The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, December 29, 1905, Image 2
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HOW THE CHURCH
WAS BUILT
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The people of I'ireawny t'ity were
emerging from barbarism. Some of
them were already getting ashamed of
the city's name, though this w is by no
means outspoken. At any rate, the
frequent shootings which "gave rise to i
the appellation had somewhat fallen
off. Some of the older, more settled of
the population advocated a church.
They called a meeting of the citizens.
aiul Deacon Snell?called deacon because
lie was the only man in the place
who had never had a "scrap" with any
one?made a speech announcing that
lite meeting had been called for the
purpose of taking measures to lmild u
church. "A church," ho said, "would
be useful in a number of ways. In die
lirst place. It would benetit our immortal
souls. In the second, it would
tend to the respectability of the place
by reducing the number of shooting
affairs."
The citizens were unanimous that
they wanted a church. There was no
doubt about that. A subscription was
* about to he opened when a man called
Slippery Sam. from the fact that be
had managed to kill every movement
for reform that had thus far taken
place, called the attention of the meeting
to the fact that the raising of funds
for the church might he used to stop
the shooting that was si ill nourishing,
lie proposed that the first man who
killed another be obliged to build the
church.
The proposition took the assembly
like a sudden change of wind. There
whs no opposition, hut the idea was so
novel that it. required thought. Pole
Hawkins, who had many notches in his
gun, asked if the man who might lose
in the game would he allowed 1o put
I up the money to build the church or
must buiUI It himself. The proposer nf
the scheme said that lie Intended that
the loser should do the work himself.
This would make the penalty all the
tuore effective. The building r,f n log
church big enough to hold. say. fifty
)M>o|de was no easy task. Slippery
Sam's proposition, with the amendincut,
was adopted, and the meeting
adjourned with a vote of thanks to the
author of the scheme, who had for once
appeared on the side of reform.
rireaway City suddenly became a
highly Christian town. At. least so it
appeared. The day after the meet lug
I?lck Evans called Hank Williams a
Ileal o\ er a game of cards. Hank got
Ids gun out before Hick, whose bolder
bad got twisted, and was alaait to
shoot when be remembered the church
building. "Forgive mo, brother," ho
said. "I was wrong." 'J'hcn, as the
game proceeded, he remarked casual
ly: "I v.ish some galoot ' ' git plugged.
'ih< u a teller could do his sliootiu' with
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isands of friends
jt Union and Uni
GREETING:
method of extending to you
usiness since our efforts in
and reliable place for suppl
dth honest merit and earm
tials with which a concern
We are glad to say that 01
rded by the most liberal pai
id even better than we ha
st in our business history, .
ut egotism that we are glac
ou in season and out of sea
Iptnmp nnrl dp?ii*nhlt? in thp
undivided attention,
he best evidence that we ca
'ous treatment as we ha
nee that for the future, 1
ys given in the past, the
le, and that we intend to li
e best goods at the lowest
lat 1906, upon the thresholi
your most grateful and wil
;ing for you that K06 ma>
rous year of your existence
jasure of contributing in j
inuing to give to you our b<
b are,
Vours most grateful
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Headquarters for Reliable G
<?ut beiti' interrupted."
Inning tin* next lew weeks there
wort* livo eases tif apology tluit, without
tho penalty, would have boon shoutings
and tiny number of small makeups.
til" issue of which would have
been uncertain. Then it began to be
remarked that Slippery Sam had killed
1b" church after nil, for it was evident
thai no one was going to shoot any one.
thus I'ringing on himself the penalty of
building it.
j Slippery Sam began to grow unpopular.
It. was not that he opposed reform,
hut that he had proposed a scheme
which was found to he irksome. At
the Alhambra saloon one morning the
matter of forcing the author of the annoying
plan to end the embargo by
shooting some one himself was disra-sed.
The difficulty in the way was
that any one inducing him to shoot
must get shot. The party was ready
to do most anything to put an end (.?
the situation, but no one was willing
to be the victim.
I I Oi,., II.* * - ---
i m liii.i ii \ urv;mni iKt uni>v tui^ ilN
to who should insult Slippery Sam and
gel kilh'd for iln> benefit of the wholo.
