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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08
The Brevity of Human Life.

When We look back to the manv
generations Of the human race that
have long since been wrapt in the
dark clouds of the past, then the
brevity of human existence and the
insignificance of the individual ie seen.
Man fills out his allotted time, performs
his portion oflabor, feels his share of
pain and pleasure, and then passes
down to the grave that awaits us all.
Nature smiles thrs' centuries un-
changed, the rain falls, the sun shines,
the oak waves in his mystic beauty,
the sparkling waters of the little
brook are ever singing their sof
lullaby, the craggy mountain tba,
has stood the storm and blast of 80
many winters still stands with his
huge form raised high toward the
heaven, but man comes and passes
away as the clouds do over the
heaven and is as forgotten as the
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08

their. absence.
In talking with fa.mers abou,
wheat, I fed the prospects very poor
and the oat crop will bc short as the
acreage is small. Thore IL q fair crop
Of fruit left on the irses. Rain Il
needed to assist the farmers in pre-
pairing their lands for finishfSg plant
ing, and to bring up the early planted
cotton and corn. q &
The colored O Id Fellows are bald.
ing large AID commodious hall in
our town. Ia. 4 g = q
The Jonesville Manufacturing Com
pany has commenced to build about
twenty houses for operatives.
Several Of our town people attend d
the musical fsstival ia 6partapburg
last week. - ~ q - =
\ Mr.. d. H. Wallace, Of Uaion, ha,
taken position in the store of the J !
J. L;ttlej ,hn o..
-S:ve: al veterans from this commu-
nifty will attend the reunion in C,Ium-
bia next week. w. H. S. Harris will
represent the camp here at ths re-
union in New Orleans.
Mr.. Vernon Askew, of Mount
Tabor, was in our town last Saturday.
Mcs. J l.. McWhirter and Miss
Fannie McC:avy spsnt Sunday in
Spartauburg.
Mrs. J J. LittI.j ,hn is visiting her
mother at Asbury.
Miss Alice Littlejohu, of S.ar Farm,
spent Sunday in our town with rels>
tives.
DE-. A. s. Foster went to the musical
festival in S Soartanbure last weak.
M Mrs. Lsila Men sace, of Uniop. 10
visiting relatives in town.
Mr.. Z. w. Long has been added to
the police force here and the time is
divided between him ard Mr.. A. O,
Sprouse 80 that one is on duty all the
TINA day and night
The Yarn Mill has discontinued
running at night.
Ia tho death Of Msssrs. David N
Wuburn sad Gillian H. J ster Union
county loses two of her very best citi-
ms, and their families have the
sympathy of this writer as we'll as the
ps"ple all over the county.
M. E. l.. Eison, of Gaffaey, visite d
hs parents in Jonesvllle yesterday. =,
The Jonesville Guards are putting
10 some good time DRILLING these Sat.
urday evenings Nc. Sam Msbrey
hrs been drilling them. NJ. M,brey
has served in the regular army for
several years aad WAS also in thu
81 auish. American War.
TELEPHONE.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08
STATE SUMMER SCHOOL,
Circular Letter fFro...-4La1.- -Sfate
Superintendent oSSEducafion.
decentralization tke
Summer School,

Inv SloIc SuUlIDGT SCnC0l fOl
Teachers will be8.held at Winthrop
College, Rock Hill, S. c., from june
23rd to July 21st. Winthrop Col.
lege is an excellent place for such q
school because of the splendid equip
ment, accessible libraries, reading
rooms, and extensive aocommoda.
tions. Arrangements have been
made for boarding in the college and
this gives the South Carolina Sum.
mer School quite an advantage over
some others because the teachers are
conveniently located and can enjoy
better advantages: 's.3:s4s :
Courses of study have been pro-
Vided in Pedagogy, School Super
vision, Elocutlon and reading, Gram
mar, Literature, Rhetoric, Library
Work, Drawing. Sight Singing,
Music, History, Geography, Arith-
metic, Algebra, Geometry, Observa-
tion Work, Nature Study, Botany
and School Gardening, Manual
Training and kindergarten Princi.
Piles. Some of the ablest teachers
of the State and Nation will take
part in this work and a large attend.
ance is anticipated.
A special feature of this school
~h b" enries of addrosses by some
of the most effective platform speaKS
ers available and some work will be
done looking to the Educational
Campaign which has been planned
for the summer. A meeting OF
County Superintendent and other
campaigners will be held during the
session of the summer school.
In addition to the regular courses
of work by the teacher students,
there will be lectures intended for
such students as desire some recre
alton as we'll as work. Quite mum
Der of teachers, after a hard years
work, do not desire regular study,
hence this arrangement.
A prospectus, giving full an
nouncements, will be issued as soor
as possible from the office of Super
intendent of Education. County
Boards are rapidly making recon-
mendations as to instructors for tn,
various County Summer Schools ant
as soon as these arrangements ar,
perfected, the schedules will b, pub
lished.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08
$l.00 A YEAR:

