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SEWS FROM COSHER HIU. Uny Thing?, Paat nnd Present. The Banter Bditien?Many .. Muutca?Muny Cbickeaa. M* .yfrrngprnimumgrdpha. r v wNtt guess yon think I have been forivifku of the pi Morion I made yoa in fcsWjr to write ?g?in soon. WeQ, the grip has had me all winter. 1 here taken a lots of physic and ?Med . many plasters, bat even now I attonot say which has been conquered by the conflict the grip '*t? I. The Engligh sparrows came to onr betes tlrit dhter and their merry ehiroing 0% ?>e honey stickle by my window often drove dull care away; thoy-sing in sunshine and Your Easter number was a beentiAll surprise. A _ .11 * _1 t /? An <mu airiey ~wno oiten comes to ?' of Tn* Timkw for fier, read me a real lesson on ranky as she gazed on the reeurleMkm of Christ. She said, "See there! .Here is the supreme Sari* Sir of the world barefooted, and ire 'toor, proud sinfol mortals are jfcmk* Sag about what fine shoes Weoairget to put <p. our feet." 1 harm enjoyed the paper more than eiwr this winter fn our"shbt in" house. The Southerners is a flne story, and tho corresp? dents jualiowJa bpddMds, >dei MH11 remain silta on those snhiecta and address myself to the ^.bridge near Whitmire over Enoree * which was let eut recently and bid in by Messrs. MoGowan and Gregory, erSantuc. We are looking for a great improvement on this structure noon. It has certainly been a bad winter for raising little chickens. Two of the old widowers in this action, Dr. W. L. Sims and Hon. Hariy erf for ahead, of any oaMm in wthe ohifken rawisg in* They naaancr their ehicks ly the hundred. The oats are lookiag well, but the a. ?.!! # .1 . nnnen >n irrmuiirg ior Iear tBej %ill Mt (et their crepe slanted in tine. Bat in the mad ana rain they hare been hauling guano, throwing 1 up terraces, raking pine straw ana building fences. Keep going, is their notto. I never saw so many males in my life. J. D. Epps has a brown one and mouse colored one, J. C. Cofield has a red one and a white one, B. 8. Hardy has four black ones, Jim Thomas has a grey one and a sorrel one, Clarence Jeter has a spotted one and Jim Hamash has a blue one. Who ever heard of a blue mule? Bat tbey say it is actually blae. James Henderson went to Kansas and bought n big drove and his friends, for old acquaintance sake, bought him out. But how will they ever pay for them ' if cotton goes down? is the question , before the meeting. I Thus far the fruit has not been / killed, but the wind now is keeping it swinging, and I fear a large quantity will fall off. Gardens are far behind but the hens and cews have settled down to business, and eggs and butter are plentiful. The bee is busy as of old making the gollen honey. There will be plenty of good things to eat if one can just hold out until they get here. Well, I think Roosevelt has about 'struck bottom." Dear eld Bill Arp is the same grand old soldier and philosopher. Oar mataal friend, T. l). Epps, " " 8r., pays as %' visit occasionally. x The balmy ooantry sir snd the sweet . miles of the coantrj girls has renewed his yoath. Tom Aughtry has delighted his friends snd neighbors by paying them a tint. Mr. Carroll Sims and Miss Nan ' Lee Sims hare married since my last writing.' We extend our best wishes. Miss Grace Sims is visiting in . Wbitmire. Mrs. S. B. Sims has returned from Carroltqn, 6a, after a pleasant visit to Mrs, Dan May. .Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCarly are on n visit to Mr. S. B. Sims and family. Mr. Dave McCracken and Elenor, - Mr. and Mrs. John McCracken, v J Messrs. Miller and MoGowan attend' ed Roger's chuich last preaching dat. The congregations of this cir ^ ' cuit are well pleased with Ret. e. ? 7 " Messrs. Anderson and Gault. They are l>olh fine preachers. Rot. Mr. Gaalt has been removed to another circuit to fill the vacancy caused by the death of- Rev. Mr. Sweat. We were loath to give him up, and bespeak for him a warm place in the hearts of those to whom ne has been sent. The 2nd Quarterly meeting was held at Mt. Tabor on 1st Sunday, Uev. Mr. Kilgore presiding. It was not my privilege to be present, but hear fine reports of his sermon. The W.. J?. M. 8. of Ebenezer church met at Mrs. Etta Maybin's on 1 O-H . V WM lBt caoDatn. 