The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 04, 1902, Image 4
THE UNION TIMES
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UNION TIMES COMPANY
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JNO. R. MAT HIS, Editor.
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UNION, 8. C., JULY 4, 1902.
THE NEW PISTOL LAW.
"The fellow that totes the ordinary
pistol does not seem in a hurry to
dispose of it and get one that conforms
to the new law of 20 inches
long and three pounds in weight.
Why should he? The old law has
been a farce on the statute books;
the new one will be equally or more
so. A few negroes will be cnught up
with; but that will be all."?Newberry
Observer.
"Just such expressions found in
the editorial columns of certain newspapers
supposed to be moulders of
public opinion, sentinels upon the
watch tower, ever looking to the best
interests of the people, and studying
for morality, Christianity and good
government, are in a large measure
responsible for the violation of certain
laws, becadse said violations are
apparently condoned by said editors.
v "If it is wrong and unlawful for a
man to make of himself a walking
arsenal as if he were in the jungles
of Africa and expected to be attacked
by some wild beast or assassinated
by some highwayman, then it is
wrong, if not unlawful, for a newspaper
to intimate to those inclined
to disobey the law that they can do
so with impunity, as there will probably
be nothing done about it, the
law is 'a farce, etc., etc.' There may
be some surprises in store for the
Observer. We hope the point has
been reached when the people have
determined to put a stop to the pistol
toting habit, the awful consequences
of which it is needless to
mention."?Union Times.
"Onr esteemed contemporary the
Union Times is off the handle. Nobody
is advising the breaking of the
law; but there is no use to pretend
that the present law against carrying
concealed weapons is obeyed; and
there is no more reason to suppose
the new one will be.
"The Observer would indeed be
very much surprised, and much gratified
likewise, to see the law enforced,"?Newberry
Observer.
In taking up this matter with the
Observer we fully appreciate the fact
that there is a master mind and a
forceful pen driver at the other end,
with whom we have no hesitancy in
saying that we feel our inability to
cope, generally speaking, but when
we feel that we are right, should the
above fact cause us to hesitate? We
think not, and if the editor of the
Observer will just lose sight for the
time being that it is only one of his
boys at this end and will consent not
to rise up and hew us down with one
fell blow, we don't mind indulging in
a little friendly discussion of this
matter.
Our highly esteemed contemporary
says we are "oil the handle." We
beg to differ from this opiniomof Tne
Observer, and claim that instead of
being off wo are very much on the
handle and right side up.
The position of Thk Times is that
it is wrong for a newspaper to suggest
the violation of any law by such
expressions as: "Why should he"
be in a hurry to obey the law, "the
old law has been a farce, the new ono
Will be equally or more so," and
many others that might bo mentioned,
but the above will do as they
are the two under discussion.
The Times thinks one of the greatest
objects of the newspapor should
l>e to assist, to the limit of its ability, I
in educating its readers up to the
point of true, noble and upright
manhood and womanhood, and teach
them to be loyal, patriotic and lawabiding
citizens.
A word of adverso criticism may
sometimes destroy tho good results
of days and weeks of patient and
earnest toil and study upon a worthy
cause. If we are to teach obedience
of law, we should not advise the
obedience of one law on the right
hand, while we suggest a disobedience
of another on the left. "Conslstency,
thou art a jewel" sometlttff
herd to preserve.
We believe that The Observer at
heart will endorse our opinion, but
the paragraph is not honestly consistent
with the mind and character of
the writer. Be the'statemeat ever so
true, does that justify its publication
to hundreds of its readers who arc
possibly bitterly opposed to the restrictions
of law? But let's see:
"The old law has been a farce,"
why a farce? Is it because it has
been violated, that it is dubbed a
"farce?" If so, then we may just as
truthfully say the laws against burglary,
arson, murder and almost every
law on the statutes are farces. Is
the violation of a law sufficient
grounds for condemning it? If so
then they all stand condemned.
Or is it because the law is not enforced
as it should be? If so who is
to blame for that? not the law, surely,
but rather those whose sworn
duty it is to enforce tho laws as they
find them. There is a law against
perjury. The officer who winks at a
violation of the law perjures himself.
He is rarely called to account for
this, however. Would The Observer
suggest to such officers that they
need be in no concern about this, as
the law against perjury is a "farce?"
"Nobody is advising the breaking
of the law," says the Observer, We
have not accused the Observer of
"advising" the breaking of the law.
A sentiment expressed open and
above board, however, is often as
much responsible for results as advice
would have been, even though it
was not intended to influence any
one. It is conceded that every one
has more or less influence, and credit
is given to newspapers for considerable
influence, possibly more than
some of us deserve to be credited
with, but we are so credited nevertheless.
Had we not best be careful of
that influence?
"There is no use to pretend that
the law against carrying concealed
weapons is obeyed" continues the
Observer. The Times has never
"pretended" that the law was obeyed
by all, to the contrary we know that
it is disobeyed by many. We are
also aware that the other laws above
mentioned are disobeyed by many,
else our courts would have less work
and our jurors could stay on their
farms and work their crops. "And
there is no reason to suppose the
new one will be," says the Observer,
and there is no reason to believe that
the violation of any of the other laws
will cease, still it would be rather
funny for the Observer to condemn
the laws on this account.
