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IN THE TOWN OF LINTON T" T M " T Tfc; rJ" /"\ "t T ~M M~ ~W^ OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
F/vc Cotton Mills, one Knitting 'I'll III I M M 9 9 ^/H Thres Cotton Mills, one Knitting
SfSSS I Hit, I I \ I I I \ 1 I VI IIS
Graded Schools, Water Works and I III A u i 1 I I V' ~ m I I I V I I J k /i Taxable value in and out of town
Electric Lights, Population 7,ooo. * 1 ^ rsv__X V $5,000,000.
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The Times and its Corps of Bright
Correspondents. A Crowded
Train.. A Fine Pen Picture of the
MEETINd OF THE VETERANS.
Denver, Cel.. Feb. 8,1903.
Jno. It. Mathis, Esq.
Dear Friend: All is quiet with
the beautiful sunshine lingering over
and all around though we have had
a week of zero weather, the thermometer
varying oply a very few
degrees each morning f>r nearly a
week. We have had very little
snow for eomo weeks though there
were several attempts at snowing but
the weather was too cold for the
clouds to shed their feathers, onseS[uontly
there was only a few inches
ell each time.
I must say that I was more than
pleased to see vast items of news from
so many diltercnt points and join
with otliors in welcoming back to
the columns of The Times our old
friend B. B. and sincerely hope be
may weekly add his interesting letters
to the many that find their way
to the minds of our people through
the medium of Tiie Times. I fain
would joia with the many others who
havo sent in their congratulations to
him in this hour of his mitrimonial
bliss, but don't believe myself competent
to duly or accurately speak on
such an important subject of which I
loath to acknowledge my ignorance.
However, I wish for tnia couple a
long and happy life and that their
live9 may be an emulation for usefulness
to the rising generations as
far as their influence may extend
While I have never had the pleasure
of meeting Miss Anna yet I believe
she has made no mistake in her selection
as I have known B. B. for
many years and believe he is worthy
of the best. I thank B. B. for his
compliments, also for his liberality in
offering advice. I assure him it will
be very gratefully received by some
at least and hope he will give another
.dose whether he thinks neoeaaary or
c not. Further more would kindly re-**
. nttMl that hft natiftf ?K?
spondents where they may become
gorged as per his advices of a young
man thus mentioned.
I will admit my favorable surprise
in the list Times of the many interesting
letters from the faraway places
and after reading them with avidity
I felt like I ought to hie myself away
to some isolated spot where I could
take time to think why I could not
write interesting letters like a soldier
or many others who don't seem to
have any special opportunity or
facilities for presenting their thoughts
to the minds of others. However, I
hope to sec the columns of The
Times always filled with these mementoes
of old friends and of our
old home of which we often think
when far away;
I regret very much to learn of the
sad death of my relative, Mrs. Ellen
Sims, and extend to her husband and
family my most sincere sympathy.
Another sweet lif* has gone to the
eternal light where we may meet each
other when awakened from earthly
night. It is indeed sad to part with
our dearest and best friends knowing
that a place has been made vacant
that never can We filled, though we
should and must reconcile ourselves
to these things whon administered by
the hand of an alwise and all powerful
providence, but when one man or
set of men take the life of an innocent
oitizon wo should not and must,
not reooncile ourselves to such a fate
until we hare heaped justice to the
full extent of tho law upon trie perpetrator
ef such a crime. There it
a disgrace cast over my dear old
home that I shall always regret, noi
only one but there are two that 1
notice in the Times of the last few
issues. While I do not believe mv
self competent to judge at this dis
tance, jet I know these are grav<
charges of disgrace and know tha
should these two men been worthy o
death it was the duty of the author
ities to have so declared to the pcop'i
of the State and to the world tha
such was the facts. I sincerely kop<
that all will be given justice regardless
ef all influence, sooial, politioal
religious or financial.
j| I thank Hey Denver for his libera
,' > views as regards the sad event a
Santuc and hopo the people will no
be at all prejudiced on accouut of th
irreligious views held by the slain
Jt is the solemn duty of the reader
ol Tiik Timks to see that the law is
fully and honestly enforced and if
! you fail in your duty you uaiv live
to regret your awfal error even hef >re
these sad memories are partially
erased from your minds We have
tried the theory of moral suasion in
this beautiful *land of sunshine, and
wo were not long in regretting our
acts and very quickly we went back
to the fundamental principles of eternal
justice, which says an eye for an
eye. a tooth for a tooth.
