The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, September 18, 1903, Image 4
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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
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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." L
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checks, also
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lion.
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WAN'
Every lady
in the city
and county
to call at
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OUR BIG SHO
and inspect the large
"classy" line of fine f<
shown in your city.
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not selling Shoes bol
elaborate names, but
ing more shoe value,
and best of all the ve
ting Shoes on the m
LADIES' FIN1
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UNION SHOE
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