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x T. 0. Duncan, J. T. Douglas*
^ jr Wm. Coleman.
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t _ hey denver ruminates.
A Good Letter well Worth Pertisinfi
"In winter-time we sii'li because
We h;tv. In shove) hiiow,
And linjki for uprinst when flowets bloom
Alid plea?lmt breezes blow."
Ah yes, the unattainable, we would
that we couhl attain.
Bleak December is upon us, but
no bleaker as yet than is usual.
The cold wave came in Sunday on
time but it was not as cold as we
were made to expect.
There were two days of very warui
weather last week and thousands of
hitherto comatose wasp taking outings,
covering windows, etc.
The clooli stopped and depending
on it for time it made mo too late to
go for services at] the Presbyterian
church last Sunday.
Mr. J. M. Gee met with a serious
?cci?enr last Friday in which he was
seriounly hurt. While coining to this
place with a load of cotton he at
tempted to get on ihe wagon while
-"'moving by stepping on the doubletree,
when his foot slipped and he
fell. ( (This scared ine earn which
started to run aud the wagon, heavily
loaded, passed over his bo ly, I heard,
breaking some of his ribs and otherwise
seriously injuring him. The
wagon and loid weighed 25,000
p >utids.
I learn that Mr. D. ft. McCrackin
lost a bale of cotton from the gin at
this place. It has been ginned about
a month, and last week he came here
to sell yfhen tirat he misled it. Thero
is uo Mlirg wbe.her it was taken and
sold uy 6-mj oho through mistake
and how long ago, or stolen. As it
it was marked it is very likely it was
sto on and his mark eran-d, there is
so mmy marks on old bagging. One
^ wou.d hardly take it through misrake.
Hands are moving around as
usual this time of year. It seems to
be necessary for good to everybody
concerned that such is the case, for
few does well after two or three
years at one place, jmd when there is
n change all around both employer
and emplayed does better. But it
is strange thai some men wants to
get mad and tries to give a hand a
WAroa nntna flisn Ka wauIiu rlajnruou
n V*OV UWUIV VUUU "V IWIHJ ?to
whan that hand wishes to change.
Tote fair anyway and if voucan't
keep a mau by kjfediiess don't try to
by meanness.
Therr-are not eiicnigh hogs raised
in this ^country. Ttiore are some
men who raise about all that they
can feed well under the preneut cir
cuinstances, but if my eyes do rim
deceive me there are hundreds of
acres of waste land that m'ghr bo
made into pastures that migot 'essm
the expense of raising hogs and more
could be imised. Soma of the cotron
laud might be converted into pastures.
Many poor men can't do it because
the land is not their* and rh?y can'r
afford to mike permanent pastures.
Saturday and Saturday mgln, tue
14th, Was very windy and especially
was ths late afternoon and nigiit of
that day exceedingly stormy. Rain
All fast and ibe wind approaching a
fierce gale drove it with force finding
V about every piace to 'liter a home.
1.74 inches of rain fell and 1.19 of
j ** this fell in about four tours. Snud iy
wr *a e'ik?i> inrtfrK a U7ii>/I l Ka n a*
\J cni rfiuil O n IIIM I1UI1I ' uc uui tu
weal and a falling temperature all
d?y.
* We hare had a moer beantiftd falt^
clear moat all (be tune and but iitcie
rain, in fact a great deficiency, not
enough for nanfi (Train, and now wc
B?4j n#ve some o?d we.?ttier. It ii
nn likely we will hare all aunabine,
T? e uorcaai precipitation for Novem
betif 8.86 inchea, thia year we had
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60,000 T
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$170,000 I
W. H. Wallace, Win. Jeffries, Jf
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Your Business. |
only..85. The normal meMt temperature
is 51 5 decrees, this year it
[ was 44 8. In both below the normal.
October was below the normal and
we will see how this month will be
I have just received a full report
of the Secretarv of Ajrrinnltnr? and
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it. ?s real interesting reading and
shows much that the Oepartraent of
Agriculture is doing. It is my onin
> ion that the Secretary is the beet man
in the cabinet, and is doing more f<?r
the means of the people than all the
rest put together. Recently I rceived
a report of the Inter State
Commerce commission. These two
litrio hooks are good ones for references.
