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% * TOWB PWBii'i h'JT-___ -w , _ _ ______ ._ _ "j^iTrow-i v "union ??-._*9 dips THE 'UNION TIMES. Sill WiHilitfi'> W' IIfal x J l'?u Wutor. fopuiatlion C.,300. J| TOL. LI1. NO. 12. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1902. vnT^ 1 J P. M. PARK President. A f QBO. MUNRO, Cuhlar, J. I ^ | Merchants' mi Plai | or UNIC ^ Capital St>o?k....' V Surplus stockholders' Liabilities A i Total A J)tkkotors?J. A. Fast, W V T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, 1 - \XT? /^1 - - N "W (11. V/ VII O 1X1 Hi LI ? Wm fellcft Y? ^ tyr^^^r?rtjWP??pip?^p???ii REMINISCENCES OF TIE hK Imtcrcttting Incidenta Conneatad With the hate War, Bringing Out a Great Deal of Dm written Him/ tery, iu Which the Vtirate and Sulrordiuaie Officers are Giren Credit Justly Due Them. Coma of the Truest, Noblomt and Brayeat Men That Erar Faced an Enemy Were to be FOUND AMONG"THE PRIHTES. r^cr nr?/ti.<>? ?>.... ?? *-? ? M JW/O %.S1 M M.J JHKii; l/Ul /t Didn't Work the Second Time. . Found a Heme at J^ust, HT J. L, STJiAI*. Chapter IV. lie fore I go too faat I will stop and tell of an incident that took place while Mr. Jeff Hughoe and kis folke were enroute to Atlanta, Go., on their higira from their old home in South Ctirolina just at the close of the K. K. war. On one occasion they stopped near a mill to get din. uer and feed their stock. As our reude/t? are already aware' the trip! was by no means a pleasant one, and the circumstances was suck that it was not best for the public to know too much about the tourists 1 Mild flt? caused that imi.?lli?d thr>na t* adopt this method of travel. So it was hi ceeeary to conduct the business in tjueh a way us to keep down snspiciou. While they were halted to fetd and get dinner aa awkward countryman from the Georgia backwoods caljcd where they were feed* iug and struck up a conversation, ' which would if carried on long enough, < have unmasked their purpose. Jeff saw ,that somethimg must be done to get rid of the unwelcome visitor before J e found out something he didn't care : for him to know. The fellow was i one of thQse "Smart Alecks" that ... knew it all. lib kept talking and ' talking and asking questions until Jeff got a chance to give one of hia : own parly the wink. He (Jeff) then began to gruut and squirm when one i|t. of his confederates knowing whst'was 1 up said to the others: "Boys, Jeff's going to have another one of his spell} .and it's going to be a bad one, don't let him hurt that gentleman." 1 With that Jeff sprang lo his feet 1 and with an unearthly yell Made for tW* fvllfrw i? if lie w as going to tear him in piece*. Two of them gathered hold of him and about that time he gave a jerk at one side of hie jaeket ' ^ and/opt the garment, then *ith the A odiXr'hand he rtiade a rake and devested himself of the other and than with n terrific yell he made a lunge for the fellow who broke land run. lie run towards the mill house and round behind the house where he run across the mill race on a narrow plaak and got out of sight. It waa al) the work of a moment and Jeff and k'ia party had no mean* of knowing what hadK'cpme pf the youag They th?a?tf 'hie inight have run info the mill pond and drowned himeelf. The intuition wh(( a Heriout one and now to'get out of it wu the next point of the problem. By this time the miller and three or four'ftieiS' tame out of the mill and craned their neeks to ee whatwaa going on at the eamp. All tly^Tiif e jpfi verging^nd '? > ami taking on like a maa man. In a wbiciper he told his erowd they would have to keep np.the-Tewe till they got nway from there. 80 they got a lope and tied Jeff hand and foet to one of the wagons and drove off. While they were pawing tha mill house Jeff made eeveral frantic attempts to get at the men an if he would tear them to pieces. They naked one of Jeff's party if there was ki i. M. FOSTER, Vic# President. J ?. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. 9 iters' National Bask j >Nt 1, C. | $80,000 5 50,000 60,000 9 $170,000 5 . H. Wallaea, Wb. Jeffries. C. r. HcKisilck, A. H. Fester, X >?r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ any way in which they could be of servioe jin taking cere of that crazy man. uOh no/' they replied, "he will be all right directly. lie has the spells often and this is one of hia worst." 80 they got away without any further troable and all had a good laugh when they got out of In a few days afterwards they had another similar experience bat Jeff did not sacceed with hia ruse as he did in the first. They met up with ft fellow and ha began to question them about where they were going and why and wherefore they were travailing in that way and a thousand other questions thay didn't care to anrwer direct. Here Jeff thought ha would get rid of the intruder in much the same way as the one to which I have just alluded. So taking on one of his maniacal airs Jeff began to grit his teeth, wall his eyes and look viciously at the stranger and make other movements that demonstrated that trouble was brewing. Soma of his awn party said: "Boys, Jeff is about to take another of his bad spells, don't let him get to that man for he might hurt him." By this time one of them grabbed Jeff and bid him behave himself and told hiss that that man didn't intend doing him anv iniurv. k? <r?a thair frioml I and all that. The fellow kept eyeing Jeff and sidling round just like be didn't mach care what happened. He vii of the heavy set, log-wagon kind of a build and to all appearances "much of a man" both in strength sod courage. Jeff had vised him up and knew that it would take an unusual bluff to get rid of him. So he west into all kind of ecstacies, jumping up, slapping his hands and cracking his heels together. He would repeat a great many meaningless phrases, such as "I'm a hosses' titty, ikia a mule, shave his tail and stack the hair," and such jargon. The fellow stood quietly looking en and while Jeff, like an enraged lion, was trying to get to him he plaeed himself squarely on the defensive and with his brawny muscles drew hack bis sledge hammer fist and looking Jeff squarely in the eye with an oath aid: "Let him come if I don't settle him right here." Jeff said that was sufficient. His spell passed off very sson after that. These two inaidents are the only ones of this kind I will mention here or in this connection. 1 left off HIT n&rrmt.iu? -- ?j v?C?? three, just at Mr. Hughes and hi* family reached the home of an unknown friend whom proridence had placed in their pathway, and here f propose to take him up and prooeed. It was getting late in the afternoon when they stopped and Mr. Hughee' thing* were unloaded in front of this good Samaritan's house and tha wagoner turned to go back to Jefferson. Mr. Hughe* paid him $25 with the money he had jut borrowed from this old gentleman. Turning to his benefactor, the old man, Mr. Hughes said: "My friend, they say that one good turn deserved another (if both don't come the same way) uu now as voi nave neipea me out in this case 1 would be glad to know if you ean take care of ne and my family till morning or until I oan make arrangements te go farther." it was a big job Jeff'Mid to ask another favor on top of what he had already dans him. But it was the beat he eould do and all he could do. The old gentleman told him he supposed he could and soon they were alt in the house and enjoying themselves the best they knew how under the oircumstances. Soon supper came on au<l wh>le they were at the table Jeff's tongue was running liks a bell clapper, when he noticed one of the ladies look at another one and smile. Mr. Hughes thought to himself