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\ * ? , ? | THK TOWN OP UNION HAI fi r? g "W *f* > "* f* m ? _ lj! IrMi O WN OF "u NIO M AN J 1SPM| THE UNION I1MES. ifili ,i ** ^-~7 ra? .' - ? '?/ $ alan Water. Popnlatton 6,500. ^ ?? Allan "Nicholson ????^??A????? VOL. LII. NO ,ii. ONION. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, im #1.00 A YKAIt" ? ? i aaniuc Sittings. "Her face with gladness glows, Her e\tw are bright, and pretty; Uer fuin is trim, is trim and neat, Her manner kind and sunny. Iler voice is soft and sweet, fr And flows o'tr life of honey. CLOh, that is sweet, it must be? ^Homebody said so. You can give a horse free reign, but all the rain we get is free. If anything is slipshod, judging from his feet, a ohinee must be. Chickens are getting "ripe" and quite a number has been pulled for big meetings and picnioe. The Misses Gofbrth of Union are here visiting their young friends, Misses Mary and Sadie Gregory. Miss Ethel Jeter, who holds a po anion aa teacher in the female college at Salem, N. CM left here last week to resume her duties. Mr. J. R. Libbey, agent here for Southern railroad, is expecting to go to Union this week to fill a position in the telegraph and ticket office there. Mr. Jeter Butler, one of our coun4~ try raised young men, has gone to Union to practico law. I wish him much success, so much so that he Smay even outgrow Union in his profession. You will find in him a genial, open hearted young man, a pleasant acquaintance, and one yon can place confidence in. There was an evening picnic last Fridry from 2 to 11 p. m., given by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Carter at their residence just across the river at Wood's ferry, and I learn that it was a very pleasant affair. Quito a ber from around here were invited. The Indians say *'white man can blow both cold and hot." When I pame from the association I felt both good and bad.. My watch chain broke on the way, and a fine gold key, of old pattern, that I was using as a bar, and which an uncle left me, got lost,- and I had rather lost a ten dollar gold piece, as poor as 1 am, and I believe I grieved a little bit. But Sunday morning while going to Sunday school, riding along the road three miles from home, I saw the fcey in the road where probably a dosen horses and vehicles, and lots of people had passed. Though you muy call it a weakness if you please, ^ but imagine, if you can, my delight when I found it, four things in one, a - pretty one, a useful one, an heirloom and a souvenir. I have it now and hope to keep it throughout my earthly pilgrimage, and for that uncle's sake, nothing short of an aocident can induce me to part with it. Once a man said that it takee more fixing for a girl, to <auuter out, towit: ribbons, laces, crimping and frizzling, and arraingiug of hair, than it does to fit up a man. There is where he js partly wrong. Find a dudish inclined mag, wljio tries to bo a uo plus ultra in lookg and stylp, figure etc, and iu the amount,of "primping" and bedecking,arranging and rearranging be can put to shame any sensib'e girl ?if there are any other kind?for he can do more turning, twisting, oombiug, brushing down and out, folds etc. before a glass, like a cock sparrow fitting himself into a nest, than the most of girls. I ?aw a colored belle?she thought 1 noticed her from the way she came tripping by our window, robed in wmie, a big purple ribbon around her waist, a healthy flowered bat, her hair bushy like au imitation badger's hair lather brush; head cocked towards the azire vault of heaven; gait, a gentle vibrating twing from W. t> N E, and touching the ground, imitating a thousand dollar horse in the presence of a correct hand; a "primp" on the mouth that ^efied co upotiiiou, her face black in every sense tbe word implies, and looks like th<i picture of a 8outh Sea Islander, but, she didn't realize it, and was a "Dictur." I went upto Upper Fair Forrost church, (old J)i)ck Pond^ lift week to see what I could sae and learu at the Baptist A*s >ciatiou; so will flatter gjygelt by saying I attended, and congequoutly, was taken care of, A brother with me, or I with him, and we enjoyed the oocaaioo together. We were hedged about some by rain on Tbnrtday morning, and were almost faint hearted enough to onoe iu a while uiink we ought to be at home ' but ihe preeeuoe ol oue gave oonrage (he other and we never tamed back tjae fraction an iuob, never evpu , look e 1 back unless it was to see if a p lParous train was ooming. We got t> the ohuroh almost in due thhe, and found re feral delegates, visitors. an I -'h- me p*?opV already at the eh n-o.h, juJ kuew something was go iiu to bo ih ?ro a iro. The Moderator of the Asaociatioii, Mr. J. A. Saw* yer, rai proseut, ard soon put the body i t order for business. Reports from more thau half of the churches were already ou hand, was give.) in, church letters read, delegates enrolled and then the offioers