Well I shall try to tell of some
things seen and learned while at the
Confederate Reunion at Dallas,
Texas, last April. I had hoped to
get on the flamn train nvi iKfl "1-1 --1
W _ ? ~ UU vuu UlU O'-J I"
diers frDm the Confederate Home at
Austin, as I had previously met
several of them ami knew I should
enjoy myself hoaring them tell of old
times and fierce struggles, as many
of them at the Ilome are very well
educated and thoroughly posted on
most of the up to-dato facts as well
as of the war time history. However,
I didu't g^t to Austin until the
ovening of April 21st, and to my
regret learned that the soldiers from I
the Home had left at 10 a. m. that
day on a special train, so that they
would havo an all day run and be
there in time for the first exercises
on the morning of April 22. I had
to stay in Austin until tho regular
train came up from San Antonio; the
said train was due at Austia about 7
a. in., but was nearly an hour late.
There was un enormous crowd waiting
for the train, and when the lonu
train came it sight we thought there
was room enough lor everybody, but
as it approached nearer we saw that
every car, window, step and platform
was packed as solid with humanity as
could possibly be and retain life, and
oh the confusion, the horrible expressions
from the vast crowd of
men and women were a sight to see,
but all was not as bad as we lately
anticipated, for as soon as the train
got perfectly still the extra train
crew began to push th ft np/>nU au? j
tho w*y that some of the passengers
could get off of the train, and
here were four car foads of negroes
who had gone to San Antonio on an
excursion the day previous, all of
whom lived at Austin, so when they
cleared their four coaches the train
porters began dusting and cleaning
the cars for the white people, but the
I people rushed in so fast that i~i less
than half a minute tho porters or no
one else could get out of the car unless
he would explain that ho would
give them his room if they would
be so kind as to let him out.
The train soon started and every
space possible was packed as tight
as could be with anxious people, but
very few negroes; the negroes only
had one small section and that was
crowded with white people until the
nA/vnAAo nrAVA nnn * ! ir rr* nolin/1 a
O u viu uvai i j uiaouLU tv ?
black pancake; there eeemed to be
about as many standing as there
were seated. This was the International
and Great Northern railroad
and we were awafe that we would
have to change cars at Milano Junction
and there take the Santa Fe
Route, so wo had high hopes of getting
a seat after changing cars, hut
never a seat could we get until we
reached Cleaborn, there they switched
us to the Dallas branch and added a
few extra coaches, so we had a very
comfortable seat for the last thirty five
miles and you may guess we appredated
it after standing for nearly
four hours. Well we got to Dallas
about noon; there the Santa Fe ha9
i a beautiful depot and, irT is right in
, the heart of the city. It seems very
, strange to see a depot in the heart
, of a beautiful little city of sixty or
| seventy thousand people, yet it i?
