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VOL LH. NO 38. ONION, SODTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1902. #1.00 A YEAR
ANOTHER LETTER
FROM THE FAR WEST.
The Confederate Home at Austin,
Texas.
Denver. CTo., Sept. 7, 1902.
Editor Times.
Your papers of August 29th wer?
gladly received on the 3rd inst... thoy
T ry interesting reading, though
it s *ned politics hud henn very
jtii'iu down there as well as the
weather. Well we don't have much
of either warmth out here, the spells
are very short and we are glad of it
as the bum politician and the office
holders are about the only ones who
pome out ahead.
Well I had promised to tell something
about the State of Texas and
the Confederate Home at Au-tin, the
name Home implies a great deal
more in this case than it does in a
great many institutions that I have
seen bearing that name and I am
very sorry you didn't have time to
yisit the Capitol city, aud more especially
the Confederate Hump, while
you were on your tour of the West,
This is a State institution built by
the State and principally supported
by the State, though there are a
gpeat]mnny philanthropists both north
and south who have made donations
at various times and suchr gifts are
always welcome because they are
always needed. The State appropriates
forty-five thousand dollars
per annum for the support of the
Home, bi}t thpre ape so many small
items that must be bad. besides there
f are more than twenty-five employees
whose salary has to be paid out of
the appropriation, all of which usually
takes up the amount before the end
pf the yper* The Home is built about
ne artd a quartej? miles west of the
'apitol building on a very high and
rough piece of wooded land of about
35 acres. And electric street car
runs within about four blocks of the
Home, which is on West Sixth street."
Iftje tyome wa? bqilt by piece work,
that is a building or two at a time,
so there is no record or approximate
of the real cost that can be ascertained,
but from the cost of the last
and largest building, which was finished
only a short time ago, it is
very likply tfiat the Home has cost
to build altogether at least $100,000.
There are about one dozen brick
buildings besides soveral wooden
structures. The newest and largest
building is used for the dining room,
and kitchen on the first floor and the
other $oorg are used as headquarters
for the physician's, superintendent's
and quartermaster's families, these
are the only families on the premises,
-ii -.1 __i ?i
an ubiier cmpiuveos are Biugio wen.
There is one of the oldest buildings
off about one hundred yards from the
others on a little ridge all by itself,
which the boys call the Buzzard
ftoost They 9tiy when a fellow gets
0 tough and troublesome that the
others can't have any rest for him,
they banish him to the buzzard roost,
but of course he goes to the headquarters
for his meals.
There has been very little improvements
to the grounds, though they
have two roads cut through tho rocks
around the hills so that any one can
drive up to the buildings at the top
of the hill and then all the grounds
are accessible. There were several
of the old soldiers working on one of
the hill sides leveling it down and
making a ditch to keep the water
froQ) washing the land away. Those
who wore able to work got pay for
their service, but there are very few
who are able to do a day's work at
hard labor, but all are required to
keep tbeir own rooms in order at all
times and make their own beds like
all other bachelors of the west, except
those in the hospital, who are cared
for just as though they were at a
private hospital. The editor made a
mistake about the number of old soldiers
at this Ilome, and also about
Sanger Brothers, of Dallas, paying
all their fares to the Reunion at
Dallas last April, however he is to
be excused for thjs time, because he
was in too big a harry to see what
was going on in the empire State, as
no man can get any fair idea of what
there is in Texas in such a short
time as our editor spent at Dallas.
However he was correct in saying
that $Hpger Brothers paid the iare
for all the old soldiers fpoin the Confederate
Home at Austin, who were
able to attend the reunion at Dallas,
and thore were one hundred and
twenty-fire whom the physicians al?
? - #
j low,-1 1,1 ncot-pf. hospitality of
j t'uiv generous Dtilliid firm, though
?on?e of theMe soldier* were not able
to aueuJ iue exorcises and h id to be
I _ .1 1? 111 1!"1 -I ?
vii 11 mi nKt: nine cnuuren.
My youngest brother wa? working
in the hospital at the Home at the
tiuie of the reunion. lie, as well as
Dr. Hill, told me there were several
who had been laid up for months in
the hospital wanted to attend the reunion
though they were not able to
sit up. There were 292 in the Home
when I lefc Austin on May 10th,
that is of the old soldiers, and about
25 nurses and waiters; there were a
great many new applications being
received and new members being admitted,
but they could only admit
others as those at the Home die off,
the Home is full all the time, and it
is very rare that one ever leaves
there until ho is borne by the gentle
hands of his comrades to his home in
the silent tomb. There were five
deaths at]the Home during my stay of
six weeks at|Austin, and there were
just as many admitted during that
time. 1 believe there are soldiers at
this Home from every Southern
State of the Union. Any old soldier
who has been in the State of
Texas for one year is a citizen of
the State and will be admitted as
soon as there is room for him, Dut
that room is usually made by some
poor soldier passing beyond the
shadow of our earthly vision. It is
said there is one inmate who was
a Yankee and got into the Home by
his political pull with the State administration
at Austin, though I don't
know whether it be a fact or not.
