The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 27, 1905, Image 4
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THE UNION TIMES
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UNION B. r., JANUARY *-'7. !? 6
TRADING STAMPS.
A now and somewhat novo] enterprise
has been started in the cit\
of Union known as the tradinj
stamp company, and some of oui
merchants have had the temerity t<
launch their barque upon the waterf
of this new commercial sea. Frcn
all that we have read and learned
by talking with the manager hero,
the business of trading stamps b
perfectly legitimate, the prevailing
idea being to put the merchant*
upon a cash basis in the sale of
their goods, and as an inducement
to purchasers to pay cash lor tingoods.
The trading stamp company
will redeem the book oi
stamps obtained from the merchants
with whom 3*ou trade, by giving
you a prize or premium, that is
sjmo article in the store kept bj*
the agent or manager of the trading
stamp company. We cannot predict
the outcome of this enterprise
nor do wc advocate or defend the
plan, by advice or otherwise. It is
therefore up to the parties interested
>? x to make the best out of it possible.
All that we do say is, that we fail
to detect any hidden scheme or do"
vice to trap any one concerned.
GRANTING BAIL.
C^k*vtn rvK fhii iiimanaiViSU r\? tKn
V7A V11V, ilV.nCJAlJA.lt) VI WtV
State arc raising a howl about
granting bail to a person charged
with murder. More ?specially' do
we notice this howl since the granting
of bail to John Clegg, of Greenwood,
charged with the murder of
Ins son, Scott. It is in a majority
of cases with the howlers, whose
bull was gored, whether or not the
law in this particular is defective or
the judge in granting bail, commits
an error was unduly biased.
Evny homicide carries with it a
. greater or lesser feeling of sickening
horror, measured by the circumstances
of the killing, as is also the
degree fixed by the law, murder,
manslaughter, justifiable, excusable,
or accidental. The law may be defective
in that the granting of bail
is left to the discretion of the judge.
Tho State in editorial comment
"sicklied o'er with a pale cast of
thought," touching the principle
involved: even this little was lost
in its comparison between the
amount of bail in murder and theft,
placing the bail of tho man charged
with murder as being no more than
should have l)een in a case of one
entering a corn crib and stealing a
peck of corn, the evident intent being
to reflect upon the judge who
granted bail in so small an amount,
attaching no blame to the law which
gives tho judge that discretion, nor
to adjust or fix the amount commensurate
with the offense. Our
belief has always l>een that it is not
tho amount of bond that brings the
accused into court, for one thousand
wouJd be as effectual in securing
the presence of the accused as ten
thousand, and where the evidence
And circumstances justified or warranted
the judge in granting bail at
all, he need not act t^o farce of putting
the amount beyond the reach,
of the pria^pcr to make. Since
eircumHtwaiifl* ialters cases and facts
in mitigation of offenses, it
would be father difficult for the law
to establish a uniform standard or
? .. kTAX ASSESSMENTS.
In last week's issue The Times
uggested an amendment to tho bill Kr
low pending in the legislature en" | ^
titled 11 An Act to provide for n sj,
letter plan of assessing property." dj
.Ve now offer a further suggestion t.ii
s an amendment to our suggestion, ^
hat only tho returns as assessed l y
he equnlization l?oard and hoard of ,v,
ssessors which amount in value t( ht
>ne thousand dollars and upwards m
w published in the county papers. Pr
This publication would only occupy ^
i small space in the paper as com- j,
>ared w ith all of the returns made, th
The small tax payer pays more in NV(
^pnnnrf inn !?.? r\t?, >r\, v?.l? ^ '
viv/u vvf "1 IJ I VI. VII III'U ^
,han tlio largo tax payors, from the ^
fact that all his property is returned .u
ind at more nearly its real value II
han that of the largo tax pay?r.
Phis question of tax returns as as" tn
messed by the equalization and hoard '
>f assessors may, if properly con" hi
-idered and correct provision he "
nado hy the legislature furnish a
Solution for the enormous yearly ^
leficit in tin; state treasury. Ther<s
nothing like giving publicity to w
tate and county aflairs through the ri
?olumns of the county newspapr. ^
Think of this, you members of the fP
. . \v
legislature, and let the light shine
jo all can b^. a
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AUDITORS IN THE PRIMARIES. I
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A very sensible and correct view ;U
Iocs the News and Courier take of ds
the manner of filling the office of
county auditor and treasurer by ap- ^
pointmcnt of the gonernor. The w
only reason that the Democratic p
State Executive Committee placed w
th" names of county auditor and c<
tr asurer upon the list of candidates ^
to go before the primary election for sc
nomination was to relieve the dele- ai
gation of the responsibility of mak- hi
ing a recommendation to the governor
for appointment, and as the
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Aews and Courier very properly t]
says the governor lias the right to d<
reject such a recommendation, com" &
ing cither frOm a primary election ^
or the delegation. It is unques- r,
tionahly the prerogative of the c<
governor to make the appointment, G
having before him the best evidence q
that he can obtain of the fitness and
ability of the person tq fill the office
regardless of the primary election or- s
' recommendation of the delegation. "
As the law now provides, the appointment
of the county auditor and
treasurer is made by the governor
by and with the consent of the j.
