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VOL. LI. NO. 44. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. NOVKMBKR 1, 1901. Si .an * vpad
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P. M. FARK President.
T GEO. MUNP?, Cashier, J.
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EDCCAT1NG THE BOYS.
Vfl* Gives His Views to the
Present Method of Educating the
Rising Generation of Voung Men.
Ad\ ocutes s Practical Education.
There ean be no harm in a country
newspaper correspondent giving
a few thoughts, suggej-tions and observations
on practical subjects as he
gathers them from reading, studying
t}Q(i hearing them diseased by others. I
* J befipve that the m$n who opens
Up the shortest, easiest and jnoK
( \ <Arliriil rnnt#? fnr t.h<? oiliir?tinn /,f
ib<? J^nth of our land, and convinces
v / ^he world of its practicability will
* ' go down to his grave a ben< factor to
his race?for having performed the
highest duty assigned him. That
some of the time-honored customs are
humbugs 1 am willing *o admit, but
that is no argument that eyery new i
depart (ire is a suepess.
^hepe is no one subject abryt
which there are so many false, con- 1
dieting and varying optimum as that
of education and tne method-* of re- 1
quiring it. I mean of course a thor- '
ough practical education, which fits a
boy or girl for the duiits and responsibilities
of life. 1
Life itself is a battle and knowl- i
edge is the weapon with which we 1
L?*. fight it. Disarm the soldier and he I
Can't face the foe. Let qs loo}c at I
' tKo a noofinn rvf nnl 1 o r?u oii n^.u 1
ffv M* WI?\ gw vuupa^yii
L ealtply and dispassionately. 1
I Lave met scores of the gopho- 1
mores fr >m some of the leading in- '
stitutious of learning of our country :
[and could find no fault with their 1
knowledge of red paint, draw poker
and other doubtful games while their 1
pollege ajrs wcfe alf that could he
d*?ircd. Tl-ey were experts in book 1
making, in base ball, bonis and in
tegral profmi?3 and the proudest and 1
most honored had achieved the lof > 1
distinction of belonging to the "vara
0* ??tj " out put.
ilow tnanv gradua'es from any
one of our Alma Maters are qualified
to enter tbe field w herein the bread
dippers grapple with necessity
wtust laurel* fr'in the ttghi? This
1? not an age of Lotus tries, nor is it
the land Arcadia, but a jostling
place for workers where the loaves
are few and the- inoiuh} are uiuny.
Luxqry gfowq nop qpon tjie bt<|ge
$<t e^ep comfort regards only the
uiimber^ T''P fault I find with
many graduate# is that they know
little th*tp> ornamental and still has
tL . /?.. i tin i t_
tnat in uhciiii ??uemer lie r?sjousibiljt)
f<>r ibis belongs to the psrei t. I
teacher or pnpil remains yet to be J
(lelvjp'Ued, !# |
! 4sJ?4nfc fP*n emerges from 90b .
lege with a sheepskin' in ope hand |
?ii?i a golden opinion of himself in ;
I t|ip oijjef. IJu prides like Agathcm- j
pop Yc| Jhp n^rife . coiiVeht jhitt tht re
re bat frw th*?g* in life for him !
to learn, and he is ready to aohieve j
sucetv-s by a single bound
In three weeks time you will perhaps
fipd hirp runping errpnd* for a
,jL rtt f' Vl'e d'pliaA a week considering
himself lucky to g< t that.
. i'h,p fWt is thaf hi? 0'?||? g? eduoa!ti?o
hpf b^pn merely a rapij turning
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of a multitude of leaves from which
he has gleaned only as much substamial
knowledge as could be comfortably
carded in his left ear. If ho
has an ambition it will form a blessing,
for the ripe question of the
hour is do lars and cents.
I have been assured by learned
professors that the collegiate course
is merely an exercise, useful in forming
and strengthening the mind.
