The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 01, 1903, Image 1
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*
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