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THE UN ION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ? by the. UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Floor Times Building over Postokuce, Bell Phone No. 1. L. Q. Young, Manager. Registered at the Postotllce in Union, S. C., as sec^d-class mail matter. >t ~ v? SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion - - $1.00, Every absequent insertion - 50 cents, Con acts for three months or longei will be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at 8J cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not lie re turned. Obituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C , AUGUST 7, 1003. The election of a Pope, now beinj held in Rome, appears to be full] equal to sustaining the reputation o the Roman heirarchy for shrewdnes in politics. The Spartanburg Journal is ou authority for the statement that 22 h names have been enrolled as qualifiei voters in view of the npproachin; city election, while there has neve been 1.200 votes cast at any previou election. Wo have heard of Spartan burg's phenomenal growth, but di< not know it was making strides lik unto that revealed in these figures. Tho inconvenience and trouble t the public caused by the continue tyranny of the Plumbers' Union i the city of Columbia is just anothc evidence of the fact that labor orgar izations can be as heartless and of pressive as organized capital. Ther is nothing to prevent the organiza tion of either labor or capital, no should there be. it is when tyrar nical efforts are put forth by eithei that condemnation should follow. The announcement is made thu Rev. Tho9. Dixon, Jr., has writtei a new novel. Many of our reader _ - jrtmiiTWi - a* werr M in its conclusions. Resides, it luckc the dignity of mature thought. Th new novel, "The One Woman," deal with sociulism. We have not rea the book, but venture the guess tha it will prove equally as defective a the former one. Indeed, this one i the result of but a year's work, whil the other, its author cluimed, wa the result of years of study and re search. The successful author i sadly apt to degenerate into a ma chine for turning out books for tin money there is in the business. A 10-year-old boy sent in to a cigar ette company of Woonsocket, It. I. 10,00<> coupons, having smoked tha number of cigarettes, and was award ed a prize. Along with the prize the company enclosed this strikinj sentence: "If you will smoke 10, 000 more you will win a cofhn." Ru it is hardly probable that a boy wh< has smoked that number of cigarette! could be persuaded to leave off, evei if the coffin were already at hand i New victims to the ugly habit ar< constantly being added, nnd thos< already habituated are constantly increasing the number used. Tht ompany that can grow rich on such a message as the above, is too mear to describe in words. There is much being said about the decrease in the number of students in theological seminaries. That the number, as a whole, is smaller than for years in the past, hardly Admits of a doubt. It is simply a question of supply and demand. The past out-put was, perhaps, too large. Too many men were lured into the sacred calling by the abnormal sentiw mentality that marks much of the religious activity of the past, if the decrease in the number of students g *Gonttof the fi'ct that religious \[ \.re^ts no longer appeal to men as they did, why is it that thero are more inen and women offering themselves as candidates for appointment ias missionaries than at any time in the history of Christianity? All the g boards of all the churches are crying E for money, not men and women. B The men and women aro at hand, T the money to send them is not always to be had. It may be true that the commercial age has so fastened itself npon professing Christians that H they do not heed the demands for , financial aid as they should. I DISPELLING ILLCSIONS. time WHH The other day a small boy, while T upon u fast-moving train, sat gaziog (j)e) out of tlio window. As he looked of n I out there came into view a large cot- to t ton mill situated perhaps half a mile spc< from the railway track. In a long <ra, drawn, high-pitched nasal yoico the diet little fellow said to his mother: ^o1 f Q|> "Maw, ain't that mjll a movin', or ^ does it just look like its a movin'?" the This was just another way, though cot so poetical a one, of saying: ^ "Things are not what they seem." say The littlr feKow was making the dis- cm covery that Longfellow made long ago. One of the lessons that we y0, must constantly learn is that appear- saj ances are often deceitful. It pro- 't-, vokes a smile to think of a small boy iej: , with