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"~Y0LTLIII. NO. 20. " ~ UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY ir,. [{)():;. #1.00A YEAR:
FROM THE FAR WEST.
f ?
MegrcU the Leaving of Editor
Mnthie?Interesting Trip From
Clinton, S. C? to Walnnt,
Mima. -Changing Scenes
Along the way.
by *. (^bailey.
Denver, Oolo., May 8.
lfr. Editor:-^-With much sadness
I learn of the work of the murderer
fill bringing gloom end eonrow to
the beetle of oar good citizens since
ttj leet letter; aleo of the untimely
death of vxj cousin, David Wilburn.
It is indeed sad that so nuny useful,
honest end ooneoientiooa citizens ere
taken from m* miJe I -
apaoe on the earth that may be filled
by others who are less worthy. How
erer, oar loss is their eternal, gain.
Next we come to the resignation
of our worthy editor., I regret yery
much that he has left the service of
The Times, lie at all times seethed
to be a true friend in whom one oould
eonfide, and in whom ell had the
most implicit confidence. He was
over ready to aire to in the right to
free speech-and freedom of thought,
yet possess ing the mind of a philosopner
which was not dominated by
any earthly power. It is like hating
a dear friend leave lor {farts unknown
for m to give up our fripnd,
Mr. Math is. However, we hope he
will remember his many frionds by
nn occasional letter to The Times,
that we may feel that he lua nofcfor aken
us altogether.
Well I will admit ay appreciation'
of the kind words of Clytie and
others, though I am loath to acknowledge
my inability to exposes my
ihoaghts on the subject with the
sense and feeling that oar friend*
Compliments of thw. f^iret SOX, X
should be only too dlad'to |
though I hid to ask for ?*or?4p?me
in This Times. But sad to say,
that ability is denied me, and therefere,
I beg pardon for having to nse
to much of the valuable space of Tub
Times while attempting to explain a
few of the incidents as narrated heretofore.
The writer has often wondered
who the mpf able writers of
The Times are nea in private life,
and now we m*W be able to guess
jast one. For jCe sake of Clytie we
Will ooy that aMlate communication
.from Mississippi states that Messrs.
T. J. Powell, Jfpack Began, W. P.
U. Bailey, M.TI. Williams and others
have agreedjrto be at the reunion at
New OrUAns this month.
AsJwhad promised to tell someof
the North Mississippi peo.
pie who came fiom Union county, I
will begin on the trip from Clinton,
8. C., to Walnnt, Miss. I hope the
dear readers will bear with me while
I make a comparison of the weather
en my arrival in South Carolina and
my departure therefrom. It began
raining December 31, 19(50, while
the writer was passing through
Evansvillo, lad., and continued all
the way through Kentucky, Tennessee,
Georgia and South Carolina, and
for two days and nights after I arrived
at Clinton. The longer it continned,
the heavier it become, until
all eelestial as well as terrestrial nature
seemed to be weeping because
of the writer's approach. This was
such a dismal contrast to our (almost)
perpetual sunshine that it really
maae everything seem sad. But
t when the writer left for tho West on
January 25, 1902, after spending
more than a year among friend* and
relatives, the kindness of whom will
Duever be forgotten, and when with
sad and hoavy heart he had bid
r^rcwell to those nearest and dearest,
\ id had once more turned his face to
kUAe sunny West, and as the Seaboard
m|t train came rushing into the little
7 ijw oi vviiniou ooaaa wesiwara ana
?pmun was at its zenith and its efp-Vt
r*7? wero lighting alt of na%
orerj hand and thus provislr
oho of the most lovely South
turned ho^ospheros that the writer had
BuvenHdbne8sed, it was then the conIn
the stop\the8e two days wore so forci.^poftite
the the writer's mem^3*188
Sal!k othing but death will ever
prAsing har iL er4ge them. This last
l>, on b really seemed
| k ?n?l Mrs Veiy of my life, as far as
r i\ In Uniom J ?.