Therefore useless study becomes
useful as dutnbells strengthening the
mental muscles aud imparting tone
to the intelligence of the user.
The mpst our graduates acquire is
a smattering of eaph subject. Why?
Merely becauso there is not time
enough to give to eaoh branch of
study conecieutious and thorough re- (
search.
It may be asked, why then th<- ,
number of studies is not limited. 1
The answer is simply that the vanity ,
of the parents who like to see that ,
jiheir sops ape .deep in these ob'us'' ,
Sheets, qr that of high sounding I
sciences and stqhhorn poiiservatisin ,
of the fapqlty Retaining 19th cepturx |
Beptifnents in the 2Uth century oi <
I i:tV TL." - fit ?
pi^v/'iuoi M>c. xnc course is niua
With tare# and thpre is po r<>oui for
the v-hcat. Of what use is Latin a'id
Greek to the youth who inmt soon
enter the etrftggle for bread? The
barest excuse is that they give an
insight into die derivation of lan
guage. We'ji fhp ^ictiop?ry will do
t^at much. Why waste four years
in hammering verbs and nouns, derivations
and conjunctions into a boy
?ho is destined to sell soap, wnke
shoes, operate a dray wagon or guide
? refraotory mule to a plow. Of
what valuable use is French? It
will take several years to barn it
and the acquirement is purely ornamental
and in most cases not worth a
dollar to the future man.
Fathers examine t^e s'qdiea purged
hy Jflur ?ons. Yoq will find
that you are spending yqnr ffiQney
and pasting their most precious time
storing up glittering utensils to the
exclusion 01 what can benefit, them
in s'erner days to come. Cast them
sdrifr upon the sea of life without a
thorough education on some practical
subject; of v^lue tQ fhp world, and
whioh, m a needy hour they may
noin into bread, and you are easting
them adrift in ships of lead without
a life preserver or spare boat, .4
sunken rock or a storm and they are
lost.
If they need meutal. exercise let
thftrn illOTtfl? with nr^Sfipul unKi.rtfi
no - i ???v?vw i
mechanic*, book keeping, drawing, j
practical chemistry, arithmetic, thi
Ea^liyh jjvngMHgo and physioa. ^ Idt ,
them learn bow to keep aooeunte, how
to handle tools, how to build and j
work on engines, how to detect adul t
terations in staples of ours, how to ,
understand the machinery of the grea^ |
practip^i wW ?|pd pfdto'Ipavff the
Vagaries of the land of drearps. }
If you have Wned the beut of ,
your son's mind oonflne him strlotly ,
to studies pertaining to his calling ,
and oast all others away. i
Our boys are not fools. They (
know the usefulness of the labors im- ,
n 'Bed uni n them, and VriPf '
taps recent Ih^lngertent' upon their i ,
liberty. If we neglect to give them
weapon* for .the battle tbev
become ^ul^eja in (p* ' ^f wp I i
furh'tnem loose won the w^d^with ,
kw means of empMyineni fltey reward ,
us by becoming Idle and profligate?
prematively wast d?the soul of
Saturn in the body of Adopts?
arowoed Jfropo the race for fortune and
fame by striplings of humbler life
Vfhose education ran in narrow ||nes
but jyaq stored wi^n material sharp as
anise to hew their pathway through
life.
Vox.
Santuc Sittings.
"In some long-looked for day
IIow happy will that mortal be,
Whojcan with truthful arder say,
'There are no Ihes on me.' "
Frost is approaching, then jou can
say it.
I have never heard of a horse
having ininingetis, but I have heard
of many Jeters having a horse.
With the approach of frost I felt
somewhat scared but under weather
moderation I am in the "reactionary
period."
I heard incidently that a certain
girl was going to Aiken, and it so a
certain young man may go to achin'
too.
Crops are very late maturing this
year, especially cotton and field peas.
Verdy we need something now to restore
confidence.
Me thinks people might livo much
better if they did not want too much.
