The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, June 12, 1903, Image 4
THE UNION TIMES
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UNION, 8. C., JUNE 12, 1903.
The editor acknowledges an invitation
to be present at the closing exercises
of the College of Charleston
to be held Tuesday evening, June 1(1.
This commencement marks the close
of one hundred and seventeen years
that the college hasboen In existence.
Let the citizens of Union extend
help to the helpless at Clifton and
Pacolet. It will bo well bestowed.
Thk Unioh Times will gladly forward
to the proper authorities any amount
left in its custody for that object.
Any of the banks will, no doubt, do
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require great haste: it is rather a
case that promises to be long drawn
out. Thousands thrown out of employment;
hundreds left destitute.
Help has been extended, but more
help is needed and will be needed for
a long time to come.
There will be great need for help
being extended to those at Pucolet
and Clifton upon whom disaster has
fallen. There is a sympathetic cord
in the heart of humanity that fails
not to vibrate in response to human
need. The quick response of one
community is an inspiring thing.
The world was not always as reudy
to show this spirit of helpfulness.
In olden times a calamity was old
before neighboring communities
heard of it. Means for forwarding
the help were also nothing like our
modern means of sending help. Civilization
is advancing. Emphasis is
being placed upon the debt that one
human soul owes to another and
every other one. The spirit of the
lowly roan of Nazareth is permeating
the leaven of humanity. Here is
perhaps the true, at any rate the
chief, course of the humane spirit
that marks this age. Think of one
community in Turkey sending sympathy
and financial aid to some smitten
community ! This fraternal helpfulness
belongs to the Christian nations,
and to them alone.
"A Chicago school teacher has declared
Shakespeare to have been a
vulgar punster. No reputation is
safe when the Chicago professors
take the field."?Spartanburg Journal.
This despicable spirit of vandalism
is not confined to Chicago. In every
community to the needs of another
community there must needs be
some senseless cattle?men and women
in name?brutes in reality.
Nothing that is holy is safo in their
hands. The long life of useful service
and worthy honour does not
awaken in their breasts the least
pleasurable emotion. Thoy arc ever
ready to pull down a lofty reputation,
yet have little to lose themselves.
They do not hesitate to invade the
sacred precincts of the human heart
and cast in bitterness and corruption.
These envious souls nr.
marked by mental mediocrity and
abounding conceit. They often pose
In the armour of Saul but fall to impress
any body with their greatness.
They may draw on the lion skin, but
when they attempt to do the roaring
act every one realizes the voice to be
that of a very harmless and silly animal.
Attempting to pull down a
great man's reputation and fame is
auch cheap work! Any ignorant
bnmpkin is at liberty to engage in
the despicable undertaking, but must
take the consequences of his own
acts. He must bear the contempt of
the fair minded and true men among
his fellows. i
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| A PAR/
* There.was once a man in sore
T in Hoods and flames. A certain n
* help in the time of affliction. He
$ exclaim: "Shocking!" "Terrible
a, other like expressions. But no cl<
M he send forth to bless the noor ma
$ subscription list was handed him.
? got to educate my own children.
A does not provide for his own is wo
X satisfied his conscience and twist?
X their real meaning and spirit to <
T often change. Time brings many
T life of an individual. It so happe
T less man refused to aid his neighl
T come upon him, he was making a
J ity. Upon his journey he fell s
$ grievous, and he was carried into
x back to life. The good man of th
dren gave'him every attention t
A grew better of his sickness he begi
A who had showed him so great kln<
x before," he muttered to himso
X friend?" he asked. "Iam Wisto
I from the old 8teep Bottom comm
T befriended man realized that he 1
T from the hand of the man that he
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THE MONUMENTS
THAT ENDURE.
There is something in every human
heart that craves remembrance. The
idea of aniliilatinn in ronulnive and
exceedingly abhorent to the normal
mind. To be remembered after we
have passed behind the thick cloud
that bounds the confines of our earthly
existence, to leave behind some
mark that will endure, is an impulse
bom of the higher naturo of man.