1 he meeting was pleasant and harminous, and I hope some good was done. I hear that Miss Johnnie Sanders is in Union. What a jey it was to her friends and family to see her once more. She has rendered valuable and loving service in China. *She hath done what she .could," Our heai ti overflow with sympathy 1 for Mr. and Mrs. Fant in their late i sorrow. | We regret to say that there is no i improvement in Mr. Davy Thomas' < condition. Miss Ann Evans has been suffering a great deal with rheumatism : this winter, and has entirely lost the ; sight of one eye. Mr. Clarence Jeter has been much 1 hindered en his mail rente by high < waters. 1 Mrs. Will Lyles spent the day 1 with Mrs. J. E. Cofielu recently. < Mrs. J. E. Coffeld enjoyed a visits i to Mr. F. E. May bin's family last ' Sabbath en routo to the W. F. M. S. i She also took a peep into the homes ' of her friends, Mrs. W. B. Oxner, i Mr. W. Whitny, Mrs. Etfa Maybin, 1 Mr. J. C. Eison and found all well < and enjoying lifo, except Mrs. Etta i Maybin, Who lias been quite feeble < all winter. i Mrs. B. 0. Richards and Mrs. ' Berry Richards loek quite guy and ? Mr JT'tV. llunter entertained Rev~Mr. Anderson and Mr. Epps i a few days since. < Mr. Geo. Cofield and Miss May < paid a pleasant visit to Newberry, ! and relatives in that county last i week. j Miss Garrie Douglass was quite l unwell last Sabbath. 1 Glad to hear that Vox has recovered j from his accident. i Some of the darkies of this section f are quite elated at the thought of get- < ting a pension. An old man nas < been to Whitmire twice after his. ] Another old lady came down to see me to find out the price of lace cuiv ' tains, and sajs she is going to get 'her a set as soon as her pension < comes. It is well to live in hope if < jou die in despair. Ivy Green. 1 lettertrom thtol]} world i I From an Old Union Boy?Interest- | in & Letter to a Friend of Former i Days?3d any Things and Places cf Interest to the Readers of The , Times. u. s. s. , Naples, Italy, April 1903. Dear : I wrote you a letter almost a year ago in reply to your letter, but as I have never heard from you agaiu, I suppose it never reached you. I guess you thought that I had forgotten you entirely. I have been in, tending for some time to write to yoq but have been on the go so much .r .l. it -j l-. ui viid tiuit: auu ueiween mat ana sight-seeing I have had little leisure. I spent Christmas in Basse Tane, a small citj on the island of St. Kitts. Had plenty of liberty and had a good time, but I longed to be at home. I haven't been at home now in twenty-one months. The last time I was at home was just after leaving Union. After Christwe stopped in St. Thomas for a few days and from there we went to San Juan P. It. and got oar buakers full of coal and then steamed down to Colebra Bay to join the fleet and take part in the manouvers. The fleet was disorganized the first of January and the Machias, Cincinnati and Chicago, as flag ships, were ordered, oat to the European station. We arrived in Gibraltar safely after a very stormy trip, having stopped at Bermuda and the Azore Inlands on oar way over. The trip was anI eventful excej t that one night while a very heavy sea was running and ?? ?" the wind blowing a gale, a itws pipe in the fire WOm bursted anc the steam all eeeaj^l. The dynataog stopped and the shut dowa leaving us in thedark<0toriny eoean a thousand mile* from land witbeui any lights or any headway. Xam know that a ship is. in position in a storm i<ikh>Ht aoil or steam to keep her aMQja^ Sjt the waves have much more on her. I was at that time Wisjiag myself safe ashore. After all Qf tke steam eseaped and the fira room tooled off sufficiently to allow the men below to get at the broken nine in four Hour* we had enough steam. in the boilers to go ahead slowlyl* From Gibraltar we went to Algerae, Africa, where we stayed ten aaya then we crossed orer to Messina, Cicily sad from there to Naples, Italy. While in Naples I went oat to Ht Veen rius and went throagh the ruias of Ilerculanean and Pomptia, the tifb