I prize them very much
I am about to hope that no more
Presidents will ever die while hold
iug office. It is very expensive on
the oountry. There are generally so
uiany big pensions to pay and gratui
tious annuties to give their widov-p
Because men have been elected
the Presidency then dies is no excuse
tor us to go into the fin of man
worship and never tire of chocking
tie pipers full for months and give <
the widows so much who can well af j
lord to do without it, for there are i
thousands of poor widows who gef t
nothing only what they work for. I i
cm bo as sorry as anybody when a <
public man dies but there is no need
t > make myself a fool about it. i
People needn't keep up such a fu?s 1
ahou; President Roosevelt eating
with a negro?Booker Washington. 1
Why we have white men here?in
the South?who stay with niggers.
practically live with them, galavam
around with tbe dusky dames and
damsels, don't caro if t ie ladies see
them, fight with them and shout
them, kick up rows, spend Sundays
?verily, social equality?and Booker
Washington is I tielieve bettei th?n
the who e cargo of those here, mentally,
morally and religiously. But
President Roosevelt is the Cuief
Executive of the land and those
others arc no saining marks, only, (
regarded by many as no better than
rhe negroes they associate with. ,
I do not believe that half the
negroes believe what is said about j
high price provisions, farm scarcity, <
.-to., but it seems that they think it
is A sort of trick to *4gouge" them <
some on the one hand, and to kind
of scare tnem into not renting laud j
. r "cropping ' but to get them for i
wages on the other, and it will be
ail r ght n?xt year, that they will I
get liens, etc. Well now, I do not
suppose many are trying to scare i
them to the wage contract, for I believe
the less of that next year, with
nigh price food stuff to be bought, (on
credit) 1 guess the farmer would be
much better off, making some other
plan. U:i the cropper plan, many
may get liens to koep the meat-traps
running tnrough August, n < matter
it' corn and meat ia double the price
it is now, if they can't pay out,
they're that much ahead. They can
go over to another place, and start
in fresh for another year's eating.
One can very often hear of faim
era "coming out behind" being un;
able to meet obligations from various
c*u*ee ?bad management, exrrava?;ance
in aomo cases and from crop
ai lures. because of weather condi- !
t tions. From the la< tjDJCrr-atid that j
I may be Coupled with the furmsr? ;
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there is much complaint. Many !
^ 1 ckiivt an/f 'fih t*5a ?
HIV wuiiv^ CM' '* -U I \M /I* Pin m (KIU
i thin^, doc ouly for individual farm- >
; ero, hut does itu??t affect the country?
i la not the mud-sill about to tumble? {
i Hut if land owners ar.- getting to
"come out behind," etc., when they
hare the land, then borrow money
1 to run ou; (they muet not bw aaccees
fui farmers, much as one may brag)
what about the poor men who have
to pay rents, for "coming ou? beh od"
a hen so many owners of land are
doing the same. I lately heard of a
man who has many ace? all bis own
who cou'd not pay small accounts,
because he was behind. Better cut
down and work the rest better.
I am glad that Telephone wrote
"8 be did in his last article when he
said if theie wore any farmers, or
class of people who had a bright
prospect for tho future etc., he want
ed to see him, for it would he a
pleasure to look upon prosperity, etc.
That is just what I have been thinking.
i read in the President's mes?
ge where he Baid farmers and
laborers are moro prosperous and re-?
wived hotter wages than ever before,
or in any other country. I stopped
to tnink. Was i blind or myself a
pessimist, calamity howler or what,
or was the President ignorant of the
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state 01 tnings. or wintully raisreproseniug
things or judging the country
by :? few rich men or corporations for
a purpose. I can't help who said
better wages, etc.,are paid than ever,
it is a lie, for we ourselves have paid
much as 3100 a year for a form
hand ai d made more money than we
can now at paying '$"75. You see
wages here have gone down. Where
is ttfe farmer who can make money
by paying as good wages as a few
years ago by the year, day or job, by
the acre hoeing or 100 pounds picking
cotton.
Now 1 can say a word of praise
before it is too late. Mr. Editor, 1
bink the editorial you wrote. "Are
We Appreciative," is the very best
you have ever wrote. If that is read
thoughtfully one would see so much
n it arid with a glad heart resolve to
be more appreciative during the remainder
of our earthly pilgrimage.
When you snid it is cold comfort to
-ay nice things about one after the
corpse is beueath the cold sod is especially
forceful. When one looses
some dear one of the family one of
the greatest pangs to bear is the
thought that you were not appre.
dative enough to let them know. Oh
yes. I have experienced it with near
neighbors. I have tried to and have
shown friendship, covered fault, kept
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luuuiu puui. aiiu sueaineu mv pen on
scandals and sought the good things
to say and I have evidence it was not
appreciated. However, I will try to
be appreciative.
