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fepfil THE UNION TIMES. IBBl MEIoctrl. Lights. a I ,i.n Water. Population 0 ,*00. VOL. LI I.~N0 3 Mian y. UNION, SODTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 29. 1902. #1.00 A YEAR; | nci utriYtrt Ktrutd. Hhm No 111 Feel in a Toward Any nHDik?hettcr Was not Intended |H Am a Personal Attack. HBControversies are not desirable things jf into but,lam forced into one now. Bjfnrl it a duty to make my position QBjtlnly known and to refute some charges ttd to parry some attacks on my personal 4maracter. let me nay iu the start, 1 Bab to get this off before the election, tore I know the result, who be in the -ajc ?ud race, if a second race, or anything MBout it. A man's personal character is ? own, private; his official acts the jmblic's public. 1 attacked no man's ^ rsonal character, but 1 attacked an ^ ministration, if you call it an attack, jBhich I as a free born citizen had a right Bhdo witliout asking permission, but Mr. Beteiibaugh could not reply without < attacking my personal characjer, bv BMoing way back and Ashing up things as ^?1 was running "for his oniw" against him and then roping in otnera, and some . them are jumping head and ears into Hd ceaspools trying t?> stir up old stinks. Hhave always regarded Mr. Rnteuhaugh Hpxl bis board as high toned christian |Hmieuten and have not accused them of jHersonal deficiences, out ihov hare not BBwd the strong officials that they should J*ave been which wo will see, and I have Ae highest regards for thorn yet as men notwithstanding what haa lieei. said. I ttuppose I havo to receive that M my j^prtioD in my ppsition. B Now as to the roads. When hard Mlns wash steep hills--ttio country is big \tOough not to have theun in the road? Mtan continued rains and travel cause Hep mud on clay sections I do not comHfcin, but when work is stopped at the Hot of hills, ditches turned iu, dip-holes |*c cot out for Want of drainage, there |Hno excuse. When bushes grow over He roads, no plaoe to turn out, crops bnted to the wheel tracks wherever -Jartuers csu get to them, there is no exeoeo. No matter how llrm and dry the Hp weather God Almighty sends makes Nmb reads, no man can take credit to ^Hbaelf for, and if bushes grow close in ^Herope are planted in them that is not Hod road working nor a go xl adminisHar'sn, and on that I intended no perHjpnal reflection. On that, wherever it ^hy be or by whom, 1 ask no qaarter nor give any. No use in going over I extend the same invitation, take my word, ride over the road see. A man can use mnnev in. jBicioualy and not be dishonest. I HBed, 19 to not possible lo get men whs Bit (fat job for the money in it, etc., IB did not say anyone was dishonest, tt "what do the officers know about He road?" "Do they think everybody Hictly honest and scrupulous?" That Hows it can be done, and I wrote that Mi show how slack men can be in office, tffeen the Supervisor himself is not ftlsted in office by law for he has to give Hbond, 1 suppose to restrain him as it WejT>. Then does he trust a small army of men turned loose to work at will |Hltbout any inspection from himself or board, without any restraint whatever, being more honest and scrupulous tib$n the people and the State trust him be, for be is bonded. What does he know about the honesty HI every man, when he would not lend a Ham of money to them without taking a jH>te, mortgage or securety. I am not toying the men are dishonest, but I was owing how slack the board could be 3H office, and pay out money they know |*>t what for, when no well bred gentle* SHan would kick if you used business Methods in dealing with him or his work, lhdeed be would have more respect for :3Hu. So much for that. I wrote that togfticle long enough and intended that it ^(boiild appear before the campaign Sened for a good purpose. Why it did ipt I do not know, the Editor does. 1 hear so much complaint on every ajfiymd, too much money being paid out vpr voo livuc lDtuiu, nuu uuw l am apoored at about "patriotism." I was jtjBt Jonesville last fall and heard comHaint, at Cross Keys last spring and IKard complaint, at other places and Bnard th*-m often. Mr. Betenbugh says F& the tight be turned on, and when I K Jftrn on some to see why the roads are 896t inspected he kicks. gKThat article appeared in a Friday's hue, and ou Saturday following in a seech at Cross Keys Mr. Betenbugh Barged me with being at enmity with ^ oof the overseers, etc., as the cause / of it. That was quick