It is this same desire that is responsible
for much of the advancement of
the human race. Men love to do,
not alone because of tho reward in
money and the securing of a comfortable
ease, but also- because of the
instinctive dread that most men feel
at the thought of being forgotten.
This motive enters largely into the
song of the sweet poet, the wonderful
musical composition of the musician,
the deep theory of science
evolved from the brain of the scientist,
the beautiful picture of the
skilled artist, the mighty engineering
schemes of the great builders and
every other activity of human mind
and hand. How shall we build so as
to accomplish the end desired? The
miahtv rillprs r?f "F.rrvnf. hnSlt. areaf
o? ?oj rv M%44,v B'vwv
pyramids. A few scholars have succeeded
in deciphering here and there
a name of some one of these great
builders. Their very history has
perished from the earth. Fire destroys
the great books, the wonderful
pictures, the magnificent buildings
produced by human hands. Time,
the great enemy of all human creations
is over at work seeking to blot
out the product of human genius.
War and famine and Hood are all in
league with Father Time in his efforts
to efface the work of man. It is not
then in books nor paintings nor in deep
works of science, nor upon tablots of
stone, nor shafts of marble that a
man finds the sure medium of showing
to succeeding generation the
mighty thoughts and deeds of his
brain and heart. There is a passage
in the Bible that throws light upon
this, as well as every other question
of human experience. In the third
verse of the third chapter of second
Corinthians the thought is advanced
by the writer that Jesus Christ wrote
his message to the world "not in
tables of stone, but in fleshy tables
of the heart." And, whether men
receivd it or not, here is the truth in
the whole mattor under discussion.
Write you message to posterity upon
human hearts, not in grnnito and
brick and marble. Strange it is, but
true: the message transmitted from
your heart to books, stone, costly I
buildings, works of bronze, brass or
iron will fade from sight and be
swallowed up in the shadow of the
succeeding years. Write in human
hearts and the message is widened
and deepened with the rolling of the
years. After all, llesh is more enduring
than marble or bronze, for it is
endowed with feeling. It can trans,
mit your throbbing message to other
throbbing hearts. It has the warm
spirit of life. The only message that
will endure all calamities is the message
that is written iu blood. Do
not hold up your hands in horror at
this statement. Every movement
forward made by the human race has
been purchased at the price of blood.
Blood paves the shining way that
marks the steep incline that leads to
the enduring house of fame. Men
must needs die before they can save
to that which is higher and nobler in
human achievement. Blood.marks
Bpeak a language that is universal.
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distress. He had lost his all J
eighbour refused to send forth T
stood afar off and was hoard to T
i!" "What a pity!" and many $
athing, no food, no money did S
in in his day of adversity. A m
This he refused to sign. "I've X
The Bible says that a man who * I
rse than an infidel." Thus he i
)d the Holy Scriptures out of g
io it. But the affairs of men ?
revolutions in even the short T
ed that years after the heart- T
bour in the distress that had T
journey in a distant commun- T
lick. This sickness was very *
an humble home and nursed *
e house and his wife and chil- I
ind every kindness, When he **
in to study the face of the man *
Iness. "I must have seen him i I
if. "Who are you, my good X j
r Workman, and moved here X
unity." Then it was that the I
lad received all this kindness T
had once refused to help. J
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You write in books with ink and pen ;
the messago falls upon unheeding
eyes and ears; or at but a few will
ever be ablo to read the message.
Write in characters of blood and you
write in the universal languago of
mankind. The language of blood,
paradoxical as it may seem, is the
language of love. Blood and love?a
devoted human heart?is the one enduring
table upon which to write
1 your message to mankind. All the
world will then understand and read
and be blessed. Nor will the world
forget the message, nor will it forget
the sender of the message.
