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Denver Attends Protracted
1- Ahmlii at Old Padgett's Creek ?
Church. Other Notes and
2 Mftlmge, of More or ?
1 Less Interest.
n 1 VP1'- .5 t je 'j ^ "
^ 4 In Vntutnn when the days grow sbor
ft And nights are chilly, then
We hate the drenching rains and wish
That it were spring again."
1 And so it seems we are never set.
i?fied no matter how pleasant th<
season. :
This cool weather seems to" be rejuvinating
to many people. V i
r This is the time when the patter
, of rain on the roof sounds better.
, Fdrthe 24 hours ending at sdrf-"1
dowi^ Jfonday wc had 4.45 inches.oi|
rainfall; the heaviest on record foi
bine $ears '
\ Miss Alsio Smith of thp Dock
Pond" section; who has been <risiting
her ftiROtl, Miss Lily Adams, r?
? turned'to her home Sunday. .n
, 1 learn that ller. D. A. Swindlei
has accepted a "field" of work neai
Augusta, and will go there next year.
We will be sorry to lose him as*
Neighbor nod^ pastor o^pcijghboring
daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Swindler, it
. at present very sick, and; it Waw
feared sbe wsfe taking scarlet fever,
but she isgetting better, ,
Mondif wis 'such -sin all rddtid
rainy day that there was no sahooi
here, ahd little work was dbie oafbt
Much hsywas caught out of door?
' by tt*tt?ad rata tod nft ftbttM wis
? ihSwrnn-'
ienccd fo* finding .of ,corn..vTht,
dam at Jeter*s ml is" broken and*
people aro having to go long ways,
>u\i jo uut ivxcifiug iuc ^dosc accommodation,
Mr
4Ek hardfligfr ofCarlis)fc,Md
^ v*# ^ifcv#it
of Fail field, wjgpe^married Sunday at
Swindler officiating. . ^
At tKe^imtvi^y rfpixool tit^e JJap-.
tist ckufcff,Ut^& J.J). Mahon to ale
a talk,-to the children on "iieputation"
os.l the Wilding'of iL Th?:
ftfchajw.
bat also lor order: pfeople, and all
might profit by it. ' Wj
We had- light frosts on the mornings
9t tlievl&th* and ffikft, which
nipped same-tender vegogetatiom, bnt
no damage was done, ? and the pea
I BOtioe tko Grahd* Jdry1 has had
rocemmend^ tbefc ItojEt ihfL fid in
!?!^f %f?*v I ^
did why? If there .sire.
bu>W 4? themJI Wishs they would
"} n"" ? '* A
MStu&at
TlIQ?(CUC?^'M.iar\tlOgro or-?ot, be?
th,$3iiS* ?p r*fi
weiJ^TOnm^e tm' VM
raisW stich a furor when, taeowcera
wan tad tosearcbdier houte.. ^Wben'
theW* berit -to" kick and l%br HAd'
pitcjL%? jnjrb' yoiii Bare yotir Whoov
O^'iogng man overhauled septan
one WMrlienting o'poesuma Arhae
place:#tten kthAting was Hot allowed:
Of course the fellow bad "gbtiost"
) and portiere* but he was encouraging
the.d^g?. -If wen ^ could keep
l to?kaee-a > ! palaiubls
fruit here that we never see around
here now, and I believe it, is a fruit
ef tbe past, as I neyu M if in any
nurhery catalogues. * iybetfc the old
pomgranite. It is 0L4WI such a
tine fruit. I ig one
now for myself, asj} Several big ones
to pass aroun<L^Hrc/*ff"S\
There are mh| OrohardMMpnd
with trees of JpUk winter appUi^aocl
farmer* can %ul9a?* ?mv1m ?? ?*<
f.
next year it Might. But I believ?
oon 'ftrtMM are ignorant enough t?
belovejit, and have been|seeing cottoi
{row all their lltes. This is only a
scheme of speculators, and the}
themselves know better.