' If you have a friend worth loving.
Love hiui, yes, and tell hiin so."
We could tell them ourselves and
not delegate it 10 others.
Hey Denver.
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Etta Jane Etchings.
Etta Jane, Dec. 16.?This is the
coldest ?pell we have had this winter
>ud people can only make fires and
nit by them.
The school at this place we learn
is expected to begin the first Monday
in January, 6th prox.
Yesterday Mr. John A. M. Estes
came near getting his house burned.
Fortunately the fire was discovered
in time to p. event any serious consequences
Mr. W. David Douglass, of Wfinnsboro*
was in this section last Wednesday
looking after his farming interest.
He is the grandson of the
late Mr. James M. llyers and law
norfl r\f hia tuffmr A I lnn??l.?-a I
Esti, of Win nab ro. They own a
plantation between Tbiekety and
Gilky's Creeka in this county.
J. Ebb .Jeffries, clerk of the court,
as admiirn rator of the eawte of Leiti
Brown rented the Brown place ar
public outery last week. It brought I
/>00 lbs. but, aud the lands of WjI
liam Marsh went for 100 lbs. rent
for next year. This shows that land
is cheap here.
The nae in the price of cotton
will cause a general rush of it to j
market this week if the weather per- j
mita.
Broad river whs up about 19 feet
Sunday -and the ferryumn had to
keep a watch over bia boat all day
yesterday and last nighr.
Mr .Willie Buiee will attend at
the Thoflason 'mills and grind on
Tuesdays and Satiirdnys of each
week fof the remainder of this year.
A terrific rain and wmd storin
passed over this section last Saturday
night. Broad river rose five
feet ta a very short time and continued
to rise till it reached a height,
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I of nineteen feet hy daylight yesterday
morning.
Rumor pays that this section is to
have somo weddings soon.
There was a sociable at Mr. Willie
Buice's one night last week. He -j
has tnovoito Mr R. W. Davis', near
Sarratt's.
I congratulate Union county on I
the graud display it wilTmake at the ^
South Carolina and West Indian
Dxposition and feel satisfied thai ^
iwno of her sifter counties will boat *i
it. Bully for Union. She's always I
in the front rank of progress. ?
Vesterdav yntir correspondent spent. .
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ueuav ?m me 1 oik sine ann atienneil
sie A K 1'iesbyterian chinch at ,u
Hickory (trove, and heard H -v I L al
Gates preach from the text: "I will
take vengeance and I will not meet tine >
as a man " Uainh X CI 1:3. u
The free ferry is a great convenience Tr
to our church goiug i>eople of all denotn- tr
inatior.s.
A few hi>me raised porkers have Ireen .
killed this season and more are in the
pen. For a long time it Ins b"en ad- at
mittt>t1 tha' almost auy family can raise th
one or two good hogs with no excuse at. j0
all and with hut little trouble except
gathering up and feeding (hem the waste
and the theorv is abundantly verified. rc
Several of our neighbors arc kill- ot
mg hogs today. '1 hose who killed co
last week narrowly escaped losing fa
their meat during the warm, damp wi
spell. gr
Our farmers generally have their wheat dc
sown and some aie sowing oats. The / \
land is in fiie lix. ^
I regret to learn that Mr. "Bub"
Addis had a child badly burned yesterday
auo it died last nignt Mr Addis lives pa
on Mr. J L Walker's farm near Suu- frj
ivside. He and his family have our 1
heartfelt sympathies iu their great
tiouhle. w<
Christmas will soon be here and the fe<
children will expect Santa Clans to come ca
with his budget. It is feared he will not
t?e able to make as many of the humble
homes happy this year as heretofore 8"
I fear not however. he
Mr. Jefferson Blackwtll offers a lot of tri
his p-iHonal propeity for Sale tod. y. II- ^r|
expects to go to the Union Knitting f
mill where he and his children will woik. *C(
There will he much farniimr land to ch
lie out next year, beyond a doubt. Labor at
is scarcer low than it lias been since lh?* ?u
war.
I hear uothi 117 more of the small pox. f?1'
A report was received here that John CO
<'ato, until rider froua Union to this be
plat*, was bitten by a uiad dog several U1
weeks ago and that lie is suffering grea-lv
from it. 1 hope the report is not true Wl
A good deal of scattering cotton te- or
mains to be picked yet. Last, week the be
weather was too cold to pick it.
