The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-01-24
YOUR BUSINESS IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITFD

were expecting'a hard days work at
this place but, as at all other places,
theItax returns were veryllight. There
were only about half as many peo-
pie returning at this and other points
as usually meet the Auditor. Mr..
Wilburn is doing thriving business.
His store is possibly the largest in
Union county outside of the towns.
He says business was very good last
year and that while collections we're
not as geod as he would have desired,
they were very good considering the
short crop. Comparatively speaking,
be said, the crops around Cross Keys
were better than in many other sec.
tions. He said that he had Just
learned that in a town in the lower
section of the State every merchant
in the town had failed and made
consignment, not bsing able TO pay
more than 10 cents on the dollar.
He thinks the prospects are favorable
for a good crop this year and the peo.
pie are net much discouraged. Mr..
Wilburn has telephone connection to
Union and Enoree which is very
convenient for him. He keeps posted
as to the market as well as if he
lived in Union. He told us he had
heard quotations from Enoree that
day on cotton at 8 cents pound and
cotton seed 27 cents bushel. Mr..
Hampton Wilburn, his son, is the
manager of the business and he is a
thoroughly competent young business
man. Among our old friends We
met MIR. Tom Hollis and Mr.. Thos.
II. Gore at tho Keys. Mr.. Hollis
has recently moved back from Union
to his home at Cross Keys and will
devote his time to his extensive
farming interest.
| A PLEASANT sOCIABLE.
Upon leaving Cross Keys We dis.
covered that our storm cap had been
left at Mr.. GrahaLl's that morning,
and we decided to 6, back there and
spend the night again. A few min
utes after our arrival the young men
came in accompanied by their young
friend Mr.. Lester Davis. They had
been out bird hunting and had killed
several birds. We had the pleasure
of meeting Miss Julia Alverson, the
pretty and accomplished daughter of
our old friend II. J, Alverson, she
was visiting Miss Matte. Mr.. Davis
plays violin well, and in fact almost
any other instrument that music can
be cotton out of, and we soon had
him playing the violin while one of
the young ladies' beat the strings
with straw. A sociable had been
arranged for the evening at the home
Of Mrs. Charles Murphy nearby and
the boys and girls were going. The
Auditor and the writer were invited
to accompany them to the sociable
with the promise of plenty of good
music. Now if there is anything we
like it is music, SO VIC tried to get
the Rev. to 60 along. lie preferred
to remain, however, and let us young
folks 60 and away we went. 1t was
thought that there would be half a
dozen or possibly more present. When
We arrived we found some fifteen
present and they continued to arrive
from every direction until the house
was full Of bright and happy faces.
The evening was very pleasantly
spent in social conversation and
music, both vocal and instrum entail.
There were two guitars, a banjo and
violin. Mr.. Davis gave some very
catchy selections on his banjo. He
then played the violin accompanied
on the guitars by Miss Matte Prince
and Miss Edna Davis, after which
the young ladies sang some good &C.
lections accompanied by the guitar
1t was a very pleasant occasion and
very much enjoyed by all present,
and by this writer especially. 1t is
the first sociabls we have attended in
the country in long time and it
used to be our delight, and would be
yet if We could find time to 90 to
them.
Upon our return We noticed over
in the west very large light, it was
Fso large that we could not make out
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