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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
SOME LEGISLATORS ELECTED.
Majority Seem to Be Anti.Dispensary
Representatives,

From the returns at present.
it seems that the majority of
legislators elected are against
the dispensary. Union is one of
the few counties which elected
both senator and all legislators
who favor the dispensary.
Spartanburg elected it's full
delegation in the first primary,
choosing six men who oppose
the dispensary.
Anderson's Senator and five
legislators oppose the dispen-
sary.
In York county, the only elect
ed legislator, DR.. j. H. Saye, op-
poses the system.
Cherokee sends Senator; Mr..
Otis, opposing the dispensary,
and all the candidates for the
legislator who run again are
aati-dispensaryites.
Lancaster elected T. Y. Will
liams for the senate, an anti,
while the two legislators are
pros.
In Chester, A. j. Brice and
Paul Hemphill oppose the state
dispensary. and S. F. McKown
favors it. P. L.. Hardin, the
state senator was reelected.
Florence elects a dispensary
senator, Mr.. Wells, and makes
an even break in the legisla-
tors.
In Newberry one anti and one
pro-dispenstry candidate were
elected, while the two who run
over are both ants.
Greenville elected three anti
dispensary men for the house,
and one anti senator.
Two of Laurens' delegation
favor the dispensary and one
opposes it.
Oconee county sends a solid
delegation of three against the
dispensary.
Darlington sends an anti SEN
ator and two anti representa-
tives.
Dorchester elects an anti for
her one representative.
In Orangeburg, Beaufort,
Bamberg, Chesterfield, and Lex
ington the dispensary is ahead.
It appears now that the house
will be an anti-dispensary
crowd, and the senate divided.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
Burning of Buffalo Supply Store.

Early Saturday morning the
store of the Buffalo Supply Co.
was totally destroyed by fire.
The origin of the fire is yet un-
known, but according to Mr.. S.
K: Humphries, brother of Mr..
w. E. G. Humphries, incendiary
causes are suspected: this being
borne out by the fact that one of
the oil plugs was out in the tank
at the stores rear.
Mr.. Humphries lives about $50
yards from the store, and was
awakened, first, not by the fire,
but what sounded to him like
hoof beats around and near his
house: Thinking his, or his
neighbor' s horses were loose on
his crop, he went to the rear of
his house; on seeing and hearing
nothing he returned to bed.
Later he heard the roaring of the
fire and went to the side of his
house next the store, at this time
the building was almost envelop-
ed with flames. At once he Sc
cured his pistol and ran, firing,
toward the store; doing 50 to
wake Messrs. Byars and Walker,
the clerks, who roomed in the
store. With the assistance of
Mr.. Brown, the two young men
were reused, and succeeded in
dragging out their trunks.
Nothing could be done to save
the building, since the flames had
such headway, and no water
works at hand.
The property was partially
will not be reoInI au p1 M .so.-t, s.o. =
but the directors, who met few
days ago, decided to defer the
matter until the stockholders
should meet, and they will de-
termine the matter.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
TWO LIQUOR SEIZURES.
About Twenty.Three Gallons of Con.
traband Liquor Seized by
COnStdbIeS.

Constable Whitmire with the
assistance of some of the city
police force siezed 3 kegs or ii
gallons of whiskey, stored in the
house of Walter Gist, a negro
who lives about one and one-half
miles north of town. Gist was
not captured at last account but
a warrant is out for him and the
officers expect to get him to-day.
Bum Thomas, William Bird
and Baker Gist are in Jail having
been lodged there Wednesday at
midnight, for having in hand 2
kegs or 9 gallons of contraband
whiskey.
The Whiskey was dumped off
the southbound passenger train
by two negroes, and these three
vagrants were in waiting about
three-fourths of a mile north of
the station. Some one on the
train detected the negroes
throwing off the whiskey, and
upon reaching Union notified the
authorities, who went at once to
the scene and captured both
liquor and negroes. Their case
will be tried when Mayor Young
returns.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
KNITTING MILL REMOVED
Branch at Newberry Closed and
: Machinery Brought Back
~ to Union

