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WAK REMINISCENCES,
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Happenings in and Around Union
' Muring Reconstruction?A Brave
Mather add Son^A Bit of Their
JStK>soqMMf VMdry.
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t ' s" BY J. t. STRAINS
1 Mr. Editor:?Jl\>r somo time
your correspondent has been on the
Background and have had very little
inclination to write and consequently
my work has got a long way behind.
For a long time ypur correspondent
hat been trying to keep up with the
'l most interesting features of your
j aewspaper work as. he considers*
| pern?giving Historical and remin"oi^tal
^cconnts of times and men?
| ^<1 thus spending his leisure moments
*rv f?.r4h?^n?fi^tSl0^e *uch.
Muting. R7? onry now and then X
can pick up a character I can fV.low
' ease,-and somotimes I get a
Mnlf^jry ind sometimes a short one,
tut I always try to got one that is
enteresting whether 1 make it so to
the reader or not. Tiie Times
will remember that I promised a good
i while ago to give another chapter on
Mr. Jeff Hughes, and I have got personal
reminders of that promise with
request that I do So. I. must necessarily
connect the names of other
5 well lrj??o*rn characters in Union
county to toll what I am going to
tell now. These will be remembered
by oar older readers no doubt.
Just after the war^ while the town
of Union was guarrieoned wna federal
Hoops it was a very common
thing for its citizens, or those of the
county, to "get up a row," and there
Was, it seemed, certain, parties who
had a penchant for this kind cf work,
not becauso they were lawless characters
themselves by* any moans, but
simply because they could, tffot bear
to think of the, to them, sad change,
the termination of the war had brought
npon the country. Union county
ira| Doted for the pluck of its citizenahin.
und ??? '? -r
*1 UO UllU UI I
the belligerent centre* l&fib ma do
_ military rule ft necessity- in the eyes
^" ffwXpnerajl government. J - *
?ijSttne time t speak oT plenty of
-eye" .was> being sold in the
town and this was by no means a
pacificator of the chaotic state of affairs.
The town was practically
without local wlfigoyernment;. and
everything was Subservient to military
rule.
During the time of which I speak
and of which I may, on another occasion
say much more, Jim Fernandez,
a nUed man came to town one
day. Mr. Fernandez, as tho older
people knew. him, was' a man of
undaunted pluck. Ilia courage-was
of the highest type, so much so that
N it ofiimee discounted his judgment.
Any way;-daring his visit^te the town
one day something tpok place .that,
provoked' Ite' military authorities to
attempt his arrest. This he could
nut nuu wou'.u not suomit to, and
started for his horse. Rename down
the street from the direction of tho
court house followed by a posse
which he held up by telling them to
keep their distance or hp would kill
eomebody?pistol in hand ready and
willing to carry out his threat? at any"
.moment. Just as he turned the
corner where the Bank Building
now standi, his son, Renrv Fernandez,
came "up front the otherMirection.
Seeing his father pursued by the
crowd, without waiting to enquire as
to what was up he, with the spirit
and couragfe of a Volney Beckner,
drew his pistol and began shooting,
and in less time than it takes te tell
the story the-street was cleared, .the
posse scattered in every direction,
most of them taking refugo in tho
old hotel whither they wpre followed
by Henry.:. Ffcmandez. firing upon
them at every jump. Henry then
joined his father,, Jim Fernandez,
and the two started for iheif home
in the country. When they got to
the f>rks Qf tho road one took
road leading toward the hanging
ground,: t the other g^ing
on toward Spartanburg, Henry said
HC-L- T 1 . ?
yj up iatu?i. 4: aiucr, 1 nave neara
a groat deal of talk about your pluck j
but I have never seen it tested to my
siti?f<<ctton. I expect they will be
after us with a posse to arrest u?,
and I propose to stop light here and
di j if it be necessary rather than run
? \ anotner foot, what do you say?"
