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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-09-26
Citation to Kindred and Creditors

State Of South Carolina, J
County Of Union.
by Jason M. Greer, ESQ.,, Probate
Judge.
Whereas, Carrie Ray has made su,h
TO me to grant her Letters of Admin.
istration on the Estate of and efYects
OF w. +. Ray, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin.
dred and creditors of the said w. r.
Ray, deceased, that they be and nm.
pear, before me, in the Court of Pro.
bate, to be held at Union G. TT
south Carolina, on the 9Th dav ~
October, next, after publication here.
OF, at III o'clock in the forenoon tn
snow cause, II any they have. whv
the said Administration should M
be granted. NV
Given under my hand and seal th,.
End day of September, Ammo D,min,
lSoz. JASON nj. GREER. -
Published on the 26th day Of s.n.
tember, 1902, In the UNION TrSrs
1926
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A Boys Wild Ride forIife

With family around expecting him r.
die, and son ridiOg for life. 18 milas 70
get DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption, Coughs and Colds. w TT
Brown, of Leesvile. Ind end,rad
oeatn s agonles from asthma, but this
wonderful medicine gave instant relief
ana soon cured him. He writes: II
now sleep soundly every night.n Like
marvellous cures of Consumption, Pnen.
monia Bronchitis, Coughs, Gods and
Grip provo its matchless merit for an
Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed
bottles 5Oc and 81 90. Trial bottles frea
at +. Q. Dukes drug store,
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The Fist Show.

Meyer & Williams Farce COMEDY
are billed to play "The Lone Widowh
at the Opera House tomorrow (Satur-
day. night. The company PLAYED to a
good house at Florence last week, and
the local paper speaks well of the show.
This being the first show of the season
and considered rather above the average
OF popular priced shows will no doubt
De met by good house. The price of
admission is 25c, soc and zoe.
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors

All persons having claims against tbe
estate of the late John i. Spl,ers are
hereby notified to present same 10 the
under sigUed. properly attesteG. on or h..
fore December l, 1902; and all persons
lndeb'ed to said estate are hereby mott.
lied TO make settlement with the under
signed Immediately.
In SUMNER.
" b1urick ~'oeWyer, Admir-.
tate. "E& 3o.l
Sept. 23, 1902.
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j. 81. GREER, President,
Union, 5. 9.

Dcar Sir.
/ am we'll acquainted with The plans
of policies issued by the County Benefit
Association of AmericI, and consider
tie same practicable and feasible. The
highest testimonial can give your COM
pany is to say that / was among the first
TO receive policy issued by The Union
Division. / hope that you will soon
reach 1000 members. The provision
csntained in your bylaws not to issue
a policy TO person over thirty years Of
age after the first thousand Is reached is
a " ise one and will keep down the death
rate, which after a number of years runs
high in ether companies.
Yours r"r'~r'fnf!y,
l. |. .CA.FE.
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lbers Of the CenntY Mutual:
J. NJ. GREER, President,
Union, S. g.

]. NJ. GREER, President,
Union, S. q.
Dear Sil:
Why did ! ,in the County Mutual
Benefit Association? Well, l have a
family too inexperienced and helpless to
fight life's battles unassisted should l
die. l am not able to pay tue premiums
annually demanded Of me By al old line
life insurance company. This Associa-
tion OF l 900 PEOPLE in Union county sup
plies to me the exact cost of 81, 600 life
insurance, and when know only have
to pay as another member dies, know
That no insurance company in tie world
could exist by writing insurance cheaper
than that. When thing cost $l0 and
l can get it for $40 do you suppose
would pay S2j or S3) for il?
Yours very truly,
j. ]. HARRIS.
Union, 5. G.
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MONEY 70 LOAN

l have made arrangements by which I
can negotiate loans on first mortgages on
we'll located and improved farms at
per cent interest on sums of 81 600 and
upwards and per cent. interest on nm
less than $1,000. No commits ion
charged on these loans. Borrower onlv
Iequlrcd 70 pay attorney for preral inr
necessary papers. etc.
j. A. SAWYER,
% ~ Attorney-at-Law.
oy.tou. Union, 8. G.
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Gained 20 Pounds in Thirty n. :.