The scenes around the home are
of the most rustic imaginable, the
whole face of the hills are covered
with scrubby post oaks of a mongrel
species somewhat resembling the live
oak but very inferior in every way i
to any trees we have in the Southwest.
They are very short with
rough bark and look as though they i
had been pelted by small boys for at
least half a centujry with fQcJcq and
clubs. They have a few leaves on
them sufficient to demonstrate that
they are not entirely dead. They
have small bunches of moss growing
among the many crooked branches
which helps to make a shade almost
as wpll as the lpayes. Those tree?
are rarely more than twenty'five or
thirty feet high. Then there are
a lot of small cedars even much less
thao the oaks growing all among the
oaks and forming considerable shade
as underbush. The ground as I have'
said before is nearly all rocks, though
there js course yellow saqd enough ,
in most places to hide the rooks ex- ]
cept where the hills are very steep, j
but these peouliar rooks seem to form
the whole foundation for the land \
around Austin. They are very near ]
the.top of the ground all over the
Home premises and are visible all
along the front next to West Sixth
street- They look like the rocks of
Florida but are usually more flat but |
are found in all shapes and nearly
all sizes. They are not as heavy as
the rocks of South Carolina and are
of an ashy chalk appearance with
little cells and fissures all through
then) with often gea shells fjrmly imbedded
in them. Many' of them
have holes clear through them as
though they had been drilled.
The hospital stands at the top of
the bilk There is more dirt or sand
there than where most of the buildings
are and it is in much the prettiest
place of any at the Home. They
only have room for about seventy
patients in the hospital and when
more than that number get sick they
have to wait on them in their respective
rooms until others get able
to leave the hospital and thus make
room for their accommodation. There
were 19 blind soldiers in the hospital
when X was there but it is very remarkable
bow they oan take care of
themselves. Their plates were filled
with all the food for the meal and
then the whisle called them to their
meal and every one of them could
. i . . . %
come very near to nis seat at tne
table without any assistance. They
walked by the wall so many steps
then they were opposite their ta^le,
then they turned to the right or left
as the case might be, then they
touched each chair as they passed
uotil they reached their own and it
was very seldom they missed their
own place, though sometimes they
would forget their count an4 get into
another's plaoe which seemed to be
very amusing to the others at the
tible as soon as they heard of the
mistake. They usually seem very
cheerful and sgreeeble and were
very interesting talkers, though there
were some cranks as will be found
every whore. They had a wire on
each side of the hospital about ten
feet away from'the building which
was btretched for about one hundred
feet and ten feet above the ground
and there was a pole fastened to this
wire which reaohed within about
three feet of the ground and these
blind men would get out and catch
this pole and walk along holding the
pole in front of themaelves so they
would feel it strike the tree and warn
them to stop before they ran against
it, and sometimes they would walk
as fast as they could and almost
get to running taking exercise and
some of those who could see would
yell out there is a rock in the path,
but nothing seemed to scare them.
All the buildings are supplied with
electric lights and city water, both
come from the same plant which sup
Elies the city of ^.qstiq. fhe ffqme
as a private sewerage of its own
and bath houses in each building with
hot and cold water with modern
equipments all up-to-date.
I think they have a very efficient
set of qt$cer? thqugh J did not meet
all of them, but those I met were a i
very fine, courteous and generous
set of fellows. Mr. Cane is superintendent,
Capiain Carwin quartermaster
and Dr. Hill has chqfge of <
the hoQpitql. hp latter Is op old ,
friend of my oldest brother, also of
his wife's famiiv havincr be?n th?ir
family physician for more than i
thirty years. George Redmond is i
Stewart and Alex Teich head cook of
the hospital department.
I forgot to gay I don't like your ,
insinuation in your post script. You i
see I am considered very young out i
here, you see I have never got mar- i
ried yet, so if you know very much
don't tell everybody.
Your friend,
yf. G. &4ILBY.
Santuc Siftings.
