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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ....BY THE.... UNION TIMES COMPANY SECOND FLOOR TIMES BUILDING BELL PIIONE NO. 1. L. M. RICE, - - - Editor. Registered at tin* Post office i;i I'nioi. S. C. as second class mail matter. SCBSCRHTIOX l: M I.S < ?a . year - - - - $!.<< mx months ... - .r?0 Tlirt e months ... .-jo miyki! i ! s : One square, (irst insertion - $l.t>' Every subsequent insert: 1:1 - .50 Contracts for three inont bs or longer will be made at reduced rates. Locals inserted nt S ! -I? mi - :i line. Rejected nianu-cript will not in- returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for at ball rates. UNION, tf. C., MAY 1, l'.Kiii. Not many promises were made by tin1 candidates for otiiee in the city primary. All of them pledged themselves to give their hrst services to the town if elected. Let the good citizens of the town now pledge themselves to cooperate with these gentlemen in hnil ling up a larger, stronger ami nohlcr I'nion. (iood streets for I'nion! No matter how the election turned, the voters felt sure that there would he hotter sidewalks and hotter streets. Look out mud! The candidates did nothing mud, hut they all promised to make way with it if elected. May the pledges he fully met. .May the muddy sidewalks and muddy streets of I'nion lie forever put out of oxi?diu oi> The writer had the opportunity of attending the Musie Festival at Spart inhiirg l>ut one afPTnoon ? Friday. If all the Festival was up to this one, it was well wotth the largo patronage it received. One need not 1 e a trained musician to he ahle to enjoy these concerts, though no dfniht_.st.udi people get far more out,of'them than the uniniated. belonging to this latter class, the Fditor should perhaps refrain from making any comment save to say that he enjoyed immensely the Friday afternoon eon-( cert. There was one thing, how-1 ever, that the uninitiated would | notice more readily perhaps than would the musically inclined?it was he fact that the musician of the shaggy-haired variety, clothed in out-landish garh, was conspicuously absent. Deliver us from the busliy-headed type of man, be lie preacher, peddler or musician! One instinctively feels like taking a stick and scratching into the profusion of hair to see if there he anything I eneath it-; luxuriant htishiwould pass for I trains. Why some men a fleet this stylets' hard t > comprehend. Is> it that they suppose the (ommonality of people will be awc:l into supposing that where there is so much hair there must of necessity be shining genius? This is a ?UITiult question, and the writer passes it on to those more competent to answer it satisfactorily. There was y< t another thing that struck one as Icing a very ph asing fact. Not only was the company of musicians sanely dressed and decently behaved, hut the audience was itself thoroughly poised. There was evident enjoyment depleted in every face, hut there was no raving, no gushing elYusivcncss, the sight of which tills a sensible person with disgust. The spacious and comfortable auditorium, the splendid music and the well-behaved audience made the concert one eon tmuous enjoyment. A GOOD SIGN. It is pleasing and encouraging to note tlie manifestation of good order that has heon everywhere seei^ in our <ity campaign. The noisy hully and half drunken irrcspensi1>1<! were not in evidence. Our people gave to the candidates a respectful hearing and the whole campaign was conducted upon a high plane. It is a helpful sign of coming good, this soher, thoughtful citzenship and the dean and manly ' . speeches of the candidates. Ono^ - -* < * fools sure the campaign has beer conducted fairly ami honorably*. There appears to have been lit tit whiskey used to buy votes. Tin denting ehment, "'o oft< :i a lie nact to good government, played no pail in this election. The sober, staph citizenship of t'nion has expressed itself. The closing meeting of tin campaign held on the court botisi Miuare and in the court bouse Men day night was impassively self-pos sessi'd. A more orderly crowd eoub n< t be found any where. The space h i- wiii' conservative and kind h spirit. i'sp-.iially was there thi fraternal spirit shown between lie two candidal* s tor Maj or. 1 bap most ef those present, ami thin was a large en-wd, eainc froi : tin meeting feeling that however tin election turned, the future of on; city would ho well cared for. Tin /spiiit of fraternity, cooperation am enterprise was promised throughou : our campaign. May the predictioi be fully r? ali/ed . unne nrrrDDrn HVl L ULt I. I\i\ I.e. The work! has in it many pet pit who have tested the hitter fruit o: disappointe I hope. Ambitions hon of an awakened mind have perishec without fullilmont. Discovered tah I ents have been huried under tlu ! stern humdrum of a toiling exist 1 en e. 1'he beautiful ideal that took shape in the aroused mind novel had opportunity to bring forth it: p rfect llower. Some young womar has her dream?