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We had Easter yesterday, but 5tl
Sunday are had a Nor* Eaater straight
from the *boulder.
* Miss Lily Cora well and Kathleen
Jeter went to Columbia last week to
UU their ancle, Mr. M. RaeeeU
Jeter.
Mr.. J. D. Stokes, of" Whitmire,
wee here Sunday to visit parents,
brother and sister.
The orchards hare been beautiful
with blooms; now with green foilage
and young fruit.
I learn that services will be again
held at old Gilliam's Ohapel Methodist
church. For several years the
ehurch has only been standing as a
building.
Fr^st last week, Sunday 5th, did
some damage to young fruit near the
' river and along creeks, principally
pears and figs.
Horse flies are out already singing
love feast songs to the psor brutes
and they have a long season before
them.
I saw an old cock English sparrow
hung a few days ago. Perhaps
it was by a bit of grass or string
that it was taking to its nest, but
hung he was, but got loose before we i
ooald put oujhe finishing touches. <
freight ?n<f No. 885, six drifter ma~ <
scnger. Tho engines were taxing 1
"time About" in whistling, one n fine i
bell and the other n beautiful chime i
bell whistle. They looked grand, i
ore, and the engineers seemed to be
testing the longs of the engines.
* the raise continue to beat upon
the earth, and bat o few days of
plowing can be done at a time, consequently
farmers will not be able to
prepare land as they wished to. Monday
morning came in qaite stormy.
Bat with all this I guess the season
will be long enough to make a crop.
There hare been a goodly number
of dam men around the put week,
and if you see a stranger the first
thought is, he come about the big
dam orer on the rirer,
"The road leading from Sautuc to
Jeter's mill has been scraped orer |
Perhaps there is writing for contract
haqling, and tips if a prepare?
pon with 4ft eye single towards it.
There b?re bceft seen ?erefftl P?ft*
pie drefsed up while some of the
contractor parties, for the dam, wts
Hm ?am? man i,M that
Hivumw. vu? wh ?t ?t?lie
bad net seen tome of them dreesed
ip "in i coon's age" before, and
they hwe no stock in the company
I heard the contractor or the company
was contemplating hoildiog a
short spar of railroad from the G. 0.
k N. ?L B. up the river to Neal'i
8hoals to heal material and supplies
to the site for the dam. It was re
ported that the line wee being snr
j
veyea.
Well I sappoee neurly everybodj
now knows the oontraet for bmldinj
the big dam on Broad river has heei
. let and that Mr. G. 0. Tanner, o
Spartanburg, has it. All or th
lumber at tbo saw mill here bat beei
bought and it being delivered on th
river, now* Work was to begin ther
erecting houses, warehouses, et<
Monday, ana several here 1 stfppoi
jjtyf pipk up auite a handsome litt]
joh? W who here not OTOgpb
vanning string of employment elon
these Goes can get mneh to do witl
Mt leaving home ee it were. B<
to farmers, I am afraid the worl
inea there will dessoralise labor <
tome extent, and ma tome who hi
.. v jknnmg in View n? to unking e to
port, w?U neglect that bounces eem
trying to piek op meeh of the est
tttnkethej expect to be droppii
y eroondL
^ One of the fcreaUat complimei
that con be peid woman la the ?
.. > ++?# -M
|gr if^ man
Hr counts of those convicted and bun*,
i *zz
.?vj menu me courts and
I the sheriff his prepared them, or
that their soul is prepared, is left for
i us to guess, but we presume it is tho
> latter. But who of us wishes to be j
} a martyr, be murdered, that some
bad fellow may become "prepared,
etc.," and go to heaveu. Take the
weapon awey even if they do not become
prepared and must go the other
way, I guess most every one will say.
I pull off my hat gentlemen to the
ladies. Ay, I pitch it on the floor,
there it is now, in recognition of the
pretty compliments some have paid
to this side of the correspondence to
Tab Tines Of course I would be
a recreant if I had no feeling in my
'bosom to ap7reciate these things, I
though I do not wish to appear conspicuous,
preaumptious or conoeited,
mure I sometimes think I am a sort
of nonenity. E. A. G. gave me the
oredit of being ftir, etc ,"though she t
realised wo did not agree on a certain
thing. Then Ciytie said a very
nice thing ahioh I appreci&'o very
much indeed. Then I have a very
pretty-cousin in for off Mississippi
who committed herself as npprcciat 1
ing my eff rts, though far off. I h
law her last summer and feel very r
rratcful for a word^of ^aj^preaatiq# d
SS^emSrsof W family who I
^ never seen. Thank you cousin, t
tnd ladies all, at home and abroa ,
Mid gentlemon too, who feel that I
am not exactly a blank. Now don't 0
yon see that I had rather hold my *
little position, receive those compli- t
ments, than to be a big executive, in <]
a big White House, and have to eat
dinners and suppers with a renowed >
nigger and give receptions to negro
ladies. 1
A young man said that mail got 1
missent often by people v<i:ting this, 1
Santuc, when it was proper to stick '
a k and that be was trying to get the '
railroad to change it to Santuck.