t the custom at Dallas, Texas, for all
the railroads run direct through the
r city and most of them have a depol
. in the most thickly settled part o:
. the city through which they pass
3 Tney have no Union depot at all
t though some of the lines have tc
lease the right of way from othei
roads and then they are allowed t<
. a'nn At th? (lpnnt frrtm whom th?\
D M?wr * ?i ?? """"? ?~?J
t leased right of way. The Texas anc
0 Pacific railroad runs direct througl
. the city near the oenter of popula
tioo and has three stations at whicl
' all passenger trains stop. Of cours
1 the P. P. is the oldest road and wa
I built when the town was small, bu
t the town has since built all uroun<
0 the tracks. The city of Dallas ha
already been described by your abl
3 editor, so I will not attempt to giv
Iany description other than a very
lew minor details and a few peculiarl
ities which were observed while hasti
Iv passing from place to place. Will
state it was not the city your humb'e
scribe had come to aoo, neither the
cinvention, because the former had
once been seen und the latter was
far beyond his ability to describe or
comprehend, but it was the old soldiers
first, last and forever, that had
attracted my presence to this won
uertul little city. About the middle
of the afternoon of the first
day it was announced by the
anxious crowds that, the King of
Calif was approaching the city on a
special train over the Frisco railroad
and in a few moments great crowds
were rushiug towards the depot, but
your scribe didn't have time to look
for Kings, but in a fow moments all
the whistles and bells of the city befiin
to blow or ring and such another
noise you never heard, unless it was
at a new yoar's watch in a city as
large as Dallas or larger, for they
certainly did all they could. That
night was arranged for a reception
and ball for the King and his subjects
by the young ladies at their
club. It was said none but dress
suits would be admitted. I made my
way from one headquarter to another
lookiug for information wheroby I
might find so;me old South Carolina
h ddieru, alao oomo who had promised
me they would be there from
Mississippi. c;o after looking through
the different registers I found tha
only place to find a real soldier for
sure would be at the fair grounds and
by middle of afternoon I was at the
lulmstto headquarters in tho fair
grounds, and such a sight, such a
cherished hope of fraternity, all the
dreams of patriots and the long lost
hop<>8 of philanthropists could never
do jus'ice to tho reality of love and I
friendship as exprosscd by the hearty
handshake, the fond embrace, the
tear dimmed eyes and even sobs and
moans'which were demoB^{^^^f
tempeiamenta as they met each other
for the first timo (with many of them)
since the war of 1805. To see those
aged -jnen with flowing white locks
all bent with the strife of this world,
over some of whom more than eighty
eventful years have rolled, and hear
them greet their old comrades as of
yore, and to behold their whole being
animated as it were by the fire of
their youth, was certainly the most
awe inspiring meeting that your
humble writer had ever witnessed,
and I regret very much that I am
not competent to tell the story just
as it appearcn to me or so that the
readers could grasp even a faint idea
of what it is to see those dear old
heroes meet each other after so many
years of separation. The writer has
never seen a picture or words in
print that could portray to his mind
the enthusiasm and lovaltv that were
? -J J - V
there so perfectly demonstrated by
the thousands of old soldiers The
meeting was certainly beneficial, physically
as well as mentally, to fnany
of those present, for some that the
writer had known for years, who
were not able to do any work a
few chores, even forgot their stick
and would start to walking away like
a young men, though I regret that
ono of my friends from Mississippi,
who was 83 years old, was not able
to stay at the convention; ho was
only on tho grounds a few hours
when he becamo so nervous ho had
to bo taken back to his old home. I
, am very sorry that I did not procure
all the full names, the Carolina addresses
and the present addrosses of
every native Carolinian that I met
and I assure the readers that should
, I ever have the privilege of meeting
| wish them again I will procuro all
, the information possible. I have the
I names of about twenty from Union
f county, all of which I will give in
my next letter. I had not expected
to give the pub'ic the names or other
> information of the reunion when I
- I + fit Am Imnnn m \r n
[ VU VU VU1 UVUVV HI J llVy^ll^WIIV/V;
) in the matter.
j With beat wishes to The Times
1 and all its reader?,
i W. G. Bailey.
The Consolidation of Rural
a Schools.
e
s In many pchool districts the ap
t propriationli are not largo enough to
d employ well-trained teachers. Th<
a terms are short for the same reason,
e Often the buildings are old and badlj
e lighted and heated. Although the
attend tare of pupils miynotbe tnor
than twenty, all grudes and ages wil
be represented, from the big gii
ready for the high school down to tin
lit'le one who is just below leal ago am
is sent to school to got out of he
busy mother's way: The pupi's liv<
at various distances from the schoolhouse
and usually walk. In in
cbuicnt weather they attend very irrr<rnljt\r
on/1 ! > ?ii ''
..e j, um.? iii an wearners witu lit
tie punctuality.
