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fCarpet Sale. Biggest reduction on Carpets.ever made in Union. V WE HAVE TOO MUCH CARPETING Q WPICH MUST BE SOLD f IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. I WE OFFER ALL CARPETING IN OUR ? STORE AT A BIG REDUCTION I COST OR NO COST. Call on us for your carpets. We can sell you a good carpet for less money than it will cost to buy a good mattiffg. Remember we have some STARTLING LOW PRICES On All Kinds of ^ j FURNITURE. IWe are brim full. We must have the room and now is the time to make it. Call on us and if we don't please you we want to know the reason why. LOOK OUT FOR* BARGAINS In All Departments, JVJ. W. BOBO. Ucal Schedule for Passenger Trains. ti?* annual m-eiinv of the stockhom__________ era of Ue? tyercfy'nm and Flfuter'ji lyqy OQLDMnii. National II-ink wjli la? hel<1 in the Arrive i 15 a. m. Depart 0:15 a m dliwioi ' ? n?n? of V ? hank at li o'oiock ? 1:40p m. " 2:0l?p no on Fueaday, Jan. 14'h. 1WJ. mm mom ?pabtahhobo. Gno Munho Carhier. Arrive 11:87 .a no. Depart 11 :f 7 a. m 14 7:10p.m. 44 7 :80p. no The Gr cp Rent frow SU ck O., play ? t.. ? ? r |,i(t at the Opera House this week, will I rwni Novtrc VVktfC * ?? to wrj child !.. ?lLUvul ItvW!) nUlvS tend* the niattiue Saturday after toon. 1 Some of the presents to be distributed Fit Tether For Ready Reference are on exhibition in the show window of I E E Williamson, the Jeweler. G?tk?r*d Hem and There by If you want aome genuine bargafos gp, flu. M.n ihnut TAWN ' 10 L ^ M0**?*0"'* ?? {5 ?ff QflP Man About Town. lint stupfc he bought from D. L V^os -=rr=rrr |a*ugWin. He will clean ppi the whofe Hey Denver was in town Friday and stock before he opens up his new spripg dropped in to see us, goods. This is g g?**l chance to supply Mr. W. C. Wallace, of ?P?...olmr?, '""r n"d? >? J""*;' "fT ^ rirrr "?rxrp"ce- u'ut*"low his old friends in Umon. WAHTRI>?Hickory, Dogwood and Mrs. S. & Oadds gave an entertainParsimiuoB Logs. Southern Ha-dwood tuenl at her house in Kdton last ThureO., Charleston, S. C. 47 4io. day uUht in honor of Hiss Mamie Mr. J. D. McNseoe will be found at H wu?-y, her niece. One of the features the store of Mr. L N. Mctftaoe at the wu??uloe |iU|a Christmas trea loaded Mclaughlin old stand. a ith ptvaenta for her Utile friends. Tli^re were quite a number of cbi.dren Nervous Diseases cured. 80 days prrV.nt *,k1 they enj.?yud the occasion treatment, $100. J. H. Mason A . Co., Haaoock, Maryland. 29 ly Mr. L.J. Browning, of Sedalis. wh The A. M. E. Zinn church of Union iu Iiiwd Tuesday. He reports a qu.et ? hew pastor u. supceed C. Coin. Christmas ip his spptionbutan enjoyable ty"' J H Mgnley is the new pastor. wVp. We bats had a conversation with the ? , the new man and believe he i# an itnUkr tniTf.M Rflii niHA T/*i>? Vftr ?*1 Five Dollars in Gold. i Tlie Gra^e Hentfmw 8i?ck Company 1 will give away $ "> ?H? in goM to s??rn? lucky person In Uio eudieiice at the Oi**ra House Satuiduv night. Each night a 1 number is handed to every <?ne in the 1 ! audience. <>.. Saturday nigh* a c ?m- ' mittee of citizens will be called to the f stage, the numbera will all be collected 1 and pnt. in<o a hat or t?ox. thoroughly I Mixed up and the hicky numlier drawn ' will receive the $> UO, provided the t owner of the nuoibi r is in i he house. < There will be no proxy business, so if 1 you hold a number you li&d best go to the show Saturday night. 1 V Glorious Venus. 1 t Did you notice Venu<?, the glorious J evening star, Tuesday night? We do . not remember to hare ev?-r ven a star so large and brigb* ?? Venus now is. J Everyone should see her in the west an hour after sundown. We noticed her a 's few nights ago after her lace was hidden by u dark cloud and as she disappeared a bright coroua sprang not along the edge of the cloud reminding us very 1 much of the eclipse of the ?uu :ist year. 1 We have never ?