Last week Mrs. Avis Comer, who has
been spending some t ime among relat ives 81
in this section, returned to her home on VV
the Ridge. She has been in deliea e 01
health for a long time and is not much jj
improved. ,
From present ind entions it. seems that
many of the people will bepra<WMl to j?ay ca
out their dues this year Short crops and rij
low prices are the cause. Always some- 8I]
thing for trouble.
Solomon says: "The wicked borrow- W1
etb and pnveth not, but the righteous 01
skoweth mercy and lendeih. re
Wishing our Times readers a in
merry Christinas and happy New an
Year. Vox. ar
A LETTER FROM SEDALIA. *
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To the Hoys and Girls. 11 '
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We should all have our aim in life, \
we^ehould set our ideal high and not all
fail of it. The adage, "Where them b?
is a will there is a way" is as true as pe
steel. Now hoys, pride yourselves j,j
on the respectability of the family, gl|
keep good company or none at all,
let your associates be your equal in pa,
every respect, onward and upward jn
be your aim, read good books such
as wiil enlarge your minus ana hi nc
y..u fur a higher 'ife. You should
never <1-ink. When offered whiskey r(.
or c>gar*"tea \ou should have the
courage to nay no and stick to it, you
wi'l d" yourself good and the out) that
offers it to you perhaps will laugh at
you and c?dl you a onward tor re- h
fusing. Never mind, persevere and
you wtil C"iue one ail right. Your
friends will see that you are for right si
and will follow sun sooner or later, v
You can have an influence over them v<
ami how delighted your tuntuuia V
wou'd '?e to kiiuw ?hat her boy had hi
stood up for the righu iStarr. now tl
while y? u are young, you will never tl
regret it and in utter years it will bo al
muchtasier to oveieotue tempta'ions. cl
I "E.icu vio oiy will help you some al
I o her to win." The wav you behave, b<
whether good or evi!, is a reflection li
on four ia.her alid mother. 1 know d<
that jou hoys who have good, w
sw ot mothers would not like for any
one to say that you hadn't been d<
taught right when you know your ft
mother has tri<*l so hard to teach r<
you in sach a way that you will be a si
smart man and make a success in life, b
, and now bojS, don't do or say any-> b<
Win. A. NICHt
BANK
Oansact a Regular Ban
Branches and Insure /
Boiler, Liability and Acc
?f Indemnity for Officia
ndividuals as Administr
OUR BUSINESS IS RES
ling that you would not like for your
other or sister to hear, and I aui j
mo?t sure if you do not you wilt i
j a true gentleman. 1 have always I
tard it said "the way a young man i
eats his sister is the way he will <
eat his wife," and I guess there is i
uth in it. And buys you should t
ive some chosen profession in life i
id try to reach the highest mark of j
at nrofession. if it is onlv ?
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an nlov?l home. Wealth alone can-1
> make a peaceful happy home. i r(
Wishing th** Edior and t>-e uianv
aders ? merry Xuia.?. I mn
A (JonNTIIY (ill:L.
BLACKSBURG~IME WOJKS. !i
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Her eating Letter From Annie
Fan r it'. I
Although the lime works is only a '
iort distance from my homo 1 only I
i-dted it recently and found things <
ory tliff.-rent f?*ntn what I exp <*ted.
>rben a child 1 often helped 'ather ]
urn coal kiin-tand 1 always ;u: igined '
lai lime was burned somewhat after j
lis fashion. Imagine my surprise i
i finding a shed with u great round
limney protruding some distance i
jovo ami below and having ut the *
?Uoin a furnace that looks very much
ke a steam engine furnace, having
?ors with which to open and put m
ood.
The place where the fire is put
oes not extend clear across the
irnuce. It is built so us to leave a
>uud opening in the center the exact
ze of the chimney. This furnace is
uilt in the aide of a hill, it having
sen dug down several feet and walled
)LSON & SON,
ERS,
king Business in all its
^gamst Fire, Tornado,
idents, and Issue Bonds
Is of ^Corporations, and
ators, Etc., Etc.
)PECTFULLY SOLICITED.
and cemented. It is in this wall the
furnace is built. The shed extends
from the wail hack several feet. The
tloor of ibis shed looks like it was
cemented but there was so muoh
ilebris scattered around on it 1 could
not be ceitain. At the bottom of
the chimney is a hole where the lime
is raked out on this floor where I
juess it stays until it gets cool.
Alter exploring the lower portion
[ went up on top of the hill and
cached the top of the chimney by
neana of a pole road. It is at the
op where the lnne atones are dropped
nto the furnace until it is full, them
i (ire is built on each side and kept
turning until they crumble. Just
iow the dross is separated from the
itue I utu unable to say, but saw large
leaps of it lying around.