With the so^g-froid of a Leonidas his
y father stopped, dismounted and led
his horse to the roadside and hitched
it, took off his overcoat and fssteued
it to his saddle and prepared to carry
' tJ'y y '
oat the expressed wish of his son.
Henry seeing this was fully satisfied
that there was no reason to distrust
the courage of his father^ said:
"Father, that's enough, I aim satisfied
now that you are what you are
claimed to be," and resuming their
journey the two rode on. They
were not followed as it fiappencd.
Things went on in the even tenor
of their ways until sometime after
that, when the older Fernandez, who
was at a neighbor's house, was called
to th6 door one night and shot down
bJ a posse who it was reported went
to arrest him for some offense with
which he was charged, and, which it
is not necessary to ihention just in^
this connection. Anyway, ?'
time afterwards, wc are told that a J
negro, who it waT thought had re- <
ported his whereabouts on the night
he was killed, was killed and his |
head severed from his body. Suspicion
naturally rested on Ilenry 1
Fernaqdez, who eoon left the country 1
and went to Texas. There ho mar- ,
ried the daughter of a well-to-do physician,
Doctor Scales by name. The
two lived happily together so far as
it is known, until their home was
bleared with two bright little boys, ,
when from some cause meddlers
broke up the happiness of their home. ,
The Scales family, especially tho i
father and his two sons, became embittered
against Ilenry Fernandez, i
but his wife maintained t?~- s^/aity
S.-J to him. Ilenry found 1
out that a no account kind of a fellow
in the neighborhood had been t
very officious in bringing this trouble '
on him?in taking and bringing news, ?
thus widening tho breach until Henry '
was forced to separate from his fam
ily and again resume tbe role of an 1
exile?homolcss and apparently pen ,
niless. This was more thnn his
nature could well submit to. In his
f erambulations he never forgot his
wife and chijdren. lie hold them
dear to his ?manly heart. And as
often as he could, would correspond j
with them either through letter or by
some friend who was willing to serve* }
"him. But always it was done with v
the utmost secrecy, for the Scales I
were as dtsperate men as were the t
Ferharidezes. But the hand of fate e
was at work. S:
In his wanderings Ilenry located
a piece of bounty land on Brazos
river, Texas, belonging to his father
which he had obtained through the
land olfice at Washington for serviee
rendered in the war with Mexico.
This was. about two hundred miles
from his adopted home where his ?
wife and children were held, as it (
seemed, uiider suiveilance by her
father and two brothers. However, 1
in his ptr.mbulations, Henry Fer- ,
nandez caino across the fellow who '
played such a conspicuous part in
getting up the trouble between him- ,
self and his wife's people, and he i
(llenrv) took a cow-hide and. as Uncle
Jeff Ilughes says "wore him
to a frazz." ,
(To be continued.) :
JONESViLLE JOTTINGS. t
Farmers Busy?A Union Picnic? ,
Prospect for Frnit Crop Good? (
Personal Paragraphs.
- Jonsevii.le, M ty 4?The afreets
cf . our town these days are not
thronged with pcopl) from the country.
Farmers are in the fiold from
early morn to night, aud they come
to town Saturday to d > their trading;
this is allright aud proper, for the
farms must support the towns and
now i3 the time of year to push the
farm w >rk.
The first Sunday in Miy is always
a red letter day with the colored people
at'their Baptist church here, and
yeeterday was no exception to the
rule. They cima from every point tf
the compass until the church grounds
was full of them. Theie was a half
d zen or more preachers, and the sar'
vices continued moit of the day and
again at night.
At Gilt a 1 church the Rev. M
Ffllmttt fillo'lKii nnlnit ?..rl
... _..ww Mio |/i? |/i v nuu pt OAUUCVl
to a large congregation.
The M?th)dist Snnday S^hdol will
picnic at Wiite Stone Liihia Springe
the 29 >h of to is month. The other
Sunday S^hoo's of the town will j ?in
them, and a <Uy of pleasure is anticipated
f?r all who go on the outing.
The S>utlc:n Railway will furnish
au extra coach and give special rates
for the occafcit n.