Iii their wanting ambition they loose
much rhey might gain in trying the
exptiigiou act.
The nearer the round up the shorter
the corn crop shows us. There is
going to be a "buckle and squeeze"
with mmy to fatten hogs this fall.
I saw a lit tie negro a few days ago
sitting in the suushine with a whip
ktoiug ihrough thq motion of fishing.
Evidently he was trying to fish something
out of h p*?or opportunity.
I see the Iilipiuos must ncit be
pacified, even if they have taken the
oath of aMegience. Uncle Sam's salvation
army will have to shoot more
religion into them to make them
"stick." If \iclv.inley was a great
and go<>d and christian man, that part
L.f his chiioiiauky and goodness (fic^u t
suit them probably, or {hey d'dn t
belieye half ^hpy read- My tqainion
is to he great ahd good enougnlo Jet
tnem gu. arid we be christion enough
to stop bloodshed and try missionaries.
Why is it that even at a hint of a
ihort crop of wheat, corn, oats, hogs,
jtc , (hose products go jumping to the
'upper story" chat almost causes
iizzmeas, and with report after rep ft
?f a short, gpqrpely WW h&'f el
i cottqp cfup, that produot and seed
'emain so low. Perhaps the former
irticles goes snaring after the specuators
get them, and with CQttop tqaqy
nust set), tynd fnptonp* as well as any {
ceep the prioe down knowing that it
nust soon "slide" cheap or uot. [If
iur faruiers#'gfuld raise their hog and
loioiuy and grain at home the soarng
of these market* would give them ]
ittle concern.?Ed ] . I
Despite the short fpcd crop some i
legrops ape feeing very rich. I i
lent tan 4 t^tap several ftpe buying \
joules pow and are going to rent laud (
lext year. Tbryaay "certainly there |
a a heap of hay saved," But mules <
jan't live on hay alone and some may <
itarvc. But 1 believe one ambition ]
>f a negro is to rent land, have so^p (
tort of an anirnaj spd fide. V?h, :
-ide the? will if everything goes to
deccs. ,
Some negroes put up a poor mouth ,
ind made many piomisea until I let
hem ha?e provisions, and now no t
ori of a proposition, compromise or
tilowiug big pay for work can induce ]
hem to pay or work it out. But it
eeuis we all like to be hutnbuged, or
ivill bite at any bait. People will dc <
t, it may be a kind of sympathy. ' '*'
This Mil'weath'ef sort of fills one ,
*i'h a d? sire to do various things.
1 feel like taking a good hunt of
fishing tramp, but there is such a (
jcnrci'y of gaine or fish. It is too I
sarly to hunt rabbit*, I t'tt great
binj apr|"?qyirr?l^ ?he gaine
I used to like to bunt, are about all
gone. Wdd geese and ducks - are
Burning In, but one uust u-?e strategy
to get a goose. There is a lot of
real fun and pleasure in a hunt or a
Fishing trip in a bateau on our graud
aid Br ud river, tumbling through
'hc tUfhub nt goal's. I 'inu like an
Editor, woo aae raided on a farro *
and fa id: "For roe, therp ^s ftjorp
real sweet twflf Hi WW* W* of a
hunt, H'bu'^ a* putting frolic than
could be extracted from all the aociDtT
that #?vpr nit flipir
stupid figure* in marble halls or on
waxed bell-room fl-mrs," 1
J ^o^ld nkv to tell" "Uncle" Vox
that not long ago a girl "passed a
compliment" upon me, and she beptg
proity. winsome, wterteiritfig, Very
ftgreethle and sweet looking, I did
not know whether to smile and try to '
look sweet myself, or to get seated
and think the world was coining to
an end right now. But you may
gather all of the sweetest strains of
melody that zephyr ever wafted over
this bright sunny Southland, and
unite them with those from Switzerland's
scenic -Alps ted sunny Italy,
"in one, ohftra>ing,\aoul-inspiring
sy mpethy "'ahndet itjpteal in upon
ones heart nnd it w*uld not arouse
our feelings, as snch things spoken
directly, by a pretty girl, to a little
country-?and sometimes abused?
correspondent of a newspaper. Would
it? Hey Denver.