probably that's aot the way they do hero and inavbe I'm out of order and had better hold 1 up a little. Right here I will say that this family consisted of the old \ gentleman, old lady and two other younger ladies, both of whom \* ore i mature or of middle age. When Mr. i Hughes stopped talking "all of sud 1 den" the older lady not'ccd it (a* i did the others) and she begin 10 t apologise or explain thus: "Mr. t Hughes," said she, "Isee vou noticed 1 I. J I I - v mat may iook at me and smile when I you wore talking about Mack Abel. She it Mack Abel's sister an 1 1 run i his mother and w? knew all about t what you were talking, so you must ? not think strange of our actio-." Here they began to rake up turii ( acquaintance and it seemed as if th ir } trip was yet to end successfully. , Thsy staid all night, and next * morning Mr. llughes hired a vming 1 man on that place to move hitu and 1 hit family ap to Muck Abel's, some 1 twenty or thirty miles, with the un- < derstanding that he would give him t $10 as soon as he reached th -re. ? They started soon and when :'n(. t got to the place Mask had a ! covering a barn and didn't notice T ;] 1 till he walked up and spoke 'o a a Mr. Abel looked at him and >uid. t; "If that aint Jeff Hughes I'm inigh. v J badly deceived." Mr. Hughes roiil v him he was the man and Mack (Mine ? down glad to see him and to know el ;i the news. He invited Mr. Hughe i in the house but Jeff told h.m he s dida't know whether he was giing in s or not, and continued to tell him tue * wkole truth of the matter, and 'now 1 became to be there ami wli r bed li happened on his trip to cause him to t be without money, cte., etc Finally a Jeff told Mack what he was behind r and who to ands?id, "now if you can f advance the money, $35, I am out h and promised to pay I'll go in but if t not I'm going farther." Mack t6jd t kirn he had the money and he could t foot the bill and would do s> So r Jeff and hia family went in and stayed ) all night and told all that had hup ii pened and what was up which M ick already knew or knewof.' " " :i In the run of their conversation ? Jeff said. "Mack I'm dead broke-and I want you to tell me of the rich si :1 man in your county or even the rich- ' eat one in the State for that matter 0 if you know him. I'm hunting a t place to live and a mar who ' is able to help me to help myself." ^ Maek said, "well I believe Mr >1 Camthan is the richest man in this H county I know of." Jeff says: "Take v me to him in the morning or tell me how I can get there and I'll go my- h elf. So next morning Jeff told "Sia" (Mrs. Hughes) to remain with ;k the children as he was going to hunt T' a place to live at, and he warned to -b find a man who was able to help him :l to help himaelf. No use to go to a men as poor as he was, thought Jeff to himself. jh By twelve o'clock next day Mr d Hughes and Mr. Abel were at Mr. 11 John Cauthen's, twenty miles from & Mr. Abel's home. Jeff told Mr. ^ Cauthen his business and that he hud J come purposely to see him for he had fc1 learned that he was about the richest i (or among the-richest juaen) i/? the ^ county, and finally told Mack he | could return homo and tell Sis that lie (Jeff) was going to stay all night and v look around. So Mack returned and V delivered the message for Mrs. r Huches to rAmti'n ronton tail. W.fl' .t would be in in a day or twoir\vhen ho f made arfangementi for some place I to lire at. Next morning Uncle j Johnnie (as Mr. Hughes called hi in) \ told Jeff to go out on his farm and j pick him out the house lie ,woijJd i rather lire in and examine the farm around it to see how ho would like ii ^ and they would have no trouble in | <j trading. So Jeff went an found hi s j t house and farm and they,traded, :>n<l <j Jeff staid all night again after making . I arrangem ;nts to go for^hhis fatxrilw 'jj noxt