What lull ecome of the pototo bug?,
I have neither se?n nor heard of one j
th's season. I am not comp'aining of
0 '
their, absence.
In talking with farmer* about
wheat, I find the prospect* very poor,
and the oat crop will btfshort a* the
acreage is small. Thore 1* a fair crop
of fruit left oh the I rear. Rain is
needed to assist the ferment /in preparing
their landa for finiihrog planting,
and to bring op the early planted
cotton and corn.
The colored Old Fellows are build*
ing a large ard commodious hall in
our town. . The
Jonesville Manufacturing Oom
piny has commenced to build: about
IWitlltw kniiaa. -?
. .. uuuouii 1UI ujnl?MTHt
Sc7eral of our town people attends $
the xntnicil festival ia Bparttpbtirff.'
last week. ' / A *k : v > '
Mr. D. H. WaUaoe, of Udioff^has
taken a position in the store of the J.
J. Little] )hn Oo.
. 8.vera' veterans from this community
will attend the rounion in Columbia
next week. W. II. 8. Harris will
represent the camp here at th9 reunion
in New Orleans.
Mr. Vernon Askew, of Mount
Tabor, was in our town last Saturday.
Mrs. J L. McWhirter and Miss
Fannie McC *avy spent 8unday in
Spartanburg.
Mrs. J J. Litth j >hn is visiting her
mother at Asbury,
Miss Alioe Lilt lej oho, of S'.ar Farm,
spent Sunday in our town with relatives.
Dr. A. 8. Foster went to the musical
festival in Spartanburg last wank.
Mrs. Leila MvNaace, of UuioD, is
visiting re'a'.ives iu town.
Mr. 1^. W. Long has been ad Jed to
he police force here and the time is
livided between him atd Mr. A. O
Sprouse so that one is on duty all the
ima day and night.'
The Yarn Mill has discontinued
-uuuing at night.
I a tho death of Messrs. David N.
Vilburn sad Gilliam H. Jster Union
jouoty loFes two of bcr very best citi
i us, auu incir Umilies have the
iymp%thy of this writer as well as the
33"pie all over the oounty.
M?v E, L. Eiaon, of Gatfuey, visited
i'b pareuta in JonesnlU yesterday.
The Joneaville Guarda are putting
a aome good time drilling these Sattrday
evenioga Mr. Sim Msbrey
ire been drilling them. M\ Mibrey
ias served in the regular army for
leveral years and was also in the
tinisb-American War.
TELEPHONE.
Tribute to Gilliam H. Jeter.
1jy j. l. strain.
Etta Jane, May 1.
Mr. Editor:?Your correspondent
4IIcy Denver" has paid a most excellent
tribute to our late comrade in
irms, Lieut. Gilliam II. Jeter) every
word of which I fully endorse, and
with all my heart thank him. ? only
egret that my poor pen can add
tothing more, or 83y more fully
what kind of a man he was. I knew
aim at a time it took men to be men.
Makeshifts were not current then,
and Lt. Gilliam II. Jeter was one
who could always be depended upon
in the greatest emergency.
It is said that while Diogenose,
the Grecian philosopher, was passing
through the s'.reets of Athens at
midday with a lighted candle, some
one seeing him thought he was crazy,
and asked him what ho meant, and
his reply was, "I am looking to find
a man." Could he have come across
our dear departed comrade, Gilliam
llobson Jeter, he could have truthfully
said I have found him.
The man does not live today in
whose unswerving integrity I have
more confidence than I had in Gilliam
llobson Jeter. These who
knew him as an officer in the army
knew a gentleman cf the very highest
type?cool, true and gonerou?, lie
never asked his men to go where* he
was not ready and willing to lead
them. At Deep Bottom, Virginia,
in 1864, while Gary's command were
fighting great odds the men were ordered
to lie down and protect themselves
as best they could from the
grape shot and minnio balls which
were sweeping the earth like a hurricane.
Frank Millwood was sitting
behind a stump And looking over it.
