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TT I wmmm? THE UN LON TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ?BY THt? 1 UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Flook Times Building Vek Fostofkice, Bell Puonf. No. 1. L. Q. Young, Managor. Registered at the l\)3tofllce in Union, S. C.f as second-cla3s mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 50 cents Three months 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One sq uare, first insertion - - $1.00. Every .ibsequent insertion - 50 cents. Con . acts for three months or longer will be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at 8i cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not l>e returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, S. C., SEPTEMBER ?, 1903. The richvst man i3 no', the man tbr.t possesses milMors, but tlie one who carries a true heart, a c'ean conscience and a mind that thinks the thoughts of God. The negro problem is getting pretty elosj to ns when the Seaboard Air Line turns its dining room at Ilnmlot over to negroes and attemps to put the whito people at a side table. ?Florence Daily Times. Announcement is made that a new Methodist paper will be published at Greenwood, S. O.. by Rev. C. \V. Creighton, backed up by other prominent Methodists. The Greenwood Index is to got out the paper for the new company. Most men think that the way to happiness lies in the road to vast possessions. But it is by bringing our desires down to the narrowest limit, not by finding wider scopfior their activity, that true /ruppiuess is to be found. The man possessed of millions, ysc. louging for more millions, is poorer than one who posesses little, yet has schooled his heart tc b? satisfied with what he possesses death. Because one man is guilty of gross deceit let it not he dccidec that all men are deceitful, 1her< aro many true men in the earth When we discover that one whom w< have honored with our confident proves unworthy let the discovery drive us all the closer to those wh< haye not proven untrue. The recent meeting of represent a tive negroes in Columbia for the pur pose of attempting the solution o problems of lawlessness, especially lynchings, came oil on schedule There were few present, considers nj the number of negroes in the State and the meeting was a failure. I was a failure for the very reason tha the main problem was evaded am the old cry against the mob violenct of the whites was again raised. It i just as well learned now as later There is no solntion to Ivr.nhinor until there is the absolute su^rea sion of ? Ex-Secretary of State Powers has been convicted a third timo for complicity in the murder of Gov. Wm. Goebel, of Kentucky, in l'.)0o. The two former convictions wero life sentences. This last conviction is: "guilty and the punishment death." It seems very likely that powers will hang. The murder of Gov. Goebel was a most outrageous piece of wickedness, and the fact that Powers was twice convicted to servo a lifo sentence and then found guilty and condemned to hang, shows that the proof of his guilt must havo been overwhelming. Lef him hang! When the law shows itself able to take hold of the "mighty" men and punish their evil deeds, there will be no more talk about court houses being refuges for scoundrels. Happy the man that does not boast nor bluster. One has often to surrender an opinion or retreat from u position. It comes easier to the humble man to do these things. Benjamin Franklin tells in his "autobiography" that he made it a rule of nis me never to emphatically state his disagreement with others. He would say: "I believe you are mistaken," or pome word that onlv partially committed him to his own statement upon the subject. Such a I rule is far more likely to lead to pleasant results than the dictatorial t utterances of some people. Besides i it.evinces more of the genteel spirit i thM is shown in the opposite method. i?ii ii ' il'i ? "I FvKGOT," p A litllo child was told by its mother to be quiet. The mother was j suffering with a severe headache. f The child obeyed for a short time. ( Suddenly it came running noisly into ( the room where the mother was rest- , ing. Seeing the frown which gathered upon tho mother's face, the child said: "Oh, I forgot." How many people in this world are like this child, except that they are not so quick to own their thoughtlessness. Very much of tho pain that wo bring upon others is the result of our forgetfulness. Tho careless word, tho thoughtless deed often strike deeper than we suppose. There is also another phase of this question which deserves consideration. Many people have a very treacherous memory when it comes to meeting their financial obligations. These offenders are often persortft who are well able to meet these obligations promptly. Their carelessness often leads to the infliction of severe suffering on the part of the creditor. It is an easy thing to forget to pay the cook or the washer-woman promptly. It may be a hard matter for these same needy bodies to procuro food and raiment. It is an easy matter for some people to "forgot" to pay the butcher, grocer, dry goods merchant and milliner, lb may bo a very hard task, that falls upon these creditors ;n the nirtter of moeting their bills as they fall duo. A certain merchant became involved in debt so doeply that ruin stared him in the face. When failuro seemed inevitable there was one man who had much to say J^ubout this same