for the ensuing year were elected by billot,after nora in at ions were made, which rcultel in a unanimous reelection of the present incumbents, towit: Moderator, J. A. joawyer; UJerk, E. W.Jeter; Trensurer, Levi H. Smith. They ought to feel complimented in a degree, for it hows the organization is well pleased with their services. The Executive B >ard, consisting of L. M. Rice, L. T. Carrol, E. M. Smith, G. C. Greer and T. D. G. Gregory, were then elected. All of the committees to report during that mealing and one year hence, were duly appointed There were a number of primioent |, m u visiting, viz: Dr T. M. B liley, Cjr. Sec. State Mission Board; A. T. Jamison, Supt. Carrie Maxwell orphanage; Dr. E C. James, President Greenville Female c dlege; W. W. Keys, of the Baptist Courier; A. McA Pitman, of the S)uth Carolina Bap* tist and some ministers of another couuty but who have churches in this association. While hanging my ear out for points I learned from a number of th j old men, ve'eran attendants, and younger men, but regular attendants, that that the beat meeting they bad been in for quite a number of years, the busiest and most pleasant. The introductory sermoD was preached by Dr Bai'ey, and the missionary seimon by Rev. W. H. Caonada, who is soon to sail on a mission to Brazil. One real toucbing scene was after he finished hisaermon, and while the choir was singing, the entire congregation of a packed house weut UD and him tho 4 ~ ??v Iinuu til welcome, %nd parting adieu. This was not confined to one denomination. The next meeting will he held at Mt. Joy church, Keltoo, beginning Thura day before 1st Sunday in September, 1903. I think everybody had a fine aid good time. Even the hard woiked officers aud committeemen. 1 went up there myself to learn, and have a most pleasant time, and 1 am sure 1 did. I cannot make the reader know how much. Ouly one thing was lacking, time. Every day, everybody lunched at a 1 >ng table erected fur the purpose, and from the looks of the appetiaiug things on it. the people were getting in need of an annex These people know how to entertain, I have tasted of their entertianment before, for it is some trouble, wou'd be more, it their hearts were not filled with love for what they were doing. It was a laudable oause. I "ran up on" several old friends, one I make speoial mention of, Mr. Eb. Bailey, of Laurens connty, whom I had not teau in five or more years. He is a Uniou countv man. .nd ? n?"' L: ? , ? KV UIOTl U1U1 in mutual farmer's greetings; a's> Mrs. Kate (Jack) Belue, of Spartan burg, wbo, while it was uot my pleasure to know her personally before, I knew both her aDd her husband, by reputation, having seen some writings from Mr. Belue, in The Times. She is a very pleasant lady, and urged me to call on her family whenever I am in Spartanburg. I have a number of friends around old Duck Pond, and feel that I can truly say friends Then there were some from every section of the county. J saw Homo, and I believe he was up to some mis ehief. He pulled a note book, and I thought he was working something against me, and I began to feel like a piece of music written in b fiat, but played on a sharp. The editor ought to have been th?re f rlillitra t/t m?to IiSm 1 uJ '? " * _ ^ ? ??v uimj icgi uwi uy telling him what he mused. There were such good things to eat, for the good or bad, il you please, of the body; owing to how you ate, and something pretty to look at for the good of the eyes, the gocd or bad, if you please >ot the heart. I would liked to have talked more with my gentlemen friends, but there was a few (a big few) of pretty girls that I wanted to try to talk to, so I had to temporarily forget the men; but I hope they will pardon me. Time was limited and seemed like it was geared to run faster. They were all very pretty girls, and can't be surpassed by those of any other section. For a home I was assigned to the I hospitality of Mr. S. O. H ?well, a I gentleman whom I have bad pleasant Xliaisons with at the old county noe meetings and who I find is irae blue yet on that. I had a more pleasant association with him at , hid home. Ik was not liko home. At home I have something t > do. There be wouldn't listen to mo a to helping with -my horse, but io aiated that I waa hia guest, and I was pleasantly entertained between hiroself and hia pretty and interesting daughters, who too, are hia h msekeep era, their mother having died nearly two years ago. I could see that they bai been carefully trained in the art of housekeeping and entertaio-ny guests, and a more pleasant time any where I have never bai, and it will be long remembered. Mrs. BjIuo whom I mentioned above, is a daute'' tor of Mr. Howoll, ard wai there u a visit while I waa there. The weather was cool aad pleasant the last two days ot the Aseocisti? . and that helped the people ao th y could enjoy it the nrnre, and ttva i I low felt a sense of lonliuess &i a>m a i ho