work. Who told gfBmV He must have been drilled on it Bog before any one knew I would ever Brite it, ?.r men was dispatched to him, r wireless telegraphy was used, and he Bled dodge behind Mr. Mobley, BjB*rgtng this section to him, when peo~ Be look to the chief master. Now anBBrsting your question, yes, I have been dicuxl for not working the road. I Has allowed to go free one year, next Hat 1 criticised some work, was warned ? work, told the overseer that 1 thought was exempt then and 1 didn't think I Would attempt to work?this in a friendly l| 11 was sooa arrested, gave bona Bdkt ft go to trial, was tried by a law ty drawn jury with Mr. James G. at, of Carlisle, as foreman, was ex perated. the law was satisfied. Are u* Yes, stern necessity demands me work somewhere for a livelihood, and Pflkm able to work nom?. thnnsh harrl in PI iu a shop, thank God, if I t and suffer from the results [rieuess, aud I don't ask your But lias that anything to do ndition of the roads or the t thereof. Will putting In ite make roads perfect? I buxom, robust, 180 or 200 > man with one arm that can rd manual labor than you or lood living working at any* i field, out, split rails and t +* fc* -'-tC' > ora wood, ran ihrow me down and lioli uiH, ?nd he does n??t work t he road. No, it is not au undisputed fact Lhat I am not on good terms with gentlemen in charge of roads near me. I did not intend it for your injury, and I am not working for your opponents. [ do not care who is Supervisor, if you please, il be will attend to t lie roads, and I am not expecting them to be made perfect in a very short while; but people ought to be kept from encroaching on them, with nobody to dare molest, or say "get back" with all due respect to the men. Yes, I once applied for a roid to Mr. Soott, did not get it, and you nor the men who used almost yonr identical words can claim any honor in keeping me from it. And now if you can prore without a shadow of a doubt that all 1 this is done through prejudice and perI sonal feeling, I say prove it. I demand the nmnf V?n r.wwM AWU lunwu tilAt Uliargtt, 11 13 your place to prove it true, not mine to prove it untrue. Now, Mr. Betenbaugh, I have no ill feeling towards you. I have not yet attacked you personal character. I still regard you as a christian gentleman and no man can lead or induce me to say anything agaiusr. your ( eraouul character And to Mr. Mobley, his word, "I will say for the benefit of the public that the roads in Santuc, with few 'exceptions, are in excellent condition.'' These exceptions may he strong grounds for complaint. Again, "we am still due Santuc a week's work with the chain gang and machine, after which Santuc will compare favorably with other roads in the county." Compare favorably! The logical conclusion is they do not now compare favorably. I would say that one place is in need of the chain gang on the road from Sautuc to Jeter's mill, for I do not believe the entire amount of money let on that line is sufficient to fix it permanently, and the gang ought to be here soon. The attack on the roads was not intended as a personal matter aiid I atu sorry it is unwarranted, if it is. Perhaps I might have put that in different words but I was after no individual man but officially, the county government, and did not think to go and interview a number of men, make them tell me a number of things?or drive them to cover?and publish the intet views I will try to remember to interview hereafter. Here comes Mr. K. P. Johns, very mad it seems, and says I did it because of eumity towards "three" of the overseers. Verily the number a rows. Others say two, be says three. Wonder when be took the third one on his back. I can not well reply to him for honestly I do not believe he wrote it of his own volition. It runs so much in the groove of somebody else, and he did not know about me ever making application to Mr. Scott for a road. I am not wishing for a road job, wouldn't have it if offered. Then why try to chuck himself in as one i am at enmity wiin, when he knows positively that I am not. Why, I have always been on the very best of terms ifrith his parents, his sisters and all of the boys, and will be yet. I believe be has let somebody make a cat's paw of him, and I will not be hard on kirn. Go way back aad sit down, Kelly, and don't allow yourself to think suoh things. I am not through yet. I have to answer Mr. S. M. Gilmore's charges, and right at the start I will say that when I wrote that article I did not have Mr. S. M. Gil more nor his road in my mind. Not the faintest idea that he and his road was in existence. 