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THE UNION TIMES; PUBLISHED every friday ..t.by the ... UNION TIMES COMPANY second floor times buildinu bell phone no. 1. L. M. RICE, - - - Editor. Hrgistori'd lit the Postolliee in I nion S. C. as second class mail matter. hi*bscitiittox r.AinsOne year .... $1.00 Six months - .50 Three months ... .25 \:.vkktisi:.mkms : One square, tirst insertion - $1<?0 Every subsequent insertion - .50 Contracts for three months or longer i will be made at reduced rates. Locals inserted at s i-!> cents a line. Rejected manuscript will not be returned. obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at half rates. UNION, S. C., APRIL *J<>, IPOS. It is cstimctcd that 1.?HM),fKK> immigrants will lie allowed to land in this country through the authorities at 101 lis Island. Patrick Henry's "three millions of people" hegin to look small. Our State Superintendent of Kdueition, Hon. (). II. Mjirtin, is eminently right when he emphasizes the need of improving our common s-h'Mtls, (v-peeially the rural schools. It should he an established fact that every country community, however remote, has a first class common school. Hotter school houses, better equipment for these schools,better paid teachers and longer school terms arc some of the needs. 1'at'ontly, wisely and persistently we should strive for the advanceimnt *?t* our common schools. It is the duty of every man to see to it that he contributes his sh ire towards making his home a cheerful and happy place. Too many men regard their homes as ''repair shops.'' They suppose they may with impunity manifest aioun 1 their own fireside all the pent-up irritation that the hu.-y ?lay has left tl.em. This is all wrong. It is most of all an injustice to the patient wife and affectionate children. They deserve kindness as much as do others. Besides, a man robs himself of the peace and comfort of home when he thus forgets what is due his family. It is the same old story of bloodshed and murder that the papers constantly bring to us. The everread v nistol in the hands of some drunken l>ully continues to do it<! work. IIow long will such conditions continue? .) list as long as mean whiskey is within the easy reach of such irresponsible characters the deadly work will go on. Just as long as our people maintain the attitude of indilYerence to the enforcement of law we need expect no improvement of conditions. Ju-t as long as men in high station- violate the law with impurity the ignorant and vicious may he expected to continue their deadly slaughter. The conviction of (Ireen and (!aynor last week and their being sentenced to the penitentiary will have1 a salutary elTect upon the state of morals of men in high places of trust. W hen high as well as lowfeel the stern fury of violated lawthere will he created a wholesome respect for law. It is just here that our weakest point in the law's ad ministration ha- neon telt. IJmh and influential people have too often been allowed to trample the laws under their feet and yet go on their way unmolested, while poor and ignorant men have suffered the full penalty of their wrong deeds. (Jood for Judge Specr and the Savannnli jury. S1STEM AS A CO-PARTNER. If you would lighten your tasks, work systematically. Nothing is gained by sporadic effort. Time and nerve force are wasted, and results are far smaller when system docs not enter a man's activities. The man of business, the professional man?indeed, every one that desires to accomplish large results without too great tax?must take system in as a co-partner. The ( average house wife might learn \ much that would he a blessing to j her if she formed this relationship I with system. The farmer finds in ! < it one of his richest assets. Preach- i ers, lawyers and doctors could in j many directions double their ac- | cnnplishel results if system entered j into their lives. It is the systcmat-'j ie worker that piles up finished jj work. It is, strange as it may!; seem, the systematic worker that has most time to play. Besides, he w rks longer and plays longer for tV reas? n that he lasts longer. SPIRIT OF UNREST. The spirit of unrest that is a ' marked characteristic of our age is^ a condition to be deplored. It is true that the present age is not the 1 only one in the history of humanity ' 1! 1 WHICH llils i:;:? utfii iiiuiiife-tcd. It is in 11:? nature of imperfect human heings that the evil is rooted, and men of all times and 1 nation:- have heen under its sway. ' lint the i>resent age reveals an intensily, a feverish anxiety, a wild ' scrambling for one knows not what ' that no other ago of the world has ever shown. It does a man good 1 t > pull himself together and take 1 time enough to calmly consider his 1 own folly in this matter. Nodouht ' this spirit of unrest serves a good ' purpose in the world. It is a goad ( that has driven men to attempt great- \ er and hotter things. l?ut this result 1 attains only when a readjustment ' follows the mental agitation it produces. We come to feel that the fretting and fuming do not form ' any necessary part of our real prog- 1 IVS5S % hut that it is just, hy these : conditions that the highest success ' is made impo.