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f? * ? ? ? '*& ' ^ "* > ItllMMtlflltltlltiliM | UNION AND SUBURBS HAS | <jP?^:-l|H^y ?\ 'If * "W " ^T FTl IT TS~ T^ T?^ ^"T J UN,0N AND SUBURBS MRS ' Fa male Seminary, Pi v? Graded S . >1 > '1 j ' I' [ I M *V fl^&| '"; ' ' B V^/S S J Vs^ Wve Urge i otton Mills. KnlUtn* S s ftt^srss&rvftf&s?. V w^W^HSm ri I \ I lvarKin I I \/i H X sr; Ma,wi,hiot-nH,it- s a gau< cui'iiul ul SMo.'JUU. Muvudif ?*t VM11 y. iffHi'VI ' I H ml W -ma - I MH I m/ B I i k M Oil Mill, 1-ui-ult iro Muuufaeiurliiw ? miaud otrtKiu, l'o?.uli?tlon lc,U4). m ' JL^?dB J *JL. _JL. 1 f M ^ Ki *f ?n?l Lumber Yard#, Wurkt. M VOL. LV. NO 4t>. ^ UN K)X, SOU I'll CAROLINA,.: FRlDAf^ECEMBEK 8, l?0.j. ~ ?IJ)Q A YI'.A It. L ' IB??? I 11 CENT.rr,: I Makes the^Farmers happy a place to deposit your surplu The best Safe that Money % protected against Burglary i large Firm and Individual 8 protect our customers) mat lutely secure. We solicit p g I Wm. A. Nicholson RESTITUTION. I The Strain Was too Great 1 On His Conscience. An inforoctinor afnru pnnnorn. A A.11 IIIVV1UWA J VV/IIVVA II | ing a case of restitution has re- f centl.v come to light in Chicago, g The man who tells the story is n one of those to whom the money ( f was paid. He said: a ' 'Some years ago I suffered a' s severe loss by fire, in the de- t v struction of a warehouse. When .d / it came to settling the insurance, C JT" ^ the agent who had placed the r policy deliberately 'did me up.' .h as the saying goes. I told him f flatly I thought he was a swind- t ler. The terms of my contract t were plain. The loss was indis- g putable. Yet the sum which the a companv paid me was insignifir c cant. Of course I could have c gone to law, but who but a^ina- .t tic wants to go to law? o "Three years later I received 1 a note from the agent, asking s for an appointment. You can a imagine how surprised I was % wh?n orLseeinc" him. WbpniiaH a me a check wnich^rtgrMi na*. i loss. """ t 'What does this mean?' I asked \ him. ( 'I heard a sermon on honesty i in business last Sunday, he re- c plied, 'and it convinced me. I'm 1 trying to repair my sins. Your j case was one of them. That ser- 1 mon will cost me ten thousand < dollars. It's my own money, < not the company's. It's a sin- < offering to God, on my part; and with God's help I am going to try to be honest in the future.' Some years rolled by, and my friend seemed to prosper better than ever. I met him one night, and asked him how things were going with him. 'Finely,' he replied. 'Do you remember that sermon that converted me years ago? Well, hearing that sermon was the best stroke of business I ever did. I believe you placed some more insurance with me after I f paid you that conscience-money, didn't you?' 'Yes, I did,' I replied. 'You deserved it.' 'Well, others did the same. I got the reputation of being square. And I was square. I was honest with the company ? j 1??mlfVi fVia mon u/hn HI1U llUIllfSl, w iLii tuv. ...... suffered losses. I did as I would be done by. At first it came pretty hard to pay out my own money to make up for what I had ^aaved to the company. But I did it, and I made right settlements. When I was converted I made up my mind that I should lose money by it; but I was mistaken. My business more than doubled in a year." Such is the story of the mar / who made restitution. Here are the words of the sermon to whicl he listened?the words whicl helped his conscience to maki the change: "Don't think for a momen that you can salve your soul b saying to yourself that the thie\ ing you practise is excused b business methods. If your bus ness methods demand that yo cheat your neighbor, drop thei and get new ones. How can you go tobedatnigl and sleep?sleep?with he yawning open at your left har and God calling at your right You may give your vveaitn awa \ y iu may build churches with i jm** you may expend it in charit ^ but your conscience will wh you like a fury, and you cann escape it or escape from God It was a wholesome, stroi word, and it helped to right o life. Many another life, if t parae admonition were heede [ * zrizroN 8 M tnd prosperous. A safe I s is wittvTHJS BANK, an Buy; which is also by Insurahce, and our [esource$ (aff of which | <e your .deposits abso- i you*W$fss' & Son, Bankers, 1 QCKHAftT MILL STORE! i^oong Burglars end ..Thieves Arrested. ?s _ 1 1 Wednesday of last week just beore the 11.37 down train arrived Sheriff Sanders received a phone nessage froth Lock hart to arrest *aul Brawiey, Soudam Gregory .nd Gail (Sb!n as being the perons suspected of breaking into he Lockhartjpill store on Saturlay night. Nov. 18th. Deputy 5. C. Sanders went to the depot., eaching there but a few minutes \ iefor^^ th e ^ tra i n , ^ \' vho broke into the store. Greg>ry and Coin have made no statenent. Brawley does not implicate either of the others nor does ne say that they too had stolen ?oods from the store. , No goods were found in the possession of either Gregory or Coin. None 3f these young white men are rwrnv 1 Q VTAQ1*a filH V XU J VUAU V?v?. Tom Cut Tom With o Knife. Thursday night of last week somewhere in the city - on Main Street, it is so said?Mr. Tom Cokeley gave Mr. Tom Shaver a very severe wound on the throat with a sharp pocket knife. Mr. Cokeley disappeared immediately, doubtless with the impression that he had inflicted a mortal wound upon the person of Mr. Tom Shaver. These men are both white and brother house carpenters. We have not learned what the row was about, but have been told that the deed was instigated by John Barleycorn, wiio is an avowed foe to peace and harmony in every community in which he resides, and he doe.