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' r m. w. i ' iiiii M. W. I _ # "-== <***- V r ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES Of the Double Daily Passenger Trains, Union, S. C. Train going Nortli 9:00 a. m. 1 ** " South 11:35 a. m. 1 " " North 2:35 p. m. " " South 8:53 p. m. These trains only make a few minutes stop at Union, so that the hours of arrival are practically the hours of departure. Any change in this schedule will be published in This Times for j the benefit of the public generally. Local News Notes Points Personal and Otherwise _ > Picked up and Paragraphed ( V by Our Pencil-Pusher. ] Miss Mary Flynn was at homo (luring the holidays. Glenn Osborne, cadet in the citadel, was at home Christmas. Clifford Knox went to Charlotte, j N. C. to spend Christmas. Miss Susio Tinsley spent Christmas at her home in the city. j Miss Pearl Goforth spent Christmas at her home in the city. Misc Kate Summer spent Christmas with her parents in the city. Miss Ethel Foster spent the holidays with her parents in the city. GraV.am Knox, of Charlotte, N. C., spent Christmas with relatives in the city. Mr. Walter Smith was at home for the holidays from his school in Barnwell county. Roy Fant and John B. Wardlaw, of South Carolina college, were ut home Christinas. Misses Lillic and Ora Fant, of Converse college, were at home during the holidays. Mr. Wm. E. Colton, of Jackson, ville, Fla., was at homo during the holidays with his parents. Jjp,""' Spencer I'errin and Sidney Goss, students in Clemson college, wore at home for the holidays. The children of tho Episcopal Sunday School and their little friends were tho happy guests of a lovoly Christmas tree at the homo of Mrs. Crown Torrcnce Wednesday morning. Many pretty presents were taken from tno tree for the cjyjdrgp, ' v , / r ! r 8 V t I t a s ]j c d 30B0 v a 0 1 I Jims i d il 30B0 b ??????. J v tl V o V t] a tl tl a tl h d Hi a u n [ I ^ j. \f ica Tnli^A U ! 11. a. ni i imco wiiiiu otniiii s|H'in enrist r mas at home. She is now teaching the school at Black Rock. George C. Perrin, Jr., assistant cashier of the Jonesvillc bank spent , Christmas with his parents. * Mr. J. E. Brenan and family, of u Newberay, spent Christinas with the family of Mr. I. M. McGowan. g (1 Mr. Glenn I). Peake, Jr., of Buf- c falo, spent one day during Christmas with his brother, Mr. I. Frank ,l Peake. ^ Dr. William Perrin, of the Balti- ^ more dental college, spent Christ- ( maa with his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Perrin. 1 Married at the home of the brides' ' parents at Aetna Mills, Wednesday, ^ December 27th, Mr. A. D. Jolly to r Miss Zelma Vaughan. I Mr. Clough Arthur, bank stenog- ' rapher in Spartanburg, spent Christ- 1 mas at home with his parents, Mr. v ind Mrs. B. F. Arthur. j xvir. ana Mrs. rrea noil and, oi a Atlanta, Ga., after a fe>v days visit G to Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gregory, re-! j; turned to their homo Tuesday. I Walter Going, of Furraan, and ^ sister, Miss Bernice, and Miss Beatrice Wilburn of Greenville a Female college, spent the holidays ^ at home. . rI On Wednesday night, December ^ 27th, at 7.30 p. m., at Bogansville * church, Miss Ola West to Mr. Lownie Hyatt, Rev. D. English Camak e officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Washington Walker and child, ?f Andersons spent Christmas day with Maj. and Mrs. Jno. A. Fant, parents of Mrs. Wal- 1 kcr. Tuesday they went to Chester 1 for a short stay. * | r Misses Blancho and Catherine TU/xtvtoAvi nnfitvfninnrl n nnv^luit* t\f ' I iiuiuouii vnv\'i Kutuv/u a liiiiui/t i wi young friends Wednesday night most J pleasantly. An amusing feature ( was the pining the pack on Santa t Claus back, being first blind-folded, f and blowing out os candles at a cer- ) tain distance, for which prizes were \ given. Those present were Misses j Lilly and Ora Fant, Misses Med.