Whethet jit was a wild goose,
tarns duck or a little "djve" chase.
L weut 'OSes to Padgett's Creel
church on third Sunday in October
to witness the opening services ol
protracted meeting, and the Missionary
Day exercises. It was quits *
big job, and I had been working
for ppy Fwojjfd have heaped up good
dMr chtrgA but it was not for th<
pocket's good, but for the pleasure.
the hstftsceod, tbe brain's increase.
*1.L~ it. i- Aj?j
w oru ius pwuiv?irieuus?-w uik
with the men and married ladies a
little bit, and to see some girls.
I went with a brother or he with
a*, we hare not jet decided, but it
is immaterial who is boss of it, but 1
lid enjoj the day and I feel
'bfoadei'." It is a fine community
to visit and I believe I have some a>
firm and good friends there as anybody.
The ladies do considerable
towards making a visitor have a good
tiqMiBOfflaa art the men considerate
builihe pretty girls constitute still
more, and I have not yet learned to
^etfkfrnd of thefn. The stay on thf
{rofitid* seeined short but I enjoyed
it, and the sermen by the pastor,
jVpr. K. 0? Watson, and the exercises
of Missionary Society. I had
*MM of thl proceedings written out
for the press hut got "ditched" and
did net get on in time io send it in
to the Editor, so new I will leave a
aetkflfed Account out, but I would
Hktltfmj to those people and all of
the readers "that I never saw anything
ti<ar mCLagod, end Would like to
say that they raised about $13.47
-fht tfut ?<S <)??;?? hi?.
*w? ?J??nrv HUM IVIU^U UIIOQ1UU3* 1UH
jocj^tr over at Padgett's Creek is
&* of tjxe blst in the county, and if ;
?&#* vpA to la|ep.up they must be
ftott Tb% officers of ft art:
: President^MrsJRVM. Lee; secretary,
AMlttsrtK* Humphries; treasurer,
Miss Agnes Wilburii,
I had fj\npleasuga of seeing several
of ikat society's annual, reports and
knew they are doing something. J
rami glad ! I had an opportunity to meet
with tlfsm in those exercises, bat am
.jjpnry, .that,' I was ptorented from
getting in. a fuller report last week,
but WiM .way here that I was treated
toUi^V'g^ slMing. We dm;
get that a* uPadgett a. But X had
a damper thrown on all thie when I
got "ditched."
night there I had A most pleasant
time u X bare often had before, felt
-injA- honored all along through my
spy and ' intended to get a rather
KfcMly ht&jtf Rfr home and business
Aionaay morning, but imagine my
dhelidgs when I found we had a sick
horse on bind and none of us veterinary
surgeons enough to know1 what
to do with it at. we had neyer seen I
ode -in that fix before. We began to
mbve; droubd and opened 'our eyes
?f!?'ldh4d'Vin atid'I believe our
.deotoring aaved'.fcim. I tried to
nurse him well and I received much
"Willing heln Whidh I will never for*in
the home I
friends and neighbors and was sure
I had their, ^sympathy and they
SrUlingly assisted. * I never conld
have'gotten a!bh? Without them, a for
fWtlhom?v afcdlpUsa horse en hand
MN^edfdt helpi That necfeesitated
dHrtb *ay taver Jlonday and nurse
the horse, but Tuesday I felt that I
Antral J)omo.fo^bHsinees and had
> |lSvi*tha Almost helpless horse
with Mr. 'Bobo umder his care with
? willing old negro 4o help, and start
fordmaea. Mr; Bqfco kindly sent na
^rtfdj*e *alkdd 10
ihiloM^lhSwa^ iWa thought we
OouIeHast' trans no rtation bv sections
dudpould hare done so. Mr. S. R.
Crawfor<t would have let us have a
horjo to get to Santuo but I was
dfraid I .would have to do more work
dotting hio,horse back than walking
is straight trip. I appreciate his
indness till the stkne.
