The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 31, 1912, Page PAGE 4, Image 4
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FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1912.
OUR CITY MOURNS.
Union has been called upon to
mourn the death of a number of her
best citizens during the past week.
Indeed, the record on our pages this
week is astounding. Our city might
be called "The House of Mourning."
On one burial notice sent around
... Al
incic wt?3 Liirw names. xnere are
many heavy hearts in Union as a result
of the departure of these dear
friends and relatives. One of the
hard features of this mortal life is
the fact that one must constantly
seek readjustment in the matter of
personal touch. Our loved ones pass
away. The heart is left desolate. It
is necessary that we form nejw ties,
- new associates, and that our sympathies
broaden. In this there is much
good, but it is a painful process, nevertheless.
Then, too, one feels that
his own end is hastening. These many
deaths have caused the whole communnity
to think upon the great mystery.
It is well that this is so. We
too often forget that we are mortal.
We come to regard the affairs of life
as permanent, whereas they are transient.
A few short yea s come and
go, and each one of us will have faced
and experienced the pains of death.
It is a solemn thought and one that
forces itself UDon us. It behooves
each one of us to resolve to live well
the few brief years. We must put
something into life if we hope to have
anything left after death. All earthly
goods will be of little value to the
man who has passed out. The empty
honors, the applause of men, must appear
very insignificant to the eyes
that are catching a vision of the
shadows of evening. There is no use
in repining; there is no need of fear;
there is no death to hope. In the
heart of each of us has been planted
by the hand of God a hope of immortality;
to many of us God has
given an assurance of immortality
and to each of us he is willing to
give that assurance. Having caught
a vision of a Risen Christ, having
heard the words of hope and life: "I
am the ressurrection and the life,"
our fears are banished and the star
of hope waxes brighter and brighter
as the darkness closes in. Philosophy
is good, but it is dead; Science is good
but it is dying; Human life is sweet,
but it is passing. The Christ remains.
His voice speaks when all other
voices cease. His star arises when all
earthly suns are setting.
Work is good, worry kills; labor is
healthful, toil kills; love up-builds,
hate destroys; action helps, iaction
leads to death; kindness helps, unkindness
hurts; honesty pays, dishonesty
makes paupers; a smile wins,
a frown loses; hope inspires, <doubt
paralyzes.
There is inspiration in the performance
of life's duties, provided the performance
be well executed. There
will be comfort in the performance
of life's duties eveh when poorly executed,
provided there has been an
honest effort to meet the demands of
eacn nour.
To put into each hour the heart,
brains and brawn of a man, to fear
God, to love one's fellows and to
serve them are the prime elements
that must enter the life of tne man
who would tfet most out of life.
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WEST SFRUKS AROUSED OVER .
A MYSTERIOUS UTILE OIRl
Strange Little Girl Suddenly Appeared
and Then More Suddenly
Disappeared, and Her Whereabouts
are . Unknown.
?West Spring?* Majr 29th.?An occurence
tohjc place here on Tuesday
that is unparallelled in the history of
West Springs. Early Tuesday morning
as Mr. Fred Bogan was going by
his calf and hog pasture cm his way
to plowing, he noticed 4 little girl a
short distance down in the woods ,
from the road. He did' not pay any |
special attention to her though, for (
he did not think there was anything (
unusual in her appearance, and passed ^
on without stopping. Soon afterward
Mr. Bogan's mother, Mrs. Fannie Bo- 1
gan, also noticed her at the hog pas- i
ture. At first Mrs. Bogan thought
that it was her own little daughter, j
Mary, who together with her niece, j
little Ida Lawson, who lives with Mrs. j
Bogan, always feed the calves and ^
hogs. However, Mrs. Bogan found
that neither of the little girls had gone '
to feed the stock, so she sent them to
see who the strange child was. When '
the children came up the strange little '
girl ran some distance down in the |
woods and sat down on a log and commenced
to rake away the leaves with
a stick. Ida Lawson followed her and
asked her several questions. She said 1
tqhftt she ^acj $>eer^ out all Monday j
night in the rain, and that she had not *.
haa anything to eat since aarly Mon< .
day morning. She said thajt her name .
was "Aline." She said that her father
and mother were both dead and that 1
people were looking for her where she !
came from, and she did not intend to 1
be caught. Isaac Bogan, cousin of the !
little Lawson girl, came toward where
the two little girls were talking. The 1
little stranger appeared to be very
much frightened and cried, "Oh Law, :
Law! Let me go." She disappeared in '
a thicket in the pasture. While the 1
search was being made in the pas- 1
ture, she escaped up a swamp that '
was covered in thick willows, and '
crossed the field and the Spartanburg 1
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anu union roau anu enierea a dooj 01
woods known as the "Ed Wallace
woods." Several people came in and
commenced to beat up the woods in
every direction. Children were placed 1
along paths to watch. About 9 1
o'clock the little stranger came out to
where Ida Lawson was standing and 1
told her that she did not aim to be 1
caught. She told the little Lawson ]
girl that she liked her and would talk 1
to her but to no one else. . She said
that she was going back to the hog ;
pen that night, and asked Ida Lawson 1
to bring her something to eat. When '
Ida Lawson called the others to come 1
the little run-a-way fled into a thick- '
et of bushes and down through Mr. 1
R. I. Grant's pasture. Tracks supposed
to be hers were seen in Mr. |
Grant's oat field near the pasture.