* > SnnMounW0*06 ^ lho "W
?f we Seaboard was
ji. f\ T^jj?brAt the South might well
HbT^ th H^Moheir employees and
wuh
it. M^krv
'V A
ration and respect. ted be it said to
the credit of. tho Soahoard Air Line
that they hare tho Wat and fastest
service of any line east of the Missis*
sippi river over which the -writer has
ever ridden. Tim# seemed to fly as
fast as the train and ere were soon at
Greenwood) where We stopped for a
few moments, and 4o the writer's
great surprise afc$ pleasure ene of
L: u P L-j- iSjfc. i . J
uu> qiu inouas ooaaeu UJ? tram 10 t
to tell him good-bgr#? This was Will
Chaney, of Sedating and the writer
appreciates his frieithhip the more
for the trouble jfe put himself to at
this timb\ besides he being the last
to greet "him from his oi^.home.
Soon we were 'at the State line end
had scarcely crossed it until the
clouds enveloped the' trainband in a
few moments rain began to fall and
I continued very gentle all the way
until we had reached Chattanooga,
. there we had to change cars to the
Southern. WVwent around tlto foot
of some mountains and tfcfougb a
tunnel, but|he night was eo dark
that nothing could be sets except
the shupe of the mountains; (die Mai
got heavier during the night and
at day light next morning we were in
X4 north-west oorper of; Alabama
and the land was fitting
in fhet it w'fffmrtwe
it was what they call the fla* dhmds
of Northern Mississippi and Senthera
Tennessee. THeto the train inn oyer
into Tennessee and then^baek into
Mississippi,'this did for. several
titno. A. I-B.tajMt fiiikialUt
woods warmord than level, 4% ig*?o
viery flat for. miles and miles that the
immU M*t m?i ?n iia"??
TT?*W VUUIU IUU ?V MU OltU UP9
thay looked like
.?o^try^wme ^,a^f
verf '' fow
State m tne oounW^wjaoSt^rtDii
land ia owned by wealthy pe>p1e who
live in towns. It is very difficult to
find a place high enough to be out
of the water when there are heavy
raipfc, and in some places they scrape
thotdirt up into a little mound and
then build the house on top of the
mound, and when there is a heavy
rain the house looks like it was in a
lake. Nearly all the roads were
covered with water; the reason of
this was that the leaves chokod the
water ana there was not so many
ditches as there were in the farms.
This land has a fine colour and might
be ftrtilo, though the crop appearances
Vere very scanty and the fact
that there are so little improvements
would indicate that something was
radically wrong. The timber is very
small, hardly any of it over forty
feet high or more than 18 inches in
diameter at the ground, nearly all a
kind of post oak and water oak, no
pine at all in this fUt land. The
shanties are built of these little poles
and have a few rough boards insido
to fill the sp&ce between the poles,
though in many places snakes can
orawl through at pleasure, and they
say they tear the boards off in the
summer so that the air can pass
through, as there is very seldom any
windows to them. There aro no
rocks on this flat land, so they mix
mud with long grass and then roll
the grass and mud around a very
small stick the length thev want the
width of the chimney, and they build
the chimney of those sticks with mud
and grass, and after it is all up they
sprinkle it with water and one fellow
gets inside and ono outside and rut
the mud and grass downward until
all the points of the grass are point
ing downward, then the rain will follow
the grass and drip off of th(
chimney; these chimneys will last foi
many years. Some of iho fire placet
are made of rock, which have beet
shipped in, some are of brick and
some are made of burnt mud mide
by the farmers.
(Continued next week.)
SANTUC*SPARKS.
Pers-nal Paragraph* and Newt
Note j-^Na'g rose Sticking to the
Farm?Not Planting in the
Moon?Relative's Mar.
riage?D. N.Wiibarn.
Typical nights these for the mat
in the moon to be looking?if onlj
the winter would break.
Sometimes when I see so man'
little willow-legged negroes, I thinl
\
a drought must hare stunted their
growth.
The oool east wind, with clouds*
three days last week, made little cotton
look as if it had been suffering
with the ague. ?
juagvng from newspaper reports*
there most never have been bat one
little boy who rode a pony, end that
was Archie lloorepdit.
