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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-22


"the Southern representative of Rob>
ert Z. Ogden of New York, president
OF the conference" and as must all
ways be written in such connection,
the partner of John Wanamaker of
Philadelphia, expert. in keeping
Wanamaker to the front in other
places than in paid advertisement at
the top of thAcolumns next to pure
reading matter in the newspapers.
The foreword is 80 bizsrre. not to
say vulgar, that it is worthy of few
words of comment. Of the same
strain as the announcement sent from
Atlanta two years ago in advance of
the same party of "educators"-an
announcement which inclined mot a
few cf the gullible to stand ut cross
roads stations with buckets, bags and
tin cups catch some of the golden
stream which they naturally believed
the train was to vent, though there
was nary red for ,hem-it is even
more ill-informed and obseuuious.
What an effect the mere mention of
a million dollars has upon come folks!
But unless there has been revo>
luton in the plans and an explosive
swelling of the exohequor, there is no
fund nEa mis!iosk kaluo,at,aaifa L he divided
by the educator" of this extraordi>
nary collection of cars. They were
given squirt three or four years ago
by MIR. John d. Rockefeller's plac>
ing at their disposal 500, 900 q year
for ten years. The flight of time
and other things have disposed of
$500, 900, leaving seven years for
the south to be regaled by similar
incursions into its midst, as it were.
Seriously, it must not be imagined
that one cent of this fund is spent
for the splendid train. The money
for that, it is understood, comes from
MIR. Ogden, who, several years ago,
finding that with passing away of
the old abolitionists, interest in the
education" of Southern negroes was
waning, began to take parties of
friends having the public ear on little
trips to Hampton and Tuskegee.
But the philanthropy manifested in
the train must in itself, solitary and
alone, be ali education for Mr.. Og-
den's "best South"
Think of it!
Imagine this ''extraordinary col
lection of cars costing fifty dollars
for each daily, and consisting of a
composite car, with Surkish bath
room, a barber shop and Several
other comforts" two Of the finest
dining cars, five stateroom cars, two
drawing-room cars and an eight-sec-
ton observation car, visiting Dam
vile, Petersburg, Richmond, Char
lottesville, Charlotte, Wilmington, N.
c., Atlanta, Birmingham, Mobile,
Nashville and Louisville and a nun,
Der of intermediate towns and cities,
to say nothing Of Columbia, s. c..
which it already painting, as the hart
panteth for the water brooks, for Il
visit from the Conference for Educa.
tion in the South in 1905!!
What an education for the South
this ssextraordinary collection Of
cars will be 10 i'sself!!!
Italone is worth. more than the
4 price, of admission!g! -.
II must be ''the most notable feat
pfe Of the trip"
i Whoever in that section among
the "best-educatei white element
ever saw before Q khole train Of nins
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loss on the other nine, but yield him
profit besides. We do not think
over.production can be materially
checked"
In the face of this discouraging
condition, fiction was never SO poten.
tally powerful for culture and edu-
cation. There has never been time
when the novel writer has felt 80
keenly and deeply the art value and
higher mission of this form of literas
ture. The best talent of the day
seeks, out Of a rich and varied exper-
ience, to interpret life with fidelity
and high seriousness. Every season
witnesses the production of few.
novels of enduring form and rare
power-a few grains of wheat in a
bin of chaff. Il
Especially noteworthy and discim-
mating has been the academic appre-
citation of the novel as form of liter
airy art, and as an effective means
for the Interpretation of life Critics,
teachers of literature, NOVELTIES them
selves-leading craftsmen sof their
guild-have written .entertaini1gly,
suggestively, discri1inatingly, at
times illnminatingiy; of its artyalue,
i.dsyeiopement and dS.suis.as--e5s, <
By the aid of these and still more
by direct acquaintance with the 81 eat
masters of fiction, many have come to
feel, if not to discriminate, the true
and enduring. qualities of fctive lit
erature, and to gain from these enter
tainment and enrichment of exper-
ience. But what of the masses who
must read but know not how or what.
These know or care little about critic
or academic writer. What they seek,
in their unframed, undirected taste,
is maximum of entertainment with
a minimum of effort. And from pres
ent indications the ratio of increase
in this class is far greater than among
appreciative, discriminating readers.
The problem, therefore, is not ore
of production, it is not even one of
academic enlightment. 1t is as vi.
tally and compelingly a problem for
the school as any other now demand
ing serious thought and careful solu-
ton of teacher and educational lead
err.
Aid and suggestion may and
should come from without. Maga-
zines and reviews that aspire to con-
structive leadership can give material
aid by admitting into their columns
no review of novel that is not frank
and discriminating. (Not few have
suffered from over confidence in the
Judgement of our leading periodicals
The college can and should do its
part by offering systematic courses in
the study of fiction. Academic critic
les have already contributed largely
to the helpful reading of fiction.
They could still further and more ef-
fectively aid by preparing, out of the
fulness of their own study and exper-
ience, suggestive outlines and special
studies for the help and guidance of
the teachers of our schools.
For the problem after all depends
for its solution upon the teachers in
our public and graded schools. They
alone touch the millions who largely
constitute the fiction reading .elass,
who create and control the demand
upon writer and publisher. From
the school; these millions gain the
ability to read. With the school
.rests the opportunity to cultivate in
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absorption in fictitious life tba
Ditch depends for its charm upon ar
abnormal unhealthy stimulation o
the imagination, or upon deadening
of tie normal activities of the mint
andfmoral sense.
This eompulsion of the fiction hab,
t.-hasnet.eseapeds,h the notice of the
thrifty man Of business. Advertise,
ments ssre thrown: sn.e the form o.
stoYys many magazines depend fol
their circulation upon the monthly
service of a varied fiction diet, while
the fakir of bogus wares and .jewclry
hashnvoked the story paper to open
thetwsy into homes for tons Of his
alluiments for the unwary and fop-
pish@ The weekly output of such
? All from one town alone takes liter
4 1y trains of mail coaches to start its
Journey of mental and moral undo
ling.
This picture is not overdrawn when
applied to the mass of fiction and ic.
tion readers-just the mass that the
worker for enlightened citizenship,
forA larger and saner life, mus, reck-
or With and strive to reach helpfully.
The novel is here to stay aud to
gtowin its hold and influence. 1t is
ofall forms of literature the most tru-
ly adapted to the culture and educa-
tiop of the massV of the people out
Of narrow provincialism into a
KID Wedge and appreciation of the
WIDER world life and of the problems
that vitality concern this life. For
rhQe of limited environment, it may
serve to broaden the field of vision
by4helping them to realize through
the imagination and emotions the
varied life of other lands and peoples.
II nay serve too to widen the circle
otlbeir acquaintance, to give a,fuller,
aaaer insight into hnman. nature
tag tie doselopement ofzchszaa.
ter.and tn analysis Of motives and
passions. To many it may result in
the stimulation of dormant imagi,
nation and the freedom of the springs
of thought else choked by the COM
pu!sion of a narrow life and lot of
labor.
This is the true literary form of
democracy and to those whose culture
and training make poetry a sealed
book, an uninfelligible jargon, it may
prove the open door to higher in
telligerce and wider literary appre-
ciation.
But the typical cheap story paper
and paper>back novel of the news
stand, or for that matter the mass of
more expensive stuff with which the
market is now flooded, Can no more
lead to these results or awaken lik-
ing for better reading than a treat
ment of opiates and stimulants can
restore weak or diseased body to
lnormal, healthful activity.
1t would be futile to appeal to
writer or publisher. With them nov
el making and publishing is busi-
ness controlled by the law of supply
and demand Few writers and still
fewer publishers can be expected to
be influenced by motives looking to
the elevation of literature or the pro-
gressive cultivation of a higher liter
ary taste. -.
The following extracts taken from
symposium of opinions may be
rightfully regarded as expressing the
views and attitude of the average
publisher in regard to the present
output Of fiction:
"This production says publish
er quoted in the March Critic, sis
due entirely to the natural causes of
supply and demand. The reading
public demands new books and many
nf thom puhlieh ars cunnlu tbo Jo
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-04-22
THIS STATES SECESSION.
Original South Carolina Document
Is Discovered.