-.a and Douisa Luncan, Mi$s- .Viary ^ Flynn and Sydney T .??, Misses ]> Maggie and Ethel Walker; and the , gentlemen were Messrs. Roy Fant, ^ Phil Flynn, Willie and Spencor Perrin, Sidney Goss, John B. Ward- j law, Ben and Clough Arthur, New- t top Wglktir, MttE&hal Jttfdan. j " "Sl A STRIKING CONTRAST. itiristmas of 1904-in Union Compared With the Christmas of 1905. Christmas casualitics point most >lainly add uneringly to tho man-' ler in which the day had been pent, and tho Christmas of 1901 ras a shocking demonstration of he existence of the dispensary in Jnion. For three or more days i he dispensary had been crowded, ! ,nd it was almost impossible to erve the crowd of purchasers, and ate Saturday evening found the rowd almost undiminished at the loor of the dispensary. Sunday fas Christmas Day and it was less ike Sunday than it had ever been, rlonday morning the mayor's court fas crowded with offenders, drunk nd disorderly conduct, due to the ver indulgence in dispensary liquors >y the maddened crowd. On the Friday and Saturday before C'hristnas last year the streets were t * ? nrongco, and on Saturday the | ttvets wore a mass of living, moving ' iinnan beings, yet there was less noney spent for nice gifts and umething good to oat than for diiskey. The Christmas of ltJOo was quite ifferent, the crowd was here, but t was orderly and the money went reely for nice things to give friends, nd for nice, good things to eat. Vhile it is true that for several days cforc Christmas a large quantity of diiskcy came to this place through lie express ofiiee addressed to many eoplc yet there was not a man drunk n the streets Christmas day, and it r'asMonday. We must conclude that liose who got whiskey took it home nd drank it more moderately, and lie whiskey was of a better quality lian the dispensary liquor and hud better effect, because on Tuesday, he day after Christmas, the mayor iad no cases of drunk and disorerly conduct to try. Everybody ecmcd to be in good humor, peaceble and pleasant, bent upon pleasre and not riot. Wo do not re uemuer a more quiei, uengntiui Ihristmas, with absolutely no serius calamities or crimes to mar the >ys of the occasion. hristmas Dance at the Opera House Tuesday Night. The German Club gave a most elightful dance at the opera houso 'uesday night, greatly to the pleasre of the young ladies and young cntlemcn "at homo from college uring the holidays. About a dozn couples engaged in tho dance, nd the spirit of Christmas seemed d inspire the dancers and all went roll. It was "on with the dance, it joy he unconfincd." The couples were: Miss Blanche 'homson with Phil Flynn; Miss annic Thomas with R. A. Jones; liss Sallie Ilix, with Willie Peril!; Miss Catherine Thomson with Sen Arthur; Miss Jesse Hix with )r. Powe; Miss Jesse Cravens with I. L. McNally; Miss Lily Thorn dth Dr. Brownlec; Miss Mcdora )unean with Marshall Jordan; liss Louisa Duncan with Sidney loss; Miss Lily Fant with Roy 'ant; Miss Nina Colton with Ilugh lurris; Miss Mary Flynn with Hough Arthur; C'haperones, Dr. nd Mrs. H. M. Holmes, Mr. and Irs. F. H. Garner, Mrs. W. E. j 'homson; Stags, Dr. J. M. Wallace, pencer Perrin, P. A. McNally, I. L. Gogs, James Rodger. A Mew Year'8 dance will be givn next Monday night. Election of Officers. At their regular meeting on Wednesday night Wallace Lodge No. 00 I. O. O. F. held their semi-annial election of officers and the folowing were elected to fill the chairs: H. W. Phillips, noble grand; j I". H. Huff, vico grand; A. L. j iarner, secretary and B. E. Teague, reasurer. These officers with the ippointive ones will be installed on Wednesday night, January 3, 1906, >y District Deputy Grand Master fas. G. Long, Jr. This lodgo was instituted on the 13rd of February last with a mcinjership of twenty-two aj Monarch , nill and named for Hon. Win. H. ! kVallacc. It now has a mcmb -rihip of about 50 and in a flourish ng condition. A Rebek ?h lodge in o be instituted soon. Thia is the adies fcraatk if the #dd Fviiews. J I " 11 A Christmas Wedding jtf; 1 [Original.] SovornI years ago I was obliged to go on business during tho auluinn to a seaport town. Ono day while waiting, in order to kill times, I visited the life saving station. Just before reaching it I parsed a boxlike affair built on a dune, measuring about six feet by four. Facing tho oceau was a low door nud beside it a window, through which peered tho saddest face I over saw?the nice ur a woman. She was still young end attractive in appearance, though her hair was white as snow. Sitting l?y the window, her arm resting on the sill, she was peering out to sea as though looking for a ship. At the life saving station I was told that her name was Caroline Owens. Ten years before her lover, John Trevor, a sailor, had started In September on tho schooner Mury Dcane to make a short voyage from which he was to have returned for Christinas and their weddiug. Caroline prepared