Miss Annie Gregory has gone to
Landrum'to teach a class in music.
Miss Annie has a reputation for being
a competent and accomplished
musician, and no doubt will impart
value received.
Mr. A. S. Jones, Agent, has been
removed to Leesville, and Mr. C. 8,
Hipp is now in charge of the depot
and telegraph office.
Little Jimmie Moss is at present
relieving the operator in the telegraph
office at Pacolet. He is quite
young, but a very efficient operator.
^ Rev. K. M. MerrtU filled his pub
jjay, 2nd
Wet churchvwas reopened * and re'
organised last 4th Sunday, -with
twenty odd. members -coming oh the
I roll This ia rbuch to the atlight of
: the old reejdenters (and otters too)
in thltiehtion. '
\ I ptepsred-a letter for last week's
< issue ?1 Tn* Times, gave it to a
Vonmr ?? to mail, and' vAtit nff rn
tney have gone over to where the
"works" are on the river.
Two big 60 h. p. boilers, a big
engine, one "hoister," several cars
of lumber, and two cars of "etcetera"
are here, and all for nse in construction
of the big dam at Neal's Shoals
(Jeter's Mill.) Work is getting under
way, blasting has begun and
things are as busy over there as bees
around a hivo when a swarming is
being instituted, and there will .be a
lot of money sprinkled around here
no doubt.
Farmer's got a move on themselves
the last two weeks?the rain
a week or two ago did much good,
made land work well and many farmers
noshed work for nil thew w?r?
worth, preparing land, planting corn
and cotton seed. If you had seen
them you would not have known a
dam was to be built. Much credit
is due many negroes who are sticking
to the farms, without solicitation from
the white farmers.
The moon's phases were not noticed
to any great extent last week,
by the majority, for many planted
without "planting in the moon," and
i if any one was caught waiting corn
i for the fall or the dark, they might
have been designated "gumps" or
something stranger. "Our" crowd
pushed ahead and planted corn up
to the new; the land was ready, the
season ripe, and not being able to
i see what the weather would be on
1 the full or dark, we did not hesitate
?but, will that "grow high and l>ave
small cars?"
Mr. R. G. A. Joter and Miss Ida
> Bobo wero married Thursday even-*
1 ing, May 7 th, at Padgett's Creek
. Baptist church of which mention had
been made. It was my misfortune
> not to be present, which I very much
r regret, but I let my very best wishes
i go over and enjoy tne event of events,
i and I could wish them as much hap_?
i_ -i a .l a
1 pin ess in my aoscnco irom me ictfi
tivo fcene, as if I had been present
in quadruple force. I heard a great
deal, and could tack together many
things; but owing to' the near relationship
of one of the contracting
parties, I will forego, or the readers
might accuse me of almost self-praise.
' There are otkers who can do the j >b,
perhaps, and better. Suffice it to
say, that the community around Sedttlia
and Padgett's Creek is a loser,
and I feel a little sorry for them, but
* Sautuc is a gainer and I feel gla^i
f for that. Excuse a little modesty in
speaking on this,
f I would like to add my little
* might of obituary to the late Mr. P.
1
N. WilburO, but it is getting a "late
dsy" and much bas been sai<l expressing
the general views, as to the
man sod people -who knew him, by
Mr, L. M. Hice, in a previous issue
of Till Timus, Mr. Wilburn's wife
'knows pretty much how highly I
regard** him as a : riend, and he in
his lifetime knew, I hope, and felt
how I regarded him. I bad occasion
to be associated with him in
man-fa meetings, such as Sunday
Sohoof Conventions, Associations,
etc., as he secred many years as
president of thd conventson, clerk of
tho association^ and moderator of
the annfliatW ' ?n<t >>? *
- -?-MW uv OOVIUCU IU
lore the wort. ' I h*ve been a guest
at hiadtgjft*, and had evidenoe of his
Oj^istiw spirit there. 'His widow
does nAJ&now thf number of people
np his death, for all
who knW'U^gfc join in saying "a
good man .boa jgone," and they but
\ iley Denver, j
I ' ' *' :-I
T^tfmtdOtolCounty * Most PopuiJNwJnuai
People United in
theBottiJn or Marriage.
