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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY 1H1DAY ?by thf? UNION TIMES COMPANY Rooms 1, 3, 5 and 7, Bank Building. J SO. R. MAT HIS, JidUai-. Ij. (1. Young, Manager. Registered at tne I'ostoiiice in Union. S. C., as st?ooii(l-clas? mail matter. SUBSU-ttlt' I lun r\n i t-o One year ------- $1.CSP Six month* ------ 50 cents Three months ----- 25 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS One sqoare, first insertion - - $1.0h. Every ibsequent insertion - 5(>cen^. Con acts for three months or longn will nade at reduced rates. R?j? cted inanu.M'ript wits not be returned. Obituaries and tributes of respect will'be charged for at halt rates. ""union, s c.. .tcxk iw>i. Local renders will be inserted for merchants carrying contract advertising space at fx- per line. Kegulai rates to others 8^ cents per line pei issue. THE COVNTKY XE W&PAPEE The country newspaper has a nobb mission to fulfill, and the editor of such a paper has grave responsibilities resting upon him. That soim country weeklies are failing to fulfil their true mission cannot bo denied: and that some country editors do noi realize their opportunities is a fuel not to be disputed. When the pnpei is allowed to become the tool of pv litical tricksters, or when it is rut solely with a view to making it pa> as much as possible, it falls alto gether short of its high destiny. I is when the paper is made to be i factor in the education of the peoph that is is meeting its responsibilities And what a potent factor it may b< in this respect! It goes intb the homes of the people; and more thai that, it is read. This is more thai can bo claimgd for the great duil; newspapers. They are "skimmed, but the country paper is read and it contents pondered. It is often th sole literary periodical that goes int< the home. Young and old alike reai its message. It must cover a wid field. Politics, home life, social life morality and religion must each hav a place in its p??gc3. The might events of the busy world must tin their way into the homes of the pe< pie mainly through its pages. W'ha a grand mission it fills when it is th message of truth! And the edito should be a combination man, if h would meet his heavy obligation: He musts needs be a mixture of pe litical scientist, moral philosopher agriculturalist, household oracle an< preacher. This being true, it is eas; to see that the average editor of i country paper is to he pit tied, lb is made to exclaim : Who is sulli cient for these things? Indeed, in one man can he all of these things ii any great degree. Put he may s-> for himself a ugh standard, and to dso will help him in his arderous tusk Thi average preacher sp -uks to per haps a hundred and fifty souls. Tin country editor having on his list t ,vi or three thousand names speaks tmany times that number The aver age school teacher will have unde his care perhaps thirty children : bin the average country editor may to perhaps a hundred times thai many each week. Truly, he has t grand opportunity, and he shouln magnify his office. He is, moreover entitled to a good degree of