Lt. Jeter told'him to get down and
protect himself until they came
within proper range. But Frank
either didn't hear or understand him
and so remained as he was. Lieut.
Jeter went to him at the peril of his
own life and made him get down.
Our men held the line and repulsed
the charge. After the fight was
over Frank examined the stump and
found four ainnie balls imbedded in
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it.
Several yeara > afterwards Frank
met Lt. Jeter at Vlion anl said to
him: * Lieutenant J if it hadn't been
for you at Deop Botfoin I never would
have {pt baok to the cooling ground
mighty man lias fallen. To do
"vight, as he saw tho light, was his
I rule of of actien. It may with equal
troth "be said that his labor- were a
h;Ue: index to bis subsequent ant1
continuedindustry to the end. Ilia
1)1*0 Vas devoted- to the welfaro and
dsyation ?fhis people morally, socialpolitically.
Ilis character for
honesty and his latecritv onnlil
i be .jgpestioned. v4Hs public career,
tKough long and Eventful, was one
tbat was particularly free from everything
that waa^^Apuro or even eus- 1
picious. His emnple is one that is
in every particular worthy of emu- :
lation. The ottly thing that is con- <
soling in the death ef this great and i
good man is the Ifcct that he left be- ]
bind him a glorious record, and his
having lived a lite so pure and spot- <
less he was enable$Nto say, 'T have '
fought a good figbrt* I have finished 1
my course, I have kept the faith." '
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STATE SUMMEA SCHOOL. 1
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Circular Letter forty*suatn. j
Superintendent
Information*-Abwtt the
Sumntof School.
Tho State Summer School for
Teachers will be held at Winthrop 1
College, Hock Ilill, S. C., trom Juno
23rd to July 21st. Winthrnn P. ^1- 1
f ^ .
logc is an excellont pla^e for such a 1
school because of the splendid equips (
mont, accessible libraries, reading *
rooms, and extensive aocommoda- (
tiona. Arrangements have been
made for boardit^g in the college and
this gives the South Carolina Summer
School <{uito an advantage over
some others because the teachers are
convenient^ Inflated and can enjoy
better atWarHagitt... ^
Courses "of study have been provided
in Pedagogy, School Super- j
vision, Elocution and reading, Grammar,
Literature, Rhetoric, Library I
Work, Drawing. Sight Singing, f
Music, History, Geography, Arith- 1
metic, Algebra, Geometry, Obscrva- .
tion Work, Nature Study, Botany J
and School Gardening, Manual ;
Training and Kindergarten Princi- '
pies. Somo of the ablest teachers
of the State and Nation will take j
part in this work and a large attendance
is anticipated. t
A special feature of this sehonl 0
will a sarins nt fcjlJrrtaaea by some 1
of the most effective platform speak- *
ers available and some work wiU be *
done looking to the Educational '
Campaign which has been planned *
for the summer. A meeting of
t o t
County Superintendents and other
campaigners will be held during the
session of the summer school.
In addition to the regular courses
of work by the teacher students,
there will bo lectures intended for '
such students as desire some recre- '
ation as well as work. Quite a number
of teachers, after a hard year's >
work, do not desire regular study, !
hence this arrangement.
A prospectus, giving full announcements,
will be issued as soon
as possible from the office of Superintendent
of Education. County
Boards aro rapidly making recom
mendations as to instructors lor the
various County Summer Schools and 1
as soon as these arrangements arc
perfected, the schedules will be pub
lished.
Thp Rreuitu ftf Unman I Ifa
hiviii; vi IIUIIIHII LIICi
When we look back to the many
generations of the human race that
have long since been wrapt in the
dark clouds of the past, then the
brevity of human existence and the
insignificance of the individual iv seen.
Man fills out his allotted time,performs
his portion of labor, feols h'.s share ol
pain and pleasare, and then pacses
down to the grave that awaits us all.
