The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 16, 1903, Image 1
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IN THE TOWN OF UNION
Five Cotton Mills, one Knittii
Mill and Dye Plant, one Oil Mii
four Furniture Msnufat . , r
eetns, Female SemiiOle'* v
Graded Schools, Water Worts nr
Bite trie Lights, Population 7,00*
TOL. LIII. NO. 3.
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GLEANINGS FROM
GOSHEN HILL
I?7 Green Writes a charming Let
J tsr to Begin the New Year. She
, , Premises to Write Oflener.
Don't Forget that Ivy,
A happy and prosperous new yeai
to *11. A quiet Xinas in this community.
On Monday of Christmas week 11
(Was our sad duty to attend the burial
of our friend, Mrs. Lizzie Boaty, a
Roger's grave yard. She was a ladi
much beloved possessing a kind, loving
disposition and of rare beaut;
and grace. She had been a member
of R >ger's church since her child*
hoed. We feel the deepest sympa?
thy for the relatives of the deceased,
especially the husband and son. Only
a few months ago Miss Francis Beat;
died, the mother and grandmother,
and now an angel' beckons the wife
end mother away, and now shVis at
rest and beckoning as away from
earth to heaven.
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Beautiful hands of a loving wife
Watching and waiting the loved ones
of life,Bands
of a mother, the light of our
borne
Beautiful hands beckoning us come.
Mr. ?t. D. Smith and wife, of Carlisle,
Mr. States Crawford and wife
and Mrs. Victor DePass, of Union,
and many friends in this .community
attended the burial.
Mr. David Thomas was stricken
With paralysis on Xmas day and has
bfeen in a critical condition ever since.
He i> a fine citizen and a man of
great energy and generosity. The
family has the sympathy of the entire
oommnnity. He is being care*
folly nursed by loving fiiends and
relatives and all hope his life will be
saved.
I thank Hey Denver for the kind
' mention of my letters?glad that he
enjoys them?I will try to write
fiener this year. I have never met
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* oujgiu od0 or ine correspondents
l^oythea, bwwould
mSr'SS^mJ:Ssfel
of mj tim?t?lUlfe neither time nor
talent to make my letters as interesting
as yours. I hate often wondered
where you get your supply of
pretty poetry. When I would write,
well ignorance ip present with me;
and I often fear my letters will find
a place in the waste basket. Would
be glad to have you at my home
again, I lore the society ol the young
and happy, in fact no one has a more
sociabie disposition than I.
To B. B. I offer my congratulations.
May health, wealth and happiness
he his lot.
The weather has been extremely
cOld of late; there never was a better
time for keeping meat, I. mean for
curing it, for country folks certainly
know now to eat ribs and sausages,
after a long summer of starvation.
Mr. J. E. Cofteld had one of his fine
porkers to die in the pen.
The fiiet quarterly meeting of the
new year convened at Whitmire last
Sunday. New Presiding Elder, .new
preacher in charge, new., junior
preacher, and I hope they all will do
their very best te re vivo the old time
religion on this circuit.
Mr. George Epps, of Newberry, is
visiting the Douglass home.
Mr. Frost, of Columbia spent part
of the Xmas holidays with Mr. JB.
A. Hardy.
Miss Nannie Belle Eison is home
again after a long visit to Newberry.
\ye are glad to have hor with us
again, she is a valuablo lielp in the
missionary work. ,
Mr. John Wolling has bought the
farm residence of Mrs. S. E. Chick.
We give him a warm welcome to our
oommunity.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hailo, Mrs.
Hargrove and MiSses Elmira and
8allie Oxner visited Mr. David
Thomas' family last week.
Miss Mary Cofield, after spending
a few days with, the old folks at
home, and visiting her brothers and
sisters in Newberry county, has re
turned to her school near Union.
8he is much pleased with the people
of that community. * >
Mr. Julias Anghtry's family have
moved to Dr. Sim's place, and 1
hear thatv Dr. Sims will practice
medicine at Whit wire.
Mrs. S. B. Sims and R. B. Aughtry
spent one day with Mrs. J. E
Oofield during the holidays.
Meal, It hen ben and James Thomai
will remain at the Carlisle place thii
year,
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Colds are very prevalent.
Everybody is complaining about
bad roads so I won't mention them.
I never saw persimmon and China
be;rles so plentiful in my life, I don't
believe anybody has written one
word about them, and our kind edi~
r tor says we must write all we know,
- but things hnppcn so slow down here
id llin ! ?"r -- * *
i???uu x wruo so seiaom and
; Buch short letters. Sometimes I
I write too long to suit the "boss" and
t he just throws it overboard, so here'
after if my letters are not interesting
have charity enough to think that
' the editor made a mistake and put
the poor part in the paper.