his limited store of knowledge, th< fathoming just one illusion. One of ^ tho chief concerns of every life is an . making discoveries along the same an - line. Not that the discovery is in all cnses to be confined to things phy- ^ sical. The mental and moral realms yo - present to the awakening mind even us ( more numerous examples. The in- * j fant in its mother's arms that "] f stretches out its hands to seize the |;V 9 moon certainly has a long journey jf to make ere it fathoms a sufficient |jj number of illusions to enable it to M r get on comfortably through the world. ^ It In the head of tho small boy there g. 1 arc visions strange and fascinating 8i nr that, hover around the far ofT days of r0 r manhood. Few of these dreams will 8j, s ever come to reality. The vision of A - glory will, in most instances, fade d away with the coming in of the facts ^ c of experience. And these facts will ft in many cases prove to be altogether J" dillereut fi^fi the picture that in o childhood filled the mind The ab- ai d sorbing dream in tho heart of tho vv n maiden and her lover will hardly r reach fulfillment. Something else, U] i- equally as good, perhaps far better, ft >- may be realized. But when one e places sido by side the youthful i- dream and the experiences of after oi r life, it is easily seen that the dream i- and the actuality are far apart. In ^ , the great world of moral and spirit- b] ual thought tho same deceptive vis- f11 ions are met. The unexpected world jjj t of motive and resulting activity, the k n deep possibilities for good and evil t! s in a human heart and the endless V! I* rng- discoveries. Observation and ? d experience will constantly bring in V e truths that will dispel the vagaries s of tho immature mind. Vet it is 11 d often true that with the better knowl- f t. edge, there is still no improvement w s in the life. Men see the follies of re s wrong doing. The indulgence in sin e proves to give anything else than the i, s satisfaction anticipated. "The roses T - give place to thorns." Yet, men ^ s move on in the same path, regardless w - of the lessons of experience. it 3 :? ?- pi But a few weeks ago the negro, sc Dennis Head, was murdered in Aiken ^ county. This week, in the same 8j county, a most shocking murder was ct ^ committed. A peddler was killed for the purpose of robbery. It is strange ^ how lawlessness goes close upon the in ' heels of lawlessness. One violent M T HI deed leads to others, it would seem. ^ ( Let the law-breaker, black or white, |u feel tho strong arm of the law, That M ^ is the great need. Swift, sure pun- ?j. i8hmont for the criminal will restrain fn others who might otherwise follow in a the same path. P1 i b) 5 Booker T. Washington was given a r cold roception in Boston recently, te 5 where ho went to deliver an address ^1 1 to the colored men's Business League. ur 1 Razors and lists, wild yells, in fact, a til general melee resulted when Wash- yo ington appeared before the audience. The meeting was held in a church, jjf too. The negroes showed very plain- in { ly that they wanted none of Wash- I ington'a advice. Finally peace was established through the interference hit of the police, and the speaker, among j other things said: "You will find it easier to enter a college at Boston a t than to enter a shoo factory or a PU counting *ora." ^ *7 ?pc Another Chanter of Rettiiniaecnccs yoi "(] (Concluded from last week.) ftui The way now seemed clear and on Hia they went all mounted on pretty fair mjj stock. The infantrymen had got horses tol< from the army teams la-fore the final 4\|c collapse. Mr. Hughes was mounted on nf.j< his own horse which he had taken from 4 j, home. All along the way they sought r,,| arid obtained information as to the best me( way to travel to avoid detection and one capture. They bore close to the moun *j(]e tains and in fact often passed over cpurs wjti and through valleys, sometimes winding around dangerous places in order to get (jon as far away from the path of the Fedoral scouting parties and also that taken rOH}1 by J^ee's paroled men as possible. They l]nr)( slept in the woods, fed their horses on ,jt what they could get and ate whenever a H|, they could procure anything. Some-|get,< ^?h> ?????? ? they had plenty sir.d sometimes it (? scarce?army like. ^ hey had traveled but a few days in Jeff and McAfee discovered that \ r tluee friend< were not tlio kind y| nen they wished to imoftiute with or ?e found in the eoiitpauy of. Th?