part OF the preacher and singer.
About twenty-five persons united
with the church as a result of the
meeting.
The Rev. Mr.. Sublctt is a preacher
OF very deep spirituality, freshness of
thought, pleasing in style and con-
vlncing in argument.
MIR. Durham is a singer of fine
abilities, sweet voice and a very gen.
erous disposition. He sings tho
gospel with great power.
The health seems to be generally
good with only a few minor COM
plants, and everybody seems to be
pleasant and happy. l think that
in the near future the territory en-
braclng Monarch and Aetna Mills
will be model mill town.
"A largely attended and interest
ing Sunday School calls the people
together every Sabbath afternoon,
with preaching every Sunday by the
pastors Of the different churches.
~ great many people who have
never been to our town should come
and see the people and drink some
OF the good water and they would
perhaps want to stay, for it is good
place to abide. This scribe has No
news at present but will come again
when &c gets something new.
RUSTICUs.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08

[ =
Several years afterwards Frank
met 1t. Jeter at U$ zion AMI said to
bin: Lieutenant, lit it hadn't been
foryou at Deep Bottom never would
have got back to the cooling ground
again"
a mighty man has fallen. To do
right, as he saw the right, was his
rule OF of action. 1t may with equal
truth be said, that his labors were a
hue index to his subsequent and
contihued industry to the end. His
ibfsswas devoted to the welfare and
g Isyation ofhis people morally, social.
ysand politically. His character for
honesty and his ihtegrity could never
be- questioned. His public career,
though long and eventful, was one
that was par.icntagly free from every
thing that wasiAp6re or even sus-
picious. His exlhple is one that is
in every particular worthy of emu
la'ion. The onlylthing that is con
soling in the death of this great and
good man is the fact that he left be.
hind him glorious record, and his
having lived a life 50 pure and spot
less he was enabledsto say. 81 have
fought good fight 1 have finished
my course, l have Kept the faith"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08
EAST UNION LETTER,
DOin9s in and About Monarch and
Aetna.

Everything is moving along nicely
about the Monarch and Aetna Mills.
and the warm weather seems to bring
smiles to many stern faces, and
pleasant words from many drawl
lips,
A revival meeting which has been
in progress at Monarch Mills for two
weeks, conducted by Rev. r. A.
Sublett, and his singer, Mr.. J. A.
Durham, closed Sunday afternoon.
There was great interest manifested
on the part of the people, and first
class preaching and singing on the
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08
Too Great A Risk.

In Almost every neighborhood some
one has died from an attack of collie or
choiera morbus, often before medicine
could be procured or 81 physician sum
moned. A reliable remedy for tbesa
diseases should be kept at hand, The
risk is too great for anyone to take
Chanberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy has undoubtedly
saved the lives of moro people and rt.
lieved more pain and suffering than a, =
other medicine in use. can olwavs
| be depended upon. Soil by, F. G Duke.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08
J0NESvIlLE JoTTINGS.
Farmers Basy-A Union Picnic
Prospect for Fruit Crop Good
Personal Paragraphs.