sympathy and should be encouraged to strive for perfection, lie should bear it; mind that apart from the judgment of his fellow beings, he must also a' least stand before a higher tribunal where final judgment will he heard O Ito until uho I I aoooi uo ifj 1 according to the deeds done in the body. Let him see to it, therefore, that he espouse t he cause of right, and that he render the best that his heart andj lis brain have tog. veto the world, that those who read may be in a measure helped thereby to a higher plain of morality, sobriety, honesty, knowledge and industry. We have returned from our trip to Memphis, Tenn., where we enjoyed the reunion of the old veterans. We witnessed many touching scenes 1> tween those old heroes locked in each other's embruc1, who met for the first time since they fuced the galling ti-o of the enemy. The streets of the city were a seething in iss of human ity during the three days of the reunion. The city of Memphis made it noble effort to accommodato and take care of the unprecedented crowd. I!-; it said to the credit of the veterans and visitor^, there wis very little evidence of drunnennos.s, and we were told by a policeman that many more arrests were usually made on a busy Saturday than had been made during the reunion. We find our space so thoroughly taken up that we cannot write about the trip In this issue, but will do so later. No u s frotti Joncsville. Jo\i:svt! m:. dune I.?Yesterday am! today lias heen fair, lovely days and i -veryho !y i? htisy, turnieis especially are ?jiiite active for they have done hut litth work in their crops for more than a week. The grass is very foriuidahle and show- up well anion*: the cotton and corn, l#t?t a week or two of fair weather and tlie active I'iirmcr would ! he up with his work. Tlie small grain will have to he taken care of now and that will cause very active work and every available hand to keep the crop work moving as it should, every tramp c.in find something to do now it he would. .Mr. I*. P. Williams was hitteti by a spider and for a time it looked as though lie would die from the poison hut iie is out ot danger now. Mr. . M. Penny's little daughter, Man I. who ha- had the diptheria and had nearly recovered, has relapsed and is unite sick again. I just returned from Memphis last ni^ht. I si oppei I 1 >vcr two 'lays in Atianla which is mil of life ami push. Well tin- Memphis reunion in some respects rxiwlcl any reiinion 1 ever attemleil ami my experience has l?een area! for i have attemleil six .out of the eleven that have been hob! since the oianimation was first instituted. The crowd of visitor* I think was the largest ! oversaw. The parade was ran I as the weather was so favorable that day and the arrangements of the reunion committee was all that could be dcsiied. they fed the veterans, women and children by the thousand free: hut when you hit a hoarding house you were imposed upon to beat anything I have ever seen, from >1 to^l.'Jo was the rulisiir price for ro.s and mattie?es |.er hi ad each nifrht. I paid one . doi'iar per niaht for a mattress upon the tl'Mir w ithout .my pillow and the fellow , that slept with me paid tlie same, so p the tiirec nights we staved made six dollars tor a mattress that only cost about two dollars and we left it about as I as we found it. The hoarding house ehar.od liny cent-a meal which ' made boatd and lod\rim.r v J.aU per day, t wiee as much a> I ever paid at a reunion before. I will have more to say about the tettuion in the future. I met t many old boys that 1 will mention r next week. The new i'aptist church at tSilead w as dedicated last Sunday 1 was not presi eiit but am told there were more tiian a . thousand people present, llev. J. P. ' I'.aiiev pi eaebed t he dedicatory sermon. Tiie e'hureb ha* been lin:*hcd and is a l neat, aide bouse ot worship and t lie conofivation deset ve* lllUcli ered.it 1 for t be a"-"! and libera! w ork t hey have ? done as well as many others over the country w bo eoiit i ihutc I to the buildiuu of the . hutch and the pastor. Kev. ? I'. < . l'elniet. .li st rves special credit foi > i Ills energy Ull'l J'llsil 111 till* OlUIUlllg "I tin- church. I'r.it. Ilanifl's schonl closed la>t I riI <l:i> iUi'l I!i? sriniiil lm<l .pute H nice .. < iit'TlaiiOiiO'U. rake and i? cream \\a.sitvi-'I in abundance :in>l the <iccasi<>11 was one i'l much pleasure. Prof. Bang ids i~ i i ilainly an excellent teaelu i an-l is a ehrislitin gentleman. TKI.IUMIUXK. cl Uncle Joe and Lis., Kim rot: Tisir.s :?It seoms that ever ' n gay and festive creature like youi e Uncle .Ice has to take his medicine y like a little man and onjoy(?) somr (| of the ills of life as well as the gooc things. Now, for this a ltd other reasons I have not corresponded will II you recently and 1 don't think yoi e have missed mucli hy the silence ii- nohow. J.'ist Thursday Liz and 1 visited your metropolis and as the train was speeding to your city, the '* engine sprung a iealc and in a few - minutes the steam and water had *, escaped and we were certain of the j fact that it would take two hours to he relieved and as we saw the con' doctor start for Santue, 1 told Liz 1 thought we could make the trip as soon to I'nion as he could to Santue and she lowed we could. So we I vvo ked our o miles in one hour and a half and had all our hotel supplies 1 when the train was ready to go. Thus ' saving us half a day as otherwise we ' should have hud to take the night ~ train. But yuttr uncle will not take " another walk like that recently, as 1 } did not got over i: for three or four ' days. Hut Liz was chirping around next day as cheerful as a linnet. But r the beg part of the story comes yet. 1 Mr. Imps miw us and invited us to take dinner with him at thethbhes H Misc. and being an advocate of in| U rval improvements we accepted and enjoyed a a-), l dmiier, g t*en up to ' suit the taste of an epicure. We cer' tuiiiiy did justice to the "occasion, 'j rhen biz who has an eye to the ' j i o uiVifiil, fell in lovo with tho sur ' I rounding* of this cosy, shady place, with its verandas ai;d Howors, but j she did not, m.ike the nc<|;iaintance I of 1 iie |> pillar landlady, but- says alio l*n-? that pleasure in reserve. Carlisle is stil! on tho improve, ' every one is busy, no room for