The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 14, 1903, Image 4
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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,
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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
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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
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prices.
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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
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tock in August and in
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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
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Yours for u
ff at rock be
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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
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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,
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<) 18c, cut price 10c. iU
th 12 ic, choice 9c. $
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must be bo^tered up
rate advertising. We
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rely an incident, with
bout advertising some
is not that sort of a
icn shoeing the people
$ sausiaction. Upon
business stands. V/e
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ping the prices down
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