I Ott ' the 6Tf?:ng of of 7 inst., n
pretty wedding took place at l'adand
bliss Ida Bobo,
popular belle, were
tjiwfibaHnppd. As the baur of
nin? the ushers (Messrs.
(JoletjUn. Wfturn, Johnny Murphy
and"&*& fHBie) announced the arrt^nl
|of tbp BiHdal party. A large
eudietree WBfcsembled. Miss BesLaie.
I^dnt00! mate of the
n (famed by her sister,
BW>h, struck in quick,
H B^fcedding march, and
*_ % r ^
jpamc Air. u. u.
H|HHBnHli9^Xi)na Hice. First
MBwagBl^jIfc Taarlor with Miss
Fatfnie Bobb
maid of honor earae alone slowly up
right aisle followed by liuTe'Anna
Lucile Bobo who carried a huge
armful of beautiful pink roses. Mr.
Arthur Estes with Miss Nelia Stuart
came up left aisle. Tho groom with
his best man, Mr. E. L. Fike, with
measured step came on the lei(.
The bride on the arm of her father
follows the little flower girl on the
right, meets the groom and officiating
minister,jRev. E. C. Watson, at
the altar. The bride and groom
face the audfence uder a pretty bell
built of evergreens and white roses
with a beautiful background of
cedar, white striped ornamented
grass, and white roses towering high
i a1- A 1 a . 1
aoove me rostrum, eqgea witti vases
of choice rosea an<T white grass.
Facing tho bride on the left was
tastefully arranged in festoon stylo,
rolls of cedar and white roses caught
high up in middle of isle from which
hung the letter B trimmed with
flowers and bows of white ribbon,
Bobo.
Facing the gr>om on the right
was similar decorations with a
prettily trimmed J. The ceremony
was short and impressive. The
bride wore a beautiful dress of white
silk Crepe de chine with deep yoke
of embroidered chiffon over white
taffata. The skirt had shored yoke
and shired flounce with a long
train. She wore a long veil and
wreath of orange blossom3, and
carried a boquet of white peonies
tied with broad white satin ribbon.
All of brides maids wore white organde
trimmed in lace and ribbon.
The skirt of Miss Bobo, maid of
honor. disDlaved three small frills in
front and five in back. Miss Stuart's
two all around, Miss Eieon's three all
around, Miss Lina llicc's four in
front and seven in back. The maid
of honor carried cream roses all tied
with broad white satin ribbon white
the others oarried pink ones. There
were about thirty-five guests, among
whom were Mr. M. W. Bobo and wife,
of Union, Mr. and Mrs. T. Eison of
Newberry Co., Mrs. Wm. Bet3ill of
Enoree, Cel. W. G. Rice, of Abbe
ville, Ret. E. C. Watson and Mrs.
Watson of Hobbyville, Miss Stella
Llobson of Santuck, niece of groom,
Mr. II. F. Lee and wife, tyr. J. EMintcr,
Mr. 0. II. llice and wife.
The ceremony completed, again the
) notes of the wedding march
' are heard and the briie and
i groom followed by the best man and
maid of honor go down isle to th;
i right, while Mr. C. C, Sanders an-i
. Muss Rice go to the left, Mr. Arthuu
Ik,
Estes and Miss Stuart to tho right. i
Mr. A. J. Taylor and Miss Eison to J
tho left. Many hearty congratula-1
tions and best wishes for long and
happy life greet them as they enter
buggy for home. The popularity of
tho bride was manifested in the
many nice presents received. The
happy couple will spend the remainder
of the present year with his
mother. And now Mr. Editor, I
have only given you a faint idea of
the splendor and beauty of this wedding
scene.
It I had the descriptive power of a
Dc Wit Talmage, the polished pen of
a Chesterfield, tho reproducing genius
of a Carlcton Wiggins, with as
much time at my disposal as was
consumed in tho little nap of Rip
Van Winkle, and possed an Alladden
lamp, I would turn on the light and
paint you the picture. R. M. L.
