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The Southerners. [Continued From 3rd Page.] ntrccuotis. but now it was quite apparent that the inevitable bad at last arrive d. With rapid advance the little parade on the street drew nearer to the party on horseback at the corner of Emmanuel street. There had been no time to assemble the general military force of the several companies, so that only the Mobile cadets, the crack organization ? of the community, were in line as escort to the Light battery. Very handsome the young fellows looked in their gray uniforms faced with black* with tlicir nomnonrwl ? n.o* ?i.? " _ - , , .v.. v??|/o juck l?u UUUUliil of the famous Seventh New York, by the way. They eame tramping gnyly down the street, following the band playing the stirring southern march. The shrill llfes trilled the refrain almost with the mellifluous madness of the gay bird itself. The people cheered frantically as tlie cadets swept by, followed by the guns of the battery. As Captain Sands, who commanded the battalion, caught sight of Mary Annan and her two companions he shouted a sudden command, ami instantly the guns of the soldiers dropped from their shoulders into a marching salute, which the girl acknowledged with a graceful bend of the head and a wave of the hand, her face mantling with pleasure at the honor. The company marched under their own flag, and for the lirst time they paraded through the streets of Mobile without carrying t lie ensign of the United States. All three spectators noticed the omission. "See!" cried the girl. "They have discarded tlie United States flag." "Yes, by heaven!" said bnrmw "They have given it up at lust!" There was a little touch of awe in his voice. "At last," lie continued. "Well, I am glad of it, for one," lie burst out impulsively. "We will have a new Hag of our own now." l'cyton said nothing, lie only held himself very straight in the saddle and looked sternly ahead. Again there came upon his face that peculiar tightening which gave a touch of grimness to ids usual appearance. The woman alone noticed it. The artillery had followed the example of the cadets and had discarded the United States Hag also, but on the Hank of the battery rode two markers with guidons. There had been no time to substitute any otiters, and as the markers were necessary for the evolutions of the battery they were perforce carried in the parade. They were little, swallowtailed bannerets, each one. however, bearing the old familiar stars and stripes. As they passed down the street Peyton's right ha nil ' lively went to his hat^IJ^'took it off and, holding ln^jaJTpfc arm across bis Up0n ^j8 icft fciioul ' Tier. g CHAPTER VII. PEYTON SALUTES THE l'LAG. "[V'!' rjllAT are you doing, RoydV I v v I ci'i?d Mary Annan, attract oil by I he movement, turn4 ing to him in great surprise. "Srh;: ."ng the llag of the United States," answered the young man sternly. "What! You don't mean"? interrupted Darrow. "I mean that I am still an officer of the United States government, and it is my duty to respect the llag," said Peyton decisively. "lie is right," said l>airow impulsively, talcing off his own hat in turn. "Maybe it's the last time, but the old flag is still ours. Alabama is not yet out of the Union." "Not yet." cried Mary Annan, "but it will he, and I but anticipate. I shall not salute it. and I beg you both not to do it either." "As you will," said Darrow, with careless compliance, covering his head again. But Peyton, disregarding her words and the angry flush on her face, although it eost liim much to do so. stared motionless straight ahead of him and remained uncovered until the guidons had passed well by liim. In spite of herself the girl's heart warmed toward him. That touch cf sternness Well been mo him. The unusual resolution which sparkled in ids eye, in spite AC the tremble on his lips, thrilled her, yet, womanlike, she turned to Darrow. "Thank you!" she said. "You have done what a true son of Alabama should do." "At Vnlir Pill imoiwl Xfioo " v. AUili J, laughed Darrow cheerfullj', saluting her in turn. "Put, you sye, I am not nil otlloor of 1 lie United States." lie generously strove to say a good word for poor Peyton. "No; I am thankful you are not." "Itut if 1 had l>?en I should have"? "I)o not say any more, Mr. Darrow. You are not, and that's enough," Interrupted the girl proudly. She allowed her displeasure at Peyton's ohstinaey- so she characterized it In her mind?to appear in her voice and manner. It cut him to 1 lie heart as, with tlie 1 < enness of appreciation peculiar to