Shall We Sell Cotton Seed?
It is a pity that farmers get so behind
that they almost have to sell
their living to get out of the clutches |
I of someone, or that some may be ]
I Such fools as to don't
I comes of others or the country. I
stood by and heard a fanner and cot- j
ton seed buyer talking as to the price
of cotton and seed. Mr. Farmer
said that a pound of cotton ought t
not to be sold under 8c nor seed t
under 80c and remarked that it was j
going there, and warned Mr. Seed
Buyer that he would have to give f
20c for seed. Mr. Seed Buyer said,
4*If you had the control of buying ^
cotton you would not give over 8c. a
The Trusts have aboqt all the oil
mills in their power and would .you c
expect them to give over 15c per ?
bushel. They have got you and c
will get down to that figure, etc."
This is almost word for word. Now ^
here. It seems that some men are B
about compelled to sell seed to pay n
honest debts. Some do not care at
what low figure seed go to, they are c
going sell. They do not care to ^
use theip for manure, prefer to see a ^
little change right now, and as for
cattle feed why if cows can't squeeze
through on a pinch of dry crabgrat* (
or broomstraw, thev may die. On n
this product the farmers have the w
oil trusts, or whatever trust it is, if
they would only use it. I can re> Jj
member when they never sold a seed
oft" the farm. I do not believe they jj
could sell them. Well then they
coqld not. I have carried them out (j
to feed sheep and cattle, spreaded j
them on wheat land?ana made
wheat?put them under Qorn and y
composted ihem fhr ootton, before I n
got as old aa I am. and none of us
starved, or went much more ragged t(
than we do now, nor complained of tr
hard times.
But now we know there ia a market ^
value for them, that there ia money ^
in them, we let them go even if they
fall to 9c. It has been d?l!Ot They jare
our own produce and we know
they are valuable, worth something to
us even at home, yet wo lei lhe trust j
ilictate tq iu prices and laugh to our
faces through their representatives, ^
the buyers, then we let the seed go at ^
their prices, and show tho trust ^
how foolish we pan be, let them 8oU n
the seed back to us in high priced
fertilisers and oattle food.
Every farmer ought to keep his ^
*eed on tho farm for manure if they Jr
cannot get a good price, the value of t
the seed. Let them have an agreement,
and if the trust can't act fair
why bur^ the seed on the farm at J
home if you do put the oil in which ,
is no manure. " ' 'jo
Mulro f V, r> -i-'.-'u ?
vi?v , iuk) mir or aw?p ^
rUUlhng- ' Those people who will be
fools and Poll ?t any price when they ^
oould bold ought not to be allowed to ^
farm and no one would object to them
being gouged to death if their actions
did not hurt other*, ^hoan acta men
\iar.v U"t the'mental capacity to
know the value of anything only as
they are t"ld in oent* of purchase p|
money. This oott"n seed oil trust is u
one that the farmers could down as 8(
easily as tumbling off a persimmon
log. and the farmers be rooster? from
the rural hdls if they woi^ld oply get '*!
ab"?t then it \fould~be "he laughs j'
boat'who lapghs ltylt." o
teTTtslROM SPARTANBURG, j
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Mm. lii it ton Writes Interestingly w
From the Spartan Citv. T7i^? (Times
a Welcome \t
Mr, RuiiAm:?The farmers are a c
v?jry happy people just now. All tl
the summer they have realijje^ q(y\d v
figure* upon t.^f yw'Mlta. fruit*. 0
ph'pkpne'nnd epga and are now re- t
wiving a very f?ir price for idmt' p
cotton they are compelled to sell, and
are h"ld?n^ the other for ten cent' a h
pound. They deserve all they can i v
Wm. A. NICH
BANl
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Branches and Insure
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Individuals as Adminisl
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get for years have been when he, w ith
the help of his devoted wife and loving*
children, could not help from
making many sacrifices.