After a short term of opera
ton in Newberry, the branch of
the Excelsior Knitting Mills re-
Gently established there was
shut down and all the mrchinery
brought back to Union. This
machinery, much of it at least.
had been transferred from
Union to Newberry, along with
a number of operatives. During
the past week it all was retrans-
ferred to Union and readded to
the plant here.
The managers found the VEN
ture unsuccessful i'm Newberry;
hence, the change. Mr.. Emslie
Nicholson is president of the
company and Mr.. j. H. Gault,
treasurer and Manager.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
Death of Miss Martha Jeter.

Miss Martha N. Jeter, one of
three sisters who lived
together in Santuc township,
died at her home Monday after
noon at 5 o'clock. Miss Jeter
has been almost blind for a year
or more, and in b declining
health for several years. She
was rs years Of age, and general
debility was the cause of death.
The body was inferred Tuesday
afternoon ip the old Jeter grave
yard, IL miles south of Union,
Rev. T. B. Owen conducting the
services.
Miss Jeter was a faithful
member of Beulah Baptist
Church, which had been her
church home for many years.
She was a cousin of Mrs. j. T.
Douglass of Union, and an aunt
of Miss w. Fowler Bobo, who
lived with her at the time of her
death. Miss Jeter leaves the
following immediate relatives
Mr.. H. Jeter, a brother, and
Mrs. Sallie Thomas, of Union,
Misses Mary, Ann and Sue Jetel
of Santuc, all sisters, Miss Jetel
was sister of Squire Gillian
Jeter, well known Throughout,
the county.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
Death of A Little Child.

Last Saturday, Rev. R. N.
Pratt and wife passed through
Union on their way to Columbia,
taking the remains of their little
daughter, Francis Gertrude,
home for burial. The child died
at West Springs where her par
ents had gone several weeks
before in hope that the water
might help the child. She had
,for some time been at DEATH e
door, and was eighteen months
old.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
New Agent at SantuC.

Mr.. G. F. Whilden is the new
agent of the Southern at Santuc
station, occupying the position of
Mr.. F. F. Shealey, resigned, Mr..
Whilden is young man and ma
tive of Sumter. His family will
move to Santuc in the near future.
Mr.. Shealey will 60 to Hender-
sonville and be connected with the
Crescent Bottling works, a newly
organized concern in that place.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
School Trustees Elected.

On Tuesday at the regular
primary, three school trustees
were elected for the Goshen Hill
district. The Superintendent of
Education has the power to ap-
point these, but upon the sug-
gestion of Mr.. Fant,. the people
of this district elected their trus-
tees. The result was: w. w.
Bishop, Al; C. w. T. Willard, Al;
Joe Kirkpatrick, Al.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31

with these people to build up in
stitutions when they are silent
and apathetic toward the peril
in which they do not preach the
enormity of these offenses? Are
we to be forever held in a state
of seige with our women, tremb-
ling in fear and terror when
they are alone? Is the liberty
which our fathers bought with
their blood to be surrendered to
the foul terror of an alien and
subordinate race?
We tell these teachers, these
preachers and these editors that
they have the most vital interest
in this affair. If the boundaries
of restraint are ever broken by
this Causasian race in wild
spirit of retaliation for a condi-
ton which imprisons and terrifies
the noblest women of the world,
they themselves will be whelmed
in the tidal wave which follows.
And we say here and now to
Booker Washington, to Gaines,
and Turner, to Proctor and to
Stinson, and to the rest of those
who are so eager to rush into
print to plead for law and order:
that if they have any regard for
the future of their race and for
themselves, they will take the
hint which is not unkindly sent
from this aroused and indignant
race of Caucasians, and will
stand shoulder to shoulder with
us in demanding that every
every preacher in every country
pulpit and every editor of every
little 2x4 sheet and that every
teacher in the city and country
school shall devote some part of
his sermon or some portion of
his editorial, or some segment of
his scholastic hours to preaching
hell and damnatiofi to all who
are guilty of this fiendish crime.
We assure these men that the
Caucasian sentiment of this
country as it never was before.
We need not and will not con-
tinue to have our women live
under the shadow of this fiend-
ish negro lust. We are going to
free our women, no matter what
the cost may be to another race.
There is no wildness of passion
and radicalism in this announce
ment. If these men know any,
thing they know that we de-
mand it, and they know that de-
mand is firmly stern and earnest.
But. as long as they continue
to howl resolutions against lynch
ing, and crate against lawless-
ness while they are shamefully
silent toward the crimes which
produce the mob, then the back
of our hand is against them and
all that they represent.
This is the position which the
the present tragic environment
sternly demands of the Saxon
race, and we call upon Saxons
who respect themselver to as
sumo it everywhere.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31