loafing lo-re. True, we have a few sons of rest here who are to the manor j born and they wear their honors with grace and dignity and are under no obligations to the rest of mankind. (tor street lumps are still vie.ved from the dim distance and the imam iin I the lightning bug stdl hold the fort as our illuminating power. There j is plenty of natural gas here if it could be lit iliz< d Miss Kitty beaver has gone to I North Carolina to visit relatives and I friends and we h ipe her stay will be s .o t as hop absence leaves a vacuum j here that no ono else can fill. What j do you think of it., Will? / .lot: Rohy. _ m A ton i'*?1e citistro.ihs oocu r :d at AM stnta Int. Tue>d iy. Asa fat passenger w?i: ?i.> niug int.) the city a shift ingengnie d is'iol into the t rain, do aoiishing two coach sand killing three passengers, fatally injuring three and wounding title-n others. Supposed to have, h -n caused by oh vl siikms on tin part "t th * man on the shifter, wli > it is sa d vth not an cn<in"er, and was foulI uiur with the throttle, vliich caused the | engine to dash backward into Lhu pass1 ing train. TREASURER'S REPORT. j ((.'on tinned from page 1.) Ordinary, Road. F I' Ya'e? Agt 71 4'J I r B tVnl?y 3 75 Walker K ?fc (Jflfffln 4.'t 04 T K Huilev 1 S3 Walker E & Cog (a) 4 44 I C Sartor 1 0(> lolm W Zanders 5 1U W S Melaire 9 0.3 " " 1?> 30 Walker E A Cog Co 22 40 Carrie Harnett 2 CK? Frt'it. Hr-.s 44 j?) C V Treinb'ey 4 70 KH M?( 'nol 4 23 I II MeK issiek 1 IK) 1* nut Iftrs it 11 I W Meng Mig 12 :?0 s s 1 M 1) 02 73 Adams & Faucett 7 00 E ) (tunic 1 30 Fsiut 73 00 Ij f Tteinhley 23 00 Uiii.m 8iiee ('.) 2 00 Jacksw Jtier 4 oO J C Miller 1 30 F M Itomh 2 43 W 1.) Art hi'-, Cleik and Ti ens 023 2 4 J M (Jieer 78 00 * I i C Young 3 00 I' E Bailey 7 00 T C Jolly, Clerk 1 00 3 38 15tldwin Ilarle 43 02 133 38 I P(rag?? 20 13 M A 1' Nat B.u,k 183 00 I iii'n Macro, Cashier 318 10 \j \\ t,v?Mioru 1 ~s>j 0 ive.r Kwed 9 50 J r Foxier 1 Ot 1 K Aiiarua 7 *>fl S II Gaitier 4 10 L \V <' ra \\ ford 1) 9U A C UuQ-|?hries 1 50 .v A II iltvtub 0 ."6 I F Spillttrd 5 00 C -S Gr. er 1 2i s g lit'iioiou 1 50 Jo" 111 Brandon !? 00 Jlie Sealts 1 00 8 G Br it ton 1 50 Ls.tao 1 '.inner 2 o0 S.iliio Harris 5 00 W J Ci"ci<er 2 00 John T Fo Arlet* J 00 Ed Thomas *2 ?KJ li M Auyhtry I 00 I 1' Crocker 2 00 W T llciity 1 00 Hosa IVudergraff 2 ?'0 Maitf.uot. Geivls 1 00 M & 1* Xnt Bank 1900 00 Ge?> Miintc, Cashier 111 55 I) II F?mt 09 83 M C J leaver 9 50 | A G Bent ley, Cor 10 99 The A II r'oalei Co 420 0' " 25 25 . II F ScOfe 1 25 T E Bailey 5 00 \V I) Arthur, Clerk and Trias " 824 77 I t> " 1. C M 'imuT 1 A: Under McdoWiin 15 O'v , Ilix Mi-lwo nl 2 IM) \ '? ? 2 <>0 John Snrtur 1 50 P .J Davis '2 fHJ C F Scales 1 50 ' S<rU,.Vtvll 3 00 1 I J?.> Mutim. Cashier 92 55 1 Mis M i! M nigrum 8 10 I Flunk Pea Re 187 20 r 11 K-.le> 3 00 ' Churhs U Siuith 8 55 i T K H.iiley 71 33 Ueo E Kimr, Bridge I Cotrruclor 700 00 , W II Koon Hi , .1 VV Gregory 17 51 J is F Ada ma 19 4^ George Moore 31 Mrs Maty Fowler 3 00 .1 C Suitor 1 00 Ij 15 .Je'er 2 00 I I j Go mi 1 00 T < i Stuii li 3 50 lj 15 Jeter 2 00 W 11 Gillie in 3 Of Ilnskfll Gallit 10 94 .1 M \\ hit eli-tad 21 II \V II Coiemae, Sheriff 1 75 John K Vernon, sheiiff 5 95 John W Sunders .. 