For several months our younger broth.
.er had been troubled with inS;cs..s"',
ne tried several remedies but eot No hen.
eht from them. We purcbaseS sor,. -
ChamberIain,s Stomach and Liver TsS.
let's and ne commenced taking tssm IL.
side Of thirty days he had gained Scr,v
pounos psah W. 70 hesh. lie Is now fully recoy.
,asa 1,su. r we nave a good trade on the Tab
,Pe.otioaey P.on.t BROS, Merchants, I,orr
Dranco, MO. For sale by r. Q. DuI 4
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j. M. GREER, President,
Unior, S. c.


Union, S. c.
Dear Sir:
AS to reason why [ became a
me mber Of the Union Division cf tho
County Mutual Benefit Association,
will say that, frs, because | had ab-
soluts confidence in the integrity Of
the gentlemen managing and pro.
noting the enterprise, and secondly,
because | was convinced it afforded
a means Of protection net heretofore
obtainable by minority CT our peo-
Tle, because of tde excessive pre-.
miums charged by old lire companieg.
Yours very truly,
J. W. GgEGCRY.
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]. NJ GREER, President.
Union, S. G.

Dear Sir:
can proudly say / believe the County
Mutual Benefit Association is something
that tie people Of Union county have
long been in need Of ] only wish /
couid take two thousand instead Of one
thoGsand as l am convinced it js the
cheapest insurance ever writer.
r. l.. MCNALLY,
Alderman, 3rd Ward,
Upi0n, 5. G.
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We have a full line Of Dress Goods,
Ladies' Coats, Silks, Ve|vets, etc.
Mcclure Mercantile Co.
Not Doomed for Life.

II was treated for three years by good
doc'o:s," writes w. A. Greer, McCon-
nelsville, o., ''for Piles, and Fistula.
bnr, when all failed, BuckIen's Arnic
Salve cured me in two weeks" Cures
Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Corns, Sores.
Eruptions, Salt Rheum, Piles or no paw
Zoe at F. =. Dukes drug store.
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J. M. GREER, President,
Union, s. G.

j. M. GREER, PRESIDENT,
Union, s. G.
Dear Sir:
II is not hard for me to tell you why
/ am member Of this Association I
balicve there is strength in "Union, !"
and here we have loo people )ined
together for the mutual projection of
or homes in Gaze death should invade
and cut down the helping hand therein
1t is source Of great comfort.to know
that there are 90 other people in Union
county ready TO step in and render their
tangible assistance to my wife and
children should 1 die tonight. With
1000 people in Union county deeds
count now, where formerly only words
Of sympathy were paid to widows and
orphans.
j. III. SPEARS,
Merchant, Union, s. G.
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Zine Piano Display.

Mr., w. e. Blunt, the Southern RON.
resentatiye OF the w. w. Kimbali Com.
pany, of Chicago, the famous nieno
company is in Union and will soon hav,
nm q elaborate and artistic display OF ~
l,ne nm. pianos at the Bailey Furniture Cos
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J. n. GREER, President,
Union, S. G.

J. n, GREER, President,
Union, S. G..
Dear Sir:
an a believer in our Association
or would not have become q member.
We have long needed such an organiZl-
ton to protect our widows and orphans,
should we bc suddenly called ''over the
river" just as we needed our Mutual
Fire Association TO project ourselves
should our barns aud homes be suddenly
burned. There is Of course the question
Of cost to everything, and anything of
value has its legitimate cost, and l know
life Insurance. which causes me to pay
oniy when a member dies, cannot be
made any cheaper. That would be a
business atsurdi,y.
Yours very truly.
j. 5 WELSH,
Carlisle. 5. G..
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j. NJ. GREER, President,
Union, $. c..

y. NJ. GRkER, IreS!dont,
Union, 5. G..
D1r Sir.
First, l joined tha Association
because | wanted and needed in.ur-
ance. Second, because I am proul
Of the fact that We haze d9visel a
method whereby our premiums can
be kept at home for the further al,
vancemelt and up building Of cur
community. It is a pleasure for me
to contribute nay ssscFsmett e. auy
bereaved family in Union county,
especially when | know / have becs
enjoying the same protection they
are now receiving the benefit of.
Yours very truly,
|. FRANK PEAKR,
Clerk cf Coart.
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N4ls 2dsNC5 ID N-PI1
j. ri. GREER, President.
The following a G a few expIes

J. NJ. GREER, President,
Union, S. G.
Dear Sir:
l have fully examined the plan
Of the County Mutual Benefit Asso.
ciation and believe it good and cheap
insurance for the people.
Yours truly,
FRANK G. AUsTELL,
Merchant.
Union, S. G.
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j. NJ. GREER, President,
Union, S. O.

