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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ....BY THE ... UNION TIMES COMPANY SECOND FLOOR TIMES BUILDING BELL PHONE NO. 1. L. G. YOUNG, - - Manager Registered at tin- T'ostoflice in Union S. C. as second class mail matter. srnscaiiTiox ratks One year ... - $1.00 Six months ... - .50 Three months ... .25 A 1 > V K ItT IS K M K VI S : One square, tirst insertion - $1.00 Every subsequent insertion - .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. Locals inserted at 8 1-3 cents s}.tUu>. Rejected manuscript will -irdt be returned. Obituaries^ j\ml tributes of respect wiJL \h? charged for at half ttntov ? n \nv in irar. A minister in Atlanta made a strong arraignment of the public school system the other day. lie said that the children were "crammed" intellectually rather than educated, and that the public school system of Atlanta and the country at large was a perfect farce. He further said that the system tended not only to stunt the children mentally, but that the platform of non-moral or non-religious training made it tend to develop educated criminals and moral degenerates. This is a pretty severe indictment, but there be many people who believe that it is a t"Ue one. The public school system is not perfect by any means and much of the criticism which it receives is based upon conditions as they exist. ICE TRUST. I'nion, as are other cities and towns of this state, is in the clutches of an ice trust. The combine formed bv and between the ice plants of tin- state, one says to the other if you won't ship ice into my territory 1 won't ship any into yours, the consequence is the people of t'nion can't got any ice from Columbia or Spartanburg, so they must depend I'.lh'Yc*1 Visd?/' V'f he'" cityV* fwV? ice houses have uniform prices for certain deliveries both of which are supplied with the Buffalo ice. We hear no complaint of the quality of ice sold here, as there was last summer, when the Virion Grocery Company ordered ice from Spartanburg. We presume there is no use to complain or kick since one cannot better conditions by so doing. Jc* in a city where city water from the water works is used, is no longer a luxury, hut a necessity, therefore wc can have no patience or tolerance for such a trust or combine any more than for a corner, trust or combine on wheat or any other breadstuff's. Certainly the consumers of ice in this city are at the mercy of the dealers in ice. TRUSTEES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (Mic venr auro Tin- I'vinv Tnuv contained an editorial on the subject of our public schools, in which was quoted portions of the address issued by the superintendents of education of several states who met in Atlanta, October, 11KKJ, as follows: "With a keen sense? of .the responsibility laid upon us, beads of the department of education, by the people of our respective states, with a fixed faith in the native capacity of southern children, through whose veins course the purest strain of Anglo-Saxon blood on the continent, the strongest, clearest blood on earth, with a firm reliance in the patriotism, chivalry, courage, pride and sense of justice of the southern nivmlo n-itl, .. -.1 - - . |/v w1/IV/) MIUI 11 } H 1 ' I 1 II I I I I I conviction of the necessity of universal education for the preservation and perfection of democracy with an assurance of the evidence of all past experience and all past history, that the only means of universal education are the public schools, we are moved to lay before our people these facts. The public schools are inadequate to their stupendous task and unequal to the educational demands of the country. The defects of the public school system arc several. First, necessary physical equipment in houses, furniture and grounds. Houses and grounds and equipments are largely dead mechanism without the vitalizing touch of a properly qualified teacher. It is after all, the teacher that breathes the breath of life into the school. We need licttor teachers and must have them before we can have better schools." Has this opinion and appeal reached the people of the south and by them been heeded? We fear there ha$ been but little a t ten tun v-paid to this warning, in^ Uyt^ election and selection of jUfiehcrs for our public schools in South Carolina, at least in Cnion county. The advertisement in this issue for election of teachers of the four graded schools of school district No. 11, 22 in f ii ? minion, IfllllllUN UN (II II1C peculiar practice of this hoard of trustees for the past few years in electing tcaeheos each year a few days before the close of the schools without giving any public notice, therefore known only to the hoard and a favored | few recommended or endorsed by some influential friend male or female whose election or re-election is assured, yet the farce of going into an election of teachers is enacted each year. The law requires every applicant for the position of teacher in the public school to he a graduate of some chartered institution of learning in South Carolina or hold a certificate issued by the board of education, certifying that the applicant had made the required average on examination upon the questions propounded by the state board of education, that these certificates must be re ncwcd every two years, by the applicant being subjected to a similar examination as that upon which the first certilieate was issued, unless the applicant has taught school ten years consecutively, having gained by experience, that which the applicant should have known at the very outset. The board of trustees for school district No. 11 has had ample