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/ s v- W '~^r- ; " /. r * v-^ ~ # (T H ETOWWOTSmOH^jT ~W~^M *- T "lM. ^ *V 1B *t ?-ft B jfc JL ^ .. V ThV Vo WN OF " ?! MAO | Three Cotton Mills, one the 0 [II I I I II I lk i jfl d \ ^ I I I I B m I jl 1 | The largest Knitting Mill m4 I largest in the South. Four Fur- W IWnitiJLl JH ^ I m B S 5 m I B B U B 1 11 Dye Plant in the State. An OH ] and Wood Manufaetur- aj >B Ml B B B B B ^B# B B~1 )) and Manufacturing Co. that 1 ))) Lng , Concerns. One l'emale B B B' I B ^B B B W ^B B B ^B B B ' i k V i? makes an unexcelled Guana. B * !?mluar>;- Water Works and M _B B B JLJk X J _BL V/ ^ J JL JL w B JLJ k Three Graded Schools. Arte- I n jj^'ootri^Lights. ^ ^ jfl . (j slan Water. Population 6,600. J VOL HI. NO 18. ONION, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MAY 2. 1902. ii An A vb.F" & m m m mm m A iP. M. FARk President. A QEO. MUNRO, Cashier, J. D Merchants' and Plan | OF- UNIO Capital Stock ? 8urplus M Stockholders' Liabilities ^ lotal * Directors?J. A. Fant, Wv X T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, B. t Wm. Coleman. ^ We Solicit You m-**- *> ???# ? m m m m m <w A TRIP TC A Long and Tedious Ride of Over Elf Trains Miss Connections at State. The Biggest Reu THE REUNION Many of our readers will remem- di ber that while we had for a long T time looked forward to the trip to Dallas, Texas, upon the occasion of ei the reunion of the Confederase Vet- u] erans, intending to go if arrange- th ments could be perfected, but the ni prospects of getting affairs in shape pi to do so looked so gloomy, that we D had about decided that we would not ro go, but our lucky star was in the as- U| % -cendant, and at the eleventh hour we ni , found that by quick work arrange^ cd ments could be made for me to go, B and knowing that it would be a fine Cj trip and that I would probably be of able to pick up some points of inter- th est to our readers, I was not long in bo embracing the opportunity, and here th I am in Dallas, Texas, as I write ar this at one o'clock at night,Saturday, er But to begin at the beginning and th finrrv mv nlnricr wifh mo an T J ?J ?~ it were, trusting that the account of I the trip will not overdo theiimpatience, er especially those who have relatives wl and friends in this, the empire State, at and naturally wish to know some- dc thing of the country, more than they th have already read or heard, with n< this idea in view I will ai tv GET ON IlOARI) FOR DALLAS. a. It was on Tuesday, April 2*2nd, th that I found I could go. Hastily to hunting up my old reliable friend, di Rev. L. M. Rice, who has more than gi once proved a friend in need, I laid tt the case before him and asked if he si would take the helm of the ship in hand during my absence. Judging w from the lurking smile I discovered fi upon his face, he must have read it g< in my eyes that I wanted to go to v< Texas, and to slip now would be a fi big disappointment to me, and he T consented. Wasting little time in p thanking him, I marked that to he tl continued upon my return home. I b hastened home and exploded a bomb shell in camp, as it were by announc- 1 ing that 1 was going to Texas. Every. 2 thing was hustle and excitement to h get me ready. I finally got my lug- * gage together and ate dinner, lug- g< gage consisted of a hand satchel |< about 8 inches deep by 12 inches y long, in whioh were half dozen col- c lars, half dozen pairs of socks, as u many handkerchiefs, a couple of ties, 1 a comb und brush, a pair of opera n glasses and a negligee shirt. Rather J an extensive outfit for a thousand f mile trip, don't you think? Well i this is a pointer to some of you. <j When you go on a trip don't go load- ed down with baggage. Rut. 1 wt<4 trm Int.a t.n rat<*h th? train for Spartanburg, and I determined to take the night train for , Carlisle, where I could catch the 2 a. in. train for Atlanta, and catch ? the 10 a. in. train tor Mmpbis. Upon arrival at Carlisle 1 found it would be necessary to sit up alone or take a t bed at the hotel. 1 took the bed. I t did not wake up but six times as near as 1 can remember af;er going j to bed at 10x>'clock, on account of i shifting freight trains. 