cities baried by ashes from Vstomal nearly two thoasaad years age. I went through the maseam mi sew all kinds of ancient cariosities each as jewelrv, money, weapons, furniture, tools, works of art, petrified bodies, bread that was based two thousand Tears ago, oloth, etc. I also visited the maseam ef art in Naples and saw some paintinp made by some ef the greatest artists that ever lired. There are paintings there ?hat a million dollars couldtrt bay. I visited the king's pelade and 5ther interesting places. We Unite shown throagh the palace by one of the king's gaard. Everything -was magnificent. We conld see Veen* rius in eruption from where whjprere anchored. At night fire bot lava would be thrown hag&fNlds )f feet in the air at intervals efg Saw minntM. Tn fka Amm JtiBE iloudr of smoke and vapor ooaSbi seen to shoot far flp ia tho /ffi *a? an sirs inspiring sight the moant&tn'at night throw oat its fire end melted rook. We left Naples on March 26th and went to Leghorn, Italy, a small :ity about two hundred miles up the ;oast. We stayed there a week. Fhe town of Peaa is about twenty minutes nde from Leghorn. There jrou see the leaning tower so often heard of. On our way up from Leghorn wa stepped three days in Marietta Bay which is about fifteen miles from her" ,'There is only a small city there. It made up of tourists and people who live here luring the winter. It is a beautiful place. We leave here the ? for Nice, France: We are to meet the "Albany" and "Buffalo" there. 1 ion't know how long we will remain out on this station. There is some balk of us going to the China station. I am very well satisfied out here as long as we travel around a little so that the time will pass quickly. I have two years and three months more time to do before my enlistment expires. My time is out August 3, 1905. Uncle Sam won't get me in nis navy again it 1 know my* self. My pay is now, including ration, $28. I expect to get tke next highest rating some time soon which will be $5 more. The weather here in the Mediterranean is delightful. Cool nights and bright warm days. Wo hare had very little rain so far since the first of February. Well, how is old Union getting along now? Write me all the news. I heard of Dr. Smith's death last year. Tell me what all of oar friends are doing now and what yon are doing for yourself. * * Well I will close for this time and will try to write more often in the future. Write to me soon for I am anxious to know how old Union is progressing. With good luck and best wishes to all, I am your friend, X. Y. Z, A MODEL LETTER. interesting and Newsy Letter from Hey Denver?Praise for Forme1 RrHtnr nf T/moa-^nn/l WJ.l.. For Timet?News About Persons and Happenings in and Around Santue. It is with regret that I see Editoi Jno. R. Mathis retire from the editorial position on The Times. I haTO been verj pleas intly associated with him, and I think we got along finely. I hare reason to beliere mj work as correspondent was satisfac ory to bim as editor, as my worl V . > i f *m scarcely erer cat Of rheigpd U I suit his ideas, if they wer*>HHH t from mine, (This ^ ' paper and the loading paper I pin led te bo'iero. . I hope it w?Q. mer f? bpokwards. I do not know that I wift be needed mach longer. .The preesfet editor requested mete send do not know just ww Kma 01 & inter he wants me to mar be men who will tend "Special to Tub Times." TW* leay be a change in style, and a demand to change stylo m correspondentfl, \ to get up news after the sitailituafe of an Associated Press diepatchy It may be run like a big daily,land shake off the style of a counliy paper, for the coentry peoto nnirihg down scandal. I do nel know what will be the' limitations of the correspondents,; whether they will be allewed their ^tyle, be alfobred to etpreas opinions, or hare a "th?s-far" rule, and everything i||te?np on the tmotUf&jm Bat inSarsaance of this request, I will foef along and try to find my level and ntws limit. MiM*JL3lian and SalUe Goforth. of Union, tfeifod Misses Lottie and Annie GrMpry last week. ,f . \ Tlr / i v w <un.f#iv C Agnes; momas, of Union] vmted her parents. Mr. and s&r- 3rzJ!