opportunity to till the schools ir 'his i- t , -.i .j.uiiiiieu ais tile law provides. Has this been done? How could this be done if no publicity is given to the time and place of election of teachers by the hoard? By whom arc teachers for the summer schools appointed? by the state superintendent of education, but at the instance and recommendation of whom are these touchers* appointed? Does the superintendant rise above political advantage in these appointments, as the appointments are somewhat I in the nature of patronage. I'pon the public schools of our' country depend universal education, therefore they should lie quipped as recommended and urged by the address of the state superintendent of education above referred to. There are few if any graduates from the public schools in our state who could enter even the freshman class in any college, without lirst entering the preparatory department or fitting school. Is this the fault of the teacher or child, sometimes one and sometimes the other and sometimes Iwith. We say let the world see that our efforts are to place the best teachers in our schools, and if necessary borrow some ideas and inspiration from the great conference for education, at any rate let's not be behind in our educational development . MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD. Rev. D. E. Camak Doing Eaithful Work?24 r?n didotes Received Into His Church ? School Closes Next Week. Joncsville, May 15.?The routined rains mixed with hot sun and warm nights has gave good stands of cotton and good stands of grass, and the latter is disturbing the peace and quiet of the farmers and causing tliein some uneasiness, hut the fact is the farmers would not cut their cotton crop with any big slice aud it seems that an overruling providence is working or ruling for the interest of the farmers, and the country generally, which, I am sure will l>e for the best. l Gardens arc unusually fine and , except apples there will bo a full fruit crop. Paeolet river was out in the Ix?ttonis last week, but little damage was done to the crops by high water. The county hoard of commissioners is being sharply criticised by some people for turning down the petition for an election on the dispensary or no dispensary question. The people of the State by their vote at the ballot Im>.\ in 181)2, 1 believe it was, asked the legislature to give the State prohibition, but the legislature led by B. II. Tillman ignored the wants of the people awl gave us the dispensary law a thing rotten to the core, and now Union county asks by petition for an election for or against the dis" pensary, and it is turned down,and the grounds upon which it is turned down is not by any means satisfactory to many people in this community. Memorial services were held in Gilead church at the village cemetery last Wednesday under the auspices of the John Hamcs chapter U. I). (!. Services opened with ' prayer by Rev. C. T. Felinct, recitations by Misses Bernard McWhirter and Carrie Alman, Songs by a select party of girls, addresses by Rev. I). K. Catnak, W. 11. S. Harris and Rev. C. K. Felmet, poem read by Brof. 11. \V. Aekermanand the audience all joined in singing "When the roll is called up yonder," after which Rowers were laid by the ladies and little girls on all the Confederate soldiers graves, about <>() in all. Rev. A. (1. Gantt, of North Carolina, a retired Methodist preacher is in our town representing the Van Linly fruit nursury of Greensboro, X. C. M iss Bessie Bassctt is visiting the j family of her brother, A. R. Bassctt. * Mrs. Sue West is visiting relatives in town. Mr. U. N. Harris, of Brown's Creek neighborhood, was in town yesterday to See relatives. Hew 1). E. Camak tilled his pulpit at the Methodist church yesterday morning, and at the close of the service he received twenty-four candidates into full connection in the church. Fourteen of the eandi- . dates were young ladies and girls and ten were hoys. Most every one of them were Sunday school scholars. Bev. A. A. James attended services at the Methodist chuieh here ' in the morning and then QlledL, his l u"1 ,...1^!* " *? ?* urrrrllxniil illlU j no*received into his church four members, one young lady, one girl and two small hoys, all Sunday school scholars. Mr. James witnessing so many young people com- j ing into the church in Jonesville i in one day, was moved to tears as he-spoke feelingly of such a gathering in of the young people into the church of (5od. Mr. J. A. Sawyer, of the I'nion bar, was in our town on professional business last week. 1 understand several of the appl'r ? cants for pensions from this county, | were turned down by the State < board in Columbia. It seems there < is little use for county pension < hoards, for the state hoard meets in Columbia and draws the red line : through such applications as they | please, and the poor old veteran or widow as the case may be, gets no ^IV/IIO&V/I ? I 1 Sweet potato plants are very I scarce in .these parts. I see a i good many plants shipped here from i Florida and sell readily at 20 cents the hundred. < Dr. A. S. Foster spent Sunday in ] Spartanburg. |' The graded school session will close the latter part of this month. I The exercises will include three ! nights, ami judging by those who i have the programme in charge and 1: the preparations that aw being made j 1 we will see and hear something i quite entertaining. j 1 Mr. Smith, of Charleston, is the ) guest of Mr. Thus. J. Stehle. 1 TKLKIUIONK. i "HOMO" GIVESSHORT SKETCH j Of the Lives of the Three Un- ; fortunate People hilled in; i the Wreck Last Week. |( . 