( sometimes live in places when | there is no dispensary. Meeting at Johnston, S. C., ol the U. D. C. A large and enthusiastic meet | ing of the United Daughters o 1 the Confederacy was held las J week at Johnston, S. C. A gooi deal of important business wa J transacted. A unanimous resc 5 lution was adopted that the ol 1 Confederate veterans should hav I an annual meeting. The follow e ing ollicers were elected for th ensuing year. President, Mis Mary Poppenheirn, of Charle: y ton; first vice president, Mr " Reed Stony, Columbia; secor Y vice president. Mrs. J. W. Col 1_ man, Johnston; third vice pres u dent, Mrs. Campbell, Cheste II fourth vice president, Mr Fowler, Yorkville; recording se retary, Mrs. August Kohn, C j | lumbia; corresponding secretar T U /-'U I MrS. li,VnCII| Vyllfl aw , ucanui? L,'Miss McMitchael, Orangebur V* i auditor, Mrs. Hames, Jonesvil lt;' Greenville was chosen as t Y' place of meeting next year. ot ." would find, if not increased pr< ng perity, a peace which no Hishr ne est wealth, however respectal he acquired, can ever afford to xi,; possessor. IMPORTANT MEETING. Union County Division of Southern Cotton As- l sociation. The Union c6unty division of ! the Southern Cotton Association ' held a very interesting and im-. : portant meeting Monday in the ; court house. This being salesday ; in December and the last meet- ' ing of the association for the , year 1905 a larger attendance ! than usual greeted the earnest and enthusiastic president and i other officers of tne county or-^ ganization. President F. M. Farr called the meeting to order ( and Secretary W. W. Colton read tne minutes or the last meeting and they were approved and j adopted. -Tw A call of the townships was, 1 made for the purpose of asceiw taining the names of all that had! ..; reorganized and elected officers ^ pursuant to a notice given by the'^. president through the columns.of*-1 the local papers. The report by . nVori^ or as much as they desired. That~n collector would be appointed to visit each member to collect the assessment and he would be paid 20 per cent, provided he visited each and every member of the association in the to\. nship. The plan for the holding of three million bales of cotton for 90 days for 15 cents inr fVio momhprs of the associa- I "J w'~ ? tion was read by the secretary. | A printed form of the pledge for i the holding of three million bales I had been distributed in the dif- { ferent townships and the reports I of those who had circulated these i pledges for signatures and the ; number of bales the signer was j willing to hold was called and j showed that 582 bales had been signed for, that there had been but a partial canvass of the several townships was also shown by the reports which was an indication that only about one-third of thejnumber had been pledged that i would be. The president then ; announced that it was his purpose at this meeting to appoint a j collector of the three cents per bale assessment, but as there J had been no reorganization in any of the townships except ^ Jonesville he would wait for the i suggestion of the name of some j man by the delegates from the several townships. Rev. J. G. i T?i?rr tlipn offered a resolution that those townships that had not on the day fixed in the published notice reorganized anc f elected officers meet at a con t venient place in their townshij j Friday, December 15, at 2 o'clocl s p. m., and proceed to reorganize and elect officers, which organi (i zation and officers would serve e for the year 1906. This resolu j_ tion was unanimously adopted ie' Mr. VV. T.Jeter was calle< ,s upon to address the associatio: 3_ upon the subject of the impoi s tance and necessity of a thoroug 1(j organization. He said he ha e_ moved among the farmers of hi township and had met with s r. little encouragement that to hii ,s' it was a surprise that the peop! c'_ took so little interest. That the 0_ really did not seem to realize tl y necessity and importance of a ;r' organization or rather that tin J. lend their aid to such an orgar |0' zation, although some did a he knowledge that they thought tl organization had done some goo That the more he talked the le good it seemed to do, all of whi 1 ' OS- WHS DCyOTlCI niN cuiiiprcucnaiii >n- Mr. Roland Hill and Mr. \ ^ly H. Gist, both from the sai its township, seemed to be mc optimistic and thought the p< - V, pie of thlwaownship were organized ?nd ^Jtinning to realize the ggtefit benefits derived through the instrumentality of the associatbrt . Mr. D&V18 j®ory and Mr. D. B. Ffint, of Santuc, were called on: They had nothing to say that wuld enlighten the people on tb??