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| ' 1 - TOWN^OF UNION HA :? | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ " *' ' ^ i H t TO W"lhIOII ^*T| * I ls!.1uin?y.""""v'..-. .-' A ./J"?;'.'l ffi _1 j[ 1 ^ ii 1 I I, / ; \ 1 | |V Jl ft ' J | ta- .. MWrtlal (J^. j ! ?4 " " t VOL. Lll. ,\ - 22. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY :0, ioo > - * 4*--Hi-IX* ^ F. VI. FAKk ('resident. A jj GEO. ,VtUNf\ CtslHer, J. D D * SBarsiiaiisS* arssj P!a^i ^ O ii?' ' IN f t ? ^ Oapit iI Sr.ork * Surplus Stockholders' IjtiMlilie * i >k Dmnoroua?J. A W ^ 1*. G. Dvi.v.n, J. P. !)B ^ Wm. Goleman. $ ^ We Solicit Yon A TRIP TC A lone an'J Tedious Ride of Over El: Trains Miss Connections at State. The Biggest Ren THE REUNION (Continued from last week,) , ;i We finally arrived at the fe 15KJ PAClvlNO I'LANT, Where we found a huge f ?ree of st hands excavating, grading and laying foundations for the two big pack- ing plants of Swift and Armour to ; !' cost ?r>,000,000 each. t'here will ' V! be 100 acres of ground taken in by ' " these two plants and their stock yards. The Armour plant will be '' 500 feet square with r. killing clpaciry U> of 3,000 hogs, 000 cattle arid "J,500 'ijNshoep per <lay. Tne Swift fdant will . ' be-ol ab >ut the same oapacity, The excavation began something p( like one month previous to ray visir. . , There were 225 hands and 75 teams at work. There will be 13,000,000 feet of lumber used in the construe tion of each of the plants. Mr. S* 0( D. Shannon, ol Miss., was in chartze I of tlte excavation. Mr J. M. Hall, of Va., is the civil engineer in charge .' who gave us the dimensions of the 01 departments as follows: Lard re- ,u finery, 180 x 1.50 feet; engine and c'r boiler room, 80 x 100; smokehouse, 1 66 x 140; hog cooler, 150 x 150; . boef cooler, 150 x 150; oil house, >c 100 x 100; slaughter house, 140 x Sl.' 200 feet. There will be five sheds ^ for the local fire engine plant, repair 1 shop and blacksmith shop in equal ^ proportions. The pay roll is $3,500 ^ per week. About 2,500 hands will () be employed by the two paekeries. u There will be railroad connections 'j* with all the railroads leading into c 1 Fort Worth Mr. L. C. Walter, of n< St. Joseph, Mo., is superintendent 01 of construction, whom I found to be a very pleasant gentleman and gave me all the information requested. ()l The building is to rest on concrete ^ fnnnilnlinn li.lfli nl:int.a urill about 7,000,000 brick, 3.000,000 ^ feet of cast iron ami 7.000.000 yards 1 of concrete. The building will be n ) eight stories high. Car and machine ?! shops arc to be erected 80 x 100 feet. There will be a hid' iniiilion ai gallon water storage with a'l necessary lire ennippjge. The water will bp supplied by six arte i tu wells 300 c feet deep and will supply good pure S water from the upper timber region di known as poluxy sands. There will d bo an electric light and ice plant w built and a regular police system es ri fa hi I J Km) f/\r him nlunt wli Pit Will I rI make a town withiu its grounds I From this place we visited the ai Foit Worth packing plant and were p ghov/n through. This plant is built tl of stone in tho rough and is near the u now packing plants. They were