University of South Carolina Libraries
I TRY ONE OF OUR GENUINE | | OLIVER CHILLED TORN PLOWS 1" f AND IF YOU ARB NOT SATISFIED RETURN 9 $ SAME AND GET YOUR MONEY. ^ 0 UNION HARDWARE COMPANY. ? ^ ^ HARDWARE LEADER, ^ UNION, 5. C. J| 1 ' M.V." BOBO 11; Pj UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. H i U ruLL LIIVtOF COFFINS ANDCASKETS ALWAYS ON HAND || hearse or Undertakers Wagon sent anywhere. || \u P| Calls answered any hour. Prompt aud Good || 'i JJ Service. Fair Dealing to All. H th I M. W. BOBO, 1 I B UNDERTAKER AND EMBAEMER. M ?" ???????. tol | "coi'm"eih i On / a rea | <Vod\see us at our new home at i u. 1 s,1? WOi f *** ?in S. il ')r'r Br - the old stand of I fil# 1 niat ^lARRY AND BELK. i ' jw. H. BURRIS.J i ' ??? for PSash, Doors, ^1 S'T,1 Blinds and jilding Material IT OKDKB BY KJUL FBOM 1 saw 1 - 1 COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFC CO, Columbia. S. C ^ SC / A POOR MOUNTAIN BOY. <i? an; An Original Story by Spartan Goodktt ^ " can't go to Sunday-school because on vc no shoes or coat. The other yc would laugh at inc." he hnny Jones was a handsome lad at he ecu summers. It was in the year ed , just after the "surrender," Johnfather and elder brother had come hi e from the war. The little farm rti the Blue Ridge was all that they if in worldly possessions, save a few In :r dollars and climes that were hid- Si away when the war bqgan. Everyy wore home-spun clothes, but n nny did not have a full suit of that, it ii, because his elder brother and e i sisters? had to be dressed first. So a :n the afternoon Sunday-school was c aimed at the mountain school House t; inny could not go because he .had li coat or shoes. V I lyron llrown, a neighbor boy, wis t I so unfortunate as Johnny; he lnd a >es and two coats, and when le a rued the reason why Johnny <kl j t go to Sunday-school lie offered 1> i in liiui a coat, and he himself wouM j to Sunday-school barefooted. Johm reluctantly agreed to the proposw in and 011 the next Sunday he went 1 > Brown's home and put his coat on id they went to Sunday-school tcf ;ther. As they walked along the road, hnny insisted on staying behind tl ; owd of large boys and girls, for 1 is ashamed of his big bare feet. The school house was crowded wlic K\v got there and Johnny was ashaqaj ' g'<> nwde hare-footed; and he $tre that everybody would know he ,d n ,lvro" s c?at. Byron led the tv nd. us they had to step over the et I I'd ieg> of a dozen men before t ;y I cached a seat. Johnny was blush g I "d trembling fearfully, and when V at tloun he stuck his feet under tl one slab bench. Jun llardx. a young man just honl rnm t,llc war- "car Johnny and bJ Jim led the singing. He learne. while he was in the armv an. 1? )vas 5>r"i;,i this nccomplishmen >tu-;i singing had never been heard i tat settlement before. Jim Hard :r.4". ,7/ an ' curing th.. ,llv moth ' CO.f,r ""r ??<< bo?J u, ? ;V 'rh.ius rc?i "? ''f "vr}!??|v " 111 chapters i, .'"1mm- J..,ics | ^ l'u,"ar "r w'cr< am! y ? '"i .1.0 ,te,r J,,'?"ny wore |'vr, ' b,,t alwa"V.T' CVVry S?? ; C"""' >'onm "Th'r ,V,K" a Kra.,,1 SunUa,,.^1'^ ??? nn in August and Johnny determined > have a suit <>i clothes and a pair <>! iocs for the occasion; so, after the ops were laid by he went down b> e creek and peeled the bark off the aple trees and boiled it and made a e. Then he put some sheep wool id cotton in the dye and let it stand r several days. Then he washed the >o! and dried it in the sunshine. Johncould card and spin, but his sisters Id him if he would card the wool and tton they would spin the thread and ave the cloth. Of course Johnny ex:ted some help from his mother and ters at this stage and he was deiited at their offer to help him. He n had a big stack of rools carded 1 bis sisters kept the spinning wheel : ng, and in a few days the cloth was dy to be cut. Johnny's mother was I tailor, and he was a happy boy as watched her cut the cloth