*bject, but said they felt the Importance of the organization ?and were willing to give'10 cents per bale. Hon. &&? Little was called upon to give his views upon the importance and necessity of organization and keeping it up. He afiid that he regretted that he had so little to say and had not taken an active nart in this county organization. That he had been Astonished and thought it unprecedented that every other business w?s manifesting really more interest in the association than the rpal persons in interest, that is, the-vfarmer9. Could not imagine \yhy the farmers, the boys like he, did not come forward a& one and put their shoulder's to the wheel, wh m the'gray hair veterans who had BBdnl four years of the be-1 of mcfthmanhood fighting the battles^f their country were now the burden of this assobhdnoa and we boys stand brfftrc&e thought the young tapers should take a more anf* help with a and hand this great s^^iHte^which w^as doing so B&H. Gore said he had ^?Bh8gh>to make, but he had Opfrytjfwas still a warm supHHKS>f the association, had for no pay, was willing fltHteijul in 4ns power to promote ex( pressed tp^rffSeTves in Jsi few vmrds as being ready at all times to further the aim and objeot and contribute all in their power I to the success of the association, no one wanted to see it fail. The president expressed his gratification that the speakers had made the meeting an interesting one and had doubtles tnwnvrla inoreasiner UV/IIC 5WU tu ?? Mk v?w ... n 0 any lagging interest on the part of the lukewarm. Mr. W. T. Jeter suggested and it was agreed that a delegate from each township furnish the president with the name of a suitable person for appointment as collector of the three cents per bale. Then the following appointments were made: Bogansville?R. P. West. Cross Kevs?P. B. Bobo. Goshen Hill?I. M. Mobley. Fish Dam?W. T. Jeter. Santuc?S. G. Bratton. I Pinckney - D. J. Farr. Jonesville?T. H. Gore. Union?0. T. Belue. Next in order wa3 election o: officers of the county organiza tion: President, Capt. F. M Farr; vice president. W. T. Jeter secretary, W. W. Colton; treas urer, John W. Gregory; all re elected. Then three delegate to the state convention whicl : meets in Columbia January 2 1006: F. M. Farr, W. T. Jeter j T. H. Gore. These delegate have a right to appoint thei j alternates, provided it be impof sible for them to attend. Ac " journed to meet first Monday i c January, 1906. ! What Cables Have Done e. ^ The development of cabh throughout the world has fu ^ nished the modern newspap< with a splendid equipment f< h spreading knowledge and faci d tating progress. It is said is Europe that the newspapers ? the world have done more Yl I bring about the dawning liberti .y of the Russian people than ai le other instrumentality. T in cables are the nerves of t , J on onn .-.f *Vw -?y World. inert; uic otA/ u? ?.??. li- binding continent to continei c- and the total length is now nea rce 190.000 miles, d. When sovereign powers w< ss dependent on couriers or sh ch for communication with the o side world, it was easy to ma >V. tain despotism, ne The cables have helped to br >re about a world conscience and so* international public sentiment IF. M. FARR, President. T i-: I Merchants and Plan Successfully Doing Busir mmmm Is the OLDEST Hank in B I has a capital an?l aurplin H R is th? only NATIONAL a has pal.I dividends -nic H H pays Font per cent, ii U a is the only Unnh In U"in I I lias Huralar- I'roof vault X BP pays mo'i' taxes than AI 1 WE EARNESTLY SOLI ALMOST A FIRE. I The Residence of Mr. J. T. Sexton Came Near Being Burned. Thursday night of last week the residence occupied by Mr. John T. Sexton came very near being consumed by fire. It happened in this way: The children and their playmates had been celebrating Thanksgiving Day in their own childish sweet way; in doing so had constructed some , jack-o'-lanterns; after their play ] was over one of the children brought a lantern into the house and set it down without blowing it out. Mr. Sexton told his wife , to blow it out and he went into , another room and went to bed. ] Mrs. Sexton, to have some fun out of her youngest boy, carried j the lantern into an adjoining . room in which there was no one and no light and told the boy to , go in and see. After this, the , children all being in another piaced fol/te to . the room i the lantern was-forgottan. been | Sexton heard ing, and when she wentT*?52r* lantern had burned the top or the bureau, burned the window curtains and shades and caught the wall on fire. It was soon extinguished without giving any