13. B. ought to have invited all of
us up to his wedding and we would
have set him up for housekeeping by
our fine presents. Well, tho past
can't be recalled and he will know
how to do next time. Who will be
the next?
Mr. Clarence Jeter is the "boss"
turkey raiser and furnished mauy
a fat turkey for Christmas dinners.
Miss Mary McBride has opened
her school after & pleasant visit home.
Miss Ann Evan's health does not
improve and she is a "shut in" most
of the time. Mi98 Mary Evans is in
good health and her place is never
vacant at Roger.'s church.
1 wish the editor much success
this year. His Christmas story was
much enjoyed, also the farewell of
tho old year. A widow's only son
is an important personage, and the
story was true to lite.
IVY liREEN.
KELTON NEWS.
Mr. Editor:?As I have seen no
letter in out old friend, Tiik Times,
from our ootnmunity in some time, I
will try to give your readers what
little news I have gathered.
Well the year 1902 with all its
successes 'and failures are numbered
with the things of the past, and we
have entered upon a new year. Wow
let everybody do their beBt to make
happy year of their lives.
Christmas passed off quietly at
Kelton, no fighting or fussing that
I heard of. 1 am glad it was so, we
ought to celebrate Christmas as becometh
a* christian people. The
young people and older too, seemed
to enjoy themselves during the holidays.
Mr. Capers Scott, once one of
Union county's worthy citizens, but
now living in the Indian Territory,
passed through Kelton on his way to
Union to see his sister, Mrs. Goforth.
llis venerable old fatheig&nd Mr. A.
Goforth were with hinr The old
man is 81 years old and says he is
nearly blind, I was sorry to hear it.
He once lived in Union county, in
Gowdeysville township, but now in
Spartanburg county. He has many
relatives and friends in Union and
Cherokee counties. His son, Capers,
is well known in Union and Cherokee
counties; he is an old Confederate
soldier full of life, and I was jjlad
to meet him once more.
There has been much moving in
and around Kelton. Mr. Gallman
with his family has moved to his new
home in the Brown Creek settlement.
Mr. Claud Comer has moved into
the house Mr. Gallman occupied.
Mr. J. J. Spears will move i?to Dr.
Chamber's residence, which he has
lately purchased. Mr. W. T. Ay.
cock will move into the building ocenpiod
by elder Mr. Creech, and
Mr. Creech will move into the Baptist
parsonage.
Miss Benlah Hanceck spent Xmas
with relatives and friends in N. C.
Miss May Gault spent Christmas
holidays with relatives in Qastonia,
N. C.
Mrs. W. H. Qault and Mrs. G.
T. Gault visited friends at Gainesville
last week.
Misses Ain^ Garner and Nannie
Gault visited friends at Clifton last
week.
Mr. Bishop Isom, of Wofford College,
has been visiting friends in
i K el ton.
Master Johnnie Carroll, who is
, attending the, business college at
Spartanburg* spent Christmas with
I his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Carrol),
of Kelton.
Mrs. William Comer visited her
. son, Mr. Elzie Comer, last .week.
Mrs. Susie Coleman and Mrs.
i Mary Lancaster, of Jontsville, visiti
ed their parents, Mr. and Mrs. It.
N. Gailman, recently.
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Rev. Sam T. Creech moved to his
new work at Facolet Mills on Dec.
18, 1902, and Rev. Mr. Beat moved
into the Kelton Metodist parsonage
the same day.
Wishing the editor and all the correspondents
and readers of Tiie
Times a happy new year, and may
the circulation of the old Times increase
a hundred fold in 1903.
Why don't you* get some one to
write for The Times from our community?
Reader of The Times.
[We would like to have a good
correspondent from your section.
Your letter is a good start, why not
act as our correspondent there. We
would be glad to have a weekly letter
from you covering all items of
news around you.?Ed.]
THE AWAKENT'NG OF "
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
A Story of Development and Prog
reus Almost Without a Parallel
Iu the Histoiy of the Country
They used to tell a good many
tales on Southeast Missouri, the
country that has been known as the
"Lost Lands" and the "Swamp
Country."
Stories have been told of hunters
who loBt their way in the fastness of
the swamp and wandered for days in
an efTort to escape the tangle of vegvegetation
and the perils of the lost
country; or persons who fled to this
dismal region to evade officers of the
law and there set up habitation on
an "island" or section of raised
ground, with naught for neighbors
but the wild beast and water fowl.