senate, this is as it should he as the
office should 1 k* entirely free from
politics and the officers who fill ,,
them should never be under any
obligations to the people. The
auditor and treasurer are human,
not ong< ls, and should never he
made to feel the power of the people
to place them in office or have them V(
out by ballot at the primary clec* "
tion.
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Our beloved President, in hia n
recent delivery to Congress suggested sc
many things and one of them was ti
this proposition from a half-filled M
mare's nest: 01
No Christian and civilized community
can afford to show a happyigo'lucky
lack of concern for the
youth of to-day; for, if so, the comjmunity
will have to pay a terrible
I penalty of financial burden and so- uj
Jcial degradation in the tomorrow.
{There should be severe child'lnbor aj
'and factory inspection laws. ~.(
But why should the child-lal>or
' law be so much of a scare-crow? ^
i What alxiut the child-loafing law?
! Is it not a fact, laying aside all the
app al to prejudice that a kid is in"
finitely better off working even ten ^
hours a day than loafing all the
time? Which makes the better aj
citizen?the child that works or the ! ja
kid that loafs around the streets, j ei
smoking cigarettes, cursing, telling w
obscene stories; stacking himself up!
in p>ol rooms and billiard parlors a(
and finally Incoming a lady's man
beforo he gets off bis knot? breeches? ar
i We are well aware that child aj
lalx>r is a great theme and we are ^
also aware that it is popular to j
abuse mill owners and other men ' w
who give employment to the poor. w
But when the great world of reform w
aligns its guns at child labor and w
forgets to denounce the child loafer or
and the evils of which he is the i
victim?cigarettes, soda water dopes ^
and other evil things, it haa left its ja,
task only partially performed.? ^
Everything. ' ar
[Compulsory education will stop m
the loafing part of a child's life.? *u
Ed.] 1^2
The Old, Old Story. ;
They were sitting before the op n i
ate. It was cold without?and ,
e wood in the grate did not give |
t niucli heat?and they sat half
ivering?each one looking on the
ring embers. It was early bed
lie, and they had had some words,
e had had a drink or two, nnd 1
is more garrulous than she and
; was telling her, in a pruneful
ly, what lie was going to do. He
id several Colonel Sellers' schemes
his brain and he was trying to
lint a picture that would inspire
^p??. The two drinks, or maybe
e half dozen he had tak< n dur.ng
ie day. rendered him oblivious to
e fact that she did not believe a
:>rd he said to her. In fact, she
us lookin at some far away piciros
which she distinctly saw in
ie dull red coals that yet remained
id lacked the life to glow,
e talked 011. and on, and on. and
uldenly she seemed to come back
the unwelcom*' present, and with
smile that was gonuino and which
us forced through her sorrow by
s hot-air vngariet, she gently said:
Henry, when I was a girl and bad
real happy home and you, in
>ur strength and manhood, came
aoing nie- I was the happiest and
oudest mortal. I believe, on the
hole earth. Whon we were mared,
and walked down the aisle of
ie little church hand in hand, no
icen was happier than I. But I
as just thinking and you remind
ie so much of the time when I was
little girl and had saved up my
nnic8 and bought a prize package.
enened it. nnd wrnnn >fl in t.i>vm<>
"r ? .. - ?rr ? " "*
ipr was a great large breast-pin?
ul in its possession for a couple of
lys I was as happy as when I mared
you. But it was foil brass,
[(Miry. It tarnished in a day or
vo?lxMit all out of shape and was
orthless. We might have been
rosp-rous had you cut out rum;
e might have been happy and
smfortahlo. I have staid with
i.n, and will stay to the end. Our
overty and our misery and our
jrrow are p rhaps no greater than
re found in many other homes?
Lit what worries me the most is to
link that you will spend a dollar
ir rum and a dime for food and
t around telling me all the great
lings you are going to do or can
o. Did it ever occur to you that
/cry drink you take to chase away
our blue devils drives them from
om your heart to mine, and you
xp'-ct me to hear the burden unomplainingly?"
? "Everything,"
reenslioro, N. C.
ur School Column and Bureau of
Information. 100* *
Who is tho author of?
The Lord tenipreth the wind
to the shorn lamb." ?
