THE UNION TIMES
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ELECTION NEXT TOESDAY.
Everybody who can should rote.
Cast your ballot an a free American
citizen, for whom you please. The
day has come when men, with a few
exceptions, cannot be persuaded to
vote to please another, but on the
eontrary vote to suitr themselves.
We urge the voters to make a wise
choice of candidates, not from personal
popularity, friendship or obligations,
but for fitness and ability to
perform tho duties of the office
sought.
OUR CITY SCHOOLS CLOSE.
school commencement is the end
?nd the beginning. The graduates
end their school career, and begin
their life struggle, which to them is
far more puzzling than the problems
through which they plodded and
solved during school days. They
must now face the stern realities of
life, encounter and solve the vastly
more diffiult problem of the battle for
bread or fame. They will find the
pathway leading to either full of difficulties,
disappointments., failure*
reverses; but if they have had proper
training, natural ability, individuality,
personality, courage and energy,
they will surmouut all obstacles and
reach the top, where there is always
room for more. The educated and
thoroughly trained are in demand in
this, the day of scientific discoveries
and developement. Science in bread
making, in farming, and in all of the
Inventions and improvements in machinery
it requires a trained mind
to manipulate. An illustration of
this is contained in a story we recentread
of a young man, one of four
brothers, being the eldest. They
worked in a factory. The eldest
studied and thoroughly informed himself
upon every detail of the machinery
with which he was engaged
to work ; bought and borrowed books
of instructions regarding the business,
and when he became thoroughly
familiar and an expert in tnacninery
and engineering he was promoted,
while his second und third
brothers would not study, but were
content to plod. This older brother,
after his promotion, educated his
youngest brother who also obtained
and filled a good paying position.
The address of Mr. Boggs before
the graduating class at the graded
school was fraught with the best advice
possible, and if followed will be
crowned with success. Mr. Boggs
might have go^e a step father in his
advice to boys, about the use of cigarettes,
whiskey and profane language;
he should have added the
reading of yellow-back literature of
the Jesse JameR kind. In such books
boys read of blood curdling murders,
robberies, forgeries, housebreaking
and burning, which inflames and
poisons the voung mind, destroying
the taste for better reading, and
sometimes so influences the joung
mind as to make the boy morbid in
his desire to imitate these daring
deeds, sometimes leading to the commission
of crime and suicide. The
reading of such books sometimes will
undo the good work of the teacher,
and lead astray the bright boy, of
brighter prospects, and instead of filling
a high position of trust and honor,
he Alls a drunkards grave, a felon's
cell, or a murderer's death upon
the scaffold. There are two paths in
life for the young graduate; these
paths lead in opposite directions, one
to a high, honororable position, fortune,
fame and heaven ; the other to
degradation, disgrace, dishonor, and
S PIRIT OF REFORM.
The spirit of reform seems to be
moving in high places in these United
States of America. Since the investigation
of the case of Smoot, U. 8.
Senator, elect from Utah, the disclosures
of which revealed the true
creed and manner of living of the
mormons. The information thus
made public seems to have awakened
the clergy and the churches generally
upon the subject of divorce. Several
of the church councils have passed
resslutions instructing ministers who
are called to perform the marriage
ceremony to decline to do so, if they
know either party ever to have been
divorced. Thus the church would
place the divorced man or woman
upon the same footing as the Mormon
with his pluralt> of wives. This
is a step in the right direction, and
doubtless is the only means whereby
to put an end to the divorce evil.
Another most wonderful and unprecedented
reform is that of the Western
Union Telegraph Company cutting
loose from the pool rooms of the
country. No news of any gambling
character is allowed to be transmitted
on its wires. The company
has thus given up voluntarily an immense
revenue from the sale of rac
ing news, and it is safe to say that it
has made the largest sacrifice of
money for moral reasons that was
ever recorded of a business concern.
Some of the newspapers give Miss
Helen Gould credit for this action on
the part of the telegraph company,
She is one of the largest stock-holders
in this company. This shows
what a good woman with money can
do.