and sew ogether. [ow Johnny must have a pair of es. The cobbler told Johnny to ig the leather and he would make shoes. But no leather was to be , : Johnny's father had a pair of! y shoes that were given him when \ vas on his way home from Appo- J tox, and he carried them to the ' >ler and had them ripped to pieces made smaller. And this is how s pit his shoes. dinny had a straw hat that he made ^ >elf, and when he put on his new ^ lies he looked quite respectable. looked awkward in his big shoes, a he went to the Sunday-school ccleion, and when the school formed r e at the school house to march to >ig brush arbor that had been made ai the occasion, Johnny was in the nl t ranks, near Jim Hardy, the ?r. A to ere had not > c ? * n ouiiuayscnool cj, ration in that settlement since the ex he Kan, and this was the first opm; inity the boys and girls had of ng since the war and getting acted, and they were there from a distance, in every direction. A C girl smiled at Johnny when she lim with his fine clothes and it coi ened him so had he came near ma ; in his tracks. frc speaking of it afterwards, Johnny me i I I :1ared that he had the finest time of ybody that was at the celebration, fohnny attended the district school ring the winter months and worked i his father's farm the rest of the j ar. When he was sixteen years old joined the Baptist church, and when was eighteen years old he was elect! superintendent of the Snndayhool. The office was thrust upon m, and he said if that was the best icy could do, he would do his bes?, e was full of the spirit and ere long : was the acknowledged leader in unday-school and church. Preachers ere scarce in those days, and it was ot often that a sermon was preached i the little meeting house. A preachr could be had only by making one, nd the church gave Johnny Jones liense to preach, when he became tweny-one years old. Johnny read the re igious paper that came every week, de has been a successful minister of he gospel for more than thirty years md he declares that he got his sermons ind education by reading one religious >aper. He advises his churches to I read The Baptist Press if they want to ?et a religious education. - Tinker Creek Entertainment. . % ' Quite a large crowd was present, Saturday night to enjoy the entertainment given by the pupils of Tinker Creek school. The following program was carried out: i. A recitation, "Welcome."?Eva Adams. "'2. Song. "Washington."?School. .V A dialogue, "Washington."? Five boys. 4. A recitation. "The School House Flag."?Lois Gregory. 5. A recitation, "My Flag."?Fred Foster. 6. A recitation, "Washington's Birth month."?Gilliam Bratton. 7. A recitation, "thir Flag."?Inez 1 Foster. 1 S. A recitation. "The Little Soldier." [i?James Bratton. ill). Song. "Yankee Poodle."?School. trfoo- A recitation. "A Little Boy's ylSfcch."?Victor ?Iregorv. (tyi i. A recitation. "How to Tell tin .1 1 he."?1".-telle Gregory. i 1. A recitation. "When the Min s istei Come- to Tea."?James Bra it on s l.; A recitation. "Jesus. Lover o ' \ t ,. ' I.V., \,t>n,c a u>vhi! 1 roii. i.m?- S'?? Nwr l"'K Mite."?Belle Gregory. , ~ i?. Song, "Come Home Fathe . , School. vi." \ nl: c?>. "On Twehth Nig it. 1 Wpl-rrr^-. &a AfliV . tiny Henry Fost ^farry Gilliam Bratt< i Clyde Charlie l)ix< j George I.onzo Fost< Friends oi Adam. Marie I.etha Gregor Nina Estellc Gregor Grace Mamie Gregry Ella Lois Gregor Friends oi Eve.. Betsy, Eve's Maid .... Janie Foste Sambo, Adam's Valet Aiter the above program was carriet out refreshments were Served on tin grounds. I'he proceeds amounted to ?iS.oS with which books for a library wii be bought at once. Much of the sucess was due to then faithful teacher, Miss Lillie Adams, who spared no pains in training tin children. Tb.. - - > wisncs to thank the public for their liberality and good behavior during all the performances. To Hang March 29. i Tom Harris, charged with killing