>en a star give such a CJ light before. Hud you not s J?.n the star . be I ore it disapiwarcd lieliiud the cloud ' you oould hardly l*? convinct d that it . was not the moon shedding the great light b hind the cloud If you wish to 8 see one of the most brilliant sights you J1 ever saw among the stais watch Venus. ?- ? Death of Miss Means, a h Miss Voluni* L. Means, daughter i of Mr. A G. Means, of Jonesville, o died at the home of her father Wed- p nesday, December 18th, 1001, after a p few days illness, For several years u she spent her time at her father's home and wlttf her sisters in Spar- b tanburg. Her kind, lovable char- w acter, her clear discriminatini? mind * her many graces and virtues made " her a welcome member of any family or an attractive gncst in any home. T. She possessed that strqgg|e and in- ^ fjuence tlp^t CP.ipes frorti humility m United ifit-h ? fl*ed purpose to he useful and helpful to others. Of a 0 gentle, lovable disposition and exalt- v ed christian character. She spent a] her alotted time in doing good and n ministering to the sufferings of others F with that unselfishness which only I comes from piety and ^el^gieus ts thought, t}f hep it q$n bo trutlifuily '< said t^at she left the sphere of the h life in wtycn she lived and moved and had her heing hotter than she * fount} It. (}n Th?ra4?ty, Jdec. lflth, " her perpaine were laid to eternal rest b Id the family oemetery at Fair Forest J ?b"r*jh yard. 24, ( A (rood Shtftr, b l'he H?*ntfrow Stock Company, hold- w ing the boaois at the Opera Hmse this v week, is a good show, in fact, judging I from the. pecea already handled, it ia the p best popular pi .red slum ihot ln? visited g Union in some time. The actors are artists and liand'e th-ir lines well. They f are all go ?0>d that, wo fori *a l.edtauci ii ii lua^inw sprci d njentio" of * <ine of <1 kbein withont ipem-ionim* ' hem a'l a We hope 'bey *vill mahH t feiqrn date v fir Union M Tlie o*hui>mi)} opened up v?iih The t Avenger, and it ivr* handled in sucn a > a manuei as to cause unusually f.?vorab'r r ooiument by (lie entire audience Th- e .1 ,.w.. ?.T. Sj . I..- 1. -. noiti rA|> rmm i 4.1 m i |i*? U e ih'iig Been in 1 li?* ( tyern ti. h long c lime. Grace Itentfrow a* J<"ry, the h mischievous countrt lass. was rhe teal h ar icle Wlii:r? -v.die Gre.-gan, as Amy a IMrrell. cariied h heavy put and ha-.dit-d u it to perfection. Fane? Meredith, th" n bewitching old maid, governess lo Jeny."" while she failed lo win ajtuithai.d, l?>st no ni time iu her ?ff'???? in t l;at dii?>u! !o i. The p lory is a goo*} one. A girl if forced to a marry agaTuRt her will u? 6HVh her father n from rain, bei in-art remains the propei ty n of h*r old lover. A murder ends the * Career pf her htuh>nd. A lost will is * fotipd rpgking her fat Iter wealthy, the tl two lovers ro<*el, a reconciliation is ef- ? fected and there is a happy ending of all I their trpublfs. Th? gentlemen of the N pl?j did their parts splendidly. Joe ? Demlng is a peach anywhere you find g him, and iu h's special' ies, songs, eto., n te brings down the I10a.se every time. ? If you want to *i'J'?y ?'