Who wrote? i
Mary had a little lamb, t
It's fleece was white as snow, i
Iverv where Marv went. e
The lamb was sur?* to go." e
Where is this found? . i
Now is the winter of our discon- h
tent,
lade glorious summer, by tne son .
of York."
c
Who wrote this pathetic little ^
Tse? r
My bird is dead said poor Ann v
Ray t
[y bird is dead I cannot play." t
The Times will give to the per* s
>n answering correctly the givatost; 1
umber of questions asked in the ' c
hool column, one year's subscrip-! t
on to The Union Times and the a
!> tropolitan Magazine, or Munsey c
McLure. s
The Girl that Laughs.
Girls spend considerable time s
ying to find out how to be pop-1 r
ar. It is natural that a girl
lould seek approval and admir;ion.
Her popularity means a
>od time, boxes of candy, thea- i
es, dances, flowers?everything '
lat the hearts of young people
ilight in.
The girl that is popular is the r
rl who laughs. Not the girl j
lat simpers and puckers or
ggles, but the girl that laughs s
id means it. The girl that1
ughs can have candy and flow- r
s and theatres every day in the p
eek. a
Men flock about her. They
ilore her. She laughs herself 1
raight into the hearts of beaux 1
id admirers, and straight into >
1 the good times that a girl can f
earn of. n
She laughs, but she is careful y
hen she laughs. She laughs *
ith her beaux at what they say S
hen they say it, but never after- p
ards. She never laughs at any-,
le's blunders or misfortunes. v
Women forget to worry when Q
ey hear the cheerful girl's jugh.
Old men are warmed at I
e sound of it, young men listen ,
id follow it, pay court to it, arry
it. For it is the laugh
at keeps the heart voung, the it
ugh that keeps the face bright. j -
| COLD
111 Yes, i
|| t? be
| GOING TO
I Our SIi
B For v
I in th
1 riutual
This is a homely topic, hut it is
>ne that strikes home. - There are
food soaps and there are had soaps.
Soaps that lather freely and soaps
hat do not lather freely. Soaps
hat soothe the skin and soaps that
rritnte the skin. There are good
ioaps that are too high and had
maps that are high at any price.
Pin-re are scented soaps and undented
soaps, some of each good
ind some had. Soap is not a lux"
iry, it is a necessity. Itisa housekfioi
4i? Tf ?a n 1t/>/lil?r nn
ivivi iivv? poivj a. v in a i/uuuj nt:c8sity.
Most people use sonp, and
ho few who do not arc unworthy
n-'inhors of society; they arc tramps
vho work harder doing nothing
han honest men do making a forune.
A high degree of refinement
hows itself in one's choice of soaps,
n fact, as a higher development in
ivilization takes place in a nation,
he quantity of sonp it consumes is
n attending circumstance, and the
[uality used is a high grade. We
ell good sonp. We sell it at reaonahlc
prices. We have a large
ssortment. We sell many brands
if toilet sonp and many brands of
having sonp. And we sell at a
ensonnble price. If you will call
t our store we will prove our asser*
ions.
THE RICE DRUG CO.
Jnion Enterprise.
Union enterprise, hustle,
>ush and energy are becomng
by-words tor the country
it large.
Union Grocery Co. cheese,
nade from pure Jejsey milk
>y cleanly, honest methods.
ire becoming famous not only
n Union County but all over
he State of South Carolina,
'ou can always buy them
resh and satisfactory from
rhe Union Grocery Company.
Ve make a specialty of family
iize, ranging from 4 1-2 to 8
>ounds eacn.
With every cash purchase
ve give Southern Trading
itamps.
Jnion Grocery Co.
Best groceries, lowest prices.
The Times and Metropolitan
lagazine one year for $1.80.
WEATHER.'g *
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t's cold, but it's going ||j
colder, and you are |j|
NEED MORE SHOES. 1
GOING TO |j| g
* THE MUTUAL. ^
toes Are Known |
alue and Style there is |i ^
em ?||
Dry Goods Co., i
R. P. HARRY, Manager. |g
1M?ill \
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gS^gS8SgESgEEE?n SSSSSSESSSEaaJ 0
^ | UNION SHOE CO.'S SHOES BEST MADE. | ? j 4
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jCAN'T BEAT 'CM!j
IW Ij
OUR M OUR I
I $3.50 ^J\ $3.50 1
| AND J Pf\ AND I
ti $4.00 ISJr *400 I
|j SHOES SH0ES |
8 FOR r^J FOR I
1MEN [jf MEN ! JB
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:E|leatherse|
i It Will Pay You to Give Us a Look. I
I ...We Can Fit You... |
Union Shoe Co.,
Shoe Merchants. f
^ Main Street Union, S. C. |