Polo Hawkins drow the red poker chip
lliai Ind boon put into a hat with a
do/on or more white ones, lie asked
If il was optional with him to ho killed
or t > kill Sam and suffer the penally
of building the church. A conference
followed, at the end of which he was
informed that when the Jots were
| drawn II was understood that the loser
j was t i ha shot. It would not be fair to
I those whose lives had been risked in
j the drawing to now permit the loser to
j save his life by building the church,
i Hawkins turned a trifle pale at this
I decision and hade farewell to them all,
taking each by the hand. Then lie
| went out io lind Slippery Sam. In ten
| minutes a succession of pistol shots
i were heard, and the citizens congregated
about Ihe bodies of Slippery Sam
and Pete Hawkins, who had killed
each other, tints leaving the continualty
in the same tlx as before, for neither
i had been left to build the church.
I A meeting was railed to settle the
question whether the conditions still
held good. The resolution read that the
Ilrst person to kill a man must put up
the building. The llrst man to kill was
dead. Should it now he understood
that the next man to kill should build
the ehtireh. When the question was
put, there was a shout of "No!" from
those who had affairs to settle. The
! peace party voted "Yes." Deacou Snell
arose and said:
| "This yore penalty has got rid o' the
, two men in Fireaway f'ity that always
lone tlio most damage. Slippery Sam.
who was ngin reform, and Pete Hawkins.
who did the most kililn*. Now.
I've a double proposition to make- that
wp hung the next tuan that shoots and
all take hold and bulkl the church."
The proposition was received enthusiast!.ally
by the peace men. and, as
for the shooters, they.were overawed.
and Patrons g
on County, ff
our sincere gratitude
i your midst to conying
all your needs
est endeavor, which @0
can come before an j|g
ur efforts along this gg
tronage that we have j?|5
d hoped for, making ^
ana it is witn consciI
to say we have done fig
son with everything gg
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received at your
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very best service, of E3|
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Thoy loft Firenwny City for more congenial
grounds, and those who remainof!
built the church.
F. A. MITCIIETj.
('IcaillllR Mch'n (lollies.
A tailor of fifty years' experience
gives the following information:
All men's clothing to be cleaned
should be thoroughly beaten and brushed.
Some things are so dirty it is absolutely
necessary to wash them as
any other woolen goods. Iron on the
! wrong side. To remove spots, use the
following:
Two ounces of hartshorn, an ounce
of eastile soap, a quarter of an ounce
of saltpeter. Dissolve in a quart of
rain water.
He has used many cleaning mixtures.
bill considers tliix the Put
j a wad of soft cloth (like au old towel)
utalcr the siiot, saturate well ami rub
hard. The secret of success lies in
hard rubbing, which will drive the
grouse through into the wad of cloth.
Uub dark goods with dark woolcu aud
light goods with light. I'ress on right
side with dntnji dotli between iron and
garment.? Ihift'alo News.
I ml ia ii Summer.
Indian sununer is the short spell of
warm days in October or November accentuated
by the ilrst chill of autumn
which hits preceded it. Sometimes it
lasts as long its it fortnight, aud it has
been observed to recur twice or thrice
in a season, though this is quite rare.
An atmospheric phenomenon of the
same nature has received the name of
"St. I.tike's summer" in Germany, "St.
Martin's summer" in Kuglund, the
feasts of these saints being Oct. IS and
Nov. il respectively. The name Indian
summer is of an unidentified orierin.
It has Hmii nstiilillalimt thni ii
dors not appear on any record earlier
than IT'.M. but when first recorded it
was as a term in general use. The use
of the expression in 177N by Horace
Walpole clearly referred to the torrid
summer of the West Indies and not to
this pleasant period of the northern
autumn.
Tlie Snlnit of the (ireekv.
The Creek conception of the evil one,
whom they call Yama, makes that personage
one of the most satanie of the
whole evil tribe. According to their
ideas of him, he is 240 miles high and
the hairs on his body stand out like
palm trees on a mountain side. He
punishe-: the doomed being submitted
to bis charge by putting tliem in beds
of boiling oil. sawing their bodies in
two. pouring molten lead in their ears
and such other little pranks its pulling
out their tongues, toe and linger nails
and gouging out their eyes. He is a
heartless old fiend of the most fiendish
kind ami has many other exquisite lit
tlo tortures laid up for the helpless
wretch consigned to Ids "chamber of
horrors."