"A dispatch from Belvidere, N. j.,
to the Yew York Times, says: :.
Accident has brought into possess
sion If Mrs. John Robinson of this
place time stained document, which
in spite of its faulty construction, is
regarded as South Carolina's original
ordinance of secession from the
Union. Mrs. Robinson found the
paper under the backing of picture
frame she bought at a recent sale.
sr"v P'-.-----.------.A----
brought to the North by an old
Union soldier. 1t is the theory that
the record was stolen from the State
House at Columbia and poked away
in the picture frame for. hiding.
The document reads:
The State of South Carolina: At
convention of the people of the
State of South Carolina, begun and
holden at Columbia on the 17th day
of December, in the year Of our Lord
eighteen hundred AID sixty, and
thence continued by adjournment to
Charleston, and there by divers adj
journments to the 18th day of De-
cember in the same year.
An ordinance to dissolve the
Union between the State of South
Carolina and other States united
with her under the compact entitled,
"The Constitution of the United
States of America"
We, the people of the State of
South Carolina, in Convention as
sembled, do declare and ordain, and
it is hereby declared and ordained,
that the ordinance adopted by us in
convention on the 23rd day of May,
in the year of our Lord, seventeen
hundred and eighty, whereby the
constitution of the United States of
America was ratified, and also all
acts and parts of acts of the State
under the name of the United States
of America is hereby dissolved.
Done at Charleston on the Goth
day of December, in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and sixty.
d. F. Jamison,
Delegate from Barnwell and Presi-
dent of the Convention.
About two hundred names are
signed after that of the president of
the convention.
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we solicit your business however promising
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1t is the OLDH ST bdpk nsCTnion -. -
It is the eonlypNATIONAE Ebank In Union . -,
:. It has capital and SUI pluSof Sl000
4 1t pays FOUR per cent, interest on deposits
:. II has paid dividends amounting to $196 800 '|sN
1t has BurgarprOof vault.apd with Trne-lock
It is the only Bank in Union inspected by an Officer
lt pays more taxes than ALL the Banks combined
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.%l.oOA YEAR
F. M'FARn, President.
NE EARn, President. ~ I'D ARTHUR Cashs
Merchants and Planters National Bank
J. D.. ARTHUR, Cashier. !

