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X ' ' X TELE UNION TIMES 2 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY J ?by the? i UNION TIMES COMPANY f l Second Floor Times Building : ver postokeice, bell plioke No. 1. L. G. Young, Manager. i i Registered at the Postoffice in Union, ; " ? -a n a a. S. U.,as Becona-cuiss man uiaiwii. j SUBSCRIPTION RATES \ One year ------- $1.00 3 Six months ------ 60 cents 3 'three months ----- 25 cents. ^ ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion - - $1.00. 1 Every ubsequent insertion - 50 cents. ! Con.. acts for three months or longer j will be nade at reduced rates. ! locals inserted at 8J cents a lfno. ! Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C., MAY 15, 19(3. "I AIN'T NEVER HAD NO CHANCE NOHOW." In the report of the meeting of the Federation of Women's Clubs which was kindly furnished by "Delegate" for the columns of last weeks Times there is mention made of an addreifc made by Mrs. R. D. Johnson, President of tho Board of Boys Industrial School of Alabama. She told of a l."> year old boy's last words as the hangman's nooso was about to be thrown over his head: "Tell tho people I ain't never had no chanco nohow." Here is something for thoughtful people to think upon. The man of kindly heart and of broad, liberal spirit can hardly read these words of the poor, little criminal without dropping a tear. And the query will rise upon his lips: "Do all our boys have a fair chance?" In this great American republic, in this marvelous Cinturyof progress, in this day of rapid advancement in civilization, is it possible that some ef our boys do not have their "chance?" We boast of our civilization, of our schools, colleges, asylums, reformatories, and religious institutions. We point with pride to the largo number of men who have risen from obscurity and poverty to positions of promi: nence and wealth. We say that the United States of America alTords the widest opportunity for the development of gonius; wo boast that our -inventors, our scientists, our artists, oijr literary workers and* our manu./% factoring industries aro rapidly forging to the front in the world's open fields of endeavor. But does every boy?and for that matter, girl?have a fair chance? Is the way to selfrespect and a comfortable living open to every child born into this wonderful free country of ours? After we have praised ourselves, congratulated ourselves and spent all our breath in Taunting the glories of our land, the question still confronts us: "Do all ,our boys have their chances." The fact that men of means are using their money to establish free libraries, endow scholarships iu colleges, found orphanages and improve upon the condition of the poor in the crowded tenement district and the wild rural distriots goes to prove that every boy does not have his chance?not yet. Advance is being made. TJJje effective system of free public schools is being pressed farther out into the needy realms jai^uman life. But there a long distance to be ..^differed before the limit will be _. ? " reached. The law is active in its efforts to give every boy his "chance." It seeks to protect him in the lawful pursuit of his chosen occupation. Rnfc the law. cood in itsolf is nftnn c ? ' impotent to perform .its intended good. We legislate against tho sale of cigaretts to young boys, but cigaretts are still sold freely. The law seeks to restrict the sale of intoxicating liquors, yet the boy3 too often fall into the clutches of tho monster, Strong Drink. The gambling den is, in the eyes of the law, us well as in the opinion of gool men, a thing to be destroyed from the fuce of tho earth. Yet there are many open doors that lead the unwary feet of the unsuspecting youth into tho toils of corruption and vice. Our very liberty, tho glorious inheritance of a noble people, is sometimes turned Into license, and so becomes a trap to catch tho unsophisticated youth. After all, we have to confess that some boys have only half a "chance," some, it is feared, not even that But progress is being made. Let the work of education go on with accelerated movement; let the calm study of our problems be continued; lot the philanthropic spirit probe to the bottom our human needs; let the