481 08 Geo Miinio, Cashier 7 00 Wide I lames 2 ' 0 Sam It.x'er 15 00 I G 1Vo!H 3 00 \uiii'. n Murphy 5 (K II II heiue 8 Oi (' i Me' V.'il 1 5( i M O1 Shields 1 ;{(, I 1. Mc.W In i ter 3 00 In an WoifJioru 1 00 I L McWhirler 3 OO I) W It ves I 50 John G Fai r 15 00 W F Fhi . 5 30 Joe. Wright 85 W 8 Mel aire 3 .5 I) VI. I'<ii.In 5 OO <'h:tr:;ci S'ephuis 2 OC I > J Gi iDiii 50 4(J F M Uu.ld 2 00 J T I {-'.ua 2 24 U'cliaxl fowler 1 00 < ireen ,J Leu 2 00 The Rodarer Brick Wks 4 r*4 S.J 11 Howell 2 <K? Richard Fowler 1 ?'0 .) I. Tillman 0 05 J F Bel tie 10 00 II E Mo.ae 1 05 A I* Abianis 1 (H) H S For (or 7 00 J i) Smith 1 75 .J G Faucott 1 05 A vcock Little & Go 1 CO .? o t. j ou .J F Walker, Clerk 1 00 <?ko Mtmro, ('.wilier 3 15 11 A Ilanoo'ck 50 20 John 1) Charles 1 .'51 J M M alone 3 05 T L IIami's 2 50 It It li ter lo 00 Union ll.udware Co 2 83 4. 10 Hubert Hewit 1 50 John Ihrttulou 3 00 I) ii Fat it US 80 HCfoiller 25 00 J W I'iMi .vtt 2 00 : It LVauKlian 75 A W (iilmore 37 50 ' ( har es F Hart 4 00 i It C Williauis 0 00 T J L Linder 1 50 I K Tillman 4 50 .1 M Mobley 40 I l> Mobley 2 00 T E Bailey 9 75 J G Pool 3 00 John Parlor 1 ">U P C Davis 3 50 II M Aughtiy 4 1 00 Ed Thomas 2 00 C F Scales 1 50 S G Braltou 1 50 IV T Crocker 2 uO loo Scales 1 00 Margaret Lewis 1 00 Rosa Pemlergr.iff 2 00 W T Heat y 1 (10 Charles F Hart 4 00 Isaac Parmer 2 00 1 C Crocker 2 00 Sal lie Harris 5 00 W T .Jones 9 00 I E X mce 4 t 'O AGB-ntl.y 13 03 L (i Young 0G 37 J. W Crawford 1 35 S G 1I-. veil 3 00 M /< 1? () Aft IawSim* 1 00 Allen Nicholson 4 25 D J Gi illicit 2vS oO T L Haines 2 50 .1 L McWIiirter 5 .">0 Webiiei & Whillock 105 0') J W Sanders, Sheriff 45 10 W II Hawkins 1 ( 0 Lit.iW McGowan 15 0,1 i|in Foster - 1 75 .I.>1)11 G FSUT 0 00 Green J Lee 2 00 I) W I leaves 1 50 John T Fowler 3 00 Roliert Ghi ner 2 00 M ?!t I' Xnt Bank 537 07 John 11 Loguu 3 30 W X Smith 3 50 Is.iui Woilhom 1 00 I L Gieim 1 00 i J L llelne 3 20 i R s Wilson 1 30 i It M Spvouse 1 oo SimjHon Good 1 oO L II Tucker 75 Union Shoe Co G 00 J Ij Calvert 1 50 1 50 Union Drug Co 2 45 T 1 II Smith, San 1 oo 8 M Riee, Jr E U 5 25 fP f1 !/v511? 1 i til It A Hancock ' 31 05 J F Behie 9 14 14 " 10 00 John Dawk ins 1 t>0 J S Tdliuan 0 95 Geo Situs 1 20 James Gadbeny ??0 ThoinasSmith 1 00 It A Holcomb 2 15 W D Artliur, Clerk awl Treas 881 10 Linder McGowan 15 00 C F Scales 1 50 D B Fant, Supt E(1 08 .'54 t IIS For; or 25 00 II E L'.tinier 5 50 Union Hardware Co 1 20 J M Whit.head 2 50 J W Gregory 18 75 H x Gal i ma n ho ? LB Tucker 4 10 > James Green 1 00 \ IIS Williams 3 0o L W Crawford ;5 40 S S Fancetl 5 50 Abe Wix 1 t >0 If A Hole;?mb 2 7o M F Sparks 1 2o J C Sai tor 1 00 Jtilin Hawkins 1 5 > I 15 Xance 2 no Lee Sims 1 00 ltobert Hewit 1 5.? John Sailor 1 5o I' J Davis * 3 5o J C Sartor 1 no Ed Thomas . 2 00 i VV J Crocker 2 on j S G Howell 3 00 ! Margaret Lewis 1 no , l.