Union, S. O.
Dear Sir:
I believe the County Mutual
Benefit Association will save to the
people of Union county thousands of
dollars annually. just think of the
total premiums going ont Of the
coanty. Were these 1000 people
insured in old line companies at the
North for 81 900 each, at an annual
cost of $50 per thousand. 1t would
be 100000 each year. Think of it?
We must keep our money at home
and use it ourselves to our own up
building.
Yours very truly,
: II. L. Goss,
Cotton buyer.
Union. s. G..
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FACTORY DISPLAY
Oh ARIl>TICP PIANI,S
At 8Al!sI's ggRl!lVaE 2Ils!
v. W, Nmball Co., of Chicago, tie
largest Builders of Artistic
Planes in the United States, ale
advertising and introducing their
celebrated Instruments in South
Carolina.

Space has been secured at
Bailey's Furniture Store and
during the next TEN DAYS,
BEGINNING
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27TH,
A carload of Magnificent
Samples will be on exhibition.
One of the hundreds of en-
dorsements:
Waldorf Hotel, N. Y.
w. w. kinbalI Co.:
"The more | use my
kimbalI Piano the bstter
| like it. The two Kim
balls purchased for reIa-
tiveS give the same satis-
faction"
LILLIAN NORDlCA.
After the exhibition these
pianos will be closed out at
merely nominal prices.
1t is a part of our advertis-
ing program to leave them in
representative houses as a
standard living advertise
ment. We cordially invite
the public to call and inspect
these instruments.
w. r. BLOUNT,
Mgr. for the Factory.
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nON'T FAIL TO SEE THE MOST
- Elegant line of Fall hats ever brought
to the city at Miss NJ. +. Tinsley's We'd
neyday and Thursday. IL,
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y. NJ. UKNEE, T'tSlIeuc,
Union, g. G.
Dear Sir:
Myself and wife were Of The first 10
take cat policy in the County Mutual.
We are we'll pleased with our policy ard
hope to see you reach tie lhouaans limit
ty Oct. 10Th. Sc roIeas on why cvcjy
farmer should rot j1np az The oppJr-
tunity to take cut policy.
YCmS italy,
j. ". SANDERS, Sheriff.
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VXTANTED-2,OCO CORDS OF
w wood: Apply 10 A. p. III. Walker
or 5. NJ Rice, Jr. II
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j. M. GREER. President.
CEi0n, =. G..

Dear SIR:
After having Thoroughly investi-
gated the plan Of your Insurance Go.
have taken ont r. roIi;y in same and
have no hesit&ncy in snyirs consider it
the best Insurance o. the the mutull
plan / have ever seen. think tive he'd
Uf every family should protect hs house
h6,d with one Of your policies.
J. G.. GONG, M. d.
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Special Advertisements

Notlccs VIII be insert I'd in this column (
the rate of p worls or less for 25c one issne
Ienr issues for I5c. Additional lines over
twenty five words &c line.
p EMEMBER THE OPENING AT
1SMiss NJ. +. Tins!ey's will be We'd
nesday and Thursday, Oct. 1st ard 2nd
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WANTED-ABOJT so cEOAR
w posts ID feet long aud 6 inch -
across smallest end. Apply to G. w.
WILCOrT, Union Stable s. "a
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j. NJ. GREER, P,esiient,
Union, g. G..
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r YOU LIKE 10 GET FIRST
- - lass work done bring it to r. G..
Ireizer. now located OF the Wonder
store. at . -, =. 3S-2t.
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EMEMBER-F. G. TREFZ Err.
AU lie expert jegeler, moved next door
stand. --s.-.' 90 OF
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-03-06
Crank and Epicure.