THE CATASTROPHE^
AT THE CLIFTONS. I
The story of the great flood, still the j
absorbing topic of interest in Spartan- |
burg, does not grow better or brighter
as the minute details point, the most interesting
fact connected with the great
disaster is the completeness and ac- I
curacy of the story gathered at the I
beginning. It was complete and yet
communication was entirely cut off with
the stricken territory and reporters had
to depend largely on the uncertain moc e
of shouting across the turbulent waters i
of Lawson's Fork for the facts. j
Mr. O. C. llodgers, one of the line type
operators of The Herald was the
second newspaper representative who
landed on the other side and notwith- J
standing the fact that it was almost his J
first experience, that he bad to get over '
the roaring stream in a small boat, valk F
ten miles, ride a horse part of the way 1
in a blinding rain, there is little to be
added to the story he got Saturday night 1
in regard to the conditions at the Clif tons. J
Today two reporters went over the 1
ground and investigated conditions more 1
thoroughly. It is still impossible to (
reacli Clifton except by boat and travel .
from one mill to another is difficult, but 1
until you have viewed the ruins, and 1
talked with the people you cannot form 1
an adequate idea of the situation.
On horseback we made the trip to
Glendale and started to cross when (he
horses mired almost to the bridles in the .
quicksand. We had to resort to the
boat; and, leaving the horses hitched on ,
this side the river, we made the journey
afoot, a distance of about live miles to (
No. :i. <
In the valley between No. 1 aud No. 3. ,
lately Qlled with two long ro wa of cot- !
tagea out from which bright faces and
scores of happy children would .greet the !
passer-by, there was a veritable desert of
sand. Not a tree left standing, not a
house.
In the midst of the desert of wbito
saud stretching out like a prairie, a doz (
en men were clustered O.ia was digging
and we imagined that perhaps some \
loved one was being unearthed. The '
men were silent and disconsolate. They
did not seem to notice our appro ich, but '
kept on watching the man who was dig- !
ging. Investigation showed that this
old man was delving into the foundation *
of his former home. Two feet under 1
the sand ho found a wire bed spring '
and lie was carefully pulliug the mud J
out of the springs. He could have found '
a dozen springs on the hillsides, but it
was the last remnant of his home, and
he tugged away to reclaim it. lie said i
he had found a monkey wrench and a 1
bat pin, and he prized tiion highly.
AN EYR WITNESS TALKS
Night Watchman W. H. Khinehart !
on duty at No .'1, had made his rounds
at 'I a m. At that time the river was
20 feet high He was standing near a
corner of the mill at 4:30 when a large .
tree floated over the dam and plunged .
through the boiler room roof into the
room below. This fl >oded the machine
shop and boiler room and this part of the
building began to crumble. At this ,
point the (lam gave way and the power
house was swept away. Next a corner
of the old mill gave way.
Mr. Ithinehart run up the bank to get
a safer and better view of tiie scene and
upon turning be saw the smoke stack go
down with a crash. In ten seconds
after this and about 10 or 12 minutes
from t.lift timA f.h? Ham hrnb lh? mart
niflcently equipped 50,H00 spindle mill {
win washed from its foundation, crum- s
bled and the wreckage carried down 0
Pacolet river. y
Nothing was left but about one fifth e
of the two mills, the cloth room and T
picker room.
At this mill 10 houro were washed p
away and eleven lives were lost. I p
The street railway track between Noe.' &
1 and 3, is as comp ete wreck as cm Id I Le
possible. The iron is tamed. and 1
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1 know it. This is the i
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Is the place to buy
climb a fence and you
| on a pair of CBOWN!
U the pair.
I HALF PRICI
| The best Shirt 01
quality and pattern \
ft keeps them going out
in Cuffs, Collars and
Wj years to 14 years old.
I and 50c.