Ftelfe dlweys tried to be neigh*
liorlylbd I am going to be more so.
ralblucijM like it. I hare taaveled
ad wan kiftddf taken in *4 ?'*bt and
i ren uUrVightfalf, and on' this last
rip f surely fait the need of a neigh*
. or. No one kj^pwa how I ielt over
tat Incident, and I; believe I bad
ftther have falkjb en the kiqdnees of
Mr. Bobo end ft falsi ly fe such an
our of disappointment, anxiety, ua rtainneos
and almost helplsauaess, in
/ 10X 8 2 ft 11\? ' T .
...
i mom, than anybody I know, thougl
( know it great)/ inconvenienced bin
*nd hit Cemilj, and it waa no ra<i?
17 him whatever, and I feel that I
cannot well rcoaj him for what b<
lid, though if I ever get an opportune
he will find mo tryiog with ail
07 might, ard would do it so wiling^.
Hby Denver.
THE EDITOR AND
LOCAL ENTERPRISE.
The Writer Jtnat Have Been Then
Himself. He ia Preaching
Gospel Truths.
As a factor in foetering every local
enterprise, and as one who devott a
hid whole time and tulnno ?
upbuilding of the community, ti e
country editor is unique and important,
and I deem it an ospecial
privilege to pay^ki merited tribute to
bis worth, eajs It, B. Harrison, in
an article written for the Ailaita>
Constitution. Every enterprise proprejected,
every scheme nnfolded,
that will awaken his fellow citisen to
business activity, receives his enthusiastic
support and the fruits of
uis pen add wealth and honor to kit
constituents.
The country editor possesses
pride in his town that no ene else
can possibly feel. Uis paper is an
index of the progressiveness of his
baliwick, which he is anxious to
show off to the best advantage.
If a cotton mill, oil mill, ginnery,
broom factory or brewery is to bt
built the influence of the countrj
editor is first secured to boom the
project and enlist the much desired
stockholder under his banner. If
the court house or jail is growing old
and dilapidated, the beauties and
benefits of new public buildings are
set forth in snob eloquent words that
property holders deem it a happj
privilege to be taxed , to erect theui.
Shouki the town be . devastated by
fire, nothing short of pressed brick
and terra ootta will suit the editor's
advanced views as to the proper material
to be tosed^ in reMmding, and
his persuasive plea insures an issue
of bonds .to equip the town with a
system of water works Mid an up-to
date fire department*
Though he rarely occupies the
amen corner in chnrcb, whenever
new buildings are required, the conn
try editor is one of the most enthusiastic
workers in securing handsome
places of worship for the people. In
the interest of education he enlists
for lifdv and by the influence
he commands and makes it possible
for svsiy child in the community
to rseeive public school ednoatjons.
With a wenderlal to
beho!d*|he assists in making governors,
congressmen, judges, senators
and rennaMtativM of hin fri?nd?
and is rewarded with numerous packages
of garden seed that refuse to
yield the kind of plant advertised on
the label. lie insures the re-election
of the sheriff by heralding some hairbreadth
adventures whereby the vig*
ilaat official oaught some luckless
burglar asleep at the switch.
While it is unprofessional for the
physioian to advertise, the editor
never fails to praise the wonderful
dexterity with which he saws off
some man's leg or causes some luckless
drummer to be relieved of the
grip. * '
Should John Butler have an unusually
good crop of cotton and corn,
the e<mor sings his praise without
stint and strengthens ths farmer's
credit with the county merchant.
Every girl in his community who
becomes a bride is the lovflieet that
ever wore Orange blossoms, and the
bridegroom is the bravest and handsomest
things that ever came down
the tike. ,
If the mothers of the community
were allowed to vote, the editor dbnld
get any office he wanted, as he makes
A a point to call every baby a bounding
ten ponnder, and when he reads
it the happy father wears a Smile
that ilium mates hie !conntenanee the
whele length tf a cotton farrow*
, For this aptiring devotion, this
labor of love, the editor is entitled to
a generous reward. Every man in
the*commnnity shonid make it a
point to take his county paper,
whether ho takes any other or not.