hi: i, he realized it. Put for the life of him lie could not have failed to saluto that passing flag then; no, not even for her. lie did not feel happy ahout his action, however, hut he could think of nothing adequate to ray. lie could not explain further than he had done, and it was with something like despair that he turned to his companions at last. Mary Annan was tapping 1i?t boot with her whip, an angry flush upon her beautiful face. Darrow was staring in great embarrassment from her to Peyton In alternation. "Who is that?" cried Darrow, glad to break the annoying pause at last. lie pointed down townrd the rear of tlic procession, which was brought up by a gr^at concourse of nieu, women and children. Macks as well as wun.es. "Why, 1 declare, it's Tempo!" exclaimed Mary Annan, in vexation and dismay, pointing to where her little sister, yelling like a young Indian, capered down the street after the procession arm in arm with a very small and very black darky girl. No one would Lave recognized the demure little girl -of the morning. "The idea of it!" continued her sister. "Will- you get her at once?" Both young men moved forward. "No, Harrow," said Peyton impulsively; "you may stay with Miss Mary; I Will tret her. She is disnlensed with me, not with you," he added, us he sprung from his horse and ran after the crowd. "Don't be too hard on him, Miss Mary," said Darrow; "this is no fault of ids. lie lias not yet caught our point of view. I think ho will be as true as steel when the hour comes." "He docs not need any support in my presence, Mr. Darrow," said Mary, with unkind coldness. "I know he will be as true as steel, too, but I wish he hadn't saluted that llag." "I did it, too, you remember," he persisted. wistful to help his friend in spite of her rebuff at his first effort. "Yes, but you stopped when I said not." "Ah, Miss Mary, you know there Is almost nothing 1 would not stop for you." She wondered with dismay if he were about to continue the story she had heard all day from yie other man. Meantime Peyton forced his way through the crowd with some difficulty and finally caught Tempe in his arms. "Lcmine go!" she cried shrilly. "I want to go with PT*J?gy!" "Where do you want to go?" asked Peyton, lifting her up. "I want to go to see the soldiers shoot the Nunited States." "Even the little children." thoucrht Peyton swiftly as ho firmly carried Tempo to the rear in spite of her protestations, "are tilled with the idea, flood Clod, what's going to happen? , You,won't see the soldiers shoot the 'Nunited States,' Tempo," he said aloud as he carried her across the street. "Mi>-s Mary wants you. She told me to fetch you to her." "Do you have to mind Sister Mary, too, Mr. Peyton?" queried the child, looking up at him with interested curiosity shining in her black eyes. "Everybody has to mind Miss Mary," gravely. "Yes, 1 s'pose so," said Tempe, resigning herself to his will. "Well, you / can take me over to her." Tempo was mounted on the criAper of Peyton's horse, leaving the disconsolate Peggy twistins^_oiL_j^jferuate legs in the dtv.-fy"road and howling vocifefotiSly over the separation. The three friends rode down townrd the wharf where i Do battery had unlimbered and listened to a salute of 100 guns, which, by the direction of Governor Moore, welcomed the birth of the first state of the now Confederacy. One wiser than the other two enw iu it nothing of joy. lie seemed to feel that eaeli joyous shot "was another note in the deatliknell of the old beloved south, which iu the pride of its manhood and the beauty of its womanhood, as well as in the person of its slaves, watched the scene. It was late in the afternoon when the jubilation was over and the military marched away. "Won't you come to dinner with us tonight, Mr. Peyton?" said Mary Annan. "You have just come from the north, and father will be so glad to talk with you. You know you were always a favorite of his." "Thank you very nutyh, Miss Mary, but I have not seen my own people since morning, and this is 1113* first dayhome. They will bo wondering what has become of inc. I will be in to see your father very soon, however." "You, then, Mr. Darrow?" "You know how I would like it, Miss Mary, but I think I will ride along with i'.oyd a little. I have not seen him for three years, and we have lots of things to talk about. You know our friendship was a warm one." "Yes." said Peyton, "it was> indeed, and 1 hope nothing will ever come between us." "Nothing ever shall," said the other, looking at his friend over Mary Annan's horse and never realizing, what