spirit w s A PARA A certain family moved into The day after their arrival the pars t to the mother: "Madam, I am lo( E company." The woman replied : E and belong to your denomination,! i "Whence are you going from th || the mill of Satisfaction just below 1 1 where you were before you moved I at Cross Boss mills." "And wher Pay mills." "And may I ask, wh stayed three months at Sickly m Down mills and two months at Ha Madam, be not so soon dissatisfied tunity mills pay about as good wa kind; there is good prospect for p water are both good." "We ain't going to Satisfaction mills next your mind is made up. I had ho] of our church workers. I bid you After a few days, parson Qc again. A wagon stood at tho dooi niture. He glanced up just in tin and a broken table tumbled upon old brother Stay Still. "How 1 "Morning, brother Stay Still. Di T Move Quick family?" "O yes, pi T They can't help it, I guess, and I' T old man Move Quick five dollars t< V I can spare that, if he never pays $ with the Opportunity mills, broth & since last May. I started in at tl 9 up to three dollars a day. Quess | year I guess I'll move out on m Snow, and the old woman and I an parson Goodman." "Good day, 1 of the lowly Nazarine continue to work its leaven upon human greed and selfishness; let the spirit of fraternal sympathy spread from heart to heart. The day is comiDg when every boy and girl will have their "chanco." Tho day is approaching when a man who stands in the way of human progress and man's wellbeing will be so thoroughly hated that he will find littlo enjoyment in his riches wickedly gotten and unrighteously used. The day of triumph is coming. False standards arc perishing. Wo are slowly beginning to value tho man above the dollar, and to put a higher prico upon tho spiritual than upon tho physical. May that day hasten its coming! May it come, and coming, bring to every child, boy orgirl, the "chance" that is its right under the laws of fin/1 on/1 man Tf "phnnpfi" ia 1 hen neglected, the sin will bo upon the sinners head, but the skirts of civilization will be clean. THE BATTLE FOR BREAD. The largest army of the world is not made up soldiers dressed In uniform and marchiug under some national flag to the beat of martial music. There is a larger army that any one of the great nations possesses, it is larger than all the armies of all the nations combined. It is the great aimy of bread-winners. It is not only great numerically but straDge ia its composition. Men, women, boys, girls, black, white, yellow?it is a strange medley. How many men do you know that could stop their toiliDg and live a life of leisure if they so chose? Most farmers, merchants, mechanics, professional men, in fact most men of all callings have upon them the necessity of pressing on. They many, 'rave all the necessities of life and many of its comforts. 'jut these are secured by persistently battling on. To stop would mean, in mast cises, the giving up of luxuries and peihaps even some of the necessities of life. There are many others whose daily tiead depends upon the eontinua tion of 1113 efforts of the toiler. To stop moans the loss of food and raiment for his chidlren and the prospect of grim want coming in immediately. If one were asked to point out some hero, seme kingly nature among men, it is probab'e that some great soldier, statesman, or performer of some act ofdaiing would be selected. Yet the true hero, the man with a heart bravt and true as that of the noblest, is tin man that silently shoulders his burden and steadily keeps pace in the great army of toilers. Neither the summer's heat not t lie winter's blasts turn his steps out of the ranks of the great army. He thinks of the wife that is dear to his breast, of t lie babes that have wound their lingers about his heart-stiings, and presses on. With a heart that sings and an arm that strikes, he toils early and lat?, year in and year out. Such a man is a hero, whether his natuo ever geti into txioktt or not MA KK YOVRSE LF THE STANDARD. If every citizen were such a citizeD as yourself what sort of citizenship would we have? If every church member were such a church member as yourself, what sort of churches would we have? If every husband, wife, daughter, son, were built after your