turned his f.?ce h?n?w*..l >f the people, the men were kind a til thoughtful, and the ladies as pleasant as they could be, end dil all iu their power it seems to make all have a nice time, especially the youog folks. The girls were the most interesting and 1 am not ashamed to own up to it 'I am not near through telling all about it, as there is something of getting too much, so I will cut down, aud you can read more in a letter from Homo. He ought to be able to write more for he had "nothing else" to do, much. But I will say, that is a very go >d farming couutry. You d) not see much of the best land along the main road to Jonesville, but get off from that and on towards and along the i Meansville road, and the land is the kind that I somehow like. The text are is a medium between gray and ( red rather coarse, inclined to gravelly, , aud on a good clay foundation, and ] though the country is broken, the land is rather level on the top of the hills and seem that it would respond j to manuring and wouli hold it. I saw very little rust in the cotton. The 1 land is a kind on which crops are scarcely ever troubled with it. But 1 crops there are noL verv hr?? ? , j 6 wuoi | this year* Drought has been there 1 and the bottoms are like they are everywhere els*-. I saw more big, tine looking mules there than I have < at any one place in a long time. ft ] was very noticeable. Nearly every ] mule I saw was a big, strong looking j one, I guess it takes good ones to j work that land, and they cannot work as much there as a mule could in . some thin, loose land around here. 1 There are some pretty drives. I ' drove out nearly five miles and no* where did I enoounter a very steep or ' long hill. The roads were bread, 1 roomy and firm, generally, but I am 1 sure some of them will get very muddy 1 in winter, where you encounter a J smooth, slick clay. t Hey Denver. i . 1 Etta Jane Etchings. 1 Nothing ef an unusual nature has c taken place since my last letter to 1 TifE TI^E3. \ I sincerely regret to learn of the c death of Mr. Charles Bolt. He has i many strong friends in this section a who join us in this sorrow. J The death of Mr. Spillers; sub- \ contractor, has placed the mail con- i tract from this place to Union in the t hands of Ex-Sheriff J. Gid Long J who has employed John Cato, col- v ored, to carry it. I look for a much 1 better service than was rendered by 1 the other party wl>o unfortunately ( gave some very inefficient and un* t satisfactory service on the route. i I am glad to know that my friend t Luther Davis has been promoted to c a position on the Union police force. He is tho son of my old friend and t comrade, fy. W. Uavi|. and I look e for a good record from him. He will do his duty as ho understands it. He p is a brave and strong man and if it's a necessary for him to "pull" a fellow 1 he can do it. I hope to see him I _ 1 1 . uuuu ui trie neaa 01 tne Union police i force as chief marshal. The town 1 pan dq nq better than get him. ( I am glad to know that he has big r Paok Mo'.ely to rely upon in an emergency. The tellow that Luther i and Paok oan't handlo by main e strength doesn't come into these c parts. So the people of the town can sleep contentedly when they are ^ on guard. 1 Miss Willie, daughter of Mrs. i Sallie Ingram, of Sunnyside, went to t the Clinton Orphanage last week. i She |s a bright little girl and I f commend her to the care of those who < have the oversight of that iustitution. t Daring the long time it has been in < existence this is the first applicant from the Salem congregation to that institution and I am glad to know that the request of our Salem church session in behalf of Miss Willie has been granted. For one I look upon it as the finest school in the land and I hope Miss Willie Ingram will receive the fullest benefit of its teaching. Kev. W. H. White preached at Sa'.ein yesterday morning and night. Large and attentive congregations attended both services. The first Sabbath in October has been selected as the time for that fall communion. Preparatory service to bogin Saturday before at 11 a. m. and again at night. A.t a meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society last night Miss Ethel J. * oirain read an essay prepared by Miss Lizzie Edwards, a deaf mute, the topic of which was "Ready for His Coming." The paper was highly creditable to the young lady who prepared it and was much appreciated by the society and others who heard it. Miss Edwards is an active member of the society and a member of uf the M. E. Chuich and we are proud to honor her efforts in our feeble way. Brother Creech need not be ashamed of such members as Miss Lizzie Edwards. Wish we had more of them in all the churches. The Salem session elected Elder C. W. Whisenant to represent it in Enoree Presbytery at Greers Sept. 30th. Elder T. J. Estes was chosen as his alternate The weather is quite cool at night and farmers are hard at work gath* Bring