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[AFTER A WITCHCAT c> Mc FAMILY LIE8 IN WAIT WITH 80LID GOLD BULLET. ( eei kn< Has Caused Various Kinds of ^ Woe in Tumbling Run Valley and vi< Cant Be Killed With Ordi- the nary Ammunition. tin dh At Tumbling Run valley, near Potts- cor v?e, P?... a family la lying in wait wl( r-imr a wiicncat wun a gun loaded < wtth a solid gold bullet, and has also dis f?t a "witctacat-enting cat" on the dir Itrdil of the "hex," or witchcat. This sta witchcat appeared at the home of sei Wowell Thomas, some weeks ago. It tro Was always seen at four o'clock In sta fihe morning prowling around the sto karri yard, and It Is said to have L4i igrown until It was four feet long, of ft la averred that the hens began Ing Crwing like rooster* and the pigs wil rklng like dogs, and this first evl- 1 "denc? that something was wrong was Ma rfMlowed by horses, cattle, poultry qui tand even people pining away and lnt dying. not The climax came when Howell the Thomas himself died. Two daughters fro 'were ieir?one a spinster, tho other On tarried. The former charged the lat- Prl ter with having put the "hex witch- ste cat" on the property, and at the a daneral the two had a grievous clash, mo for the unmarried sister tried to ex- by el from the house the married | I wiicn-sonaer." for The Thomases had behn shooting c*e at the "hex" and though their aim dlfl ordinarily was good, they seemingly ?nl could not hit the strange cat. After ?ul her father's death. Miss Thomas held fro a conference with an unknown witch or doctor and announced that it had ter been revealed that the reason the Ml bullets had not been effective was be- Pe| cause they were lead. She followed t,Q directions and molded a solid gold f?r bullet out of a five-dollar gold piece. ? But when tho magic bullet was in eni the gun ready Tor use, the eat failed coi <U reappear. Miss Thomas and the det neighbors have lain in wnlt for the P?> "Ibex," but all In vain. Some declare En Ms absence due to the fact that too ha< many people have been wearing of crucifixes and talismans -to protect >18*' themselves. Tho affair became so Mysterious that the Pottaville Repub- an< Scan editorially asked a complete of biveetigation. de The latest turn, to the mysterious wa case, however. Is the most Interest-1 ere of alL A black oat owned by a ( Schuylkill Haven man has been found Pr< tar the "hex" doctors to be a "hexa- th? . ilitmeron cat." This cat Is said to N. here been born on the 6th day of the sixth month In 1906. and to have an< . been one of a litter of six kittens. ft was Mind only six days after be* ,m Dag born, whereas all ordinary cats tee blind nine days. .The word hexahemeron Is taken from two I Ckeek words, "hex" and "hsmera," and means a completion In six parts. ( fc Is usually used In referring to the tea six days'- labor of Creation, as de- th< anrtbe^ l* the first chapter of Genesis. th? While there are only five books tn an) Hope# |n the authorised Bible, the In hMCS.d^etote ^declare they w have a un txth book of Moses. 1m this book the Sal 3tcb of <Bnder . ascribes full power to no s ,'hexahemeron cat in' warding off pe< 11 spells. ' th? It was declared that the "hex cat" fre had beyond doubt an engagement notelth the evil one, whereby .lt had lm* ma USrted trt It an trwr, ? ? ??!/, v? oyuu. 1 u?5 U1 Schuylkill Haven cat baa never eaten an anything but toads, frog*, lizards Blo and serpents, and the hex doctors not agreed that its presence ?wtll restore hathe Thomas homestead to a normal Ch (rendition. twi ? ths Her Occupation. , *le The Junior member of the old law hul ' Arm of Goldsmith, Colston. Hoadley be< fc Johnson having used the phrase kn' % shining ornament of the Cincinnati mc har" In referring to some other law- teE W, Murat Halatead seized upon the phrase and thereafter Invariably re- an Cured to Mr. Johnson as "the brass flal smament of the Cincinnati bar." At hal an evening gathering Mr. Halstead ,bai saw a handsome woman. He begged sll) to be presented, and was?to Mrs. ?I,< Johnson. It did not occur to him who the lady might be. He was curious about her. "Johnson, Johnson?" he ( (repeated; "I have never had tho pleas- ;oi re of meeting you before, Mrs. John- the um. Do you live In Ohio?" "Oh, yes," the replied the lady, brimming over with " smiles; "I live In Cincinnati." "In- giv deed!" said Mr. Halstead, quite aston- to (Shed; "may I inquire of what family she mi Jhhnsons you are?" The smiles wh were more than merry this time- "Mr. 1 Malstead," she replied, "for fifteen the years I have been trying to polish up his mo orate ornament or tbe Cincinnati rea . bsr!" - left A Deduction. hei Look at that fellow Gassaway!" * mif* Hicks. "By George. If ever any fell Man was born with a silver apoon in 1 his month, he's the one!" the "Think so?" said Dubkins. "Now I roa should hare said, looking at Gassaway's mouth, that It must have been n soup-ladle he was bftrn with."