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Eec Cotton Mills, one Knittip 8
l .-.s1fH ahd Dye,PIanf, one Oil Mill,
q a{tyQstshxnifure eManufacturina Cor.
seerns Female Seminary, Firc
Grddcd schools, Water WorLs and
Electric Lights, Population 1000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-03-17

dress his letter to several of the promi'
nent Democrats Of Manitowoc County
The Pilots policy with regard to the
Republican fractional fight has been ana
will still continue to be, that OF hands
off, We were at one time willing 70
express orr severe doubt regarding the
chances of our esteemed townsman
against the lusty governor. But this re-
cent appeal from one Of the outside FAC
tional4ts to orr party representatives IN
this county ont herods Herod for audac-
ity. We are moved to utterance on the
subject.
We wish to say that if there is to be
any "trekking' from orr ranks In THIS
county 10 those Of the Republican party
il will not be Cook ward. And the good
vot,ra or the county, whether Republi
cans or Democrats or Socialists or What
nots. are. we believe, to a man, loyal to
Judge Baensch as against any other FAC
tionalist. We resent Mr. Cook intrusion
az piece of impertinence. which, we
opinc. will meet with well merited
rebnke at the caucus.
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ADVERTISING RATES
REMEMBER THE CAuCuSES

We would urge upon the voters OF
the city. and particularly upon those OF
the democratic party, 10 attend the can
cuses which are TO be held next week.
The offices for which.nominatiops are
to be made are those of supervisor al
derman justice Of the p"ac' and con
stable-one Of each The Democratic
caucuses will take place Tuesday the
Republican, Thursday
It. is inst As much matter Of duty
for the citizen 10 take an active interest
in the caucus as il is for him to cast his
vote on election day, hut for some
reason or other it is duty which j.
much more often neglected than per
formed. There seems To- be an lnpre-
sion among those Of ~ who desire %
appear respectable. that the caucus is "a
place where no gentleman should be
seen place given over 10 the ward
heeler and the rowiy element This TO
a certain extent may be- truc. but T.
whatever extent it is true, il Is tn"
fault Of the would b" respectable eth
zen, and OF no one el-e 1t il he who
is 10 blame for whatever lack Of res
probability the caucus may pre- eat
1t j., furthermore on this very ac-
count, largely hs fault that so much
that il rpurcbrn-ihla enters into HE
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TIL PROPOSED lNTlRuRBAN