Tne short term mikes it difficult
too, for a pupil to complete till
study of a text book, since every new
teacher wishes her pupils to make a
new start. N iturully the ambitious
siii'lent bee )mos discouraged and
makes every effort to go away to a
better scho d, w hile the careless go on
from year to year without acquiring
even an elementary knowledge of the
branches which make a common
school education.
In an effort to improve those conditions,
the plan of consolidating
several rural districts into one has,
in certain States, been tried with
great success. It has been found
that four districts may unite to build
8choolhouse cea'ral to them all which
is snitable f >r a graded school. Three
teachers can do more than fnnr Wi
been able to do in the seperatc districs.
A part of this plan is the conveying
<f chitoU-"* ?foin tne
school. Certain farmers who live at
the greatest distance in each direction
make daily trips with their spring
wagons picking up the school children
aloug their routes and returning with
them in the afternoon, a servico for
whichthey receive from the distrct due
remuneration. Those living farthest
from the school building at first feared
that their land w^uld depreciate in
value on account of their distance
from the schoolhouse. It has been
found on ^he contrary that a farm
four or fivo^miles from a good school,
but from wliich children are confortably
transported t > it ?>vorth more
?V?n one wl Sb is mjich nearer to an
ren inust'vyalk over bicT rfeafilv? nhildThis
corisplidation plan has been
r^unil \rnr\r anooaacfnl in mov.ir nlonoa
?vuu*? ? vi j guvvvootui ill iimiij piautOf
and is now authorized by law in
seventeen States* It has many advantages.
It is more economical,
since it reduces the cost of education
per capita and thus gives larger fund
for the employment of teachers and
a surplus for other expenccs. It
gives much better facilities for
grading and classifying pupils, and
certainly promotes punctuality and
regularity of attendance.
The country school should be the
ideal place for childhood. The surroundings
which nature furnishes
are far more inspiring than the city
child must see from the school windows.
The teacher in the country
school has the advantage of being able
to know personally every child and
its home circle, and so has far greater
opportunities tor helpfulness than a
teacher in a large school in town.
To these inherent advantages of
the rural school the consolidated
school will add the increased comfort
of the little ones as they go and come,
and the educative influence of larger
interests, a wider outlook and contact
with more and more varied associates.
It will tend to destroy that isolation
which Bishop Candler and cthei
careful observes have pronounced th<
bane of rural life in the South.?
Christian Advocite.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
Going Down into Uncle Sam's
Purse, hong Winded Speech
to Knock out Measure.
Washingtin, Feb. 16, 19?3.?Thi
Venezuelan affair has been brougb
to a satisfactory eo elusion aid, whih
Mr. Bowen has secured the mos
favorable terms for Venezuela that a n
had a right to expect, Germany ha
i demonstrated to the world that ehe i
a Shylock among nations and tha
her alliance with Great Britain wa
made for the sole purpose of colU ctiu;
her debts regaidUts of the rights o
l her allies. Undec-tho protocols j.it>
signed Great Britian and Italy r<
cetve 827,000 each as a e? s i pay men
and Germany reccivts $347,000, th
full amount for her original de.innJ
in monthly payments begiuning iir
mediately, iu thus denial ding he
- pound of flesh Get in iuy has outrage
1 the A>glo-S.xton ee .oe ?f j ntto
) and, in the judgeroont of M ui9te
. Bowen, has laid the foundation f?j
r the ruin of her trade with the cout
3 tries of Siuth America.
e C > igresa has completed tho an'i
11 truir, program agteed upon betwee>
1 the President and the leaders of b >tl
Q bouses and the la<t anti-trust bi'l hai
[1 been signed by the I'reti lent. Tin
r legislation aco>mplish<vl inula le Its
e the appropriation < f ?500,000 for ihe
me ot the Attorney (Jenral in the
pro. c uitioo ot trust cases, the enact
unut of a law expediting the tr>al ?
aati trust caees in toe courts, the en
actrueat of the Eikiua bill prohibiting
rebates ou trinep station charg's *ud
? the creation of a G uumiaM mer ot C ?r)
I mris ? 1? 1 v
iu iiiu new lOdpartment ot
the C nnmerce and Labor.
