The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-06-07
FRIDAY, JUNE Z, 1912.
MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.

The Times is happy TO pe one, ana
the only concern in Union, to receive
an invitation to a very unique gath
ering in Nashville, Tenn, to be held
during this month. The gathering is
unique in that it is to be composed
of representatives of various enter
prises of the South which have stood
for fifty consecutive years or longer.
The Times is the only concern in Un-
ion receiving an invitation to at
tend. The invitation has been accept
ed and one or more representatives
will attend We are sure that one of
the best assets The Times has today
is the long life it has lived. For a
newspaper to stand the stress of fifty
years and twelve more, making sixty
two years, means that it has stood
for something; that it has led a
worthy, a useful life and that it has
walked in the path of rectitude. A
"yellow journal" will flourish for a
time, but, in the end perishes "a sell
fish, sordid policy may put money in
leads it to its death. A newspaper
like the individual human. sophafpy
it's sure road. to chat for sixty-two
= nessrt1he Times has held up the
torch of truth, and stood for all those
material and moral values that mean
the development, the progress and
the hope of any people. Schools,
churches, purity of government, hon
esty in business, clean morals and
true manhood have received the en-
couragement and help from The
Times that such worthy matters justi-
fly merit. The advanced ideas in
agriculture, in education and in all
other lives of human endeavor find
expression in the newspaper room
after conceived in the human mind.
The newspaper gives publicity, infor-
nation, inspiration to all worthy
ideas. A newspaper could not long
continue if it should fail in these |
particulars. This does not mean that |
editors are always right, nor that
they are wiser than other mortals.
But the conducting of newspaper is
the filling of public function, as we'll
as the running of an enterprise. 1t
belongs, in real sense, to the public.
The letter sent along with the invi-
tation is worthy the consideration of
every reader. "Any business which
has been in existence for the long pc
riod of half century, has necessa-
rily had a notable career. 1t has
passed through the cataclysm of civil
war; it has survived the woes of re-
construction days; it has sustained
the shock of panjcs, and to do so, it
must have been conducted on the best
orinciples-those of fair dealing, re-
liability and honor" We commend
hese last three words in the commu-
lication-fair dealing, reliability and
lonor. Especially do we urge their
on the part of the ,
'oung men who are about to launch ,
orth upon the commercial sea. There
s widespread belief nowadays, that
o succeed in business of professional
life man must not be two particu- !,
ar; it is thought by many that the
ge, with it's competition and it's many
is against high-class, !
lean business integrity. This, we be- g
ieve to be a false view. Honesty, r
and steel-structured is h
he basic factor in any legitimate v
usiness. And it is the chief asset of q
ach successful enterprise. The best b
sset of the banks of Union is their Il
integrity. A crooked banker will soon I
I'm amuck. Every enterprise must a
4 more or less degree, come in con- s,