The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-08-16

AS 10 the artlcleS printed winch
Col. Long thinks shock the "sweet,
tender girls" we plead not guilty, in
so far as The Times is concerned. We
have sometimes allowed news items
ducive to holiness, but they were ar
ticles that the thinking people should
read, and we feel sure that Col.
Longs fears as to the harm done the
little children are groundless fears.
We are speaking for The Times, and
The Times alone. The other papers
have their own ideas and we give
them the.s same right to use their dis
cretion, as we have and will continue
to do.
Let us see wherein the newspapers
Of Union have hurt business. Does
the existence of evil hurt business
or the publicity of the evil? If the
publicity hurts does the unpublished
evil thing help? Would the publica-
ton of conditions, say of graft and dis
honesty hurt more than the existence
of graft and dishonesty? Would there
be any relief from the intolerable
conditions of such state of affairs,
if such a state existed, were there
never any publicity? We do not be-
lieve Union has been hurt in busi-
ness way by any publicity furnished
by the newspapers of Union. They
stand for good schools, for churches,
for law and order, for moral decency.
for honest citizenship, for fair and
just courts, for upright clean man
hood. Could standing for any of
these things hurt the business of Un-
ion? We do not see how: We have
advocated good roads, rural schools,
longer terms for our schools, better
agricultural methods and honesty in
business. Can any of these ideas hurt
Unions business? We do not see
how. Moreover, we repoice to note
that there is better condition here
than there was formerly. We believe
the conditions have and are changing
for the better. We take no especial
credit to our own breast for the
changing conditions. 1t is in the air.
The publicity of the newspaper,
cursed by the demagogue and the
sinner against the law, is yet the
mighty factor that is helping.
Col. Long, like all wise givers of a
feast, saves the best for the last. He
charges that the imputation for law
lessness and things bad, were handed
out by a people who have been i'm
ported here, SO to speak. He further
says: eve welcome all who come
here, and help us to build, but we
have no room for those who come
here and try to tear down what our
forefathers builded WELL"
We have to understand that Col.
Long is after The Times editor, for
both Mr.. Cotton and Mr.. Nicholson
are natives of Union county. The
writer pleads guilty to having been
born in Barnwell county, but humbly
asks at the hands of the officers of
the law, the support of whom is in
part borne by the imported man, a
square deal. Your oath of office
calls for that and your sense of hon
esty and fairness will not refuse to
give it. Does seventeen years OF res
| idence give man no rights under
the laws of Union county? Does
being born in Barnwell county for
ever bar the man who seeks home
in Union county? If the writer
comes and enters into the life of I'm
ion county, pays taxes in Union
county, obeys the laws of Union
county, is he yet to be regarded as
an outcast? If the spirit of Col.
Long is the spirit of every Union
county man, there is little hope for
the future of Union county. The
writer was never in the Confederate
war, but he contributed father to
that cause for four years. Neither
father nor son ever asked an election
to an Office as reward for the four
years of faithful service in the Con-
federate army. The writer has elect
ed to move to Union county and
abide there till the hand of death
closes in upon him. If he thought
there were many men in this county
who feel as does Col. Long, he would
undertake to shake the dust of the
county from his feet. But we do not
believe he expresses the heart of the
honest men, the native-born Union
county men whose life and ideals are
shaped by the character. and life of
the worlds greatest teacher.