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THE UNION TIMES * PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ?by the? UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Floob Times Building veb Fostokiice, Bell Phone No. J. L. Q. Young, Manager. Registered at the Poatoillce in Union, S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion - - $1.00. Every absequent insertion - 50 cents. Con ; acts for three months or longer will be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at Si cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not bo returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will he charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C., MAY 22, 19' 3. The time has come for greater advance in the country public schools. Retter school houses, more thoroughly competent teachers, more interest on the part of the patrons should mar* the advance in tho country schools. More money is a prime need. Consolidation is, in many cases, necessary. Advance! is the command of the hour. Speak n good word for your schools. 3">o not talk thorn down. There are enemies ready to do that sort of work. Speak a good word for your town. Do not talk it down. There are others ready to do that upon half a chance. Speak a good word for your church and pastor. There are others ready to take tho other side and do the talking down act. Speak a good word in behall of your neighbors. There are others that ure ready to speak for him a Lad word. The Goodman Cycle Co. expect to have on exhibition in a day or two a motorcycle. Mr. Goodman sajs he is going to have an automobile here before the year is out. He predicts that a small carriage or "buck board," as he calls it, will be selling for about two hundred and fifty dollars before another year closes. Let us hopethat Mr. Goodman's prediction \vi 1 como true. Many people would invest in such a priced machine. And tho coming of the low-priced machinewill do much to increase the ell'orts to bring in good roads. It is believed by some of the influential politicians that r. Cleveland has concluded to allow his name to again come up for nomination as a presidential candidate. The unwritten law in this matter has always been that a second term of office marked the end of a presidential office. If Mr.. Cleveland consents to be nominated after having served two terms, he will be breaking away from established custom ; and should^he be for a third time elected, the event will mark another advance toward/ imperialism and a centralized government. This is certainly the trend of our national 1 ifa; whether it be for weal or woe, is another thing. Some of those who are well qualified to judge in such matters, long ago predicted that the ultimate en 1 of a republic government was a mild form of monarchy. What a s ;d end to our fourth of July orations on the glories of our free land ! The suspicious nature is one to 1 e feared. Such people are always seeing something where there is nothing They often feci insulted where no insult was intend?:1. The wrong motive is attributed to a neighbor's acts. There was once a s nail biy passing through a lonely piece of woodland after nightfall. Whan ho reached the loneliest part of the wools lie saw something! There it stool, herd by the roadside! It had an urm, two arms; a head, two. heads; it Bhoo? its long arms menhcingly; it wagged its heads. It moved toward* the boy! Bat by this time the Loj was making hut) to retraoo his step3. Next day he carved others to the territory of his hobgoblin of tl?: night before. There,standing out hard by the roadside was a?huge stump! But a boy whoso imagination can transform a stump into a long thing with heads and arms and give to ii tho power of loeomotion is no more remarkable than a suipicioui man whoso imaglnatiin is busy at work with a neighbors acts or weighing a neighbor's motives. Sjch a man must lead a miserable Jifo. He must Often suffer sharp and needless pangs find groan in impotent rige. { A PAR^ A certain young man dressed i ? wore the latest style coat and h? ? leather. Kid gloves ho could not ? refrain from parting his hair in t % afraid of the sun as a woman is afi ^ cariied a silk Umbrella. Ho hired {stable and carried the girls drivinj ents of fine candies, gold rings am !IIe was admired and petted by n said that Mrs. Many Daughters 1 inc OtiP r>f hpr nlindionf mnlilona ^ especially the books of fashion, ar i way of all such matters. He was ? There were many points upon wh T the parson, lie was somewhat of r occasion he was heard to boldly dl ^ by Judge Lawful. He was a bit < $ theory of the formation of tho e The younger generation of boys a< so far as to almost worship at his 3^ women and the admiration of smt faction to this stylish youth. 1 jj. humor with himself and with all 1 X one strange thing about him. H T spells camo on about once a inont ? days. The strangest thing uboc J attacked him about tho first of th * nervousness; great irritability an ^ theso attacks. Many physicians $ rathor worse of his malady, l)r. k of a useful remedy, but without f Seller, a specialist, also failed t ^ into the hunds of an Indian doc Woman, but even tho Indian doc! i tory conclusion with this strange T things of many physicians, the f another climate that ho thought i y a .d distresses. * **<9 [T1IF, MARCH or I) i: ST IXV. A sober considerfttion of the out lines of human history leads to the conclusion that Destiny plays no small part in the adiirs of men. There are certain great laws which are always operative; there are certain great movements which are persistent and regular in their dcvelopemcnt. The pendulum 111 ly swing backward an 1 forward, but there is an unmistakable regularity in its movements. There is a law controlling its beats. There is a reason for its swinging farther and yet farther in a certain direction, as I hero is reason for each stroke in an opposite direction falling short of the preceding be.'