their crops. Corn generally is good but cotton is very short aud the lint poor. Your correspondent visited Pacolet Mills and Clifton last week and find many of his old Union county friends and acquaintances at both places. Success to Thb Times and its patrons. Vox. Homo Attends., the Convention. t- ? Lockhart, Sept. 8.?Mr, L. R. Cary, who hao b??n a salesman in Lockhart Mill store for three years, Kftfl onnnimnAd Vi ? ~ * ? ?uuvuui/cu ma purpose oi leaving his present position to take one in a cotton office in Paris, Texas. Mr. Cary is a young man of great promise, and ha9 many friends and possibly as few enemies (if any) as mo well could have whose avocation concerned many. Lockhart store ind its customers will miss his polite ind prompt services. The churches will miss his monthly gifts and the Lockhart Cornet Band will lose an ictive and efficient member, but what s our loss is the gain to the far off lome of his adoption. On last Thursday Mr. T. 11. A. VlcCluney and Homo attended as lelegates from Lockhart churoh the Jnion Baptist Association that convened witn the Upper Fair Forest ihurch. The Association was organzed by re-electingthe former Moderator, Clerk and Treasurer, Messrs. r. A. Sawyer, E. W. Jeter and L. (V. Smith respectively. Among the visitors were Dr. T. M. Bailey, of he State Mission Board; Rev. A. T. tamison, Treasurer of Connie Maxyell Orphanage; Rev. E. C. James, ^resident of Greenville Female Colege; D. W. Key, of the Baptist Courier, and A. McA. Pitman, of he South Carolina Baptist. The ntroductory sermon was preached >y Dr. T. M. Bailey which needs no eminent from the pen of this scribe. The variolas reports fostered by ho Association were read and adoptif] \irtfrV* ? 1 ' nnu vuc v>uoiuu4?ry speecnes. The Missionary sermon was >reached by Rev. Yf. H. Cannada, , young man of great promise, who ias been recently appointed to the Missionary work in Brazil by the foreign Nfission Board and will eave for that field on the 20th of October next His sermon was well eceived and was very appropriate. The reports of the various comnittees were encouraging, which ihowed a Jiealthy condition of the churches )r fling the Association. Ifyour Jll allow me a personal vord. Iiomo enjoyed himself hugey greeting old friends. Prominent imong them were .Rev. J. D. Mahon ind Mr. H. F. Scaife, both ef Union, md in this qonnection I was glad te rreet my young friend Hey Denver. in ABAnini* I f-: j v.vu.-g ?. noucu iriciius it Buffalo remaining until Monday, ind had the pleasure of h9?hf$ with i torn) INSURi At low Z is issue 1 Win. A. NICHO I RANK the 3unday school and hearing n sermon from iay old friend mentioned above (Rev. Mahon) which did ine goid. I was.favorably impressed with i the good people of Buffalo and con- i aider the possibilities of that place < great and at no distant day will be 1 one among the finest cotton mill 1 towns of the State. I also visited 1 the Monarch and the Aetna miilsand consider their possibilities and prob- i abilities as great as Buffalo. Today i Monday, I return to my home at 1 Lockhart. I Last but not least I visited The < Times office and was pleased to greet i the editor in his sanctuc and was i much pleased with what I saw. I Homo. i ( Washington Letter. * __ 1 (From Our Regular Correspondent ) < There is probably no department of the government which is less known to the general public than the ' Department of Justice notwichstand- < ing the fact that on the accuracy of I the work of that division of the ex- t ecutive office depends to a very con^ I siderable extent the usefulness of a < large share of that done in all of the < others. The Denartmpnt. r?f .Tnotirt^ I I - "" " whoso head, the Attorney General, * is primarily the legal adviser of the 1 President, the member? of the cabi- < net and a large number of the sub- < ordinate officials and in addition has ' charge of the uumerous United 1 States courts, judges, marshals, etc. , For the performance of these duties 1 there are, in addition to the attorney 1 general, u. solicitor lor the State De- ' partment, one t.u Treasury, one < for the Internal Revenue P"reau and ' attorney generals for the Post Olfioc and the Interior, besides a large 1 force of clerks. At the present time, three important cases apart from the regular routine business of the department occupy the attention of the Attorney General and his assistants. They 1 are the suits against the Northern ' Securities Company, the suit against the Beef Trust and the examination ol tbe title to the property of the Panama Canal Company. Whatever may be thought of the earnestness with which the Attorney Gen?