aav. - Hefore Jiff "lift. ncX' ! < morning to fvr his family he tofd j. I Uncle Johhn <? that if he would rot * be at home when he (Jeff) re" unit d i he (Jeff) wan fed to find a piece of i > meat, sack of tl >tir and something to ' cook it in ou the gato post aa hia 1 family would have nothing to eat till 1 they made it. "All right," paid , Uncle Johnnie and when Jeff re- M turned with his family he found th meat, flour and skillet were in placi and they moved into their house an< went to hou?ekeeping, and wen there when Uncle j Johnnie and hii wife returned. I will have to go backhand tel how Jeff got lost in the snow stora while he was going with the ox carl to Mack Abel's for his family. That morning when he left Mr Gauthen's with the oxen and cart the douds indicated snow and before h< f._ i #-ii ---? i mi ?uiiu lur it uegau 10 iau uuu iood lie road and wagon traoks were hid ind nothing but the openinrin the reo3 were left to guide him. Finally le catnc to a creek. He knew he lad crossed no streamiin going there ind he must be lost. So ne returned i short distance and and drove out tfl 1 house and called. A lady came tc he door and told him how to get tc Vir. Abel's. Thanking her he drove >!T but soon drove up to another louse, us he thought, to get further livections when lojand behold, the i iiue lady came out again and he vnew her and she knew him, but he ind come up on another side of the iou.se and did not recognize it. living him directions as before he bought he would make it all right. >o he struck out and it was no time ill he drove up to the same house igain. The same lady came out aughing and said: ''You're last igain." "Yes man, it seems I can't ;et away from here," Jeff said to her. die told him to come in and she vould give him a map of the road old he couldn't get lost. She took : lire coal and made a map of the ond and told him it would guide him o he wouldn't get wrong, and off he tartcd to find himself back at the ame house in a very short time, iliis time he told the same lady who lad given him directions so aften not o tell him that route any more but ,skrd her if there wasn't another ond, pointing in a different direction, hat ho could take so as to not ero o mole the.tame way. She told him here waft a blind path which led h rough the large body of woodland hat ifould bring *him out into the oad at a well which *he remembered Missing going up to Uncle Johnnie's l few days before. At last he started >11 the new route and hadn't gone but i abort distance when he come to a ;ul!y waist deep which he drove over rid was soon lost in the dense woods .inong the bending tembers weighted [own with snow and ice. Here he ame to a standstill, and in the disance he heard an axe. Calling on he man he asked him how he ceuld ;et out of there. "Iiow did you get n there?" asked the fallow with the xe. The fellow come to him and nth his. axe hacked down the bendrig timbers and let them fall out of is way, and soon he found himself tic in the road at the well, then he new where he was. He had no urthor difficulty in finding his way ack to Mack Abel's where his wife ml children were glad to see him. In the subsequent chapters I'll rive iras army reminiscences which I ope will be interesting to our readers. 11 tiie meantime I respectfully ask n V and all, of thoss who may have iographical sketches of any soldior r citizen or anything connected with he war or wAr time to send me for luhlication as these reminiscences are ntended to gather up all such unrritten matter as will be of interest 0 our readers and useful to the future listorian. Many, noble men and ronton ngurea in tnese times ana rrestled with " these difficulties of rhich the world is not worthy and rhpso names have long since been nrgotten. Let them come in for ecognition even at this late day. ' "'(Td'tJ# continued.) Pacolet Dots. Tacolet, March 17.?Wedding ells rang out in our midst last Toesay afternoon at 8:30 o'clock. The ryuitiful home of Mrs. Ladshaw was ecorated with palms' and potted lrtf)>ts. 