The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 29, 1903, Image 4
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UNION, 8. C., MAY 20, lfX 3.
The inan that does his own thinking
is none too common, but he deserves
the commendation of worthy
people. We may diller widely with
him, we may reach conclusions altogether
nntagnostic to his, but we
cmnot help feeling admiration for
him. He is n powerful factor in
shaping events, and outlining policies.
Men are often unconsciously
influenced by him, as he is himself
unconscious of the power he is exerting
over others. And it is when a
man impresses a community with his
sincerity that his influence reaches
farthest. It is impossible to be
brought under the influence of such a
life and not feel its power. Too often
men jump to conclusions. The process
of mental activity that leads to
secure results is too slow and too
toilsome for them. They are consequently
under the necessity of often
reversing their conclusions. They
must of necessity jump often and far.
They become adepts in mental gymnastics.
They are but foot balls
kicked back and forth by tickle public
opinion. They arc like falling
leaves driven by the ever changing
wind. There must be very little satisfaction
in such a life. No small
degree of humiliation must often
wumess their minds. But the
and prepares to 'starrtf .worked out |
assaulting force. He can hold up his
head among his fellows and dare look
the world in the face.
Somehow one cannot help feeling
that the world is not altogether just
nhji it enouia De. .Not that the
world in itself is out of joint, but
some things involving the well
being of humanity are not what they
should be. Last winter, when coal
was selling at such exorbitant prices
in the North, especially in large cities
like New York, there were thousands
of shivering, hungry people among
the very poor. Crowded in tenement
houses, thronging the slum sections
of the great cities this great mass of
suffering human beings presented a
picture that touches the hardest
heart. Strange that there should be
thousands thus shivering with the
cold while even in Union Couty there
are sections where the timber lies
upon the ground and rots, or is piled
up and burnsd as trash that it may
be gotten out of the way. How
would it do to try the experiment of
bringing people to the fuel instead of
ending fuel to the people? If some
philosopher with instincts of philan'
thropy can show us how to get deserving
pocr people, people who arc
willing to work, *od who are living
in the crowded districts of groat
cities to take possession of our unsettled
and undeveloped lands in the
South, he would confer a great blessx
- -
mg on numanit3*. What would somo
poor little waif of the dark slams
In a great city think if he could hit 1
down before a great open fire-place 1
and warm himself before n rouring 1
log fi re? What would this small ur- j J
chin think if he could get out in the
woods and roam the open fi -lds and ! J
catch the breath of flowers? And j 1
this not in some green park with a 1
few trees and flowers, but. a real for- ^
est of oak and pine? Perhaps Mr. j
Rockefeller or Mr. Carnegie might f
find something for stored up wealth u
to do along this line. The day will ' j
come, let ns hope, when some man g(
of millions possessed of the desire to 1 d,
help mankind, will not only operate ' j>
on the plan that brings Borrirlhing to ' lo
the people, but also on the plan that, ki
pringn the people to something. gi
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! A PARA
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A certain wiso men determined
[ seek for a contented man. Dressec
F wont forth upon a journey. Soon ]
^ the roadside under the shade of a g
fe grim, "Would you mind telling an
k nntv onornnrintr rnnr ir\in. 1?" Tl.o
r MV" v"b"b"*b J
K thinking of those rich lands out in
^ a farm thero instead of here in the:
| on, the traveler came up with two
? tion. Being invited to join the c
^ learned that they were in a wrai
T whether the life of a doctor or tbRt
T opportunities. One of the disputa
a doctor. The doctor stoutly mail
* better profession, while the lawye
* doctor was the man to be congratu
% the pilgrim separated with these <
% gone only a short distance when h
^ look upon. The sweet simplicity
^ grace of her movements charmed I
"Sweet child, come put your hand
? of your heart." With the faith o
A a dimpled hand in the hand of the
T said, "I am weary of this country
T dwell in a grent city and dress In
J the handsome curriuges and study
* of fashion." With a saddened fai
It the course of time ho came into a
ithe meaner streets he came at last
which stately mansions were ereel
one of them he walked up to the c
{cried servant came to the door. '
mistress of the mansion. The sc
? sending him away when a woman
T came from within ready for a dri
t attracted her; she paused a mom
r ganc pariour una inquired wnat
T am seeking for a contented htunai
cune to the wrong placo. I am u
| of society, of dress, of driving?