? evening of first tl class entertainment don't miss this show, u lt, _____ I Sunt no Sittings. li "Tia weary watching wave by wave, a But still the tide sweeps onward; d We build like comis, grave by gr?ve, f A path which stretches sunward; I' We are lieaten back by many ^ fray, '' While Aghtiug spi and sorrow, t Ttnf laVtnrA Ihn Uuiiwnuprl i\ *Kle tr%Ann fi '.ir^T.T VT" I!?Z7 prweinent on Coin. Hi atoms to be , on Wrrt Stein St IV.utlful location hon(,t. intelligent and oomolontjoiw smplo tin Md modem* tonne. mm wh|o|, ? ny forColn ? Apply to J. W. Mclurk. t we don't consider him an honest Miss Etheft Jeter who has been spend- man to a*v the least of it, hut oousider in* Christ man at the home of her parents him a beat unworthy of credit. The at Santuc returned to North Carolina |**oi>le where be has gone can govern Tuesday to resume charge of her school themselves accordingly. We shall show at Salein. up a certain bishop if we are put off ^ Mrs. Aunte Rose aceompanied Mr. ,,,,K,h ,OD*wr* Wolfeohn on the organ at the First There was a social gathering at the Baptist church. He sang "Cavalry" iu |,?me of Mr. Will Sparks, of Cross Keys, JA morning and ^The- Holy City" Sun- Monday ntght. There Was a gthgiif 8 JP7 "HJ"- ff'p pwc?^ ?ro tbij number preeaift, %^v>'K aeyeral 8 . (P?UJ-* IH' *lf WnS l"*($ peifeotly and from (Jnlon. They ail had a nk* time K &j* WY ,*Piweted th an H1Kj WDM cf nM Union delegation didn't | 7|<*dlent manner. oome |ionne r t^| mnynln^ on Hco-oimt of ' T1** m1 a^e Pab,,R tyg* watar ?n^ 'ij <to^ niapf M?e tyje ptpnl^tloa of South (Janjliim as fo - tipple tip*| to c,n?s ihe swollen atreaui 9 Afnlee, piH'Wt fpMgl; (pad *# tangled m? w^h a telephony W foreign born, 5,W8j white, 66},8o7; poat? therp tfewouU gl^re tjyeaja^gy, I 60i(>ied, Tftgjtflf). Kp?m thn )t will It* Qp$oe It that ilw young ? " iceeeded K aawa there are 10,fi20 mora female* than in extracting ?ha boggy from the toleB mnlea hi South Carolina. All the boja pbone pole without lutving to get out In | aboold har* s chance. IWepectfully the water. The you g l?il> has Uie I Mfarrcd to our fi k nd He* JXmver. laugh ou him. 1 . V\ ni^VAV ???> ^UII^miiiu II^UIO IVAUH, Oqr rp^r gqaid camps torn rrow " v I Wp watched the old year day by day, r the end came, a grave of year* has been t made, we have had many a fray, was a often overwhelmed unu still h?ve ail the t ain and sorrow to fight that we can and a more than we can stand up under well. n but we hope to build thereby a path that ,, stretches sunward by not going up and p furling our Hag. lx?t the word "onward" H be our battle ory, there is ho muuh room t Improve ourselves, try to be oheerful t and be a friend to everybody if he is not f so inean he won't let us. And a happy , new year?ves to every laxly, man or , woman, ricK or poor, good or mean. f white or black, especially tho editor, the . manager, ail the ooiies'iowhiiit*. fii& Tim as hoys', firlitv thfr lajctant^ atekuwt ail, the' pretty girls, gitl more especially my sweet. giri friends in every part of this county. 100*4 comes in ans wer what is t he chief end of iuan. Misi I doq't t^oar a rattling while to^y 'a^ turning over new leaves? , I hope nogirlwi'l return a^y nice fallow's lov? this year b^t awt\P for it and no one' y%\\\ VipuV U&U* out " ^<>n' ftjay talk auiut your tl e time dining Otirlstmts but 1 heaid it was j lly coui 1 wo der if B B. saw his giri in the holidays. He ns?-d ?o "talk" Sulphur swings. If lie does not do letter?well lei u* out him out. L am accused of "Liking" too .many, but as the uegroes | tay, I Mi "is as wuss as I is," and if he 1on't writs- oftener for Tiik Timks. I roll, ho had ortiufr, for i know?Weil, ? won't tell The ho' aupper at Mr L B Jeter's r.?r the Baptist church last Friday night whs a ucte.ss There was pient. of the iiohi up|>"i7.iiiir to ?a'. ami plenty i.. , il?are. A k<kx1 sum was ren.ized It was got'on up in sh ?ri <?rd?r br hi I awl ins' Aid Society, hut a largo ciow.i uard of it and attended I ?vas>oiry I jould not ntter.d, but went to Union thaf lay and was late gelling home. was too ate io attend We h :d two davs of very rainy weather. The rain pourtd d<>wn eln o t, Saturday and Sunday, and a little over ,hre? inches fell. <'reeks were out of I boir banks and the