The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-11-07
HEY DENVER VISITS
iiif" THE BIG STATE SHOW.
The Last Time He Did SO He Was
One of "Us.U "a

AASh haOo 40 Auii VI PUN.
II has not exactly come to that
Yet in our case. We are having
beautiful weather.
The election will be over when
this is read and We will have along
rest then. Z - :
The thoroughly soaking rain last
week put stop to all kinds of plew.-
ing. and grain sowing is put off for
awhile.
We have had more frost with tenn.
perature to 32, but no general kill
ing frost yet. Too much wind for
that.
Cotton and cotton seed have gone
down.
A negro boy, son of Dawkins
Tucker, stole $25 out of Mr.. L.. B.
Jeter's store one day last week, but
was soon caught up with and the
money gotten back.
A small box house was burned
here Saturday night, and one negro
boy about grown burned to death.
and another badly burned. Strange
to say nobody knew oft until daylight
Sunday morning. 1t is said the
boys were drunk Saturday night.
The house was heated by a stove
With no pipe leading outside.
l >@ TAKES IN THE FAIR.
Well the State Fair has come and
gone again, twelve months since the
last one, that I'VE" had twelve
month ago. Amt I correct? And
I went though l did not give it much
forethonght, and therefore went al
most on the "spur of tho moment"
I went on Thursday and was treated,
badly. The train was behind and
persisted in going slow, and VIC did
sSnot arrive on the Fair Grounds until
after IL o'clock, which, as an old
negro here says, l did not like lit
, tic bit. We happened to get on
scrceky, humping coach, and one
young man of the party said he
thought to get box Of axle grease
when we got to Carlisle to grease it,
but forgot to do 80. There were sew
eral to get on at this place, and at all
stations along till we got to Alston.
The worst thing saw on the train
going down was some young fellows
practicing to be fools, and the big
gest fool ever saw is a man-boy
drunk and practicing to be fool.
But l saw worse thing coming up
that night, especially when girls
i would persist in being mixed in it.
? In going to the station that morn
ing We walked there, putting on big
,overalls to keep off the dew, and we
twere contemplating putting one
lyoung man in a side show to get our
money back, he looked so unique
with his overalls 50 much too big,
but he would not agree to it, so we
lhad to pay expenses straight.
! When We got to the Union Station
in the city, packed and jammed
crowd was soon scuffling for street
cars and other means Of transporta-
ton, and our individual little party
of three packed ourselves or others
packed us in q car, and had to
scuffle to see who was the Survival
of the fttest," and / could not tell
who was fitting the tightest in that
car. We were so jammed that we
had to breathe one another's breath
almost, and after that l depended on
my "mammy's ponies to get about.
THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.
After arriving on the grounds I
risked another jam, not sweet
blackberry jam that we all like, but
one in the Agricultural Hall, but I
managed to see the agricultural ex-
hibits, which I think were fine. /
never saw finer. Permit me hero to
say that have seen more of every
thing there, but people and poultry,
but none finer, except in the sheep
department, which think was poor.
In the Agricultural department there
were as fine potatoes as / ever saw
and as many exhibits, and one could
not help thinking what a fine dish
they would make with 'possum added.
Sugar cane, sorghum cane, oats,
wheat, corn, every variety of peas
that grows, / reckon, cabbage, great
big pumpkins, beets, the finest tur-
nips most ever saw, rice, cotton,
hay, etc, and the biggest gourd that