That they would cosider the proposi- 1
i tion. Things got mixed because
there is a Sumter. Santee and a Santuc
in North Dakota, I think it was.
Gentlemen I protest. The township,
the town, the railroad station is Santuc
and the snrroqnding country is
Eh|nti}0 ape} has been for time im-r
a.?a.A.ia1 f.Am tli* Tnrltama
rutuvi l?ly MVII T VV| UVUf ?uv AUUIMU4
hare been told, and as for a Santj?c
in Pakota, why there are a
Oreenyille in almost every State, a
hundred of Unions, etc., I guess. I
pnt myself on record as being unal?
terably opposed to any change ex*
eept to cut off that k of the post1
S offiee. If we have to change it,
change it to oonglomeratioc or to
> anything?for something new, etc.
i No, Santnc is like the old time rei
ligion, it was good enough for my
father, my mother, it was good enough
* for my grand parents and it is good
enough for mo. Wonder where the
f idea of tacking on the wrinkle of
I casting off the old Santuc for some*
a thing that no one oan conceive of as
f having of more peculiarity than Sano
too incubated at. Conductor Chase
a on the train, recently asked me where
e did that name Santno originate,
o That is the peculiar oharacteristio.
fr Special Easter services were held
to at the Methodist church, Easter
lo when Rev. E M. Merritt preachec
tr a very interesting sermon. Th<
ig lessons read being 53rd chapter o
i' Isiah and 28th chapter of Matthew
a ? . a? .. ao n 44ft. ; t t
u* TftXt, Utll. 20:0. "ii? is not acre.
It- Stating this being a day set aside al
to oter the woild to commemorate th
*d resnrrection of Christ. Leading n
p- to the sermon proper he gave th
congregation a lesson in religeon
ra history. Then ho weighed the ev
og denoe given by the guards and i
all those to the resorreotion idei
its those who thought they had stillc
sot Hh voice, that be woold be heard 1
I redeption without ft iciuMitftloa. W
H haveagrw^Savior^^ff^^y^^a
rate and we should rejoice tad thfl
all ihonld be ready for His secont
coming for He is to come again t*
complete the redemption. lie h?
triumphed over death, but hae not
put it down but will forever when hi
comes again. The second coming
may be near, we nfby soon hear the
sixth trumphet. So not to meet
him the second time with fear and
dread should be the position of christians
and set forth the truism of their
belief.
The pulpit and chncel was beautifully
and tastily festooned with snow
white flowers, evergreens, Easter
lillies and violets. The weather was
all that heart could wish and the
services were enjoyed.
IIky Denver.
Who Was the Most Responsible?
the Story of a Prisoner's Downfall
Canoed by t,icenoed Saloona, i
aa Told by liimoelf Before Sentence
was rnosed.
The following from the- Bethel
Times, is enough to pot the people J
3 thinking of the moral reipoagtbifitril
eating upon us farter WitfcpEra
ownfall. Shall we nut ?
"Prisoneraf tWbar," d?tw pftTWSy*
hing to say why sentence of death
half not be pasced apon your?"
A solemn hush fell orer the crowdd
cou-t room and erery person
raited in almoet breathless cxpectnion
of an answer to the Judge's
question.
The Judge still waited in dignific 1
Hence.
Not a whisper was heard anywhere,
ind the situation had become painfully
oppressive, when the prisoner
was seen to move; his head was raised,
liib hands were clinched and the
blood had rushed into his pale, care
worn face. His teeth were firmly
Bet and into his eyes came a flash of
light.
Suddenly he rose to his feet, and
in a low firm voice said:
"I have! Your Honor, you have
asked me a question, and I nqw ask
it as the last favor op earth that yoq
will not interrupt ipy answer until j
am through.