^ world is so very dull. It drives n
jjf my weary life." The pilgrim pas
? Many henrts opened to tell him o
i: told him that the grace of coin
x within. At Inst, weary and sad, 1
? Inge where ho abode. Entering i
? moved and ho was heard to say:
J human hearts, and all the world i
I _ _
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COMMENCEMENTS A.
ABOUT TO COMMENCE.
One of our exchanges recently used
the phrase that stands at tlie head of this
article. It is not that it is fraught with
so great weight of wisdom, nor that it I
can lay claim to newness of life that it.
is here reproduced. There is nothing'
TC?sCi?'ondQlful about it, nor is th?rp
mind. One instinctively'"draws' a
and begins to feel thirsty and warm
For the average commoncoment is m >st.
assuredly rather <1 rv :ind fuilc n?l
come off during a spell of warm weather.
Ice wafer, a multitude of fans, dry
speeches, long seimons and music that
the majority of the audience fails to
understand, mix up in ones thoughts in
spite of everything. The one redeeming
thought is the hopefulness of young
I.earls that throb with great purposes.
"The sweet gill graduate" or the hoi>o
ful young man standing upon thethreshiiold
of life's stirner activities presents
an interesting picture. And, lest som?
one should be led into supposing that we
are lacking in appreciation for these, be
it said that the gruduat", male or female,
is of absorbing interest. Indeod, it is
the interest that attaches to the graduate
tiiat leads people to endure all else tvat
goes to make up a commencement occasion.
Take out the admiring fijends,
fond parent? and relatives of tin young
men and women and there would he
Jrft but a handful to attend the exercises.
Let not the preacher and orator on such
an occasion, It itier themselves thi.t their
coming has brought together so many
people. They would have come no
matter who had been elected to speak.
Rut one should not be too harsh in
judging these dispensers of knowledge
ar.d of eloquence. They pre hard
pressed, no doubt. Where, in all the
range of human thought, can he Q id a
new subject to present V What new
phase of life am he open up to the1
hearers? Let him choose a tejft for his1
sermon and about the time he has gotten
half through with the sormans preparation
he may see in some newsoaier
Account the identical text, and perhaps;
some of hia veiy thoughts, set down in j1
cold type. Let him choose a subject for 11
a couamencemjnt address, and too often '
the same thin# happens. Tli >y are to 1
xs pitied, these perspiring orator?, ]
L'bey should be j idged leniently. A i
ounc man was heard to make tlie re- i
| 1
nark: "I never heard but one com- t
nenceinent. s>rmon in ray life tint la it y
be preacher preached the gospel.." B
'hat was }? ) baps a too severe criticism
bit it is too of.en true that tlie preacher
eels Irmself under the necessity of gojg
out into the Adda of sclenco or art.
Ie too often pint ges into the Add of n
icul.u literature and makes too small a ft
raft upon the literatyra that h sieved, j 'r
irhaps he ft els that in sp iakin to p>l-'l?'
gc girls and Iwys he must show some }<
row ledge of science and art, ami muat'ej
vc his hearers something that will aya-^wi
lBLE. I I
within hiaisolf that he would T
I in the garb of a pilgrim he
lie camo to a farmer sitting by v <|
reat oak. "Sir," said the pll- t i]
old man the thoughts that are $ 1
farmer replied: "I was ju9t $ I
Texas and wishing that I had ^ ij
3e less fertile hills." Passing jjc ji
st angers in earnest converse- j
ompany, he did so, and soon ^ |
ngle over ^the question as to a I
. of a lawyer afforded the better T j;
nts was a lawyer and the other T 1
itained that the lawyer had the J i
r as stoutly argued that the T
dated. At a fork in the road *
two dissatisfied men, but had ^
e came upon a maiden fair to $
of her face and the unconscious ^ !