A Itnnk !*? .ImUI. 'fl
A l*ndy Bountiful living in u su'nur- I
inn village met an o'd man on thc? ro.nl
one day anil asked after his family, his
Lealtli, etc. The old man gave a rather
gloomy account of things. Ho laid to
work nil day and every day, and he it
was growing old nuil felt the cold and V
was always tired, lie wished ho could p
rest a hit after his ldng life of labor. U
lie was weary, very weary. j. I
Liuly Bountiful, reminded hhn 11
thut every oue had his chare of a p
to do in this world, uud that it was nil T
only n preparation of the world to p
come, where there will be no tears or
labor. ~
Tlie old man shook his head and smll- C.
od cynically. IL
"That may lie for the likes of you," * *
lie said. "But there'll ho work for the |_
likes of inc. It will be the same thing "J
there: Molm. clean the sun.' 'John, ~
liang out the moon.' 'Joliu. light the
stars.' 'John, stop the wind.' They will
tind srmietuiug tor me to uo, nia am? v
you'll see." q
\ Wonilcrft:! lIMc. ^
The uiost wonderful straightaway I
rlilo ever made by man was the gallop |_
of Francis Xuvler Aubrey. ct-dnvant
Canadian voyugeur awl st famous pony
express rider, from Santa IV, N. M., T&
to Independence, Mo., in 1853 ? 800 1
miles in five days nnd thirteen hours. 1
In 1H.VJ he bad covered the same distance
in a little over eight days, and
his record was on the wager <>f 81.two
that ho "could do it in an even e'gld ?
In the whole distance Lie ilid noi stop
to rest, and he changed horses only
with every 100 or 200 miles, lie was a
stocky French Canadian, light hearted,
genial, adventurous and absolutely
fearless. For some time lie was an
overland freighter, and he also made
the enormously difficult nud dangerous
drive of a flock of sheep from New
Mexico lo California across the deserts
of the Colorado, lie was killed in Banta
Fe.?MeClnre's Magazine.
Stockholders Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Merchants and Planters
National Bank will be held in the directors
room of said bank 10 o'clock
a. in. Tuesday, January Otb, 190(1.
J. I>. Arthur,
Cashier.
51-31
Final Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that States U
It. Aycock, Guardian of the estate of f
roster uentiy, minor, has applied to H
Jason M. (ireer. Judge of Probate, |
in and for the County of Union, for a ;
final discharge as such guardian. fl
It is ordered, That the 22 day of U
January A. D. 1000, be fixed for hear- f
ing of petition, and a final settlement 1
of said estate. ij
Jason M. Grkkh, f
Probate Judge Union County, S. C. I
Published in Tiik Union Times De
cember 23, 19C5. ?
51 -41
Tax Assessment Notice.
The time for taking tax returns begins
on the 1st day of Jar.ua-y. WOO,
and expires on the 20th day of February.
All real, as well as personal
property, must be returned this time,
it is the instruction from the Comptroller-General
to positively charge
the f>0 per cent, penalty to any and all
persons who neglect to make their tax
returns as required by law. My advice
would be, that every person who
has tenants, see that they make their
returns, as I will have to comply with
the requirements of the Comptroller
General, and add fiO per cent, penalty
to all who do not make their returns.
I am giving due notice and you have
ample time. Therefore, when the
penalty is chargsd to you, do not blame
me, but yourself. All returns not
made directly to the auditor or his
clerk, must bo sworn to before some
one f.nmnottMlt. t.r? n/lminictn, on nod.
Want everybody to put a value on
their lands and remember land is
worth more now than it was four years
ago.
Will be in the office at Union from
the 1st day of January to the 13th, inelusive,
after which time I will go to
the following places;
Buffalo January In
West Springs...' " Id
| Bennett's Store, forenoon *>' 17
Harrison's store, afternoon " 17
William's Store " 18
Sedulia, forenoon " 19
Black Kock. forenoon... " 31
Adamsburg, forenoon... '* 22
hockhart " 23
Kelton " 24
Jonesville " 25
Santuc " 26
Carlisle " 27
Monarch Mills, forenoon " 28
Aetna Mills, afternoon.. " 29
From the 29th of January to the 20th
day of February in office.
J. (T. Pahw.
Auditor.
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