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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ?by the? UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Floor Times Building over PoSTOfEICE, bell plionk No. 1. L. Q. Younq, Manager. Registered at the Postotlice in Union, S. C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year - -- -- -- $1.00 Six months ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One sq tare, first insertion - - $1.00. Every .lbsequent insertion - 50 cents. Con acts for three months or longer will be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at 8J cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not bo returned. Obituaries and tributes of re nA^f Tirill Vwv nliarrrnrl fnr at Imlf rat^Q u n III Vll??l 5)V,V1 IVI l?v IM?I l t?iivu? UNION, S. C., AUGUST 14, 1903. President Roosevelt, in si letter of commendation to Gov. Durbin, of Illinois, says that lynch law is anarchy, and leads to tyranny, lie advocates speedy enforcement of the law as the one chief means for putting down lynch law. In the remedy he oilers, there is the true solution to the problem. The negro ministers of Columbia have issued a call for a convention to attempt a solution of the race question. The chief questions that will be discussed are questions relating to lynchings. It is a hopeful sign that the best men, loaders among the negroes, are taking up this matter. If they will discuss the questions fairly, and without reseutment the meeting may do great good. The negro preachers have more power than any other class of men to help the negro race. We hope thev will use this opportunity wisely and well. The press dispatches this week publish what purports to be an incident which occurred in the experience of Senator B. It. Tillman recently out in the Northwest. The dispatches say he lost his wallet, or had it stolen. It is stated that Seaalor Tillman, in making attempts to recover the purse admitted that it was stuffed with free pa-ses, telegraph, telephone and express franks. If the account be true, and the:c seems little doubt of it, the Senator is guilty of a very grave sin, for he was tenilic in his denunciation of "free passes'" in the mighty campaigns lie waged in this state. One thing, more than anything else that gave Mr. Tillman s> great a hold upon the grrat mass of the iKopUthroughout the state was the fact that he succeeded in making the people l>elieve that he was above taking a bribe. But possibly the Senator has Iten slandered. Let us hope that, he has. It is a matter of regret that so few of our farmers pay any attention to the frnwinir nf fruit. A fam a<-UI.>r<i *v"' v*w*444 A a invested in choice peach and apple trees, grape vines, plums and pears would yield rich returns. The rapidly growing mill population, to say nothing of the rest of non-agricultural population of the county, affords a wide opening for the sale of such commodities. llesides, the health and pleasure of the farmer and his family are greatly enhanced by an abundance of fruit for home consumption. The scuppernong, one of the choicest of grapes, and one that is easily and successfully cultivated, is very much neglected in our county. In the lower counties almost every negro cabin has its ''scuppernong vine." More of this fruit should be raised in our county. TJ IE PROVINCE OF THE NEWSPAPER, Just what the legitimate newspaper work is, would be a hard matter to settle to the satisfaction of every one. Just how far a paper would have to go in the exercise of its freedom before it would be guilty of license, is difficult to determine. Oue thing would seem certain to any fair mind: it is not the right of a newspaper to publish everything that may be known about every body on every occasion. In other words, it is not t,h? business of the newspaper to retail the prive and personal affairs of individuals, except when the individual in question is willing to "talk for publication;" this would certainly bo true in cases where by impudent impertinence and inquisitiveness a reporter "noses" into the nlTairs of private parties, or in any unfair way secured information that would not have come into the possession of an honest man,- Many a scoundrel has stooped to becoma possessed of information that was detrimental to some person, and has then spread ; * to all the world tho knowledge that i his criminul 'utorferenco has pro- 1 cured. Aud, Li doing this, tho of- i fender 1ms all the while hidden him- 1 self, like the coward he is, behind "the liberty of the press," or the 1 plea that the people want "the news." i After all, is it not rather a low aim i that seeks to make the newspaper fill the functions of a tattling old ( woman or a looso-tongued, scandal- ' dealing man? Where, pray, is the 1 boasted influence for shaping public opinion and leading to higher ideals, if the newspaper is to look no higher i than to being a revealer of every thing, good and bad. in its sphere of operation? That may be the surest way to build up a short-lived financial success, but it is not the way to build upon lusting foundations, nor is it the right use of the high privileges afforded the newspaper for leading the people to better