not w killing that day which 1 regretted u very much as I would like to see tho v slaughtering process. I was shown 1; ^ through the entire plant, however, t *%nd it was very interesting. It is s quite a small plant compared to the t mammoth one building, hut they do jj a large business. We were shown t the hogs hanging in the cooling room, t The temporature is way down near v zero and though the day was warm ( I felt chilled through ufter being in 1 in the room two minutes. The meat a is stored on the lower doors and our i guide said they had only a little on 11 hand now. But hero is what I saw, 11 3ft..'v - ?? ->*r -m. ^ ^ ;;> -;*.. H. FuSTfcW, Vice President. $ | t. \RTt5l f?, * ssistent Cashier. | tsrs' Nation?1! Bfesk? 4, \ jv ?v. r-. .J, ? $ )(?, 000 60.000 j t.O,(iUO j .? JS !pl 70,000 | ? H Wa! lace. \Vm. Jo?fri<!8, V ?l.;Ki^ick. A. II. F?si.-r, | 4f ir Business. ^ ?>?{?* <&* **>"*;? ?: -&> * ) TEXAS. wen Hundred Miles. Delayed Last Arrived in Lone Mar inion in iistory was AT DALLAS. pile of >houIders 1 foot high. 20 ict \vi?le and about loO feet long, thought that was a pretty good ock, bur on tho other side of the > >111 there wore twice as mriy mid logs and lie said they had thu* rooui lil which Would have taken five utes as much moat, and :h'*oe other turns when they had s? full stock on in<l. Lc iu >ke i likj there wore lough there to feed l .rty rcuni >as say nothing of tin Iritns, breakfast rips, etc. Returning to th" ci y, I stepped r\> one of the banks and asked an Krt... *u<? banking limine^ of Oi t Wort'l W is. lie on I n, tvas a >v.. mig. iu answer to my inquiry as surplus, after referring to his hook ; replied the surplus of *tho banks Fort Worth was close oa to 10,000. This, in connection with bat I had seen, convinced me that art Wortli was coining She i.s a ty of between forty and fifty iliotis? id, and everything in sight is modn and up-t > date. I'd like to own at town as an investment. Find ng I had an hour to spare sfore my train left, I telephoned the iperintondent. of the Masonic Orlati's Home to send the Tallabo to e co lege for me, and I took ruy and on the corner to citch a car, it there seemed to be some delay the car and after waiting half an >ur I had to reluctantly give this ip up, one that I was saving for e last, as the best of all. I could >t get there and back in time to t.'li ,nv fr.rviif. fir IV,11 u ami T fit] ? I >honcd my regrets to the superinndent, who insisted on my coming it and spending the night with him, i lie wanted to show me the Home. ; was with sincere regret that I had i decline the kind invitation to visit lis beautiful homo. I took a few des around the city by car line, and it a glimpse of the mannificent rosencea to be seen on every street, id then took the train BACK TO I)AI,LAS. Returning to Dallas Saturday /ening late T learned that Mr. P. anger, who had died on the Thursny before, was to be buried on Sunny. I went to his beautiful home here the corpse lay awaiting the ar val of his son from* New York, 'be body had been embalmed. 