<>r shall 1 say visioi i?of a life tilled with conquest? worthy the applause of the nndti i td'le and of earths chosen few. Tin j ambition to do great things tills tin i heart. Jlut the way is harred. Tin j inu-ieal talent, the talent to'write, i the taient tt? l.eeoniean artist, must he allowed to rust and pass awav ' unimproved heeause of poverty or a ' sick mother or a house-full of moth erless little sisl?^> wy>d brothers that she ha^-to'care for. l>ut is such a life/. Tailure! 1< there not a sublimity, a real conquest in stteh a lift that far eelipses the life that undei j more favorable conditions might I have heen manifested? The awakened ambition is not to he regretted, even if the possibility of fulfilment was cut of the question. It is a j blessed thing to he able to sec a vision, even win ii we cannot transform it into fact. This is doubly true il | the vision, although beyond our pus i sihle attainment, seems to transform the pr.?y existence into a beautiful life of service. If there is the dt liberate choice of the way of bitterness because duty lie.- in that path the good effect upon the character i.- far greater than that which could conic from .-kill acquired by long training. And if then' should sometimes come a sigh and a tear over what under other conditions might have been, there may also be the life is what it is. After all, tin great lessons of life have been learned and the deep secrets of liappi ness have* been discovered by tin soul tbat n< >twithstanding the thorn.and sharp rooks walked (irmly ii the way of duty. THE POWER OF CONSECRATED WEALTH Among the s ns of men there L no greater power than that whicl belongs to money. This power i constantly displayed in the work; of evil. It builds palaces of sin am guilds them with gold. It cover: up crime and seeks in a thousam ways to hide its hideousness. I throws protecting arms about tin guilty and runs to earth the iuno cent. It makes much noise in tin world, and is heralded with trumpet and llaring light. Its allure mcnts are felt by earths millions Kings and potentates how before it: despotic rule. All this, and niori might justly be said of money tha works in the cause of unrighteous ness. i'.ut it is also true that monej (.is a power for good in the earth Consecrated money builds hospitals churches, school houses, colleges, li Inane- ami many other charitable philanthropic and religious institn tions. It stretches forth a helping hand to the widow and the orphan. It builds inonuinents to keep alive the names of heroes. It moves iswiftly to the relief of the sulTering and helpless victim of catastrophe. I 4 ???mmmmmmmmmm?rn. ft* i mm mmm i i In the recent calamity that came to , San Krane'.sco the power of money ga to help is seen in ilriking clearness, |g ' What the world needs is not the equal distribution of money. This jjS t is but the mad dream of the fanatic. K It would mean little to the world ^ 1 even if it were possible and an ae- b complishcd fact that all the money g .> he equally distributed among the 5 - sons and daughters of men. About a - the only result would be impotency g I and stagnation. What the world v needs is less of wealth turned into a & > power to aeeomplish evil and more ? s of wealth that is consecrated to ^ i high and holy purposes. Am! the Aj, s world is slowly awaking to this jr$ L* need. Many of the earths richest l> nu n are pouring thousands and mili ..v .. ....i I tiwur- nil" ii ViiPlli ^>Uli l r Everywhere men sire beginning g slowly to realize that wealth mi-u-, 1 1 is evil and only evil; that wealth *g t worthily used is good and only good. 1 And ;>s the years pass it will he- ? ooine more and .more the hahit of (j rieh men to make the power of 9 money tell for good in the earth. a l NEWS OF THE PALMETTO STATE. | | Gathered From Our Exchanges rnd Ccn |! densed for Quick Headers. g It is stated by friends of Col. E Ja-. 11. Tillman that he may he in ? ; the raee for governor. Separate elevators for white and I .lacks is the latent line drawn he- K 1 tween the races in Columbia. st The Chinese government eon raging t ho development of eot- S ton growing under the supervision g of exports from the I nited States. E The dispensary forces hav.- or- j|> . ganiz >d in York County and will put out a candidate to defeat S ha-' . tor llriee, author t f tiie IJriee Hill, g 1 >r. Sampson Hope, brother of ?5 .Judge Y. 1. Hope, and for a mini-' her of years a prominent figure in fcT .. i:.: % i: i . * 1 : - i x- K , pontics, u:eu ;u ins nomc m .now- rar berry on Sunday night. It is alleged that Uncle Sain will ^ ' prosecute the Virginia-Carolina ^ Chemical company, capitalized at jfe fifty-six million dollars, for viola- K tion of the Sherman Anti-Trust law. U.S. Maree, representing Fu>'-!