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nil" r-'THE UN ION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FHIDA.Y ?by thl? UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Floor Times Building vek postotkloe, bell plionk No. 1. L. Q. Young, Manager. Ilegi3tered at the Fo3totiice in Union, 8 C., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- {1.00 Six months ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One square, Qrst insertion - - {1.00 Every ubsequent insertion - 50 cents. Con ? acta for three months or longe: will be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at cents a line. Rejected manuscript will r.oi Ik> returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at halt rates. UNION, 8. C., AUGUST 28, 1003. It is some satisfaction to see that, fc'ioro are signs of dissolution in the Turkish Empire. Her very corruption is eating her life out. Let. her die. It will be a happy riddance Britain?! that there should be so much blood shed Several yours ago a citizen of this glorious republic became very enthusiastic over the campaign of a certain presidential candidate. Just at the close of a big political meeting or e d?y a man stepped up to the enthus ast and said : "Bill what, dilTerence ao's it moKe to you; one way or me other?" "Difference? Who cares anything about difference? Aint a fello.v got a right under this free government .?" Maj. Chas. H. Smith, better known as "Bill Arp," died at his home at Cartersville, Ga., late in the afternoon of August 2."). Ho was born at LawrcDceville, Ga., .June IJS2(i. His long life was a useful and a huppy one. His homely writings, full of common sense and human sympathy, wero read by thousands. Thousands will bo grieved that he has "fallen on sleep." About three years ago "Bill Arp" lecturod for the Union people. Many will recall the fact. State have strongly commended Gov. D. C. Heyward for refusing to exercise the pardoning power freely. Not a word too much has been said, it has become a sort of understanding that whon a man is sent to the penitentiary he can find a wav out, nr. nn early dny. His friends and relatives go right to work to bring about that very thing. Most heartily do we join in with those who have spoken words of commendation for Governor Heyward. Let him stand just where he is standing, and the good citizenship of the State stands with him. Editor McGhee, of the Spartanburg Herald, preaches a sermon in last Sunday's issue upon the topic: "Ef de good folks had mo' git-upand-git 'bout 'em, hit niout incourage some of de bad folks to be good." The editor fully endorses the text and preaches his sermon thereon. We have no serious criticism of cither text or sermon, but will say that it is probably the "git-up-and-git" of Sunday newspapers, as much as anythitg else, that is hindering the /4 ' cause of religion. The "hustlers" ' ** in the world of activity find diversion and satisfying food in the newspaper. They do not care for "going to church." The paper entertains them. The editor of The Herald shows in his efTort at sermonizing, that he is laboring under tho idea that (ho VUMV V?IV li V TW n | / CI J / C 4 1111190 H) SUIIiy degree fill tho functions of a preacher. And that might have its weight if it were not for tho heavy load of secular matter that the Sunday paper dumps out along with its Sunday sermon. It might bo said, moreover, that ever since Adam said to trod, "the woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat," people have been trying to find excuse for their own sins by laying them upon some one else. It will not do for the wicked man to try to excuse his own neglect of religious matters by pointing in scorn to tho "goody good" church member. Let him own up to the truth of the ma.tt.AP Ho 'lo?? - ? -*v Viuvn u\J v care for these things. It is hard to hold father Adam in proper respect for the very reason that ho falls upon the flimsy ex?us?: "The woman whom thou gavest. to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat." Poor man! his excuse was not accepted. 