thiugs. There are matters of public interest, public men, institutions and undertakings that should bo brought under the closest scrutiny. As a defender of the public interests, the newspaper cannot do less than keep the public informed upon these matters. If wrong is in sight, it should be un hesitatingly condemned; if changes are necessary, the newspaper should seek to bring about changes. We hear much said about "the power of the press." As a matter of fact, the press lias lost considerably in power. It speaks a babel of tongues, too often "stoops to conquer," has become too commercial in its instincts, too frequently lacks in loftiness of purpose ] and has too little conviction. Talk , about the pulpit losing its power! | It is the press, not the pulpit, that is | losing power. Nevertheless, it is , still true, in the case of pulpit and , press, that the throbbing heart of a , man with sincerity of purpose and ) uprightness of life, actuated by lion- , est convictions, makes himself felt \ in the columns of a newspaper or in , the pulpit. The newspaper is in its j proper sphere when it helps in the } material, intellectual and moral in- j tcrests of the people. Its ability to > entertain is also of considerable im- f portance, otherwise its power in the c other directions would be too limited, ] It must be read, otherwise it could r exert no influence. But is it neces- c sary to detail every ugly scandal, 0 each bit of information gained by t whatever source from every individ- 8 ual? Wo think not. v /,EARXING FROM OTHERS. * s As one grows older experience t teaches that no man is to be despised, 8 however lowly may be his estate, d The observant mind learns lessons f / A|| At ! i-1- 1 9A .1 ii viiii mi muse wun who hi it comes in t contact, whatever may be their gifts. * Some time ago a man was trying to c tit up a stove-pipe. The joint of pip- t I ing just would not go into the elbow, s For more than an hour the man kept c steadily at it. About the time he t had lost all patience another man put his head in the door to see what was going on. Said the troubled man to the new arrival: "Can you put this joint of stove pipe into this ' elbow?" "I think I can," said the ' man. He came in, made one or two 1 unsuccessful attempts to get the i joint fixed. Reaching over into the corner of the room he took hold of a broom. Placing the handle down in the open pipe some fourteen inches, he moved it around, constantly pressing outward. The rest of the job was easy, for the mouth of the piping being thus distended readily admitted the elbow. A gentleman said to another: "You can learn something from every body. I've got a negro working on my farm. One day I saw him moving across the field with his horse and the cotton planter attached. 'Tako those seed out. I don't want them wasted.' The man replied, 'boss if you don't lose the seed, you don't mind my* taking them across this way, do you?' Upon examination I found that he had simply reversed the little lever that works back and forth in the slit through which tho cotton seed feed. It now worked back nnd forth, but up in box. I had been using cotton seed planters twenty years, but that negro taught me something about them I had never known before." So it goes. If one is willing to learn, he may be instructed by even those in lowly places. One of tho chief 1 l 1 - * inuuuritnces in me way oi some people in tho matter of accumulating knowledge is just hero. They are so suro that others can teach them nothing, especially tho humble peoplo about them, that they fail to get the information that is constantly within their reach. A gentleman of the writer's acquaintance, a man of prominence, ??> gy. H*>m?? and one that has made good use of his opportunities, told ui a certain neighbour of his, a man tliat had hud but the most meagre opportunities, fhis neighbor had started in great poverty and with almost every possible drawback under which or.c could start life. By hard work, by frugality, by strict adherence to principles of honesty this man had risen in the community to be well-to-do. He was respected by every one in the community. Ho had established u reputation for sterling honesty, "And," said the gentleman, "I have learned some of the best lessons of my life from that man. He taught me, by his example, to exercise a firm control over my temper. Observing him, made a better man of me." THU SUMMER VISITOR. The season for summer visiting is at its height. It is a pleasant time of tho year in many respects. The j interchange of visits, the short stay away from home, with the resulting break in the motony of life?these, and many other things, give a happy charm to the summer time. But there is one phase of the matter that needs to be pondered: Do you make it easy for your hostess? There are visitors and visitors. A week's care of visitors of the exacting and thoughtless type is equal to a week in jail for the good housewife. To drop into the ways of the family j ou visit, is an easy matter. To enter iuto the sweet simplicity and unaffected manners of a well regulated home should bo an easy matter for any one. And it is the only way that one can avoid giving very great trouble