"I stand here before this bar convicted
of the wilful murder of my
wife. Truthful witnesses have testified
to the faot that I was a loafer,
a drunkard and a wretch; that I re
turned from one of my prolonged dehaunches
and fired the fatal shot thai
killed the wife that I had sworn t<
love, cherish and protect. Wkile J
have no remembrance of committing
the fearful, cowardly, inhuman deed
I have no right to complain of, o
condemn the verdict of the twelv<
good men who have acted as a jur
in this case, for their verdict is in ac
cordance with the evidence.
"But may it please the court,
wish to show that I am not alon
responsible for the murder ofm
i wife."
, This startling information create
, a tremendious sensation. The Jndf
, leaned over the desk. The lawye:
| wheeled around and faced the pri
( oner, the jurors looked at each oth
| in a ma semen t; while the spectato
i could nardly suppress their inten
* Tho nriiAndf mim
I ^AVIVVUIVUM |r? J- ? ??
. a few seconds end then continued
' the Mint firm, distinct voice:
I "I repeat, your honor, that 11
e net the only one guilty of the murd
D of ray wife. The judge on this ben
e the jury in the box, the lawyers
9 this bar, and most of the witnesc
are also guilty before Almighty Q
n and will have to appear brfore 1
judgment throne wnere we shall
<j j be righteously judged.
10 ' "If twenty men conspire tcget
jh^^'W^MMvlf'one person, the
yp^Htjap WjdHff arrest the twenH
nivuk^ ?} flBeHri ed, oonvictcd JM
aid l ^ecm^H^fl^e whole murder tM
ttt f nofr^IC-yytieth of the crime.1
iiy^made a drunkard
m- r^fMH^BBBiiwt been for the legl
?- pttfmHBBB^Sn my town I weul
,v- a drunkard J
pad^ilMMpMpqre now, ready to
Had it nl
it|wwM|||wniii traps set ofl
hiI jitkMpBy of the govern? ei
c ll?flPrw<n a sober man, s
j|^S*fl*nHhrktaan, tender fath<
wTW^^PK^9ptisband. But toda
MHHn| destroyed, my wil
ofi|wWjH|iSBrvlittle children?Go
He I WllfwB 4>m out upon the mercj
H-1 ?* thewd 1 derll, while I am to b|
r OUVDg arm of thi
I State ? which I Hvf.
>. - i Qm^tbnwn J. tried to reform, bai
i longiM (he open saloon was in mi
; pathww my Pweak, diseased will
? power wwt a > ftutch against the fear
; ful oeripfcningt agonising appetite foi
j liqu6r. * Afeeuit I sought the protec:?n'
lhe church
"For one ytar our town was without
a saleon. For one year I was a
sober man.; For eno year'my wife
and child** wfre supremely happy
and our home a perfect paradise.
' I was one el those who signed
remonstrances against re-Opening the
saloons In our -tewlv" The names of
in be found today |
ifying to the good 1
these romaellera
that the sale of
ry in our town,
orney in this case
tly pleaded with
ense, and the one
hare anything to
tcnoe of death is
in ted the lioense "
cuaia oi lire upon
pffefevrMi" thoflo present, and
wNkiii^vepeclatore and tone
of the priaomer, wiffeiF^*?1 *? " to
hastily said: I
4 "No, no.Jfour honor, do not close
my lips. They are the last words I
shall utter on earth.
"I began my downward career at
a saloon bar?legalised and protected
by the commonwealth which have
received annually a parF*ntiw btutm
money from the poor deluded victims.
After the State has made me
a drunkard and a murderer, I am
taken before another bar?the bar
of justice?by the same power of law
that legalized the first bar, and now
the law power will condutot me to the |
place of execution and hasten my
soul into eternity. I shall appear
before another bar?the judgment
bar of Qod?rand there you,
who h*ve legalized the traffic will
have to eppaar with Think you
that the Great Judge will hold me?
the poor, week victim of your traffic
?alone responsible for the murder
of my wife? Nay, I in my drunken,
. Aran lied, irresponsible condition hare
, murdered one, bat yoa have wilfully
. and deliberately murdered your
. thousands, and the murder mills are
k today in operation with your consent.