Peyton's quicker mind had taken in, that sombthing had already come between them, something that had come to stay. CI I Al'TKIt VIII. 1IIVAI.S, YET FIUENIIB. AS Peyton anil Darrow cantered up Hie road a little silence B5ES " 'H,wt'on tliein, which the (?22i?!aJ older man was tlie first to break. With characteristic frankness lie asked his friend a direct question. "Itoyd," lie said, "are you in love with Mary Annan?" "1 am," was the prompt reply. "Is she in love with you? Forgive me tins question, old fellow, hut we have never had a secret between us since we have been boys together, and I don't want to begin now. And I am as ready to answer as to ask questions." "No, I think not?not yet, that Is." in any other man Peyton would have resented such interrogations, but he simply could not be angry with his friend, especially in the face of such open frankness. "Itoyd," said the other impulsively, "I want you to know that if I can help it she never shall be." "Why do you say that. Darrow?" asked Peyton, In great surprise, yet at | once divining the reason. "1 love her myself," resolutely. "And does she love you?" "Not yet." "I repeat your words, Hob," cried i Peyton, stopping his horse suddenly. ] "If I can Iielp it, she never shall." "Good!" said Darrow, smiling *1nl fectioustv at the stern face of the otlier man. "That Is as it should l>e. A fair tield and no favor, and may the best mail win! Come, Boyd, don't look so glum about It. We have an equal chance. She is promised to neither of us. If anything, you have the advantage. But that's nil right. I mean to win her for my wife if I can, and you for yours. What I wanted to say to you is this?you won't let it make any difference in our friendship, will you?" As he spoke he extended his hand to his friend frankly and generously, nlinost pleadingly. After a momentary hesitation Peyton accepted the proffered clasp, and the two men shook hands warmly over this strange compact, a compact utterly impossible of fulfillment. "I won't take any advantage of I you," said Darrow magnanimously, "and VOIl won't- ?nl:n "? I know." "No, certainly not, and I am quite prepared to concede that you are the better of the two, Bob." "I am not willing to admit that at all, but whether you are the better or not I am going to do my level best in an honorable way to win, Boyd." "I shall do the same." "All right. Now we have gettled that. Whew! It's a load off my mind, I am sure. You see I want Miss Mary and I want you, too, Peyton. I want her love and I wnut your affection as well. I want everybody's, and I suppose you feel much the same way." "Well, I'm not so particular about everybody's," answered the more reserved Peyton, "but I want hers and yours, and we will agree that whoever may win the lady the other man may at least retain the friend." "That's a bargain. Now, tell me, Peyton; I saw you salute the flag, and 'twas a natural thing for you to do. If I had been alone, I probably would not have done It, but I sort of followed your example. You know I have been accustomed to follow your lend in most things, even to falling in love I with Miss Mnrv. for. as n matter nf [ fact, I suppose you did it llrst." , "I have loved lier ever since she was born," said Peyton quietly. I "Jove!" said the other. "So have I. ! Hut what I meant to ask you was how do you stund with reference to this secession question?" "I am not aware that 1 am bound to make or give a decision yet." "No, not immediately perhaps, but you will be very soon. The talk is all secession. Governor, Moore is in favor ct it. The election of delegates to the 'convention takes place 011 the 24th. I was up in Montgomery last week, and the state desires and accepts it overwhelmingly unless In the northern tier of counties. Here it's all one way. It's a foregone conclusion that Alabama will follow South Carolina's lead and go" out of the Union. It won't bo three weeks before the thing will be done." "I can't believe it." "It's true nevertheless. And . every son of the old state will have to make a decision one way or the other. Now, what are you going to do?" "I can't tell yet. I can't believe the contingency will arise." "Hut if it does?" "When it does. I shall hnvn to | in accordance with iny# conscience. Could I not still remain an otliccr of the United States navy even if Alabama docs secede? I love my profession. I am thoroughly satisfied with it. I do not wish to abandon it. Why could 1 not still keep on as 1 am?" "Because the United States government will endeavor to prevent secession by force." "Is it possible?" "It is certain. We in the south have known It ever since Lincoln was elected. They will deny the right of secession and attempt to enforce their refusal, and as sure as there Is a God above i:s you and every southern man will have to say whether he will fight for or against the south, God bless her!" "Thin Is all new to me, Harrow!" cried IVyton. "It conies upon me as a great surprise. 