'T6 the ' stfhins of Loheniffli's "BStfdat !.CbohM," sung by a tyble quartette, Mr. Bryon Nichols H .feHfeds*. c ?. i> the anar. roe Driao was exquistely gowned in a white silk crepe >ver taffeta, trimmed in real lace em>roidered, chiffon and pearl trimming. Her long veil was caught with a spray of orange bloeaoniv. She carried a white kid Bible ii which was placed white ribbon markI : Wm. A. NICHi i ; BANF , SOLICIT YOl i And promise courteous treat t tion consi GOOD E, > Write all kinds of Insurat > MONEY ORDERS Issu. | Office and Express Company ers corcred with lilies' of the valley > The groomsmen'i buttoniers being of ) the same flower. The Uble was deei orated with cut flowers, making a 1 rainbow coloring. Ur8. Creig is an ? attractive and popular J"?ug ladj, > while the groom ia a prominent ' young man. All extend congratulations While waiting for the uino o'clock train Thursday two hack drivers, 1 Sutnp ^Gibson and Anthony Bates. ? both colored ? got into a dispute and it ended in a fight. Gibson was fiael seven dollars. Bates 1 has not been tried as yet. ^ The quarry finished up tho State 1 House job last Thursday. They ?re now doing some kind of work tor Charlotte, N. C., which they will finish by the first of April. Ir takes Mr. John Campbell to keep things moving. Dear Editor if you ever do tome to Pacolet I will take you over there and let yoa see how the work is done. If you have never seen a quarry you will find it very amusing indeed. Soon will the sweet sound of music ring out loud and clear acren the suburb of our town, for a few of the fair daughters will give their hands iu matrimony and then Pacolet will lose its fair charms. I am glad to [see the sweet face of Miss Sarah Brown on the street again after a few^days of illnesss. We have a good deal of mutnp3 now. Annie Laurie yos should write often, for if all the readers like your and Iley Denver's letters as weli as I they are in great demand. With very best wishes for Ivy Green and all Tan Times' cor re spondents and eeaders I remain, i Pet. [Good, yo* are getting to be a fine correspondent, Pet, keep it up. Thanks, I shall certainly avail myself of your kind invitation to visit the quarry at the first opportunity. I have never seen it.?Ed.] Jonesville Jottings. Jonksviu.1, March 17.?During the few days of good weather lusl weak the plows started, but the rain cane again Saturday and stopped then, and the indications are now that there will be no plowing done before the middle or last ef the week. 1 Farmers will havatowork in a hurry j when they do get started. Mrs. Thomas Hyatt died laet Sat- 1 urday and was buried yesterday at I Gilead oenaetery. Mrs. Hyatt was j about 69 years of age and had been a member of the Baptist church for ; a number of years, and was a christian lady and ready to meet death withoat any fear. Rev, David Hueks preached the funeral and the remains were laid to rest in the pre** ence of a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and friends. The little five-year-old son of Mr. W. R. Gilliam diad r?f nn^timnnin I last night and will be buried at tbo Gilaad cematery today. ! Rev. L. C. Carroll met hit appointment here yesterday morning, but owing to the bad weather ha hail to congregation, last night he filled his pulpit. Rev. David Ilucks was weather and mtld bonnd yesterday and did not get out to his appointment. Mrs. Carrie Odom, of Chesterfield, is visiting her father's family, Mr. J. II. Littlejohn. Mr. D. L. McLaughlin, of Union, has opened up his stock of goods in our town rn the' Alman building; with Mr.,,,.WW, Jftur salesman. Mr. McLaughlin is re-covering his i dwelling house hs bought of Mr. Alman and will move his family . here as soon an he gets his house ; read/. The people af Joaaavilla . welcome Mr. lleL. and his family ta i our town. -1 The petition presented to the town J ... 