But a different story may now be
related of that country, a story of
concrete fact, telling of the wonderful
development and reclamation of
the low lands.
Within the past five years, unheralded
and unaccompanied by
demonstrations, a work of the greatest
magnitude has been accomplished.
Great drainage
aog, Biaggiffi streams areagea ana
straightened, draining out the swamp,
and leaving instead a country whose
richness of soil and general productiveness
is a constant marvel. Great
forest tracts have been cleared by
saw mill companies, and land that
was formerly under 4 inches to 4
feet of water is now producing 25 to
35 bushels of wheat and 40 to 60
bushels of corn to the acre.
Land that, could have been bought
a few ycar#vjyg|h at $1.25 to $2.00
per acre is now in the improved state
selling at $20 to $35 an acre. And
the development is but begun.
lnousanas oi acres remain untouched,
except that the water has been
drained. New farms are being opened,
the timber removed paying for
such work. ?
The center of this great area is
pierced by two lines of the Cotton
Belt railroad, one line running to
Cairo and the other to Thebes. The
principal revenue for the Company
in this section was derived from hailing
out saw logs and, later on, lum->
ber and plaining mill products. Now
the prosperous towns of N ew Madrid,
East Piairie, Letta, Maiden, Dexter,
Piggott, Reetor, Paragould and many
others line the Cotton Belt, and ship
great quantities of corn, wheat, oats,
eotton, cattle, hogs and other pro-'
ducts of the farm, as well as of the
saw mill.
As the waters of the swamp disappear,
soTiave chills and fever, until
now this section enjoys as good health
as any average community. Every
year sees additional farms cleared,
every new place opened adds to the
value of surrounding land. Unimproved
land bought today at $8 to
$7 an acre may in the space of a
| couple of years be made to sell at
fti? tr? nr> #rrp. H tliAn ia
an opportunity for the man ef email
means to better his condition, to carve
out a home of his own, to secure a
farm at a few dollars coat that will
compare favorable in point of fertility
and productiveness with the hundred
dollars an acre land of Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio. Kentucky or Tennessee.
Those desiring to visit this country
to see for themselves may, on tho
first and third Tuesdays of each
month, purchase tickets over the Cotton
Belt at rate of ono fare plus $2
for the round trip, or one-way tickets
at one-balf the one way fare plus $2.
The Cotton Belt issues a handsomely
illustrated booklet entitled
"Glimpeee of Southeast Missouri,"
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'RIDAY. JANUARY 1ft. 1901
which is sent free on application to
the Passenger Department at St.
Lou*, Mo.
'lockhartTocaTs.
Lockuart, Jan. 12.?The following
officers have been elected by
Ilines Lodge, No. 02, K. of P. to
serve for the year 1903: J. A. Beggars.
0. C.; Dr. W. D. Hope, V. C.;
W. H. Westbronks, Prelate; J. T.
Baldwin, M. of W.; W. J. Weathersbee,
K. tftt. S. and M. of F.; T. J.
Mickle, fi. of G ; W. V. Latham,*
M. at A1 J. It. P-rka, I. G ; H. P.
Montgomery, O. G.
Tne follow;ng officers were elected
by the A. F. M. Lodge No. 244:
W. T. Garner, W. M.; W. J.
Weathcrsbee, S. W.; E. G. Jeter, J.
W.; W. K. Livingston, Treas.; J.
II. Rodger, Sec.; , S. D.;
E. M. Griffin, J. D ; J. S. Ilunsinger
and A.* L. Fisher, Stewards; J. II.
Fincher, Tiler.
Mrs. Mildred Ann Blair died here
on the 8th inst. Her husband, Mr.
Samuel Blair, survives* her. The
deceased vra* much respected by all
who knew her. She was about GO
years of ?ge and was t.hn m^tRoi*
J eight chi'dren, one boy and seven
girli, of which five girls are living,
as follows: Mrs. Martha A. Gaston,
of Chester Co.; Mrs. Effie Mickle,
of York Co.; Mrs. Docia Griffin, of
Lockhart; .Mrs. Kizzia Abbot, of
Spartanburg; and Mrs. Sallie Barbette,
of Union.
S/tico my last letter there has been
Juifo a change in the mill men. Mr.