II Henr- nyfes, for selling whis-
KA.7 vas sentenced to $lOO or sc
Gays. He also'appealed and was
released on bond.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
DEATH OF j. LESTER McWHIRTER.
Prominent JOnesyiIIe Man Passes
Away--Buried Wednesday.

JoNESv1LLE, Aug. 28.-Mr. j.
} Lester McWhirter died suddenly
at 6 O'Clock this morning with
acute gastritis. Mr.. McWhirter
was unwell yesterday but he re-
mained at his store during the
day and looked after his business.
Last night he suffered consider
ably at times, but he expressed
himself that he thought he would
be up and able to look after his
' business today, but about six
o'clock he quietly breathed his
last.
Mr.. McWhirter was So years
of age and had been member
of the Methodist church about
twenty-five years. His life in
surance amounted to $35, 900, be-
sides he has considerable prop
erty consisting of real estate,
merchandise, bank stock, factory
and building and loan stock, and
Jonesville live stock company,
and the McWhirter ginnery.
He came to Jonesville when a
young man and clerked for Gen'l
B. B. Foster and about the year
1877 he engaged in the mercan-
tile business with the late T. L.
Hames, under the firm name of
j. l.. McWhirter & Co. About
twelve years since Mr.. Hames
withdrew from the firm and Mr..
McWhirter continued in his own
name. in which business he was
very successful. He was build
ing large brick store with full
glass front which would have
been completed in a few days.
Mr.. McWhirter held several
important offices and places of
trust; he was director of the
Jonesville bank and of the Jones'
vile Manufacturing Co., was
president of the R. w. Scott Co.
and Jonesville Live Stock Co., g,
Trustee of Jonesville graded
school, Director of j. F. Altman
Lumber Co., Steward and trustee
of church property of the Meth
oGist church. He was Mason,
K. of p, K. of H., and Wood
man of the World.
Mr.. McWhirter was faithful in
his church and Sunday School
work, was liberal and charitable
and will be much missed in his
town and community.
He leaves a wife and six chill
eren, three sons and three daugh-
ters, and three sisters, besides
many relatives and friends. He
will be buried Thursday, the
funeral services will be held in
the Methodist church here con-
Quoted by his pastor, Rev. D. E.
Camak, and Presiding Elder Rev.
j. w. Kilgo, followed by Masonic
burial. w. H. S. HARRIS.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31

The above figures are the Of
fetal count made by C. H. Peake,
County Chairman, and j. w.
Gregory, Secretary.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
A Marriage.

Mr.. LandAn Kirby and Miss
Mary Gillian, laughter of Mr.. M.
B. Gillian, VIE married Wednes-
day evening lt the home of the
brides parents in South Union.
Rev. l.. l.. Wagnon was the offici-
ating minister.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
State Election.

Friday morning Ansel was
SO. $50 votes, and Manning 49,
OO8, and Blease 16,801. Lyon
and Ragsdale run over. About
16, 600 people scratched Tillman.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31

Vinie Norman, a negro woman
was Thursday sentenced to s25
or 20 days, for storing whiskey.
Execution of sentence was de-
ferred on account of the sickness
of the convicted.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
RESULT OF STATE ELECTION
IN UNION COUNTY.
TiIImdn Scratched About 265 Times
--Ansel. MCCOwn, Jones,
BOyd, Lyon and Sullivan
Carry Union County.