the eye of the aged philosopher. s
L in mine and tell me the desire | I
f a child she came and placed ?
i stranger. "My father," sho a
life. I should so much like to I
beautiful garments and ride in T
music and art and be a woman J
ce, the wise man passed on. In T
i great city. Passing through ^
b to a beautiful terrnee upon $
Led. Selecting the handsomest $
loor and rang the bell. A liv- $
L'he aged man asked to see the ^
irvant was upon the point of ?
dressed in the costliest raiment i
vo. The face of the old man a
ent., invited him into her ele- X
his mission was. "Madam, I T
11 being." "Then, sir, you have T
tterly miserable. 1 am weary T
-in short of everything. The *
ne almost mad when I think of fl
sed out and resumed his search. $
f their lack of peace, but none
Lcntment had found lodgment ^
tie retraced his steps to the vil- ^
nto his humble home, his lips *
"Contentment dwells not in X
s mad." '
*
h 4* <* 4*1+**>4+4+ft
tain his leputatioa for being a scholar and
a wise man. Wight here is the mistake.
These girls and boys have for years
| been digging at the same things. They
no:d a change, A sweet, simple, gcspei
I sermon would strike into their hearts,
while all this scientific, artistic, bookish
, dissertation falls upon unheeding ears.
Mo3t of the sermons and many of the
orations given to commi ncem? nt. audiences
are too heavy, too long and too
it'om is*no remedv.
the coming one will be as the preceding
one and the ono that preeeeded that.
And the audiences will continue-to wander
through the barren wasto< for the
privilege of getting a look at the charming
young woman and the buoyant young
man reaching for their dep'oinas.
WHAT BRINGS SUCCESS.
Some time ago a certain advertisement
of a large business concern fell
under the eye of the writer. Among
other sentences, this one, In display
type., caught the eye and attention :
"Keeping everlastingly at Jt brings
success." The thought is passed on
to others. There is something in it;
very much iu it. No one thing
| brings success, No one rule'is a
suiTieient guide to success. But
persistence is no small factor in the
problem. It is not the runner that
makes a spurt now and then, but the
man with steady gait that will get over
the most ground. It is pot the student
that is sei/ed by a. devouring
thirst for knowledge on^ day, and
follows the day's work with a week's
idleness that will develop Into a
scholar. It is a steady pull that
hauls Jhe load. A jerk breaks the
traces. Many a man has failed when
success was almost within his grasp.
There came a letting up, a surrender,
when but a few more dnyior months j
would have brought the reward. 1
Rest, recreation, we must haf^J
there be a persistent rf^ff1ar|ty/ la* \
both reat and labour. Hind the just <
balance apd keep up the/proportion, \
But do not forget 1 he words of the |
advertisement, for the;* apeak the ]
inn : i\eeping ever! aatingly at It 11
brings success." Ask (be musician, |
painter, writer, merchant, banker,*
lawyer, doctor, preach**, .farmer?- <
tnd tho answer will *|0>w. that the {
>ower to hold on, persls&K'llppttak -ft
ion entered lirgoly as a factor WU
ihatever pf snpces|)*ti?t j$
attained. ,] ^'P
; AN HASY TKUU). f
It. Is nn easy matter to see how a *
inn's blunders could s havo been
voided after his acts have respited
\ failure. It Is an oaSjtffttlftg to See
nw foolish somo man fiMbeen when m
:<u are able to make afrpoab morteip <'*
Lamination. It is ejUy' to tjnd fault j"
kh thiij ia authority and; It ap- Oi
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) Our new friend
'() started. Now is a \
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M DMCUV vv At**. Wk> h**vi
iiu goods.
| A Big Line of Two Pie
to go quick e
$j $4.00, $7.50 an
|! Now is the time
ifei into one of our Serg
M at these go quick pri
I $2.00, $2.50, $3.00
I Strouse Bros. C
M Second to none in
n make up, finish and
|j but not least, the pri
810.00, $11.50,
|: $14.00 and $15.00 '
I Shoes for]
J Our Shoe stock
$| and when we sell yo
|f| in giving you qualit;
al you style, in giving ;
I?, ting solid leather? fi
Ijj advertisement.