river wa* reported nil, hut L have not sceu it at this writhe. I loads are oeLtiru* nnuldr ?n>t jeing cut considerably. The rain ' vunlitd lhem out in places. No doubt he batd week's fre?z-, then the thaw, 1 ofteucd tlieni making th? m cut. easier J Some may say alternate freezing and hawing is what kills oats and that a J on tin nous freeze does not injure them ouch hut if the solid week of i reeza and , 10 thaw'ng did not kill a large amount if oats I do not know a dear! oat when see it. They ate certainly badly inured, Hon. John Lowndes Md.autin is sendng out a ve-v large number of his peeches. ' Mr. President 1 arise to a [uestion of peison privilege." He cerainlv must have gotten into a terrible . ness. Mr. II. E. Jeter, a young man. is bout ou the eve of leaving hu native eatli for awhile and to cast his lot in < Florida in the orauge orohards. He ( annot reconcile himself into trying eaceful and smooth farming wi h thn g rAkAnl. fI'PO iu?.m\ Wi\rblo?* T U... .L . v. ...? ? nuimu^d. 1 TTI3U lit) { jay have h sweet time. A "Gospel" train whs at Carlisle latcl> I 3 tako siime neurons to Georgia for |f jtue special work. One colore! man rent to the train wishing to pay his own ' ray that he might tie frte to come back f he did not like the place or work, but ras informed that if he did nut go on a transportation ticket" he was not 'anted. T'tty wanted to inakw hiut cure, X waa at Union Friday in Christmas n business. I went by "horse-back eoneyance." The roads were muddy and ipiwiy and I was made tired. I saw a umber of friends, went in k<> see the 'alitor and spent h pleasant time there. treated Yo * copy of The Times hlle there and was surprised to get oue >.r I thought that would he one week of olidays. 1 was willing the entire ofti e >rce Wht\ld rest. Wereultyou reader.-? was uo( expecting much from the corHpoudenta that week anyway 1 hope si may all do better this year, that is 1 ope we can get semetbiag t/j ^yrite I bout, 1 ho?v> pome of the correspondents F a ufew past will take up the qn agaln-*thi!ie used to be some ladies Ut all hate quit except Ivey Green nd AmdU Laurie who still gives us jmeihing good to read. 1 like then writings. W hat has become of " M L " would like to see aomethlug from her en. If anything comes my way 1 will rah it and tiy to shape it. Christmas was geneially qutet exoept or shooting of Ore cracker* and hollerng. 1 do not think there was much l>unkBiiUcea. and hur liitle nintiiu^.n .? ny, generally speaking, but one u- gro ras h -aid froro, bring cut. The u*>roes be!iav?d well t-xj, b it some of ham will fret drunk, but this Mur vae*. howl bo ri'?!o ioe a.id was Uurmle- , xoq.tiu the cas- mentioned. At>?uverybody hail their fun in various w?' s, van if l?ad weather put soui; sort ?? a ho k upon it. Od Santa Clans un t av* felt the ft eta rt a short crop, imself. and did not fn.-! quir*- aj "rich ' s ma y would like the old gentleruin 3 be, b t he maaag *d i that he would ot b- fqrg ?Men. J workod the greater part of Curiatias day making a cabinet to put my apers, pencil and "n >teV' in, in the hsenoe of an up-to-date desk To P-i*de with a square, saw. plane, homier aud nails oniy, without ca'oiu?-trorkera tools and machinery, it is not ) rough, and answers rtn ly If I had he prop-r taxi's and some practice, I ould do as well as any worKinan in Iniou; I think. You ought to see it i Ir, Editor. I put Christ mts day to Dine use. The weather was too l>ad to < o visiting, rabbits were shy, and I d d , ot see inucli fun in poppuig tire crack- \ rs, I waited tor dinner uieanum* doing j liat work, and now I feel that I enjoyed lyself ve y well. All that was lacking ] did not see "some" girls I would iked ro have seeu. Magisirate 11. G. Gregory was quite / n iiniml^inl. rlm-iiiir iha I.1 _ I a\ s and started in on the variety role. ! ?e was called upon to makes'iraA young marts glad, to change some beau-knota : rjtmd'er-koots and allow some n^gro?a ? make ''hristiun the o?;casinrv of two estivtias to wii: Ch"l?tua4 sweetened mlh Mm tV'St lUilf of lionet in o;i He , inited a coirp'e at, Mr. J. I1. .Jeter's liace, aie a g-Kwl supper one night and he. next performed .