There were about 25O6 votes
cast in Union county, in the state
election. Space lacking, the vote
by precinct cannot be given here
but the totals for the county are
as follows:
u. S. SENATOR
r. R. Tillman 2242
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-08-31
Court Sentences.

Charlie Macbeth, a negro hand
on Mr.. Duncan's farm near
Buffalo, was on Monday sem
Enced to pay a $50 fine or serve
yOdays for carrying an unlawful
weapon. He was released on
bond, pending an appeal to the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03
TORTURE RELICS ON SALE.
D%runkard's Cloak. Iron Boot and n Foot
SqueeZer.
From the London Daily Ntus.

From the London Daily Ntus.
Several torture relics were put up for auc-
ton at Stevens's. Covent Garden. yesterday.
but they did not excite much competition
There were no eager calls, even for a hang
mans rope. A paltry rs. was all that was
given for one which had been used by the re-
owned Berry.
An iron screw, or foot squeezer. was bou ght
for Ell, and the same figure was paid for a set
of double stocks. and also for what is termed
a "drunkard's cloak"
The last named Is one of those Instruments
Of old which was intended to put the delin-
auent to sha me. II Is shaped like a huge pail
and the 'drunkard who was to be disgra ced
was fastened into 1t with only his head visi-
BILE through a narrow aperture at the top.
The cloak gave the wearer the minimum
of room, the hands being practically pinned
to the sides. and walking was only possible
in a kind of stunning movement.
other articles sold were an ancient whipping
post with shackles from Oxford. two sets Of
shackles which we're used in old Newgate
Prison, ancient branding irons and an iron
boot" into which the victims naked foot
was placed and boiling oil poured In. all Of
which sold at 12s. each.
An ancient chair from the Castle of Noren-
burg, in which people were secured for tort
ure, fetched 1885,, and an iron torture cola r
with spikes. 2Is.
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soon after that I made No NJ mind thae fny
mtssion ln liza wHs a. nv ~ make PEOPLE
hairy 10 make them laugh. Ihse y
Why I took up joke wiring on ire side
Il besah newspaper Johe writing N isIL
Vas NJ the race ta aiming the tfSde oi
printer Thought ~ the losea while
eolhe ~ and from me eflcs and ~ h'sht,
Nv hrst day had foufteen Johea W we
patef
'tsdsr ny beadlaa within whams Zach
day | have had ffum sit 10 ten lohea' '
never ,ia a Typewriter TypeWrltefs are
pretty sufne " them~ bt, 7 have no l@r-
licalaf iiaa Tor them etcept nov and then
10 ,alk 10 them when they Get lciesott'e
Il write my JOKES With 4 s,eel ren but !
don't steal them nv ldeas seein TO .
more ~ooplousiy with q drop ~ lnh Otter
thihk 40 thy Jokes In bod, and IN church,
or al ~iuherats-or Just any old place !
write my Iohes In the morning. AFTER soine
over my mali | devote about an hour TO my
JOKES,
N my johe works afe not worhlne any
particular mornihe, I fall back on . little
book I always carry with me, In wh'ch are
mems for plenty of jokes to ,iae IN efner-
gshoies.
II write Jokes becsuse ] cant " W.
They come 10 me. and I must get rid OF them
I eet my ideas for jokes from reading news,
papers, from people ! meet from thines !
bees and FROM things which never eSis'eu'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03