1 Tbo H >use ha* passed a bill appro
printing $5,600 000/for the completion
i ot the national C ipitol an 1 the coui
struetion of an offi je building for the
i use of its members ard the measure
id certain to recive the approval of
the Smate. Persons lanialiar with
the Capitol will remember that on the
E ist lrout ii a S mate and H ?use
wiuga extern*^ 10S feet beyond the
center ^^ . The original plau<,
whioh^O^e approve! by President
F/ > .e in 1/459, provided for the
extension of the ceulral portion as
far East as the wings and that is the
improvement about to be begun. The
uew space will be used for committee
rooms and, following the established
custom, that p< s ion on the Senate side
of the C'nteroflheJ^I;!^ g-j^
Court.
It is expecte 1 that the new office
building, which will ba accommodation
for the members of the Hous) to
permit of the. assigumeut of a separate
office to each of the nearly 409 members
of the low,r chamber, something
Lhey have not eajnyi <1 for many yt are.
Tue arc li ecture of tun office bnildiug
wi'l c inform to that ot tin Cipitd
and the offices will lie elaborately and
expers'.vely furnUlud. From the
outtr <?f the C ipitol to the elevators
in the ntfv oi'/King will extend a
tunnelA/ ,-y which will run a
miuatr 'trie railway for the |
aco>r mera^ers I
/r. "e impr ivuiuonw, ?>. i
is \?'\\re twj and one
j?clud,
the furnishing will cosirlJot less than
$6,500,000,
Aneff>rtwa* mcdj ltst week to
ratify the C domhiau treaty but i:
failed. Senator Morgau talked for
the entire time of the executive Tamils,
five hours, and no vote wai
reached. The next day Senator (?iay
refused to permit another executive
session for the consideration ot the
treaty. Senator Morgan's opposition
to the Colombian treaty its also preventing
the ratification of the Cuban
treaty and meanwhile certain interests
hostile to the convention appear to be
gaining stronglh.
LOCKHART NEWS NOTES.
Lockhaht, Feb. 10 ?Died, on
February 10th, Miss Katie Bailey,
age 10 years and 8 diys. She was
the oldest daughter of Mr. Clarenee
Bailey, who had not long since
moved here from the Bearidge section.
Before she was taken sick she
was the picture of health, and to
' judge from appearances a long life
awaited her, but the grim destroyer
death soon claimed her for his own.
' Iler sister Annie has also been seriously
sick, but she is now considered
1 much better.
In this connection let me say that
' it always makes me sad to write obituaries.
Many, many announcements
of that kind have my fingers traced.
i ...1 I *v...k c
i auu nin.il i v>iuv; unit iui jfuuuj; pu?>
pie, who apparently have a fTiiner
hold on life than I have, it is especia'ly
sad, knowing that, according to
the course of nature, before a great
while some one (if done at all) will
a perform a like duty for me.
t Rev. Mr. Best fided h is appoint3
mcnt here Sunday preaching mornt
ing and evening. His reverence
0 looks with alarm on fhe growth of the
' cigarette habit and thinks that it
8 will work a greater evil to fhe cotn^
1 ing generation than tho whiskey
* habit. I have not the desire or in^
tention to discuss the matter, but
t this I do know, that a great many
} are tmoked.
|t Mr. 1). B. Fant was wi'h us la^l
e week. It was a had day, yet when
I I come to think about it tho wealhci
j. "seldom ever and sometimes never'
r keops him back from his duties. ]
\ h: ve been a citizen of Union count\
a for six years, I found him in oflici
ir and he is still at the helm.
?r Bern to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mepgf
i on the 13th inst., a daughter.
Homo.
1 V .-j
; LOCKHART JUNCTION NEWS.
