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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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A Christmas Wedding
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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.
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