=, JoNsEvILLE, My 4-Ttc streets
CT our town these days are not
thronged with pcopl, fron the coun.
try. Farmers are in the fsld from
early morn to night, and they come
to town Saturday to d. their tr. ding;
this is alright and proper, for the
farms must support the towns anil
now is the time Of year to push the
farm W >rk.
The fist Sunday in My Is always
a red letter day with the colored peo.
pie at'their Bap pt:st church here, and
yesterday was no exception to the
rule. They came from every point If
the compass until the church grouads
was full of them. There was a hall
d zen Or more preachers, and the ssr-
vices continued most of the day and
again at night.
At Giltal church the Rev. M
Felmet filed his pulpit and preached d
to a large congregation.
The M.thodist Sunday S ;hool will
picnic at Wfite S.oae Lithia Spring,
the 29;h of ttis month. The othel
Sunday s ,hoo's of the town will j ,in
them, and day of pleasure is antici
patsd for all Who go on the outing
The S)utse.n Railway will furnish
All extra coach and give special rates
for the occasion.
What has ecome of the pototo bug
have reither seen nor heard of one
tn > season. / am not complaining o.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(trom Our Regular Correspondent.)

\'iohi ouf h9guiar Correspondent.)
Postmaster General Payne will
srare no steps to bring the abstraction
OF tfiicial papers from Tyre: safe be-
tore the courts, and as a preliminary
stsp has made President Roosevelt a..
quainted with all the details of the
case to date, in order to have the
Caief Executive cogn;zance and CO.
operation in all the steps taken. Mr..
Payne feels that his kindness to Judge
lyner was seriously abused, and had
ne net tempered justice with mercy
the latter official would have been
dismissed in disgrace some time since
instead of being allowed to resign, in
oider to save his mama and fame from
stigma, Now Mr.. Payne is thorough.
~ aroused, the more go since his elem.
ency has been made the basis of insin.
uations that he has not been in earn.
est 10 regard TO the current inyesti.
cations. He has recommended that
the Tyner case be taken to the c,urts
and has advised that tie matter 90
to the Caitsd States Attorney Ia ,inp
lnri. dic!ion in the district Of CoIum.
bia, with instructions to submit the
case to the grand jury. President
kooseveirs reputation as reformer
points to q vigorous campaign against
cthcial offer srs as soon as he can re.
turn to the field of action.
General Miles report on conditions
in the Philippine as he found them
did not provoke Il, much interest a,
such document from the commander
,as o,hass army might have done under
place, it reallp disclosed nothing % %neW
AID contained nothing sensational.
The only information it gave in ed.
dition to matters threshed out MANY
times tcFore, was that some Irregular.
ties existed in dealing out supplies,
bat these charges have yet to be-
proved. in the second place, the
War Department, in issuing the re-
port say fit to incorporate with it the
reports of the chief officers Of all de.
partments which came under General
Miles observation, ard these d,cu.
ments were practical refutations of
the latter's findings. Whatever polit.
ical use partisans may make of the
document, it can be said that the
hunters for sensational Philippine
atrocities WILL not fad this a store
house of abuses and misconduct.
The decision Of the Supreme Court,
made early in the week OH the dis
franchisement 'of the negro voters,
leaves the question still in allowances.
ard in much the same status ss before.
The way pointed out is that the re-.
dress for political wrong lies wholly
in the political feld d tba. tho
voters of tho country themselves,
either directly CT through their Con-
gressmen can make any redress which
may be reCetsaly. Since there is a
constitutional guarantee that each
House IS all lie the judge of the cleo.
tions, returns, ard q affiliations of its
own members the case is legally or
rather politically provided fer.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08