1 /I I Uji. 1 I. OLSON & SON, CERS, JR BUSINESS ment ati<l every accommodastent witb ?\WBLI " - C3r. ice except life. ed at tlie same rate as Lost innlui;i>Rim' - ir !? ?? QOlUlOil -tshill f ' l-. t' 'l-MMi ,tj for a dispensnry n: .1 ::o win turned down for want of tin proper number of subset ib< vs. Mr. J. X !/r ' j. ni has moved into hie n**w i < riii Mr. J. (i. L 'it i*>,j n. was in jour town la" '.vre'; u \'?\ing some of bis re*.; ista'o . = ; town. Mr. Long b.H?? ei<i . . p? pertj wkich wo?l.i I>vm: . p|p.? pvjce if put upon the mr . KI.Kt'IloXE. Lockhart junction News. 'Hie 'vfii :i?v t >:i ' : u s wet. and not much t irm . >r!c yet in these o tno t v;iof the few [m'": <!., 11 Ti l planted u few < sf'il, 1 i ' potatoes and other tiii<? _ ;-. U win- li.it the season is {john.: to 1; ! i- usual. Mr. D. A ?Ii*; wh-> it;?s Seen running v?w m i no a- here has been l.iyi : ii :n?- lumber at this phuv t-> a >p I toother places. Mr. ! lo irv ? o . i-1 killed the oldest 'iir : 1 ii-ne hoard of. )fa? -a . - ;r n in ?nt:.s old and wt-ii'h .! i t on Mr. (lilllllin n . W aili 1 O f ill you Wo-tl.l X' : t ill ! iV.01 but wouhhi ii w.i. :js an o'possum >iml n mu li i ""^o- than U S?<i: d lii'.r Oil . Prof'ssov Sauii. oi (I iU'uov. has been ^urvcyin^ : r. ia d around bevo. M v. .J 11. liar, i v of tiiis pla??i, i n n > -I iV- t ~ 's, S. G . buried y n . d, Pal tnage at No1-* 11 ;i v m > rhe 11-th ii?at. Puis emnrnu* :iy y-.ni|> ithizes with him in iii-> .-a i ivnv: veinont. Mr. N S. Qlark, f Edgefield, S. C. is our Depot A^ev Tn'- place. We like to r" id ? at Vox says about Mr. Jeff .-I; i have beard Mr. i 1 i .?T:? - I nrr.y ihiugs <if his travels and h ovoid. in life. I think if Mr. ii ./m : li.nl taken a note of evert thin: he v it'll have written a history when \v-?ui?l have been of much inter t? y air many readers. Moxv. .West Springs News Notes. March is hen in >t- furry. On last Wednesday ok this community was vhimd l?y < ii-.iviest rainfidV-WP, have itu-. The lighlraui? M-o- :l i e ibunder lnud#?S -nv iii" Mi" (1 - .ot up and pii(Mli i " 'hey said the* fh?ui- it '. ' oiiih and tht-V \vmini ' i- . Pressed. And on Pride - v. i *%' we had A V*?1'V 111* ?V: - ' ' I*"""* . j ...... ... j . ifciin; from i.l!?" w.iv .1 p ! Mi . Kuy'opsit must, .leave l?*a ;? as " ->i.w* i ''gjfb. of their hanks ; : a \\.Vku emu as weH'as tie hj> j tM'f" vr'.i I considerably . [i>?>?. . -J f.{*t Mr. Jiinmif H! ic'< h neighborhood (loiiiif s r h i" a M iction engine and you doa'i < noli your stock to dentil | 1;;.si about. I ' have heaid i sail /fi yo i lud an enemy :i .<1 ami !r ' r'? iMifv;, cive him a, s:i;y null at: i would not. en! uiiv'i ( ob'niwvi as Mr. Black on.;. IT?.- ^ v.i;s? <me foryour humble :Vn1t\ " f . , .. ^ Tlifre is a t-i V' f.ir'-iu oiUk. crop at; preMik. " ;' " : If people werr ' .! ' if : i a cilmfe i and sins flieyA*--l>e a troublesome ) ' Voyi?. fa a man strictly honest* 'w; <">' wIlT'^WIiAvillfiaiJ falsehood' kn<Mrfc<i?b-<y *>.' jtf?i. fou m.+yhrfdoubted twei. sw- iliHowdisc *PBfch ii .1 ....... . '** *** -tiHtdJi- U**ib all the same *jk Character jan 'hi- h * anno*. ho iifK herited, , n.cit 1 u < ,r j^,u*ht, huE lias to be utf ffi'tyfy' ?' > wheffl such a om*. j):is wronl and low down in an. onefo trv to lw? Wmirch and slander i' Vet some ?j| mean <4* W& Last, fourth So e.;\ was church conference day at Bo ; insvPlo and your humble servant was re lect -l secretary for the nex' fiscal year with only one dissenting voie. l w h to ii>ank thow wlii) iupported me '.'or iho eonlldence they liare in we. -n i ' (lie help of the ; Tjord 1 will try n ) abuse that conQ; deuce. J. M. WlIlTBHKAD.