merchant being dishonest. It developed later that the merchant's defumer was one of those who had brought the merchant to the verge of ruin. Kveu while his cowardly lips were ; proclaiming tc the tron'tr 'that the i .TTeichaut would not pay his debts his account with this same merchant was unsettled, and had been so for months. Many people who would scorn to lio about almost any other \ matter do not hesitate to lie egregi> ously when it comes to money inter. ests. Commercial honesty is something that sadlv nopd*..J~ ",culJ money test, he can, most^'fiKU1;5 '' stand almost every other. A mar may proclaim himself a Christain, a 3 good citizen and a worthy member of society, but if he neglects his finan 5 cial obligation he gives the lie to his 3 proclamation. It sometimes hap pens that a man falls upon evil for 3 tune, in consequence Of which hi cannot meet his obligations. Th< deepest sympathy should be felt fo such cases. But the man who car pay and yet will not, or who "for * gets" to pay when he could an< f should pay, is a sorry Christian, i ' poor citizen and an unworthy mem ? ber of society. It might not be fa ' from the truth to say that he is no! ^ only a liar but is also dishonest. i THE LAWYERS AND THE TRUSTS s At a meeting of the American Ba : Association in Hot Springs, \ a., thi s week one of the uwU"' I'1' ?vuaoon expresses alarm at th( rapid growth and tremendous powei of the trusts. It points out three remedies. First: Tux them tc death or until their growth is impeded. Second: Compel them to render better nnd cheaper service. Third: The State can enter the field of competition, and by its competition restoro the force of competition to its former supremacy. The third remedy proposed would be a direct and powerful move Id the direction of socialism. From this mlp a mflrinu r\ " v..~ o.xviivoii jjcu[)io nunirniiy recoil. It is, however, truo that the great movements towards combination in almost every line of business activity are leading steadily to governmental control. Many people see the deliverance from the monopoly of the trusts in this very result. The trusts will, thoy think, grow so great that they will swallow up every competitor and will in turn have to be swallowed up by the government. This school of thinkers and writers is increasing in number at an alarming rate, and it is to be hoped that no such sad ending may come to our boasted free country What difference between being a governmental slave and the slave of one man? Anyway, a man with the instincts of freedom recoils from the thought of the individual being swallowed up in the mass. The second remedy proposed seems to be altogether inadequate, for the I eason that it offers too many ave- ' iues of escape for the trusts. The first remedy offered would iiw Mb- P?? cem to be sane and safe, and might rring about tho desired reformation Tax them in an increasing ratio a? /hoy increaso in wealth. Tho report ?ays : "We would leavo perhaps the first hundred thousand free, and th( first million choap, and raise the rate with each succeeding million." As ii now is, the rule works tho other way, It is the smaller concerns that pay th( highest rate. Reverse this condition and the problem is solved. But how Money is mighty?in commereia matters well-nigh almighty. It i difficult to see how any force can b' brought to boar upon the trusts tha money cannot resist. Perhaps afte all, the greed of the mighty corpora tions will prove to bo their own de struction. But it makes ono trem ble to think of all the possible calani aties that may fall upon us when th collapse doos come. e -T? . i A man must dwell under the shadow of sorrow before he can reach the fulne? of life. The bright sunshine of goo fortune must give place, for a season, t the dark clouds of disappointment an suffering, ere the true relation of thing can l>e seeu. It is the woman who ha stoo 1 over her own sick child aud pr I a.,rr.?'a/i ua nh? attended to i blCUtiy CUiuitu ? every need that lias the deepest, broade sympathy for another mothe." in like cii cumsta'jces. It h the mau over wbos head the angry storms have passed thi linds himself possessed of a heart tin sees tilings in their proper relations. SANTUC SIFTINGS, Personal Paragraphs. Miss Annie Gregory who has lee teaching a good music class at Lai drum nearly all summer, returned I her homo here last week. Mr. Kcily Johns has been given position as policemen at Whitmire with a good salary, and I hope 1 may do well in his new home an occupation. Mr. Simpsons Cannon of Spa partanbuvg, was here last week visi ing relatives. lie is almost one our "natives." his mother havir been a born citizen of this place, Miss Fant, Mr. llivers Thames, now of Clia leston,- made a flying visit to tl place, his old home, Sunday. Miss Eihel Jeter is expecting leave this week, to resume her duti i Salem-Winston, N. t the Baptist church here last we< ' There were no additions to the inc . bcrship but the membership was bei , fitted. Rev. J. It. Fundcrburk i siaicu iuc |/aavui| xvcv? i> i-> w#" a part of the time. I have not, cannot have, a would not have if I could, respi 3 for a man who will wilfully start r evil report on a person or help rm 1 nify it when started, and especia " i fit is on a young lady; but i 1 th 1 arouse suspicion openly, I hive 51 more to say. We are having dry and hotwea r er. A week of 100 per cent t sunshine, and temperature frpm to 100 degrees. Cotton is bci scorched and ripening premature