How la Thia for a Cipher.
uEro bet dalg starwe fo het krad ulbe
eas,
Rou ghoqthut ?4 slotidi^nea, n^d uro luaso
aa rale,
Arf 8a eth zeebre anc arbe eth libowls
ofam,
Resyuv rou ripeem, dna blebod ruo
emho."
Yes it may be so of our souls but
not just that way with our thoughts.
These tijq l^st tflqrqipgs, Sunday ,
and Monday, were good ones to
make one hug fires, little onea. or
bunt sunshine.
The school at this place begins {
today, Prof. Moore at the helm. I
learn that Mrs. Dr. P. P. Butler ,
will be assistant.
The patrons of this school is building
an addition to the school fyouse.
The school has so g^own that this
seems absolutely necessary.
There is some fear that the pea
crop is going to fall short. While
vines look well they are not bearing
to any extent, and their time is growing
snort.
The cotton market has qpened,
and selling is slow, but ginning is
going right along. I have not tried
to keep up with the prices?I am
almost afraid. It might make me
shiver.
Cotton seed is selling here rapidly.
Going at 20c per bushel. Pretty
fair, but I see Joneevillp ig giving
25c. Why can't we have as good
market, if Jonesville is doing that.
Surely Santuc is not going to be outdone.
There is no tone that is more
pleasing to the ear, holds one more
attentive, nor to be more envied than
the smooth, attuned and undulating
deep riob tone of the bull frog ana
booting owl.
When girls plan, their plans aU
most always materialize. If a young
man is in their planning, he is sure
10 nave a nice or tougn time, as tney
plan it. If it is intended that you
should have a nice time, they will
make it so, vith li?tle trouble to yon,
and you can "depend on it," but ii
they see fit thai ^ o i should not, you
won't, and that is the "end of it.'
We have many strange and odd
looking, ugly, repulsive, ill-shaped
animals, birds and insects, and harsh
voiced, when there is * voice, in our
country, tye popt^et is greater and
we appreciate and enjoy the more
beautiful by reason of it. Now look
^ at the phite polk, it is shaped more like
a CJshaw or a s'ring of bag potatoes,
than any other bird, its voice grating
aud how pretty is and ihe song
sweet, is that of the woods wabMer in
comparison.
These little gaujo ohiokens are
fools sometimes, if a ohicken can be
called a fool, but tliey are no cowards.
They get out sometimes like boys,
playing, box ng, making believe they
are fighti- g and if one bits a little
too hard or pinch too keenly, they
get mad and turn it into a row and
fight. T he fool part comes in, they
aoweely know when to (put, until
thoy almost eat ettch other up. You
generally have to do the separating.
A bull dog don't know anything.
I believe a mule sometimes kicks
for amusement. I saw a perfect
kicker when I was attending the late
A - ' -
>ciation. Two mules got close
together and began swapping mule
jewelry, but the big one hit the
hardest and made the other dodge
out, and thcr, the small one began to
kiok at everything it saw, heard or
smelt, kicking high and continuously.
It ranged towards a top buggy
where a gentleman and a young laay
were sitting, and got in such close
tsnge that the man had to get out
and pull the busgy away for the
safety of it, himself and the girl. I
believe that mule was practicing for
the other one, or had n spite at evreything.
Jt iq safb to say whoa! soon,
oy talce uroundance" and come up
square to the head of such a mule.
That mule spoilt its beauty.
It is not respectful to be disrespectful
to old age. It is better to
acquire respect, or better still, to retain
that whioh was taught us. No
matter what I think or believe about
a very old person, I will speak with
some' respect of that person; and
surely while speaking to him; and an
aged relative would command still
more respect. It too, shows little
respect to one's self or to manhood |
for boys to be making use of vulgar'
language-in the presence of much
lder persons, and more so while in
conversation with them. I am sorry
to say that some boys and young
men are leading me to believe young
manhood is losing its self-respect,
rospeot to Its elders, parents and
even womanhood.
Two negro men, working for nay
brother, caught a peculiar looking
rabbit one day last week. It wa9 a
buff, somewhat lighter in color than
a buff turkey, or a yellow home cat.
It was a ^squat*' little fellow, rather
short legs, but might have outgrown
that shortness, for it appeared to be
only about two months old or less.
Its fur was almost as fine and fluffy
as thistle down. It had a small
white spot in its face and a light
colored eyo, but it was a pretty
Little thing. The boys tried to take
it alive, but a dog caught and killed
it. There wa? another young one
like it, and they thought an old buff
one was there, or it mav have been
m "
a young one too. They are sure
they saw.another one, but are not sure
that it was either old or young, or
buff.