>. The struggle for "States Right" which culminated in the war of Secession is a shining example illustrating these facts. A struggle so manfully entered into, and so bravely persistc-l in, ha3 never beforo been recorded upon the plges of history. It w.13 not the lack of valor nor loyalty to conviction nor lack of skill thit led to the overthrow of the Confederacy. Do.stiny wis at work. The pendulum that m irk ed hum m event.s was swinging \J t? J lit U Ut?IUU\7 UtlUUHUll. XII'J Southern pooplo took an opposite direction and wont down in defeat. It was a defeat from which we withdrew with honor.* that shall en lure to the end of time, but defeat nevertheless. The development of history, the working out of human destiny was moving in the direction of Centrali/at-ion. Individualism was a standing profession of faith, it is true, but it was on individualism that swung towards the unity of tho mass. We have gone still farther in the same lirection ut the present day. There lever was a time in the history of >ur country, nor in the history of the world, for that matter, when so much emphasis was given to individualism. It is individual accountability to the laws of the lanI that mark? tho fundamental inhuman activities; individual elTort that is emphasized as tho basis of success in all life's walks, lint it is also a fact in ouj lay that there never was a stronger onden *y t o merge the individual in the m:us. This is seemingly a strange tiling, but a fact that cannot ho disputed. Combinati ins in business, organization of 1 ibor, centralizing of power?those things plainly mark progression towards the condition that loses tho individual in the larger community. Oar war with Spain, ...11 . D M t t 11/1 i A'l* - ?-l 1 1 *.. / <- ~ / /I - 1 irui (UUiviUy VVII?ilU9 i UC11U Il.tJU, llie I Phil i I pi nes and Cuba point in the direction. M.iy it not bo he development of history, not the <c!iem3 of politician*, thut has put >ur government in line with the governments of the E ist upon at. least one question?Ciloninl government? \[ ly it not lie a fact that Expansion, far from being tlio outcome of designing and unscrupulous men is but the swinging of the pendulum of government in the direction of eentrnli/.itlon? Many believe that it is. Is j it not true, that the very emphasis | that is given to the rights of the individual under our groat government, ^BLE. | in the height of fashion. He J it and his shoes were patent T dispense with, nor could he T he middle. He was as much ? * raid of a mouse, and so, always % [ the best horses from the livery if He made his best girl pres- $ I i beautiful bouquets of flowers, jfe I lany fair young women. It is X lad her heart set on his marry- * I He road all the latest books, ^ id could talk in an interesting T somewhat of a theologian, also. T icli he differed from the views of T n lawyer, for on more than one $ issent from the opinion rendered * )f a scientist, also, for he had a * arth that was quite startling. I imired him greatly, oven going ]p feet. The praise of beautiful ? ill boys gavo very sweet satis- i re was usually in the best of X the world. There was, however, X e had periodical spells. Those I h, and lasted for two or three T it them was that they always J e month. Ho was seized with T d deep moroseness characterized ? had treated him, but he grew * Taylor gave him several doses $ b any lasting effect. Dr. Shoe jfllE o benefit him. Finally ho fell * tor, by the name of Washer ? ;or failed to reach any satisfacpatient. After suffering many j. poor sufferer moved away to X night help him of his troubles T 1 ?* -WJ- *?>??> *?> ?* 4*> ? liberties that enable him to amass great wealth?is it not true that this Rnmfl f>mnhnaia roanllc 5 t* 1 v ftvguito 111 vnw 1JGV/USJO' ity of consolidation when onee the great wealth is in the power of the individual? "Extremes meet," and individualism projecting itself far out in the realms of human' activity merges into centralization Some prophets have already prophesied that the very power and responsibility coming with tho management of mighty enterprises will ultimately lead to governmental control of railroads, coal mines, and no telling | what else. Why should the government have absolute control of the i mails any more than absolute control of tho railroads? Much could he said in favour of there being j ist this ownership of railroads on the part of the government. Anyway, it is im- 1 possible to escape the conviction that we are moving towards that [condi- I tion. How far will the pendulum ' swing? No one can know what other force3 are in operation, nor what ' will bo the out come. Vet it ' is impossible to escape the conviction 1 that "there is a divinity that shapes 1 our lives, rough hew thein how wo 1 nay." And this is applicable to tho 1 I i ta nolUni, .11 < 1- - - < ttv 4 vuj ijituuuo an nru us ni'j Jliu of the individual. The wiso thing 1 to do is to get in line and swing with the pendulum so for as morul right 1 will allow. Many of the bravest he- ' roes of the Civil war now boldly dc- i elnre that it would have been best ! for the So.uth to have accepted Liu- ' coin's olTer to buy the slaves and to 1 have settled the question without