GRADED SCHOOLCLOSED.
One of the Most Successful Years
Of the Institution?A Fishing
Party Has Stew-Fry?Other
Notes Of Local Interest.
JoNEsvinLE, May :50.?The long dry
spell was broken last night by a good
gentle rain, which was not a first rate
season, but it will do much good, and
will perhaps be followed by more rain
soon.
Messrs. Betenbaugh and Mobley were
in our town last Wednesday. They
went out to the Pacolet River, inspected
and received the approaches, to the new
steel bridge. The approaalies were
built by Messrs. Webber and Whitlock,
and the work was very satisfactory to
the commissioners. Messrs. Webber
and AVhitlock have done much of this
kind of work and it has always given
perfect satisfaction, which speaks well
of these men as reliable and faithful
contractors.
Mr. J. J. Littlejohn has gone to St.
Louis and to other Northern cities 011
business for his mills.
Misses Grace Littlejohn and Maud
Whitlock have gone to Atlanta to enter
a school for trained nurses.
Misses Mildred Lindsey, Marie McWhirter
and Mattie Littlejohn aro at
home from Chlcora College.
Misses Carrie Southard Uoll
john and Bell Whitlock, who have been
off teaching school, are at home for the
vacation,
Mr. Noah Buice has gone to Rheltonville,
Ga., to visit his father.
Prudence Lodge No. 139 A. F. M. met
in regular communication last night and
raised three candidates to the sublime
degree of Master Masons.
Some of our boys with Mr. Jack McKissick
went over on the Fair Forest
creek last week fishing. They had a
fry and a stew and h jolly good time.
The new dwelling being built by Mr.
J. F. Alman between his and I)r.
Southard's dwelling is being put up
rapidly. The out side walls will be
plastered and of a gray or granite color,
and the trimming will be of galvanized
iron.
Miss Mary Murphy, of Mt. Tabor, is
the guest of Miss Etna Hames.
The exercises of one of the most successful
years of the graded fechool hero
closed last Friday night. The urogram
covered two evenings, Thursday and
Friday, and every detail of the program
was well performed by the pupils,
which evidenced the fact that great care
and much pains had been taken by
Prof. Ackerman, and his assistants,
Misses Hames and Penney, in preparing
and drilling the school for the occasion,
and much credit is due the pupils
for the performance on their part,
Jonesville has some hoys and girls of
lino tolnnta nn/l a ? " ' ? ? '
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store for man)' of them. I)r. L. M. Roper,
of Bpartanburg, was to deliver the
literary address on Friday evening, but
he was not able to attend on account of
some pressing business, and Rev. David
Ducks was pressed in without previous
notice to make an address ana deliver
certificates of graduation in the ninth
grade to pupils. Rev. Mr. Ducks said
Jonesville was to be congratulated on its
forward movement for popular education
and that great possihties were even
in sight for the town in this important
subject. After his address he presented
certificates to the following graduates:
Inez Spears, Bernard McWhirter, Carrie
Alman, Kittie Alman, May Free, May
Whitlock, Roy Whitlock, Jim Littlejohn
and Russell Littlejohn. Mr. Carroll
D. Foster, in a very graceful and
eloquent manner presented books to
Misses Inez Spears and Louis Alman for
faithful attendance during the session.
I'rof. Ackermon then made a short address
in which he was enthused with
the bright prospect that Jonesville has
for better facilities for education. Quite
a number of people from the county and
the city of Union were in attendance
and Cupid might have l>een working
his rabbit foot to good ad vantage during
this happy occasion.
The Union light weight nine crossed
bats with Jonesville's nine Friday evening;
the result was in favor of Union by
about two to one. XcnKPuoriu,
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Too Late to Cry Reflection After
Being- Overtaken by the Truth.
Editor Union Times: To corroborate
the letter of Mr. Edd Tamer, which
you so kindly Rave to the people in your
last issue. 1 beg to reproduce same with
the addition of t wo letters from the Hon.