Wv 'ho expressed wish OF his son.
Henry seeing this was fully satisfied
that there was no reason, to distrust
the courage of his father said:
Father, that's enough, / ann salts.
he'd now that you are what you are
claimed to be-" and resuming their
journey the two rode on. They
were not followed as it happened.
Things went on in the even tenor
OF their ways until sometime after
that, when the elder Fernandez, who
was at neighbor's house, was called
to the door one night and shot down
by posse who it was reported went
TO arrest him for some offsnse with
which he was charged, and, which it
Is not necessary to mention Just in
this connection. Anyway, . sshefs
time afterwards, we are told that a
negro. who it was thought had re.
ported his whereabouts on the night
he was killed, was killed and his
head severed from his body. Sus-
pIcion naturally rested on Henry
Fernandez, who soon left the country
and went to Texas. There he mar.
ried the daughter of "a well-to-do phy.
slcian, Doctor Scales by name. The
two lived happily together so far as
it is known, until their home was
blessed with two bright little bows,
when from some cause meddlers
broke up the happiness of their home.
The Scales family, especially the
father and his two sons, became en-
bittered against Henry Fernandez,
but his wife maintained h~--ioyulty
=s7-.asrvr;on 70 him. Henry found
out that a no account kind of a fell
low in the neighborhood had been
very officious in bringing this trouble
on HMM taking and bringing news,
thus widening the breach until Henry
was forced to separate from his fam
lily and again resume the role of an
exlle-homeless and apparently pen
niless. This was more than his
nature could we'll submit to. In his
erambulations he never forgot his
wife and children. lie held them
dear to his imanly heart. And as
often as he could, would correspond
with them eishsfthrough letter or by
some friend who was willing to serve
him. But always it was done with
the utmost secrecy, for the Scales
were as desperate men as were the
Ferhandezes. But the hand of fate
was at work.
In mis- wanderings Henry located
a piece of bounty land on Brazos
river, Texas, belonging to his father
which he had obtained through the
land office at Washington for service
rendered in the war with Mexico.
This was about two hundred miles
from his adopted home where his
wife and children were held, as it
seemed, under surveillance by her
father and two brothers. However,
in his per r,mbulations, Henry Fer,
nandez came across the fellow who
played such a conspicuous part in
getting up the trouble between him
self and his wife's people, and he
(Henry) took a cow-hide and. az
Uncle jeff Hughes says "wore him
to a frazz."
Ito he cTntinuad
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-08
OUTSIDE OF THE CITY

Thres Cotton Mills, one Knitting
Mil. another building, Gold Min
ing, Famous MineraI SPRINGS,
Taxable value in and ont of town
$5,ooo,ooO.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18
IN VIOLET TIME.

\ bunch of violets. dusk and sweet,
Bought in a busy London street,
And wet with April rainl
BACK, back the waves of memory flow
10 on dear u of long ago:
A blossom-scented lane.
n there, beneath a dropping tree,
With smiling lips, she rats for me
The maid / love the best.
Her hair has caught the sunset-light;
she wears a gown of softest white,
With violets at her breast.
Again. through grassy paths we walk,
And talk as none but lovers talk,
While time unheeded flies.
The gold light fades, the sun is set,
Twill soon be dark; and yet, and yet
There's sunshine in ner eyes.
rhe moon climbs high above the thatch,
We hear a softly lifted latch,
A distant clock strikes nine!
Then, 'twixt the silver and the gray,
A bunch of violets finds it way
From her warm heart to mine.
All, love! your flowers died long ago.
Spring, summer. autumn-fell the snow
Ger countryside and town;
But often in my dreams 1 see
A little maid who smiles at me,
With violets in her gown.
Fate willed that from those far-off days
Your feet should tread the quiet ways,
And mine the noisier street;
Yet when l hear a flower-girl's cry
tbs for your sake l stop and buy
Her violets dusk and sweet.
e. Matheson. in Chambers Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18
PHILOSOPHY OF ADVICE.
Ira the Land of Steady Habits You
Take lots of 1t and Do as
You Please.

The sage of the Brooklyn Eagle, a
writer of wide experience in the
ways of the world. sets this gem in
his column of Eagle Quilts:
81 get a good many letters from
people who ask me to advise them
about this or that. I do not like to
give advice. [ prefer to create a de-
sire for it and then urge the desire
to furnish it's advice. Those err
less who most faithfully follow their
own honest convictions of what is
right. The weakest. if not the worst,
people in the world + generally
those who have had the most advice
from others"
Probably few of the many who r
always so ready to ask advice ever
stopped to think how true this is, says
the New London Comm Telegraph. 1t
is not necessarily a sign of weakness
to ask advice. The wisest men need
advice sometimes. 1t is an indication
of great wisdom to take advice that
is given when the Judgment concludes
it to be good. But no person worth
while has become so wholly by fol-
lowing advice. The only one to
whom advice will do any good is the
person with sense enough to discrim-
mate between the varied lines of adj
vice given, and choose his course.
The best advice that can be given,
probably, is: Take all the advice you
can get and then do as you please.
The successful person, or the n
whom the crown counts successful,
is being constantly besieged with APP
plications for advice how to succeed.
He is generally incapable of giving it.
The same advice, outside of a few
maxims generally applicable, is sell
dom good for two persons. Advice,
as o rule, is cheap, and about as val
liable as most cheap things. To be
constantly following advice without
stopping to consider its source is the
plain mark Of weakness!. 1t is this
trait Of weak human nature. which
makes the business of the patent
medicine maker so profitable. The
person Of power is the one who nei-
thcr gives nor takes advice in gener-
Gus quantities. The world would be
better off if advice were much less
plentiful. Then, perhaps, it's quality
might rise in proportion to its scare
ity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18
POINTED