> "All of you know in your heartt
[ that these words of mine are not the
I raring of an unsound mind but Go<3
, Almighty's truth. The liquor traffic
r of this nation is responsible for near5
ly all the bloodsheds, murders, riots
j poverty, misery, wretchedness an<
I- woe. It breaks up thousands o
homes every rear, sends the hus
I bands and lathers to the prison an<
e the gallows, and drives counties
y mothers and children out in th
world to suffer and die. It furnifche
d nearly all of the criminal business <
re this and erery other court and Mast
fa every coiqmqmty \t toqchca.
s- uTbis infernal traffic is legalise
er and protected by parties, which yo
t* sustain by yenr ballots. And y
se s>me of yon have the andacity to ss
ed that yen are in ftvor of prohibit
in ing the traffic, while your votes i
in the ballot box with those of tl
rumsellera and worse elements of tl
Icr land in favor of continuing the bus
ch ncss! Every year you i
in given the opportunity of votii
Its against this soul and body deetro
od ing business, and wash your han
lis of all responsibility for the fearl
ell results of the liquor traffic; but i
I stead, you inform the government
her your votes that yoq ere perftc
law satisfied with the present conditi
tj. of thiDg.?, and that they shall co
ml tinue.
nd "You lega'.izs the sal ons tli
made me a drunkard and rnurlen
by and you are guilty with nee beRi
*1- God and man fur the murder of n
Id wile.
1 "Your honor, I nm done. I a
l>e now ready to receive the rcntem
ot and be led forth to the place cf ex
at cution and murdered accordirg t
it the lawa of this State. You wi
n close by solemnly asking the L' r 1 t
)t hate mercy on my soul. ( wi
y close by solemnly asking Gcd t
e open your blind eyes to the trutb, t
d your own individual responsibility
j so that you will cease to give you
e sunnort ia t-'1 1
t r .v mig ueu Dorn tratfic."
6
t Letter From Union Roy.
1 Sartanburg, S. C., April 14, 1003.
Mr. E lit >r:?This ? mc yedterday
was Easter. Oh! the new hats,
. shoes and dresses. We are growing
old and time flies, and the older a
man gets the more he learns and
the harder he has to work. The
stjle and fashion are growing so fast
we have to keep np and then we are
somewhat behind.
It only seems but a sht rt time
when' 1 was coarting, oat on my first
legs to get married, the n I could get
ten or fifteen cents worth of stripped
stiok candy and go to see my girl
and oh how we would sit and eat
candy. And tf?;?
buy that aort dfeantky an<? ftetIaUu?
his girl she would kick him. In my
time prise boxes and kiss Terse oandy
was all the go, but the boy this day
has to buy a dollar or one and a half
dollar box, if he don't he is not in it
at all. I am so glad 1 married when
stick caady was all the go. I was
talking to a man who lost his wife
.>ne year ago and he said to me:
^Let me tell you Union Boy, courtW
these days is more expensire
the second tithe,mr first !
my hardest time is, my wife makes<
! me get dinner on Sunday and if 1
was to lose her I would go to some
countiy where there was not so much
cooking to do. And he said, "where
did you learn to cook?" I said we
were all boys at homo and my dear
old mother had to make a girl out of
* and I was the one she
tried to Sftaufc-. . _ . . . ^
has been to my sorrow, W wy
njs .he would not Uhe the world
for me on that account, and that has 1
been a good help to me in some way
and it has give me thunder in others,
but all the same I don't think I would
swap with you my friend; ' Yes,"
he said, *'I had a good wife, but I
can't tell what the next one will be,
yes that is a leap in the dark, but all
the same I am going to try it again."
Miss Alsie Ilowell, of your county,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. P.
Belue.
Capt. George May was with us a
short time this week.
We have soma Unionites up this
way. Mr. Press Hicks has a good
job at the Bee Ilive, and his boss
1 seems to be proud of him.
Mr. Lewis McNeace was on our
> streets last week. Lewis said trade
5 Wis fairly good with him.
I Miss Bessie Gallman is visiting
' her parents in your county.
It was sad news to us to hear oi
? Mrs. Turner's death, of your county.
1 Mrs. Turner was a good lady, the
f writer knew her well all his life
She was a good christian lady, she
^ has paid the debt we all must paj
* sooner or later, and I do trust wnei
6 we come to pay that debt we will b<
* ready and not say as I have had s<
" many to tell me, come d&ok again; 11
* don't suit me today I am not ready
Oh what a blessing it is to he ready
>d Union Boy.
u .
et A Demonstration of What Chan
ly bcrlain's Colic, Cholera and
t- Diarrhoea Remedy Can Do,
"One of our customers, a highly r<
3e spected citisen Of this place, had oec
He for ten years a sufferer from cbron
diarrhoea," writes Walden A Martii
druggist, of Enterprise, Ala. "He hs
>re used various patent preparations ar
Qg l>een treated by physicians without ar
permanent benefit. A few months aj
% he commenced taking Chamberlain
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme<
ittl and in a short time was entirely cure
n_ Many citizens of Enterprise who kne
l_ the gentleman will testify to the trut
V fulness of this statement," For sale'
*lj 1fr. C, rnkg.