*8c >ws showed that they were not as restful to the i?eople along the lime of tt 1 as they should bj and were rather J ational when they could be so. aud I 1 b ft' aud McAfee concluded to dodge i m and try it l>y themselves. /l Phey had no trouble In getting rid of \] ir ohjactional company when t.hey W de the attempt. Sj we drop them fj m this narrative. f| )ne day they were tiding along and ji s Jeff: l-Mack you have-been in u trge of our equad all the way through '( - - -?? ?1-- ? ?!-l. ...... If !( i i am siiii going io ohufv Mi juii. it i nay fight I'm going to fight, and if u say kill I'm going to kill, and if you r ran I'm going to run, so that ends M So one day they were riding along surely aud met a man who told them j; ey were going right into a squad of > ankees guarding a bridge. He told em that they could turn to the left | d go down the stream some distance ] d And a crossing. They took him at s word. But before they got far they w a' man come out of a house and f ckon to them. Jeff said: "Mc., do j u se? that man yonder beckoning to | .? When Mc. told him he did Jeff id: "What do you say to it?" Mc. id: "Go and see what he wants." But," says Jeff, "maybe lie wants to y a trap for us." "Oh, no," says Mc., 1 hardly think so." And with thai iff started off and Mc. right behind m. By the time the man had told r. Hughes that he would show him ie way to the ford Mc. had come up, id leading the way the man opened a j ite that led into the yard which was | irrounded by high palings. As they i de round the house Mr. Hughes disivered that the gate on the opposite ) de of the yard was shut and fastened, i bout that time three men stepped out ! the house with guns and ordered them i halt. Of course they had to stop for >ey were fenced up and could go no irther. Jeff dismounted aud thought 5 would reason the matter with them, iiey cursed him and told him that he id his friend had run away from lie my aud they passed severe insults that ere hard to take. Mr. Hughes prc>sted and told them that the army had irrendered aud that they were trying to lake the'.r way back home, etc. Too llow with an oath told him he was a ar ar.d Jeff told him he was another, hen the fellow struck Jeff with the itt of his gun and cut an ugly gwh 0:1 1 the side of his head which bled prolsely. Jeff tried to mount his horse Lit couldn't make it. The second a'inipt he did so aud after wiping the lood out of his eyes 1 e sawMcAf.e lotion toward the gate they had come i which was still open and they rode ut of it and off as fast as possible. They new that in case a llriug took place iere the noise of the guns wonld alarm ie military post and piihips set the ixti-rai nil i lifir ^ranV ft1 i1!1'"* - leeding like a butchered h >g, became ery weak and sick and he told Mack he rould have to stop. Seeing a house a short distance ahead ley went 011 there and calling, an old entleraan came out and Mr. Ilughes >hl him of his condition and that he anted some help. The old gentlelan told him to get down and come in, id by the time he reached the door the Id lady and her daughter took him, one y each arm and led him int > the house, hey took a pair of scissors and clipped ie matted hair from about the bloody ound on his head and wash id the ound and applied sticking plasters to and then stripped him to the skin and nt clean clothes 011 him and got them tmething to eat. Mr. Ilughes says tat that deed of these good ladies has ,'er endeared the ladies to him?they uoply saved his life. If they hadn't >me to his rescue, he would certainly ive died. He was about out. After pouring out his heart in gratiide to the ladies who knew he had nothig else to give them for their kindness, [r. Hughes told them that if he never et them again in this world he hoped ley would meet him in a brighter and tppier one, and he and his comrade, [r. McAfee, rode elf fiom the home of ipse good Samaritans. They did n< t avel far until they found that a large rce of Federal soldiers were camped at church directly 011 their way. After aking inquiry they learned of a way 1 which they could go round these oojis and so they attempted to d<\ tiey did not go far until they encoun- 1 reu wiree men who came up and tak? their horses by their bridles demand of them to dismount. McAfee in an idertone, but with the sang froid of i e veteran said: "No, 1 don't suppose ] iu'11 take my horse," and with that j /elled his gun and sent a ball crasking rough the fellow's heart, who fell a 1 eless corpse with the bridle reins still i his hand. Quick as a thought Jtff lulled down" on another of the crowd d was going to send him into eternity len McAfee caught his arm and told ( m to "hold up." The astonished trauders now took to their heels and e t our two friends to pursue their joury unmolested. They then rode ou at irisk gait kuowing the advisability of 8 tting distance l>etween them and the * me just mentioned. On