The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 03, 1905, Image 4
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