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***** tee union times publisher every eriday ? UYT Til* ? UNION TIMES COMPANY Second Floor Tim us Building Vd'i Tostoi fice, Bell Tiionk No. 1. L. G. Young, Manager. Registered at the I'ostoiUce, in Uu'.on, 8. O., as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year ------- $1.00 Six months ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One ST lare, lirst insertion - - $1.00. Every ibsequent insertion - 50 cents. Conacts for three months or longer will be nade at reduced rates. Locals inserted at 8i cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C., SEPTEMBER IS, 1903. RE-CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. By the heading given this nrticio the reader will at once jump to the conclusion that the writer intends entering into a discussion of that period of our history immediately following the war of secession. Bat it is altogether ncrother matter that is here presented to the reader. The history of the South during the years following the war has been discussed so frequently and so ably that an attempt to re-open that sub jeet is narcuy worth while. There is a period that comes in the life of most men and women which needs to be discussed far more than does the well-worn history of the past. 13y "period" is meant that time in the life of the individual when one is faco to face with the necessity for radical change in the mode of living. The question is brought to some people much earlier in life than it is to others, but it comes to almost every one. It forces one to a consideration of its claims through one, or more, of the various bodily senses. Tho warning that pain brings tells the reckless youth that he must cease his dissipation and take up a life that is more in accord with the laws of self-control. Tho strong, healthful lad who laughs at the expression of disapproval on the part of older heads while he devours a "chunk" of ham for supper, following it with a half dozen pies, must soon or lute, come to realize I hat the int.ornnl mnclmniam r>f f lm I.-.,!.. not beyond getting out of order. The school girl who conies home from the tasks of the day udiI falls upon the pantry, raiding it of cakes, pies, puddings or whatever other indigestible things it may hold, will ultimately reach the point that nature rebels. Languor, pain and all the o'her ills that follow upon the heels of reckless indulgence, will, after a time, make themselves felt. Headaches, pale cheeks, and other signals of an abused stomach, will come in due time. The "fast life" of the young man who has not leurtied the value of self-control will speedily lead him to the necessity of considering the period of reconstruction. The "moderate" or immoderate drinker will, if he does not give up like a "brute" to the slow process of self-murder, have it borue in upon his mind that Le must change his way of living and "mend his ways." Happy the man that, having come to this necessity, enters upon the task without delay. To procrastinate means the wrecking of health and premature old ago and death. The high pressuro business man, having come to the age of some forty years, often finds himself facing the necessity for prompt, radical change in his way of living and his methods of work. Suddenly he awakes to the fact that he is possessed of a nervous system, a system which may get 'out of harmony," and which, being "out of harmony" torments like forty demons. Or, perhaps, the heart begins to "make itself felt." Formerly, this same robust merchant hardiy realized that ho had a heart. Now it jumps ditches, runs a race every day or two, skips a beat for the fun of it, and acts in other strange and unaccountable ways. Just here some men seek out the faithful physician. He gives thctn reuer, ana the foolish man plunges again into the old rockless ways of life. It is well to consult the physician, bat the prime need is to change the manner of lifo. The "strenuous" lifo must give place to a life inoro in accord with reason. The intemperate life must give place to a temperate life. The irregular habit* must be brought into regu j larity. The follies and sins of youth must be given up. it should bo said that the word "must" Is here used with limitations. The ro-eonstruction must come or the p( Laity will have to be paid. It is said that thirty million dollars is what a years income of the Turk'sh Sultan amounts to. Despots come high. It would seem that tho hsg.ier the pnoe tho meaner the quality. The present Sultan is about as sorry a dog as draws the breath of life. The only thing In the universe of God that a man should hate is sin. The only thing under the wide cunopy of heaven that a man should fear is compromise with sin. And the reason for these statements is in the fact that the only enduring enemy a man has, is sin. Well may the murderer tremble at the rustliDg of a leaf; it is not the voice of a leaf which startles, but tho voice of an evil conscience. Tho rustliug of the leaf is nature's music to the ear of righteousness. A man with the heart of a little child is the mm who finds