Sedalia, S. C.
.#?
In Memoriam.
It is my desire to say something in
regard to the death of one who so lately
was a loved and honored member of this
community. I shall, in|tliebrief remarks
which I propose to make, attempt nothing
but a plain and truthful na:rat!on
of some of the characteristics an I public
services of a gentleman who in iny
judgment measured fully up to the standard
which makes man the noble work of
God. lie was in his 74th year. O.i thj
22ud day of April, 1903, at his lome,
s irrnnnripd hv th ?a Uwoa /%??,??> ?1
? ... ^J V.. /WW iwfOU V/UQO W
cinstant care ar.d tender nursing had
done all that human power c>uId do to
stay the hand of the fell drtsroyer, all
that was mortal of Lieut. Gilliam Hobson
Jeter passed from this earth aud his
earth Loble spirit; reUirne 1 to the
God who gave it. If the earnest supplication
to Almighty God, offered by the
good people of this community upjn
their bended knees, night, and morning
during the short period of his illness
could have availed, he would have been
r s'ored to health and usefull ieis, and
the melancholy proceedings postponed
for many long years. The great sorrow
that made the hearts of this oommunity
heave, and buried ia grief the heads of
her true sons and daughters when the .
sad intelligence of his death was Hashed
ovar ty opbacaunity was more genuinely
vied wit.li each other '
of regret at his death, and in their ?yaiT1'
pathy for his bereaved family Tlia
blameless life h i bad led, his high character,
his gentle and unassuming manner,
won for him not only the respect, but
the admiration of all willi whom lis
came in contact. As gentle as a child
and as tender as a worna \ wi'.h ths cou>
age of a hero, he proved himself a
worthy descendent of that famous man
ana woman irom v\ 110:11 lie sprang,
and most worthy na ne which shall be
known as long as a liberty-loving people
shall llnd a dwelling place upon the
earth. lie was a zealous, conscienti m t,
brave and intelligent soldier who fully
discharged all his duties. Ila was one
of those sound, judicious oflliars, and
you always felt when you sent instructions
to him that they were going to be
obeyed promptly and to the letter.
He was married to one of the m s.
accomplished ladies in this connauaUy,
Miss Hamilton, who died s>moyjsrsag>
One son and two diufilters survive him
He was a favorite among his fellow oili
cers, noted for his 0 lolnsss an 1 bravery
He was sick but a short while, and his
disease was incurable, diath wis a relief.
No more pain for him now. His sorrowing
family was at his bedside, lis was
not consious from ths timi he wis
taken. Ills death is regretted Uy all the
many who l^qew him. Lieut. Jster was
naturally quiet and retiring, and in his
intercourse witli others, anil when right
and principle were not involved, invaiiably
acted in accordance with the rule of
nobelsse oblige. But where they were
involved he was as firm in suppirt of his
convictions as any other man oould ba
They stood four square to all the win Is
that blew, but always with the propriety
that characterized the perfect gentleman
He did his duty to his family, his State,
and his Country and did it well, and
executed faithfully all tips trusts cim
mitted to him in both military a id civil
life. South Carolina o in ill atf ?r?l to
part with such a mm now, and in his
death she h 13 lost a irui and gallant sua,
who when on duty was as gentle a* a
woman. Iler fame his beau increased
by having had such a son. May sh a I
have many more like him. To sown my
words of eulogy may appear fulsome, but
having known him in publiaand private,
at home by his own fireside as well as
a>roal 01 the active flild of life, I
know that my pur words cm but fail
to do justice to?his trus worth. With
him, the pei formance of duty was ae,
companied by no harsh words or cyuicd
expressions; ou the contrary, his cvlm
nesi and uniform sweetness of m inner
were always in evidence. In the late
Civil war we served side by side in the
cavalry from Che beginning to the end.