1 possibly J slept an hour and a half for fifty cents, but then that was only at the ' rate of $-r> for say ten hours, and we J imKHnmummmnw## . H. FOSTER, Vice President. ' ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. I lers' National Bank ? IV, H. C. I $60,000 I 50,000 J 60,000 S $170,000 I ;$?r' Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, * | W. McKtsnlck, A. H. Foster, f | ir Business. I rilPTlriirHF^rHrHriir^rT^^P wr ) TEXAS. wen Hundred Miles. Delayed Last Arrived in lone Star inion in History was AT DALLAS. idn't raise any kick, I was going to exas. Right here I want to pause long lough to say that Carlisle is waking i and new buildings are going up, le store houses have just received a cs new coat of paint. Carlisle has it on Sunday clothes. Mr. John . Smith is buildinor a e r MWUUOULUO U K)m residence upon the heights, >per end of Main street, and another oe. residence lias recently been im'pleted in that locality. The ottling Works is the latest thing at [irtiiilA and wf underst***^ ? unrinc extra fine mineral water . is near e town and this water will be carmated. It is the talk there that e Seaboard intends to run a track ound and connect with the Southn. This will be a great help if e two companies can agree on this, here are seven stores there now. was waked up at 2 o'clock, or rathwas already awake and half dressed hen the porter came to wake me, id I hurried down to the Seaboard spot to find after some time that a Imio W T t ? u iuwu nvuiu UC Hi liltlC IHIC, 1 O&U > means of ascertaining how late id just waited. It finally pulled in ro hours late, we got away at 5:45 m. A spring had broken under ie engine and a stop had to be made > repair it. Notwithstanding the sabled engine the grass did not row under tho wheels, and the way tat train ran was a caution to lakes. In passing we noticed that Greenood is still on the build and several ue brick suburban residences are Ding up. The grainlappeared to to be ery scarce, but we saw several small elds of it that looked very well, 'he farmers are industriously prearing and planting the land, and ie preparation of the land seems to e thorough. At 6:45 we had passed Abbeville, 38 miles from Atlanta. Carlisle is 10 (miles. We had in just two ours made 72 miles not counting nything for stops and we made everal, some of them two minutes Dng. The road is crooked and the ray that train skipped those reverse urvei made my head ache, and made ae wonder about how far on toward Fexaa 1 would land if this flyer hould happen to hit the grit. At Vbbeville we took on a new engine or our disabled one and on we went. Vt the 132 mile post we were sud. lenly called to a halt by a red flag (Continued on page 2.) santuc Sittings. 'I/Ot uh then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; >till achieving, still pursuing. Catching flsh or digging bait." Not only the small boy, but grown nen are digging bait, if they don't :atch fisb. Still pursuing. Rev. J. D. Mabon filled his pul)it at the Baptist church Sunday norning and night, llis texts being Rom. 8:9 and Reel. 9:10. Mrs. 11. L. Barnett has gone tc rexas on a month's visit to relativos. 1 almost envy her the trip. No one that I know of from im. mediately around here has gone to the reunion. In Autumn we are all willing to stake our reputations as "knowers," that there is nothing can equal autumn scenery, but in spring, with birdg singing, well what can surpass itCotton seed planters have been running a part of last week "gwice and comin' " and considerable seed vras planted. The potato bug has made its appearance, and is ready to nip the plants in the bud. Th?v nnma ? VViAAV UUdl going under the ground after them. The signs the old people used to go by in planting, i. e. tho whippoorwill songs, the poplars budding, the old twelve days, Good Friday, etc. will not do nowadays. The younger generation will have to hnnt others. Almost every kind and size of frogs or toads are in tho swamps singmg their songs, and there is a perfect din. rThe great horned owls are still holding to their winter hooting, but soon they will be "laughing" and "chatting" and singing, "Task-done or no done, sun down, go home." This is a finr>? * ? n iv, luttnu war on crows. Their nests can be easily found now and A^voung, at least, destroyed, They^fcy be a good friend to the farmer, but every farmer will refuse to divide a stand of corn with him. j Sometimes a1 man has a terrible 1 fall. I was thinking that everything I ] gravitates to the earth, and remarked I that nothing "never falls off the 1 ground," but a young man here said ' that he fell off of it. He fell from i the ground into the house. i Wheat, where the hail was worst, < plainly shows the effect of the storm, out