tefote shich Tho hoso NJ 4 football game
accins iatrc While MOI 4 football cnthusl
aat, I venture thp suggestion that an AHefl-
cau team would 10 veil IA gec,lfg the assist
ahce N theae foo,efs fot they c,tld work
~ tho necessary enthusiasm on ahoft hotlcs
aVi With 4 great savlhe 10 The thtoats n The
atudshta
HAND MA sAttVRa,
On The streets ~ Calcutta one sees indian
lie IN MI Ne forms The coolies year The
ilehtest possible clothing and carry enof.
noua burdens on their heads, saw elsht
~ them down the street NJ a fast walk hpafs
Ing a Hraud piano on their heads,
IN HHtther place una man carried q large
Saratoga trunk on his head down the hotel
stair, fe had 90 have assistsnos In M
Ing and lowering ", but when u was once
balanced upon hia head he marched on With
II with apparent ease,
The cooils women also carry burdens
upon their heads, water Jars being their
speciality. Two and even three Of these
one on top Of another, are sometimes carried
thus. The brass water pot In. by the way,
never out Of sight In India; II Ia to be seen
everywhere, and the securing OF these
pots seems to give employment for leisure
moments.
While much carrying Ia done on the head
and on the pole, carts Of all kinds are numer-
Gus. The water buffalo Ia to be- found In
India, but he divides the honors with the
indian bullock as q beast Of burden.
The Indian bullock il a mild eyed beast,
usually white or light in color, and has a
hump on the shoulders which seems made
expressly for the yoke. There is a small
variety OF the bullock which Ia used for
drawing passenger carts, and some OF these
are so fast that they are entered in %trotting
races.
MERCHANTS PERSISTENT AND dUTLErUL.
The merchants Of India are a shrewd
and persistent class. They press their
: wares upon one at the hotels and in their
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03
ENDANGERED nj, DRIFTIN0 LOGS
Navigation Along Pacine Csast Menaeeo
by wrecked Naft.
from ne San Frdncisco Cat.

From TIE san FTdnCtscO co"'
CAPT, Ernest Bent. COMMANDER OF 'ho
Japanese liner Honekong Merp. which ar,
rived yesterday from the Orient. 10 siao
that he was able TO make his approach TO
port In daylight. II he had come In at nient
he believes his vessel would have been seri.
Dusty crippled. as In tho darkness IL wouid
have been almost impossible to have AVOIDED
collision with some OF the Immense logs
which we're first encountered about thirty
miles the other side OF the Farallones ana
through which the Hongkong threaded her
way until she passed in beyond the nine
fathom buoy.
These logs formed part Of the raft which
left Astoria May 0 in tow OF the steamer
Francis II. Leggett. The Leggett lost the
raft, which Subsequently went TO pieces. 10
the great peril Of coastwise shipping. Ihey
are logs OF great size. Launched head-on
by the heavy ocean swell against the hull
Of a ship, any one OF these floating menaces
could tear a hole through the stoutest OF steer
plates. II the propeller Of a steamship struck
one Of these derelicts the propeller would
do no more propelllng, II the engines were not
crippled by the jar.
These logs are scattered across the en-
trance to this harbor like a fleet Of submarine
boats. and are every bit as deadly. Far be-
yond the Farallones they float. lurking dan
gers to approaching and departing craft,
and vessels from the south report encounters
with these silent monsters from the northern
forests long before the bar Ia reached. Capt.
Bent has made a report concerning the logs
to the United States Lighthouse Board. and
masters OF departing vessels are warned to
keep a sharp lookout. There were S,00O,OOO
feet Of lumber, all made up OF huge logs,
In the wrecked raft.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03
PLANT KNEW ITS FRIEND.
Travellers Story Of Sensitive Plant Of
CeylOn,

From the 81. L ouis Globe Democrat.
"Uncanny." said q globe ~trotter, lis the
splendid and fourishing sensitive plant Of
Ceylon. This plant causes you to wonder II
plants. like US. can't feel pain, and think and
grieve.
we were seated. In white linen clothes,
under the palms Of our hosts garden beyond
Colombo. We had Just breakfasted. and the
native servants were handing about coffee
and liqueurs.
What plant Is that" said !.
"a mimosa. or sensitive plant my host
answered. and added, turning to his little
daught er:
60. dear. and kiss the mimosa.'
The child obeyed. Then she amt back to
us gleefuly. The plant had not shrunk from
cred.
Now you 60 and kiss it,, said our host to
me.
Il advanced, put out my hand. md my
hand no sooner touched the minosa than II
shivered, and the leaves Wilt ed az though frost
bitten.
"'The plant knows my daughter our host
explained, but you are q stranger 70 IT,.
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nv rnl,.a Irsstna hnfla.

