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Many oi the leading educators are beginning to take strong grounds against the inter-collegiate athletics, especially when there appears to be n n nhnormnl n rn fc% in Vinfc ^ i ennf inn The average parent sends his son to college for an education, and not that he may become the champion base ball or foot ball player in that college cirele. Journeying all over the State on two or three days trips with the attending dissipation is not conducive to sound education, thefjathletic crank to the contrary, notwithstanding. The young man, Wilcox, couvicted of murder, and on his way to the penitentiary to serve a life seuteuce showed by his ugly behaviour that be was hopelessly bad It is not hkely that be will l)e helped towards rrpenl.-.nce by bis life in the penitentiary. He has assinud the dt fi int. attitude towards the law that bespeaks an evil beat I. Hut such as be are not scut to the penitentiary to be lefotmrd, nor for the sole purpose of punishment, but to protect the i mrcent and helpless. This is one phase of the matter of punishing criminals that the chicken hearted lose sight of. Their sympathies are aroused for the condemned man. They feel soiry for him. Let them re member (bat one of the chief reasons foi ii tiding junisbminton (heguilty is the piotection if (he innocent. Turn all (he criminals out of our ixmitentiaries and it would be but a short tjme before most of ~ClOTB~oT violence and bfood shid. It may be on account of weakness of Intellect, or it may bo owing to a nutural thirst for knowledge, or there muy be some other reason for it, but One thing is certain : Every man is tn experimenter along the line of the philosophy of life. The doctor in Augusta, Ga., who fasted fifty days as a remedy for dyspepsia may be an extreme illustration of the statement but he illustrates the point. McFadden, the crank on physical culture, may have been the agent that started the Augusta man upon his long fast. Certainly, McFadden's writings led one young man, an acquaintance of the writer, to try * * experiment of eating no brca* fast This same young man went e ^ {uf[ ther: He confined hiro" e? l0 onc meal a day for a o( day3 Not only did he get, _!J L. - riu 01 a troUDie- I some case of li>.<tige dtion, but suffered little Inconv^jftr ce from the gnawings of hwige* after the first day. This, t >jan was ^jie cause of the exp* ^mentlng some along the same Hp',,, por exactly, sixty days break' aa(; was dispensed with. There w^" 110 inconre lience ?'xperience; no **Oss of flesh, no loss of strength. If there was any difference it was in favor of leaving breakfast off altogether, for 'the mind was clear and Ihe complexion gained in clearness. This is written, however, with no desire to have others try the experi ment. Perhaps you may choose to make yours along Mome other line. Is it "Postum Cere al Food CofTee?" Is it "Grape Nats?"' Is it "Force?" Is it drinking wat'jr before breakfast? Some one of the je roads jou have traveled, doubtless, for as has been said, every man la an experimenter. Perhaps the Augusta doctor js not as great a fool as toome people think him to be. Anyway ho has plenty of company, though the experiment may take a little different turn. These hot summer rnys most people eat'too much, and the food eaten is too rich?fat meris, rich pies and cakes. A light di??t', made up in part of fruit, would giv*> the doctors far less to do and wouhl add to the comfort and health of fclie people wonderfully. But do not try it unless you wish to. DO OUR CHILDREN BEGIN Cj SCHOOL TOO SOON? The superintendent of the Spartan- eri burg Graded School in his this year's jn report, gives it as IPs opinion tlmt some children begin school too soon. nc He thinks seven years early enough sl( to begin. President Garfield, a col- B? lego president, before ho was presi- jg dent of the United States, said that to no child of his should begin his j1( school life until he had seven years e(; of bone and muscle under his skin. ^ The writer chanced to bo in a neighboring city one morning last year. Cl He saw the children on their way