Mature smiles thro' centuries unchanged,
the rain falls, the sun shines,
the oak waves in his mystic beauty,
the sparkling waters of the little
brook are ever singing their sofi
lullaby, the crjggy mountain that
has stood the storm and blast of so
many winters still stands with hi*
huge form raised high toward the
heaven, but mm conies and passes
away as the clouds do over the
heaven and is as forgotten as the
vapor that is absorbed by the glorious
rays of the sun. J
While we live nature will smile I
upon uf, and if we chooso we can return
that smilo and thus make our
sojourn here ono of pleasure and
peace. And when we die the sunlight
will only f ill on our graves and
the great work of the creator will
roll on and take no note of our loss.
Life is not only short but serious, and
the more serious beciuso it is short.
How few men realize that they must
soon fill a cold and silent grave.
They know that tho time will surely
come. They sec friends and loved
ones laid in the tomb, vet tliev cm
not realize that they too must soon
present that same solemn picture.
But alas! it is too true. Only a
little longer shall this heart heat.
But to realize this sad fact should
oot make us sad, but rathor give us
courage to push on to the prize, and
in the end gain that blissful eternity
prepared for the faithful.
Some men arc sad and gloomy because
they would not be happy, but
would, if it were in their power, j
bang the heavens above with crepe. [
throw a inantlo of gloom over the
bosom of this beautiful earth, pluck
the bright stars from the sky, veil
the sun with clouds, pluck the silvery
moon from her glorious place in the
firmam9ht, shut up'ouT gwdea*
and the fields and their flowers with
which they aro so beautifully bedecked
and doom the world to an atmosphere
of gloom.
This is not only wrong but was
act so intended. Let this brief life
ac passed in usefulness and good
leeds. Such good inlluenocs will
alcss others while we live and rejoice
>ur hearts in eternity.
"Ju ANITA."
LOCKHART NEWS NOTES.
Good Preaching?Snd Death.
Lockiiart, May 4.?Dirt was
rrokrrv for-the now will one day last
veck. Tlio work is progressing
incly and it takes no prophetic
person to say that at some time in
he future it will be "Lockhart Mills"
n fact.
Mr. T. J. Ilannan, the brick man,
s hu9tling business with a rush to it.
The output of his machine is over
10,000 a day.
Protracted preaching is in progress
it the Baptist church. 11 ev. J. D.
3ailey. of Cowpens, is doing the
reaching. His sermons arc mostly i
lirected to the church, lie is preachng
a series of sermons taking as his
*ixt what John was commanded to
vrito to the seven churches of Aoia 1
is found '.t. Or.,) ami 3rd chapters !
>f Revelation, The preacher nas1!jandled
his subjects well, delivering I
~ ' rj
>everal fine sermons. As yet there
lave not been any accessions but
much interest is manifested.
Mrs. Ada P. Meggs died here on
die evening of April 30th, in the
2oth year of her age. She was married
on March 10, 1901, to Mr. .J.
C. Meggs. Iler husband and a little
girl baby nearly three months old
survive her. The death in her
family (Crick) deserves notice. Iler
father May 8, 1801; her mother
March 24, 1902, and her own April
30, 1903. Sho was a member of
the Baptist church and died in full
hope of meeting her God in peace.
She had been in declining health for
3emc months but death came unexpectedly.even
to her own family. Iler
remains were taken to Columbia for
burial. The following named pcrscna
went with her sorrowing husband to
Columbia to bury her remains.
M essrs. M. C. Burnett, Willie Click,
George Wifks and Miss Kate Dou>?
_ ? ?o
las?.
iiomo.
EAST UNION LETTER.
Doings in and About Moimtch and
Aetna.
Everything is moving along nicely
about the Monarch and Aetna Mills,
and the warm weather seems to bring
smiles to many stern faces, and
pleasant word? from many drawl
lips,
A revival meeting which has been
in progress at Monarch Mills for two
weeks, onducfcd by Rev. It. A.
Sublett, and his singer, Mr. J. A. j
Durham, closed Sunday afternoon.