4WV 'i % I Hi- TlliW^'1 A RJv KOI/' GUILTY? cii th It is a notorious fact that most of 0, us know better how to live than wc m do live. The laws of health are vio- ur lattd eystoinmatically and grievously. <li Tiie penalty, pain, follows. We fit repent of our gins while the pain th lasts, but go at once back to the old th way ns soon as the pain has left us ,n There aro many people who have long cc since reached the conclusion that Vl coffeo produced bad efTects upon them. Do they cease drinking it? c Not a hit of it! There are many men who have reached the conclusion that the use of tobacco injures their 1 c< health. Do they quit the uso of the weed upon reaching that conclusion? ^ Not a bit of it! Many people suffer with periodic spells of headache, bil- ^ iousness, indigestion. A little at- c; fontinn m amI/1 1 ao/I 4 a ? wuuvu nvuiu irau l kj lllC Ul3UUVtiy ^ of the cause. How often it is the nr case that one goes for years a martyr (.] to these attacts without even trying tl to locate tho cause. Many others, v even after they make the discovery| r< absolutely refuse to be governed by C the knowledge that has come to them. Tho power to choose is a priceless possession of mortals. But ^ bow often is that power abused by P wrong choice! A man sits down to V. his dinuer table. Cabbage or some .j other dish that has proven injurious to him is set before him. Does he turn away from the cabbage? Not a bit of it ! At least not many men ^ do. Most of thein begin to reason away the knowledge of past experi- p cncc. Perhaps it was not the cab- <j bagc after all; must have been out of h normal; any way, maybe this time it C will bo different. And another in- in dul^ence is made. But tho penalty is follows; and, likewise tho repentance ; ti and likewise, if time enough is given, v another indulgence Many people t' have made the discovery that they Cl eat just a bit too much almost every ^ meal. Do such people cease their P , . iw wicked over-indulgence upon making the discovery ? Not a bit of it! There are those who have been going on at ^ this for years. They are sinners against both knowledge and experi- y once, ard will go on in their evil course until some chronic ailment jl; will fasten upon them and take them a] out of tho world. Is a man who is g< so great a slave to his appetite any tc better than a drunkard? He is also b a slave to his appetite. There is lit- p v.c ufiicicuvu between mom. The o man who over eats or indulges in tl foods that he knows to be injurious p is irritable, nervous, The drunkard a' is in the same fix. The man that P doe3 not control his eating has a lr heavy head. So has the drunkard. w There is really little dilTeronce. A . man who drinks a dozen cold drinks a day perhaps knows that he is vio- ^ luting the laws of health, but his ^ knowledge rarely ever restrains him In his reckless courso. It would bo jy too harsh to say that men are gen- : b, orally gluttons. It might ho unkind ' ti to say that the most of men are often j S guilt j of gluttony. But the saying tc might approac h nearer the truth than ' pi it does eloquence in diction, Tho ai witer, lo9t some man should say, ! tc "Physician heal thyself," must con- [ a' fess his own wrong doing. Indeed, tc it was just a case of that very thing .V that lead to the writing of theso \ ? 1 .. T) ... ? - YYuiun. uaiieruaices are not alto- u. gether had for all people. They are very bad for some people, among them the humble writer. Why should he sit down to breakfast and devour half a dozen or more, when he had learned by sad experience that tho fl, sure penalty was a miserable head- w ache, a day's opportunity for work J wasted and no telling what else in w the way of loss'.' It takes us a long tb time to come to seo that tho fellow to who goes out in the morning to his n< day's toils loaded down with indi- ri geatihle food, sour in looks, with a a frowning face is whipped beforo he b< strikes the first blow in the battle aI for that day. -- - a?:? CC It is very likely that tho news- b< paper predictions as to who will be I liO homAA?Atl? ! J 1 ' 1 >..v i/vmutintiv yresiuennai nominee ul are guesses, and crude ones at thnt. w Who knows anything about it, anyway? ? n( as Washington Letter. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) la ''i It is confidently expected that the President will promptly appoint a pn commission or commissioner to inves- th tigate the alleged frauds perpetrated on on the five civilized tribes of Indiana gc in connection with the allotment in in severalty of the lands in the Indian Territory, which they have hereto- ba fore hold in tribal ownership, the flo attention of the President having th< been called to the scandal by a pub- I lie letter of the Indian Rights Aaao- "I ??