-$s.,? Thomas,. acoompanied her ||lni for ikt tho Baptist church Strodaj^ nwn>ing. Mtsu Mahon accompanied him on this loot visit here. The "big ret of tie barn/' Mr. G. O. Tenney, contractor, came down Sunday and went over to the shoals. And very likely work will soon begin. My thanks are due Hon. and Mrs. A. C. Lyles fer an invitation to the marriage of their daughter. Miss Edith, to Mr. R. G. Hill, Wednesday 22nd. but on account of the extreme illness of Mr. G. II. Jeter, I could not attend. Although the people wore whimpering for dry weather, in less than . i^uu ? a.J ?J a iui tuigut taiU 1TM WBUWU, illU Q much needed light rein fell Saturday afternoon and night. Sunday it was rather too hard. y With two nights of cold weather last week came frosts, making plowed lands look white, and driea substances hoary; but it seems little damage was done te vegetation. Farmers are woefully behind with farm work, but as to the plowing part it seems that we are scarcely well out of winter. Perhaps we will be on time at gathering time. This may be a blessing in disguise. With much thick on land a toft has formed, added to the packed condition of the soil. After it is plewed the land presents a rugged appearance and much will be planted rough. This condition of the land is telling on work stock and they are becoming tbin. Hey Denver. Santuc, April 27, 1903. [Your letter is a most excellent one. The present editor has no ob jecuon w> you expressing your views on any 3uhject. lie cares little what your political views are. Sincerity, kindliness, and manliness are the things to be regarded as of truo worth. Most certainly scandal and things of slanderous nature will be left out of the paper. Write every week. We shall get on well together.?Editor.] JONESmiV JOTTINGS. ' Social Happenings?Hail and Frost in Joncmville?Death of n Young i Man?Magistrate Kept Busy. f Jomesville, April 27. ? The weather has been quite cold for April, . two white frosts last week, but the frost seemed to be merciful on the youn? y gelation aid left it still s'anding. Yesterday we had a hail storm which soon covered the ground 1 wth small hail stones but vegetation r and fruit still lives, and there is living hopae of a fine crop. 1 I Some cotton seed have bean put in -M- -.4 4 ?h? ground aid a sn all amount of jeorn plan tad, bat the bulk of the ok within-j c?jHKb' t,r some time, died jester. tB(* W(M buried at New It ?g[Bmroh today. Rev. D^vid Wmktk his pastor, performed the { butal esrvkua. Mr. Holoomb was OOPOsions of his death aid told his Cattily and friends he was going and O^feO^e^piursd for a better laid, and d^!8s^^Md?t several brothers aud ?Mh? Sft ?a?M of nth.r ml.ti... fand fri?ftdi to mourn his loss. Bit 1 My??'.rate Bates ?u kept quite ^ as not ^ t'nkn, fa^OUyiag whk Mrtf \w| who is ksr eeut, daring hsynheiiKf Mi Wood is * sister of Jpftiy&ipl Lsahatn's wife, of Texas.. I Mftisi) Hix,^of Union, wsejgl in GreenriHe last week aod vfetted saajsur ware glad to see a friend from (ffKr Mrs. N. B. Ebon it on vi^tto relatives <a Option. -j * > Mr. NoahTftiJoe in* pitched hie artittOnt lactam*,- * i* ready to taW pSoWtph oljmto prMty face if you will just sit a moment bo fore hie camera. Dr. A. 8. Foster also has a snap shot kodak, and he only wants a few seconds to put your countenance into exiatenoe j-ist anywhere he meets up with you; pretty or not pretty just ai the case may be. I don't much liko thcsi kodak snap shots; they can take a fellow when he is not aware of it, and has no time to primp and part his hair in the middle. Telephone. DEATH OF GILLIAM H. JETER. High Tribute to His Stnrdiness of Character and His Manliness, A Brave Man has Gone f rom. Ua. HY HEY DENVER. Mr, Gilliam II. Jeter, a well known and popular man, died of paralysis at hii home on Broad river Thursday, April 23. He received the stroke late Tuesday evening and died in less than 48 hours. He was about 76 years old. Ho is too well known in the county for mc to add anything, except that I may say something different. He was a man of robust health, strong physique, indomitable energy and he practiced nntiriog perseverance, personally supervising his farms and other business. He