* < eral is carrying on the suits against t the trusts, there is no question but ^ that their preparation and prosecu- t tion has caused a large amount of 1 extra work in the Department of * Justice and were it not for the fact Mr. Knox has put into practice some 1 of the business maxims and principles < which he acquired as a corporation * attorney, it would have been impos- f sible for the department to have ac- < complished the large amount of work t it has recently performed without a * large increase in its clerical force. c General Knox, as he is popularly ? called in an attempt to curtail his c long title, is very popular among his c subordinates notwithstanding the I fact that he has from the first insisted ^ upon a most rigid observance of the < rules of the department and has e quietly but effectively made little ? changes which in the aggregate have resulted in securing an increased t amount of work from almost every 1 employee of his department. There 1 has been nothing harsh about his J administration of the affairs of his t office but he has succeeded in im- * pressing on every subordinate the 1 maxim, "the Attorney General ex- 1 pects every man to do his best" and 1 instead of a spirit which inclined ] every man to get through the day ' with the least possible effort, there ^ now exists a feeling among the em- 1 ployees that capacity will be guaged ' by performance; for it would never 1 occur to the chief to assume that * anyone was not giving to the service 1 all that was in him and of course, if 1 he performs little, "the old man will 1 think he i* capable of little" which kDO fcNCE rat? ! | d by LSON & SON, 11 ERS. | NNNNIBMN would prove a serious injury to his pride. At present General Knox is nKrAo/1 ? 1 - * iiaviu^guue 10 rariP to uiake a thorough and personal examination of the Panama Company's title, llow long this will take no one can tell, but everyone who has come in contact with Mr. Knox feels confident that when he has passed judgment upon it, there will he no question as to its validity, or the reverse. He has succeeded in inspiring the same feeling of confidence in the members of the French Embassy in this city, ind one of them remarked recently to your correspondent, "If the Attorney General finds a serious flaw in the Panama title, I will be ready to accept his dictum even without examining the matter myself and without even asking the grounds on which he bases his opinion." The President passed through Washington on Friday evening on lis way south. He remained in the ;ity but an hour, driving directly from one station to tho other. He teemed in excellent health and none the worse for his serious accident ipart irom an ugly looking wound in his right cheek. Referring to bis injury, he said he felt like a iquirrel with a large nut in his nouth, and his appearance did not iltogether belie his feelings. Secretary Cortelyou showsd evidences of lis share in the affair. His nose is ladly scarred and he said he felt worse than he looked. Mr. Roosevelt will spend today in Chattanooga, will visit Knoxville and Ashcville ind will pass through Washington in his way to Oyster Bay on Wednesday. lie will remain in Oyster Bay for about nin? dmro ?;|1 ^ ?.?*J Wf uuv? Tf 111 then ot^rt on his western trip returning to the capitfu the 4th of October. - By that time it is ex- " pected that the office which is building on the White House grounds will be ready for occupancy but it is most doubtful if the White House will, and in all probability the President will continue to occupy as a residence what is now known as the temporary White House on Lafayette Square. When in Washington Friday. Mr. Roosevelt said that the ending of the ;oal strike rested with the leaders of he Republican party in Pennsylvania, which, being interpreted, neans with Mr. Quay. The report ias been received here that Mr. ^uay, after making a statement to tfr. J. Pierpont Morgan of what the Pennsylvania legislature would feel :ompelled to do in the event that the ailway presidents refused to recede rom their present position, had gone >n a fishing trip leaving Mr. Morgan o think it over. This statement vas subsequently denied but the lenial is not accepted with any great imount of faith. There is a growing :onviction that further prolongation >f the strike will do the Republican mrty irreparable damage and those vho know Senator Quay are confilent that he is a man of too great relource to permit such a stato of iffairs to continue in his own state. The apparent disposition of Senaor Piatt, ol New York, and of the !^ew York Sun and other leading [lepublican papers to repudiate the President because of his attitude ;oward the trusts is causing considerI hi A r?Anot ?\ ?? 1 1 1 tu&V ^V/OOip 111 puiibiuai circiea hero, [t is know that Senator Piatt is a politician of extreme acumen and it pas been suggested that his presont position and his announcement that iheNew York Republican convention vould not indorse the President tor ;hc nomination of 1904 is merely a ruse to excite popular admiration for the President and take advantage of the widespread feeling against the trusts. Many Republicans declare however, that such is ribt the case and probably no one knows but Mr. Piatt and he won't telL