? therefore hal the best opportunity of
fortqmg a correct estim ite of him as a
soldier and man, and it is within the
tnuuds of just judgment to place him
among the distinguished In the brilliaot
1 array of American soldiers and men of
that eventful period. He never aspired
to be whit is sometimes called a "dashing"
soldier. He was quite content
with the serious, earnest, steady perI
formance of his duly. Toil oqraje
II was not this frothy, noisy kind so often
f I paraded to attract attention, in his
| relations to bis subordinates he was
' the perfection of military proprhty. always
considerate aud kindly, but tiro
nnd impartial in the enforcement of discipline.
Towards his superiors in rank
he bore himself with a knightly chivalry
that at oace commanded respect and confidence.
After the close of hostilities,
having discharged his whole duty as be
understood it, with iMelity and courage,
he returned to his native State, to his
farm and there, by the ram* qu'et,
honorable, manly course of conduct,
devoted himself to the duties of
civil life, pstahlishml hv -
* IU vauiu^MO, m
standard of cit'zmship worthy the great
Itep*blic to which he renewed hit allegi.
ance. A. E. Fant.
CHICKASHA LETTER.
Left Union $2 Years Ago?Another
Interesting Mule?New Orleans
Reunion.
Ohickniha, I. T., M*y 3, 1903. V
My Dear Editor:
The dear old Timet still comes
as one of the mott welcome visitors to
our distant home.
I do not know how to express my
gratitude to the Editor. As the
years go by and Father Time extends
a welcome hand, we are forced t) look
backward wi.h admiration. Thirty
two years have come and gone since I
left the place of my childhood.
Mmy and fad changes have come to
us since I left dear kold Union. We
have had many and varied experi
ouua. i>uv ?; are lo&UKIUl. l'likt
AU 8.>eiog Eye has kept watch over
ua through all th :se long, intervening
years.
In reading the Times today of May
the first, I see the names of thoes we
kuew so well from our boyhood days,
flow we love to dwell on the names
of those good frisnds! Our h?art
oveitl )ws with sorrow for those in die*
tress.
Aad yet, wc are glad to know of
some that have passed youth and
manhood, and have came to a ripe
old age, and have made good, true and
useful citiz ms. In the death of Gilliaa
Jeter you have lost a good man.
I knew him when I was but a boy.
Wfcra I look back over the ^ years of
Well, Ivy Green speaks of so^nacy
kLdi of mules. I wish to say to Ivy ' . '
G.*eon that I have a mule. "What is
a mule." My mu'e is twenty-fire
years o'd and can kick too. My
inule was born and raitel in Arkansas.
I can make a strong aaiertion on my *
mule that will atartle any cowboy.
I (1) not believo that there is a man
living that can ride thi3 mule bareback.
Then, I wish to say to Ivy
that I have the prettiest mule he ever
saw in his life. This is a full blooi
Texas mule. Taen comes oil Ilh>d*.
Tais mule helped to raise my family
of children, eleven in all. I plowed
this mule twenty-two summers.
While I speak of the many dear
ones of my boyhood days, I must say
something of those in particular who
stood by our side in. those days that
tried m9ns souls. To you, my dear
comrades, how are you getting along?
A 'e you living up to the dictates of a
good conacieno ? Are you so living
that you shall be honored in the
bright beyond? I trust you have all
these years made as good oitiams as
you made soldiers. The time is not
far distant when we (hall not be
known in the fhsb. So boys, lets live
up to the standard of a true life, that
when the time shall have come to
us down to our l&9t long sleep, we
shall be ready and prepared for the
change.
Well boys, hew many of you shall
T a ! - V A .1 it -
l meet m new vnemiiB mi IOC KO*
unioL?
It h:s been my pleasure ami good
i fortune to attend all of the general
Reunions but oue. I hope to ate many
ot our companions down there. And
if fate is so decreed against us that we
shall not meet on earth any more, leta
meet where sorrows can never come.
Now Mr. E litor, you have this at
your command, and if you would be
picas'.<1 to allow spsco for my badly
written letters I shall be more than
glad to greet you in that way.
Will you let me know if you have
received Cuickaiha Express. I had
tfc? paper addressed t> the Union
Times, Union ville, S. C, about two
months ago.
M ich succors to your effort in
journalism.
Youra fraternally,
Geo rub G. Buchanan.
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> com plaints" which weaken and debilitate, /
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