Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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afo|; - l^5pof Union and Suburbs Has f|M If T M T fflbJartti / \ Ml " fTI T *M /fl B~^ City of Union and Suburbs Has r:~&$hi*Tge Cotton Mills, One Knitting I l_l BJ ^^F^^^ffiM||^PRg^^^Bftfl|Hjj?fjj^flLj ,i V I I 1^^ /I flJ Five Graded Schools, Water Works, and Spinning Mill with Dye Plant, Oil fl fl fl fl I ^fll fl B "rBi ^^Ljjrah-v.. I fl j ^fl/ I fl l Sewerage System, Electric Lights, Three EL j Mill, Furniture Manufacturing and fl fl fl H I J fl B| fl fl Br i ^fl'- fl fl I fl' fl I i L 7 Banks with aggregate capital of $250,000, rtfl j Lumbwr-YanUw FojfcaW Seminary. _B _H_ _H_ _flL* V -/ JL w -fl. -JB- -Jk?- w _fl_ JIL^dl % Electric Railway. Population 7,000. VOL. L1V. SO 41. "~ ? ^a-,. ONION, SOOT?cAR6tlNA,l:RIDA^OCTOBER 7, 1904. #1.00A YEAR .L i , ? | Wm. A. NICHOLS C ....ALl 4 PER CEN >' ON TIME CI ^ t OF Df Sm? SOUTH DEPENDED > BY BISHOP HOSS, Prominent Divine Recently Attended the British /[ wesleyan General Con^ /*"/> lt? C -T* I / i UIIW .III JlltlllCIU, Eng., When the South Was Discussed. Bishop E. E. Hoss, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was sent as a delegate at large from the Southern Methodist Church to the British Wes,,v leyan general conference, which meets every sixth year. The session was held at Sheffield, England, during July,!?and in an address before that body Bishop Hoss used vigorous language in defending the South from the attacks of those who have endeavored to do this section injury. The address was couched in fearless terms, and is just such an eloquent exposition of true Southern feeling as will appeal to every resident of the South land. The address in part follows: _And now^ fltr, Preajftonfr; ^ . sible misapprehensions, let me state in the most definite possible terms that from my hearths core to my finger tips, and in every fibre of my being I am an American, loving with a passionate affection every foot of soil in the great republic, and reverencing more than any poor words of mine can possibly express the starry flag which is the' outward and visible symbol of its authority. At the same time, seeing that I am from the South, V ^?nd that I belong to a church - which unhesitatingly publishes in its very name, tne geograpniTcal sphere of its operations, I (shall offei* no apology for confining myself chiefly to the discussion of affairs in that particular part of the United States. Am I wrong in supposing that your judgment in regard to the South . has been made up in large part on the testimony of those, who, to put it mildly, held no brief in our behalf? At any rate, as it / appears to us, the majority ol those who have spoken and writ ^ ten about us have hardly set us in a fair light before the world -C That we are a little sensitive ir 1 . regard to our reputation is n< ,; doubt true, and it can scareelj be considered a fault that w< cherish a just regard for th opinion of mankind. To give a concrete example/o what I mean, let me say^that no a great while ago I re-read Pro! Qoldwin Smith's History of th S* United States, 'after having see it endorsed in the stately columr 01 tne spectator as ox unini|R-ati J?. able authority. But this secon fKJr ? reading served only to fortif the conclusion which I had read ed about the book some years 1> k ) fore?namely, that though wri | ' ten in exasperatingly good Enj lish, it is as perfeat a blend < k crude ignorance and Pharisaic malignity as the literature of 01 common tongue can show. Wh Prof. Smith has to say about tl DN & SON, Bankers * I , 2J". *\ 'y ' - * ' *"/ LOW.... T. INTEREST ERTIFICATES | E POSIT. 1 South may be summed up in a , single sentence something like this: That but for its political connection with the more intelligent and progressive North, it 1 would long ago have drifted > back into a state of fossilized semi-barbarism. "Ye shall know them by their fruits; do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" To I this test and adjudication we are willing to submit without a murmur. Prof. Smith was never himself in the South- He is not, therefore, in a position to speak from personal observation. But the record of the facts is writ large in the life of the nation, and so is open to the inspection of all honest and fair-minded students. If anything in human annals is susceptible of proof, it is this: That the men of the South, from the beginning of colonial days down to the present time, have contributed their full share to the prosperity and the glory of their country. From the South came George Washington, pater patriae, whom Times insists on who was reaiii u *?? dron of his blood, a sort of trans figured and glorified English country gentleman, whose nature had been broadened out by the ample spaces and the