1 had forgotton all about them, but beseems to want to be a newspaper controversy prize fighter so bad that when he found he had a small chance he seized upon it with apparent relish, and whether the cap fit, got a red fiag, jumped into the bull pen and began moving, trying to gat up a bull flghu I will not answer by charges about the broken leg, the doctor's cirtifioate and all that, but I don't hammer iron, dress lumber, drive nails, saw, bore holes, etc.. with a leg or foot. But when he swooped down on me about being an able bodied man. I guess he thought he knew and would be a big eagle and tear me bodAacionsly, or I was St Pierre and he Monnt Pelee in a state of eruption. Not but a short while ago he rode along the road with me laughing and talking, disnUna nf kta n.. t.li; VIUOIII^ OUUIV piMUO W U? VU UID) VUlUUg at his successful methods in raising garden truck, eto., Jand various things, and it is passing strange that a man I would tell that to a man who he charges as being his enemy. We live near each other and bonow and lend farm implements and machines and minor things, and yet he sees fit to charge me as being his enemy. I will explain the charge he makes as to me damming water ia the road two years ago. The water ran down the road for nearly a mile, a big volume, passing two big hollows it could be turned in but it came on to me, and ridging sand along the road, it passed s natural outlet, a hollow with a gully in it, about twenty yards and ran over the woods. I closed that, put some pine poles there to make the water force back to the natural outlet. He went to work it (the road) and instead of cutting side ditches and turning the water into the natural outlet only twenty yards or thereabout further up the road, be moved the poles, cut through the turf and turned the whole volume of water which had collected on a mile run down the road right across a cultivated cotton field damaging considerable cotton when it would have been easier to turn it into the gully. And that is the man whc charges me with being an eoemy to him. I did ask Mr. Betenbaugh about it and asked him the road law on turning watei on crops when it could be easily turned in a natural outlet. I wanted to set who was right. He did not know and I saw going to tym with oomplajnt wai 1 not neoenary and I let the matter drop and voted for him to pay for the ralnable l | service I got. And too I cut a ditch across the road in ordar to get sullcieut fall to drain some fertile bottoms, put a \ , bridge over it and below the lavel of the a , road, covered that with fine brush, then ? ! dirt about ten inches deep, protected the ? i ends with log sills pinned down, and a ' , buggy oould Be trotted over It without a { i jar. But a big creek came along, moved L almost everything and ramshacked my bridge, but I fixed it temporarily again and several times. At road working * time Mr. Gilmore asked me if I was go- r i log to put a better bridge there, it was n only a two foot ditch, I told him as soon as my crop was off hand, I would haul a , i losr and h?v? unm* lnmW ? ? ? ' 0 ??? TT C7U W make a culvert. But he got there first c and tore the bridge away, put brush in f the ditch and dragged sand on it As for me opening it again across the road, that is untrue and be knows it That act * rendered unfit for cultivation nearly ten li acres of land, which I let go, never com- ,1 plained to him or anybody alse individu- j ally or collectively; aud that is the man , who charged me as being an enemy to b him. I know now a private ditch across c a road, the ditch not to aid or improve o the road that the county is keeping bridg- & ed, but I am not saying it ought to bridge mine. As I said In the start. I did * not have himself or road in mind, and p accepted his word that it was worked in ?i excellent condition, as good as 4*any road in the oounty," but I fiud that to-date Aug. 25 it hits not been worked at all, * this season, especially the lower end, and u tht re are rough places, some side ditches ti filled up?The chain gaug did some good work there several years ago, which is stauding well?and low and behold, a * good size mudhole right there in the road " not 100 yards from wh?re he accused me y making one, and boasted of turning it j, across a cultivated field to drain the , road. He is working that land now, 11 and it must ba his pond. I did not s< mow u unui juse now. And be is the 1 man who publishes me as l>eing an eue- 8) my. I will not go to the tlimsy excuse , that I would not reply if we both were . known, I do so, because I owe it to my- ?' self, my reputation, to my mother, whether we are 'known to every man," jj etc, or not, and with this I finish, and , turn my thoughts to something else, for D it would only bs like shearing a sow. n Hut 1 could not let this personal attack go ii unchallenged. Now I will aotlcs you no 8 further. Hbt Dkwvkr. - After Thoughts Upon Story c Of Stonewall Jackson. 