**- WW????p ition. In this letter it is alleged j< at several members of the Dawes ( emission, charged with the allotent of the lands, arc stockholders, id directors of companies and silicates which arc making largo pro 8 dealing in Indian lands and at ic expense of the Indians to whom e desirability of ready cash, even small amounts, far outweighs all msideration of actual or potential \ line. A report recently circulated to the I feet that the President had ordered \ thorough investigation of the rcla- | ons of all government employees ith labor unions with a view to as- j irtaining if in any instance nonnion labor was discriminated against, irns out to be without foundation, t appers that following his uliiroa nn in regard to the Wiiliam Miller | isc, the president caused to be made J thourough investigation of the | lethods in the Government Printing j tffice, and in making their inquiry I ic committee charged with this in- j cstigation asked certain questions | slating to their experience with or. anized labor. Aside from this inci- j ent of the Printing Office inquiry. | ic alleged investigation has no | mndation. The investigation of tlio rinting office is now complied and ecretary Cortelyou has gone to i lyster Bay with the finding. When, ever, they will be made public de- j ends entirely upon the President. | An interesting move, uow being I iscussed as likely to be made by ) Jongress with a view to preventing leneral Leonard Wood from ocuu- ! ying the position of Lieutenant leneral, is here made public fur the rst time. Leading members of longress are seriously discussing the dvisability of enacting a law abolhing the rank of lieutenant general i ie law to take effect when the last eteran of the Civil war retires from iat position. This would have the ITect ol abolishing the rank just as J ^ood was about to succeed to that osition and would, in the opinion of lany members of Congress, be but oetic justice to a soldier whose prolotion is regarded as having been love rapid than deserved. Many ill sec in this another expression of rest I'oint or Army class jealousy. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson ; as just made public an important ad instructive interview in which he 5ts forth the injury now being done > the cotton industry by the g mi- ( lers in that staple. The Secrctaty { pints to the fact that ilm viodit*** f cotton is in no way benefitted by 10 prevailing abnormally high 1 rices, for the increase in price has 11 occurred since the cotton left the reducers' hands, lie shows the jury done to the manufacturers ho are unable to operate their mills ccause the raw cotton is too expenve to permit of economical manu- 1 icture. Incidentally there is, also, reat suffering among the mill opertives who arc thus thrown out of mploymcnt. A further and possi!y more serious result is the impetus eing given to foreign cotton produc- 1 on by the high price in the United tates. British manufacturers, de srmined to free themselves from the 1 ower of the American speculators, re affording every encouragement > the producers in Asia and Africa nd the result may prove disastrous 1 > the industry in this country for ears to come. According to the " ecretary, the only peesons to profit . y the present high prices are the ! imperatively few speculators who ave cornered the market. News From Grindnll. Mr. Editor:?At last we have the 1 at at this place. It is not quite in y orking tunc, but will be soon; but * am under the impression that it 1 ill not be of too great a service to 13 traveling public, as the mules of day are like the young people, they 1 jver saw a flat, to say nothing of 1 ding in one. 1 Mr. It. G. I lilt, the contractor, 1 >ught a cotton boat at Lockhart, 1 id now has it at work hauling cot ' n to the different ^ards under the 1 ~r ? -i J ?i?j ? riiiixiaii<( ui mi uiu colored Ulan WtiO >atcd cotton to Columbia from 1 ockhart many years ago; he well 1 nlerstanda the business. The cotton f hich is now takeu from the water 1 oka at first as if it was good for y ithing, but after It is dried it looks c if no damage has been done to it. 1 Crops are looking well. Cotton 1 putting on a lot of fruit; if it be a 1 te fall we will make a good crop of ' if not, to the contrary. 