The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 24, 1903, Image 4
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UNION, 8. C., JULY L'4, 1903.
Judging from the papers, the
small pox has by no means run its
course in tho State. Union had her
share of this scourge several years
ago. For several years after, an occasional
case would show itself. But
our people learned the value of vaccination.
The small pox disappeareed
with the general submission to vaccination.
But do not let us be too sure of
our security. Let every one that has
not hoen vaccinated call in his familv
? ? - ? ? ? ? ? *r
physician and havo the matter at- !
tended to. To fight vaccination is to '
throw one's self in opposition to
science and also the lessons of the '
past. One thing is certnin : the editor
of Thk Times would fear to ride
on the trains, travel about over the
State or mingle with the people in 1
thickly populated districts but for 1
the fact that he has submitted, time
and again, to being vaccinated. !
If the report be true, the German (
Emperor said to one of his trusted
servants: "The social democratic
gang must be eliminated with fire '
and sword." There may be no truth <
in the statement, but if the German l
Emperor did say such a thing he has j
less sense than he has been credited
with having. The "fire and sword"
? method has been tried before and
found wanting. In an enlightened
country like Germany it is preeminently
true that for a ruler to play
with fire and sword would be to
v engage in a dangerous business The
democratic ideas are forcing them- ,
selves further and further into the
great heart of the mass of humanity.
If the idea should run to seed in 1
some instances and some localities
by developing into socialism this
need not alarm any one. Every good
thing must have its counterfeit. No
nation among those that are enlightened
can ever again be a "foot-ball 1
for kirgs to kick." There is u growing
probability that the kicking will
come from the other side.
While in attendance upon the State
Tress Association which met recently
at White Stone Springs one of members
asked the Editor of The Times
how many people were in Union.
When told that there were seven
thousand he seemed greatly surprised.
He supposed there were but
three or four thousand at the most.
There has been no blowing of trumpets,
no whooping up process. There
has been something far better?a
steady growth upon an enduring basis.
Our large manufacturing industries
have come, and come to stay.
Toe mprcve ncnts in buil lings have
been steady. Real estate has steadily
advanced in price. New residences,
new business houses, new
public buildings are in process of
erection. Others are seriously contemplated.
Vet, so far as the writer
knows, there is no vacant store house
in the town of Union. Last week a
dwelling house was nearing comple- ,
tion. When it was known that it ,
would be for rent, perhaps a dozen
applications for the house were made j
although it was at least two weeks ,
before the building could be completed.
One of our real e3tute men, i
Mr. J. M. Johnson, was applied to t
for a house. He told the applicant i
that every house he had was occu- s
pied and that he could rent two
dozen more if he had them. The fact i
is, we are 9teadily increasing in pop- 1
ulation. The boarding houses are (
full. Houses to rent are occupied. }
Store rooms are not to bo had. Last '
spring the writer visited Klberton, *
(4a. The town presents a splendid '
appearance, but it was a striking J
fact that there were a number of vacant
dwellings and stores. Here we
are packed to the full limit. In fact
we must increase our houses and
store room. No boasting, no cheap f
shouting of our own praises is needed. \
Steadily, quietly moving forward, in .
the future as in the past, we shall t
find yet greater achievements ahead g
of us.
The fine tomatoes brought to
Union this week by Messrs. Cunningham
and Kison show conclusively
that wo can raise this vegetable to
perfection. Oar great trouble is,
however, in the fact that the vegetable
is so perishable. So it is with all
fruits and vegetables?they are so
soon gone to waste. Why not can
those products? Tomatoes, corn,
beans, okra, peaches and other fruits
and vegetable nro exceedingly palatable
and wholesome, even when
canned. One small canning factory
would cost little to start. The expeuse
of running it would be very
small. Tho farmers would have to
co-operate. This might be tho most
serious hindrance.
SANTVC SIFTINGS.
Hey Denver Ruminates on Various
Subjects?A Much Troubled Tien.
He asked her if from her soft h i?r,
A lock for him she'd clip;
A little curl she gave him?
A curl of the lip.
I guess that hurts a fellow who can
take a hint.
There are swings, hut did any of yi u
ever see a gate swing?
People sometimes hive sties. If a
pig una one, it woma be a pig sty.
If I wanted to get teal "low down,"
(in all things as a good to a community)
I would gamble with negroes on Sunday.
Itev. W. II. White preached on his
regular anointment 3:d Sunday at the
Pre;byterian church. Text Is 1: 1(? 20
Little Miss Ix3na and Clifford Bobo,
who have been here on a visit to their
sister, Mrs. It. G. A. Jeter, returned
home last week.
The minimum temperature registered
i5S degrees on two mornings last week.
Pretty cool for July.
Wo need a light raiu every week for
some time. We think that corn and
cotton may "taper off on" it after to
much wetness.
The young people have a good Sunday
School at the Salem Baptist church.
Small in numbirs, but good in contributions,
A sort of B. Y. P. U. in itself.
That pesky foreigner, the harlequin
hug has mad i its appearance in our garien
at home; and they are just a little
hit worse than troublesome when they
get hitched on right.
