The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-01-09

SAMPLE copy of the Times-M ,ssenger
OF Florence, S G, with compliments
CT W. Eugueue Cox city editor.
was glad to her through that, from
friend G ,ok. 1 think he is a fi1e
fellow and good editor, al d wi.h
him much success this new year in his
work, and ever afterwards. l am
contemplating taking his paper that
we may keep our acquaintance bright
ened, and, you know variety is the
spice of life."
If the new year is to be judged by
the first twelve days, if that deter
minis the tate of the year, tkeu We
are to have at least several months of
rain, slusb, and miry fields. We are
having rain twice a day now, and
very few without it. But don't be-
lieve in that.
The negro women and children are
hauling. up wood ON their backs
mules and wagons are idle, wood is
just for the cutting and hauling ON all
farms, but the Lord Mayors of that
race haven't got the run about out Of
their bones yet, and the Lord only
knows when they will quit it, let poor
bunnie sleep, stop trying to borrow
a little change "to do a little business
wit w,sh nssa"us and s,ttle title down to work. Ieey
Up to the present this has been a
remarkably mild season. We have
hsd several big frosts, but no very
hard freezing weather until the c,ld
wave of 1928 when we had temper
allure down to IS, IA aud 15 respect
lively. We can't say what it will be,
for in the period covering from Jan.
18th to Feb. 18th, on q ten year aver
age, we have our coolest weatLe-,
A white man limping from a shot,
a negro's head tied up from a cut, and
L hear of another negro badly cut, IS
a result of hale.fellowship in gambling
at negro trolic. "Oh! tut, tut, that
is bad" but know it ia not the best
white man can do, but it is certaiu-
ly as good as some seem to wish to do.
The first day of New Year sup.
poss may hold to the old saw, that
whatever you do the first day of the
new year you will be doing all the
year. i. g., as to work, idleness, gossip.
ing, running about, ETC., but that ap-
pears not to be depending On faith or
abiliti's, but veritable fortune telling,
and l do not believe in it; for how is
new years day to decide a mans or
persons fate. Unless I have been
fat@d by that day, for on the irst of
January for number OF years have
worked, but received no money that
day, and consequently" fated" worke
all the year and received but little
money. Is that what is the matter
with "um." On the les; new years
day was some under the weather,
but made s'me axe hand les, now will
l be indisposed and be making axe
handles all of 1908. I am not afraid
of it.
A roller ON a printing press is the
only thing that has got a more tho,-
ough linking lately than l did a few
days ago. [ lifted a full ink bottle
and without warning the whole bot.
tom dropped out, the ink falling in
my lap, on the table and floor, a ID
such mess there was for awhile. /
felt the ink 60 through my clothes
like rain, and l went for rag, trying
to sop it off. 1t was violet ink, bnt
1t did not make me look like a bunch
ofsweet violets, but had a mighty
pretty pair of violet speckled pants,
but ] do not like calico looking
clothes on myself. / reckon an tat.
tooed s)me now.
That lad cold l Lad c. Clristmas ran
iato worse cold, and it terribly ram
shackled me. 1t go. into my eyes,
note, ears, and for two days and
nights l suffered with a throbbipg
pain in one ear that would seem split.
,iog into the inner part of my head at
every puleation Of the heart, and one
whole side of my face aud head WIS
humbed, but for that, and | could
hear nothing in that ear much but
shoals, push cars, sleigh bells, crickets,
and whole congregation of stag
beetles singing every song they had
on the chart. 1t got to be a bad thing
with me, and / sIffered more than /
over remembered from q cold. 1 did
but little of anything for a week, and
do hate to have to clay up sick.
Our roads are very bad IA some
places. They are badly cut, aud
muddy from the water running along
them. And it is bad w len the land
is froz,n. Daring the c,Id snap 1
rode through an inexct bile mud
| hole snft mud and ~ lar uu,.L 49,