. H. Williams, the former Supt., ,
has retired to his farm near Thickety ,
station, and Mr. W. T. Garner sue? ^
ceeoed him. Mr. W. J. Weathers- ,
bee s ofrerseer of weaving and Mr. j
E. li. l|usky is second hand in the (
wea e room. All these are gentle- ,
men beyond reproach and no.doubt ,
theyiwill give entire satisfaction to ,
all rarties concerned. ,
c Paver jfticj anything in this ,
cSrTftpondence^afro^tlidHppght school j
lished. It has been in successful
operation for nearly two years. All (
the expenses are paid by the man- ,
agement, and tho object of its estab- j
lishment is to teach thoso who are ,
over the school age and orphaned j
children whose parents are not able .
to send them to the day school. This (
act on the part of the management is (
very commendable and worthy of
imitation by all cotton mills.
Homo.
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LOCKHART JUNCTION NEWS. '
Since I reported from this section j
we hare had some winter weather. ,
I must speak highly of our young ,
men, they acted so nicjly. All were |
quiet and sober. I don't think old .
red nose visited our section very ,
much this Xmas. Hurrah for tern- ]
perance and long live moral young .
men. Everyone seemed to enjoy ,
Xmas as ever, ,
The new year is upon us. Let ,
everyone round up and see if there j
is not room for improvement. Lets
see if we can't mako better farmers, ^
better neighbors, better citizens and ,
better Christians. A little extra effort
on our part will not hurt us and
may prove a great benefit.
Mr. Clem T. McWhirter lef. Jan.
10th for the Lone Star Stato, Texas,
his home. Mr. McWhirter has been
visiting relatives in this State. He
left this country when very small,
don't recollect anything, but he had
many relatives no was anxious to see" i
and was also anxious to soe the old
homo place that gave hiui birth, that
he had heard his father und mother
and older brothers tell ah >ut. lie
has been gone- 27 years. He says
our country looks old and worn and
from the looks of this country ho
says tho people seem to bo getting
along better th in he expected to find
them, lie likes our country very
well. I will not $o into details about
Mr. McWhirter, only he knows [
will say something, and he readi
Thb Dnion TlMBSas it comes a \is
itor to his State. He tolls tho good
and bad of bis country which
I will give him credit for, and tells
I many interesting things about his
country. I may write more about
him next time.
Mrs Clajrrisitt Ganlt, a well known
Christian woman died at her home on
the night of Dec. 31st at 12 o'clock.
As the old year was passing away
she too was passing over the river.
She was 82 years of age. She was
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buried at New hope. She leaver
many children, grand children, relative!
and friend! to mourn her loss.
Moxy.
Washington Tetter.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Jan. 12, 1903.?
Anti-trust legislation, the consideration
of a Cuban treafy, a beet sugir
convention and a diplomatic recep ion
at the Whi-e House have served to
make the past week in Washington
replete with interest. History has
been made rapidly. Senator Hoar
having introduced his now fimous
anti-trust measure has made a remarkable
speech in its support. Attorney
General Knox has forwarded
to the judiciary committees of Congross
his views as to the character of
legislation essential to proper control
of the trusts and has supplemented
them with two bills, which
wire introduced on Friday by Representative
Jenkins. Congressional
sentiment in regard to trust legislation
has, at the instigation of the
President, undergone a remarkable
change aud even some of the more
conservative senators now admit the
possibility of some revision of the
statutes bearing on this subject.
There remains little doubt tkujt the
House will enact two or three measures
in accordance with Mr, Knox's
views on the trust question. The
fact that neither of the Knox laws
contains any provision for that publicity
so strongly advocated by the
President is the occasion of much
surprise. The Senate has practcally
defiued its position as follows: If
the House can frame and pass ono or
more simple measures, merely amending
the present statutes, which will
call for little or no debate and which
can command the practically unanimous
support of the Republican
members of the Senate, the latter
will attempt to enact them. Otherwise,
the Senate will not have suffcientjimo
to accomplish legislation
The coal sTtuaTlon nmr _
considerable attention from the Senate
during wha.t is called "the morning
hour," the interval between noon
*ud *2 p. m. Several bills have been
introduced removing the duty on
Anthracite coal and Senator Lodge
offered a measure suspending the
duty for the next ninety days. All
have been Referred to the Finance
Committee, however, and it is unlikely
they will again see the light of
day.
It is impossible to foresee the end
of the Statehood controversy or to
foretell the result. Both sides claim
to be confident but Senator Beveridge
ind his committe appear to he afraid
to precipitate a vote. Senator Quay
issures your correspondent that he is
ready for a vote at any time and that
lo has enough affirmative votes
oledged to insure the admission of
the three proposed States. To some
members of the Senate the prolonged
liscussiou is a relief as it serves to
forestall unwelcome legislation.
One day last week the handsome
public library which Mr. Andrew
Carnegie presented to the city of
Washinglon was formerly opened.
Mr. Carnegie was here and made.an
addresp.