I Shoes Gom
jmj Will go quick. Oxfords gua
(If) give good sound value, snapp
'/) Ours is a constantly ii
ijw at a low price. We always
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wisted into a hopeless mass, the track
n some places is completely overturned,
n other places it is washed against the
ocks and all along the line the roadbed
s completely goue.
The dam at No. 3 broke next to the
nill and the torrent was turned directly
>n the strdcture. Exactly the opposite
mppened at Glendale which saved that
nill. The water was diverted to the
>pposit? bank.
At No. 1, the old mill, there was no
oss of life but some Darrow escapes and
nany homes were swept away. The
nill was badly damaged.
A TIllULU NO EXPERIENCE.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman were caught in
-he (econd story. The roof fell in and
aiey uiauagea to ciimu on& on a. Airs, i
Lfoleman had a baby under each arm. j
rhe raft floated down sUram and then
?me back near enough fW the people to
slimb Into the second atory window of
Mr. Pettit's house. Here they awaited
for rescuers who were devising means
for relief. The water meanwhile was
rising rapidly and was half way up to
the window in the second story. The
louse was tottering and it was evident
that if anything was to be done it must
be done quickly. T. S. Upton and
ithera found a well rope aDd Upton
Doleman climbed out of the river, the
mother still clingiog to her two babies.
Stout hands and brave heajts pulled at
,he rope and the raft moved shoreward.
Am angry wave dashed it to one side almost
upsetting it. There was an opening
in the honsetop and through this
)ne of the little infants fell as the raft
was about to capsize and just as it was
joing out of sight to certain death, one
>r the rescuers grabbed i ts clothes and
Lhe family were all flually saved.
IN THE TREKS. *
Mr. fcrlr Wing, one of the clerks at No.
I, and o others occupied a tree for ft
lours, wlnn they were finally rescued.
There were others in trees at No. 3.
Mr. Wilaoi hung on to the brancses of j
k tree for 11 hours. Mr. Orier, an aged
man, lodged in a pine tree and stayed
diere from 5 o'clock in the mornl ng untill
5 o'clock in the afternoon. When
ae was rescued he was completely exhausted
and is now in a critical condi
.ion.
ON THE COTTON HOUSE.
James Elders, Bud Emory, Oliver
Johnson and Lige Hill were caught on
,he roof of the cotton warehouse. They
went down the river and a great concourse
of people watched anxiously but
could not aid. They Anally went down
wiih the exception of Jas. E'.deis, who
grabbed the limb of a tree and Lige .
Elall, who was found near Pacolet.
Bruce McLure was aroused as the
water entered his room. He rushed out
ind suddenly reraemlxcred $350 of his
lavings he had left behind. He turned
ind with great difll culty re entered his
lome just as it was tottering. He di iftk1
for some time and Anally caught a
ope handed by resouers.
"I tell yon. Mister, I will never for:et
till my dyin * day the ciies of the
>eople as they floated dow.i the river,*'
aid an old woman w 10 stool on the
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YOU NEED ANY
ier Cloth
sjht, oars feels all right, ours
urs wears all right, it is all
right time and the
y Goods Con
Clothing at the right price.
l will find out that jou ough
CROCSEE8 which we sell f<
: FOR STRAW
u earth for 25c, worth 50c
mn tne low price we are mai
, We have nothing but the
Neckwear. Wash Suits fo:
A strong line of Boy's Panl
g for 39c Tl
rantced patent colt, velonn calt an<
y and up-to-date style.
ticreasing business for no other reason
ELL FOR LESS.
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Oxfords,
Sandals,
Low Shoe
For men, women an
that wear good shoes.
Ask to see our men's 1
$ 1.25 and
For house wear or
"We are the Shoe I
Union Sho
Watching Your Shoe I
Main Street,
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right and we |
npany 1
Jnst try to j|
t to have had
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HATS. I
to 75c- The I
cine on Shirts ft
correct thing
r boys from 4 l|
a at 25c. 85c
la Pair 1
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than we sell goods ojf
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Nullifiers at
$1.50
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