The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 28, 1903, Image 4
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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??
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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.
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A RJv KOI/' GUILTY? cii
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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
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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 \ ?
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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.
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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?
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Washington Letter.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.) la
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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
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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
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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
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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..
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I Bargains
| Come
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111 prices.
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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
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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
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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<
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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
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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
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uiuun bnutt
5hoe Merd
Main Street,
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order |((|
stuff j|
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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
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keep I
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taring?
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of persons
it this store
months. If
ion we ask
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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."
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