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1*?????? THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHEO EVERY FRIDAY ....By the ... UNION TIMES COMPANY second floor times building bell phone no. 1. L. G. YOUNG, - - Manager Registered at tin- l'ostolliee in Union S. ('. as second class mail matter. ? i? : S ? :?:? Hl'UHCKIPTION KATKS : One >var - ... $1.00 Six months .... .50 Three months ... .35 AUYKKTlSBMFNTS : Oy?e square. first insertion - $I.O> Every subsequent insertion - .50 Gun tracts for three months or longer will h.- iii!i(li> ut ri'rtni'i'il r?li?i I .oca Is inserted at S 1-0 cents a line. Rejected inanuscript will not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, 8. C., MARCH 3, 1M5. DISCOURAGING COTTON GROWERS MOVEM ENT. The Spartanburg Journal says that our esteemed contemporary the (ireenville News is throwing eohl water on the. movements of the cotton growers association by finding fault and publishing discouraging interviews on the subject of holding cotton for better prices? which looks like playing into the hands of the hears, and cotton spec" nlators. We suppose the Journal has reference, to an editorial in the News under head of "A Time for Common Sense." In this editorial il appears that the farmers of (ireenville county are unloading their cotton at the present prices, if this be the real ease with the farin> rs of that county?tlicy stand alone s-? far as we have been able to judge, and the News may be in a measure responsible for this unloading on the part of the farmers, if so, the News takes a pessimistic view of the cotton growers association, because t!?ii fanners who need money can get it under and by virtue of the arrangements made by the association. therefore need not put their cotton on the market at present prices. The most telling and toiiehing editorial, that which strikes the vital points desired to he reached in condemning the course being pursued by the fireenville News along this line is that which appeared in The State of the 27th inst. The Knglish language is inadequate to cxprcss4a thought or view more clearly, and which voices the true sentiment of every true Southern man who lias the good, growth and prosperity of their country at heart. We noticed another interview I published in the fireenville News which with some might check the arrowtli of the cotton trrowers assn nation, that of a man talking to a N' w's reporter in which the scare crow politics was predicted, tin* man talking evidently ahont Harvic Jor* dan, says Harvic Jordan is only trying to l>c governor of (Jeorgia through the Southern Cotton (irowers Ass(K'iation, predicts that jxd_ itios will kill the association as it did the (irange and Alliance. This man is either a son- head or ignorant of the constitution and bylaws of the cotton association, any how as a Southern man and cotton grower if he can't say anything good he ought not. to deprecate the movement, and the (Jrecnville News should not give space to such utterances, hut oil the other hand do as the Journal says, do all as a leading daily paper to encourage the farmers in their ctlorts to better conditions. We do not think the \- A 1 ! - .1 :>tws limine U> Ujsrouvage I lie movement but desires to put the fanners upon a (sensible basis and not to have theni put their sights so high 011 cotton,} and rely too strongly upon the outcome of the movement. st ateHrr formato r y . There is much dissatisfaction and disappointment among the people of the 8tate, especially among the ladies of the Women's Federation of Clubs. This measure and several others of like interest and ini(K>rtancc have been urged by these ladies, and much good has resulted from their efforts in this direction. Those who not familiar with the framing and passage of a bill in the legislature have no idea of what is necessary to constitute a good and ) J sufficient law, such as will meet the I requirements, and when a failure is made, complaint follows without knowing or fully appreciating the cause of the failure. The Times was a strenuous advocate of a State | reformatory, marriage license and, compulsory education, all of which failed of enactment. The Reformatory l?ill was opposed on several grounds, the leading one heing from! an economic stand|>oint, as inopp utune owing to the financial condition of the State just at this time, and was therefore carried over to the next session of the general assembly. Our Senator is very much in favor of the establishment of such an institution, but opposed the bill upon economic grounds, the form and provisions therein con it lined as u stood wiien introduced, csiK'tially section 0 of the bill. In his opposition to section 0 we fully agree with him, as this was carry ing the i>olicy a little too far, covering too much ground, as we consider the aim and object of such a measure to be the caring for young criminals, instead of placing them in the penitentiary among the grown and worst of criminals, in penal servitude, for when a Ixiy is consigned to such a place he loses! self respect, and when his term of imprisonment in such a place expires, he is freed from the prison walls with no hope of ever heing reeognized as a decent, good citizen, therefore going from had to worse. The [Herniation of South Carolina according to the census of 1900 was 1,!?!