to 0, school that morning. Upon the faceH C( of many of them there was a look of jg anxiety. Many of them looked as if j they were on the way to their execu- n tion. On former occasions, and in jj. different places, the same thing had been observed. It may have beon a ^ miRtnkHn iiifiirment, hnt.it. in nnA that. s 0 ? r - -- ? ? "* w is not yet revised. The children are < 0 started at too early nn age and carried t] forward too last after they aro in- Q1 itiated. Fond parents aro often too p ambitious to have their children ro- h, garded as examples of brilliancy. H They delight to point to this precocity. The result is often found to bo an p( over-wrought nervous system, a ^ weak body and, in the end, a limited jj education. Of what use is a trained C1 tnind, if it must inhabit a wrecked w body? What gain ia there in pushiog the child forward in the b< ginning ^ if it must be held back toward the 8S close of its school life? Besides this, C( a child that is hurried forward too ^ fast may develop a lastieig hatred for t] study bccauso of its inability to keep Ir pace with mere mature minds. A rj sort of mental cowardice takes deep i root in the mind of such, a child. It g{ I loses faith in its ability* to acquire ^ knowledge. It has offer, been said n that a large part of the lirst honor graduates of institutions of learning accomplish little in after life. If C( this statement be true, it is possible that this rushing process, tr. \e abnor- y ftial ambition aroused in '"he child S( and the resulting physical iveakness jc are largely responsible for thf failure that comes in after years. KAncatlon is a good thing, but like aVl good r, things it can bo over done- If the ^ young child is given no chance ?o de- w velop a strong body; if the tasks are 0 so heavy that the sweet wmile and s; happy laugh of childhood tore banish- jr ed ; if there comes no si/JTicient time fr for childish sports?wts may well ^ doing the school trai'jing. Jt would perhaps bo a good th jng If every child, tr during the first y ears of school life, should be prohihi ted from carrying a book home or st adj'ing out of school hours. Or, if the home study must be carried on, the school hours should w be shortened. These things are s* worth DOndArinr* ? w"'Mb? nuouuci lilt? pU31* tion taken this article be wise or 01 otherwise. - si COTTON FUTURIiS. ?' ol Tho remarkable rise in the pri&3 t>( c?\tou and the wonderful 9ueeess, temporarily at least, of the gambler, Brown, who is said to be making ^ millions out of his speculations may g( cause many a young man to turn his mind to the cotton future snare. It W1 is not the intention of the writer to tit preach a sermon on the sin of gambling. It is recognized by thought- ^ ful people to be a very ugly sin, and the writer believes that the thoughtful people are right. But this is written to call attention to the danger in that kind of business. Its ? horse that will eventually throw you, g( albeit you may ride safely for many a day. It is a railroad that leads to T a deep chasm, albeit the train may glide smoothly for many a mile. If a young man can find no better uso for his spare money than investments j in cotton futures he had better put tj(1 it in a good savings bank. If the |K speculation is made upon some other ^ man's money, money entrusted to rei your care, then tho reason is doubly Ch strong for steering clear of the ces- na pool of vice. The spirit of gambling on lies at tho base of many a young Ci man's ruin. If you handle other fai people's money let the gambling ok schemes of all kinds alone. The Pa path may seem a shining one; to mako money without honest work looks inviting and pleasant. Do not be deceived. Thero is danger in the ^ gambler's course. ' ' ' ttn There is a feeble reviv.d of tl e ieri discussion of co-education in South he; Carolina. The season of th? year an is too warm for heated debate eoi and the question is hardly woith the ah< attention it is receiving. The co-eduea- fri< tion plan is gradually dying a natural a V death. ^ wa I USE AND EFFECT (qT IN EYNCHINGS. gr The newspapers have giveu congid* ^ able space to tho