There has been no farm work dona
" in ths section, only chopping and
hiiu'inj; wood.
t Mrs. M. M. Fowler has returned
from Georgia and Alabama, where
-.he h is heen visiting relatives.
Mr. Thomas F. Gault calebrated
iiis 8'?:h birthday dinner last Saturday,
the 14th of February, at his
?M home, where he has lived ever
siuee he was two years of at e, and
enjoyed the day with his brother, J.
G. Gault, children, grandchil Iren
and groat-grand ehildren and Mrs.
M. M. Fowler, his niece.
This writer had the pleasure of
heating Rev. J. G. F.?rr lecture at
Bethlehem church Sa'urday night,
the 14th. IIis subject wa3 on Marriage,
and was handled well; thero
were many hearers.
A child of Mr. George M. Fowler,
who lives near this place, cut teeth at
two months old.
Mr. W. G. Gault give a pound
supper at his home last week.
Mr. Henry M. Gault died at
Blneksburg, 8. C., Feb. 1st and was
buried at that place, where he had
made his home for several years. ,x~
was born l>",, 1?f u "/Tnion county,
ncnim been in feeble h. ^ r?_ ... eral
months and died at tnc age of 83
| years he was a Confederate soldier.
having enlisted in lbGl. He saw
some hard serve, taking part in a
number of fierce and bloody battles,
lie was of noble and patriotic impulses,
corroct and conecieueious in
tiis habits and dealings with tnen.
Ilis voice and influence was over on
the side of right and justice. What
more can be said thin that he was a
good men and has passed to the reward
of the just. He leaves three
brothers who arc all of a ripe old gge
and miny relatives to mourn his loss.
*c
uoss Keys Chronicles.
i After a J.ontf Absence, Mr. T. II.
| Gore Comes A fin in with the
Hews from that Thriving
T iftJc Community.
Mr. Editor:?(t has been quite*
while since you have heard from me.
The health of this community is
very good; no farm work is being
done on account of so much rain.
Mud and bad roads;is the topic of the
day.
Our good neighbor T. J. Alvcrson,
had the misfortune of losing one
of his fine mules one day last week.
Mr. J. M. Bennett, has bought
a plantation known as the Martin
Bobo place, above the keys and expects
to move there in the near fu
turc.
Mr. B. G. Wilbuin purchased the
S. G. Greggory place lately.
Mrs. Bishop, wife of Bennie Bishop,
living on the "Bellm jnt" place,
is critically ill at this time.
I notice that our friend J. E.
Shaw has been elected Superintendent
of Buffalo mill. We who know
him are not surprised at his elevation,
a man who can be depended on,
therefore we say success to the finest
mill in South Carolina.
Rev. E. '/' Janice gave us a good
sermon Sunday night at the Cross
Keys sc'-.ool house.
\Vi h my best wishes to The
Times and its many readers.
Thos II. Coke.
The Storm at Honea Path.
A iges a, Ga., Feb. 16?A sp?cial
to the C ironicle from Crceiwood, S;
C., reports a severe storm there wit It
slight damage. Too storm whs central
at II >nea Bath, twenty five miles
northwest of Greenwood. Honsrs
and barns are demolished, slock in
injured and the grourd is covered
nl?. I??vu Utei uim IP43U tcir|iliuiin
ard telegraph line?, 'lhere is it)
wiro communicition. Trairs are
' running with ntt order?. At Honea
Path six men took rtfagt in W. A.
Shireley's brick store. The store w ?
demV.i jhed. Ktrlo McQee ami
; Thomas Am'iu w tro killrd. Tw?
' men mum d Donald aid Stone wero
fatally injured. bhve houses wer.t
? blown to pieces. Men and women
i ran in the streets seeking shelter fiom
wind and rain. Several people are
' reported missing*
[
Any Cook Good Enoagh.
, "Clifton" flour tnnkes the sweetest
and most nutritious biscuits that
ever came out of the oven?and any
' oook Is a good enongh cook to ranks
them. Macbeth Young and Union
Cotton Mills Store keep it.