1 never imagined such a thing until today. You sec, we sailors do not get in touch with popular opinion very closely, and 1 have j but recently returned from a long cruise in foreign waters. Now that you say so. 1 begin to believe that you limy be right. There is a spirit of resistance i f the north; of compulsion, too. 1 think, or there will be." "I am glad of it." said the other. "I did not think they had spirit to do anythin;;. A nation of shopkeepers!" lie went on with lofty scorn. "They will cut a pretty figure down here, won't tl< y? I mot a man from Arkansas the other day, and he said that If Abo f i iw.nl u'u r .. m i i.iui upon ino sacred soil of Arkansas tlioy would fatten the ca:tlsh from the Ited river to the gulf of Mexico with their carcasses." Harrow laughed harshly as ho told the tale. "Ugh!" said I'pylon, shrinking from the brutnlity of the remark. "How beastly that is!" [To UK CoNTIXl'Kl).] ? A morion ii Trnile I.onR Aro. To the notices which we have from time to time published of the favorable posture of trade we may add a gratifying view of our commerce with the United States. Its extent is probabl* more considerable than our readers would imagine. The exports from Scotland of manufactured goods to various parts of the Union will this year amount to about X'J.000,000. The magnitude of the sum will appear tuore 1 surprising when we consider the restrictions which nrnlilhlf nu ?!. ' Ing In exchange agricultural produce. A trade so important It behooves us to cherish with nil possible care, and It is i gratifying to think that customers so valuable are a free people, little likely to impede her prosperity by projects of 1 ambition.?London Globe, 1822.' I ( Don't Be n Second Clata Man. You can hardly imagine n boy saying: "I am going to be a second clas3 mnn. I don't want to be first class and get the good jobs, the high pay. Second class Jobs are good enough for me." Such a boy would be regarded as lackiug in good sense if not in sanity. You can get to be a second class man, however, by not trying to be a first class one. Thousands do that all the time, so that second class men are a drug on the market, remarks Success. Second class things are only wanted when first class can't be had. You wear first class clothes if you can pay for them, oat llrst class butter, first class meat ami llrst class bread, or. if you don't, you wish you could. Second class men are no more wanted tha?? any other second class commodity. Thej' are taken and used when the better article is scarce or is too high priced for the occasion. For worlv that really amounts to anything first cfcss men are wanted A Weak Stomach. Causes a weak body and invites disease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures ami strengthens the stomach, and wards off and overcomes disease. J. B. Taylor, a prominent merchant of Chriesman, Tex., says: "I could not eat because of a weak stomach. I lost all strength and run down in weight. All that money could do was done, but all hope of recovery vanished. Hearing of some wonderful cures effected by use of Kodol, I concluded to try it. The first bottle benefitted me, and after taking four bottles I am fully restored to my usual strength, weight and health." " F. C. Duke. And tlic Iocucrrnmod. At an evening party a smart young man was introduced to a young lady, and after a remark about the weather he said gallantly: "And have I really the pleasure of meeting the beautiful Miss Smith, whose praises are being sounded by everybody?" "Oh, no!" replied the lady. "The beautiful Miss Smith to whom you refni* iCi n aaiioH^ ? ?*! *? '' Jkv* AO u WVldlll U1 All I Hi*. "Oh, that's It! Well, I thought there must he a mistake somewhere," said the gallant youth.?Buffalo Commercial. 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As the clatter of hoofs died away the beautiful heroine confronted the heavy villain. "You have a black heart!" she hissed. "No, I think it is brown." chuckled the villain. "Anyway, the doctors told mo I had a 'tobacco heart.' " With a wild laugh the heroine dashed over the cliff.