peace, on the earth. A man with the faith of a little child is the man that walks unmoved in the midst of doubts and fears. With sympathy for all men, with love to God and with a heart that listens to the voico of God in nature, a man may hope to make a peaceful voyage ou the sea of life and enter the portals of a safe harbor. It is at (he feet of the Great Teacher that men must learn how to become as little children. A crazy man was recently nppre honded by the secret service men, guards of the president. Tie seern? d beet upon doing harm to the President. One of the prices of our liber tv is that sometimes we have to be troubled with the crank and fool who do not know how to appreciate the blessedness of u free government. But, then, despotic rulers are no better oif. They are scarcely ever saf<^ from the bullet of the assasin or the dynamite bomb of the anarchist. A hair-brained crunk in America or anywhere else is a hard fellow to manage, The establishment of a two-and-ahalf million bleachery in Greenville is a significant fact in the industrial world. The mills to manufa:ture the raw material have already come to the cotton fields. The bleacheries are following the mills. This is as it should be. Why ship cotton north to he manufactured into tlinn ?irwl nffrrtt* 4Ka process pay freight both ways, as well as put the profits of the whole | business into the hands of strangers. The only ugly thing about the Greenville bloachery is that it has no local capital. vSANTUC SITTINGS. Personal Paragraphs.-Poor Crips. ?The T ines Editor Mistaken. ?Praise for Hey Denver.? A Serenade That Made His Heart Heat Faster. Mrs. Dr. E. C. Jeter of Fairfield county, who visi'ed the family of Dr. Jeter last week returned to her home on the 12th. M iss Lottie Gregory who has been on an extended visit to friends in Spartanburg and Rock Ilill, is aguin at home. Mrs. F. E. Donis and children are now at West Springs enjoying a vacation at that summer resort. Young Miss Minnie Foster, -who spent most of the summer with relatives at Spartanburg is home again. Miss Sallic Foster, of Spartanburg, is visiting the family of her brother, Mr. K. C. Foster. Rev. F. II. Boston, on his way from Orangeburg, where he has been assisting in a meeting stopped over here Saturday evening, among some the Beulah church members. Mr. J, II. Randolph, formerly a citizen here, now of Landrum, is hero on a few days business trip. Mr, J. C. Sartor, who made a sojourn of several weeks at West Springs, says lie feels greatly improved in general health. Mr. W. II. Harris, Jr., and wife, are visiting Mr. Harris' parents a few miles out. Miss Sudie Thomas, from near Ilnhron in viaitinr* linr nr\lutn Mi.o I v>?? ( ?W< Viftlk *?V? VVU-JI II } I'llUD Julia Thamas, this week. Miss Mary Thomas will leave this week for Ilock Hill, where she goes to resume her studies at Winthrop. Miss Roberta McCraw, of Oxford, Ala., sister-in-law of l'rof. Moore, is here as assistant teacher in the school. The school reopens today. There is prospect of a good attend^ ance. Protracted services began at the Methodiat church Sunday, and will two?mm??i continue several days. 11 cv. Mr. (c Anderson, of Whitmires, is expected [( to* assist. \l The sub-contractor to build the dirt darn across the river bottoms, bus been at work several days, and expects to have it complete in *ix months. Mr. G. O. Tenney, the contractor f) for tbo dam, comes down right often I of late, and the wage3 have been 6ut '( so often that there ore only a hand- u ful at work now, it is reported. ? Allow me to make a correction for ( my last article. Where I told of my stay at Mr. H, P. McKissick the printer left out a word which made mc say, "There is doubt of a welcome," when I really wrote, "There is no doubt." Now that little word might mean much if noticed closely, but I feel that thnRA imnii nernlw JL ? - - o t ?r-- \ would believe that there was a mistake and all would be well. Mr. Fish, who has been recently working at the Monarch Mills is K here curing a lot of tobacco and vj managing the barn. He was raised f in the tobacco regions of North Car- /( olina and seems to understand his jl business thoroughly, and can talk in- M terestingly of the culture, curing, a and grading of tobacco, and he can U get along with the work with dis- )| patch. < mi Cotton is opening, being picked. H and ginned, to some extent, but there I is little demand tor it, the factories, r) I am told, waiting until the price fli gets lower. There is anything hut a ' promising prospect for a crop, y All crops arc sorry. There is r.ot even a good hay crop. Peas arc the '!) poorest for years. Yet there are some papers, and even Tin: Times, bragging about the bright prospects of the farmers and their prosperous 1 conditions?on top of a sorry food ) I'rrtD f?Vinrt. enftnn frnn nn<l Knt.nru li l? ?..v- jj waiting for short prices. jj Sometimes a person may do his i/ level best at anything and fail, and W sometimes not fail so much, but [f never get a word of appreciation or '(( praise. Often that is pigeon holed ll) until one is laid in the silent tomb. Ml Now, 1 am not