rs,,,,s, TO- " Jsspa n essssi rssgHss, ~
ltau nfHlH W Hithfs essstf'd
Gee, A,,t W. iwve a. nat Teschesi
,.T, ,si sb.,s ,t ts,oea nsu hetei South
w.. t,,,. o,,.,.,,es tho Iedlao tyteso end
- ns,, ,ts sn,a,,, ,But lhs ln~bebltapta
s.,t,s, ,,,,t,, ,be nose n \ beefetuhl sim.
wv. .ti,, ,bo ,,,sS seOljceia thai h,sfd
a., ,o,,h,,, tenct,e, ats clad IN the Ice
.,,,n.i .in,at.
ntst, tr ss.esta al IN A and which has
80. ni,,,rI, Isnw SOD level 10 nearly
a. cco tc,, ,ne onds All varieties n yepy,a.
,L,, t,,n ,ho Jeil,ais fern IN tlm lroplrs
Nv a., s,,,Is ,;is,scIss. trnm tha Grain snd
os,ha.Js ~ Ls,a' nndh aud the tlnolab 10
a., sa,,,n tira saJ ttri,s N tlotabay, tel.
.,,,a a,d uad,a..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03

selses ihs Wow from Dafleeiiue Ia uhsuf-
rassmi Tho ttbtiFidnfa peahs rice ~
. height ~ gq,tS ier, stove tte see ~
nearly twrr ~ high ~ plke's Peak Hhd
though fof'vsnve miles distant, are oleHf
and dles incl,
The stanmlts, seen aboye the oloste
seein 10 have ~ terrestrial base but hene
~ n suspended IN mldalf, The hest view
10 obtained from Tiger Hii, slt miles ffotH
fufleeilng and 9Oo feet higher We
iHaee thla trip enc Huehtan, RISING ~ :
o'eluuk and rpaehlBa the observation point
n little besofe stdfise Niah I we're able
10 conyey IN the reader The ltspteaelon
wade upon Nd.
aoesf KvEAsar A. suSHiss
Willis all shout Ne waa YET In darkness
the snowy fobe which clothes the ipi1er
is,Ou fest Of the raHas caueht a tlnt ~
pearl from the frat rays Of the sih. AMI
a. ~ watched, tho orb ~ day, rialnk Ike
q ruby elotJe from o lake Of dark biue
mist, eikied peak after peak Until a. laet
~ saw Mount Everest, eefth's lOftlest
point, 40 miles away and nearly q thousand
feet higher than kinghlnlueea. We Jaw
shadows hesiaa from the light liRc huhttd
cuipfits and hldius In the deep fa$lbea,
and we marked the triumph o. the dawn
az II swept down the valleys.
How puny seem tho works Of man when
brought into comparison With majestic
naturel Ills groves. what plginies when
measured against the virgin forUstl His
noblest temples, how Insignificant when
oontrasted with the masonry OF the hillsl
What canvas can initiate the dawn and
sunsetp What inlaid work can match the
moaaics Of the mountains'
lei blind chance that gives these glimpses
Of the sublime9 And wa it blind chance
that clustered vast reservoirs about In
accessible SUBMITS and stored water to
refresh the thirsty plains through hidden
veins and surface streams?
No wonder man from the beginning
OF history has turned to the heights for
inspiration, for here Ii the spirit awed by
the infinite and here ons sees both the
mystery Of creation and the manifesto
tions Of the Fathers loving kindness
Here man finds q witness, unimpeachable
though silent, to the omnipotence, the
omniscience and the goodness Of God.