? Harper's Weekly. hu] The Main Reality. on< Critic?How the public flock to that ? play! And yet there la nothing real tal to It Manager?Oh, yes, there la. There's seal money In It ? " on< Might Accusation. alt "Jobbs drinks like a fish." "That Isnt against him. Fllhes "th drink nothing but water." an< / i I j'.\ I iNT BAR ALL THE DIVORCED march* of Great Britain and Russia Find They Must Modify Their Ideas. Rcm Jueen Mary on her husband's acision to the throne caused it to be own that she intended to revive "m j rules and regulations of Queen :torla. Sh? even went a step fur- 8,v: >r, says the Metropolitan, and in- woi lated tha,t the men concerned in ho( orce cases, as respondents or as ant espondents, would be regarded ^ j Lh disfavor In the highest quarters, iuoon Victoria never visited her pleasures on the men implicated in oroe cases, save In the solitary innoe of Sir Charles Dilke. Indeed reral of her most famous and most , sted ministers, such as, for innee. Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmern and the now octogenarian Lord stri indaff, were mixed up in all sorts not dlvoro? cases, without ever forfeit- day : either tholr office or her good age the 3oth King George and Queen tre( ry, however, found that It was It? impossible to put their avowed . entlons Into practice. They could L exclude divorced women from ^ dr court unless they barred there- ra" m tho king's own first cousins, par ind Duchess Cyril of Russia and ont incess Louise of Schleswig-Hol- fr??i in, as well as a host of other royal 1 imperial foreign personages I re or less closely related to them an(] ties of blood. jjgj n Russia divorce was condemned p inerlv both bv the rniirt nnrl hv nn. ty. Moreover, It was extremely . n tlcult to accomplish, being granted 'iav !y on the grounds which would aJir flco to secure a decree of nullity vic< m English and American tribunals, Jan elso for Infidelity. But in the 1st- day case the legal conditions were ex- Rec Ing and the cost of a suit so exisIvo that demands for the dlssolu- ROl n of marriage ties were few and. between. ^ow, however, the situation has '.Irely changed. Divorces have bene frequent In Russian society, and iplte tho objections of the em- T or and of his Hessian born but glish bred consort, the court has ' i to open its doors. Thus the wife General Soukhomlinov, the min- * p er of war, one of the most popular etc. ures at tho court of St. Petersburg' i in the great world on the banks the Neva, was first married to M. t J Htuewitcn, with whom her union s legally and ecclesiastically sev id In 1909. Countess WlUe, wife of the former unier who represented Russia at i peace conference at Portsmouth, H-, In 1905, and who is still a Ok> nister of state, Is also a divorcee ^ 1 is received at court. Moreover, >re are a number of divorces in the . V* perial family Itself, something 07^ oily unknown until the present q.k. i ? . SS Nile and Lake Once Connected. , JjKjj leologists are not confined to the itimony of fossils in ascertaining pro changes that have taken place on atv, 1 earth's'surface; sometimes living and imals ate equally good as etldence. and the center of the vast and almost the explored part of Africa south of the ]j;ai bars Ilea Lake Chad, which just w is the goal<of many-' scientific ex- ^ ^ lltions. In several parth of mis la^e 1 ire have been found apeclmaha of a . eh water shrimp of a variety found S rhere else except In the Ntfe. Seeds k iy be carried by birds for long die- . ices, but the eggs of this shrliap 10 1 too fragile for this. The ctmclu-n is that there must at some timet t too far away as geologists reckon, , re been a junction between Lake ad and the Nile or at least that the ? must have been close enough eo it in time of flood the waters mlnd. Now they are separate by many ndreds of miles of desert. This has m Imperfectly explored, but it Is own that for a thousand miles or Ix'a ire to the east of the lake there ex- ? ids a series of depressions that < ght easily be the bed of an ancient << n of the lake. This region is almost " t, and the lake even now has a A bit of shrinking for miles from its Lig aks during the dry season. Posly engineers of the future may re- Y.Hn sn the old course. ^ cial Questioner Floored. froi )no of the members of the school . A nmittee undertook to sharpen up in^ i wits of th-3 boys by propounding ) following question: 'If I had a mince pie and should el two-twelfths to John, two-twelfths Isaac, two-twelfths to Harry, and >uld keep half the pie for myself, ? at would there be left?" rv rhere'was a profound study among i boys, but finally one lad l)eld up hftflfl A a o altrtiol Hof V * .dy to answer. 