T. J. Betenbuugh, in which he makes a
silly effort to clean the wrongs of I. M
Mobley.
Mr. T. J. Betenbaugh,
My dear fiiend: When I worktd the
road last I had failed to pay my road
tax. But Mr. Mobley went to town and
got the money and paid three of us for
woiking the road when it was out duty
to work. As we don't want any dirty
dollars, and knowing the same to be illegal,
we bave concluded to return the
money to its proper place, the county
treasury. I write to ask you will you
receipt us for same; please answer by
return mail. Your good friend,
Edd Tamek.
Replies:
Union, Apr. 19. l'.KH.
Mr. Edd Tamer,
Delta, S. C.
Dear Sir: Yours of the 18th to hand,
and will say in reply, that 1 know nothing
of lite matter to which you tefer, so
you will have to see Mr. Mobley. 1 will
see him about it when he comes tip.
Respect fully
T. J. Betendauoh.
Supr. U C.
Secoi.d lettei:
Union, Apr '20, 1904.
Mr. Edd Tamer,
Delta, S. C.
Dear Sir: Mr. Mobley is up here this
morniug and has explained the matter
to me, and I remember the circumstance
now. It was this: the overseer had a
right, as we unperstand the law, to work
hands anywhere from *2 to 8 days. Mr
Mobley thinking 2 days enough, suggested
to the botrd that ton be paid for
1 1-2 days as you bad alieady woik?d
'2 days besides. The board agreed with
him in the matter and paid you accordingly,
you had cleared the law If the
overseer saw proper when >ou woiked 2
days, I understand you had done that,
now the 1 l-'2 days for which you were
pa d for was no dirty dollars, as I see it,
nor you need not refund, but if R was
jour intention to refund, wiry did you
not do so two years ago as it was year
before last. Respectfully,
T. J. Betbnuagii,
Supr. U. C.
Now Mr. Editor not wishing to take
up too much space :n the dear old Tunes
who has always been found itt the front
rank battlinfl for the good of her p<*.?p!u,
1 will make this epistle as breif as possible.
To streak mtldly of the lion. T
J. Beteubauglr's letter of April 20, presumed
to be dictated by I. M. MobU-y. j
which don1' contain as tuuch truth as
cau be found itt a box of concentrated
lye, only it admits to paying delinquent
road hands the people's money. To convict
a man ort his owtr evidence is the
pride or our courts, it removes all doubt
as lo bis guilt, and destroys ail opp riunity
for an appeal. I only ?sk the
people of Union county to consult their
memory as to how the roads were
worked in 1002, year before last, as Mr.
Bvtenbaugli so states. I ietVr the people
ol' Union couuly to every road overseer,
to every delinquent hand who
worked on the public highway io
1802, that being the first year that precinct
road law went into effect, which
caused some confusion in the campa'gn
of that year, and at some pla -es the candidates
had to explain the ltw from a
political stand; there was no stipulation
for the number of dajs that delinquent
bands should work in 1802. The road
tr which Mr Beteuhaugh refered to,
the delinquent hands worked 4 1-2 days.
Toe overseer on this road told me about
the paying of these delinquent men.
Said lie had voted for Mr rieteiibaugh
in the first primary, but lie would not
vote for him in the second primary for
Mr. Mobley could not get the money out
of the treasury unites Mr. Be.teuhuugh
nad been willing We have his old
that he voted for l)r, Hales at tire nootid
primary. If the people of Union county
find my statement to lie true. Mr Mobley
stands convicted up >n his own evidence
for wrongly using the people's
money. But what ahout Mr. BetenllMllo)lV<4
llllpvt mniVOMO ri.m. - I
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instances as that never did exist; he
Mirely can forecast Uih future. I have
ot her complaints on my desk similar to
the one hereby stated ami do hope that
Mr Mobley can hatch up something bett?r
to meet them. Asa people, we are
not immune to political rot, for instance,
take a man who is perfectly honest
would not handle a dirty dollar lor the
world, but let this man believe that the
public funds are going to waste when lie
goes to make his tax return, ten to one
that his assessment is made far below
par, all of which for the want of contldetice
in the dear old county, and the
honest few will have the burden of taxation
to meet. VV. M English.