> marriage ceremony t a cli nch, wlfrv thw contracting pa~- ] tea had aceduio a in white folk ft, a'e ,nether good wedding supnwr, and a day ] >r tto thereafter ,wiame iM on two neffme* , b it and man. hy funking them par $."? i >achi for stealing and receiving stolen :ood* So ne say he ?li?l belter work ' .ere than in tieing those together, for hey have ?uch little regard, generally, or in-'ra! laws, that hv next. Christina* hey otav lie done "tell out hndttt,',\ >?rted, and be ready to marrv Aulieone Ise. if tli^v e^iiUVht' lurid up'again'. ^i;f. the t#3t part of his work was iapiuring about seven orations of whiai?y that was shipped heris in a young iV4Ti*J4 HimM ufar iu?ro/\oal ?.o^. 11 l" - . ? ?- % p?Mq*?iinn ' * & Ilia | va? Shipped wiftynp. tkut man's ocrnvut ! >r * *od he made It plain that j e did not order any. It. is thought it fras ordered hj one or two negroes, i ^ y^riheleSi the magistrate WW noma ' n'hlte men wtyn they JWU?tp<t it. and I | in(i ftury a baptist church memw-i was in the crowd, maneuvering tround, and be?or? they had time t? .ake it out of the office hie luu) his stamp >n it, and all the pieasuie they got out . )f it was licking out their tongue in im- | sginatirg tas'ing and chewing the end ?f bitter disappointment. H*r Dskvk^. lOI lb* Xi?MB. mmmrnmrn &???m*m HCLLot .J* I want you to go to the jggK^?, fnjp Wonder Store ^f|p i wtiere all the pretty ^mEm Toys and things are I kept and get me one of those beautiful Dolls. The large silk dressed Doll in the show window there is just the prettiest thing I ever saw. This Is all that I want this Xmas but I want to tell you that THIS IS THE PLACE To get all kinds of presents for children and old folks from 1c up. Many things at half price. This is the only Xmas louse in town and the prices are show" low down. VON PAM IIIOT nrr mrnr IUU ohix JUOI btI I MLKt: Toys and dolls of every kind, Some for one cent, some very fine, Presents for your s:sters and y> ur brothers, Some for your fathers and your mothers, * Paintings and China of high art, + Everything nice tor your sweethevj-t. All right, Mary, you need not tell me where o go for presents I know the Wonder Store Is the only place to go to. Promises That Can't be Broken '! ^re ^incl that we ?" j mane for the New 3 I Q C" 0 Year- Promise to se|\J| y I j / jT | cure and seli the BEST HARDWARE THAT MANUFACTURERS PRODUCE. Articles made of Steel. Iron, Tin, Brass, ar any other metal will be sold as suoh and not masquerade under any misleading titles. And of course Low Prioes will prevail. Detzel's Hardware Store. Allow us to wish For our ninny friends and oust mors a pleasant, prosperous and healthy year for 1902. And in the same measure let hh extend our sincere thank" to one and all for the liberal appreciation that you have shown for ou^ Q$ovta to supply you with A Qlean, Modern Grocery Market. We have given you the best, oleanest and freshest goods th?t we could buy, and at the lowest legitimate prices, but we feel that the best way to show an appreciation is to irnnrnv* ovpn on what we have done. And we assure you that no effort will bespared to give our customers the beat, n^westand most season 111? goods at right prices, aud to assure one and all that we appreciate every favor, and stand ready to make good every claim that we make for ourselves or our goods, YOUJRS mULY, MORGAN & WAGNON, '