it is recovering. There was some < fruit left, we notice. [ Last Saturday was a blustery day, f SUll a liodit rain fall tha* cmi on clay lands, and grain lands i that were packed by previous hard f rains. . < Sunday was a most beautiful day, j and considerably cooler than for sev- t eral days. We have had only one ( morning warm enough for cotton, 62 t degrees. ? Despite the week of almost 100 { per cent, of sunshine, land dried t very slowly, and in many places i where land had been broken, was 1 "heavy" the end of the week. Farm , work has been retarded. < No kind of seed are bringing good i stands. Corn is not coming up and ] gardens are doing badly. Even < some sorghum has had to be planted ' over. Perhaps people in their hurry ( and enthusiasm planted out of season. ' There seems to be a "visitation" i of cut worms this spring. Com-* ] plaints can be heard on every hand, And gardens are being destroyed as , fast as a few plants can be put out. The weekly crop reports tell of them cutting corn. This theory of a hard winter destroying such insects, hereby stands exploded. I have heard of hawks being very destructive to young chickens in some sections. This is annoying. Here is a remedy. Enclose all chicks except a few, take a little strychnine, put it in a small bit of molasses, and put that on the head of each chick that is at large. The chicks can't get it in their mouths, but his hawkship has no other pick of chickens, he takes one of these, and the poison is seen to "put his light out." The Lord knows just how to make a man go back on many of his own resolutions. Man may resolve that he is going to look on the bright side of things, not grumble, be cheerful a~A v... 1-.'? J -- a?uu uuov iu uuu, uuuci uau weuiner come, delay man's plans, hold him back some and generally he has forgotten his good resolutions, is all wrong, and tries to do everything in his own strength. Forgetful men we are. The Pcmocratic club met here Saturday evening, but a large crowd was not present. This does not mean though that they are not Democrats through and through. They are generally willing and should a , "pinch" come they will rally. Do you know that this is the first place in the State at which there w.\u nn Republican votes cast? Even in Co; lumhia, at the Fair, strangers could be heard saving, "Hurrah for Sani tuc! no Radical voted-in Santuc." That must have been a justifiable fight, or a fight that docs some flight be, but as no pis wis were present the participants have whole skins and may live to fight another day if they can find something tb fight about as they did on this occasion. Two nearly grown negro boys had a regular "fist and skull" fight about a week ago, I heard, and it was all about a mule track. Now that mnl? ?? perfectly innocent of it all. You may abuse the mule, accuse him of bad tricks, of kicking and refuse to view his hind legs unless you look through the flues of a boiler, but how could a mule avoid making a track? So don't blame him of particeps criminis in this case. Farmers are talking that they are going to try not to have to buy corn next year. I hope seasons will be favorable to them. But seasons are not all, nor is the lack of planting all. Sometimes it is the planting of too much unprofitable land, land that cannot make much, planting too close on it and working too poorly before and aftei planting, or depending too much on risky bottoms. Bet ter let poor land rest. Same is not worth the rent for planting. One thing I believe farmers are cursed with is too much land to work. It ought to be cut down to what can be 1 worked profitably. It is not too late < to tain about to' redeem ourselves . from buying oorn. I do not'know 1 what is done with bought oorn as we I get it. It must \%_t boaked until I nearly all is damaged. We buy by 1 weight and if we dry it there is 4 ] loss ot one half of a peck to the i bushel. Try it and 86G. This is 1 ruining us farmefh. The merchants ] want to see us raise corn. Wonder ] f it don't ruin American trade ship- i ping this watered oorn to foreign i countries. 