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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY EilMAY ?juv the? UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Flook Times Building vek Postoffice, Bkll Phone No. 1. L. Q. Young, Maungor. Registered at the Postoflice in Union, 8. C., as second-class mail matter. subsume i iuin ka i ts One year ------- $1.00 9m months ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One sq uare, first insertion - - $1.00. Every .ibsequent insertion - 50cents. Con . acts for three months or longer will be nade at reduced rate3. Locals inserted at 8$ cents a line. Rojected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half ra'.-s. UNION, 8. C., JUNE 5, 15X 3. "The historian and poet is yet to bo horn who will justly tell the world the whole story of the bravery and heroism of the men of iron nerve who composed the Confederate army."? Rev. A. A, James in memorial address. It is a matter of congratulation that so many of our people turned out to hear the address of Rev. A. A. Jamos at the memorial exercises Wednesday, The speech was a capital one, and the spirit that shows appreciation for heroism is one of the sure foundations of a free manhood. mere may do some wao iooj mat a i this talk and oratory and placing of Mowers is unnecessary. There have always been such mercenary spirits in the world. But those who perpetuate our free institutions and in whose hands our liberties arc s.ifc, are those who do not forget to h it.or the memory of our dead heroes. The terrible disaster that devastated Topeka, ^Kansas, hist, week brings to light a fact that has boon demonstrated a thousand times before: There arc heroes everywhere. The brave work of rescue, tlie seifforgetfulness manifested by those engaged in it, the fearful personal risk that many took in trying to save the helpless and the aged reveal to the world the fact that heroes abound. There is another striking tiling b'ought to light by the horrors of the I Moods and fires. In tho full account of the disasters there was mention made of but one looter. Usually there are many of these ghouls following in tho wake of these fearful calamities. They pillcoge houses, rob dead bodies, and commit many j shameful abuses. It is refreshing to : read that in all the upheaval eager.- ! dered by the Topeka Mood in whi h 1 two hundred lives arc I )st and mil- j lions of dollars worth of property de- ; stroyed, there was seen but one brute who thought of his rier-iinnl /Mir' -U. mont and was willing to help it on by robbing the dead, while hundreds were throwing themselves heroically into the work of rescue. Two brothers, John and Bill were on their way to a Baptist association. John said to Bill: "I aint never heard you make a speech; now, I want you to make one today." Sure enough, Bill got up that day and launched into a Hood of oratory. He yelled, foamed at the mouth, mopped olT the perspiration, gesticulated?in short, went through the whole thing, and that too in a way that highly pleased his brother John. . When they got out on the grounds for dinner John said: "Bill I'm proud of you. You did splendid. I didn't know it was in you," To these highly complimentary remarks Bill replied: "Huh! That aint nothin' to what I kin do." Maybe this good brother unconsciously showed what is doubtless pretty deeply rooted in human hearts?conceit. Most Of US havfl lenrnftrl fn hide it from tho world's gaze, but in large or small degree, it is lodged within our breasts. Possibly it was not conceit in Bill. It may have been a confidence born of effort. The young boy tries to learn to swim. It is when considerable < tTort is put forth that ho finally reaches the point, that he is willing to plunge in and trust himself to tho water. Tho moment he does so, he finds that he can swim, and tho act of swimming a few strokes brings into his little breast a flood of confidence and satisfaction. To learn that one Is able, creates within the mind n sense of * ability that readies beyond past i achievements. Doubtless much of the world's progress is owing to this very fact. i e V * i. Al' .. - ? | A PAR^ !A certain woman wlio had beei life hcd the good fortune to come 1 turn of fortune's wheel wrought i For years she had been satisfied to tho home milliner and the home di she possessed of her fortune than i patronize tlie like establishments i heard to remark to a friend not ini her wealth: "Did you ever see {goods as are olTered for sale here a One cannot get a decent dress her* jfc est town in the State." 