-aac Farmer 2 00 Sallie Harris 5 00 ltobert Wilburn 8 34 Jesse B Davis 8 34 S B Sinn 25 00 B U Gregory and K F J- lms 25 i?o , J W Gore. Mag s 84 , B II Gum r 2 <?) J W Bates, Mag .'17 no John Gage S7 no G >rden Williams 25 oo Union Cotton Mills 2 oo C N Uawson 4 5 > F 1' Vates 85 4 J G Howell 107 i:t J W Sanders 120 00 TJ Betenbnugh 150 OC > Charles Bolt 20 OO i R W Hamilton 1 25 i J G Faiieett 7 00 I A W Gilinore 12 50 0 r B-due G 25 Carriage Works 1 65 John T Fowler 8 00 J G Pool 8 00 S G Bratton 1 50 Richard Fowler 1 00 J'.e Scales ] 00 W N Smith 8 50 W T Beaty 1 00 i H F Seaifo 1 07 i VV J) Arthur 26 81 51 W Bobo 30 00 J A Chambers 70 00 1 M Mobley 12 10 Sanford Wilburn 6 15 M M Wilburn 5 50 J T B Vaughan 7 50 T J H Smith, Sen 11 (50 A \V Gil more 10 75 Calvin Millwood 1 00 T E Builey & 00 L B Jeter 2 00 Walker E ?feCog Co 26 92 L B Jeter 2 00 J L McWhirtcr f) 50 Walker E A Cog Co 8 12 Bonnie Mitchell 2 Of) WALKelloy 4 40 ' E T Kolin " . * . 1 80 F M Cudd 1 75 J 1) Smi'h , 1 50 O T Bel ue ' 1 00 R A Hancock 81 85 'J M O'ehielde 6 85 Epli Jeter 75 H N Gallinan 0 70 1) Cunningham 25 John Morris (5 (50 O (r Ivey (JO R M Aughtry 1 00 ^ (Continued ou page 6.) HOT WEAl NE "Wonder" Ice i Requires very little ice, and fr VVc sell the "WONDER" Fr $2.60, 6 quarts $3.50, 8 quarts Water Coolers, with nicke faucets, $1.75, $2, $2,5c and $3. Water Coolers, Porcelain lined 4 gallons, $4.00. lee Picks i?< lee Tongs I0< lee Shavers 5?' Fly Traps ... i5< Wire Dish Covers 5 Swinging Chair Hammocks fc Lawn or Piazza, $1.00. The Fo GREEN TTTl A T\ -r-r 1 XXJUj-ck-UtiU i Buggies, Carriag and Ve MAK High Grat We are the People to A Carload of MeCori Corn Binders, Corn i Rakes just received. A Mower and Rake will farm in one season. Sold on tlieni, Green & Boyd sell then GREEN TTlTTTrvwr ? ? UiYIUN IARI Wo have just doubled oil! repair work and guarantee oui A Large stock of Co ...on Give us your work if WE . UNION CARR WHAT IS BETTER 1 COFFEE ON A S We have the celebrated enviable reputation with no lieve no equal. Get a pack a; caused from drinking inferior price you can't help but buy. In Teas we are the poop GRAHAM The Fan* HER CESSITIES. A Cream Freezers, coze hard in FIVE MINUTI^^ eezcrs, 3 quarts $2.25,.4 quarts $4.00, 12 quarts $7.00. I j Garden Hopc, Cloth Covered, > complete with coupling's. 50 ? a. n ' 'v ! feet coils, $5.00. > ) ) Oil Stoves, with two Br??ss I Burr-el's, $1.00. j , Buggy Umbrel'as complete with "! all lixtures, only $1.00. C; Japanese Folding Fans, Artistically Decorated, 5c, iocf '! """ . . j Large Palm Fans, 9 Cents c per dozen. i c' Lawn Mowers, the best made, $3-5?? $4 and $5. ir | Window Screen < that lit al1 size i windows, 20 cents each. ster Co. O r\ \ I r-v (X B U Y U, IRTERS IOR ;es, Wagons hides of all Kinds. EES OF ie Harness. ? buy your Leather from. nick Wh^at Harvesters, Shredders, Mowers and pay for themselves oil a small easy terms. MeCormick makes 1. & BOYD. in-: ? flAGE WORKS r capacity for doing all kinds of r prices as well as our work. ? mi ii i page material always hand.., ? you want first ebisB job. SATISFY. IAGE WORKS. CHAN A GOOD CUP OF PRING MORNING? Blanks Coffees, which hn? an superior, and we positively b?S and have no more bad feeling 1 coflee, Tli is coffee is sold at a le. Just come and see. JP i & ESTES oy Grocers. , * >