they rode for ] rhaps live or six miles before either r >ke when Jeflf sa>s: "Mc, why didn't l let me kill that other fellow?" ?h don't you know," replied McAfee. >ne gun will raise no alarm, but if two ]j is had (ired in quick succession the h rm would have been raised and we (ht not have escaped so easily." Jeff 1 1 him he was right He said he knew 8 had more sense than he had. Their a t encounter was where they came to fi ridge where two men wete on guard, i. before they got to tlie bridge they r ; two cavalrymen each with a prU- *r behind him. They filed to one Ci i of the road while the cavalrymen ^ ii their prisoners went to the other and ^ o they pisaed without any molesta- y . One of the Codfederate prisoner* " ed at them and winked of much as L ty "rescue us." Hut they did not prtake the job y. ist as they apprnac! ed th? bridge ort turn in the ro:id ei abled tliem to Bvithina few yards of the ie it inela IBARG 1 at t SUMMER vWe take si jK to move o f| we have it The Folio 1)11 4 Very Fine Figured Batiste anc jfej Foulards, Fancy Stripe Muslii jw Yard Wide Madras, Sea ,Islai ll/S ))(( Fine French Ginghams, Cord( ))1| paterns?, worth 10c and 1 i m- rceri/.ed Chambray and Ma ))jj Very Fine Combed Yarn Bati i'/Jj Silk Mouselius and Silk Strips ||P -50c to 75c, cut price 1 I Bargains | Come t< S| posted. I date stL IJ prices. |_MUTUAL m - before tliev were disc >verea. Close by _ whs a mill house full of Yankees. Me 7gave the word as if ho bad a troop behind him, "charge them boys," and the two dashed forward with such speed i that thsv were clear across the bridge and out of sight before the discpmllted Federals discovered the ruse. As our two friends went thundering over the i bridge yelling at the top of their voices the Yankees rolled out of the mill house and stoxl aghast while they were unable to help themselves. J. L. S. i hoekhnrt Junction News Notes. | It has been sotuo time since any- I thing has been said from this side, so I will pen a few lines as this writer with all the rest has laid by the growing crops and is now ready to take a rest. The crop prospects arc very small in this section. The much needed rain has come in this section, and everything is smiling this morning. Picnics and protructcd meetings arc the order of the day. Thanks to friends who have asked me to write more and often as they like to read from tny pen. That is the way to s'rew your roses by the wayside as our fellow man goes down the pathway of life. Cheer him 1 3 ?V- IjCtS civA him o -p n* * ^ >"ui u uuuvil OI flowers, not wait till the dead man or ' woman are in their graves ami then strew it with llowcrs Hut speak i kindly to that poor old man, pick up his fallen e.xnc and place it gently into his hand that he may walk 1 sgain. Mr. A. N. and I. W. White, of Hessimer. Ala., are visiting their j >ld home and relatives in this section, j The people of this community lympathize with the family of Mr. Jack West, of West Springs, and ilso Mr. T. J. II. Smith whose wife lied last week at her home near j donham. These two have many datives and friends in this comuu unity to mourn their loss. Lawson Talley, a colored man iving in this community, had his louse burned up today, we hear, acidentally. Some one of the family hooting a chicken under the house nd powder catching something on re was the cause. Mr. Walter Gault, ol Hacolet, S. and Miss Lona Willard of this | ommunitv. were married I LUg. 2, by Rev. David llucko at t^e ome of the bride's father, Mr. P. J. Willard, of Jonesville township, In ion county, S. C. For fear that I will make my letter to long I will close, wishing success , t Tiik Times and its many readers. Moxy. MMMfie&g ! ALE 1 A-K'r I JST GO. I order || stuff- I AIN S HEfVIUTU GOODS Ml tock in August and in ur stock of summer isde wing Cut 1 Muslin", fust colors, value 8.1c * as, Fancy Swiss, etc , value 15c ad Percale, etc., fast colors, wc xl Madras, Everett Classics, etc, ] 21c, cut price dras, very pretty wash fabric, woi ste, beautiful styles, fast colors, e Dimities, only a few plums left in Every Depa d see us and Yours for i iff at rock b DRY 60C ^ _ ? You C Beat' Best ir w world f ?|t hue Watches mt g. AVOMEN^ fJL I ; MADE AT J\ OUR^ NEW J / J ; FACTORY^^fj Above reproach and b - > Sold onl > DNION SHOE Watching Your Sh Main Street, Prices: j ind 10c, cut price 7c. ?B . to 18c, cut price 10c. l|] >rth 121c, choice 9c. 05 fast color*, pretty |[|J 8c. (Ill 'tli 20c, cut price 121c< a| value 25c, now... 18c. M in this lot, value m 25c. ? rtment. 1 keeo I jp-to- I ottom I IDS CO.] :an't 'em... m i the or \ $l.s-2 i I i % eyond criticism. yb>| ? ' compahtT, I ? oe Interest. . # . , f % . ?/*225 Union, S. C.