Spartanburg is, as usual, on the
boom, her business peoplo are no
laggards, when one new enterprise is
made sure then another begins.
We occasionally see a familiar face
From your county, though several
>f the young men have occupied
positions so long that we look upon
hem aa of this town. It is a fact
hough they cling to The Times as a
otter from home.
We sometimes meet Miss Epps
rom tho lower part of the county,
Jso Miss Gault from near Jone?-ville,
>oth holding good business positions,
>lso Miss Geo.
Lately we have seeu Mr. J. M.
Iraith now employed by Mr. Oliver
jrallman, a successful merchant who
laims Pinckney for his home.
Col. Foster, so well and favorably
mown in your community, looks the
ame as he did ten years ago; he has
aany solid friends here.
At the Converse Commercial
Ichool we see Miss Clay, of L'uiori,
nd Miss Crocker, of Sedalia, both
nrd students. Mrs. M. E. Britton
i still with this sohool.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr.
lash a few days ago. He is con*cted
as book keeper, we believe,
dth the knitting mill which is re
orted as being in a flourishing oon- |
itlon at Union, ..
Mr. John Littlejohn, of Jonesville,
ke your scribe, admires the pluck
_ J ?- - r i ? -
mi jiu n m ms n;:ie toan, but wo
iffVr on the su'i'joot of ancw^paptronesville
ought to have one as it
ikos a ne^sj'aner to make ? town
fe see that ?YoodrufF has made n
iovp along this line.
The marriage ?-f Mr, John Floyd
) Miss R.U"?*1 wab one < t the
i >8t brilliant affairs that has taken
face at the Presbyterian ohurch for
>iae time. The entire building was
lied by the friends of the con r icting
arties. May happiness and long
fe be their portion.
?qibo days ago we met one of your
lost popular men flora the country,
. W. Scott, Esq. He is looking
ell, but how sad we felt to meet
im whero we did~?>n a marble v?rd
*>king for some cold stone to mark
le place where his lovod ones are
isting. I knew them, Mrs Brown
nd Sirs. Harlewood, in their life
rid know they have left manv aching
earts behind them?tender and lovig
girls, true and noble wives, always
> be found on the side of the l ight.
Mr Editor, your paper is greatly,
ppreciated in our hoo^e. <4r(d? and
o read youj. locals and oorresponsnt'sletrers
with pleasure and note
ow our personal friends are moving
p tho ladder pro^porounly.
I #i->u y?iu?- p?por what it a'ready
a?, a great sphere of usefulne^ and
ray it ovei bo 1 fiii'?t\cia\ success
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tockhart_News Notes.
L'?ckb irt, Oct. 28.?Wo are now
njoving die beautiful Indian auraut
sens >n, the most beautiful sea)n
*?f 'bo yeur. i i
Part of the I^'?ckh^rt (V^net kind
?fr. iltito mo^ivg for 0 luiubiu, where
have U.? n f"njja^?d to pl?yf>r
ne Stt^tc F>w this wot k, undot the
iqdwtdii of Pr< f. Ilerntlon. Those
r-lootediWui the Lock hart band are
leasrs.v'^7 A Wherra?J L Kya^a,
1. U. Ox ford, J. N.
Jr^nf ra and Maflht* Hoaa. They
rill h jjuinod at Columbia by a few
ther up f i^t'ate players to complete
he band.Vj^VVe., ponaider -\t rather
oinidimenURhr on our hand to ho.
hqi intituled. The entire band
muld have went but the occupatiou
f tho-e who remained were euch
liat their services oould not be dis
lensed with.
Rev. J. R. Funderburk has closed,
lis meeting here lie preached'
erj acceptably and tho church at
x?uv ii x imiv.
olsoFT^ON!