alarm to the outside. A loss of about forty dollars was sustained in loss of furniture and damage to the house. The fortunate thing about it is that Mrs. Sexton and the older children had not retired, before the fire occurred, I otherwise they might have had a o ii _ 1 narrow escape ior tneir uvea. Electric Sparks to Race Around the World. An electrical race around the world, and a spark having the velocity and brilliancy of lightning jumping across the entire length of an immense building, will be two of the interesting features of the Electrical Trades f Exposition, to be held in the Co liseum, Chicago, during the lat ter part of January. In the race > around the world, messages sent - at the same time, will be flashed by telegraph, one going by waj 3 of New York, and the othei 1 through San Francisco. The> will leave the Coliseum at th< '? same instant daily. It is expect 3 ed that Thomas A. Edison wil - . . i i _ r be present to maKe some wonaer *- ful demonstrations in the line o 1- his recent discoveries. Wireles n telegraph tests, including a mes sage to President Roosevelt, an nouncing the opening of the ex position, together with wireles telephoning, will add interesl js In this latter department of elec r_ | trie science, namely, wireles telephony, some remarkable d< 2r j velopmer.ts are looked for. H- A New Cave Discoverec in of An important subterranez to channel, which bids fair to su eg 1 pass in size and beauty the far ous Mammoth Cave, has be< I found in Barren County, K "e One arm has been explored for he distance of seven miles. Furth sm ! progress was stopped by a wi nt, | swift river, plunging on over j rly | underground course. It was ii I possible to tell the magnitude ere the stream. ips The investigations have be ut- j conducted by Dr. Ilazen a tin- Thompson, two explorers. Th are now engaged in building ing boat with which to cross the r an: er and seek out the wondi j farther on. J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. $ r ? E iters National Bank, B less at the "Old Stand." | Union, j H I of $10\000. G Hank in Union. tj luntintr to$:a*>40<), gl nfpj-ost on donnaltH, / H i) Inspected by an oltloor, |K . and Safe with Timp-Lnck, < ^ .1. tho Ranks in Union coinbin'-d. j* CIT YOUR BUSINESS. g NEGROES KILL AND SLAY At a "frolic"?Lewis/ Jeter is Ch?l <m ? ? ? onui utfiu as a woor Nail." \ V Spartanburg:, Dec. 2. ? It\now ooks as if the negroes wi^re bout to rise in this county. Near-, loore Station, on Paul Moore's v arm, the negroes were having: a rolic Thursday nigrht. There vas the sound of revelry and the airgling of the bottle that makes cowards bold. Suddenly two lusty youth's began to fight, the amp was extinguished and a reneral shooting began. After the firing ceased and the smoke cleared away Lewis Jeter was seen stretched out. "dead as a loor nail," and Nelse Coker, Jesse Kirk and Will Wood were knocked out of commission by 3evere gunshot wounds. The same night, out in the Ardella neighborhood, Bob Dean made a deadly assault on the family of Mart Castlebery, who was sitting near the fire with avq sons and a small daughter. amputation^^^ge^Kt.lplva^ Another ShootingaVui?^ falo Mills. Larkin Norman, a young white boy about 14 years old, on Thursday of last week shot Robert Harrison, another white boy about the same age, with a shot gun, inflicting quite painful wounds on the body, arms and face, the shot having scattered and entered these parts. Norman fled and has not been seen since. It seems they began a quarrel about a swing, and Norman went and got his gun and shot Harrison. The wounds are not considered at all dangerous. A very trivial thing about which to shoot a person, and the intention, it seems, was to inflict a more serious wound, but fortunately it did not so prove to be. Infant Burned to Death. 7 Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Charles . McGregory was burned to death \ Friday evening. The facts as a we learn them are, that afternoon " Mrs. McGregory left home in j search of some one to cut some wood, leaving her two children ^ in the house. The larger one of s the children rolled up a piece of paper and made what he called a cigarett, gave it to the baby ~ and in lighting it from the fire the clothes of the baby caught j fire and it was burned so badly ! that it died. >s m ' 2- A Picture Pound. Mr. F. Gist Briggs brought to I. The Times office a very fine picI turc that he had found on the in main road leading from Union n~ to Lockhart just beyond the gin ?n house of Mr. Smith Ivy. The y. picture was lying in the road as ' a if dropped from a wagon. It is ?r a memorial picture. At the top [Jg is a white clove, in center a wreath of flowers, cro-s and of anchor, below which is this in'scription, "In loving rememeI] brance of my dear ones, Johnson "y Woods, died in April, 1900, a Susanna Simeul, Florence Simiv eul." Rv paying for this ad. at ers Union Times office this picture , will be delivered to the owner.