The Observer would be "much
gratified to see the law enforced."
If so would it not be well to suggest
obedience?
The Observer will not deny the fact
that the pistol toting habit is an evil
and that the deadly pistol is responsible
for the loss of hundreds of lives
that would not have been taken if
there had been no pistol. A sudden
quarrel, a few hot words, a ready pistol,
a flash, and another soul is sent
all unprepared to meet its God.
While a blood stained hand remains
to curse the day that it ever carried
a pistol. Ask some one who has
killed a man in the heat of passion.
The Supreme Court has ruled that
the railroads have no right to charge
excess fare and cannot collect it. The
lawful rate is three cents per milo,
and that is all that the railroads can
collect from passengers. This has
been our opinion all along, and
we were firmly convinced if the matter
ever went to the supreme court
the case would be decided against
the railroads. There is no excuse for
charging a passenger 25 cents oxtra
because he happened to fail to provide
himself with a ticket. The only
reason that we could ever see for this
excess charge by the railroad was an
effort to prevent the conductors from
pocketing cash fares collected. This
is something with which the public
is not concerned, and should not be
discommoded on account of the evident
disbelief of the railroad companies
in the honesty of their conductors.
The company employ detectives
who travel up and down the
roads frequently. It is their business
to look after this part of the
business Again, if the railroads
think they have dishonost men for
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suspects. They can surely secure
honest men for the place. The practice
is, to say the least, a reflection
upon the honor and character of
every conductor in their employ who
has the duty of collecting from passengers.
We are glad to report that
the supreme court has sat down upon
the practice.
Memorial Day at Sharon.
(Continued fiom page 1 )
his bidding earth and air, wind and
water, awake and join hands to
decorate these unknown graves and up
springing i minor tells and forget-uie-nots,
running vines and creeping moss mark
the spot sacred in IIis sight, without
whose knowledge not even a sparrow
fall* unnoticed to the ground.
Nations die and races expire, but
truth is immortal and principles o;ised
upon truth live forever and those who
launch them forth upon the world pass
their allotted time in life and then fade
from view, but the principles they have
inculcated live on in the lives and destinies
of those who come after them.
The principle of local self government
for which these heroes contended will
live on forever, No cause is lost whieh
in its losiug fo uis the bed rock and
corner stone of liberty. In "Lochiel's
Warning" Thomas Campbell wrote these
words: "Tis the suuset of life that
gives me mystical love." And after
twenty years he finished the verse by
aaaing: "Uommg events cast then
shadows before."
The great conflict of 1861 that shook
a continent and made a nation tremble
as an aspen leaf cast its lengthening
shadow almost a century before?back
to the very hall in which our Federal
Constitution was framed. It was there
that the conflicting ideas clashed and
continued to grow and be intensified
until hostile cannons 1 loomed and gleaming
sabres flashed ?ad fraternal blood
ran like water. The conflict was over
the reserved rights ot the States and as
to what right and powers were ceded to
the general government upon.a State becoming
a member of the Federal compact.
It was Patrick Henry who saw
this shadow as distinctly as did Stonewall
Jackson see the substance when he
said at First Manassas: "Sir, we will
give them the bayonet."
Mr. Henry wanted it placed in the
constitution of his country in black ai d
white so there could be no controversy
about it, that all the rights, powers and
prerogatives not expressly ceded to the
general government, were reserved by
tlaj respective States His argument
was met with the sentiment that "of
conrse" the powers aud prerogatives not
expressly granted were reserved. Then
it was that the grand old statesman, the
father of our independence, whose eloquence
had electrified the colonies and
made liberty certain and the constitution
a possibility, stood upon the floor of the
hall with the shadow of inevitable conflict
falling fully upon his mind and
heart, tears coming down his wrinkled
cheeks, with prophetic vision sweeping
the space of a coming century, when he
said: "I see it, I feel it. I see the
beings of a higher order auxious concerning
our decision. When I see beyond
the horizon that bounds human eyes and
look at the final consumation of all
numan unngs, ana see tnese intelligent
beings which inhabit etherial mansions
viewing the political decisions and revolutions
which in the progress of time will
happen in America, and the eonsequetit
happiness or misery of mankind. I am
led to believe that much of the account
on the one side or the other will happen
011 what we now decide. Our own ha| piness
alone is not effected by the event,
unborn generations are i iterested in i\
At what fearful cost did it become the
unwritten law of our constitution that
the rights and prerogatives not expressly
reserved by the States are granted upon
a State's becoming a member of the
Federal compact.
In contemplating this fearful cost my
mind goes back to the bloody lield3 of
Big Bethel, Bull liun, Leesburg,
Deaversville, Yorktown, Williamsburg,
Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Gaines'
Mill, Cold Harbor, Savage Station,
Fraziers' Farm, Malvern Hill, Second
Manassas. South Mountain, Sharpshurg,
Fredericksburg, Shiloh, Corinth, Fort
Donaldson, Island No. 10, Murtreesboro,
Stone River. Perryville, Vicksburg,
Chickamauga, Atlanta, Missionary
Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Kennesaw
Mountain, Franklin, Teun.,
Knoxville, Marshall Chancellorsville.