1 To accommodate the traveling s iblic the ford of Mill Creek, near ^ is place, will have to bo worked " i in some way; it is impossible to 0 t a buggy across it. The road is ^ charge of Mr. Henry Addis. a Mr. James Eison, who lost his a rn and other out houses by the od, is building again a little fur " sr from the river. a thought we were going to have the tl 'ree Delivery" mail system on our 8 ' 'I ?^-rr^z?"r | BAR) AT ' SUMMER J7a ? We take % to move || we have The- Fr.ll m w w 11 1} Very Fine Figured Batiste Foulards, Fancy Stripe Mi jjra Yard Wide Madras, Sea Jjjj Fine French Ginghams, C ),;( patera*, worth 10c ai |j| Mercerized Chambrav and i))jj Very Fine Combed Yarn J || Silk Mouselins and Silk S 3b 50c to 75c, cut price.. mi ?? I Bargains | Come | posted. I date st If'/A 111 prices. I MUTUAL roads. Has the whole business sunk into oblivion? D. 1\ F. [lloute too thinly { opul aicd?Ed.] Gleanings From Exchanges. Lee Green, the alleged murderer of Xuras Key, the Jew peddler, waa captured August 20. and earned to \ : 1. \ aI i rr p . i -\iKen uy me snerui 01 trie county end posse. The State Teachers Associaton of colored teachers will be held in Orangeburg, S. 0., beginning September 1 st. Reduced rates will be offered by the railroads. When the Rev. Henry Duckry's seven million southern negroes get nicely settled on Vermont farms for the winter, it may take a goodly dose of the "gospel of encouragement" to :each them the gcntlo art of shoveling through snowdrifes in a January olizzard. Iloeing cotton in the lunny southland and hauling wood ind water with the mercury at 80 legrces below zero are two widely liff'erent pastimes and the chances are hat there'll be some longing to be vith mother in the old log cabin leme. The Cambridge (Mass.) Press. Out in Hefllin, Ala , a negro got nto serious trouble by having a vatermclon patch. A party of -? nunc men were worning mo puouc oads and on finishing their work hey found themselves near the legro's melon patch and asked pernission to eat a few of the fruit, and vcrc told to help themselves. In ho presence of the melon owner, the oad workers began to rip open the ruit and rip up the vines, after bong full of liquor and pulp. This vas too much for Sledge, the negro >wnor, and he ordered the depredrion to cease, Sledge belioved in ho constitution, that is to say the >rotection of life and proporty,?the ife of his melons and the property herein, and proceeded to fire his hot gun into the group of eleven. U1 but two were wounded. Sledge led. A posse pursued and when vertaken and ordered to surrender io again rcpliod with his shotgun nd killed two of the posse.?News ,nd Views. For headache?sick hoadaolie?a splitting" nervous headache?in fact, ny old kind of a headache, use Raton'a Pills. They clear the system of ie cause of headaches. 25 doses 25c. old by Union Drug Co. 1ml THE MUTU rGOODS Ml 5 stock in August and in i our stock of summer 5 made lowing Cut and Muslin", fast colors, value 8.1 c { uslins, Fancy Swiss, etc , value 15c Island Percale, etc., fast colors, wc orded Madras, Everett Classics, etc, i id 12 ic, cut price Madras, very pretty wash fabric, wor batiste, beautiful style", fast colors, 1 tripe Dimities, only a few plums left ; in Every Depai to see us and Yours for i :uff at rock'/b< DRY GOO I I _ no\A are th [Shoes we Perhaps you an very large number who bought Shoes 8 within the last few you are, the quest above applies to yoi We ore interestei pair of our Shoes service. Our inte ceases while the She ^ We want to kno^ the Shoes we sell any make that we 1 up to the mark, we eager to know it could be?and if yoi us how the Shoes w never know whetke makers are living contracts or not. I "We want to s TT1TTAYT ntTATi uiuun bnutt 5hoe Merd Main Street, ArtrfffyB v St! v XflMffBgCwMM?BBgKf vr?. xiO- vr?r^?Tv^V.- -"> iALEj. AL. -. ..-'I JST GO. 1 order |((| stuff j| 0-2 I rrices: i ind 10c, cut price 7c. S to 18c, cut price 10c. ft rtli 12?c, choice 9c. S' fast colors, pretty (i 8c. || tli 20c, cut price 12 ic. re iralue 25c, now... 18c. |Kl in this lot, value jij[ 25c. |8 rtment. J keep I jp-to- 1 Dttom i PS CO. I . T ? -~==i1 / ose taring? ? one of the of persons it this store months. If ion we ask i i. ? ' d in every that are in ;rest never >es live. kv just how wear. If landle isn't are just as as any one u don't tell ear we can r our shoeup to their sell you." r AAirm un liumr AN I, ants. * Union* S. C.