We believe that most papplo IT this
city look upon il ~ self evident pro
position that the proposed intrrurban
electric road from Fond du Lar t.
Manitowoc VIII BE- II benefit III the
community It il in line with what
we cali progress Il win tend w. make
things liyelier bothln the r,y ana u
the vicinity There will be more traffic
there will be more gong ana coming
there will be frcer intercourse with
the outside world
II wa- apparent however toar},uo
present at Monday informal me,uu2
Of the council men with the attorney
for the road that the company is pretty
thoroughly aware If it, rioht- in the
premises AMI that the cjty. ga the
other hand is not Through -om" in.
adyertance or hack ~ kuoHl,le the
city proposed making certain demands
which II very probably had no night To-
make Moreover Il apIcar- hkcy that
the company can get hy ;..ta al anttIri
~ mnch more from the cit than VIII ~
first supposed 1t can practically force
the city 10 allow it to enter and whlr
il can exactly 90 Whcrcvcrii wi-br- NJ
within the city II can mal"it pretty mn
comfortable for the rltt il compelled ~
% where il 0F,p-l.t y,i-I ~ M -I.ti
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CHURCH NOTES

The Ladies' Society of the First Nor
wegian Lutheran Church WILL meet al
the home of Mrs l.. f. Larsen, or
Huron street, next Wednesday after
noon.
This evening there will be Lenter
services in Norwegian at the First Nor
wegian Lutheran church.
Mission meetings are being held to
day and yesterday at the St. Pau
Lutheran church, of which Rev E. T
Rogne is pastor. Rev. NJ Sarterlie, o.
st. Paul. Mimi, Rev. O.. c. Farseth o.
Wittenburg and Rev. .. j. Morby O
Winchester are assisting.
Sunday School in st. Pau.s NJ. L
Church will be helb next Sunday at II
A. M. The Epworth League will hole
services at $50 P. M.
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InE lNPERIlNENCI Oh Cnnh

5 a Cook of Neenah ha- p.cu getting
busy not only among the p,p,, - m-
own faction but among the ypa-ot tho
opposing faction WAatessrirNumaue
basis his candidacy MAY haye j. if quite
apparent that he docs uotIwk for nerve
Not content with allre,-Iaz those who
might reasonably - expected IL look
upon him with favor aud ts2-e wu9 Ire
neutral, he actually inyVies we 6nrrd
precints given over % the ea4-e u Enil
Baensch. And not thi- alone lie ha.
30 far progressed IN hi- ambition t.
monkey with the buzz saw d. to vi
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NOTES OF BOOKS
AND MAGAZINES
MARINE REVIEW

The recent number of the Marine Re
view is devoted principally to the sub
ject of the decadence Of the shipbuilding
industry in this country Several good
articles advocating subsidy from the
government ~ n cure for the very APP
parent evil, appear Secretary Cortel-
you of the department Of commerce and
labor contributes q signed statement in
which he says that we should he unre-
hitting in our efforts to win such com
mercial mastery npon the sea AZ we
have won upon the land. IL the de-
partment of commerce and labor can
aid in attaining this end it will have
served one of the main PURPOSES of its
creation" Senator Frye, chairman OF
the committee on commerce, says, For
almost quarter Of "A century have been
trying to solve the problem Of restoring
this mercantile navy Of ours in the
oceans Of the world 4. | know
Of no way but one, and that is by nation
al aid Under the heading why N,
Protection for the Ship" Winthrop l.
Marvin makes strong and dramatic up
peal for II subsidy to revive the declin
ing maritime trade of this country
labor's view Of the matter is presented
by John Mcneil president Of the Broth
erhood of i;oilerunaker1 and Iron Ship
Builders Of America. He strongly fay
ors the subsidization Of American ship
ping Alexander X Smith, Superinten
dent Of the Maritime Association o
New York, writes in the same vein.
Other Important articles are on Pan
ANA Canal Its Present Status, "Moto
Boat Its Development and Field of Ac
ton, --latest Battleships Mississippi
and Idaho United States Life Savini
Service and Marine Industry in tn
Dominion The number il we'll an.
profusely illustrated ana contains man,
minor articles Of interest
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The Course of Study Examinations.

The Course of Study examinations
will be held Friday and Saturday, April
% and 23 at the following places:
Reedsville. Branch, kellnersville,
Mshicot, Clarks Mills, Meeme, st Nazi-
anz, Newtonburg and Larrabee.
Pupils not completing the examina'
ton this year will receive credit in all
branches in which the required mini
mum is attained aud may finish the
work next year.
The work in literature is Longfellow s
The Courtshp of Miles Standish.
Graduation exercises will take place
some time in June in the city of Mani
towoc a County spelling contest will
take place at the same time.
Manitowoc. February %, 1904.
FRED CHRISTENSEN
Supt. OF Schools
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Teachers Examinations
Series of 1904