1 then went to the post office and scended the tall tower from which oint I obtained a splendid view of le city in every direction. While p there a vory hard ram and strong rind came up and caught several of s. The dome being open we got ret before we could get down. The idies were somewhat frightened by be hard wind. Upon reaching the tre^t we noticed a commotion across he streer, and going over to investi;atc I learned that there had just >een a runaway, the carriage conaincd Mrs. A.sher and her daughter, dsn tors from issis^ippi, and Mrs. Johen nnd hor son. Tho carriage lad boon turned over and Mrs. Asher ind Mrs. Cohen were very seriously njured. Mrs. Asher was not expected to live. Miss Asher had hus uined a bad bruise below tho knee, 1 A'ulie Mi. Co i.n win bully '.urt i. . t 10 head ami face. A now < h .\ j?iok?-il iij? a piece of tiie !>r< k-? ti jcti-iss arsM handed i' i?> uio w '.i -h I !):vm^r Imtnc. Oil Sunday I went out tu Kki li iki', hv?- ijnies mir. of' M?e <vry. wnieli . . il. . ui.il - I .. , ,, r-j '-:i f?i 7 0 cif > hy c 11 ii'iH K!{:d Like i- :i piVt'V !itth body of w.i'ur )' ??f u !uii<- long '-v 100 \':iv?l? Willi 1'lnTO i? " . ' .is J'-1 iii ' run m *ha* i ii tie o thu ! ike Manv pe pit' c line oat h t? fchj >y i . -.in" h .in i i ho .'i!' rn .? i i it< ik :i tim <1 tin. ovor whieli t! ?r.i is rj hm i *?r s?I ? f.?r * 11 * cir line, is ! > ; ? 20 f i t deep and t u. rc is g > d fishing I no'ictvl ! number oi hides ;?!: ! children fishing. I'lio lisle Wi'i ji'i-ii r.ilul h o,-una i. nint > io.n ::t time to attend the furi rif Mr "s -g >r ! visited ihir 'in acy. -_r? ling tii ? aii lion r nlieol of t io iii I walked ab >ut the grounds. .Vuoe 'bus etlgugod a 1'*11?; auirri! r>r; from i ura-sc :vi1 r d m iv.? .I? ' ? - nil ! : Ml ' ; " 111*: ) I . if. I j f? *!I o : s ?|) >c<l i : i i \ it .\ i.; i e horded i' <?f iVxn - 1 determine 1 t > c.i;< are :r.?i > -:,t for ir hu* i( eluded me for .< .nv n ue running like a liz/.ird. I lindh put my foot on it ami tried to ki 1 it. tiiiok in>r ir. was poisonous, sofaie men a' trueted t>y uiy amies, c niif up. i f >ok in y foot off thu frog iliitkiag i' v h , ilea 1. but it imrne liately s veiled up ami bog-hi breathing. oue of tin* men toM mo to pick it up. 1 t >11 biin it he warned ro pick it up I bail no oh jcetiou as 1 thought it w.n pois >n ms He said it was harmless, ami he picked it up. at tlii < tiinoaii 'ther ran out a ul we captured it with -ut iu juring ir. I put them in mv hum! kirchief and took them to to vn go a box and brought them hour' with me. They did without food or water four days. I intended showing them at the oifiee. but they g it out of the box ami are knocking around on r of tiheui bat it seemed so lonesome that my svmnn'hv w.is arous-d and 1 turnod it loo^e again, and have n >t seen it sinee. PAUL SAN?!Hit's - ITNURAL. At 11:30 the great procession following the remains of Mr. Sauget o o began to enter the cemetery. I have seen a number of large funerals in large cities, but this one was the largest by long odds 1 had that I had ever witnessed, i count 1 ed the vehicles up to one hundred, when they got so thick and crowded that I could not count any further, and as the lloral tribute was being brought in I quit and turned to watch the beautiful designs that were being brought to the family square where the grave was. There was eight wangon loads of these d -s'gus. I took notes of them all w mid fill a column, but as this a: trbb> has j spread out considerably already.