A gentleman told iqe thet things
are qhanging mightily now, that a
few days ago he and two other gentlemen
saw a pilot snake down in
the creek acting the watermoccasin,
and that drinking dives "ate~kept in
peculiar and filthy places. ell, to
add to that, jay birds have quit toting
pine bark for sataq, but ate trying
to aot the hawk, hens are crowing,
minks hunting in broad daylight, not
long ago I saw a field rabbit and now
lhavejust seen a buff one. And
some people have talked of a white
berkshire hog and a tkbuff bronze"
turkey. The world i? moving.
I \yaa anxious to go to Duck Pond
Sunday, had an invitation to the
big meeting and baptizing there, but
various little things were in the way.
Our driving horse got salivated or
poisoned in mouth some way and we
cua not care to drive the poor beast
in that fix. There are no "butterflies"
up there. They are real nice
and sopial people and it does one
good to be with them One can
learn things and broaden out, ami I
wanted to broaden.
Hey Denver.
Santuc, Pept. 15, 1902.
Stops the Coqjfb aatf Works oft the,
Cold
Laxative Brono-Quinine Tablets cure
a cold in one day. No cure no pay.
Price 35 cents,. 43-ly
| TORN/
INSUR
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S is issui
1 Wm. A. NICHC
: BANF
Lockhart Locals.
Lockhart, Sept. 15.?Mr. an!
Mrs. B. M. Knight, of Monarch, has
been visiting friends at Lockhart.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Bobo and
two ohildren, of Gainesville, Ga.,
are visiting friends at this place.
Mrs. N. A. Simson has returned
from Gainsville, Ga., to the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Joe Meggs.
1 see that Iley Denver was so unfortunate
as to lose an attachment to
his watch chain and was fortunate
enough to find it. Now Homo is
somewhat in that line but did not
find it out for severel days. He exchanged
hats with some one or some
one exchanged with him. The hats
are of the same size and resemble
each other very much, and very
probable the exchange was made from
some one's hat rack and the other
party may be somewhat puzzled and
may have wondered that he did not
notice it before that "Lockhart
Mills" was printed in his hat. Let's
hear from you brother.
r\ ci . i ?
v/ur ouperintenaent, J. li. Williams,
has been off on a vacation.
During his absence Mr. W. T. Garner
was Supt. pro tern, which position
he filled with satisfaction to all
parties concerned.
During the time Mr. W. J. Weathersby
was overseer of weaving and
Mr. B. Husky was second hand. i
Mr. John llunsinger, who is fireman
on the Lockhart branch of the
Southern Railway, has returned from
the bedside of a sick relative and isi
at his post again.
There were three clerks installed
in Lockhart store last week as follows:
Messrs. S. M. Eison and J.
E. Hays from Seneoa, and Mr. E B.
Lemons from Gaffney, the first two
named ure in the grocery department
and the last one in the dry goods
department.
One morning last week one of our
section bands requested a man who
was out to call at bis bouse and tell
his wife to send him his knife, and
by way of reward added to tell ber
to look in hie trunk and give him a
dram for his tronblo. The errand
man delivered his message and the
knife was sent, and after the boy
was gone made the other request.
The bottle was produced and he coa
eluded he would take it therefrom.
The mistress of the house returned
to her culinary duties and the man
in question raised the bottb to drink
therefrom when he saw a 'possum
near the window rather behind the
curtain. lie was a sober man and
did not think he had the jim jams
but was alarmed. At last he saw it
move. He called the good woman
in to investigate. Sho did not know
anything about it. On request he
got the animal down and he is now
in a box to fatten. It had possibly
crept in a window during the night.
homo.
BRIGHT PROSPCTS FOR COT IONPeter
Hell wedge & Co-, of New Orleans,
Review the Situation and
any There are Good Prospects
for Fair Prices.
Editor Union Times:
In reviewing the events of the past
twelve months, we take advantage of the
occasion to thank our clients for the
many favors thev have extended us, and
to express the wish that the new season
may prove as prosperous and profitable
as the one just closed.
There has seldom been recorded a year
of such activity and frequent fluctuations
without disaster. But, in spite of radical
differences in crop views throughout,
and consequent enormous speculation,
liquidation has been successfully completed
without any hitoh or embarrassment,
and the new season opens without any
old scores to settle.
For the past six weeks, prices ruled
between 7$ and 8 cents, giving waj gradIually
thereafter under the pressurt of a
very large movement. The lowest trices
?close to the } cent mark?were touch
5do I
ANCE
' rat? ;
?d by
)LSON & SON, }
cers. i
ed on Novt-uibsr Oth, when Mr. A. J.