4. Another ehansre was sunn anm X bvon accustomed to associate with X Being ono of them, she was at hon T her associates many warm friends X ures with willingness, into their s t the coming of riches, came also cli t friends. She would ride by these ^ she had been accustomed to ming] ^ her hea l. She became desirous o Sof the rich, and grew to loathe the lect on hor part caused great surp brfor-1 a great while, aroused theii ^ the following were frequently heai * see tbe like." ".Money makes he X fair lady, we all know you were on T "Did 3*011 see her at the opera hou J such airs?" "Any bod>- can see t y But none of these tilings moved hi v things. In an evil day she was u tallow well nigh all her money to g prise that had been put on foot by & failed, and the money took wings & that she fell into the hardest of si & the rich would have none of her. refused hor a place in their hoar! depth of sorrow and suffering that STAID STIFF F VA FA'J. KY 1. I HI?.' Several years n?ro a small nieture came out in some of tlie papers. The picture showed nn oM sheep, lean t and lank with eyo plashes on hcrj nose and her knitting in her hinds. ! ? I She was seated on a broken down fence and looking out nt half a dozen lambs that were gamboling out in the nearby meadow. One was reared on its fore feet, nnothcr on its hi 111: feet, one was leaping in mid-air, another stood on its head, while various other positions were assumed by the; rest of them. The old sheep was j looking on with a frown upon her faco and underneath the picture were; these words: "We never did th.it way when I was a girl." It is too often the case that older people fur- ;j get that they wore once children. | They have allowed the struggles of j, life to harden them. Now and then I one meets an elderly man or woinv.n ! ; that seems to ho really provoked that " | anybody should he pleasant and i should seem to be having a good . time. These poor souls have had the , j sweets of their hearts turned into vinegar. They are a burden to the world. They carry a cloud with j them wherever they go. They delight, to talk of funerals and fusses and of | the good old daj s that have forever passed. Some of these sober souls \ think it a sin to laugh and have j pulled down the corners of their I mourns uritn tJicy look a fright. These very same sober, solemn sheep were once as frisky lambs us any to be found in the flock. They have forgotten?and, what is worse, grown hard. This is bad for the lambs, and worse for the old sheep. The heart must be kept young. Let grey hairs come, let the body stoop and diminish with the passing of the years, But keep the heart young, i Stay in touch with the young people. Smile with them in their homeless mirth. By doing this you may save them from the real dangers that arise, and will certainly have a more delightful journey yourself. There are old people in the world whose grey hairs do not drive away the children, but on the other hand, seem j to attract them. There are sweet old grandmothers whose ready smile and general sympathy makes the young heart how before them in willing homage. Thero aro dear old grandfathers whoso sereno and subdued gentleness is the delight of children. They can see somo good in the rising generation, and tho rising genoration sees some good in thorn. It is not every one that grows old gracefully, but is a gcodiy thing to do, and gives to age a power and influence over the young that is good to behold. J ONUS VI /, /. H JOTTINGS. Telephone does to New Or lams, (trait Quantities of Rations. Poor Crops?Some llnstliiifi Cities. JrjNKsvru.E, S.C., June 1.?News reached Jonosvi'ile yesterday morn- 1 ing that Mr. T. J. L. hinder, of i Jiogansville, had died quite t-uddcnly I i#- ?8f- -*+4+ -M* ^BLE. \ ~~ I ' n accustomed to poverty all her 1 nto an iuherituueo. This good T nany changes In the woman. T patronizo the homo merchants, T i-essmaker. But no sooner was t she was seized with a mania to * n n neighboring city. She was my days after she had received If such bonnets and such dress t home? I declare, its horrid! ? j. This always was tho pokey- & firent in the woman. She had X poor people in the community. ? 