pattern, what sort of husbands, I s lBLE. | Opportunity mill settlement. T I! on called upon them. Said he T ( )klng for recruits for the King's T I "Well. I'm a church member J >ut we ain't going to stay here." V I Is place?" "We are going to 9 ( lore." "Pray tell me,Madam, X to Dissatisfaction mills?" "Up m e before that?" "Over at Poor ^ ere before that?" "O yes, we ? ills, and six weeks at Knock x rd Work mills and"? "Pray, X I with our mills. The Oppor- T ces as anv: the bosses areas T romotion and the climate and T 1> going to stay here. We are J week." "Sorry, Madam, that J ped that you would become one ? good day." * iodman passed along that way ? r and was being filled with fur- * no to see a chain with three legs 3 t the wagon. Passing on he met ; are you, parson Goodman?" j | d you ever see the like of that . J irson. Lots of folks like them. J in sorry for them. I just loaned T > get away on. But then I guess T i me." "How long you been t er Stay Still?" "Fifteen years $ le bottom, and worked my way & I'll stay here this year and next 1 y plantation. Its all paid for a pretty well fixed. Good day, k arother Stay Still." X wives, daughters, sons would make up the life of the community? If every man could measure himself by your standard in the observance of law what sort of civic conditions would we have? It is customary for us to measure the follies and failures of others very strictly, while we are slow to give them full credit for the good quulilies they possess. It is also frequently the case that we judge our own faults leniently, but dwell at length upon our own good qualities. Suppose we take a just measurement of ourselves and try to see what sort of a world we should have if what we are should bo taken as the standard. DANGER JN THIS, Tho custom of haviqg an overflow audience in the opera house seated in chairs in the aisles is made necessary by reason of the small seating capacity of the building. But is is a dangerous thing, for the reason that a panic would be a serious matter. If some reckless or mischievous person should raise a false alarm of fire, or should there bo some real danger that was magnified, there would bo many broken heads and perhaps, not a few lives lost. It is amazing what small occaions often give rise to a real panic. The way out of an audience room should be kept clear. It seems that Dr. Crum, tho negro appointed collector of the port of Charleston in vet to have hlo I troubles. He sent in his report for April to the treasury department and now the department refuses to pay him his fees and expenses. If the appointment of Crum had been made when the vacancy occurred, or had his appointment been confirmed by the Senate, there would have been no trouble. But the law upon the subject is as follows: "No money shall be paid from the I treasury as salary to any person apI pointed during the recess of the Senate to fill a vacancy existed while the Senate was in session, and as by law required to be filled by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, until such appointment has been confirmed by the Senate." But Crum, on former occasion, stated that it was not tho money he was after, but the honor of being a federal officer. Perhaps ho does not care for the pay, and is satisfied with "the honors" of the office. When a man works for tho government for the honor of the thing he is either incompetent or hard up for honor. If Crum misses his crumb, he deserves but a crumb of sympathy. Joneayille Jottings. Jonksvillf., May II.?Last Saturday evening memorial services were held at our village cemetery at Gilead church. Kcv. David Ilucks presided, and offered a fervent prayer for God's blessings on the occasion. "Nearer my God to Thoe" was fung by the congregation led by Miss Ktha Humes at the organ. Addresses were made by G. It. Fow ler and W. II. S. Harris, who spoke of tho hardships, perils and sacrifices of the Confederate soldiers, and of the devotion and gratitude of tho faithful, loving women of (lie Confederacy. After tho addresses the song, "We Shall Sleep but not i Forever," was sung, and the benediction pronounced by Rev. Mr. Ilucks. The veterans graves we?e i our o: I. - si || Our new friends started. Now is a g< | spent with us and y II goods. | A Big Line of Two Piece III to 00 miiolr fit 1,111 o " I $4.00, $7.50 and Now is the time I into one of our Serge J at these go quick pric $2.00, $2.50, $3.00," Strouse Bros. Cli y Second to none in qi 'fe make np, finish and f || but not least, the pric< 1 SIO.OO, $11.50, ? 