Deluwaro lynch- jfe! g of last woek. Many editorials JjJJ >on the subject appeared. One 111 iticeable feature of these discus- tbj ins was the absence of vituperation y|M ;ainsb the people of the North, This mi as it should be. It does no good (()' reproach a community for these I'jj >rrible tragedies, besides, the rem- |3w ly lies in a calm consideration of 11/0 te causes and conditions involved in \\ lese lynchings. In most of the dis- J(j jssions of the recent case the writ- M a ?PPtn t.n lnao airrhfr. rtf IhA Pfimfl ilK >mmitted by the party lynched. It if right to condemn lynch law. But I it us not lose sight of the heinous- /r ess of the oilense committed by the [m liserable wretch upon whom swift m estruction falls. Let it be remem- ()] ered that hoe absence of the crime 'y ould causa the immediate cessation ! Jfc f the mob violence. It is just here lat the Northern papers most griev- // usiy sinned against the Southern jji eoplo in the past. No matter how ,M orrible the crime committed, no W latter how violently the sacred u leals and instincts of the Southern 111 eopie were shattered by the ruthless nj andls of a brutal offender, there was (I ttl? said in condemnation of the L'J :ime committed by the brute. It 3J as the lawless mob, not the offense lw lat. caused it, which was held up to // le scorn of the world. Let it be 1)1 lid, once for all, there is one crime, )mmitted anywhere, by any*"man, ^ hick or white, that will call down I! i A oml ft /I Ant?niAM An A 4- tU A lio n/lc A 4 II * vj o n 111> UC91I UUUJUii n v tuw imuvia vi jjjj 10b rule. This is the condition, ? ght or wrong. Let us face the conition. It follows, also, that an ah- \1 ?luto specific ngain9t mob rule will | o the absolute cessation of the one 'J atneless crime. It follows, also, i?i lat the search for the remedy must K ike the direction that discovers the / luses leading to the coromitnl of )l le deed that brings its sure destruc- I 011. Why is it that t^ie negro fiend 'J/ dects the person of a white woman j] >r his assault? AVliat causes lie at | le base of his hideous act? It is in lese questions and questions closely dated to them that we get down to jj ie foundation of things. It is only hen we get down to the foundation JO f things that we may hope to reach ^2 lfe deductions frc m all questions lvolved. To discuss* mob law, apart ; om the considerati?>ns of the pre- ^r{ aves untouched the \rery root of the tlj ouble. w. Tho Chicago Newt* discovers that. aI: 1110b frenzy is a terrible thjng, but 1C( is to be noted that a nervy sheriiT ^ ith a sixteen shooter has a powerful ' (dative influence on even the most gx olent cases." The State has sev- j, nl times commented along the same 110. The Chicago paper's conclu- tj, ons are drawn from the action of m ib of those "determined mobs" r(? 'ten read about but seldom existing, [ hich attacked the Peoria, 111., jail tw i an endeavor to take therefrom a 2,1 urderer. The sheriff promised to fu 11 the first man who crossed a cer- wj tin line and the line was not crossed, as juth Carolina sheriffs have done the W ime thing with like result. If it '0I ere assured that tho sheriff, jailer a'a id deputies would be instantly re- P? oved from office on a prisoner being ^01 iKen irom jail by a mob, jails would ^ icome sacred in the mob's eye. A . de( w men would be killed before the lblic realized that the sheriffs had jtermined to hold their positions by 1 >ing their duty. After that jail Qf orming would cease.?The State. f()j he Grvnt Reunion?Figures That . * ? turtle. bre gal Chickasha, I. T., June 27,1003. dor I)kau Editou: Hy your permission I will endeavor to continue the mei scription of my trip to New Or- wb ins. In the first, place 1 shall say as nio: fore, I have been to all of our great j unions except one. Was at New the leans in 1802. And have been fortu- elu! te enough since to see them all but can e. And think I can bespeak for the pat esccnt City in a general way as being tali r ahead of others in preparing for the wic 1 boys to have a good time. As the sou pers have already stated the meeting mei is at the Fair Grounds. Nothing was t undone. No stone was left un rned to make the reunion one of the ost enjoyable affairs that has ever been Id for these devoted Southern heroes. 