'c Lock hart, May 15.?On hist I Wednesdnv eveniiwr Miu 1/H1. ...... *' 1 0 '""l) "HI 1 !, little town was mueh excited over the news of the wreck on account of those who lost their lives at the . time, an account of which appeared ' in the Times. Perhaps it would not he out of place to give a passing notice of them, as all three lived at Ixwk- <1 hart. x Richard was a son of Mr. and n Mrs. .1. II. Wilburn. He was x near 17 years old, and connected t< himself with the Baptist church last g year and has given evidence by his ;i life that he was truly converted. He was also a member of the Sunday < school and almost every Sabbath he o 8 -(7(i ooianB ^We ai Shoes $ 1.00. Shoe Iundei They and 1 Mutua was with his class. He expected to attend some high school or college at the next opening session, lie was quite a favorite among the good people of the place. He leaves a sister some six years old. Hi? father and mother are prostrated with grief. They have the heartfelt sympathy of every person in tin town. B. L. Ilolliinan has not heen with us more thap five months, lit was 2* years old, and was converted and baptized about a month ago giving evidence by his walk am conversation that he was trulj changed. He served in Cuba in a Georgia regiment in the Spanisl American war. His father and sister lived at Thompson, near Am irusta. to which t?iu ...... , , ? - ""V.J ??l.sliippccl. Mr. Ed McChostney has been ivith us ftlnmt five months moving here with liis family, consisting ol v wife, son and daughter, aged l/i ind (> respectively. He was alwml 42 years old and was a native of one >f the northern states. His wife it prostrated with grief. His bod3 was taken to Dallas, (?a., for burial Mrs. W. \V. Finley accompanied liis family 011 their sad mission. Died on tlx; night of the lit! 11st. Mrs. Thomas Dallas aged ibout 25 years. She had been confined to her bed for nearly thm nonths, and an invalid for possibly six months. Her death was lot a surprise as it has been expected for some time. She leaves 1 husband, child, some six months >ld. Her remains were taken to Wt. Pleasant in Chester county for burial. Died yesterday morning, Mrs. J. VI. Brown, aged alwait &"> years. VIrs. Brown came here from Bunion) be county, N. C. about the first >f the year. Her husband and five -hildren survive, the eldest being 14 md the youngest a few days old. die will Ikj buried in North Caroli1a. Homo. of ton Bags and Bagging Instead of Jute and Burlap. The officers of the Houth Carolina livision of the Southern Cotton asociation have taken up the move" acnt to push the use of hags or ackfl made of cotton. The idea is i> increase the market for cotton nods, as well as to reduce the a< rcge used in production of cotton. While some want to create a greatr demand for cotton goods in the ricnt to supplant the costly silks, ?- . . OBI .___* re sole Agent for God man 11 i and Slippers, the best H i ?* , $1.25 and $1.50 Ladies || made. Every pair sold 1| * a positive guarantee. I? -*? are here in White, Black (S| ran 11 / a > I Dry Goods Co., I R. P. HARRY, Manager. v 1 the practical business men of the! GIT ?"1IT wholesale grocers' association have | f Sj'rti an opportunity- t^ declare^ that every county organization an earnest appeal to stsmd hy the movement s for the increased* use of cotton in i> this plan and signified a hearty co" i operation. ' loTiceT " She Accepts You Mr. lulitor?Please publish in rhc day won t be fai distant 4 your paper of this week, for the in- wJ*?n y?u W1^ 'H' confronted r formation of those who are anxious with the grocery problem. to know, why their names were left . .n. wager you ! off by the board in Sleeking up the (,.n.<l ll il ,u,?ht>' }?ard Vro??[ petition, asking for an cleetion on nitum, too. ' the dispensary question. 1 beg to Start right -get acquainted r say that their names were left off . with us?we 11 help smooth through an oversight either in copy- ^ thorny path of housekeepI ing from the registration lxxiks in^ newly-wed couple. (there being 14 sets of tlieni) al- ?*? iii'ii o w ( phahetically, or in checking up by We Will C>erV8 YOU I the petition. In either case was an oversight as it is quite a job for four lx>th economically and prompt, persons to cheek off a thousand ly ?we will keep your wants names by eighteen hundred. I am supplied at the minimum sure that I tried to aet fair and cost. honest and believe can speak same For a young couple, as a for the Ixxird. rule, must start on a small ! Respectfully, scale?we supply the wants T. J. Hktkniiai'oii. of the small family as readily ^ - ?? as the dcmuiuls of the largest Tribute of Respect. hote1, We Have a Clean Store Whereas it has pleased Almiirht.v I God to remove by death our com- III cb,an gnods and a clean repu- || I rade, Win. Addis who was a soldier II hition. i| 'in Co. H. 15th regiment S. C. V. Ill t Wo started right and wo II |during the war between the States. 11| "ftvo kept to the right ever II And, whereas, it is meet and III 81ncc starting. jj proper to show our respect to our II Ctaptin/i |)i/iht 11 departed comrades. II dldl Illlf) Kiyill || Therefore be it resolved: ||| . u That we bow in humble submis-III is half the hattle ?we 11 light II sion to Almighty God knowing that II two-tlnrds of your starting II I he doetli all things for the host. II hft.lf lf y?u w,1\ buy y?ur 8roc- \ i Resolved 2nd. That we extend II ones hero. to his family our heartfelt sympa- III May we liavo the pleasure? |j thy in their great loss, their loss is 1] jjj The Union firocery || cu m me union im*?. ^ Company. WM. \ ANDEKFORI). r 0 , For committc Camp Giles. Ilight Goods, Right Prices. The Times and Metropolitan R. l. Wagnon, Mgr. Magazine one year for $1.80. 'Bfc ;fg