10 among them, and had among T She entered into their pleas- T arrows with sympathy. With * langes in respect to her former $ same former friends with whom ^ le without so much as turning f joining the fashionable society i poor and humble. This neg- ^ rise to her former friends, and keenest hatred. Remarks like d among them : "Did you ever & r a fool." "Never mind, my T ice as poor as a church mouse." T so last night? Did you ever soo ? hat she is not used to money," "j er. She cared for none of these ? rged and gave her consent to * ;o into a largo business enter- ^ Mr. Muehir.oncy. The venture $ and Hew away. Then it was k traits. Jler new friends among ^ Her old friends among the poor ^ ts. And thus she learned the a a friendless life must endure. X early in the morning, which news was as unexpected as it was sad. Mr. Lindcr has relatives and many warm friends in tnis community who ' mourn his sudden death, and tender their sympathy to his beloved family. List Wednesday and Thursday there were good showers of rain in mis community winch tint much good to crops and gardens. Stands of cotton on red ground arc not good, but it is hoped the late rains wijl bring up the seeds in the ground and complete the stands. I did not get in a letter to Tin: Timf.s last week as I did not return from New Orleans in time. I traveled by the Southern ltailway which cirried me by Birmingham and Mobile and I lay over niglrs in these fdaces and also lay over in Atlanta and Woodstock, Ga., on my return. The crops all the way lrom Joursville to New Orleans, except a email belt about Sclma, Ala, are very p? or, much of the cotton crop had just been planted and a great deal of corn land bad not been planted. There is but little wheat to be seen Bong the road and the same can he said of oats. I did see, however, a few line fields of each. The New Oileans reunion hvs been published in the duly papers and read bv the pe pie and is now a thing of the past, but I will say a few things about it and other things I saw on the way. I did not mret many of the Western boys, most of them went to Dallas last year and left out Ne.v Orleans this year. I did meet Messrs. T.ro nnil \vaf.,o ?wv ?<IM II UlUO Pcndergras3 from Arkansas and Texas, Jesso Ilobinson fr>>m Texas, George Buchanan from Indian Territory, W. W. Edge from Alabama, Frank Prince from Arkansas, George Levister, Mr. Powell and Mr. Glenn from the West. These old familiar faces all seem to be well presetved and indicate prosperity. M. B. Lee and G. T. Gault represented Camp Giles of Union, while I represented Camp Boyd of Jones ville. G. C. May, Dr. I. M. llair, J. It. Mathis and C. M. McWhirter. of Union, attended the reunion, also Mrs. Dr. M. W. Chambers, of Joncsville. New Orleans is a large, quaint old city whose business is great, but the city looks old and wanting in modern architecture. I did not see a single sky scraper in the city. The city was more than equal to the task of entertaining the great crowds and the reunion committee surpassed anything I have yet seen in feeding the veterans at uic great mess hall at the fair grounds free of charge. The daily rations consisted of 800 pounds coftec, four tons of fresh meats, six thousand pounds of bread, 3 barrels of sugar, 50 cases of canned goods, 75 sacks of Irish potatoes, 4 sacks of onions, 1,800 pounds of sausage, 2,000 pounds of boiled ham, 315 bottles of catsup, besides prunes and bananas in great quantity, which continued for four days. I mailc a stop over of half a day in Selma, A hi., going, and on the return trip a stop over of hft'f a day in Mobile, two days in Atlanta and two days in Woodstock, Oa. Solum is a nice and wealthy little city of ten thousand people. Mobile