Examinations for 1904 will be held as
follows:
Manitowoc (Training SCHOOL, Friday
and Saturday, April 8 and 8.
Reedsville, Monday and Tuesday,
April II and 12.
Osman, Wednesday and Thursday
April 10 and "A.
Two Rivers, Friday and Saturday,
April Is and l6.
Manitowoc, Friday and Saturday, July
% and 80. This examination is for Third
grade applicants who can give valid
reasons for failure to attend the April
series
Examinations for Second and Third
Grade certificates will be held ut Mani
towoc, May 81 and May %.
Applicants for First and Second grades
may raise their standings in Third grade
branches ut any Third grade examina
ton.
Program.
FIRST DAY.
900 A. M.-Reading, Geography, Or
typography.
p. MI. s. History, Grammar
| Agriculture.
SECOND DAY.
500 A. NJ. Written Arithmetic, Con-
stitutions Physiology.
p. M.-Manual, Mental Arithmetic,
Theory.
HIGHER GRADES.
| May 2l-Physical Geography, English
Literature, Algebra, English History
May 2s-Physics, Composition, Geom
etry, American Literature.
| The examination in English Litera
ture will be based on Tennyson's "Prin
cess, Shakespeare's "Macbeth' and q
general knowledge of English literature
| American Literature, Lowell's 1.-THE
Vision of Sir Launfal', Cooper's 1.-THE
| Spy" and IL general knowledge OF
! American literature.
The written examination in Reading
will be based partly on Lowell's ''Visio,
of Sir Launfal in Theory on Jean Nit
chell's School, and in Geography on Gil
lans' Mathematical Geography.
The privilege of accepting standing
in lieu of reorganization will again bt
granted, except that standings refile(
last year can not be relied a secon(
time.
Applicants are requested to write q
the place nearest their residence.
| Manitowoc, February %, 1904.
FRED CHRISTENSEN,
Supt of Schools
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OUR CHURCHES
Services for Next Sunday and Happenings
Through the Week.

The following list of services pretends
to completeness only in so far as 1t is
kept up by the congregations them
selves Notices of changes should be
sent into the PILOT Office by Wednesday
morning at the latest We earnestly
request the cooperation of the pastors
in keeping the list complete and &C
curate.
st. James's Parish Church.
Rev. S. R. S. Gray.
Lenten Service A. M, and 1880 a.
M. Sunday School 9:l5 A. M. Evensong
$50 P. M. and 7:3OP p. NJ. st. Faiths
Guild, first Tuesday every month 2P. M.
Presbyterian Church
Rev, D. C. Jones.
Sunday School 945 A. VI. Morning
services loo A. NJ Evening Service
BOP. M.
st. Psui's Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. Clarence Everett Weed.
Preaching, II A. NJ. and 7;30 p. M.
Sunday school, 10 A. M. Junior
Leagues P. M. Epworth League, $50 P.
M. Prayer service, Thursday, 7;3O P. M.
First Norwegian Lutheran Church
Rev. p. E. Thorsen
Norwegian services at 1890 A. NJ. Surf
day School here at 9l5 A. Nj. English
services 73O P. NJ.
ST. Johns German Ev Church
Rev. Carl Nagel
Services, 1890 A. M. Sunday School
915 A. NJ.
Church OF The Sacred Heart
Rev. Father O'Leary.
Early Mass. 8 A. M. High Mass 1890
A. NJ Evening services 1880 p. M.
St BOnifaces church
Rev. Fathers Peil and Salbreiter.
Early Mass 7:30 A. M. Children's Mass
8 A. NJ. High mass 1890 A. M. Vespers
3P. M.
Christian Science
Services at 1870 A. M. Subject,
Reality. Wednesday evening servi-
COS ats p. M. Reading room open Tues
day and Thursday from to p M.
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Map Of the w ORD

A beautiful map valuable for re-
ference printed on heavy paper, 42x64
inches, mounted on rollers, edges bound
in cloth, showing oar new island pos
sessions, the Trans Siberian Railway,
Pacific ocean cables, railway lines and
other features of Japan China, Man
chnria, Korea and the far East. SEM
on receipt of % cents in stamps to w
b. Kniskern, T. I NJ. Chicago x Mort
Western Ry Chicago, Ill.
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Farm for Sale

A farm containing 900 acres one mile
South East of Tisch Mills, under high
cultivation, with all modern improve
ments including waterworks AMI stone
silo, will sell in one or parcels of 100 and
100 acres respectively Terms reason
able, half cash. For particulars ad
dress G.. H. Dcke, Two Rivers. Wis, OF
the owner Jos. Stangel, Box %
Tisch Mills, Wis