re- ' sort to arms. 1 # i A YOUNG MANS I roc NUT BOOK. , An empty pockeb makes a depen- J lent man ; a full pocket mukes an in* * i dependent one. There is a great dif- j ferenco between the conditions ^ narked by theso two extreme3. A j full pocket opens the door of opp>rtunlty; an empty one shuts the j loor of opportunity. In the groat vorld of business money is a mighty lever. The young man has his vis- j ions, lie sees himself at the head of some great establishment. Hodrenms ; of the transformation that is to take i place by which ho is to rise from the . lowly position he occupies to one of . prominence. The hopo f hat possesses his heart is a cheerful cm 1 inspiring . thing. There is the pleaslog prospect of independence, a home of his own and free scope for the projection of his activities in the world of endeavor. But there is one thing that many young men fail to consider: it takes i money to change tho abstract ideas into concrete results. It tikes . money to focus the rays of hope into one penetrating (iro that is able to transform thoughts into action. It requires money to Carry on a mercantile establishment, to build a cotton mill, to operate a farm. The young 1 man that is no-.v serving his nppren- { ticeship in p,o:ne position that is ( humble will find that whon ho gains i sufficient knowledge to enable him to ' b gin operation on his own responsi- ' bility cm of the paramount needs louTo i s |ij Our new friendi i((j> started. Now is a { spent with us and : || goods. | | A Big Line of Two Piec to go quick a j| $4.00, $7.50 an IIIII 111 Now is the time 11% into one of our Serg Ml at these go quick pri< | $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, I Strouse Bros. C [to Second to none in c rjra make up, finish and |ljl but not least, the pri( m 810,00, $11.50, m 814,00 and 815.00 t i j I . L? GVl AflO frtT) 1 n unvoo iui II w Our Shoe stock i Iff and when we sell yon jffl in giving you quality |] you style, in giving y fig ting solid leather, fit, III advertisement. | WE AL MUTUAL will bo money. It therefore behooves the hopeful young man to begin tho process of accumulation. To become possessed of the idea that some happy ! bum of fortuno or some fond kinsman will furnish the money .when the need eomos, is a foolish d>*eain that is not likely to bo realized. It is [a universal law in the experience of men that tho man who helps himself secures the help of others, while the mnn that refuses to help himself finds f others unwilling to extend a helping hand. A man 011 tho crest of tho ' wave nas nme amicuity in swim-' ming, whilp the man under its bilows has great difficulty in rising to the' surface. Money is not everything in j success; nor does the accumulation, of money always mean success. The miserable slave whoso heart Is con*[ stantly being eaten out with greed j for gold is a shame to the name of j mankind. But within its proper, hounds, and in the hands of a man , vith sane ideas, it becomes a noble j lelpcr. Let the young man save his ! money. Let him cut oil the useless md often harmful, habits. Let him earn that a spendthrift is no better ban a miser, perhaps not as good, het him learn that there is evil in prodigality. There are few facts in he life of a young man that contrib- ; ite more to his self-rospect and pros- j pect of success than that of having in account in a good savings bank, j | The young man who is always howl-j ng about the capitalist oppressing 1 abour needs to learn that ho is fish- j ng in the wrong stream if he expats ^ o fifltfih nnvt.Kino wnrllt mliiln Mn ? - o ..w.v.. XW , ! loubt money is often used to oppress j he poor. Hut there is also the yoke )f bondage that the improvident m.in j j Dat8 upon his own neck. Besides, vhen a man gets a few dollars ahiad ind owes no man, he has joined the ranks of the capitalists. It is to bo loped that tho ranks of tho capitalsts will bo greatly increased, while he ranks of tho great army of improvident mortals will bo greatly diminished. Take "just a mile" of Uamou's Tonic Itegulator nigh ly, and you will ba pleased with the effect. That tired, sxhaus'cd fuelling will disappear, there will be no causa for headaches, pain in Lhfc bank or ai.lo. When tin org ma are in a healthy state one has no cause toi complaint, and that is just the s'ato a systematic use of H ?nion'.s Tonic ll-gulator will produce. 2> eta. Sold by Union l)iug Co. Lb FRII TICK TO US. s will do likewise wher jcod time to make the s you get one hundred < le Suits How about a Said i << <t <( << i ?? << ?? <( I d $10. 44 " u 44 ( Our He to get e Coats Has grown ces, simply beca ?600- ix&t p Stetson Hal lotting tiH .150 Sffit Crown !e Just stop ar 812.50. our stock he suit- Trousers. IT T _ J" - _ - l- l leu, Letuies ana1 s equaled by only a few ol t a pair of Snoes we give ; we give you fit, in giving ou style we give you com1 , style and comfort, we hai WAYS SELL FOR LE DRY GOO LADIES \ AVPA uatu DA!NTV<SH0E O^roRAPAiNry* /=^S\ FOOT. . I ' ? ? . ~ i I '^Ask to see Union Sh Watching Your Sh< Main Street, i SNDSI ' i they onoe get start* A dollar h merits worth of ? or $ 5.00. We have it. " 6.00. " " " fn 7.50. " " [H 9.00. * " " " H " 10.00. " " " S it Business I to be a big thing. |l use we carry a # orrect stock and W rice to suit you. |j ;s $350 and $5- ?f es 25c, 50c. , etc. Trousers. I id take a look at 1 of Pants and | Children. I : the larger cities H you quality, and % :you fit we give |||) fort, and in get* 1 re in you a living DS~TSo. ? ?ICNIC RDS | ?? 1 :==* I u t X ' r thein.^3*^' oe Co., )e Interest. Union, S. C.