Every lawyer, * physician, sohool
teacher or profeeeional man of any
fcindi should keep |U standing pard in
hie home paper anjp? liberally for
it whether they fhel that rthey ere
directly benefitted or not. The
merchant, hotels and boarding house
* f\ ,,'i'u ,U' '
?hould be the most liberal patron.*
is they get the latest returns. It ivrong
for any community to compe
ts editor to dun them for subacrip'ions,
which should be cheerfulU
oaid in advance, not in baled haj.
codder and shucks, but in good hon
oat silver dollars, having a mern
ring that will make the editor smih
audibly.
As a general thing, the countr;
elitor a good natured, big hearted
'nan who loves to labor for other?
. ind oontoDts himself with remunera ions
fir below his worth. He labor?
bard. even if h# nfmn r??n<
is passes tbroagb ibis vale of
te^rs, whero true merit often goeunrewarded,
he may g in couatbr
from the fact that there are no records
to show that an editor erei
went to the penitenturj or to hades,
ind though nis reward may be small
while on earth, there awaits for him
t crown hereafter that fades not
away and which is beyond the reach
of delinquent subscribers.-?Press and
Printer, GW
Washington Latter.
: (From Our Regular Correspondent)
| Washington, D. C., Oct. 27.?
Washington, having no local elections
to occupy its attention, is now
turning to the President's forthcoming
iftessaige to Congress as a subject
of speculation und, although, Mr.
Itooilvett has confided his intention*
to no one side, perhaps, from his cab
met officers, a careful collaboration
>f his and their utterances on vfcriouf
subjects makes it possible to forecast
the President's views with oonsideraable
accuracy. There is but little
doubt that the trust .and |ihe tariff
will occupy the leading positions in
VIr. Roosevelt's recommendations.
It is believed that the Attorney Gen*
eral is now engaged on a measure
which will be presented at the forthcoming
session of Congress and
which is designed to" perfect "the teg* >
islation inaugurated by the" Sherman
anti-trust bills. .It is almost needless
to say that the bill will contain no
provisions inimical to what, in Republican
parlanco, are "good
trusts." It will be in line with the
recent recommendations of Mr. Knox
and will merely supplement the
Sherman law; by authorizing legal
proceedings not only against corporations
instituted for the purpose of
restricting trade but also against
those which incidentlly take measures
calculated to effect that end.
Opinion diffetersas to what Congress
will dowithMr. Knox's bill but that
it will receive the)indorsement of the
! nanaMllo I
*9 gVUOlltUJ WUVCUOUi
A moat careful canvass of those
most likely to know warrants ;the
statement that the President will
frankly state that there are tariff
schedules which should be revised.
What they are he will not indicate, 1
neither will he advise immediate revision
but on the contrary he will
recommend that provision be made
for a*commission of commercial experts
to carefully investigate the
situation and prepare for Congress
a report on which a tariff bill may
be based during the first session of
Fifty-eighth Congress. While it
may not.be embodied in his December
message, Mr. Roosevelt will,
according to a statement made to
your correspondent by a person very
close, urge CoDgress before taking
up a measure intending to revise the
tariff, to announce definitely ^and
unequivocally, just what schedules
will be ohanged 1 and then to adhere
to that statement. By this means,
he believes that any uncertainty in
regard to prices as n result of tariff
revision can he /* -
_ _ . ? . VVWUMVU VV iW*f
classes of merchandise and the
general trade need not be made to
suffer.