Buato l's estimate of 10,750,0')0 followed
close on Mr. U M. N di's predicting 11.
250,0JO minima n Although there was
a rally from this low-water mirk, it was
bir a feeble one,and the eve of the memorable
Bureau Day of December 3.d,
found prices for all m inths, even as far
otT as July, around the common figure of
cents Decemb r 3rd proved a redh
tte d ?y. The Agricultura'iDepartment
amazed even the most, .strenuous bulls
wit.li :ii estimate of 9,074,0'X), and from
that day on, the wh ile situation was reversed
It was not until the end of February,
that a diminishing m weuient brought relief
to the persevering prophets of a perpendicular
falling oil. Before it came,
however, the trade had been forced to
revise early estimates of consumption.
The unparalleled prospmty of American
mills insured a remarkable increase in
their takings, while steady recuperation
in Europe checked the tendency toward
decreased consumption abroad. Such a
change demanded a much larger crop
than the Government estimate, and as
soon as the movement aroused fears that
| a small yield might be realized, a wave of
speculation started, which immediately
' carried price close to 9 ceuts, and, after
a brief ebb, returning with redoubled
energy, crossed the nine-cent line for July
on April 9th, and on April 28th, raised
that month to within tou points of
the magic 10 cents. The volume of
trariR.1 l.irtna UJ ia UTW.rir.A..a .....1 ._:J
.... ..uuuuuiuiuuj, aii'i UUIOIU"
ers ot' ev -iy trade and profession were
investors 1.1 Cotton.
C ?n?raty to all precedent, there was
no grand cohap e after the aesational
rise, but the refusal of spinners, who had
been eager and nervous buyers up to 9
cents, to follow the advance, called a
bait, and a tinal, though orderly retreit.
During the great er part of May and June
the summer months, now largely liquidated,
followed 8jK)ts closely and averaged
about 9 cents, while speculation,
now attracted by the glowing accounta
from the now crop, turned to the fall
months Thus neglected July and August,
each in turn, quietly passed out on
a basis of 8:V cents.
In New York, after the the big Wall
Street bull clique had successfully liquidated
its holdings around 9 cents, prices
of all summer months were abnormally
depressed by the weight o:' a vast stock,
largely of undesirable grades, which had
been concentrated the:?\ from all directors,
in tha belief tint aa intense
squeeze was to follow, aud prices far
above ten cents be realized.
The new season starts out with prices
slightly above 8 cents, and a crop, which
first hailed as a record-breaker, is now
feared to be insuflicient to meet the
World's requirements. Consumption in
Amerioa has increased with such giant
strides, that. PlnrnnA mint
_ , -.Vfw UUUJU ULUVAJlUl UU
figure on what portion of our crop may
be available for them, rather thru oa
what the si/,9 of the yiel<l may be.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange
makee the pixst crop 10,(180,680 bales of
which Southern mills took the unexpected
amount of 1,037,971 bales, against
2,030,774 taken by Northern mills.
Another year and you will see the South
leading in the spinning industry, and
not many years hence, outstripping Manchester,
as that market has already been
overtaken and passed by our country as
a whole
Estimates of the world's consumption
for the past year vary, but all agree that
it was in excess of the production, and,
with peace everywhere, further expansion
in the spinuing industry is looked upon
as a certainty. For this reason, the size
of the new crop becomes a vital issue,
especially as surplus stocks everywhere
have been drawn down below the safety
point, and any assurance that the yield
may fall below eleven millions would be
the signal for another season of great
activity at d higher prices
Th8 estimate of Mr. Huston of Liverp.
ol, bsued around November 1st, will
be awaited with unusual interest this
year, as he has hit the crop right for
four successive seasons, and has thus
displaced all other authorities for the
nonce.
Without going into figures at this
early day, we may safely say that the
production promises, at best, to be ao
close to the world's increased needs, that
fair prices are assured to the producer
and thus prosperity will continue to
shine upon the South.
A Parson's Nplj frAct.
"I want all the worM < to know,"
writes Itev. C. J. lhidlong, of Ashaway,
R I., "what a thoroughly good and rellable
medicine I found in Electric Bitten.
They cured me of jaundice and liver
troubles that had caused me great suffering
for many years. For a genuine, allaround
cure they excel anything I ever
saw." Electiio Bitters are the surprise
of all for their wonderful work in Liver,
Kidney and Stomach troubles. Don't
fail to try them. Only 50 cts. Satisfaction
is guaranteed by F. C. Duke.