at all vain, but as to (I my efforts at this correspondence, I was assured while at Kelton, that my work was liked by at least one household. Recently, I received a letter from a friend whom I always ! entertained as a friend, and who, without my ever thinking such would reach my ears, said, "Ihave always (S read your letters in The Times with a great deal of interest, ami was dis- _ appointed when they failed to appear," Coming from the source they did, I hardly know how to use _ words to make known how I appreciate them, feeling that the writer i9 a capable judge. Yet I often think that I am the very poorest of wouldbe writers: so many find fault, saying that I ought to leave out much that I 'am sometimes tempted to throw away the pencil, and say, "Away with such foolishness," for it seems *5' as weak and foolish to me then, as to * my critics. But thank you, my ). dear friend, I hope to be able to ^ shake your hand ere many weeks pass over our heads. 01 I was for a short while at a "sur- t<j prise party," and was surprised, but agreeably so, one night last week. 111 A party of pretty girls, some of the prettiest that Santuc has, and it has n' always been noted for i's pretty tr women, went on a serenading tour, w and came around to where a brother and I were temporarily keeping c "bach," the queen of the home being tc away on a visit, and cheered our ^ feelings smoothly. I thought a par- c ty was going to pass, and I placed 0 myself where I could see who it con- 11 sisted of; but when they stopped at n our gate, I tnado bold enough to go f* out too; the moon had just risen " r. u ? -i? ?j - n uuui uci uovum ueep anu was throwing around them her robes of al silvery light; and there in the bright ^ moonlight night those girls looked J exceedingly pretty, and sweet too, as a for that, and I, not having dreamed !? of such a treat being forth coming, had to just admire and appreciate, in v the absence of being able to express myself. Perhaps 1 waa eclipsed. The party was composed of Misses tj Lottie, Annie, Mary and Sadie Gregory, Misses Mary and Julia g( Thomas, Miss Danie Mcrritt, and Mr. Ben Gregory, with string in- ^ struments. Mr. Gregory was per o haps in a thrco-fold rolo, being one ^ of the musicians, the "masculine* chaperonc, and I suppose, kept the gj "boogers" oft'; besides having so man)' girls to escort, made the other young men envious. It was all a kind of novelty, agreeable, and ft, which all appreciate, and to whom 1 ^ oxtend thanks, and the best of wishes on behalf of all, young ladies, and * we will not forget the little musical treat and recognition that evening. ? II by Dfnnbr. Give your child a chanco in life. In this busy, progressive age the di child that is kept out of school will tl stand a poor ohance to win in the di race of life. d I j TWO S I AMOSKE I ; 1 The best an I Hi ? . ? ill Beautiful | light and I and large stripes sui i i Value \2lA % CAL ft Our new Fall | will show t brought to Ur | "MEE' ! Ml ITIIA1 1 IVIU I U/-VL [ i open letter o Onc of Our Correspondents? A Siiot Drawn Ont by Our Correspondent's Letter of Lust Week. Union, S. C., Sept. 15, 1803. lit. Geo. Buchanan: 1 love you old boy. In the buttle : Cold Ilurbor your brother was died, and after the battle was over was detailed to help bury him. fe dug the hole and rolled the poor llow up in a blanket and gently id him to rest and covered him ler. You have opened your batry at long range on some of the d boys here. Let me refresh your lemory. When we were iu winter uarters at Morristown, East Tenessee. Lonpstreet sent his fm-anrn ' o ~ "" rjv ain over on French Broad to load ith corn, you and myself were deliled out of our company to guard trage train, and on our way back > camp we left the forage traiu and ent across the country in search >r game. We walked up on a Hock f large blue geese, and you remarked to me, "we will have game ow." We rushed into the Hook, ;riking at them with our guns to rcak their necks, one old fellow rshed at you blowing and hissing ad pressing you so close that you as comfellcd to turn on him with our gun. We each got our geese bout the same time and you relarKed to me, "let's have another." says, "No, Georee, we arc in Dlain iew of the house and the folks can ?c us, had better get off with what e have." We carried them on to imp, dressed, cooked and then ate icm. You remember George, that ftcr eating our geese, that you and otpc of the other old boys went out )raging by night, a long distance i om camp, and you went into an Id out building and you found a in gallon keg full. If you rememer you thought it was sorghum, louldering it you carried it fivo dies to camp and when you opened found very much to your surpriso nd disappointment that it was a keg r tar. Well Uoorgc, you were adly sold out. Don't let any of our neighbors seo this; but come gain, George, for wo are always lad to hear from you. Carey Willard. Those Postoffico scandals are scanalous to a marked degree. One ling about rascality, it is with great ifficultg that it hides itself. "Murex will out." 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