Thursday before 3rd Sunday in
August a series of meetings will liegin
at the P.oabyteriau church here. The
p uteris hoping to get assistance, but
does not as yet know whether he will be
able to get it.
My thanks are due Senator B. It
Tillman, and Mr. J. W. Bower, Section
Director Weather Bureau for South
Carolina for having sent to me the year
bxikof the Department of Agriculture
for lUl'2. It is full of good articles and
tables and I like it.
Grass slilI holds sway, I am soiry to
say. in many cotton fields. Some from
the former being "over-croped" aud
sum from sheer neglect, turning the
farms over to tlie tender mercies of the
olored hands. 1 saw a Held which !
made cotton last year waist high, and
now have it to date four inches high*
and corn is also last.
It lias l)2en playing about my ears that
over at Padgett's Creek church yesterday,
:5 d Sunday would be a big missionary
day. That Dr. Bailey and others
would be there a iding interest to the
occasion. Padgett's Creek, I know
mule a goxl thing of it. Your correspondent
would liked to have been there
to take it in and hear Dr. Bailey an 1
some other people over there.
The E litor telling "How to rest" ii
partly responsible for rnvr not sendim* in
anything hut week. Bat I knew that
plan of reetiug, bat it worked afresh on I
my mind, and I had to rest, itssf.uu I
had b at I'ttle ue vs, but when L sat down
to transfer it to p?per, I knew L wool 1
have to report to getting something I
rvould rake up ovt of the played out
klo i like of my p >11 region and that was
not what was wanted
Dr. J. T. .Jeter was called to Carlisle
Saturday night to assist D.\ II tuooc't to
Jew up a fiightfnl gish in tin stomoli
of Mrs. ?t'age, caused hy a cow hookng
her. It is considered a dangerous, if
jot mortal, wound.
Every Sunday evening for four weeks,
we have had good rains, and crops ought
,>h; growing fart but they aren't. The
tins are giro 1 on old corn that's in the
lilk, but the stalks are so very am ill.
Crop3 of all kinds are far inferior to
wli.it they were last year, and if a great
niny do not h ive to go luck to buying
;orn next year, I do not know anything
ibout a cornfield when I see. It is true
,ha season has been cool, not unfavorible
for a time, but if it bad not have
ained, there would have been the couu>laint
of it being too dry. I do not beieve
all of the fault is in the weather.
! will risk the responsibility of sayiug
hat it is nothing but a piece of foolishiess
for farmers to overload themselves
with too many ucrea, aud that poor land,
or if it turns wet, a few acres of the
**t, it well manure land worked, wili
uy better, for where is the profl of
hftiio big crop*, poor stands an 1 healthy
[rass?
I have heard much complaint about
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chicken mites, and I have seen a few (g
millions. Mother had a hen sitting in a (c
small box, and had only been sitting [ij
al>oub two week*1, when we noticed that
the box was bordered with them. They
were in stacks almost aud when a torch
was used to burn them, they fell off in
lumps. We saw that would not do, as
that was scattering them, to the box
was carried off, singed and then washed I
with creoline. The old hen was pole \
headed, and about to give up her job, j
went away off, and was standing with
wings hanging down, and she was jerked
up and given a thorough washing, so she
! might (lnish up, but she had gone on a
BtriKu huu 10 whi neany annuown oeiore p
confidence was restored enough for her
to resume her duties, then she went at
it with some misgivings. Everything?
nest, eggs and hen were washed with
creoline, |;
Hey Denver.
THE REUNION ONCE MQRE.
Final Word About the Great Re- t
union at New Orleans?A
Second Nile Valley.
Chickasha, I. T., July 18, 1908. |
Dkak Editor: i
Time is still kind to us. We 11
shall with this communication end ]
the chapter of reunion notes. I said
that New Orleans could produce
more pretty women, more patriotism,
more real good southern hospitality
than any city I know of. Her young
women have shown it. her old women !
have proven it, her young men have
made manife3t these ficts, her old I
men have scaled it by their devotion
and love of country. And to make
the assertion plain and of positive
proof, if you please, see how those
people are taking care of their old
worn out soldiers who are in low and
j: a. * *iri_ U
iiiuigeuti uircuuisiances. >T Den we
were at the soldier's home in New
Orleans in 1002 how humble we felt |
under that roof, and how we were to
have the privilege accorded us in '
visiting these old boys who in the
prime of life gave their best days of (
manhood to their country's call. Now
in these latter years we are still great- f
ful to the preserver of all good for Y
the most sacred and blessed privilege Jj
of visiting that home again. What I
splcnded provision has been made I
for these men who are now in their {
declining years and many of them 1
too, are growing quite feeble. IIow j
their faces did brighten when wc J
gave them a hearty handshake, and \
spoke of times we had met before. ^
The very fire flashed in their eyes, "
That old heated passion of the battlefield
seemed to leap within them.