* 1 j will desist. i nere were harps, gates ajar, pyramids, pillows, wreaths, ami in tact almost every floral design imaginable. It was the grandest floral tribute I ever saw and the reader can have no conception of ir unless he had seen it lc wis the undis putable evidence of tlio higli esteem in which this noble man was held by the citizens of Dallas. It was the firm of Sanger Brothers who toak the old soldiers to Dallas from their home at Austin of which mention has already been made, Tnis funeral must have cost several thousand dollars in flowers alone A number of policemen had to be stationed to prevent the crowd from crushing those near the center. Having secured u place near the grave I had an opportunity of a good view of the arrangement of the designs and of the whole proceedings. There were hundreds of people that did not get within a hundred foot of the grave until after the services were over. Notes Along the Trip to Dallas. One of the peculiarities along the Seaboard Aw !. o railroad is that a very large number of the country M/\nda /?* /. W J (l T Al' 1 f It A fn I 1 ??A<i il /<*t | \/i\\ In Vvl IIIV I il 1 I 1 < (IM UI1 ovei head bridges. * * * At Point, six miles out from Atlanta. a safe robbery occurred the night before I got to Atlanta. The safe was blown open in tho post office with nitro glycerine and ?1,000 in money and stamps were taken. The r I j whol-i iv'o l\;v a *. i v \ , r i i i ?; < i-- \Vi-i|ii - 11?. in r 'i. u?i i j > u .o,? t:> i.:i! b c i a 11 '.I 1 * i A; Mf . - \ ?I * : v <{ 1. ; . cr ! h' ' i f v " i i ;i J 1 t . . ( I t. ; I ' i I ' I > I- i i n( >! i ' ,-l ii'l *>! ! ' I I !l i j ' I'll > s ??. \ , )' . ? it ii -!i? ; i. ' I "I ' r 1 ; I 1 " ' .-! !.il - H . '.V. ; . ! : t' ? f .j .! ' ! A i ' ; ? j! ,i .. >r i j onii (>r > i >. : tii. > (;? t s*i!i iii_'!?<*i- ji? ? i ir "li?* ( iM'Xt Pii" furm-i* (?: ? ' .w 1 i \ i 1 !c j it r pmri'i t" ?r < . : * s'mK * * \\ * Ii in k?'?l ?.ory iuui-'i iik? rt w :.??: I ilT. iill'Mll llll" th" o.l i'o fl I f.? " I >.? i - .i i u t * *u-i-l Wif.ritif. nil sifi i i l i|* . I l > :>t til-' frll'lM'.i Wt'-i- j 1> *;iu ifir woa'hi'i*. \ u 111 s'i'i v {' . (1) i1! i ) y < o''l.y (mm liuv) ?t" m id* * i '.vi j i) Mr. I i. ;< * ' ie All pHseiifri'f on i'iv triin i*rwi*i. *!i Ml- |f Mom ?j j .. I r >| ti 'i 1 |. > ) i . I i(fill r ' Ml*" "f \* I . I - 1 i i i 'ii'! i ?:u or.ti^ . i I ,j , .> ' ) -fi ifnous :i m '*1 ' f money 1 t'? : ll" v H'i ;> ( I <1 .je r . miom y '?i ''s Well. flu* reuui'tii 'it D.i'iis o?v then i rrcttv jrojil Ii.'. ' ?l . <l< <)i iKfiirt of tiio exn-nsive snl" f| i*i?-in ' l mo oa-e the M I ? ||#, 1m' the i?tvut '. it ti Belt a 1 c " 1 tlc very lar^ii ii i-i? ? r or visitors to tSi ./ t O -it reunion woiii over their route. It ' | r-i voi ces n Ii n? Jee'i >u of ho waver i , r i m rv !'o aceo mu >I ?'io*n ?"e ^ Ii e uiifl 'v r o > inn on! i. 11 w-'itern f iVflers fr m i Vis s io-i. , * * , * U I We were - j full' f ou- wi s'ern trip to fti i' we oou'nl cnoiy out a Texas ,A e iiti'n "i tl?e piper if -v.' h a 1 the ,\r fn-ilities But we lnrl '<> put Y , uj? wi-.h a Mr I s uvo vie x of rh"? ||,. COIl'l rV a el 1 fe X ml'OJ r.'iien.l . rindotn from varinis sources. ,v.t * * r We gOt S );l!v< .1 :lt \|0 n}>111H f If ' ' U ! {>'?