1 $14.00 and $15.00 th S Shoes for H I Our Shoe stock is m and when we sell you i 11)1 in rrminir tt/mi ? \[\\ *" 5A?^5 jwu ^uamjr 1 you style, in giving yo w. ting solid leather, fit, i nj advertisement. jfl WE ALV 1 MUTUAL then decorated by the ladles and girls, and the audience quietly withdrew to their homes leaving the dead i to sleep quietly in their lonely tombs in the city of the dead. Several veterans who wore the gray went to Columbia to the reunion, where they are promised a warm reception in the capital city. Rain is needed just now to bring up the cotton and corn to a stand I and to put much of the hard land yet' not planted in order that the late; planting of corn may be finished. I Stands of the early planting are not good, and will not be, until it rains. Rev. David Hucks filled his pulpit at the Methodist church Sunday a. m. and held a church conference. , Rev. A. A. James filled his pulpit at, the Presbyterian church in the afternoon and administered the sacrament I of the Lord's Sapper. Mr. Charles 0. Allen, of Greenville, loaded thirty-six head of fine beef cattle here Monday from his plantation a few miles from town. These cattle will go to Asheville, N. 0. They weighed thirty-three thousand pounds. Messrs. J. J. Llttlejohn and A. L. Bassett went to Greenville last Saturday on mill business. The ten year old child labor bill that went into effect the first of this month did not affect the' knitting mills here much as only two1 children were turned out by the oper-! ation of the law. Mr. M. R. Sams had a fine mule to die Sunday night with colic. < Mr. and Mrs. D. L. McLaughlin went over Sunday to see Mr. T. J. L.; Under, of Bogansville, who is quite 1 sick. Miss Eddie Greer, of Kelton, and her friend, Miss Blance Boland, of Little Mountain, who is visiting Miss Greer, with Messrs. Richard Fowler and Lonis Garner drove np to Jonesville Sunday on an outing. Mr. 0. II. Foster, of the Union bar, was in our town last week on professional business. A buck negro walked through the streets of our town one day last week with a pistol in his hand and a bottle of liquor in his pocket; he was a , | strange negro and ought to have been ] made to give an account of himself; ' the police did not see him ; the satno night some one tried to enter the dwelling of Mrs. Dr. K. M. Llttlejohn through a window, but Mrs. Llttlejohn was aroused by the noise and war soon up with a pistol in hand and the rascal ran off and Mrs. Llttlejohn sent two bullets after him. No doubt it was the same buck that marched through town with the pistol and liquor. It was too dark for her to teli whether he was white or black. Mr. J. J. Littlejohn left Monday for a trip to Philadelphia. He goes to Charleston and thence by water to Baltimore and Philadelphia. Tblkphoiw. L V ldWKT riCKTO us. will do likewise whei ood time to make the i ou get one hundred > Quite How abont a Suit / OUllO u (t (t u tt ?? t* i* tt (i ii k I $IO. " u " " Our Hi tCoats Has grown es, simply beet iSK.'Si i Stetson Ha "thing K ."no "taSt Crowi i Just stop a: 512.50, our stock e suit- Trousers. Afl T AillAA AM J eii, Muics auu equaled by only a few o a pair of Shoes We five we give you fit, in civin) m style we give you com style and comfort, we ha' VAYS SELL FOR LI DRY GOO LADIES I OXPft wpLSi paimY?shoe O^forapaihtY" poor y (jSHBgj ""^Ask to see Union St / Watching Your .tt Main Street, ___yhd, an m - /cent fc r ENDS j H| n they onoe get tart. A dollar jW cents worth of J? for $5.00. We lire It | ?? 6.00. " " " HI " 7.50. " " " III " 9.00. " " " ft " 10.00. ' " " a at Business , j to be a big thing, || rase we carry a correct stock and price to suit yon. | tft $3 50 and 35. I . [6s 25c, 50c, Si, | i, etc. ' I i Trousers. I ad take a look at J .of Pants and gi Children. ? HH itne larger cities hj yon quality, and f you fit we give | Tort, and in getre in you a living IS cs~co.i i PICNIC pns ? = . ur "" M A 7 (now Mrf 1 3loe_Co.,j ' "1,, 'SSSfeLil 5 wfShoe Intcre^