1 The Editor in speaking of Presi- 1 lent Roosevelt being a hard man to I >eat because of his "very evident x 'riendliness to the ?outh," but he c wt'SetieveW "tf? ^8 I riendliness and how he loves it be- s jause of his mother, etc. Then in a )ublic speeches in the north refer to I he Confederate soldiers as anarchists, c Jails Jefferson Davis an arch traiter, ( ,11. .L, n * * - '' .una wic vjr. 2\. iv g. mat tney as i loldiers put down anarchy in the l South. He is the man who Maj. Jenkins would accept a sword from c ind nobody else, and the people t tickod up a big fuss because of what ' Tim Tillman did and yet Roosevelt a jailed Maj. Jenkins' father an an- ^ irchist. I have little faith in him. 4 Don't trust him too far. If there f aver was a two-sided man I believe ?] Theodore Roosevelt is the one. I < am not saying this to excuse Col. { Tillman. Of course we mast show a respect to the President because of 1 his position, even if he does call our 1 fathers, as Confederates, bad names < and eats with niggers, perhaps we < may do so for policy if nothing else, 1 while we are the little dogs and he the big one with a bone. Rut don't be fjuite so "rowdy" about it. But isn't he slashing among the big men. Dewey, Schley, Miles, Funston, etc. Soon a man will be afraid to speak. 1 Some catch it from the President and some catch thunder from their ' people at home. Bill Arp of the At- < lento ? " * inuva wua?ivuvii/ii| doiu vuav uc nao < Slad that the President and Oen. i files has fallen out, but whether it 1 is because Miles put Jefferson Davis in irons or Roosevelt called him an arch traitor he does not know. Let i them fight, perhaps Mr. Editor, it may help us. IIet Denver. ' Rev. John Wallace. On the 7th of last month Rev. John Wallace, the colored Baptist leader of Union county, died. With brother L. M. Rice I attended his funeral services at the negro Baptist church. We found the large and beautiful audience room crowded to overflowing with people bowed in sorrow. The pastor of the church, Rev. J. C. Tobin, preached the ser* mon, using the i)th v. 7th ch. 2 Samuel for a starting point He said many who were great with men go to hell because they are not great with God. John Wallace was great with God. Everybody knew him to be a man of integrity, truth and honesty. And could be depended on present or absent. As a citizen he had done more in his alloted sphere than any other man in the county. The colored population Win. A. NICHOl BANKE SOLICIT YOUR And promise courteous treatmei tion consistei JL?M M .^ juJL m Write all kinds of Insurance MONEY ORDERS Issued Office and Express Company. - ? J - - * * ^renominate and .John Wallace organized and served as pastor twentyeight of the Baptist churches in the 'I county. He was father, and at dif- wea ferent times, moderator and secretary suoi of the Pacolet River Association, eve: And aided in the ordinatien of the cott now pastors ot these churches. The finii speaker said that if John Wallace in a had died fifteen years ago we would li have needed more jails, more police sch( forces, more shot guns and more ing blood hounds. the As a father he educated his children who and left them a home. Follow his sion example and do as he did. As a teac Christian he was self-sacrificing for goo< others. After a careful study of the she Bible he left the Methodist church and became an uncompromising de- of tl fender of Baptist principles. Follow in ? bis footsteps and you will find Bap- horn tists. At Jonesville where he was bad pastor when he died it is hardly re- Mrs ipectable of a black person to be any* hopi thing else thtfr a Baptist. As ? M preacher he ' ud.ied the word, ativ< 3reached the truth and whs strong Tl tnd convincing in debate. And on Exp iddressing the pastors of the Pasolet W [liver Association, many of them 19th iein<r tiraaanl v?"> ?-!J- * "* ??q r-^vuv, nu o<iiui oiuay tne the 1 dible. Do not feed the people with most tonsense. Do not aspire f >r that you cove; an never get. We are black peo- deep >KjN>4 Wll.u?v<ir \\tj aijy.tbioxt ^se.^ dami ocial equality* Conduct yourselves and 1 a John Wallace did and you will out. lave the respect of both whitp and solored. With emphasis he said jrod had given this country to the daptist and democrats and we must told it. L< The foregoing is a brief synopsis ble c if OAVVIA 4 * 1 .. 