ICER5,
nking Business,in all it*
Against Fire, Tornado,
eidents, and Issue Bonds
als of Corporations, and
Orators, Etc., Etc.
SPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
each service was well filled with attentive
hearers. We feel that wa
have been much benefitted by hia
being among us.
Clyde Hambuck, a little boy aboaft
12 years old. died a few days asm
from the effects of a rubber ball striking
him on the cheek a few weeks
ago. His remains were buried at
Mt. Pleasant. Homo.
WASHINGTON LETTER. r<
(From Our Regular CorreBjKmdent.)
A distinguished visitor at th*
White House on Saturday wat Cardinal
Gibbon, of Baltimore. This
learned prince, who is the head of
the Roman Catholic Church in tha
United States, called to pay his respects
to the new President and, per?
haps, to learn something in general
terms of the attitude of the execativs
on- pending Ciiholic church problems
in the Philippine Island. The inter,
view was brief, but coidial, and the
Cardinal evidently obtained assurance
that tue goverment would deal with
issues in the island in whioh his
church is interested in a spirit of exact
impartiality and justice.
The hearing of testimony in the
Schley inquiry is nearing a close.
Vdmiral Schley is upon th*e stand
and has given so far a clean.cut circumstantial
account of all his actions
in the campaign on Cienfueg' e and
Santiago. The Court room is packed
with people eager to hear him tell his
story. ' There is intense interest
in the progress ami outcome of the
case from one end of the country to
the other. Schlev holds the popular
end of the content so far as the press
and public are concerned. But whichever
way the Dewey court may find
there will be disappointment iu wide
circles and perhaps, a renewal of
recriminations that may call for either
executive or Congressional action te
put an end to the miserable personal
feuds in the Navy.
.A dmiral Dewey has been made to
fe?l k due to his self respect to resign
the Presidency of the swell Metropolitan
emu to winch many army and
navy officials belong. Tli%open criticisms
uttered there against hie
riibngs in ibe pending hearing hare
uuiioycd him exceedingly and he lias
made his protest against such injustice
by resigning the official headship of
the organization. In this action he
has manifested a spirited resentnieat;
that has won general praise from. the.
press of his fairness ?hr*ughout the>
entire course o^the hearing.
Thp. Tve^iujry is ''overflowing with,
filthy iucre." The daily receipts,
show a surplus of $200,000 ij,
over aU expenses, which K\y*es thaifc
Uncle Sam is taxing Unpeople ahoefc
R70.000 000 ? ?#?nv rn.ir^ tk?*. is
necessary. V>*? the. tbst of Novt?m harelip
will s^nd out to the holders*
82.700 checks to pay ii?te??ft dn? an*
that date. Likewise a large platoon,
of Congressman are coming, up in?
December with bills for approptfct*.
turns or reductions that wil\ ms^e ths?
( rear surpus look like %Hi*tv eeata.
in Spanish silver. Meanwhile, (he.
Treasury othcjals are pteynring to.
revamp and apply General Fr*dj
Grant's epigram that '"a surplus ??
easier to handle than a heficit,"
A no'able event,^of *he week has
been .he me* tiu# 'Of the General
Council of SootrisTi llito Masons of
ch* Thirty-Third a,|d last deg.ee.
The Convention eont? iued the most
distinguished nvisons of the Union.
A new '"Grand Cotnmai der" w*?
chosen in the person of Congressman
dune* i). Richardson. ot Tenu.. who
thereby becomes the most exalted
rrvuonn it. I K a ?.*%<Ll ? ?- h .
Minrvii > ? n\i nuniiig r r va
King Edwnrd. of England. Hit
election to this high place in the
Masonic world is a deserved recognition
of his great ability and devotion
a* a Mason. The Convention also
dedicated the splendid statue of AU
bert Tike, which tho Masons h&rq,
erected in this city.
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