(),old, and of course there has hern a large increase since then; i the estimate is that one-fifth of the I population is the voting population of a country, therefore four-fifths are women and children. With the [Herniation that South Carolina now has, it is worse than folly to i say that there is no need for a reformatory, and it is only cheivp politicians and seekers of votes who oppose ilic establishment of such an institution. OUR SCHOOL "COLUMN ' a And Bureau of Information. KUIKNIH. There is nothing iimrr consoling Ilian to think wo have true friends. I True friends arc; valuable, and wc j ?=l?mil*l try not so much to he popu-1 lar as to deserve the friendship of i the good and true people of our! acquaintance. The surest way to j do this is to make (Jod's will our standard of action, not only on Sundays at 11 a. ni. and 7 p. in., hut every hour of the week and then we will know that wo are pleasing our host friend?our Savior. There are none of us who have a great many friends, while we have a great many acquaintances whom we call friends. There are few who will stand every sort of test, as we j know it takes foul weather to prove a sailor, and those, we may think are our friends may prove to he our worst enemies. We should therefore he very careful as to how we treat our friends, for coldness on one's part may turn their friend- | jship into enmity; also, because we do not know how long our friends . will he spared to us. We should j show tin-in tlisit we appreciate tlirm, for some day it may l>r too Into. It is mockery to mourn for a <lca<l friend whom we did not show tlirm that wc loved them heforr they left us to return no more. True friend are like, diamonds, precious and rare, False ones like autumn leaves, found everywhere. ({hack (>. WlllU IlN, Meadow Woods school, taught |>y Miss 1 Jessie Wilburn. A CHRISTMAS VISIT. One ( hristmas holiday a few of my friends came to visit mo. The , morning was very pleasant hut in the afternoon it began to rain hut. we had a nice time anyway. We went into the parlor and were singing and playing games of all kinds when we saw a (lark cloud rising, and very soon the rain began pouring. After the shower was over u>.n.. ..??i ? -: ia J/V Iiv (HIM iiiiian \ I?I4> II wanted to start home hut didn't want to go hy themselves; wanted us to go with them. They had left 1 home to go hack, as their mother was alone. My sister and myself < lu gged our parents to let us go, so after awhile they consented. Boh and my father caught the horses. 1 We put on our wraps got the urn- I hrellas and started. Then we went! i on to Mary's house and persuaded ] her mother to let her go, and started < out again. We sure had a fine t time going in the rain; didn't mind the weather so the wind didn't i blow, 1 < . \ ??n. iMummmm?? Wo reached Mrs. Smith's about' lurk. They had given us out. Wo were at once carried into the dining room, where an elegant Christmas supper was spread for us hy our sweet hostess, Mrs. Smith. After tea we went out and shot tire works, then went hack in the house and played games, after lots of fun We retired. The next morning when we awoke the wind was blowing, the sun shining, and cold as it could tie. Wo had planned to go to Mr. brown's, so Boh caught the horses and we were soon on our journey. Jim and Mabel Brown came hack to Mrs. Smith's with us. Boh happened to a sad accident when we reached Mrs. Smith's. As he was putting his mule in the stable lie jumped out over Boh and ran home. So we had to spend another night, hut we didn't care as we were at a nice place and such kind people. Now I will leave you all to guess how we got home. Lillian Bishop. m11 ml mmeu fishinc. My uncle, Marvin and myself went down on the Forest oih- night fishing. We reached there before sundown, got our fishing poles and set about fifty or sixty hooks. After awhile we made a fire, made some coffee and as we had some cold bread and other things which we had brought, we ate our lunch. Soon wc went around to our hooks where wc found we had about fifty fikjlt tiiwl oiui /u?l urn mm \/iiV3 in i auuuv I >u? li rt long. My uncle was so afraid of an eel, lie thought we would put it 011 him. We fixed our hooks again, went hack to our fire and had a second lunch, with a dish of fried fish. We stayed nearly all night and returned houie almut sunup, so you see we did not sleep much that night. Not long after that a good many of us boys went down there fishing again. We set our hooks, made on a lire, ate our lunch, so we had plenty of good things to eat that night. After fishing we got wood, made a big fire, made coffee and ate. Then