Gettysburg, Hagerstown, Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, Second Cold Harbor,
Beverly Ford, Trevilliou Station, Deep
Bottom, Fort Harrison. Braudv Station.
Around Richmond, Petersburg, our
grand old Charleston, and last but not
least Appomattox and Greensboro where
men fell like leaves in autumn; where
the pride and chivalry of the nation
rushed willingly into the very jaws of
death, yielding up their lives for what
each thought was right, and I think of
how many happy homes were made desolate,
how many mother's hearts were
broken, how many aged fathers trembled
as the wind shaken reeds when the reports
came from these bloody fields,
while other wives were made widows
and other children fatherless. Some
darling son or loved brother had fallen
for a principle he thought was right.
All this might have been avoided had
the the thirteen words contended for by
Mr. Henry been added to the Federal
Constitution?only one word for each of
the thirteen original colonies towit:
"Rights not expressly oeded to the general
government are reserved by the
States."
Turning again to the subject which
brings us together today and which is a
strange mixing of joy and grief, happiness
and misery and we are forced to
conclude that no trust more sacred ever
fell into the keeping of any people than
that which was committed to Southern
women at the close of the bloody war
in which so many brave and true men
died for the land they loved and the
cause for which they laid down their
lives to save and honor. For fully one
third of a century ladies' memorial asQiVdut.irtnU
1 iO\m l/\iii nrrln on/I
wwiMVtuuu JUTIII^IJ ailU WHUOl IJ
commemorated the patriotism and valor
of our Confederate dead by strewing
upon their graves the fairest Mowers our
Southern land produces. They have
discharged this trust iu the recall of their
own bereavements and in sympathy
with those who were mourning like themselves.
But they also sought to disclose
by their annual tender observance of
of Memoral Day how greatly they
prized the chivalric character of the
noble Southern men who are sleeping the
last sleep of the brave in the heroes'
graves. These impressive annual ceremonies
have had an inMuence which lias
been preserved and strengthened in the
trust and most exalted virtues in the
lives of the generations that has risen
since the Confederate war, while they
have contributed beyond calculation to
the patriotic spirit of our countrymen
everywhere. For these und other satisfactory
reasons wo think that a full
record should be made of the noble work
for perpetual preservation. Such history
should not be permitted to remaiu unrecorded.
Not that we seek our personal
glory, bat because posterity should know
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Nice lot of oxfords that are
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SHIRT
One lot nice Percale Shirt Waists,
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Our entire line of fine Shirt
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the character of Southern woman hood
and emulate it. We would have the
transactions of all memorial associations
collected, compiled and preserved in
some permanent manner. We feel that
you will enter most heartily into the
spirit of this movement aud therefore,
without hesitation we lay before you the
suggestion that you direct your secre- J
tary or seme equally competent person
to write a full account of your organization
and also a historic account of the
work it has done in observing Memorial
Day, in caring for the soldier's graves J
aud in all other patriotic affairs rendered ,
in memory of out Confederate dead or *
in aid of Confederate living. The organ- C
izationof memorial associations should be
sacredly preserved because it is in itself
a monument to the memorv of our
heroes and because its work is as sacredly
tender as ever. Its peculiar and singular
work of caring for the graves of our /
brave soldiers is as imperatively needed ^
as ever, and its long continuance in that L
duty on'y heightens the desire that it J
shall perpetually observe Memoral Day. .
After all these years of devotion and *faithful
service you should gather
together the work of all sister organizations
in one memorial volume as a tribute
to the 1 'heroes from the heroines of the
South."
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Bright augels looking from the skirs c<
Behold no holier spot of ground,
Than where defeated valor lies
By woman's love and beauty crowned.
Of our gallant dead whose graves we
are to decorate with flowers and water y
with your tears we will say:
Sleep on brave heroes of the past Z
How sacred is this spot; 1
Although no marble marks tho place j
You'll never be forgot. J
Like gems of flowers hid away
Within old mother earth,
The marble waits the sculptors' hand
To speak it into birth.
The grass kept green above your heads
Through all these weary years,
A nrl lovincr liurwla l?owa wurlniwla
, ...A MMUU4 intTv; i^aiinuuo njmiiUl
And watered them with tears.
Soft winds have sighed their lone'.y lay
The bending skies have wept,
Since you have fallen in the fray
Crowned heroes you have slept.
Some day a granite marble sh ift
In graudeus here shall rise,
To tell how fought Carolina's sons
Beneath their native skies.
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Let stars their silent sentinels keep
And dews of heaven descend,
Upon the graves of those who fell
Home altars to defend. .
It matters not though stately spire
Should never here arise; a'
Their deeds will live in every ln.irt? N
True valor never dies. jc
Sleep on brave heroes of the past,
There is no holier ground
Than where defeated valor rest,
And heroes sleep uncrowned.
Ladies I will ad J nothing m >re only
I hope God will biesj you a il you may
rest assured that men will alway love
and adore yon. tJB
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