liberal atmosphere of the new world, of I whom John Richard Green truly says that "no nobler figure ever stood at the forefront of a nation's life," and who was so unassailably great that not even gruff old Thomas Carlyle, advocatus diaboli as he was, could fulfil his promise to "take him down a peg or two." Patrick Henry, the supreme orator of the revolutionary era, not an ignorant and briefless barrister, as prejudice has painted him, but a thinker who grappled the law and the reasons of it with the unrelaxing vigor of a giant; Thomas Jefferson, the author, at thirtythreer, of the Declaration of Independence, and later of the statute i for religious freedom in the State , of Virginia, and by far the most :> erudite and versatile of our pres idents; James Madison, "the i father of the constitution,"- a . publicist whose knowjedge ranged i broadly and deeply over the > whole field of history; John Mar/ shall, the great chief justice of e the Supreme Court, who dwarfs e all his successors by comparison, and by whom more than by any f other one man the written conit stitution was converted from a f, tentative theory into an actual a urnrlfinir rilnn nf orftvprnmnnt' ^ w Ov ' ^"V| h Andrew Jackson, son of a Caris rickfergus emigrant, whose brill liant victory at New Orleans, or d January 8, T815, the only suby stantial land victory that w< i- gained in that miserable war e- made it certain that thereaftei t- nobody would venture, in time o: g- peace, to search an Americai [>f ship on the highrsea; and in late al years, when unhappy civil dis ur cords issued in a gigantic wa at between the States, Robert E tie Lite and Stonewall Jackson^ thoe Christian knights, without fea and without reproach, who ma be held up in the face of all th world with the deliberate cha lenge to produce their like. Quite recently I have gon through the autobiography o Field Marshall Lord Game Wolsley, who, as a young Britisl officer, spent some weeks of 1861 in General Lee's camp. Speak ing of Gen. Lee he says: "H< was the ablest general, and t< me seemed the greatest man thai I ever converged with';' a^dPyetJ have had the privilege of meeting Von Moltke ane Prince Bismarck and upon one occasion had a very long and interesting conversation with the latter. Gen. Lee was one of the few men that ever seriously impressed and awed me with their natural V1IVU IllllCiCIlt greatness. His greatness made me humble, and I nevef felt my own individual insignificance more keenly than in his presence. He was, indeed, a beautiful character, and of him it might truthfully be written, 'In righteoushe did judge and make war.' " Of Stonewall' Jackson, General Wolsley adds: "What a hero! And yet how simple, how humble-minded a man. In manner he was different from General Lee, and I can class him with no man that I have ever met or read of in history. Like the great commander whom he served with such knightly . loyalty, he was deeply religious, but more austere, more Puritan in type. Both were great soldiers, yet neither had any Goth-like delight in war." These succinct and comprehensive eulogies are elaborated at judTcTousT painstaking and careful work on "Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War," and even Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States, does not hesitate to admit that "Gen. Lee was unquestionably the greatest of all great soldiers that have been produced by our English-speaking race, and this In spite of the fact that his last and greatest antagonist? Gen. Grant?may himselr claim to rank with Marlborough and Wellington. % These men, and a multitude like them, who of acknowledged right sit in the seats of the mighty, did not come by accident. On the contrary, they j grew by normal processes out of the social, civil and religious conditions in which they were born, and they were fairly representative and exponential of the people to. whom they belonged; a people not without serious regretable faults and failings, yet fit, on the whole, to claim kinship with their English-speaking brethren in every part of the globe; conservative in their instincts, arid convinced that true and permanent progress musl come, not by cataclysmal fits anc starts, but by that slow and or derly evolution of society ir which liberty broadens dowi from precedent to precedent caring little for great wealth ! and nothing at all for the vulga and ostentatious luxury that goe along with it, but aiming a i homely comfort, and finding in - tense delight in the possessioi JI and enjoyment of competen , ' means; free from the hypocris r of a merely formal politeness o f the one hand, andjfree from ur i social incivility on the other; nc r particularly solicitous to enlarg - the range of their close acquain r anceship, but still gracious to a i. | strangers; maintaining a Kinai ? and tolerant attitade toward the ?fr ? ir dependent^ Ai self-respecting but y couteous deportment toward their e equals, and more?than a little I- skeptical asf to the^existence of any class that might rightfully e claim to be their superiors; loving f their o^iy homes and families t with a passionate devotion, keenti ly sensitive as to tne sacredness 2 of the blbodbond between them selves and their closer or more 3 diseant kinsmen, and patriotical> ly attaclfea to their whole counts holding their heads erect F and unafraid in the presence of men, fcfontaneously deferential :fc to ' wom^n, and bowing down with anAinquestioning faith before theiinajesty of the eternal. Such, in brief, they were; and such, despite the transforming inflaences of these commercial days, they still are in the warp and, wo^f of theis being. < :?K PASTOR DEEDNDS DANCING. Rev. Mr. Schudder Soys it is Healthy and Wholesome, hut Should Not be Allowed to Degenerate into Peripatetic Hugging. The Rev. John L. Scudder, pastor of the First Congregational Church, Bergen and Boyd avenues, Jersey City, has received several letters of late denouncing his plan to establish dancing classes in his "People's Palace," which will be opened to the public in the near future. He jtftswered the complaints last ' nightiby preaching a sermon on , thesibject: "Is it a sin to dance?" i He said: People's Palace is teach- J Hudson County, ancrornrscrm^,!. I understand, is living in Bound Brook, N. J. Our dancing classes need no defence, but I deem it wise to define our position upon these questions of popular amusements. The Bible says there is a time to dance, and that is also our belief. There is a psychological basis for this diversion. "Dancing is the outward expression of joyous life. Vivacious spirit manifests itself in rythmic movements. A grind organ upon the street immediately becomes the centre of an impromptu collection of children who invent a dance for themselves if they have never attended a dancing school. They dance because they love music and are happy. Proper dancing . is heatthful and moral and should be encouraged by the Church. When the Prodigal Son returned they commenced to dance, and at the wedding of Cana I have 1 no doubt Christ looked approv' ingly upon the young people en! joying themselves in this inno cent Amusement, I see no reason 5 why Christian people should not t dance, if they dance in proper I places with proper company at v\t*Av\n?* fimna in o nnnnnn monnni? i/iiuvo AH u uiaiiiivi 1 "We should be neither ascetics ^ nor fanatics upon the question, '? but consider it and all other simf ilar questions with common r sense. Under reasonable restric8 tions the great bqdy of Christy tians believe in dancing and en" courage their children in this n graceful form of recreation, f True religion never objects to the y young people having a good time. n They will have enough cares and sorrows later on; then let them >t frisk when they feel like it. I! >e we older ones frisked a little more, it would do us good anc N help us to forget our worriments 'y It would help us to maintain oui fr joethfil spirits longer and mak< J i V' , ' V,.v i , > ? flBHBHHHHHHllHHHHIHHHH P. M. PARR, President, T Merchants and Pit Successfully Doing Bui HH is the OLDEST Bank has a capital and surp 9 E is the onlv NATIONS I M has paid dividends n fl 8 pays FOUH per cent 9 E is the Only Rank in Ui B h has Burglar-Proof va pays more taxes than WE EARNESTLY SOI us more companionable and at tractive. "Of course, there are certair restrictions which should be I thrown around this inherentlj harmless diversion. First, there is a time to dance. Young people should observe proper hours. naneinff aftor mi/in! (3 uxt/vi liuuillgllt anu 111 cl suffocating1 atmosphere is unhygienic and contrary to nature. We are not bats and owls and should not change night into day and day into night. I see no reason why receptions cannot commemce at 8 instead of 10 P. M. and close before the small hours of the morning. The society belle that retires at 3 to 4 A. M., is apt to act like a she bear the next day. It is evident to all in her own house that she has danced too much. "Then again we should be careful and positive as the manner of dancing. Here there should be great plainness of speech. There are improper and immodest modes of holding one's partner, and these should never be tolerated in private dance or public reception. And the value :)f a well conducted dancing Uteness and gest the proprieties necessary to a harmless diversion. No greater liberties should be allowed upon the floor than elsewhere, and those in control should see to it that dancing should not degenerate into peripatetic hugging. All dancing in the People's Palace will be of a proper obaraeter nnd it is our business to maintain high