That there will be some pertinent
suggestions in regard to the anthracite
coal situation is a foregone conclusion
but whether thej are included
in the first message or will be made
the subject of a sudsequent message
will depend upon the celerity with
which the Anthracite Coal Strike
Commission completes the tsak before
it. The Commission, after meeting
st the White House and receiving
its instructions from the President on
Friday, adjourned until Monday,
when the first aotual masting was
held. President Mitchell snd the
coal operators have been invited
be present for the purpose of settiog
dates and plaoos when and where
the hearings will be held. Bishop
Spaulding, of the Commission, told
/our correspondent that the time
which would be required for the
work was variously estimated at
rem one to three months but he
toped that it would be completed by
;he fifteenth of December at least.
The President will, of course, reiterate
his vifws in regard tj th?
necessity of recipocal legislation f r
Cuba, although legislation to thx;
ind is practically assured. The conliiion
of affairs in the Philippinen
will be made the bads for congratulation
and it is poesible that some leg
isiation supplementing the Philippine
<ills of the last session will be asked
for, especially a new currency provision.
The various insalar possessions
will be dealt with at length.
Secretary Shaw is now at work on s
review,,^ the financial pystem of the
{ovtrnment with the hope of beinp
ble to make some concrete and feas
?ble recommendation to Congress and
if he succeeds the President will embody
them in his message. The
?eotion devoted to an isthmian canal
promises to be fnll of interest although
its character will depend on
the report which Attorney General
Knox will bring to the White House i
possibly today, at least in the course <
of a few days. Forest resources and 1
reservations, irrigation, etc., will also |
be comprehensively discussed. I
The news of the campaign with I
retmes Washington is variously interpreted
according to the person re
telling it. It is rumored, however,
that there is soma anxiety in admin- i
Miration circles regarding the outcome
in New York. A man whe i
stands high in the counsels of the <
republican party told yonr oorre- 1
spoadent recently a pitiful story of <
apathy among the "ifp-siete" repub- i
I leans and of an ov or weaning desire
on the part of the cfcty. democrats i
'to share in the pie," in other words, '
to secure some of the offices, fix- t
senator Httt end'T am many Ilall are t
once more working together and Mr? i
Cleveland is sending letters of com- i
mendation so that there is likelihood I
of the democratic organization effect- I
ing more than it has been capable of
for some time past. Chairman Bab- |
cock has so far refrained from making
any definite predictions and until
he. does Washington will be in doubt.
Attorney Geueral Knox and Secretaries
Moody and Root will both
speak in New York State in the
course of the next ten days, however,
which is taken to mean that the
Stite needs attention. *
k. moat extraordinary error in
connection with the President's new
offices has just been discovered. They
are about finished and the President
expected to move in this week but it
wa^ found that the architects bad
completely overlooked the heating i
apparatus. A contract had been I
provided for the storage of coal or i
the temporary disposition of ashes. I
The contractors are now engaged in i
remedying theso defects but the oversight
will seriously delay the occupanoy
of the building. It is regard- J
ed as probable that the President and
his family will be compelled to oc
cupy the temporary White House as
a residence until December first,
ALL QUIET ON* THE BROAD. !
Homo Telia of the Happening and
in and Abont J^oekbart?Expert
Musicians go to Columbia. 1
~ i
Lockiiart, Oct. 2G.?All quiet i
along the Broad today, or at least i
that portion of it on which we are
Ibcritod' i 1
The yong men selected by Prof.
Herndon from the Lockhart band to
play atv.the State Fair this week are
as follows: Messrs. Moffat Ross, 1
alto; II. E. Cranford, tenor, II. C.
Cranford, bass drum; Qill Cranford,
snare .drum. They expect to be
joined at Union by other expert band 1
musicians of that city.
it is possible and quite probable
that the number of widowers in Lookhart
will be decreased bj one in a
few days.
Homo recently paid Union a visit.
He called on ye editor who was not
in. He strolled up town and M. \V.
Bobo, who is an extensive advertiser
U} Tub Times, took him in hand.