AN OLD COMRADE RETURNS.
That was a gladsome surprise to
the members of the Macbeth Light
Artillery who still linger here on the
Bhores of timo when Charlie M. Clark,
last week, unheralded and suddenly
dropped into cur city as if he had
come down in a snow storm. There
were few companies in the Confederate
service that had a greater number
of physical giants than the Macbeth
Artillery, and Ch trlio was one
of them. His courage, like his physique,
was superb. Whenever the
music begin he Was there to do his
part of the dancing. As a forager
lie was equal to the best and toith or
without money never returned empty
handed. He inovod to Texas shortly
after the war and the sequences
sliows the wisdom of his imigraMon.
Texas has agreed with him. lie is
the pieturo of health, and has am iased
a snug little fortune, which he
intends to enjov the balance of his
life. Sorry hii hasty visit provented
him from seeing more of his old comrades.
I make this note that those
who havo not kept up whh his whore|
abouts may know that he is still living.
II. F. SfAIFE.
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OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
Three Cotton Mills, one Knitting
Mill, smellier building, Gold din*
ing, Famous Mineral Springs,
Tti vfl/?I" ? -
...me i/i ini out of town
$5 ,000,0 00.
#1.00 A YEAR.
1 An Educational Catefhlsm.
Is the chil l the supreme interest vf
the State?
Is the education of the child the
greatest investment of the State?
Can there he any better te-t of
t ue citizenship than activity hr
public education?
Shou'd the payment of taxes for
s bonis ho considered more cf a privj
i ogo than a duty?
j Is it a wrong to the child to Veep
him in a poor school nearby when he
might attend a good consolidated
school a mile or two awa\?
Can 1 he pnbleui of education in
the South be solved without district
taxation?
k Should we expect an efficient system
of public schools if we do not
have non partisan specialists as school
officials?
Can we employ suitable teache s
on poor salaries?
Is manual training in the schools
a necessity or a luxury?
I* the inlluence of attractive Rchool
houses and grounds of deci led educa'ive
value?
Shouhl we emphasize .only those
studies that contribute most to the
1 usefulness ot the pupil :n after life?
1 C?n thw South r/se to industrial
I prominence without industrial cduca*
tian?
Would agricultural courses in the
public schools greatly increase the
product of Southern farm*?
There are many problems befjre
the Southern people, but the greatest
problem we have to solve in this
generation is that of the rural industrial
school.
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The Most Pressing Problems
Of The Rural Schools.
(1) To provide schools for all oSil?
<lrcu and t) bring nM theoiildrin
iuto them.
(2) T) make the annual school
term long enough to give the children
thorough its ructiou in the fmrtv ^
tion of the school *o the practical b?s
i.^eas of the farm through the employment
of teachers in sympathy wok
farm life and the enrichment of tfca
Hchooi comsd by the introduction at
agricultural sjhjects.
(4) The improvement of the Material
equipment and environment
the school by the cot Molldatiwn *
small schools, the improvement ?rf
school buildings and grounds, and the
establishment of school libraries Mi
collections of material for illucara
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(5) The making of schools More
thoroughly the center* for the intellectual
life of the community by the
cooperation of the family with the
teacher through associations and other
agencies.?A. C. True, U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
If I could have my way there woull
never bo another tchool housj haft*
without a i as^mbly room large
en >ugh to accommodate at one time,
and artiatiatic enough to attract every
child who has a place under the roof.
At least so much should be done to
break the endless monotony of b >?>k
study aid tho grade recitation;'at
lerst so much as to stir the soul through
the singi ig of the maltitude and the
magnetic touch ot the words that are
spoken in the crowd.?Andrew S.
Drapor.
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MT. TABOR NEWS NOTES.
Mr. Editor;?As you haven't had
any nows from Mt. Tabor in some
time. I will write for you.
Christmas has come and gone and
everybody have gone to their work.
Miss Edna Baldwin is teaching
the Wesley (Jhapel school this year.
Sheisavtry nice teacher and is
liked by all her scholars.
Mrs. J. L. Calvert has returned to
her home after spending her holidayft
with her parents in Union.
Master Louis Burnett has roturnfc .
ed to his homo in Spartanburg; he
has been spending the holidays with
Master Jack Askew.
Mrs. Jim Crawford, of BonWo,
Texas, is visiting her husband's stater,
Mrs. Ashmore Vanderford.
Tho post olhce has been moved
from W. A. Moorhead's to J. L.
Calvert's.
Miss Bern ice Baldwin has returned
to AsUeville college.
Master William Moorhettd has returned
to Furman University, Green1
ville. Sarah.
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