has completed arrange
Meats whereby sho is to have a cotton
Mill 6onn, and possibly Honey Qro\e
fill have one in the near future also.
J. S. C.
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The Teachers' Column.
CONTRIBUTED BY MISS SOUTHARD.
Mr. Editor.?The teachers of the
[Inion Graded School decided to
iccept for once a month the column
>ffered .by The Times and your
icribe was assigned the first editorial;
forgetting the things that are
behind we shall ask our readers to
jriticise with charity the errors of
;he present and patiently peruse the
brilliant columns whioh are to appear
from month to month.
This column will not be filled with
our original productions, we are
allowed to get aid from any source.
Just in the wild rush we quote
from King Solomon this saying:
"Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
and the man that getteth understanding.
For the merchandise
of it is better than the merchandise
of silver, and the gain thereof than
fine gold."
"We must educate," said Mr.
Beecher. The opinion is being ac- I
cepted that the thousands of chil
flren growing up in a State, are the
State's ward, so to speak. It is believed
that poor children are the
peculiar property of the State and
by proper cultivation they will constitute
a fund of intellectual and
moral worth which will greatly subserve
the public interest. Then the
primary schools are and ought to he
of the first importance. Since, in
the commercial world, condensations,
centralization and combinations are
necessary, so in the systems evolved
for the education of all the people,
the Graded School seems to be the
preferred solution.
As industrial combinations must
be conducted upon industrial basis
which means a fair reward to the
earner, the production of the best
article at the lowest price to the
public, honest dividends to honest
investing stockholders, an honest
board of directors, honestly devoted
to the best interests of the company
as an industrial combination. So,
in our Graded School system, we
nave eombination of schools, conducted
by the teachers of the several
grades, in one or more main buildings.
The school work begins in
the primary department or first grade
and continues, in Union, through nine
grades. How much does it cost for
a child io attend school for one year
in Union? Three dollars per child
is given by the State; so the child's
father has only to buy books and
send hi^ child to the school building
and the parent's work is done. Can
any one ask for a cheaper mode of
education? We are glad to find
promptness a virtue taught by atiL.
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iiMi'iuig uivgruncu oeuuui. in xeizcr,
last year, tlie Manufacturing Company
paid $4f>0 for punctuality in
school attendance.
Although the advantages of our
G railed School are as numerous
there is one disadvantage we wish to
call attention to?asking teachers
everywhere to consider it carefully
and accept the remedies offered for
just what they arc worth. The disadvantage
in most schools is having
a class interval of one year. Why
have a year? In 1872 lion. W. T.
Harris, now Commissioner of Education
of the United States, urged that
the class interval bo reduced to a
period of ten or twelve weeks. In
the Southern schools we have a term
of nine months. Let this school
year be divided into three tortus
with promotions and reclassifications
taking place three times a year instead
of once. Then a child would
not lose so much time; for instance,
a child completing all the studios in
a grade, except Latin and Algebra,
can not, according to most of our
Graded School requirements, be
promoted 4b the next- grade. Then
another year must_ be spent in this
one grade for only two studies. Why
waste the child's time in this way?
Suppose a teaoher has forty-two
pupils in her room. Let them be
divided into three classes of fourteen
pupils each according to ability, each
of these three classes being separated
from the class next above or below
by ten or twelve weeks' work. At
the close of the first three months
the highest class is sent into the
sixth grade room, if it is the fifth
grade so divided, in their stead the
fifth grade teacher receives the most
advanced class from the fourth grade
room. We have inherited our system
or "standard" from England,
and let us profit by England's mistake
and not try to apply the circumstance
to the rule; for soon must
she learn that events and nations are
not always made to fit rules. Another
advantage, aside from its system
in Graded School work, is that
the work done in most of them is
primary and only the best teachers
are being accepted. We do need
better primary work and when the
foundation is laid the average American
child will educate himself. In
tho management and discipline of a
Graded| School, children aro consciously
and unconsciously imbibing
that broader and deeper spirit of
government which teaches them to
vaIha t.hfl nnininna nf rvfVinra nrwl b?o
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the nobleness in all mankind.
The wonderou9 fellow feeling,
aroused by so many children having
duties in common, causes them to
realize that selfishness is unworthy
and that the Golden Rule is, after
all, the one divine command. Those
of us who have the work in charge
may be sustained by the thought that
we aro striving to teach little children
to think on ''whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things are hon
est, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely and whatsoever
things are of good report."
Caroline Drewsilla Southard.
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Twelfth Census of the United
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Chief Statistician. t
POPULATION OF KENTUCKY. j
Kentucky was admitted as a state
June 1, 1792. (
The population of the state in 1900 ,
is 2,147,174 as compared with a population
of 1,858,735 in 1890, nearly |
thirty times as large as the populs^- ,
tion given for 1790 by the oensus
taken two years before it was ad- ,
mitted as a state.
The total land surface of Ken-1.
tucky is, approximately, 40,000 ]
square miles, the average number of ,
persons to the square mile at the ,
census of 1000 is 53.7. I
There has been but one territorial
change in the counties of Kentucky
sinco 1800, namely, part of Estill
annexed to Powell.