News that there was a lost child in
the community spread rapidly. Tele- 1
phone messages were sent to Spar- 1
tanburg, Union, Jonesville, Buffalo, :
Glenn Springs and Cross Keys in the 1
hope that something might be learn- '
ed as to her identity. However, nothing
could be learned concerning her. '
T? * 1 /i 1 cn i
in tuts uittsrnuun utstween ou ana
75 people, men, women and children, '
joined in the hunt. The woods and 1
fields for miles around were scoured '
in the hopes of finding her and all to '
no avail. At night a line of pickets 1
were placed along the road and at the .]
hog pasture, where Ida Lawson wait- 1
ed with something to eat, in the hope 1
of catching her. Up to this time 1
(Wednesday morning) nothing has 1
been learned as to her where-abouts. *
LETTER FROM THE WEST. J
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A Tribute to the Confederate 1
Soldier.
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Chickasha, Okla., May 19, 1912. 5
Editor Union Times, Union, S. C.:
Will you kindly give me space ,
in your most valuable paper for a ,
few remarks. Time, the great healer ?
of all ills, has permitted this humble ,
scribe to enjoy the pleasures of another
great meeting of the men who
wore the grey. The meeting of those
old care-worn heroes seems to emulate
a more vigorous impression on
the outside world. Yes, Mr. Editor,
the world has known none to excel
the men who marched to the marshall
music of 61-65 ond to the order of
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
A battlefield was never so
adorned as by those old patriots .of
this fair Dixie. With due reverence
it should be the duty of every inhabitant
of this fair land to exclaim in
the very sincerest terms: "All hail the
heroes of 61-66.
Wherever I meet one of those old
boys I am in the deepest sympathy
with them.
Years have come and gone and
many changes have taken place. But
the name of the Confederate soldier
will go sounding down the ages until '
time shall be no more. Yes, my dear
Comrade, evei?y mountain, every j
hilltop and every valley of this fair '
Sunny South will be chanting sweet
anthems of song and praise of those
who made a history that will be read 1
and reread by every people and in r
jvery clime until the King'W D^f]|
shall roll down over the western hot>1|
ron to rise no more.
At no age of God's alloted time t<u|
man has men been accorded such]|
leroism as the boys who msrd>ojl
inder the folds of the Stanr and BJtfsTil
fcnd today, my dear old Comrades^fcnl
i believer in the future destinatlowjl
>f man, we are more and more lei
pressed with the manly nature of (m
joys that stood the stormy path
war's wreckless tramp.
Qhl no, my Comrades, when tip
ast one of these Confederate ?mliers
is gone, there will never) tie
mother Confederate soldier. The |fl
iges to come can readily realise the
fact that the old warrior of the l^h
rentury has had no equal since
lawn of civilization. As a genius tn
war he was without a paralelL As a
riant in the upbuilding of a fa&jn
ountry he was the peer of alllattfo
vorld. As a peace-maker he was
generous to a fault. As a citizen of
aw and order, he was almost super*
luman. In the common walks of life
le has left to prosperity a sacred
;ru8t that shall extend beyonditnc
grave. Those that come in his footsteps
may in a marked degree of appreciation
come with'an awe ofirevjrence
handing down to generatiolns
tret unborn the natural instinct of a
>orn warrior. . , . w'jL,.
Yes,, my Dear Comrades, when Intend
one of our great reunions it has
* more lasting impression. I do .npt
realize the fact that I am as old as
[.am. New vigor seems tp spritffc hp [I
in a new way. While, it is .^rue a
leart saddened with the .thoufchh^ff J|
low many will be missing at the tieXt
meeting. At Macon a number of the
iear faces that were in other n^eetrngs
so conspicous, failed to greet the
jye of this humble scribe. Some have
become enfeebled beyond the natural
motor power of mankind. Oh, 'Jpes,
Comrades, you have passed fH>m
youth to manhood, and now age has
overtaken you. But the God that
gave utterance to the soul still holds
the scale of time and now is the accented
time. Work while it is dav.
for the night cometh when no Wan
can work. Geo. G. Buchanan.
Tribute to R. W. Tinsley.
.