They are well satisfied with their ^
present condition. Each man is pro- a
vided with a nice bed and plenty of ^
good clothing. A wardrobe stands
at the head of every man's bed, and g
every Tuesday morning the change q
ef clothinc is Spnt t.n tllA lnnnrlrw
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which is provided for on the grounds. y
A quartermaster and commissary y
store on the grounds, fire department, n
water facilities, nice flower gardens y
and also a dairy in connection. ^
Buildings all conveniently located to a
each other and in a kind of semi- y
circle with a nice library in the y
center. Books, papers and all B
kinds of reading matter at their disposal
at all times. But despite the a
comforts of this great home of 250
of these dear old comrades, we can not
refrain from speaking of this sad
part of this picture. Look in the ^
faces ot these great big hearted men
and then cast the eye just back of
their home, say not more than 100 j
yards, there the last resting place of
this mortal flesh, but [we trust there a
shall be a safety morning in the final (j
day when sorrow can be no more. j
Well, I shall endeavor to give a y
few dots on the value, resources and
fert'lity of the Washata Valley. This j,
is a fine country. This valley is ^
e<iual the valley of the Nile, and to a
make the story more interesting a
when you think of a country that a
produces nearly everything that can g
be raised in the United States can n
be grown here. This has proven to y
be the home of wheat and corn both
Wheat is making from 16 to 40
bushels per acre. I have sown 60 ?
bushels of corn myself. My boys ^
are claiming 30 bushels of wheat g
this cron. All kind* nf vA<rAt.ft.hl#?H
do well here, and some men made f
money out of them last year. But the
surest, best money is in wheat, corn ?
and hogs. ?
One man can cultivate 100 acres
of corn by having some hoe help and
can also manage 100 in wheat which
will make from 2,000 to 3,000 bush
els. I had a field of corn of 110 T
acres that made me 4,000 bushels in 1
1899. In 1900 I raised 400 bushels
of Irish potatoes per acre. Bat do ^
not understand me to say tuat can v
be done every year. Not so. n
Seasons vary. Soil varies. Every b
man uses riding plows. A man to ?
come hero and go to plowing with a ?
walking plow would be called a-fool. ?
One man and three mules can man- a
Hge 100 acres of corn and 100 acres *
of wheat with 950 worth of help. 2
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)J) Very Fine Figured Batiste and
fej Foulards, Fancy Stripe Muslin
jw Yard Wide Madras, Sea Islan
) I Fine French Gingbanis, Corde
)j patern", worth 10c and 1!
I! Mercerized Chambrav and Mac
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Very Fine Combed Yarn Batifl
Silk Mouselins and Silk Stripe
50c to 75c, cut price
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j MUTUAL
Yes, Mr. Editor, we have men
ere from every quarter of the globe, ~
nd every class of people under the i
road canopy of heaven, and they
re all here for the one and the self
ame object?the almighty dollar,
>ome came with money, but the most
f them came without money. Some
rith a poor man's fortune, a lot of
rorthles9 children. And a goodly
lumber came from the Statos dodgng
the clutches of the law. We
iave a man to represent every laudblc
pursuit of life: and then a man
hat represent? everything that is not
audable. We have a law to make
uen do right, and a law to make
nen do wrong. A law to kill men
hd a law to make men. This would
eem strange to some of Tub Times
cadcrs: When a man comes in and
cts a little crooked, he is tested
iy the law, and if he thinks he cm'i
>rove up alright and the law
s about to overtake him, he generaly
seeks other fields for his deprelations.
We have a law to kill men ;
nd with the same law teach men to
lo right and make better citizens.
Jut taking this question in all of its
arious details, we have a class of
eople that answers to the name of
;ood citizenship remarkably well,
onsidering that they are from Dan
nd they are from Beersheba, and
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ISO irom me distant mies 01 me sea,
nd all seem to do well togcthor for
trangers. Wc have said this was
0 place to raise a family, but you
could think I was a little wrong
bout that if you could sec the great
ilea of bricks and stone that hes
;one up for the housing and comfort
f our children. Buildings that cost
180,000; and tho very best of teachrs
that can be employed, and y<u
rill say wc need them, and we do.
In my next letter I shall tell you
rhy I came to this town and what
ras in store for me.
Long live the Editor.
Gkorok G. Buchanan.
Please bear in mind that the Yellow
Mcket Sale last onlv one week
t The Baile'y-Copelani> Co.
If you want to get a hurtle on yourelf?want
to have those essentials called
fm and push without a continued unatural
exertion?keep the organs of the
ody working like a newly-oiled piece of
lachinery. Ramon's treatment of Liver
'ills and Tonic Ballets supplies the
leans; they produce no unpleasant senations?no
purging, giiplng. or evil
fter effects, but impart strength and )
if or from the very beginning of the
rratment- 2f> doses?complete course? [
5c. For tale by Union Drug Co. ?
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I Musliu?, fast colore, value 8:1c
is, Fancy Swiss, etc , value 15c
id Percale, etc., fast colors, w
d Madras, Everett Classics, etc,
21c, cut price
Iras, very pretty wash fabric, wo
ite, beautiful styles, fast colors,
Dimities, only a few plums lefi
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will not be made by the
money we save you on one
pair of shoes, but in the
course of a year wearing
our famous
.REXCALF SHOE
For Men
you will save several dollars
and always be well
shod in the bargain.
Let us show you this excellent
shoe at a bw price.
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