Of the 110 counties in the State
all but 10 show increases in population
since 1800, and 5 of them show
over 50 por cent of increase.
Of the 354 incorporated places,
42 have more than 2,000 inhabitants
in 1900, and 4 have more than 25,000,
namely: Louisville, with 201,731;
Covington, with 42,938; Newport,
with 28,301; and Lexingron,
with 26,360 inhabitants.
Of these 4 principal cities, Lexington
is the oldest and was first enumerated
separately in 1790 with 834
inhabitants; Louisville was first
enumerated in 1800 with 350; Newport
in 1810 with 413; and Coving.ton
in 1830 with 743.
POPULATION' OF LOUISIANA. ?NO 21.
Louisiana was admitted as a state
April 30, 1812.
The population of the state in 11*00
is 1,381,625 as against 1,118,587 in
1890, representing an increase since
1890 of 268,038, or 23.5 per cent.
Louisiana had in 1810 a population
of 76,556, and in the ten years following
acquired 76,367 more, representing
an increase of 99.8 per
ceut. The population of Louisiana
in 1900 u more than eighteen times
as large as the population given for
1810, at which census the territory
subsequently constituted the state
was separately enumerated as the
"territory of Orleans."
The total land surface of Louisiana
is, approximately, 45,420 square
miles, the average number of persons
to the square milo at the census of
1000 being 30.4.
There have been no territorial
changes in the parishes of Louisiana
since 1890.
Of the 59 parishes in the state all
but 6 havo increased in population
during the decade.
Of the 104 incorporated cities,
towns, villages, 18 have more than
2,000 inhabitants, and 8 have more
than 10,000. The cities having
more than 10,000 inhabitants are
New Orleans, with 287,104; Shreveport,
with 16,018; and Baton Rouge,
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Is of Corporations, and
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SPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
with 11,250.
New Orleans is the only city in
Louisiana that has a population in
1000 of more than 25,000. New
Orleans, beginning with a population
of 17.242 in 1810, increased but
little, compared with the early growth
of other cities, for two decades, but
from 1830 to 1840. the population
)f the city increased from -9,737 to
102,193, or 243.7 per cent.
POPULATION OF MAINE.?XO. 22.
Maine was admitted as a state
March 15, 1820.
The population of the state in 1900
s 094,400 as compared with a poptlation
in 1890 of 001,080, showing
in increase during the last ten years
>f 33 380, or 5.0 por cent. The
population in 1790 was 90,540.
The present population of the
state is more than seven times as
large as given for 1790, at which
census the territory subsequently
constituting the state was separately
enumerated as the '"district of
Maine."
The total land surface of Maine is,
ipproximately, 29,895 square miles,
;he average number of persons to the
square mile at the census of 1900
iceing 23,2.
There have been no territorial
changes in the counties of Maine
dnce 1890.
Of the 10 counties in the state all
but 4 have increased in population
during tjbe decade. ? J
""Of tTie 39 IW'fibtporated cities and
tillages 26 have more than 2,000
nhabitanss, 9 have more than 5,000,
1 have more than 10,000 and 3 have
more than 20,000", namely, Bangor,
with 21,850; Lewiston, with 23,761;
ind Portland, with 50,145 inhabitants.
Portland is the only city in
Maine which has a population in
1900 ot more than 25,000.
POPULATION OF MARYLAND.?NO.23.
Maryland was one of the original
thirteen states.
The population of the state in 1900
is 1,190,050 as compared with a
population in 1890 of 1,042,390,
showing an increase since 1890 of
147,660, or 14.2 per cent. The
largest rate of increase was 24.0 per
cent for the ten years from 1840 to
1850, but this immediately followed
a decade in which the increase was
r -t*
umy <j. l percent, toe lowest in toe
history of the state.
The population of Maryland in
1900 is more than three times as
large as that given for 1790, the
year in which the first census was
taken, when it was 319,728.
The total land surface of Maryland
is, approximately, 9,860 square
miles, the average number of persons
to the square mile at the census of
1900 being 120.7.
There have been no territorial
changes in the counties of Maryland
since 1890.
Of the 24 counties in the state all
but 3 have incaeased in population
during the decade.
Of the 98 incorporated places there
are 11 that have less than 5,000 and
3 have more than 10,000, namely,
Baltimore, with 503,957; Cumberland,
with 17,128; and Ilagerstown,
with 13,591 inhabitants.
Baltimore is the only city in the
state having a population in 1900 of
more than 25,000. Baltimore had
a population in 1700 of 18,503,
while that of the state at the same
census was more than twenty-three
times as great; in 1900 neariy onehalf
of the population of the state is
within the boundaries of,%the city.
Irrigation of the arid lands in the
West has an ablo supporter in the
person of Secretary Hitchcock. He
says that what are now deeert lands
can be changed into an acreage
capable of supporting a population of
50,000,000 people by proper irrigagation.