ga travelling crank and epicure had
the audacity to ask the head steward
shortly before my boat sailed from
Liverpool for New York." said a wait
er on an ocean liner, eff he would mind
changing three of the courses on the
bill of fare for others which he prefer
red. He was Informed politely but
firmly that there were other passen-
gers besides himself sailing on the YES
sci and that if he thought he could
not survive on the excellent fare pro-
vided during the voyage all he had to
do was to book with another line and
his passage money would be returned
to him.
"Steamship companies are not in the
habit of returning passage money when
once paid, as is we'll known, but in
this instance we would willingly have
done so.
"Our fastidious passenger did not
book with another line, however, and,
what is more, he ate enough at each
meal on the trip to satisfy two men
with sea air appetites and presented
to the waiter, who attended with ex-
IRENE good nature to. his likes and dis
likes throughout the voyage, the mag
nificent sum of Is ts."-New York
Mail and Express. g..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-03-06
A Story Told by Disraeli.

Disraeli once said: you know l have
the honor of being one Of the elder
brethren of the Trinity House.. Well,
there is a special uniform belonging to
the office. One day | was about to
attend levee at St. James palace,
and my valet laid out my diplomatic
uniform ready for me to put on. Plac-
ing implicit confidence in him, put it
on and went to the levee. On appear
ing before the prince his royal high
ness jocularly remarked: 1T won't do.
You're found out In what, sir? L in
quired. Oh said the prince, you've
got the wrong trousers on And to my
horror, on looking down l found that
l had got my diplomatic uniform coat
on with the Trinity House trousers. It
seemed to amuse the prince immense
w." .t sF
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-03-06
Row Muskrats Are Trapped.

Trapping is one of the modes by
which muskrats are secured. The traps
are made of boards about six inches
wide and three feet long. These are
nailed together like an ordinary box
trap, the open ends being secured by
swinging doors of wire network, fasten-
ed to the upper part of both entrances.
These doors allow easy ingress to the
trap. but once in the rat cannot get out
without opening the door by pulling it
to him. which secret they seem very
slow to discover. These traps are put
in the leads running from the houses to
the water when the tide is at low ebb
and the rats are out feeding. On the
return they crawl up the leads, push
against one of the wire doors of the
trap. which Immediately opens into the
trap, but they cannot go farther, as the
next door opens toward them. Before
they can gnaw out the tide makes up,
and they are drowned in the trap.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-03-06
Weighing Machines.

Weighing machines and scales Of
some kind We're in use 1900 B. c., for
it is said that Abraham at that time
weighed OUT 100 shekels of silver,
current money, with the merchant to
Ephron. the Hittite, as payment for a
piece of land. including the cave and
all the standing timber Gin the field and
in the fence" This is said to be the
earliest transfer of land of which any
record survives and that the payment
was made in the presence of witnesses.
The original form of the weighing
scale was probably a bar suspended
from the middle, with board or shell
suspended from each end. one to con-
tain the weight. the other to contain
the matter to be weighed. The steel
yard was probably so called from the
material of which it was made and
from it's former length. 1t is also
known as the Roman balance and is Of
great antiquity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-03-06
The Wills of Noah and Jacob.

The origin of testamentS is lost in
obscurity, but doubtless they followed
soon after the first institution of pri-
yate property. Eusebius says that Noah
made will soon after the food where
in he disposed of the whole world. He
was certainly possessed of consider
able landed estate, but Eusebius' story
of the testament in writing and wit
messed under his seal needs confirma-
ton. t
In the fortyeighth chapter of Gene
sis, however, we do find mention of a
will. wherein Jacob bequeathed to his
son Joseph twice as much as to his
other children. This was not a tesla
ment in writing, but verbal or nun
cupative testament, declared by the
testator ''in extremis" before witnesses
and depending upon oral testimony.
Such nuncupative testaments were
at one time recognized in English law,
but in the eighteenth century, Black
stone says. they had fallen into disuse
and were hardly ever heard of.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-03-06
MISAPPLlED WORDS.
! Some Expressions the Use of which
should Be Reformed

