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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
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QCKHAftT MILL STORE!
i^oong Burglars end
..Thieves Arrested.
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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
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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. $
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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*
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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.
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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.