The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 03, 1903, Image 4
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UNION, 8. C., JULY 3, 19C3.
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.
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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
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i You ca
new at
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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
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\ 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
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crwrn v
OC.VLN 1
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In busir
and stil
are the
SHOE CENTER
We're wa
for
your we
Union Sh
j Watching Your Sh
to
Main Street,
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thing I
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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
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I OF UNION.
tehful
lfare.
iaa r*a ^
w., |
oe Interest.
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