To
Prevent Gambling- in Cotton.
The United States Government has
undertaken to prevent gambling in
cotton futures. It proposes to make
exact and exhaustive inquiry into
crop conditions, publishing the result
of its investigations. In other words,
it undertakes to keep the public informed
as to the prospects A future
uiups, eiiiuuiuiiug ny sucii publicity
the opportunity for speculation by
reducing the element of uncertainty.
The undertaking is directly in line
with the policy adopted by the Gov*
eminent regarding all products that
are classified as necessities of life,
and which may he made subjects for
speculation.
But, it is a question whether or
not the Government will succeed in
this undertaking. Supply is only
one basis for speculation. Should
publicity regarding supply become
so complete as to leave no opportunity
for speculation on this score,
there would remain the demand
Every one knows demand is some*
times a greater factor in determining
price than is supply, and there aeema
S H 0 E S
THAT M
We claim that
the strongest li
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to be no way by which the govern- .
ment can possibly guage the demand,
because of so many conditions and influences
which create demand, beyond
the ability of man to foresee.
If the Government succeeds, it can
only succeed in a measure, for the
very reason that it can deal with but
one factor in the problem. Still it is
possible that even a measure of success
may tend to lessen speculation,
and, if it should, it will be advanta- |
geous, because less speculation, less
disturbances of industry. As is well
known recent speculation in cotton
futures seriously disturbed the cotton
industry of the country.?Ex.
Confederate Soldier Dead.
Greets, May .'{(J ?I see in last week's
'Times" and have been informed by
private letter that Mr. William Caiter
died at Lockhart on the 21st inst. lie
was (id yeais and 5 months old and
leaves a wife and eight children to
mouru their loss, (three boys and live
ifirlf) two of whom are in Mississippi,
oue (laughter, Mrs. W. A. Rosa, in Gastonia,
N. 12. All the others are in South
Carolina. His immediate family that
formed his household were his wife and
daughter, Miss Rhoda. Three sisters
and one brother survive him.
He had been in delicrte health for
some tiiwe and was strictly confined to
the house for live weeks and one day,
but only lo his lied oue day.
Mr. Caiter was au industrious and
obliging man. 1 have (lersoually known
him for over twenty-live yeais and I do
not suppose that he had any euem<es.
He served his country faithfully during
the war, and on all occasions his country
?r> noiuiuir to wii?wver service lie
could render. JJefoie lie died lie expressed
his readme&s togo. ilia remains
weie burltd at lhusliyfork Church, of
which lie UhS a member. Funeral ser
vices weie conducted by his former pastor,
Rev W. E U. flnmphtles, of union,
Another old soldier has crossed
the river and has joined the big reunion
beyond. Peace lo his ashes.
Homo.
Social Entertainment.
Forest Camp No. lib, Woodmen of
the World, will have a social entertainment,
in K.of P. Hall Thursday
night, June 9th. All sovreigns in
good standing are expected to be
present and each sovreign is allowed
to bring one man who is not a Woodman,
Installation of officers, plenty
refreshments, and a jolly good time
is expected.
By order of the camp in session
Monday, May 80, 1904.
R. M. Est kb,
? Clerk.
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All Candidates who need tickets
can get them printed on short notice j
at The Times offlce. ^
AND SUPPERS ^
AKE THE FEET LAUGH,
we have the most complete and
ne of medium and high grade
lasts, '
and price that has ^^QBHBI
A--"^)o rr "j
ever been shown in
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Union.
'e refund money for any
^ht here that do not fit.
*Y GOODS COMPANY.
R. P. HARRY, Manager.
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OUR CAR LOAD
OF SHOES
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Received last week surprised
the natives.
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There will be Something
Doing in the "Good Old Summer
Time," at the Big Shoe
Store.
(WATCH US.)
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union Shoe Co.,
Shoe Merchants,
Main Street, - - Union, S. C.
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