-sihlo of attainment. ' The enormous waste of energy re- ' suiting from such a mental state ' produces a paralysis that brings ( failure and not success. I THE JOY OE LIVINO. A man is a whole world within ( himself, lie is a world that cm- : braces heaven or hell. This world within is real for it is throbbing with vitality. The soul under the dominion of evil is a yawning pit,large enough to hold myriads of devils. The soul under the dominion of the , good is peopled with myriads of an- j gels. The evil heart is to be pitied, for it rejoices in none of the sweetest and best things of life. To be swayed by envy and ruled by bitterness is to cat bitter fruit continuously. There is nothing worth while in a life under such sinister influences. To walk in the way of sineeritv :md righteousness is to journey along phasant highways. The sweetest flowers bloom for such si soul, and shed for him their sweetest fragrance. He holds communion with the Invisible through the glo- j ries and beauties of the visible. He plucks the sweetest (lowers that bloom along life's highway and instinctively shuns the noxious weeds and cruel thistles. Something is out of joint in a life that begins a d iy with the feeling of dread. 1 Something is wanting in a life that conies to a day's end with heavy heart and thankless. Many are aware th it things are not as they should be and so they are constantly seeking to remedy the condition by cor- 1 reeling the environments. Theouter life is the one in which these people hope to Iilid what they seek. Hut they are seeking in vain. The . kingdom within has the secrets of lite. Let tin' Ii?-art he right and the ' lift' must he happy. Tin-re i> no real happiness in the fellowship of ^ darkness ami there is no sorrow in the fellowship < if 1 i^111 . PROSPERITY AND ITS DANGERS. 1 Kvcry patriotic man rejoices at the abounding prosperity which has come to the South, and close oh- i servers believe that we are upon the borderland of vastly greater advancement than is now apparent. < One of the pleasing ami helpful signs ' of the times is the redemption of. 1 lands hitherto lying waste. A trip i over almost any portion of our conn-: i ty will reveal the fact that the farm- I ors are expanding. Neglected hill i sides and neglected portions of land i arc being terraced and put in prop-1 ] I ^ * _ _ r shape for improvement. New, vire fencing is now a common sight is one drives along the country road. ! IVt fields, brought to a high state if cultivation arc coming to be far more common than formerly. Evidences of thrift appear about our farmhouses that were entirely wanting a few years ago. A trip along ; my line of railroad in our state will ' -how marvelous growth in the towns . and cities. New houses,newly painted houses and buildings, public and private arc everywhere in evidence. New enterprises are everywhere springing up. All of these things ! reveal the fact that our people have already fallen upon good times with a ssurances of even hotter to come. ! It is a pleasing prospect that presents itself and everyone rejoices, aver it. Hut it is well enough to ask: "What are we to do with our , wealth?" Perhaps it might be asked: "What is our wealth to do with lis?" Wealth that occupies the place if servant is a blessing; wealth oe- : copying the place of master is a ty- ! rant that if heartless, disgusting iml dangerous. Perhaps the great- | st danger to our country today lies just here. Many men who showed ' ip well in meagre circumstances: ire aide to make but a sorry show j tvhen they enter upon a prosperous ; path. Nations that have perished : Tom the earth found their decad- ' mee and death as a resultant of tbused wealth. What are we to do f we would serve the best ends with >ur money? We must continue, to ' "put the man above the dollar." We must keep ever before us the highest ideals and aims. We must j i?