was a man with convictions and had the courage of those convictions, and after taking his stand was hard to move, but was not without thequalities ofjudgment and could be made to change his mind if the change was reasonable. He was flain and outspoken, but not harsh, f he saw or thought anything slack or wrong in the affairs of government. either the highest or the lowest, ke was not afraid to talk out, and he had a solid way of talking which gave him a certain positiveness that was peculiar to himself. While having a firm, solid expression on his face, seemingly that fun was out of his nature, he couli give a joke, take one and enjoy it too, and possessed a kind of witticism that would be hard to imitate, and these things aided much in making him popular; and especially so with the young men who enjoyed sitting down and talking with him. I have enjoyed that fdeasurc often myself. lie was wiling to go into anything to advance his calling, firming, and he was a friend to the toiling masses, counting himself one of them. lie objected to no organization for the legitimate upbuilding of any calling, but he * could criticise in ft Mr tktt q 1-if thej could not, OTTftiW wo?ld net,-come up to toe aufeL V-1 j He una strictly ft freest qjk 'tod could nom>6 reconciled to an* to* taorality and did not fartato tft fat stinging blows fall upon ii H?i Wfts a tempore te man; He never ttafcd the "weed,"and I hate mmr beard of him being obaigad with e*da touohing liquor; hi that ha was a total obstainer. lie had many friends among eran the nsglbia. He fought in the war of t&e maHfe, Was a lientenant ^and wasqfaj^veriag soarhfa death, feel mdr<|s a .firm, sonStantiaL man, wfnipj, a refatitkW brother, has paaaadra*|y. I felt that in him I had a'jM*- maid as we& J* relative and whift? contruverstties would arise aa tqpiittelf and he came to me andM^^^foa are right, I WWeiShW74m^i were laid to rest ^^^^aveyard in tlU being ^ ?t?OoMto think of it, Mr. H.la a buatiar lid b? will be oertain to hare plant/ of brick on hand necaaaarr for all parpoaaa for which thej may be required. I waa rerr aorry to aea the obituary of Mr. D. N. Wilburn. Union hat lost a good citizen, and the Baptlat cburoh haa loet one of her beat man. Permit Homo to aend hia aympatky K;. ?i i?si tu uid umcmcj tauiil J. Mr. W. K. Livingston hps ntoraed from Jacksonville, Fla., where he at* tended his brother John'* marriage to a popular young lady of that city. Mr. L. brought back a fiih that he caught in the St. Mary's river that possibly was the largest fiih ever aeen in Lockhart. There might have been some seen in the river that were tincaught, but possibly this was the largest one that has been weighed. This particular fish weighed 73 pounds. When it was carved np Homo was not forgotten, and a nice piece was sent to him which he and the Homines enjoyed very much. I forgot to say that this particular denizen of St. Mary's river rejoiced or sorrowed in the cognomen of "Drum Fish," and after Homo feasted on his flesh he felt as tight as the appellation irnnli.. Mr. John A. Terrell, of Weetminie? ter, is now running section No. t of the Lock hart Mill weave room. Hie family will move here in a few days. Mr. 11. Ii. Hi we who left here some months ago and went to Buffalo is back at work. His family will move in one day this week. Many strange faces are to be seen about Look hart making arrangements for employment when work com* meuoes. ' Homo. Advices received at the White House are to the effect that the Preei* dent feels greatly benefitted by hi# two weeks rest in the Yellowstone Park and that he has enjojed every minute of it. He has had many ad? ventures, some of them of a dangeroni nature as for instance, the breaking of a pistol which threw its cartridge back into h;s face inflicting an ugly but not deep wound. Judging from the aooounte received hero the Pieai- \ dent's rest has been of a most strean* v-^ oua character, including tramping ' ?, mi lea through the enow and riding daya at a time, but evidently it was precisely what Mr. Roosevelt desired I and therefore probably afforded Un more benefit than any other form el ^recreation* * **