Should Be Reformed.
"Extra" is an abused word People
say "extra good" or extra Cheap" in
order to intensity good and cheap"
But extra" has no such force. SO far
from intensifying given condition, it
denies it by indicating that the thing
so described lies outside the sphere or
quality named. Thus, extra judicial
does not mean more than ordinarily jul
dicial. as though judge had dredged
his conscience in giving an opinion, but
outside of judicial and therefore inca
pable of being judged at all in the pre-
scribed way.
A grievous fault is the use of "iden-
tify" in phrase like this, HE is iden-
ment." A man can only identify him
self with another man or set of men.
He can identify himself with the OPP
poDents of northumberland even here
the word carries shade of meaning of
its own, distinguishing the phrase from
such one as she joined the opponents
of vaccination"
One should not speak of high" or
1low'' caliber; but, remembering the
meaning of "caliber," one shSuld apply
to it only such adjectiyes as ''great" or
small"
of opinion" The word consensus" it.
self means an agreement of thought
and should stand alone.-Academy.
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THE HABIT. OF GIVING.
Governor e. d. Morgan's First Taste
of Real Happiness.

Governor e. d. BIorgan's First Taste
of Real Happiness.
To the present generation the name
of Governor e. D. Morgan of New
York is scarcely more than dim
echo from the pages of history, but
there are men still living who remem-
Der him as one of the group of great
war governors whose frmness and
courage served their country so mag
nificently in her darkest hour. 1t was
one who SO remembered him who told
this incident:
Governor Morgan was very rich
man, but until he was seventy years
old he never had given away any of
his wealth. Then one day he sent for
his old friend, DR.. Adams. the presi-
dent of Union Theological seminary,
and told him that he wished to give a
large sum of money to the college.
The doctor, almost incredulous at first,
was soon convinced of the sincerity
of the offer, and a time was set at
which he was to go and get the bonds.
At the appointed hour the doctor ap-
peared, and bonds. to the value of more
than 100000 were put into his hands.
The governor stood and watched until
the doctors carriage was out of sight.
Afterward he spoke of it to another
friend.
Il am an old man." he said. 81 have
had a successful life and done about
all that had planned to do, and sup
posed that had been happy. But 1
know now that until stood and
watched DR.. Adams drive away with
those bonds never had known what
, happiness was. l cannot regret too
deeply that early in life 1 did not form
the habit of giving youths Compan-
ion
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-03-06
The Oldest Epitaph,

The oldest epitaph in English, which
is found in churchyard in Oxford
shire and dates from the year 1870, to
modern readers would be unintelligi-
BILE not only from it's antique typog-
raphy. but from its obsolete language,
the first two lines Of which run as fol-
lows and may be taken as sample of
the whole:
''Man com & Sc how schal ale dede
be: wen VOW comes bad & bare: moth
hav ven we away fare: all We werines
vt We for care"
The modern reading would be: "Man,
come and see how shall all dead be
when you come poor and bare; nothing
have when we away fare. ALI is wea-
finess that we for care"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-03-06
GINNING siberian Natives.

When compelled to travel all night
the Siberian natives always make a
practice of stopping just before sum
rise and allowing their dogs to go to
sleep. They argue that if the dog goes
to sleep while it is yet dark and wakes
up in an hour and finds the sun shin
ing he will suppose that he has had a
full nights rest and will travel all
day without thinking of being tired.
One or even two hours stop at any
other time is perfectly useless, as the
dogs will be uncomfortable from that
time forward until they are permitted
to take what they think full allow
ance Of Sleep
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-03-06
His Lovely Manners.

A benevolent looking man boarded a
downtown elevator already occupied
by three women upward bound. With
Chesterfeldian air he respectfully
DOTTED his hat and held it in his hand
until he had reached his destination.
'What charming man! Such love-
ly manners" gushed the women in
chorus.
A few minutes later the benevolent
looking man of the lovely manners
reached his Office. Pitching his hat on
the back Of his benefcent head, sprawl
ing himself down in true manly aban-
don at his desk, putting clay pipe in
an artistic masculine fashion, occasion
ally expectorating in the vicinity of a
cusridor, he greets his siX-dollara a.
week-for-ten-hours-a-day stenographer
by jocularly inquiring why in thunder
those legal papers aren't finished.
Lovely man!
Oh, yes; very!San Francisco Wave.