After looking around for some
necimens of this oar I went to the
[uarry. The quarry is just below
he inns spring and was almost fall
T water. The walls of this quarry
.re solid rock. It is a picturesque
eene and if I was lieh I would hate
t photographed for The Times with
Vnnie seated on a rock near the
rater's edge. The lime works, like
sost all industries, are owned by
lorthern capi'alista.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Powell, Mr.
,nd Mrs. Frank Turner and Mr.
'ohti Langs ton, of Union, are now
esideuts of this place.
Christmas will soon be here once
nnre and 1 wonder who will remem>er
Annie.
Mr. Editor, 1 send you a lime
oet-. [ Thank you, Annie, we have
ievcr seen a lime kiln and had ?o
doa about the process of making
lime.?Ed ]
Annie Laurie.
m
Everything Lovely.
Mr. Editor:?It has been quite
iwhile since I sent you a few dots
)ut I think I ought to he excused as
k?..? i ? -
urm ?pr^ uusy Trying to
itiish up the conference year 1901.
L'he iiuuuciul report (lud report on
aim y ami .30 p??r cent. on conference
olieeOi>n*) i? m.ii veh'Us mr this year,
li<aiif?i I t >i*tk the average crop up
ieiu is much better than some other
ections of the State
I am glad that Bishop Galloway
ppointed me to this charge for 1002.
I'ho people that will pay a man in
uli for services rendered during the
>ast misfortunes will do to trust.
Vnd then there are so many profile
icre who have learned to trust G >d
hat it is indeed pleasant to work for.
)espite the stringency of the times
trungements have been made to
aise thj pastor's salaiv $100 for
902. Surely the go*.d Lord will
etuembev such kimlue.-s. The Whitley
and Fingerville Manufacturing
3 mipany deserve much credit f.-r
heir unstinted kindness to this eud.
L'he direct- rs ol these worthy eirer>rises
deserve much credit for the
cindly feeling they have shown
;ow?rd tlie people at these mills.
.Well it looked like Xtnas at the
parsonage yesterday when our neghhors
began to come in with smiles <?n
their faces, and especially when Mr.
J. W. Waters, of Gsffhey. and Mi>?
(da Owens, of Lime, N. C., appeared
before the altar for matrimonial
services at my hands. 'J hose
gay crowds add a gr?at deal of life
md social pleasure to pat sonage lif*.
Wo would be glad to welcome
some of the IJnionites under
circumstances like these. The only
remedy that I know of for hard times
is to get married and trust in God.
1 hiu glad to report Mis. lsom in
tin improving condition.
Happy Xmaa to all.
J. N. Uom.
l)r. Mason's Depilatory removo
superfluous hairs permanently from
any part of the body. $4.00 a box.
John H. Mason &Co., Hancock Maryland
2Tly
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be a good one. You should cul- ]
rate the love and kindness and ever 1 t
member as you esteem yourself t
hers will esteem you. I would t
nsidcr It an honor to work on the i
rm and never try to be a dude. I ?
3uld remember that some of our I
eatest men were farmer's sons No 1
>ubt that our lamented President |
lcKinley) once handled the plough I
id hoe.
And again, keep some girl's com- s
my that is worthy to be your c
end. I would beware of the girl t
at is always wanting presents. I c
>uld never try to win a girl's af- a
ction with silk handkerchiefs and ?
ndy hearts, (If I ma le such i
esents it would be through frietyi- /
ip.) If I loved a giri I would tell v
r so, but I would never act the n
litor and tell her so if it was not n
le. I would try to win her afition
by noble deeds. I would a
ooae for my wife (if 1 chose any .J
all) a woman of unblemished r
aracter with a sound mind and
od judgment, and one that would r
ntrol her temper. I would never 1
i so weak as to let a pretty fict charm
e. I would remember that beauty r
is nof the only charm of Iile. hut- i
ily a gift to adorn and could never I i
i a true guide or compiinon, ' ]
Now girls you know we hive a
eat responsibility resting upon us.
re mu>t have a good influence over
ir brothers by doing right ami bei? g
rid and good toti.cui. also hv d-n. ^
ings ior them in the borne ui.it diey
innot do themselves. If we do 8
ght and are cheerful and war n
aile upon our faces our brothers |!
ill 8 ,on learn that way. On ;h- *
her hand if we are cross and ijuar- '
lsorae and don't take any iuterest s
theoi they will soon think "well 1
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