Ill, WE Al
| MUTUAL
pears to an onlooker that he wouid j
ftA.ttipiy have had more wisdom,
could do better if he had affairs in
h'fs hands. Most people are quick to
pass judgment upon the acts of public
Tnen and can see a great many
things that they suppose they could
have Improved upon. Ihero is one
consideration that such hasty judg-'
ment loses sight of. It forgets that :
it has had the result of experience,'
while the original actor had to face
the question without the teachings
of experience. After a man has met
a calamity it is ouite aasv to see that i
his act was unwise. fiat If you had
had to face the problem first hard
would you have acted with any more
wisdom? That is .tbe. question. And
when put in that light one is led to
be slow in passing adverse criticism
upon tho othty fellow. If people
could be made to put the matter in
that light, we should hear less criticism
of all public servants, nnd the*
judgment pronounced upon them
would more likely be in harmony
with justice and righteousness. The
fellow that stands by and points his
finger in scorn and aays, <'I told yon
so," ought to have his mouth Jilled
with sawdust?his hoad is already
full of it.
.Recently a writer in one of our religious
papers gave an rrtlde of considerable
length In which ho urged
upon parents the necessity ofusirg
uifcrod. porttmiM* theye arose two
or maehampians U>r the opposite i
view: These opposers of the ase^of
the rod urged that there was no need
to resort to torporil punishment'.
Love, they said, shoul 1 bo t h paarnk
>7 which the disobedient child should
>o controlled. The opposition to the
ise Of a switch to brirg the rebellious
?)iid to submission is regarded as
tartaric. Bat is it so in feet? Love
S the very thing that inflicti punishdept,
for true love looks to the ultl- "
sate good pf the objeot love 1. In
his day of flimsy sentimentality it
akei a stout heart to cpho) 1 the old
Irne view that a floggl.gta goo I 'in [I
cason.
Made * AUainA [|
"n.mof Pr. King's New fMfc pills
w;h night for tv? o Weeks hue put dts*in ,
v'terns'npnin ' writes p. II. Ttirrpw'
Pcmpspytown, Pa. Thov're th ; bein ' J
the'vnrid for Live1-. - Stomach and
?wole Purely vegetable. Never g; pe.
al'y, 25c at F. C. Duke Drug Store. ?.
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>LD FRI
TICK TO US.
s will do likewise whe
good time to make the
you get one hundred
rp Suits H?w al)0Ut a
it (? M M
(< (t il it
<? it . It il
d $10. " " " "
Our H
^Coats Has grown
ces, simply bee
nn large and
, $o.uu. make, the
Stetson Hs
Mofk'.nrr Other mal
/lOthing $125, $1.5<
quality, n
fit, last wOW
ce Just stop a
812.50. our stock
the suit* 1 Trousers.
Hen, Ladies and
is equaled by only a few <
u a pair of Shoes we give
rr ttto rritra wati fif in niwir
J "O 5i?0 UV| 1U KITH
you style we give you coi
t, style and comfort, we hi
.WAYS SELL FOR L
DRY G0(
SUMI
SHO
The kind the
/"keeps the 1
and cor
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"You kno\
Union Sh
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^Main Street,
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ends! :
n they onoe get
start. A dollar {ll1,
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cenis worm 01 ra
ffor $ 5.00. Wc have it. $;
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44 7 . 50. 44 4 4 44
9.00. 44 44 44 U
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at Business I
l to be a big thing, J
ause we carry a $
correct stock and ?
price to suit you. j
its $350 and $5- |
kes 25c, 50c, $1, a)
3, etc. |
n Trousers. |
ind take a look at !
of Pants and |
Children I
of the larger cities I
> you quality, and f
igyou fit we give |
nfort, and in get- f
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