0vui? wi wc luuu^uui presented Dy pose he pastor of the church. Rev. J. C. he a robin is a man of rare gifts. His im- keep iginative and descriptive powers are wbai vonderful. When he pictured King ings lesus coming in his ship and calling Si 'or John Wallace and saw those whom Mesi lohn had|buried in the liquid grave Jakf :oming out to welcome him into the Rose jlory world and inquiring after the ford taints left behind, tears fell like rain retui ind not a dry eye was in that im- and nense audience. If I am not de- what ;eived the negro Baptists of this were jounty will find in Rev. J. C. Tobin J. L mother Moses. D H. F. Scaifk. turn day; News From West Sprinfs. has 1 M And that's what I say about green the 1 bands dabbling with newspapers. Tex: They are like some politicians?al- retu ways getting themselves into "busi- A uses"?making mistakes and having like to apologize for them. Now they say I have made a mistake, that there is not an old maid in that convention who is 40 years old. and they demand a "retraction" and an F apology immediately if not soornr, plan I don t know what made me say it, T or even think it, unless X had in visit mind Mr. Johnson's rule of telling E the ages ot horses, by counting the and wrinkles under their eyes. And who now I have apologized, and Ben is a Tillman says an apmcgy is sufficient chili among gentlemen and I suppose it of tl will be among ladies. indt I appreciate your words of en- com pouragement, "Iley Denver," I wil A try to give you all the news of this wan section that I oan gather from reli- by i able sources that I m?v think ; nf interest. Since I have decided to pooi try the "pusher of the quill" kind f of business, I will appreciate any cold item of news communioated to me by \ any of my neighbors or any one else, for Of course I mean news, and not ruU every time a neighbor woman goes Fal out to borrow a setting of duck eggs A and carries her knitting and stays in ? an hour or two?say Mrs. ,so and so I is visiting Mrs. so and so, and other afe equally as silly things. Such as Foi that makes news seekers vomit. ? J. M. Whitkhbad. TT 1?W A 1 liAA. ??????it .SON & SON, IRS, BUSINESS nt and every accornmodatit with KTTT TTwn except life. at the same rate as Post Lockhart Junction Itoms. Phe past week has been just the ither we have been hoping for. b us the farmers needed, and ryone has been in a rush planting on and other things. Some hare )had, while others will get through i few days. liss Annie Little closed her >ol at this place April 18th, giron Ul? ?A ciijt'jamo mtertainment in way of a candy pulling. All were present enjoyed tke occaMiss Annie has been our her for three years and many 1 wishes go with her wherever may cast her lot. Irs. Florence Johnson, formerly, bis county, who has been living triton, Ala., returned to her old e for awhile on account of her health. She is with fcer mother . M. M. Fowlor near this place ng to regain her Health. USs Florence Haney visited rel;s in Umon last week, hose who haven't been to the oeition are talking of going, e had a hail storm Saturday* inst, in this section. * While tail was not Urge, it was the small hail we ever saw fall, ring the ground several inches in many places, it did very little okty-one young chickens hatched Moxy. Lockhart Happenings. ockhart, April 28.?Your hum,.,;n ? L * ! ** !? UIMCI 10 BUUKWUSl inoisd this morning, but nevertheless met maHe some effort in order to ? the readers of The Timkr semet posted in regar4 t(> 'he happenat this end of the line, ince my lrtst a party composed of srs. J. L. Evans, Ben Douglas, > Phillips, Charles Broom, Fred i, John Sprouse, W. B. Cranand Miss Ada Cranford hare rned from the Exposition all safe sound ?nd well pleased with ; they 1*w and heard. They i joined on the way by Messrs. . Calvert and F. M. Adams, r. and Mrs. J. C. Brawley reed from the Exposition last Frisince their return the Doctor been indisposed. [r. Lov Carey is now taking in Confederate reunion at Dallas, as. It is expected that he will rn tomorrow evening, s "Homo" does not feel much writing he will close. Homo. Notes from Grindalt. armors have had a nice time for tting and a lot of it has been done, here is but little kou?e to house ation now-a-days. '.lien Moore, colored, has a boy girl, five and six years of ag6, have pieced a quilt eaoh. This "stitch in time" or training a i\ while it is young. Were mora le mothers to do this with other wtrial work it would, in time to e, give lawyers less to do. is we have been blessed with a few m days we are also made cheerfbl the beautiful music of the song tow, mock bird and the whiprwill; surely spring has come, 'ruit, so far, has got through the I snaps. Vheat in this seotion is very small v this time of year. Yet Ood is >r and will brings things aright. 1 oats are a complete failure. Irs. Carolina Fowler spent a week Spartanburg with her daughter. 5ila Kirby, of Spartanburg^ spent w days with her brother, James vler. Succosa to Thv Timkb. D. P. F.