0 . n The more Mr. Chase's story of t Jackson is read and digested it re- t veals Jackson's own individuality. ? The treatment of his life story by <1 Chase at every page anfolda his rich- a est and rarest personality. Other < writers including his own wife have < failed to open such a nearness to his t heart and home life in their publish- ? ed life stories. Chase penetrates to t the hidden supplying his outward 1 manly growth, thus showing the true I basis of his unique and wonderful t character. ' i Analytical study is the surest pro- s cess of investigation. Biography, t human life aside individualized from r history or aggregate biography in a personal life details is when critically 1 aiisected the best mode of studying e our human brotherhood. 1 This Mr. Chase has succeeded in o accomplishing. If you will but foU f lew him patiently and thoughtfully t such will be demonstrated. There 1 is a salutory saving, npliftiftg power d of AXtmnU in *11 ornrul hnm.n 1iv*a ia n ever a silent, perhaps almost unseen o force like sunlight or the law of gray- 1 itation or general growth in our phj- s sical world. The dnal powers, one a attraction like seeking like in the phy- a 1 sical world, and the ether moral attrac- t tion like seeking assimulating like a in or under the power of a good ex- o ample. c Under this general moral and s spiritual law growth development 1 upward is identically alike to growth o development upward in the vegetable, c God has made earth to be fed, grow i , and develop to matured perfection i enly amid its legal sphere, proper j environments ana in such soil, atmosphere and life touohings as were designed to seonre its highest^ood i and competent perfection, i Books, printed matter, life unfold1 ings?such as Chase's Story of Jack1 son are worldwide recognised form| ing and transforming powers in the i growth and development of man's B 1 highest individual good and com* r | pletest perfection. Their after- ( I thoughts suggested by re-reading I story ot Stonewall Jaokson are here 1 1 set down and sent out with a hope 1 1 to in some way assist you to decide I | to place in your home. This hearth i ana home picture of 8tonewall Jack* > | son as first, a patriotic possession, 1 \ second, an historic Southern souve- ' j nir, and third, one of earth's highest ) patterns of true manhood* 1 ' See Mr. W. T. McClelland and * 1 g?t a copy of this book. ( A Hypnotic Hoarier Among Us. Mr. Editor:?It seems that Mrs. iVard is receiving considerable imount of gratuitous advertising. If lire. Ward understands magnectic tealing as a science she will he sur>nsed at some of the ntatemeats nade by the writer of the article .K- m;?- at-- ?? J a^p vuv X IOIC9* OUO 18 UQ11CC1 "clairvoyant hypnotist and magietic heater," which is simply rediclous if he intends clairvoyant to be a adjective and describe Hypnotist, f a coma had been placed after l&irvoyant. and hypnotist spelled rith a (y) (which probably the rriter intended) then clairvoyant rould be a noun. Clairvoyance, ike catalepsy, is used to denote a oo p degree or state of Hynosis. "ben, again, the writer would have is readers believe that Mrs. Ward ures diseases by some hocus-pocus r magical wand. Now if she is cting the role of a magician in her rork of healing she is simply an imostor. She is bound (p cure fHe ick, not by any special gift to her idividually, but by strict compliance ) certain psyshic laws whioh are as nerring and lasting as those of graviition. Now, Mr. Editor, you have gone 11 the way to Georgia to give pubcity to Mrs. Ward's work wheti our humble scribe has been practic* lg magnetic healing for 18 months ere in Union couaty, and yet you ;em not to be aware of the fact, 'ruly, "a man is not without honor ave in his own country and in his muA " ia c I oowv ^aviv ia uu uiuuojf iVt U1C a the work I am doing. It is a labor of love for suffering umanity. I have for many years een convinced that there was a more ational and