<lurate our children, we must build j schools, colleges, libraries and bos- j pital. We must turn much of our money into church houses and their : proper equipment. We must forjver insist that every man and his children shall have their chance. Especially must we educate our gi'ls, they must have the best that is to bo had so that they may be fitted for the responsibilities of the management of the house and the rearing of children. We must cultivate ind cherish our home life. Into all muttt enter a "wholosbnlic mud hearty reverence for Clod. The one book that has done most for our civilization? the Bible?must not he a neglected book. A nation without > faith is already dead. THE AUTOMOBILE AND GOOD ROADS. The fast-moving automobile dash ing along the country highway ' startles many a horse and mule 1 into unwonted activity. This sud- , ilen and unusual activity on the ; part of the hithcr-to docile animal ' often tills the heart of tho owner ; with a feeling of resentment against the whole automobile tribe. It is ! annoying, there is no doubt of it, hut there is one compensating fact that when well understood, is more than sufficient to make amends for 1 the inconveniences. It is this: the automobile is a forerunner of better roads. It creates a demand 'for good roads and emphasizes ttye bad roads in a way that shows them up in all their badness. The question j i>t good roads is a very vital one. It is only half understood how great ! the benefits of good roads and how ! grievous the loss from had ones. 1 People realize that land near the ! larger towns is of more value than i that whieh lies in remote localities, j If you reduce the distance scparat- j ing the towns and such localities, you increase the value of such lands. ' A farm four hours away with had roads is brought to perhaps one ! hour away with good roads. A 1 man traveling in a l uggy from the ! i-iglit mile post out on the Padgett's Creek road took live and one half hours to make it from there to ! 1'iiion. The mud was in many places up to the axles of the hmrev I DOvF 7 and almost the whole distance had to he made in a walk. The horse was greatly fagged, the huggy was L'overed with mud and the rider worn and weary. This is an extreme ease, for the trip was made in tin; worst winter weather. J?ut it is jnst that time that much of the hauling and most of the travelling must he done. Upon macadamized oads that five and and one half lours would have been but one H oNE Igg U Cus many she they are i to be "brc form to tl ^3 The shoe Quality" perfectly j|s5 the foot ; over fifty I Muti hour. There would have been less wear and tear upon horse, buggy and rider. When the roads arc in the bad condition they were at the j time that trip was made it was a matter of impossibility for loaded waeons to make the trio. F.von when in less hopeless condition there is a great loss. Often the fanner hitches four mules to a waggon to haul as many bales to market. The same team could haul eight bales with greater ease if the roads were tirst class. There is again this loss to the farmer: When the ground is wet and all kinds of farm work is at a stand still, there is but one barrier to hauling, and that is the bad roads. If the roads were good there would always be this line of activity opened to him. Wood, cotton, produce?in fact, everything that the farmer has to put on the market?could be as easily handled in Jhe wet season as in the dry. Guano could be hauled while the ground was too wet to plough. The two or three months of enforced idleness on the farm could thus be reduced to the mini- mum. It is not unreasonable to say that with good rock roads radi siting from Union to Locklmrt, Jonesville, Cross Keys, Broad River and Carlisle, the land value of Union County would be increased immediately fifty per cent, it certainly would not cost half as much as all the lands in the County are worth to do this work. It could not be done in si day or a year. | But it could he done by degrees and the day'will come when it will he done. There is yet another side to this question. With good roads and good horses the farmer is no longer isolated. I It? is brought in close touch with his neighbors. , J lis social privileges are multiplied. It is easier for him to get the doctor when members of the family need a physician. JI is church attenance is made less difficult. In every way one looks at the matter, good roads are easily seen to be of great value.; 80 then, let the automobile come, even if it docs cause some inconvenience. It is another force brought to tear upon the securing of good roade. ' I fo "Breaking In1 u characteristic of the "Queen Q tomGrade Oxfords is their flexible fi >cs are like the wooden lasts over made?stiff and unyielding. The >ken in." When a shoe is broken ic foot, the original lines must be ci thus becomes loose and shapeless. Shoes "keep their shape" because 1 with a flexible fit. The shoe y is does a glove to the hand. \v styles of these superb shoes to sho ual Dry Goods WHBBBMiaHBnMM IPLOWS ^ _ ? "P. D. P. Co." ( ^ Middle Burster; % LOWEST PRI * & HI AMI ATIAM J rjuni^i I/AI iun ^ ? | OETZEL HA El&r$r&r&r&r&r&r& | HAD HIS SA\ I The farmer who near Cross Ancho V',i said to have left $; h where, as he wou !i a bank. As no cai i l.!^ - -i fttg lur mis rasn uet'u, i ^ that the money, ;j was secure, had I t i propriated by som ' his dispair at seeii ;.j gone, had commiti t-)i is said, no one hs g| them ^et. ^ MORAL: Depos THE PEOPLES i ^ will be safe and w< ^ night at 4 per cent | THE PEOP i? gg?Raasflg?m banged. I i\v you. 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