^j i man in (he State Oratorical Contest at (ireenwood, Friday night of last ^' week, won the first honor. His subject was; The Carnage of Indus- I .try." . injr wel The twelfth annual commencement of the Clinton Normal and sec Industrial Institute, Itoek Ilill, S. tan C., will be held May Kith, ltKXi. clot The Kditor of Tin-: Timks acknowl- Clo edges receipt of an invitation to be *|.e present. __ )v'h A convention is this week being held between the cotton growers and spinners in Washington. This Vt is a move to knock out the specula- r tor, and should result in great good to both cotton planter nMfl inanu- ^ ..facturer. , 1 Ul grc At Caddy's mill Thursday morning two Itrogan brothers aged ten ^. ' and twelve years respectively en- ;\J| engaged in a quarrel which resulted : in the younger hoy shootingtheold1 er one to deathr He emptied a shot- S gun at close range. && It is reported that South Carolina jC? socialists will put out a state ticket this year. Tin* socialists of Cohnn- yjff l>ia lead in the movement. Itisin- ^ 1 tended as a test of the strength of ' tlie ]>arty looking to a thorough or- 0 j gaui/ation hy counties later. ^ The citizens of Newberry last IJR I week* gave 810,000 to Newberry eol- ||j lege. This gift secures 810,000 1 more nITcrcd upon conditions hy V} ' Mr. Carnegie. It also eountson the \y - 8o()tOO() canvass which will secure a . 8-"?,000 gift from Dr. I!. K. IVar- 9P son, of Chicago. By The South Carolina dispensary ghj has a pretty active newspaper hu- B s reau in Washington which is Hood . & rrvniiu > dailies 01 me " I State with barrels of slush on the ra liquor question and doing all it can ?3" to influence State politics,?New- g? f r berry Observer. JCli Pitman, Deputy Sheriff J ^ (ireenville, was shot by Ben Wells S at Saiu-I'oe mills early Sunday fi(R, > morning, and diyd of his wounds 9 si early Wednesday morning. Pit; man was a fearless and conscientious ollieer. Wells was suspected of j / selling blind tiger liquor, and hid pies in a gutter from which he opened 'for lire on the deputy. Pitman re- the : turned the lire and inilantly killed hor I Well*. con k , / % ~~ "" ^ ^ *~~~ ^ jjj j 1 ;?.. ,'v \ ^ 5 s4 . v"-' v>, *" ) fl ??/ !fe Ti' ! \ | fl I ^ 1% very Ituly I vSIJS^PBI^S | I >R ISW. Tin |j ent lenther n. |j with wide R jl *ets* | The Prices h/Hsh Clothing I ? f we can get your first cloth- . order, we'll satisfy you so ^ 1 that we'll surely get the ond one. Style is an impor- H t element in the selling of ^ ;hing and Geo. W. Going's * thing is always stylish. If * clothing that you buy else- ? ere cost the same as mine it ^ t as good. It isn't always * man with the strong face ft 0 raises the heaviest whiskers. * a't put oil' till tomorrow what ? 1 should buy today. It is bet- . to no sure of your ground i ^ .11 to build castles in the air. ^ u will always be sure of your ij und when you buy of * EO. W. GOING. ? C3i?'Mi'ca3e? our fields with VJnrinia-CaroIina For- BS ili/.ora. They will "Increase your SB >' ' lolds per act o,"and thus firing aotvn H ifij lie cost of production, oven If you use Its ?*> jwor teams and less labor. |B Kf 1 Wo liuvo thousands of strong tosti- m| mnialil from farmers'.v!> he.,- < i> d Kg her makes of fertilizers and assert Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers | E>j ro l>y far tlte best. They will Rivo RB I't oil cropu that will inrtko i ioro money 0 ;>r you. Huy no other,oven if some fid oalor end< nvors to get you to buy B B iino " ctieup" brand just because lie m o tymnkoo little more profit on that. B >f course, thut uouldbo to his interest B fol ui;i'<iHlA'*JAKUL!KA CKEifllCflL CO., ft} i;bJTit.r <i, V?. Kerf ilk, Vn. N. 0. ?3 iirloUin, S Palliaort, HI. Atlanta, G*. H S i7ist*h G? Kaflttfonwy, Ala. Kmbbu*. Twm. H Ts&Mg kfter the tiro of the volcano, Na- r 4 < is lmving a llood of water, j 6^ rents of rain have poured upon k desolate city and added new n ror to the already deplorable dition. | m lumtino- for wliotilcl ?ee t ev tire real P ik! Viei Kid, I ibbon !ace? ay? <tl 1R H ^ M 1 ?V. 1 YGoods ( ! PLOWJ * 5 "P. D. S\ Co." < i Middle Burster \ I LOWEST PR 5 5 PLANT ATION 3. ? * OETZEL HA \ Ur*r0r*r*r*r*rM 1 MA 1 Was the reerilai m ? I for interest allow< SAVINGS D ] This dividend can or same can rem; j percent. Conipou 1 ferred THE PEOF The Bank That Pays 4 Per C Total Resource ^ m PRETTY H lie IRVING Q lums. I3ot- p Rueher Cut, |f ind l>!?i eye~ || and 12.00. g . Company. | > 4l/j. Cents jjj J* Per Pound & \ * Correct Shapes J S $3.50 to $5.00 k 1 ICES ON ALL b HARDWARE. 9~ JRDWARE CO. J r computing period ?Sj id Depositors in our EPARTMENT ll be drawn in Cash, ain on deposit at 4 ?3 md Interest as pre >LES BANK.! v ent Interest on Time Deposits. n >s Over $200,000. '(5*5