< oo. Too transfer liuc there ?>y h ib everyth ng -u i g their w?v ant re< when the train- from tne east arrive wi: th y i\ i"i"y i up t? * ?k > th4 fc'ans- sin for buss insi-iti^ th r yon o dv it > rot a few nun it.H t) citch t-io t ? i v >u on want. You olitnb in. pay y >ur 2">e ye an ' they whirl you away, around Yi < over.il Mocks ) crimps ami I n <1 you oh at. the depot where you probably hiyou have a wait of 530 to 4o miti? otl ipos. But the tiling that impresses so1 one that ho has boon so'd is when he fin discovers that the two depots are fee hardly throe blocks from each other. be 1 was uhatting with a ehanoe adjoint- tin ance when wo arrived at Memphis, spi llo got out with the rest of us, I no fill tieed that ho didn't take the buss, no mi* when we got to the C >tton B 1 M d {) >t I found him leisurely walk- bo i g Uj> and down th platform, when I asked him how he got, there s-> I < rprck ho said he walked. Ho then rot explained that he knew the rope.4. wa ami now I know thein. I hope ha tint ijuartor will do thein good- nu Hot everybody in Memphis is there fin to make money, ami they make it, hi< you need not forget that. The pr ion Mountain ami the Cotton Belt on depot are one and the same build- fm ing. in ^f (Alriinnn.l nov* o-r.^lr uv.M ? do THROUGH ARKANSAS. to Irt :l It tidy Visits Dulls* and Other ba Points in the West. ho As this is the object of my trip a'( svist I will give Arkansas the most of my attention. Across the State of Arkansas, over the prairies or the Eastern section, up the fertile valley ne of the Arkansas river, through the lin i beautiful mountains of it^ Western ^ 1 boundary, passing through the In?iian Territory and the famous blaek land of Texas, plunging westward at the rate of sixty miles per hour, the mighty iron horso carried us over ' great bridges, beautiful fields, spread j inj^ (jiiiuii.-s, j^iuin, |j?siurus wun western cattle grazing by the hundreds. On through the Indian Tervitovy, saw the Indian camps, some y, living in log huts, some in wigwams, T with a hole in them whore the in- I h, matos entered by diving in head | S( first like a rat, on his all fours. Their . (J horaos, whioh aro littlo measly look- A\ ing ponies, aro hitched out tinder the tc tree in front of each lint. Hut here ni I am getting too fast, I wish to ti mention the great Devall's bluff. 1 d; WHi. A. NICH( BANK SOLICIT YOU \im promise courteous treatr tion cor,sis G v * Write a" i Ui'ulsof I insurant M KKV ORDERS Issue lice anil Express Company. .-ci-mmmmm ii ? tstammm i-h look" < to uii* lik- <Uv river :M Eva i!i m tc j.nta'ile ie f ?r it; ' ut pe .king -if 1 v.* <j 1 j -:?v t'r-i- ,:i Mm issinpi, A ka i - i i i in- .! ; ar?r no ilrv i vt-rs. i-'-t ! s: .v r|-i- '? ir.-< Si -u : ; i-V* II i-i| ? ! i-. a' . i.i> ir ?'i" - . > ti'i 1 ii.i. ii * . -I f - Arr.vi in 1> ii :i I fo'Jii i my ' i ' i . "< a . ii|< t. 'lati- < \vi,li - ..1 t .1 i' ;.0 : ? i i it ' . r . li ? i - i 1 |j i i , i i ot? s fi'm t r a i .1 . X I I" . i '?? this *v iv ' I >>ik I I i-r t!i- t>l i<- . ? I'l i : ' t 10 I i -r i , v h :> re ce?re: | t'r -f. :? just wc : ;t- i i \s inhis I refill jM'i'. i" ftp- t j nct.i ( j> >t :i .0 \\-i- w iti??tr for r,i\' -1 in I ninusril in s i' >.t tr-hi'.