logical system of treatig disease than by dosing the tomach with poisonous drugs. Some two years ago I received cirulars from professors and scientists ffering to instruct students in magvetic healing, hypnotism, etc. Deermined to investigate for myself I ook twe courses under H. Lamotte lage, A. M. Ph D. L. L. D., presilent of the New York Institute of cience. I took courses trom four >ther institutions. I have the drgree >f Prof, or D. D. H. from two of hese institutions. I have given a i plain statement of facts regarding ay work during the past two years. iy dint of hard study and close ap>li cation my most sanguine ex pec talons have been realized. I would tot part with the knowledge I poeess md the pleasure it affords me for a housand times what it cost me in aoney and labor. I do not boast of rhat I have dome. God forbid! I tave leaaned lessons of humanity I tever knew before. I realize how ittle I know of the great mysteries >f godliness and the invisible forces >ut in motion by an All Wise Creator 0 control the rest universe. X think ! feel somewhat like Sir Isaac Newton lid when he said: "I have solved 1 little near the shore but the vast cean of mystery lies out beyond." ! believe the mystery of healing the ick by natural forces and in accordance with the natural laws has been olved. The question is who will ake hold of this work and push it to uccess. Your humble servant is too ild for such a lucrative task. It is oming. There are a few faithful rorkers here and there. They are laving a hard time of it; Mountains if prejudice and ignorance to be overome. * % 'Truth would you teach to save a sinking land, 'lone aid you, all shun you, and few understand." C. B. Bono. Sedadia, S. C. Etta Jane Etchings. Misses Ethel and Jessie Strain md Mattie Estes went to Clifton ecently to visit the family of Mr. Charlie A. Sparks. The cool spell of weather has made hick clothing comfortable these mornngs. A great change has taken dace in a very few days. We are still dry. Crops are needng rain badly and ootton squares ire falling off rapidly. Some fodder las been pulled and more is ready. Some of the newspapers are harping on the interminable "recursing" imong the candidates who come to Cherokee oounty making their can [""torn/ { INSURj 2 At low : 5 is issue 1 Wm. A. NICHO 1 BANK vass of the State. Some appear to think lit) the water, others the Lquor ? and olid others attribute it to other ] and remoter causes. The fact is ? Cherokee county is all right ,iu its resources botkjnatural, artificial and i Solitical. Its only the biliary cou- i ition of the canvassers who when they come in contact with our pure t mountain water and air that has a 1 tendency to drive off the political ? malarial that has been accumulating s in their system for several weeks if not months and years. The public a will please note that Cherokee county s people here had nothing to do with t it but witness the proceedings and huzzah for their respective condidates. I This they will do every time. v Several of our people attended 1 Foster's Chapel during the pro- 1 tracted meeting there nnd express s themselves as highly pleased with c the work. I hope for Bro. Creech a and his co-workers all the success their well directed efforts so richly e deserve. 1 At a recent meeting of ihe Chris- u tian Endeavor Society the following 1 officers were elected to serve the remainder of this yean Sam J. Strain, i president; F. J. Estes, vice president, ? iviaiue JLBiea, secretary ana treasurer; j W. C. Blackwell. R. J. Kirby, Mrs. 1 Sallie Estes and J. W. Goforib, t lookout committee; H. T. Estes, J. ^ L. W. Wright, Ethel Strain and Maude Blackwell, prayer meeting i committee; Jessie Strain, Mattie Lee and Lizzie Edwards, flower commitmittee. The protracted meeting began at Abingdon Greek church last Sabbath, Rev. W. Twitty Thompson conducting the services day and night. Mrs. C. W. Whisonant who had a slight attack of paralysis several weeks ago I am glad to know is getting along very well and hopes are entertained of her final recovery# Mrs. Nettie Lemaster and Miss Sallie Kendrick, of Gaffney, visited their sister, Mrs. 0. F. Suman, last week. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kendrick, late of this county, and are highly respected by all who know them. I take great pleasure in commending to your readers the sermon of Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage from the text, Matt. 7:1, "Judge not that ye be not judged." Cut it out reader and paste it in your hat. Read and re-read it at least six times a week. Pray over it and il you are not a better man or woman, boy or girl in a very short time I will admit c myself terribly fooled in spiritual < teaching. Let us hear from other ] TiMrKS correspondents as well as < the good Editor whose notions are I worth listening too. Vox. < INTELLIGENT FARMING. * i Another Farmer Who Lives at \ Home and Boards at the Same , Place. Mr. Editor.?We read with i pleasure in a recent issue of Tiik Times, under the heading *'A good Showing", your remarks on good farming by Mr. J. McJ. Fant. We. all know in this community that Mr. Fant is one among our best farmers i*nd it does us good to read such reports of success. We have another good farmer in the person of Mr. Davis Creogry. He also lives at home and boards at the same place, raises his own meat and sells a quantity every year. He now has a lot of fine pigs for sale. i He also sells corn, fodder, peas and flour every year and has a lot of old 1 corn now for sale. If all of our farmers would adopt 1 the method of farmeng of these two gentlemen and a few others in this < community, our country would soon < be in a prosperous condition and on a i solid basis. \ _ ,i vdcH ! <\NCE rat? d by LSON & SON, ERs. The crops in thia section gen" jrally are looking fine, and the preapects are favorably for a good average urop. The Tinker Creek Sunday Scheol s in a thriving condition. They now rare titty two scholars in attenanoe. ["hey have recently purchased a aev >rgan for the school. It seems more ike a city than a country Sunday School, to hear the sweet singing ind the music of the organ. Picnics, frolics and fodder pulling ire the order of the day, our people eem to be happy and the health ef he neighborhood gererally is geod, Mrs. Fred Holland, nee Miss dinnie Counts, of Atlanta, is on a isit to her sister Mrs. Davis Gregry. ["his is her first visit to South Care? ina and Union, her old home, sinee he left seven years ago. And her nany friends are glad to see her igain. Mr. D B. Faot, our worthy and fficient County Superintendent of Education had a fine milch cow to go nad several days ago, and had to till her. Mr. Fditor, We are all pleased to lote what a high standard you have ucceeded in working Thk Union Dimes up to, and trust you will >e successful in putting it stitt dgher. Succes to you and Thi Dimes. Sbvkx icross the Coti ntry in a Wagon. Ma. Editor: If you will allow ne space, 1 will try ro write up * ;rip from Union to Cross Hill, a distance of forty miles. After hard work loading wagons, jtc., we left Union at ten o'clock* with a caravan of five wagons and ine buggy. After stopping two or three times we arrived at the Forest. We hunted around for a spring and soon found one near by. We then bad dinner. At two o'clock we itarted again and did net stop any more until four. We noticed a iloud rising in the west so we stopped behind some bushes. We were n the worst storm I think I ever law; but fortunately it didn't rain one, and we didn't get very wet. Wo stopped when dark overtook is at Mrs. Filson's where we were reated very nicely, this was my first light camping out and 1 didn't like t much. We were up and off at ive thirty the next morning. After raveling two miles we had to ford e iver where the water almost dipped nto the buggy. Wc crossed over lafcly, howover, into Newberry jounty, where the crops aro just fine. [ notice the people there have their ;rops fenced in and have lots of out louses which shows they take care if their stock and that is more thai jome do. We passed through where that bad storm struck. I counted seventeen trees blown up by the roots, in one place. We got to Clinton about nine aad stayed abont an hour buying something for dinner. Clinton is a very pretty place. It has so many shade trees which are something Union needs more of. After crossing hills,hollows, ponds, rivers and creeks, we reached Mountville, a pretty little place, about nine miles this side of Clinton. We stopped here awhile then made another start to finish the remaining four miles of ourjournney. 1 We got here at five o'clock, tired, dusty and sleepy. We got to bed as quickly as possible as we had to get up early and fix to start the wagone back homeward, but we went back to bed after breakfast and slept till late. We got up feeling pretty tough, having traveled forty miles over the roughest, crookedest road I ever saw, and I had to ride in a covered wagon so they call me N. C. Sau