Thoro was great interest manifested
on the part of the people, and fust
class preaching and singing on the
part of the preacher and singer.
About twenty-live persons united
with the church as a result of the
! meeting. >
The Kev. Mr. Suhlctt is u preacher
of very deep spirituality, freshness of
thought, pleasing in sUle and convincing
in argument.
Mr. Durham is a singer of fine
abilities, sweet voice and a very generous
disposition. Ho sine* tb*
*"v
gospel with great power.
The health seems to be generally
good with only a few minor complaints,
and everybody seems to be
pleasant and happy. I think that
in the near future the territory embracing
Monarch ami Aetna Mills
will be a model mill town.
A largely attended and interesting
Sunday School calls the people
together every Sabbath afternoon,
with preaching every Sunday by the
pastors of the different churches.
A great many people who have
never been to our town should come
and see the people und drink some
of the good water and they would
perhaps want to stay, for it is a good
place to abide. This scribe has no
news at present but will come again
when he gets something new.
llusTieus.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our R?gular Correspondent.)
Postmaster General Payne will
spare no step3 to bring the abstraction
of tllicial papers from Tyre: safe before
the courts, and as a preliminary
st p has mcda President Roosevelt acquainted
with all the details of the
case to elite, in order to have the
Caief Executive cogmzince and cooperation
in all the steps taken. Mr.
r<1)08 I8cis that his kindness to Judge
Tyuer was seriotsly abused, and had
ho ue t tempered justice with mercy
the latter ollicial would have been
dismissed in disgrace some time since
instead ot being allowed to resign, in
01 dor to save his uamo and fame from
stigma, Now Mr. Payne is thoroughly
aroused, the more so since hit clemency
has been made the basis of insinuations
that he has not been in earn*
estia regard to the current investigations.
He has recommended that
the Tyner case be taken to the ciurts
and has advised that the natter go
to the United States Attorney lazing
juri diction in the district of Columbia,
with instructions to submit the
case to the grand jury. President
Roosevelt's leputation as a reformer
points to a vigorous campaign against
oflicial ofletd jrs as soon as he can return
to the liehl of actipn.
General Miles' report on conditions
iu the Philippinee as he found them
did not provoke as much interest ai
such a document from the commander
-?\?La army might have done under
other circumcfuue^v. T_
place, it reallp disclosed nothing new
O -V .?
aid contained nothing sensational.
The only information it gave in tddition
to matters threshed out many
times lofore, was that tome irregularities
existed in dealing out supplies,
but there charges have yet to be
proved. In the second place, the
War Depaitment, in iesuiug the report
tsrv fit to incorporate with it the
reports of tho chief officers of all departments
which came under General
Miles' observation, ard these d icumcnts
were practical refutations of
the latter's findings. Whatever political
use partisans may make of the
document, it can be said that the
hunters for sensational Philippine
atrocities w.ll not find this a storehouse
of abuses and misconduct.
The decision of the Supreme Court,
made early in the week on the disfranchisement
rof tho nrgro voters,
leaves tho question still in abeyances,
and in much the same status as before.
Tho way pninttd out is that the redrtsj
for a politicil wrong lies wholly
iu tho political fiaid a d that the
voters of tho country themselves,
either directly tr through their C>pgrjssiuen
can lrake any redress which
mav be crrfffaiv. &inn? ito -
^ _ _ ^ ? j . w.xw vuviv . a A
constitutional guarant e - that each
II use ' all he the judge of the elections,
roturus, and <\ lalilica'.ions of its
own members' the case is legally or
rather politically provided ft r.
Too Grout A Risk,
111 almost every neighborhood someone
has died from an attack of colic or
cholera morbus, often before medicieno
could l>c procured or a physician summoned.
A reliable remedy for these
diseases should he kept at hand. The
risk is too prcat for anyone to take.
Chanherluin's Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Itemed y his undoubtedly
saved the lives of moro peiple and relieved
more pain and sutTciingthan ai J
other medicine in use. It can always
be depended upon, fol 1 V>y, F, C Duke*