Rufus Waring Tinsley came to Union
from his home near White Stone
in January, 1866, and opened up a
jeweler's repair shop. I was living
at Union at the time and we boarded
at the same hotel and we soon batftttne
fast friends. He was of modastf%nd
quiet disposition and soon madAsBiany
friend* in his-adopted town.
following, he was united in nar^aga _
to Miss Sallie Rodgers, considered the ~
belle of the town. Mr. Tinsley's business,
by close attention and fair
dealing, increased and he built Up a
nice business and succeeded well. 1
I have been reliably informed that a
he was gentle, kind and agreeable in *
his home, and provided well for his *
family. His wife died several years v
since, but he never put"bn the widow- ^
er's smile or played in the widower's
role, but remained as quiet and re- n
tiring as he did while his wife was v
living. 8
Mr. Tinsley was the color bearer e
of the South Carolina division of the e
United Confederate V eterans. His 8
beautiful flag was planted in the con- 8
vention hall and borne aloft by his 8
commanding ana attractive appearance
at all the reunions from the *
trans-Mississippi to Richmond. And p
when his flag with the Palmetto tree a
in its centre in the hands of the ?
aearer floating above all others in
;he parade, they brought more cheers
from the crowds that lined the streets ^
,han any other flag in the parade. .
Mr. Tinsley, being endowed with a
nechanical mind, contrived a very ?
Convenient and handy flag staff made P
n sections or joints which could be
lisjointed and packed in a common 8
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tizeu imiiu grip wnicn rnaue n convenient
to carry on his trips to the a
reunions. a
Chi account of ill health he did not ?
attend the late reunion at Macon, t
arid when he folded his flag at the
State reunion in Columbia last sum- ^
tner, he folded it for his last time. ^
Mr. Tinsley was a consistent mem- ^
oer and steward of the Methodist
rhurch, a Mason in good standing, and
a Confederate veteran, honored by his
romrades all over the South. j
He was at his death the oldest
business man in the town of Union,
as no other busine?"- house or firm p
;hat is there now was there at the
time he first set up business in the
town.
But he folded his flag, performed
lis last church service, attended his
last communication as a Mason, dnswered
his last roll call at the *elion
and rendered his last loving sir- 11
vice to his family, folded his arms in *
ieath and passed over the river ;to
answer the last roll call up yonder;
W. H. S. Harris. J
The Catholics of Walhalla and vi- *
:inity have purchased a lot on which
they will soon begin the erection of a v
:hurch which will cost not less than f
^5,000.
Mr Arthur W Pittmon ftf fl*v. a
isle, was in Union Thursday on buli- | s
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Mutual
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
We respectfully announce to our
riends and to the people of Union
nd Union county that The WagnonIradley
Co., Undertakers and Funeral
Mrectors. have purchased the good
rill of the Bo bo Undertaking Com
any of Union, S. C., and Jiave leased
lobo's present stand, where we are
tow receiving and opening up a comilete
line of the newest and latest in
,11 funeral requirements, caskets,
tc. Our funeral cars, hearses and
quipment to give you the very best
ervice will be second to none, our
tock will be such that all requirements
can be met at any time. Mr.
I. M. Estes, an old Union county boy,
rill be in charge of our undertaking
arlors, prepared to answer all calls
t any hour of the day or night, and
ur Mr. L. L. Wagnon, or Mr. J. T.
trad ley or any member of the firm
rill be glad to give personal attenion
to your requirements at any time.
Ve propose to do a clean, high-toned
usiness, believing that this business
f all business should be above re..J
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a oiiu uui pi item win always uc
i line with anybody for like class of
oods and service.
We respectfully request the interest
nd cooperation of all our friends
nd that you remember us should the
ccasion come to you as it does to us
II sooner or later, when you want
hese matters handled with good taste
nd in such manner as you will feel
hat all has been done that can be
one on such occasions. Very coureously,
WAGNON-BRADLEY COMPANY
Undertakers and Funeral Directors.
L. L. Wagnon, Pres. and Treas.
. T. Bradley, Secretary
Bo bo's Old Stand, Main Street,
'hone 104 Union, 8 C.
Current Fiction.
"Fresh Roasted Peanuts."
"Vote for Boggles, the People's
Candidate."
"Lots in This Subdivision are Gong
Like Hot Cakes; Better Buy
low."
"Refined Vaudeville."
"Yes, I Play Porker Occasionally,
ust to Pass the Time Away."
"There Has Been a Slight Accident
o Our Road, But We Have No Pariculars
Yet."
"The Bridegroom is Well and Faorably
Known Here, and the Bride is
)ne of the Loveliest and Most Popuar
Young Ladies in Our City."
"Every Possible Precaution is Takn
for the Safety and Comfort of Pasengers
on Our Line."?Chicago Triune.
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