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. IIIh I'nylnK and GoIiir. "Really, I must admit," said Mr. Borem, "I've been very slow about paying this call, but"? "Don't apologize," replied Miss TyreDout, suppressing a yawn. "They say it's born in some people to pay as they go."?Philadelphia Ledger. DeWitt'a Witch Hazel Sal\c. The only )>ositivc cure for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles, cuts, burns, bruises, eczema and all abrasions of the skin. De Witt's is the only Witch Hazel Salve that is made from the pure, unadulterated witch hazel?all others are counterfeits. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is made to cure?counterfeits are made to sell. F. (J. Duke. 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Qno Minute Cough Cure gives relief in , one minute, because it kills the microbj ? which tickles the mucous incmbrance, causing the cough, and at the same time dears the phlegm, draws out the infla* ination and heals and soothes the affected parts. One Minute Cough Cure strengthens the lungs, wards off pneumonia and is a harmless and never failing cure in all curable cases of Coughs, Colds and Croup. One Minute Cough Cure is pleasant to take, harmless and Ltood alike for young and. old. F. C. Duke. -**?-DR. I. M ^ DEN' Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. Iplljl B * ^ Mi "T'rtWEaHi MA XOrAiA.. Address SOOTH) SfSg SAVANNAH/ GA* THFC SBSB?!Sy**l^SSSB?SBSSSB?EBBSSBBEEB!S Citation to Kindred and CreditorsMate of South Carolina, 1 County of Union. ) By Jason M. Greer, Esq., Frobate Judge. Whereas, I. Frank Peake, t'lrrk of Court, Union county, have made suit to me to grant him letters of Administration on the estate and eff.cts of Marion M. Suuiner, deceased. There are, therefore, to cite and admonish all nud singular the kindred and creditors of the said Marion M. Sumner. deceased, ili.it they be and appear In-fore oie, in the Com t of Probate, to be held at Union C. H., South Carolina, on the 20th uny of March, next, atterpubli-j cation hereof, at 11 o'clock in tf-e forenoon, to show cause, if any thev have, why the said Administiation should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 5th day of Feb. Auno Domiui, 1000. Jason M. Grke-k, Probate Judge. Published on the 0 h day of Feb. 1903, in The Union Times. 0 6t. Executors, Administrators, Trus, toes and Guardians. [ You are hereby notilied that you must make your annual returns to tins court. The law requires you to make returns each and every year. It you fail to do so you will forfeit >uur commission. The law will be stiictly enforced iu this particular. Jason M. Greer, Jau. 22, 1903. Probate Judge Life and Accident Insurance. The Aetna Life Insurance writes policies not only for Life Indemnity, but also policies that protect you in case of accident or sickness. The only Old Line Company iu the United States to do this. Kates are very reasonable. This company is weii known and comment is unnecessary. I am representing the above Company and will be pleased to call on any one wishing insurance. Write me at Carlisle, S. C. W. F. Bates, Agent. Dr. R. M. Dorsey, Specialist % , on diseases of the EYE and EAR ?and? OPTICIAN. Successor t<> II. It. Goodell. Alexander's Music Hall, Spartanburg, S. C. 47-1 jr. ] BRICK! BRICK!! BRICK!! I \ , For ?ale in any j quantity. : The Rodger Brick Works. I FOR SALIiCHEAP One 15 II. I'. Tloiler and Engine (detached) oi?h liriuk Miichit.g, 20,UOO daily capacity The Rodger BrickWorks. 25-t t Final Discharge. Notice i* hereby given that J W. W i ight, admbdat rntor de lion is non of the estate of W. W. Wright deceased, ha?? a tended to Jason M. (tiver. Judge fit I'm- t i>a e. in and for i.he cou?dy of CJuiou, for a final dircbH'ge mm such aduiimatnt- ' lor I It la Oudkkki) That the Oth d>?y of i MhicIi, A. 1? 1003, he fixed for hearing of petition and a final Settlement o( said estate. Jason M. Grkbii, Probate Judge. Published in UnIon Times Feb G M ?3(K1. ^gp?. JHHlBUHB L. I 1 ^ Office Bank Building: Union. S. O 2 LARS ? B 2u; Cx^ol/rABCE^T Kf( UTtf ANd fcURITY fpgg OTHERS1 S?S! ERN COTTON OIL CO. Mf XkdllNA^ AND GEORGIA. The Clothes Horse Need not le brought into requisition by the housewife that paliouizea The U-Need-A Steam Laundry. All garment", linens, etc., are thoroughly dried la-fore b-ong bundled for delivery and can he put to tiuinedUte use when received without fear of damp new We do all classes of lauudeilog' and do all well. U-Neecf-S StearffLaaiWry! ~ Standard American Annual A Statistical Volume of Facts and Figures Containing Over 600 Pages. ffflffl) l,OOOHOPKS UTLIUO.O 00 FACTS SPECIAL FEATURES. 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