#1.00 A YEAR;
ion LOCKHART JUNCTION NOTES.
n
Welcomea the Easter Edition ot
int 1 he Tint cm?Personal and
;r. Other Notes.
re %
The farmers are very busy getting
rialy t> plant as it has been a rushm
iog time with them on the aooonat of
ce so much rain, but now everything is
*" putting forth its beiuty. The flowers
t0 are blooming, the birds are singing
" and the bees are humming and every0
thing speaks fir its s awi.
H Now I will compliment Mr. EdiJag,. ""
? in his bea ttiful Esir greetingith at
O *S in tl?? ? - L *
~-j uc doui ouyrne umiow
Time* last we?^ fetft to be rare it
r looks like a Qew one for it was oot*
ered with its beauty.
Tie little children ard older one*
gathered at New Hope church laat
Satirday fur ai Eister egg hunt.
There was a j dly little crowd tamed
loo e ia the wo<ds to hunt the eggs*
S inday school was organized at the
Giult school house Sunday, 1 he 5th
inst. by .T. H. Pickens who is township
s iperiatendent. Officers and
tea'hers were elected and ceverai
sch >lars enrolled.
Misi S le West, of Wett Springs,
visited relatives in th:s section last
week.
Mr. J. II. Rollins, of Spartanburg,
S. C., is our agent at this place.
Our school is out. It was taught
' by M;ss L:zz:e Whitlook and we wish
her success wherever she goes in her
work.
Easter service was held at New
Hope last Sundty, 12th inst., and the
? ? TT ' *
w VI AUIOQ U. O. u rqnaii, teaoher,
who dcssrves much credit in (raining
thote little ones who acted his or her
part so well for the occasion. Alan
an aidressvat nude by Mr. D. E.
Oamak, ot Fairfield, S. C., bnt now
of Sparlenbarg and student at Wofford
College and local preacher.
Mrs. Elisabeth Tamer died at her
home the 9th inst. and was buried at
Duck P nl on the 10.h. She was
it christian, lady and no one knew her
bnt to love her. She leaves many
A Prominent Minister ~~
mends Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy.
Rev. Fiancis J. Davidson, pastor of
the St. Matthew Baptist church and
president of the Third District Bapti?t
Association, 2731 Second St., New Orleans,
w rites as follows: "I have used
Chamberlain's Colic, Choler and Diarrhoea
Remedy for cramps and pains in
is intact m., - -1 it excellent. It
o.lu T linon o?Ar naniV
my p&rishioncrR have used Yt
equally satisfactory results." For salo "" ??
by F. C. Duke. ~ ?
Tribute to Mrs. Emma Bishop.
One who has wrought well in this
life, been true and faithful to every
trust committed to their care, ought
to be remembered. Such a life is a
proof of what life can be, and is
therefore au inspiration to others.
Such was the life of Mrs. Emma
Bishop. The writer, being intimate*
ly acquainted with her from her infancy,
can testify to her noble qualities
as exemplified in all the relations
of life. As a daughter obedient,
as a sister kind and affectionate.
In her home a kind mother, a devoted
wife, and a true friend and neigh*
bor.
After patient suffering for several
weeks God called her nome. Ska
, passed away the 21st of February,
I last, l'J03, in the 44th year ot her
. age. She united with the Baptist
> church in early life. Her devotion
r to the cause she espoused, assures
i our hearts that all was well in the
5 far beyond, where Qod is gathering
5 the old and young to join in eternal
t chorus of praise to his blessed Son.
. She was the oldest child of Thomas
R. and Amanda Bailey, of Cross
Keys, and grand daughter of Rot.
John Gibbs of sacred memory,
i- The deceased leaves six brothers,
four of them in the far West, tbe
oldest your Colorado correspondent.
W. G. Bnilev. Three sisters and
n ten children, a husband and many
ic relatives and friends to mourn her
ni departure. May our Heaven'y
Father bless and comfort all who
iy mourn. May the early trainining
and example of the dear mother be
j" so impressed upon the tender he ids
J. and minds of her children that they
>w she1! bring forth abundant fruit for
J" the Master's service.
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