all of us got a log to sit on. We told tales, smoked and did all kinds of things. After awhile we got sleepy, so we went to sleep and slept alniut three hours. One of our dogs woke us up hark" ing at one of the Ixiys. lie had gotten up in his sleep, took his hook, went fishing and caught a good many fish.. lie had not woke up when he came Iniek, and when we woke him lie was nearly scared to death. We did not sleep any more that night hut went around to our hooks and took them up. We. had lots of fish, so we returned home. That was the last time we went that year. Wo are nntieipat" ing another good time this year. John Wiiitlck k, .In. The author of this charming story "A Christmas Visit" and the interesting and amusing one entitled "Midsummer Fishing, " wove written hy pupils of Bishop school. u<M)!> MANNERS. Every child should learn to have good manners and try to get a good education. When a lx>y meets a lady he should lift his hat in speaking to her. Be kind and jjolite to your parents, to your Brothers and sisters, to your playmates and to your teacher. Be civil and attentive to strangers. The place to learn good manners is at home, don't wait to go off to learn how to he kind and polite. The way to learn good manners is to imitate those who are polite. lie who has good manners will liifd it easier to get on in the world than he who lacks them. Examples of had manners are: to slam doors, to walk heavily, to talk too loud, too fast or too much. It is ill bred to look over the. shoulder of anyone who is reading or writing. It is rude and ill mannered to pry into the affairs of others. "Hearts like doors can open with ease, To very, very little keys; And don't forget that two of these Are "Thank you, sir," and "If yu please." Carrie J. Gallmax. Age 14 years. Hooky Creek School. oooj> MANNEH8. (iood manners is a mark of good training. No one can Ik- truly ix>lite who has not gentleness of disposition. Wc cannot think of the oinforts and pleasure of others if ivr are rude and unkind. Fine clothes do not make the lx>y or the girl. We may sec some l>oy or girl poorly dressed, what of it? Cotton may l>e as clean as silk. It is ini]H?lite to talk much about Iress, either your own or that of <omc other person. I Quiet manners are everywhere a aiark of good breeding. \\ e should jboy our parents cheerfully. When j ' / J p e a \ i tiial I WE HEAR they Shoes; they ; IllilllUS time; > "Queei alway: 1 riutual we are told to do anything wo J should go at once and not wait a ' i long time as if we did not want to obey them. Examples of bad manners are to speak roughly or too fast, to look on when others read or write, as if prying into the business of others. We should not pass in front of anyone who is seated in a room, but if we can't avoid it we should say "Excuse me please." It is impolite or had manners for boys to drink liqyor, smoke eigaretts, or chow tobacco. Little girls should always he found in their proper places. Let us be ; cheerful and pleasant at all times. It is far better to wear a smile than a frown. mati.lon bkvis, Age 10 years, i x .v. .X WV..UUI. 11KNJ AMI N Fit A N KLIN. The man T am writing about was lx>rn in Boston, his parents were very poor, and young Benjamin had a hard time earning a living and trying to get an education. lie worked with his brother James in a printing office trying to learn the trade. He studied very hard and read all the good liooks he could get, spending part of the little money his brother paid him for his service to buy Iwoks. He became a good scholar. I He found out that lightning and electricity were the same by Hying in kite in a thunder storm. He founded the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Library and was postmaster-general of the colonies. He went to France to get aid for the colonists in Revolutionary times against England and succeeded in getting help. W - 1."* 11* - i omig r ranKun run away irom his brother when he was seventeen years old, left Koston and wont 1# New York, a small town then. lie failed to get work there and went to Philadelphia where he got work with a printer. He began to succeed in life and made many inventions; he was a I noted man and served his country well. Joiinny H. Hems, Aged 12 years, llocky Creek School, Feb. 25>, '05. [The above compositions arc well written and deserve much praise I and with a little more practice and study these pupils' compositions will do credit to much older heads, i Ed.] /Y SOLESI Are Not Clumsy. H : MANY WOMEN SAY | can't wear heaVy-sole ; |! too stiff and clumsy say. We change the : of such womert;', every, ve fit them with - , : ? 1 i Quality" Shoes aire ^ s flexible, always $3.00. I|| Dry Goods Co., I R. P. HARRY, Manager. |l|i DBBS?SBS?BSE>aSB& a 3SSS3S3SSS33SSE] jxj | UNION SHOE CO.'S SHOES BEST MADE. | J I a | Ga ..it.* m o _ w | spring | I Reminder j I ' a | WATCH THE ; ? | BIG SHOE || ? CTAhC | j JIUKL || Union Shoe Co., # g Shoe Merchants. 1 ft Main Street Union, S. C 3