to the hostess. It is a rude 3hock to tho instints of human kindness and fellowship to see the good vife and mother of a home emerge from the kitchen at the end of a hard, varin week's toil. The Hushed face, the tired look, the weary sigh?if the eccntly departing guest could see ind hear all these things! It would, n many cases, take out many of the feasant recollections of the visit, k'oung people, especially, are apt to brget to give due heed to the matter if being as little trouble as possible. To interfere with the regularity of neuls, to forget to retire before midlight, leave for a short visit to some ther friend without due notice, hese, and many other matters of mall detail are things that a well-regdated visitor will refrain from doing, luch might be said upon the super ensitiveness of some housekeepers; he unnecessary worry to which they ubject themselves; the abnormal [read lest there should be some little ulling short of their ideal. It is fre[uently true that they are unduly vrought up over the responsibilities >f entertaining. But it is still true hat with anything like successful idaptability, a guest can, in large legree, relieve just this distressful ;ension and worry. 1GRA IN OF SAND IN YCHTR riftxri? A grain of sand is a small thiug.j but it will clog the machinery of a splendid clock. A grain of sand is an insignificant thing, yet it makes itself felt over tho whole nervous system of a man when it get9 into his shoe. A grain of sand is a common thing, yet one grain in a man's eye will drive him mad with pain. These things are written that a lesson may be drawn suitable to another subject. There [are many happy homes throughout the country, and it is probable that there are more uuhappy ones. There are a great many other homes that are on a sort of j THE FOO i prv?Ti im I I \JVJ I U IVI ( Has just come | to be served h The Doctors J as a nerve f< Cereal in 15c | ages at J Union Cotton Mills | BAli(i at t I SUMMER (jjj We take si Hi J m to move o U . we have it The Folio II Very Fine Figured Batiste anc jfe Foulards, Fancy Stripe Muslii Jra Yard Wide Madras, Sea Islar i/ij Fine French Ginghams, Corde lllj paterns, worth 10c and 1 ||j Mercerized Chambray and Ma< \}il Very Fifie Combed Yarn Bath i/'/ Silk Mouselins and Silk Stripe -50c to 75c, cut price v{* ill ?? I Bargains i II Come tc posted, date stu prices. 1 MUTUAL dead level. The inmates are neither happy nor miserable, neither lifted ,? up nor cast down. There is no war- 1 fare going on, for the reason that a truce has been agreed on, yet there is 110 real peace, for it is at best "an agreement to disagree." It is perhaps true that, but for some trival matter, some defect that might easily have been remedied, these unhappy and ir.diiTerent homes might have been happy ones. After all, it is the insignificant grain of sand that stops the clock. Likewise, it is often some small hitch in the machinery of the home that throws it out of joint. It is a fact that it is the delicate, costly clock that suHers most from the small hindrance. A big, clumsy j tower clock might grind a peck of sand yet keep on going. The highstrung, nervous, sensitive people? these are the ones that must look out most carefully to avoid the dangers, seemingly insignificant, that destroy the peace and the happiness of such a home. On Saturday, Aug. !>, the new Pope, Pius IX, was crowned. A inighty throng witnessed the ceremony, which was very lengthy and very elaborate. >D DRINK, | CEREAL,) in. Delicious 1 ot or cold. Recommend It ! 3fld. Pnshim ill and 25o paok- f ! Department] Store, j ^^i&^S^^s5?^SS38KS AIN g HE MUTU GOODS ML tock in August and in ur stock of summer isde : f*. .X wing uul 1 Muslin0, fast colors, value 8 Ac a is, Fancy Swiss, etc , value 15c t id Percale, etc., fast colors, woi id Madras, Everett Classics, etc, ft 2 Ac, cut price Iras, very pretty wash fabric, wort ?te, beautiful styles, fast colors, v ! Dimities, only a few plums left i n Every Depar ) see us and Yours for u ff at rock be DRY G00I SHO That Stand on Their SThat is true I ally and it is jut true metaphoric Our Shoes stan< their own bott they rest on their earned reputa people know thei W I We carry no Shoc9 that with clever names and elabo advertise our Shoes to let the pu doing, hut our advertising is me some it is the whole thing. Wit kinds of business would die, this business. For many years we have b< of the bailiwick with unvaryinf the record we have made the maintain that record by mainta quality in our Shoes and by kee] to the lowest safe point. UNION SHOE Watching Your She Main Street, ALE I* AL. J* 1ST GO. order (j stuff | Prices: 1 nd 10c, cut price 7c. ffij <) 18c, cut price 10c. iU th 12 ic, choice 9c. $ ist colore, pretty [() 8c. IB ti 20c, cut price 12ic. ? alue 25c, now... 18c ft iu this lot, value U| 25c. tment. I keep 1 ip-to- I )ttom | PS CO. j ES Own Bottoms. liter- yl^V . , ?t as (i\ *Br on HW i must be bo^tered up rate advertising. We blic know what we are rely an incident, with bout advertising some is not that sort of a icn shoeing the people $ sausiaction. Upon business stands. V/e ining the same high ping the prices down COMPANY, * ?e Interest. _ 4b Union, S C.