Mrs. Hortensia Morgan, in Cherokee :ounty, was last week found guilty and condemned to hang on March 29th. The crime was one of the most atro:ious ones recorded in recent years. Death of William Dilmus Going. William Dilmus Going, the invalid on of Mr. John Going, died at his faler's home on the 27th of February, om epilepsy. He had been afflicted ith this disease for twenty-three years lit his sufferings became more intense bout three weeks ago, and it could be ;Cn that the end was near at hand om the beginning. He was the only rother of Rev. J. T. Going, of Mon ch. About ten years ago he lost his ind and from that time until his death 1 ; scarcely knew anything or anybody, j 11 of his life he was a constant care 1 1 his parents, being as helpless as aj' lild. The father and mother wish to , .press their sincere thanks to the 1 any friends who administered their ' J during his sickness. ( t Legislature to Protect flag. ; Washington, Mar. 4.?The supreme \ urt decided today that the States s ly legislate to protect the flag j, >m being used as an advertise- p :nt. 11 f THEY DON'T DIE \ Without question the Trust Company is \4 better fitted to perform the exacting * duties of Executor and Trustee than the * ' private citizM. ^ ?* GOOD TRUST COMPANIES DON'T DIE. THE NICHOLSON BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Union. S. C. EMSLIE NICHOLSON, JOHN A. PANT, PRCSIDtNT. VIC-f -BRf SIDtNT. GEORGE C. PERRIN, M. A. MOORE, ^ CASHIER. ASSISTANT CASMR.^j/ 1A CAR LOAD OFj ORGANS I 4 Thp finp^t pvpr shinned to Union, will be here in a t** I few days. See them and get our prices before buy- Jg- ? . ing. There is a great saving by buying?Organs in jfr-:*" Car-load lots and our customers shall rafve the ben- Jr efit of it. We will also have five fine UPRIGHT PIANOS | * i At one half the regular price * Let Us Figure With You UNION SUPPLY COMPANY, J. H. SPEARS,[Manager. JT I UNDERTAKING! :l ! 2 ? Mr. W. W. Cooper has charge of this Depart- % e meet and lias had many years experience in * % the line. We can furnish any kind of % l | COFFIN, OR CASKET % "rT J-j* snorr Notice. * Our Lest attention is given to this Department" 2 ^ n fin n;sh Burial Wagon or Hearse as required. * ? Respectfully. * $ O A) _ - - * \ IUKNER & MAYFIELD. f *]f ^ # ? 4 4 4 4"A"4'A'4'4'A"A'4*4'4*4'4*4 rj^ For Emergencies at Home For the Stock on the Farm SloaKs Liivinveivt Is awhole medicine chest Prir^ * ' j Send For Free DooUlef on Horse&. Cottle. Hogs SRauHry. I I Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass; I I Jb Jl This Is worth Saving. p? The following simple home-made MlPQ /Win RrPQQP I mixture is said to relieve any form of nn,w /(I Rheumatism or backache, also cleanse lengthens the life of the AJI ami strengthen the kidneys and Iliad- B wa8ou es horse- NO I tier, overcoming all uinary disorders, power, time and tem- Bill if taken before the stage of Bright's P**' B*?t lubricant m Wlf disease: Fluid F.xtract Dandelion, the world?contains j|if r>ne-half ounce; Compound Kartron. ? powdered mica lij/l / l/iic ounce; compound Syrup Sarsapa- which ztt^v/L ' rilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking k ] 7*rjK -M,;, well in a bottle and take in teaspoon- torm*M / nj jjjl :til doses after meals and at bedtime. a smooth, 1/1/ A well-known authority states that hard coating on axle, and lprjj hese ingredients are mainly of vegc- reduces friction. InlV I able extraction, and harmless to use, rt-n? ??. Mil md can be obtained at small cost from If you want your outfit f|/ iny good prescription pharmacy. Those Xo last ana earn money Hit I vho think they have kidney trouble or while it lasts?grease all I uffer with lame back or weak blad- the axlea with Mica nil ler or Rheumatism, should give this Axle Grease. IT/ description a trial, as no harm can ' (fj ossibly follow its use, and it is said STAMDARO OIL COMPANY ! ??>???a ! o do wonders for some people. ' I