standards in this and all other amusements provided by this institution. "Again, young people should be csreful in the choice of places and partners. Where and with whom to dance are important questions which all should conscientiously heed. Public balls and dancing pavillions are irresponsible * picnic grounds where young women are clasped in the arms of men they never met before and whose antecedents are unknowh are pernicious in the extreme and are responsible for the ruin of multitudes of young women. Behind many a spotless shirt bosom stands a moral leper, so young people cannot be toe careful iu choosing partners. "The sale of intoxicating drinks at such resorts is a snare and upon it the libertine relies ir his work of destruction. One ob ject of the People's Palace is t< proivde a place to dance, where all proper restrictions will be rigidly enforced, and where par ents can feel that their daugh ters are safe. We teach then how to dance and then compe them to dance in proper manner "We believe pleasure is a legit imate pursuit and propose to sup ply it in such fashion as to buil< up and not tear down health happiness and public morals Amusement is not the chief en< in life, but it can be made means of grace to all who rightl enjoy it." Dr. Scudder said last nigh that he had received 400 applies \ tions for membership tickets er ' titling the holders to the priv ? lege of the People's Palace. Th I building will be opened today fc the inspection of members onlj No date for the public openin r has been set. ? The Sunday Nen i an* (tarttrt Otfetott J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. H B inters National Bank, siness at the "Old Stand." in Union, >lus of <100,000, lL Hank in Union, mounting to $300,400, Interest on deposits, nion inspected by an officer, ult, and Safe with Time-Lock, ALL the Hanks in Union combined. LICIT YOUR BUSINESS. - 10 CENTS AS MINIMUM PRICE POR COTTON. i J Important Steps Token [ by the Cotton-Growers' convention at St. Louis. The Question of Warehouses. i St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 27. The Cotton-Growers' Convention, representing- the entire South, after thoroughly canvassing the condition of the crop and the prospect for yield, * urged farmers of entire South not to sell their cotton at less than 10 cents, fixing this as a minimum price to be accepted. If individual farmers are compelled to realize on a part of their crop they will be urged to sell as little as possible and to market the balance slowly. Such action by this convention will unquestionably have a very marked effect in strengthening the views of planters on 10 cents as a minimum and against the organized offort of the planters, who are in better financial shape than for years, it will be difficult for the bears to make any serious break in price. year?Wf$b^,W?f\ticallv assured prospects of going to $700,000,000. The convention has discussed warehousing from every point of view, and occepts without dispute the supreme need of warehouses throughout the South. Many plans will be discussed as an outcome of this agitation, and finally some broad proposition will be accepted everywhere as the solution of the greatest problem connected with cotton handling. Individual warehouses will i be established here and there, and efforts will be made by pro , moters of various schemes to organize cooperative warehouses to i be owned and operated by farmers, but visionary as such ertter! prises are, they serve to awaken i the world's attention to the im portance of a better system of > marketing cotton. i While it was evident that every delegate was most enthusiastic ; as to the need of warehouses and j good results to follow their estab, lishment, it was not, as thought) ful men knew, possible for the convention to develop a warer house system. It did favor an > effort advocated in Texas of a coi operative movement by farmers - themselves to establish such a > system, but the plan is entirely j too visionary to be successful. ; Its agitation, however, will do . crood. for t.hprp is room for mnnv - warehouse companies, and if coi operation could succeed in work1 inj? out such a problem, even in . part, it would be an excellent r thing. The speech made yester day by Sam Morse against specui lation as a curse to the farmer , and manufactures, illustrated by i. many striking facts, showing d how supertitition rules cotton a speculation, proved the keynote y of the meeting and a continual * topic of discussion. Speeches on it the subject of warehousing were i- made also by Messrs. Williams i- Summerwell and Edmonds, i- The farmers fully appreciated ie the desirability of asking the cot>r ton manufacturers of Europe to ?. visit the South, and unanimously g passed resolutions to that end.? ra Special Dispatch to Manufacturer's