The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-09-01
Firemen's Ba aLet.

Ahc scconu annua ActNOf the
Union Volunteer F.. A<partment
was given at Hotel Union Monday
night. The members and their in
vited guests gathered round the
festive board about 1890 O'Clock
and faced tho. following appetizing
and attractive menu: Cream of
tomatoes, queen olives, mixed
pickles, deyiled crabs in the shell,
Saratoga chips, roast turkey, cram
berry sauce, dressed eggs, chicken
salad, tomato salad, beaten biscuit,
sherry ice cream, white and gold
cake, Niagara grapes, cheese, crack
rs, coffee.
To say that the assembly of gem
tlemen did justice to this elegant
repast would poorly express the
huge enjoyment of the participants.
After supper Mayor R. l.. Nc
Nally who is also chief of the volun-
teer fire department was toast mas
ter and responded to the toast, City
OF Union" He did full Justice to
the subject with all of the enthusi-
astic pride of his soul for his native
town over which he has the honor
to preside as mayor. He said if he
could put the grand canon of ,Ari-
zona and the great salt lake of Utah
in Union county we would have the
most beautiful and picturesque
country in the known world.
The toast, Woman" was re-
sponded to by J. Gordon Hughes,
Esq. He paid a graceful, glowing
tribute to. woman, her charms, her
sphere, her career, from the home
circle to the broad fields of labor in
which she now is a most potent
factor in the world of enterprising
toll, literature, domestic and po-
litical economy, the successful rival
of man in every avocation. Per-
haps there was no one in this as
sembly to whom the subject ap-
pealed with a deeper sense of graft
tude for the joys of life, whose ar
dent admiration reached the pro-
found depths of his very soul, whose>
nature burns with the fires of affec-
ton. He holds woman as the en-,
bodiment of all that is pure, noble
and lovable, for whom alone life is
worth living.
Mr.. James Rion Mckissick re-
sponded in very appropriate and
pertinent terms to the toast of the
press in general as a potent factor
in the upbuilding of the country,
its duty to the public, it's response
bilities as O medium for the circu-
lation of good and bad policies and
principles, its high standard in the
observance of ethics, courtesies as a
model of emulation,s
Judge J. M. Greer spoke highly
of the efficiency of the fire depart
ment and in praise of the excellent
work they had done at every fire.
J. X. Hamblin, ESQ.,, responded
to call to give to the young the
change for the better young man
Experienced after marriage. Mr..
Hamblin gave the wife the credit
due her for a reform in the man.
lSeveral others made short talks,
among them Mr.. George Kirby, a
member of the city council. He
pledged to the fire department the
support of the council so far as his
voice would reach. Upon the whole
the evening was most delightfully."-
and profitably spent. We have this
to say, that when this volunteer fire
department was first organized, a
number predicted that it would last
but a short time, but we had
better, higher opinion and faith in
the boys, and those who doubted
their sticking qualities did not know
the material of which they are COM
posed.
The UNION TIMES was represented
by the editor and foreman, who
fully appreciated the pleasure and
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