- ilu- ?; ?.ni*. ' i >e.'> Inn til a ',>1 > >' | sc irivii vets ii'iil tlicn* 'k'iintit'isl 1; ? r -. lilt! 1'IPJCM t I'.i I nf . '?* ' I el I 1 >00. I'm - / t"'*i*m i 1 1 i . i :i ire1 c i : , t > r.iuiji* h 1 tl I- A :l ! U - ' I r I ' 111" l> nir'li!"* tli- t ini n- K itv Kl?'er" ; irt'il i M "siV lo ur:i Arkii.s.is. \> .'in- t\- K 1 ry si* MuAlisrer 1 ii k tli- ('i.ttnii IU-U l'-r Ilrinklv, r t' 1 ; I ; .I'll :| ?M 111 hiking tlv J. 'K.iu is Mi<l.unit which wis the i.i i-i - -iili'i- 1 Hi'er it ul. 1 mu?U'! Or. '< -ii uhujifil n us* i- r n- ' i i's nti I Or i iKicli wiiic '. whs in. i p j 1 *'?? * ' I. - - - - . . . ii :i\, mi- nr-r ' r i in tie; w i to M ?i veil. ? fn rc 11 . i- recbiveu Vj my niece ami -pen i-g awhile ?' ing up 1 wont out i? Cy ert \ i'.to uli of iiiv ;ela'ive- u-.-i 'e and \ ; i ;> reunion as w;- il 'I have. Rig I ^ lui'Oi !iii>. '*> M- i * dear \ t'i WtlOlll I I'll I l 'I t|| tu IlillIlV I I rs S > I III *. \ I* M?; II Mid at |; lev li'tl. 111 l< c Co.. I nu t some I fr.cmR i -v.-iit io 1 iim{-..i to a :ii sell > ! reunion, wiiote nine i??r sr.!a mis met with Trenton high too), mi in I >uch a nice "iuie; e-p:cad and music was (he chief iture of the Iiy. Dimier hour iog at hand the ham) entertained Sl } waiting c owd while the ladi<a read the c mtents of their well cd baskets. Dinner was an- 1 uneed and grace being said by Rev. '. r, Gill, eery >i e partook of the unteous repast Slatting ho;,i;, ??n the 13th of May 1' jiilttO by ('liattano 'g >, Tenm, which ite 1 like much latter than tfie 1,1 iy I went which wxs by Rinuing- 11 in, Ala. The route was much >ro pleasant and the country much er. Near Dacater 1 crossed the a< f Tennessee river which was the (j offiocl i ii'or ?>\\/ t\\ 1 1*1 v?v.v %* v vj w x uau my trip. 1 saw the gvo.it red hot ^ rnaco where iron is uielttd and run " bar*. u On the way back the engine broke wn near Rome, Qa., and we had a stay tflrye hours till a west bound " ight c.nne along and pushed us ek to Hiram where we staid an * ur. An cast hound freight earne >ng and brought us to Quanta 8 lere we lay ovpy two hours, then ardcu the train for Spartanburg. 1 t this place I spent the night and xt morning I took t,hc street car | (1 rode over the town and viewed i r> fiiinnna nAlln.nA n?:i.i:? ?1 i ~ vw.?\^u u uniting ami oqnd and then to the depot and on e train for home, sweet home. Mus. L. F. Barnett. , A PLEASANT OCCASION ivcti ;;t Itotcl Union by the Young ! ] Undies. ( The young ladies outcrtained the :>ung men at Hotel Union on i hursday evening. The spacious nils and reception rooms were the i tone of loveliness, being artistically < ccorated in pink and white roses, .t nine o'clock as the guests began i > assemble to the strains of sweet m.sic furnished by the Union orches a each guest was presented with a 1 aisy made of whit$ paper painted iu 1*1.00 A YfcAK. )LSON & SON, FD? R BUSINESS nent and ( very accommodaitent. with 5LIVBLIMG. ce except life. d at the same rate as Post wsiii r coli-rrt aiid tied with pink and white rinb u. Ivioh yme uian drew one v. iri; p.nk i.bho.i and the young tin- ones with white nhbon. d 10 i ilaiwv wn? numbi-rid end the <*nl l liUlllbl'IS were pwltllCTB ' >r :? .11.ill I V ju'ir.' lv?0li nuntr -i hi w.'S j>roco:r?