The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-03-14

told who was going to run for Auditor
bef"Ie she could tell who would be
elected. Some people in the country
are saying who too, perhaps.
l would like to find out what is the
circumstances Of corn. / saw a prize
corn advertised that was said to be.
''ears 10 inches long and 171 inches in
circumstances. That must be a rare
corn.
There may we workmen and other
workmen, but are the other workmen
wOrkmen, it is hard to say. 1 saw a
a patent wagon hub lately that had
been filled with common spokes. All
the spaces between the mortising had
been cut away and the spokes had been
trimmed down with an axe and drove i'm.
The hub was ruined by lower order of
workmen than jack-leg.
learn that some patent wire clothes
line men have been at Carlisle and made
a good crop, while farmers were perhaps
complaining of hard times and waiting
tor the ground to get ready for the
plows. They took off nearly $4,000
from Fish Dam by selling county rights
and left the people to try to sell to con-
sumers to get their money back. 1 hope
those buyers will have better success
than those who bought the churn rights.
1t is much newer thing than slipping
a clothes pin over a common rope or
hanging on garden pslings.
Mr.. j. R. Lebley, the depot agent
here, has pair Of Belgian hares. They
are beauties with their smooth glossy
coats and certainly would make nice pets
to those who would want them only as
peta. If they would make as good eating
as they 10 as creatures i, would pay
to raise them for their flesh.
l am reliably, well l might say Of
fcially informed, that Mr.. John w.
Gregory, of this place; is going to run
for the Office of Auditor.
am anxious to 60 to the Exposition
but there is an obstacle almost insur-
mountable in the way. I believe it
would be kind of schooling. 1t is
pity that everybody cannot 60. That
obstacle is not what the Tillmans have
done for that cuts no figure with me.
And l do not care whether President
Roosevelt goes or not, nor would I care
to exert myself to go on the day he does
II Tas there l don't think would pig
around much to get to shake hands with
him. can shake hands with as good
men here at Santuc.
was at Union last week and had
nice time as l always do there. l saw
several friends and had some time to
talk with them. called at some of the
county offices to see the ;'incumbents''
but could not get around to all. l went
to THE TIMES office but the editor was
out and all of the boys except Mr..
Counts and he was ankle deep in scraps
of paper where they were tearing down
preparatory to moving. / guess next
time | cal it will be in new quarters.
know it will be a job to move everything,
especially the presses.
1 am surprised that anyone would op-
pose more pensions for ex-Confedt rate
soldiers when given to the needy.
Coticed sometime ago in speaking of the
appropriations for pensions The State
thought it was too much, that the ex-
Confeds did not need more. but the in
crease ought to be given to free schools,
that we must look to the future as well
as the present, etc. l say that if it must
come to a Aigga,dly pinch, the ''future''
can wait little longer, but with the
really needy old soldiers it is now. Many
of them are old and feeble and growing
more so, and if they are ever to need it
it is now. Many will not be here long
at least aud if they are stinted now soon
we will not be able to do them any good.
1t will do them personally little good to
speak praise of them in the future if
the needs are withheld now. Let them
have the pensions.
This is what I have to say about
m ~
Carolina papers and Northern papers
are talking so much about. With he
and Roosevelt, Strenuous Teddy"
it is six OF one sort and half o dozen
Of another, that is il all those hard
things the Democratic papers of this
State said of Teddy" when he was
running for Vice President, is true.
They ought to apologize; then they
could kick up q bigger row because
strenuous Jim" tried to out-strenu-
Gus the strenuous. This is not be-
cause 1 "love" Jim Tillman more,
but il anything I like Roosevelt less.
have not learned to worship at his
shrine yet. II they were harnessed
to q wagon, perhaps they would make
good matches, and / do not care if
Teddy" is insulted, nor whom by.
Very likely Col. Tillman has many
friends in this State. Lookout, you
may get him elected Governor, while
fighting against it.
1t is regular kilkenny cat affair.
This little fight (between brothers)
in the Senate. They are frothing
and foaming and giving their own
opinions as the opinions of their con-
stituents. There is nothing in all
this calamity bowling after all. The
bowling is not doing the country any
good; 80 I think we might as well
hnsh The State nanar 10 nnnuinn