is a STu "h 'o I S' M rj Our new friendf m started. Now is a ? spent with us and i I 9ood" j| A Big Line of Two Piec to go quick a I it J }f $4.00, $7.50 am I [ffl Now is the time m into one of our Serg< ijjjl at these go quick pri( | $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, I | Strouse Bros. CI M Second to none in q rfe make up, finish and V but not least, the pric i 810.00, $11.50, $ 814.00 and 815.00 t] I Shoes for I II Our Shoe stock ii }m and when we sell you M in giving you quality |wj you style, in giving yi jg ting solid leather, fit, 1n advertisement. ^ WE AL1 m I MUTUAL I9city of much commerce with 38,000 inhabitant-?. Birmingham is j.n upto-date city of 38,000 inhabitants. Atlanta is always full of hurtling, busy people and numbers her population at 90,000, while the gicat cresent city numbers her mixed population at 287,000. Adjutant General Frost and Col. Morris of the C. S. Regular Army, came here Monday and inspected ~ and mustere 1 into service the Jones- i villc Guards; 2o men were in ranks j and they made a good showing and a i fine impression upon Gen'l Frost and I i Col. Morris. The company have rc-' j ceived their summer uniforms and' were prom!; cl their guns today by Gen'l Frost in a short time. Misses Carrie Southard, Willie Southard and Belle Whitlock, who have been off teaching school, are at home for the summer vacation. Ernest McWhirtor ran down from Spartanburg today to be mustered in with his company. Mr. C. C. Hardin, who has been clerking for J. L. McWhirtor, resigned his position and returned to his home in Chester. Several farmers were in town from the country Monday to see the drill and mustering in ot the company. Telephone. 1 ^ ^ I Free Scholarships. The following scholarships are now open and will be awarded by tho South Carolina Federation of Woman's Clubs: Converse College?Three scholarships, each valued at $100 a jear, for four yens academic work in college. Methodist College for Women, Columbia, S. C.?Oi o scholarship for four j o.irs academic work in college. Greenville College for Women?O te sell darship of free tuition. Tho Southern Kindergarten Training and Normal Institute, Charleston, S. C. O ie scholarship of free tuition for each c unity in the State. The South Carolina Kindergarten As-: sociution Training School, Charleston, ! S. C.?One scholarship of free tuition, j Mrs. I A. Smith's School for Young Ladies, Charleston, S C.?O.m scholarship of free tuition. Alurai ie Club School of Domestic Science, Louisville, Ky?One scholarshin of free I nil ion Clifford Sn>inary, Union, S C.-One t-cholarship of free tuition. Tlie t xamlr.aMons for these scholarships will I).) held in each county July 10th. All applicant must lile their j n.ui.es tMil'wro July 1st with Miss Louisa 1J. Poppkniikim, Chairman Educational 8.C.' Federation of Woman's Clubs, rt 1 Meeting St, Charleston, S. C. DeWltVi a Salva III FRIENDS I TICK TO US. 1 * s will do likewise when they onoe get jood time to make the start. A dollar Ah ^uu ytJi untJ nunarea uouis wumi w* wy *p Suits How about a Suit for $ 5.00. We Have it. fR ?c ouuo M tt 4< 4< <4 6.00. " " " llf ^ <( i? a i< ti 7 ^0 " " II it << it i; ti 0 00 ?* 41 w i $io. ? ? 44 44 io.oo. ' " " jfjl Our Hat Business I to get !(ij 3 Coats Has grown to be a big thing, 111! Jos, simply because we carry a j| flfl large and correct stock and ?R ^ make, the price to suit you. || Stetson Hats $3 50 and 85* k Inthlnrr Other makes 25c, 50c, $1, 3} l0U1,n6 8125, 81,50, etc ||j itilli Crown Trousers. I e Just stop and take a look at j| 812.50, our stock of Pants and tie suit- Trousers. [en, Ladies and Children. I s equaled by only a few of the larger cities 1| a pair of Shoes we give you quality, and j| we give you fit, in giving you fit we give M r... ?1 1 * ^ Ill' i/u sty its we give you comiort, ana in {jet- ttjj style and comfort, we have in yon a living e| WAYS SELL FOR LESS I DRY GOODS CO. I > 1 . T T TTTTTir SUMMER SH OE S. I The kind that ( keeps the feet cool and comfortable. "You know us" ^ Union Shoe Co., Watching Your Shoe Interest. Main Street, Union, S. C. ?? ?????__________mm^, * ' ' ' 'l''