'Well, sir, what would there be R0( t? Speak up loud so that all can it," said the committee man. The plate," shouted the hopeful low. ? rhe committee man turned red in | 1 i face, while the other member* L* ired aloud. His Specialty. q< 1 like a "very sensitive horse for nting." 'Why do you prefer a sensitive ? 9r Because he naturally Is quick to :e a fence." Not Always. iS It Is always wise," said the sage I |j ), "never to take a step without |? aching weight to it." "put," objected the foolish one, at is what the convict with chain 1 ball doea" i A Rind Letter. Sedalia, S. C., Jan. 19, 1912. /. L. M. Rice. >ear Sir: Enclosed find $1 for renewal of my subscription for ' year. I appreciate the exceltservice your paper is already ing us. Your editorials alone are th the price of the paper and I >e you will succeed in your plans 1 your dreams and visions soon realized. Very respectfully, Wiley Estes. Noted Ku Rlux Leader Dead. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 19.?E. Sepaugh, prominent in reconiction days as a leader in the orious Ku Klux Klan, died to' at his home in G rover, S. C., d 6.r>. Sepaugh led a division of clan that lynched Tom R??uni, a negro agitator, a year after war, and suffered imprisonment Vorkville jail four years rather n betray the names of his comes who formed the lynching ty. He was finally released withtrial. Sepaugh carried a bullet n the negro's pistol to his grave. lev. Charles Underwood Butler j 1 wife, who won such eminent! Linction as singers in the Torry ngelical campaigns in the ited States and other countries, e been engaged to conduct the inual eeriea of protracted aer}8 for Klon college, beginning uary 23 and continuing for ten 8 or two weekn.?G.eensboro ' :ord. JND TRIP WINTERTOURIST FARES 1 Southern Railway, Premier Carrier of the South. he Southern Railway announces 1 iter TouriHt Fares to Tourist points, ' >i tickets on sale daily up to and in- jj ling April 30th, linn 1 limit to return : i 31st, 1912. or information, as to rates, tickets, J , call on ticket agents or address: W V Vfr-Sio.. i Division Passenger Agent, * . L. Meek, Charleston, S. C. t. Gen'l Passenger Agent, tlunta, Ga. 1 Invitation for Proposals. i TREASURY DEPARTMENT, * ice ok the Supervising Architect, ] Washington, D. C., January 16, 1912. J jaled Proposals will be received- in j i office until 3 o'clock p. m. on the ' i day of February, 1912v and then ned, for the construction Vincluding rnbing, gas piping, heating apparatus, c trie conduits aha wiring," an?1ilteri?f' 1 itning fixtures) of the United Btatert * t office at Union, H. C. The building >e one story and basement, of apximately 4,117 square feet ground i, brick faced, with atone trimming i tin' roof. Copies of tbc drawings Xideations may be obtained from | > of the custodian of the site at ion, S. C-, or at this office, at the retion of the Supervising Architect. ' James-Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect! iPLENDIO SERVICE New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore. Washington and the East Now Offered by the S E A B 0 A R D ' AIR UNE RAILWAY No. 32 No. 38 ,ve Chester 8:21 p. m. 4:43 a. ra. Richmond 7:22 a. m. 5:05 p. m. Washington 10:17 a. m. 8-35 p. in. Baltimore 12:14 p. in. 10:56 p. m. Philadelphia 2:23 p.m. 1:04 a.m. New York 4:40 p. m. 3:50 a. m. II trains carry through steel Electrichted Pullman Drawing-Room Bleep* which now enter the new Pennsylia Railroad Station (in the heart of v York City). Io. 32. "The Atlarita-Birmington Spe" carries a through olieervation car, ( n Birmingham to New York. II trains en route serve meals in dincars. service a la carte, ny agent of the Seaboard can furnish lnnation as to schedules, rates, etc. C. D. WAYNE. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent R IY H MARTIN DENTIST )M NO. 2, NICHOLSON BUILDING, UNION, S. C.. OFFICE HOURS: JfcftJU'-"R. I. M. HAIR DENTIST flee Over Mutual Dry Goods Co. <^3fSS? iMikaS u,i;il ?5XQ|3> Ftr Sale Bj TIE UNION TIMES. RGYST1 HITS THE J. The expla mndewilh the ? eveiy in^pedie test of our on thercsndlut or Fertilizers. Sold $y Reliab F.S.ROYST] Sales NorfolkVa. TarL) Baltimore Md. Mont?< Macon Ga. # " .WHAT THE KIDNEYS DO rheir Unceasing Work Keeps Us Strong and Healthy All the blood in the body passes hrough the 'kidneys once every three ninutes. The kidneys tiller the blood. They work night and day. When jealthy they remove about 500 grains of mpure matter daily, when unhealthy ?ome part of this impure matter is left in he blood. This brings on many diseases tnd symptoms pain in the back, headache, nervousness,-hot, dry skin, rhennatic pains, gout, gravel, disorders of he eyesight and hearing, dizziness, irregular heart, debility, drowsiness, iropsy, deposits in the urine, etc. But f you keep the filters right you will have jo trouble with your kidneys. W. lister Davis, 51 South St., Union, 1. C., says: "My kidneys #were weak ind caused my' back to ache. Doan's Kidney Pills which I procured from the Palmetto Drug Co., entirely relieved me ind after taking them, I enjoyed good jealth. I can say that this remedy is an ixccllent one for kidney complaint." For sale by all dealers.) Price so ?Qts. Foster-Milburn Co.,' Buffalo, ITm Vorlf ,<??? j- w - ? -- ?f ?V? Mat WIUICU kites. Remember tije name?Doan'a?and akc no other. Summons for ReHof. 3tatr> of South Carolina f Court Common . County of Union. ) Picas. Mrs. M. L. Scott, Plaintiff, VS. l-..! Arthur Scott, et al., Defendants. To the Defendant, Arthnr Scott: Yon are hereby miqppaooed and reqipreed to answer the Complfcint'in the above entitled action, the original of which was filed in the office of of the Clerk of Court for Union County, State aforesaid, on the 4t,h day of November, A. D. 1911, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the undersigned at his office in Union, 8. C., within twenty days after the service hereof upon you. exclusive of the day of auch service, and if you fail to answer the said Com* plaint as aforesaid within* the time mentioned then this Plaintiff will apply to the Courts for the relief demanded. J. Frost Walker. Jr., - Attorney for Plaintiff. Union, 8. C. Dec. 18, 1911. 61-6t COUGHS and GOLDS Are often neglected, but should be attended to at once. It is dan, gerous to let a cough run too long. HUIET'S Cough Syrup Is guarcnteed to give relief 25d and 50c a Bottle. PALMETTO DRUG CO. THE MONEY SAVERS Union, - S. C. Picture Framing and Wall Paper Furniture Repaired and Polished. Lounges. Sofas and Chairs covered. Mattresses made over. Church Cushions to order. MILLINGS Town send B16ck. ER FERTILIZER SPOT EVERY TIME J ' S.li. 7 /s simple; they arc J greatest care and M jl | Yd has to pass the a if m laboratories; 9 I $ miss aboutRoyster [1 is K 3 9& I le Dealers Everywhere / ER GUANO QoJjj f ' Officer hj ill oroN.C. Columbia S C. > n ornery Ala. Spartanburg 30. " Columbu.3 6a. | Cook Stove 3? Made in One, Two jpPBpjy^' ^ and Three Com2 Roasts - Bakes - Steams - Stews - Fr ? S? PERCHANCE, men, this advertisement 2 your eye. * K Take a sharp look at your wife when shd ^ 5jf pect it? How about it? Is she as fresh a! ^ married her? Doesn't she look a bit fagged \ g 2 You are sleek and well kept. Tools in , X systems at the office simplify and lighten you 1 n f Don't you think your wife?your partnej J S to a like consideration? Bring her in right 1 ^Iier S us prove to you in the sane logical reasonii } * fjg men demand, why you should insist that 6 !jl "Ideal" Fireless Cook Stove. It will lightel tig? X save 80 per cent, of your fuel bill, provide n . r 3* food, and give you a better, brighter compa IT * 2 evening hours. ?nd. 2 tire. .X. Separate lids for each compartment?water ? . x : solid aluminum lining?celebrated "Wear-Evt lCl*S ^ . num Cooking Utensils?perfect insulation?beat ^ ^ a . ished vulcanized hardwood case. ^ ^ u | BAILEY FURNITURE & LUMl >< m 4 A JjJ Leading Home Furnishers ^ G C C' O C C* C- C- < e> MR. FARM t See us before buying kat Farm Supplies, such as ous Plow Stocks, Singletree i of Chains, Backhands and ( )rtl? Buying in large quantit ,er~ are able to sell you ke goods for less money. CALL AND SEE 1 CO. Union Hardwar fcr Iweatht i Union, S. C. at We*: Let us be your Hardware M * acaater t >; Oro? koon o ?'a Btorv an HUI Only tha Belief of Snob*. Poor A k! as al ? The Idea that trade la Vulgar Is one '* ,a Bo,<lom " of the ailliest Ideaa that ever cam* but htm* o?hf into the brain of man. lD drmwlnC