her wedding outfit?It could scarcely he dignified by the name of trousseau?ami Christmas festivities were also arranged for, Tint on Christmas eve a ship came in with the news tliat the Mary Deano had gone ashore in a storm and every man on hoard bad perished. It was a sad Christmas for every one in the neighborhood. Caroline was stunned. She did not weep. She simply looked out of her eyes at vacancy and said nothing. Every day she would go to the beach, and, standing on a dune just above the life saving station, peer out to sea. In storm and sunshine she was tliero at least once a day, and when tho spring came on and the weather was pleasant she would spend most of the day there. Then the kind hearted life savers built her tiie little shelter ami Invited her to take possession of it. Some of tho men considered her as having gone daft at tho death of her lover, while others thought her mentally sound. 1 was told by one of them, Markain by name, who lu confidence confessed to me that he had fallen hi love with her and would gladly marry lier, though he had never mentioned the subject to her, that every December she became possessed with tho idea that her lover would return on Christinas eve. She had told him there was a feeling within her too strong to be resisted that Trevor ivas alive, wandering here a ml there, mostly on the sea; that there was some reason why he orvilld nnf mtnrn tn Imp Imt- tliia raiiinn wonlil iu time bo removed. This most persons cousiilcrod a maula induced by tbe shock she bad suffered. I often passed her sentry box uud grew more aud more impressed with the sad but bopeful face always peer- . iug out to sea. Wbcn I weut uway I left with Markham, (lie man who luul given mo bis confidence, some money, charging liim to tell ber that an unknown person had given it to him to be used for u wedding present: on tlio return of her lover. I did this hoping It might give ber pleasure. She was couviuced that Trevor would come back, and I believed it might lies! to foster tills belief. I returned to the city, autumn faded into winter and the snows came down. One morning a man appeared at my otilco whom I did not recognize for a moment, but when I did I saw that be was Markham. "What brings you here?" I asked, takbig bis rough band in mine. "There's a wedding on," be replied. "A wedding?" "l'es; Carrie Owens'. I've coino to buy the gift." "And you?" "Oil, no, 110; better than that." There / was a double expression of pain and joy in bis face and In his voice. "Come, sit down here and tell me." "You remember the storm of the 30th of November?" ho said. "Well, that was the worst I've ever experienced. Carrie Owens spent the day iu lior box. The next day would be tbe 1st of December, and (hat was the month she 1 was always the worst. I tried several | times to induce her to go home, but she wouldn't. Just as it was getting dark I looked up at the box and saw a man coming from behind it. lie was evidently coming for CArric, for bis eyes were on the box. Suddenly lie rounded j to the front end stood before her. Then i 1 heard a shriek and knew that Jack Trevor had come at last." He went on to tell me that Trevor | had been injured in the head at the | time of the wreck, had been thrown ashore and had wandered about without any remembrance as to who he was. Finally, when ill in a hospital, a surgeon had discovered a displacement of a small piece of his skull, had trepanned hiui and brought back his memory. Then he had made for home and Caroline. "He didn't eomc by sea. as she expected," added my informant, "but lie came all the same." I Ho bore an invitation for nie to the wedding, and I accepted. On Christmas eve I arrived at-the cottage of Carolino Owens' parents and was introduced to Caroline herself. So preoccupied had she been when I was passlug her box that she did not remember have ever seen me. Of course both she and Trevor bore marks of the hard lot that had befallen thein, but their faces were beaming with happiness, and every one of the wcuamg party wan smiling. I pitied Mnrklmm, the poor fallow whoso love had been but a one sided affair. lie bad brought my present ns well ns one from himself and before I left I handed him a check for the bride. I have Rpent many a happy Christmas eve, but none where I felt and sa\v about me so much Joy as in this. CIUJEIUD8 P. THVRBEB. 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