President Roosevelt does not like
the tariff for an issue; it touches rath-
er a sore spot not only in his W
anatomy but in that of his party, sohe
has given the republicans a new war
cry--the full baby carriage.
THE trusts have been giving the
screw another twist during the past
month and squeezed up prices of neces-
sities another notch according to
Dun's index figures. On May l the
numbers were 6S.561, on June l., 90 1886.
Senator Hanna and Senator
Foraker with arms entwined posing ON
the stage as the great harmony
tableau of the Ohio state convention
must have been an interesting picture
to the delegates who were all ready to
%poignard their n%eighbors if the occa-
sion required and their political pie
depended on it.
Perry Heath, who is mixed up in
the post office scandals, has sailed for
Japan and the Investigators will have
to get along without the information
that he could give them. He did not
answer the most important charges
that zone Tulloch' made against him
before he departed. Nor has he re-
signed as secretary of the republican
national committee.
This administration will be
noted for it's junketing propensities,
the president, cabinet and higher Off
Gals are away from Washington more
than half the time and all travel on
special trains or passes by favor of the
railroad combinations. 1t hardly
looks reasonable that recipients of
these favors can be seriously fighting
the railroad mergers, but we shall see
all in good time. So far the average
citizen who pays his fare has received
no reduction in rates.
From all appearances the con
stitution will have TO be Withdrawn
from Porto Rico, for it is giving the
administration endless trouble there,
through that old fogey nonsense that
trial by jury is a necessary accompany
ment, The Porto Ricans have got into
their silly heads that a grand jury has
a right to indict government officials
who have committed a crime, but or
ders from Washington soon convinced
them that reasons Of "high moment"
could not allow such proceedings.
1t must be rather calling for
Senator Hanna to hang on to the tail
board of the Roosevelt bandwagon,
while Senator Foraker sits on the
front seat and jeers, and it is hardly
likely that Mark will stick to his ur-
comfortable position if he finds a good
chance to shift it.
There is one thing the president
overlooked in his stamping tour that
he was quite insistent about last fall
and that was thescommission that was
to overhaul the protective tariff and
recommend the reductions that were
necessary to overcome the trust shell.
! tsring.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18
COLLAPSE OF PROSPERITY.
stopped and Industrial Ont
look Discouraging.

The ~hollowness and fickleness of
our present s~o-called prosperity are be-
coming apparent. Its delicacy and
unsoundness are now being admitted
by the many textile manufacturers in
Philadelphia. Nearly 100000 of their
employees are on strike for shorter
hours and some of them also for high
er wages. The textile workers think it
only fair that they should get a small
share of the great prosperity which
they have been hearing and reading
about for so many years. They are
now being told that it is too late and
that not only are the manufacturers
not making the profits they made a
few years ago, but that the outlookf for
the future is bad. The following is
from an editorial on the Philadelphia
strike in the Wool and Cotton Report
er of June 4:
THE margin of profit per unit is
smaller in about every line of indus
try than it was a couple of years ago
it is not nearly as easy as it was to
secure an adequate return IN capital
devoted to productive purposes. The
manufacturers are also confronted by
the fact that the general financial and
industrial outlook is at present far
from r%eassuring. There is increasing
evidence that retailers throughout
the country are overstocked, and the
fear naturally exists that this means
lessened opportunities for disposing
of the products of the mills. For in.
stance, it was reported this week that
Marshall Field had instructed his pur,
chasing agents to buy no more dry