16 convention hall was grand in beauty, ind in magnitude, grand in convenice and so lavishly decorated. The I iriquarteis of each Stale being nicely j||? angfd and in close proximity to the ivention hall, making the walk so *** >rt for the boys in I?x>king after their wor ends, and those buildings all forming ;ind of hollow square. A solid plank Ik leading from the fair ground en NEV I y i You ca new at I AT T j We mention I Fine Corded Dimit pretty neat figu only limited qua \ ty, value 8c, to | quick at j 1000yards fine soft \ ish Bleach, 10 to yard lengths, th< j . quality at j Linen Oolor Crash, 1 | is a ''Crasher," va j 8c to 10c, sale pi { only | "Empress Organdi \ solid colors, gr< i pink, blue, linen, and black, worth ' "special" at | New Lot Ladies' Col] the H. & I. brand, J sizes and heig] j price ii ????????????? I \ We will g ! fine dress Wateh for ! MUTUAL ince to the front entrance of the audirum. What think you, Mr. Editor, '?? a wired. and fursheu with cots and raofquifo nam. ater facilities of the very best? In d about the grovnds barrels of pure b water at eveiy turn. I was told that i me water mat was used was shipped Dm Obetia Springs, Miss. Sanitary Conditions of the eamp was cedent, all things in order and in ice. Now, Mr. Editor, I shall try to make e s:atement. as correctly as I can of the agnitude of the dining hall. A dining >rn 1^0 feet equate, tables in length TOO running feet. *2,100 plates. Cup, o spoons, knife and fork to each plate. LOO men at one feeding. Dining hall rnished with the very best of Gltered iter. Tables laden with such viands would suit the palate of a potentate, hat think you of 10 kettles of 40 gaits capacity all for coffte? There were 1A * e ? u iu ranges ior coomng meat, beans, as, rice, hominy and fruit, 18 steamers steaming potatoes, 30 bushels per )king. One 40 horse power boiler for siting water. Six dish pans 12 iuches 9p and 15 feet in circumference, cooks, 27 assistant cooks, 180 waiters tables, 10 head waiters. IVith some variations in the amount rations for each day, we conclude as lows: ?rom 0,000 to 10,000 lbs. meat and tad, 1,000 to 1,200 gallons coffee, 800 Ions milk; and all the cooking was re in tho very best of order. 'elite attentivo wai'ers, good roanageut, good humor. Nothing l icking of icli to make tho mess hall one of the st peacable features of thejoccasion. to the people of the city; they did ir duty and did it well. And in consion we wit-li to say that New Orleans produce more pretty women, more riolic people, more good sound hospity than any other place, llut it is a ked city. la my next I will give ie items in connection with this stateit. Long live the Editor. Gkohgk G. Buchanan. otice to Cotton Ginners* am ready to sharpen your dull gin. ive four (4) machines, so you can I am prepared to do satisfactory k. MY WORK GUARANTEED. W. Newell Smith. if GO* n always find some id attractive Mr M IJ mmm w below a few of the nei ;ies, I New Val. .1 res, I sertions, nti- \1 / 3c. 4c, 5 so | 1254c an - Sc. | I Pearl Butl %0 i fifSi) i 9c | 754c. | Persian L Chis | Linons, ilue j gandy, S rice 5! etc., new 5c. { ed, pric? Si 20c. 25c, III }eni 1 New Curta red I Scrim, b 15c. fj unbleacl 10c. 5c,10o, lars all | Yard Wid hts, a value lfln wif.li 13r? *vvt - i \.\ tw avm ?w\j ive you a few dots al goods and silks ne> it. Some good things DRY 60C li, ? m ! crwrn v OC.VLN 1 * In busir and stil are the SHOE CENTER We're wa for your we Union Sh j Watching Your Sh to Main Street, 3DS. 1 thing I TU AL. I west things: 1 Lace and In- 191 Beading;, etc- v j? c. 7c, 8c, 10c, Sv d 15c. J ;ons, new lot ? per doz-> 10c, jft awns, India * ? French Or- (ft cotch Lawns, ||] lot iust open- j| ?s 10c, 15c, 35c and 50c. || .in Swiss and g| leached and [ft led. Prices 12^, l So and 25c. j| _ Til T- _ f? e nieaon. a to compare ?11 Cotton. Price Sc. w )out our i ct week. I ; for you. I )DS CO. I ni (EARS less I we i I OF UNION. tehful lfare. iaa r*a ^ w., | oe Interest. ? Union* S. C.