>?i w t'i a hat <?f nnr ?ptc s yn.- and > i iuiUiinpa llo ' r.llilliv'd it us best in: <* llld lilid gllVe i to his partner to ?vr iii the gland n . .li * ?i. !! I I I .c i 1 tughfor l ip' judiji's il.- i id 11, r. Mr. .1 C. >\ iiiiiicu li "i r i?u ii I tin* ino.-t arti-tM ln?T. so 1.1-> jijirniT. Mies Font, i'm p escritt'd '! ? i i'/.o. :i g M hat Din. Tin- pi* i.e. went ?huproned by J.ipt. ;n <1 Mr-. sJl irke ami Mr. ?nd div. 15 !'. Uttrv hIki by their ;iacinus p'l'-ciii'.' a Mo 1 iMich ?lea? ill i Ui bo titling. Miss S .dio Fn-.it and Miss Ethel \ >i>kcr iI am rve ?pi-o ;?i praise for hoiv o irno?r. ITirr*< in g?t i"g up nob an up to date iii ei ta-nna ill. I) lici us;- roi'^Iini'-iifs \v? re sefTed n' *; as p:uk and w'i'e ices and ink and white CiUi to which all did istioe. A* 11:30 aU the gu-'9t do* rtcd hi - m z had a joyous time, also . i o much i .doh oil ii) the voung idio- t i -noh an tu j ?yable affair, T-u* ? \f. :if ei'ii'ti n ffis followed i i ui i it. ii oh', picnic out at Murav s :i 111. The parties 'hat went t:. : M:<s Sul'.C F:mt. Mr- W tT I . .II* ,x. J,T. . '. !i'"vr; ; Miss Maggie WfJitCT, Ir. -I him'8 I'-nvull; Miss ssie ouig. Mr. F. II- (iroruer; Miss -iitic r.ilnc. r, Mr. J. 0. Wallace; i .1 .no Home. l)r. Berry; Mrs. >ukc ut.d Mis. Urown, All report a in*.wit lime. Lookhart Junction Notes, We have hail good nuns in this >eali*\ the past week, Ver. good stands of cotton and tlier tiling ; wheat has improved nee last rain. Oats are sorry in lis section; no fall oats. Mr. R. C. White, who has Veen omc for awhile, has gone to Ogle) >rpe, Ga., on a railroad survey, om that place to Birmingham, Ala. Mr. J. F. Iv.ev, who lives near this lace, had a very cxcilablo experince toe Mill inst. The lightning truck his house, sir.king the chiroey first, stroke running inside, trikiug two of his children. Mr. vey says one of ihein lay unconsious for ahout an hour before it ould bo revived. The children are o'ing very well. They have been snded to by the physician; this tr-'kc als.c bursted a gun to ^pieces p.d split a fable cover in two. This writer had the pleasure of ttending a turkey dinner ?t the home f Mr. L. L). Vage recently. Mr. >age has had several turkeys to eat his spvir?y, as his son, Mr. Wat 'ago and Mr. Beo Free have killed ome wild nn.-? Mr. Editor, we enjoy reading vour rip to Texas. Moxy. Let Us Hear From You, Darlington, 8. C. Union Timks, Dear Sir:?Inclosed you will find my check Cor one year's renewal of my subscription, please run the fig-* ures up accordingly on my label. I havo often thought that I would send you sonao items from Darlington, but have failed so far to find the time to do so. Some facts about our county and its products would interest some of Union county's readers, especially something about the growth and sal* >f tobacco here in my neighborhood. 1 may write you later and give you some dots. Your* truly, C. C/Vauoiian. j Wo would he very glad to receive letters from you. Write whenever you finu time to Jo so.?Eo.^