Fodder is burning, 1 think bef corn is ripe, field peas are on a/tp' r still, and gardening truck isggS ' s ing. w I v h } I had an invitation both I 5 committee and individuals to atte the big picnic that wa? at Carli , last Friday but being eitual ( another way, I could not attend w impunity. I felt almost compel! to hold back for a meeting to con in which I am going to be looked f for a purpose. I know it was a fi one, as they always have these, a I appreciate the kind invitatior May they all live to have and onj many good picnics. Before this is in print, tho,big pi nic in tho grove near Mr. W. ' Stokes' will be passed. It is for ti first and is expected to be a big c joyablc one. Ilash will be on docl et to tickle one's jpalate, and ever thing is promising now. Things over at the dam are not honey affair as they may have bet pictured. The contractor has bee -round and cut wages of mani which is equivalent to cutting then and the hands arc quitting, I ai told, until there are only a handfi there. With cut wages and foi bills, sugar 10c, becomes 18c, an flour 75 to 00c per quarter, sacl etc , they cant save anything. Quite a number of farmers win were counting much on making thei mules feed themselves, and make i little pocket lining hauling cemen the dam, have been cut off too short and are now doing nothing. Th< old belief that the building ot the dan would drop a considerable amoum of money here, and that everyont would be able to pick up money, failed to materialize and they are nc tetter off than if it*had never started. [ imagine they feel like Trip did when Watch waft the chief dog ol the bone I BARfj ii ati !l SUMMER .'11 We take to move e (m we have J The Foil. o m ,g I'Jj Very Fine Figured Batiste { fe* Foulards, Fancy Stripe Mm Us iiw Yftl'd Wide Madras, Sea Is st flVa r- HI I Fine French (iinghams, Co ,e 1)1! patent*, worth 10c au< ft IH Mercerized Chambray and i |nil Very Fine Combed Yarn B ||j Silk Mouselins and Silk Sti Kg 50c to 7;3c, cut price... . i, l\ Bargains 'jC | Come ' I }j posted. ?gf| date st 1 prices. lis M I MUTUAL ie_ yard. iS~ Two big days, with large all door3 011 standing ajar, and a setting ot cups filled to the broken places, and the nd hard times relegated for the time, for ect me, at least, and a double barreled an picnic, with a variety of wholesome Jg" things interspersed as a "spin ol *v life," was the 29ih and 30th of Augiey ust, when the Sunday School Conno vention met at Ilebron Church, good old Ilebron section, and I slipped in ? ana auaea a inuc oy my little prcsof ence or hail something added to me. 96 ] a fine time. It is no use in in8 trying to encumber the readers with 'lv. details. It was indeed a pleasure orc atiA h. recreation to be with those rw1 people, thoao Aiflnda. uentlcmcn ami en~ ladies and children una otneis 1 ^ abroad. There was a house full on Saturday, and a house full and ? the Ynrd|^u imost on Sunday. Ant b*1 paging from the discussions and the 8'e business push at this meeting, inanj pronounced the convention as iinproving wonderfully. There steuied to be much enthusiasm, and good ie> speakers on good subjects, and a 3r' good introductory sermon by Rev. J. nc D. Mahon. Well, it was all good, n(l according to my judgment, except the 18, excessive hear. Saturday evening ?y gave all who attended on opportunity to witness a baptism when 'rc' Rev. C. II. Holland, the pastor, baptized four, two girls and two young men. n" There is no need to go into telling of the generous hospitality we rcY' ccivcd, for that has been done for that section time and again, and alu most everybody knows it, and it does !n not diminish one hit; it increases. n But I cannot find worfla tn .. ?v wit axj\JUt h it. Those people seem glad to have a? visitors with them, and I am sure 111 that I, as a visitor, like always to be 11 able to go over there. I used to go more frequently than I have of late, d but I have not been absenting myself lately .because I could lirid no enjoyment there. And so this time 0 I felt very welcome, knew all my old r friends, was known by them and felt a that it was good to be there. 1 I could tell much more, but space, as well as time forbids, and I will extend a note of heart-felt thanks i and close books. ) IIby Denver. i * conetipato<l or hiliousncsS, call for . lemon's 1'ills, ami he certain our clerks give you the genuine Ramon's. Complete treatment-?25 doses 25cts. Sold by Union Drug Co. sri 'HE MUTU GOODS Ml stock in August and in our stock of summer made nwinp Cut uid Muslin?, fast colors, value 8Ac i dins, Fancy Swiss, etc , value 15c iland Percale, etc., fast colors, w< rded Madras, Everett Classics, etc, 1 12 Ac, cut price , Madras, very pretty wash fabric, wo ati?te, beautiful style?, fast-colors, ripe Dimities, only a few plums lefl in Every Depa to see us and Yours for uff at rock /b DRY 60( We are R< to Shoe I | i ! Every man, and child in I county with SHOES the fords. IT* j ' i tv ? visit tne Big i> UNION SHOE Watching Your SI ' IVLain Street, 1ALE| . AL. 1 JST GO. 1 order |||| StU^ If Prices: | and 10c, cut price 7c. ffij t> 18c, cut price 10c% )\J >rtli 12ic, choice 9c. j? fast colors, pretty [f| 8c. (II rtii 20c, cut price 12 ic. | value 25c, now... 18c. [ft t in this lot, value ?[ 25c. jjSi irtment. | [ keep i up-to- I lottom I JDS CO. I m I ll 11 eady ^ * r WAttin ri TTVIliail Jnion and the BEST ,rtO world af- ;th < % hoe Store. I > I \ ^ I v COMPANY, . At \ loe Interest* \ Union, S. C. ' i