He showed him around from cellar
^o upper floor and he was very much
"Surprised at the quantity and quality
of stoves and furniture be had on
hand. Bobo is bound to get there
early in the raoe from the fact he i
patronizes the printer.
Mr. Henry Kitchens, an oM employee
of Lockhart Mill, bat now of
UuflTilo, paid us a visit Saturday.
Mies Francis Whitmire, Principal
of the Union Mills graded
schcol, visited us last Saturday and
Sunday. She called on llomo, but
he, like uye editor," was not in.
Among those who worshipped at
the Presbyterian church Sunday I
noticed the familiar face of Dr. I.
M. Hair.
Lockhart has two twenty loom
weavers this month, uud next month
there will probably be several more
who will run that much work. They
will make something over forty dollar*
for the month. Thin shows
what can he done at Lockh&rt and
no person hurt at that.
Misses Ida Brannon and Lena
Beeder visited friends at Union yesterday.
Homo.
PETiOFTPROVIDENCE.
One ofUaion County's If est Farmers
Held up us an ICxainplv for
Others to Folio**'?And They
Could not do Better.
Mr. J. T. Wishert was telling us
recently about being over in Union
and passing the farm of Mr. Davis
Gregory, lie said the corn vraa
grand, and there was a wilderness of
pea vines among it. The laud is
hilly, but there is not a wash in it.
Mr. Gregory is a great believer in
deep plowing and peas.
some features of this report struck
us with force. The land is hilly.
There is not a wash in it. The crop
is grand. Mr. Gregory believes in
deep plowing and peas. Nothing
was said about how the land is laid
jfT, but we are safe in concluding
'kat tl?A ?- ? * ? *
tun ivno aio uuv iuu at random.
Farmers who allow anj sort of an
ignoramus to lay off their land and
rrho leave an inch or two of the top
joil?and that washed, starved and
run to death?to fight with the elements,
flood*, droughts and blistering
sun, to make a crop usn&lly have
bad luck. The farmer who lays off
bis land so as to retain and retard
the water of heavy rains as much as
possible, instead of making every
row a race to carry a flood to the
depressions, who stirs up tho subsoil
aud brings it to the help of the sur*
face in storing np the spring rains
and inviting the roots down in time
of drought to carry moisture to the
growing.plants, who plants corn ou
the hills, and not cotton alone, and
who believes in pea vines to shade
and feed the cultivated soil?that
farmer is favored by Heaven?because
* he obeys Heaven's laws,?
Chester Lantern.
We told you some time ago about
Mr. Gregory's farming. Some
thought we were just shooting off oar
bazoo, but you just trace up all our
?~ awvuv iui?c lllMJlll^CDl
farmers we've been telling yon about
ind you will acquiesce.?Ed. Union
flmes.
SHOWS EARTH'S MOVEMENT.
Interesting Experiment With a
Pendulum in Paris.
Paris ?An experiment under the
su??piees of the Astronomical society
of France took place recently when
ocular proof of the revolution of the
earth was given by means of a pendulum,
consisting of a ball weighing
yxty pounds, attached by a wire
seventy yards in length, to the interior
of the dome of the Pantheon.
M. Chaumie, minister of publio
instrvction, who presided, burned a
string that tied the weight to a pillar,
and the immense pendulum began
its journey. Sand had been placed
on the floor, and each time the pendulum
passed over it a new track
was marked in regular deviation
though the plane of the pendulum's
swing remained unchanged. The
experiment was completely successful.
JUST WHAT YOU NEED.
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Tables,
Whon you feel dull after eating.
When you have no appetite.
When you have a bad taste in tho
mouth.
When your liver is torpid.
When your bowtes are constipated.
When you have a headach.
When you feel bilious.
They will improve yonr appitite,
cleanse and invigorate your stomach,
and regulate your bowels. Price 25
cents per box. For sale by F. 0. Duke,
Druggist,