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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03

The editor of The Times enjoyed
a visit to Greenwood during the
state oratorical contest held there
last Friday. The speeches were of
a high order, the audience was large
and the weather was good. The
occasion was very enjoyable. The
only thing that marrcd the occasion
was the inadequate hotel accomoda-
tions. Greenwood is easily reached
by rail, and in that respect is Just
the place for the meeting. But Col
umbia would be equally as well To-
Gated, and would afford better hotel
accommodations. We would be
glad to see the contest held in Col
umbia.
1t is to be hoped that the delay in
rendering a decision will be avoided
in the future. The large audience
went away half mad for the reason
that the decision was withheld; some
way to prevent the like occurrence
should be devised. 1t ought not to
take two days to get to the fact Of
who the winners are.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03
Advertised Letters.

Advertised letters remaining in Union
postotfcc for week ending Mays, 1907.
B-Jim Brown, Martha Brown, Jessie
Buzzie.
F-M. w. Flowers, Jesse FAINT
H-O. J. Halter.
l.-Sam Luther, jim Ice.
M-Mrs. Mag ID. Mabry.
Prank II. Purse, Nellie Parks.
R-NIamie Rodgers, Charlie Read,
Dealner Reed, O'Dell Rice.
Package@SIiss Johnnie Crawford
Persons calling for the above letters
will please say ii advertised and will
be required to pay one cent for their
delivery.
J. c. Hunter, P. Nj.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03

B. b. Going, Plaintiff,
Against
VIM. NJ. Clark, Thos. ID. Clark, Lily
Lane, w. J. Stokes, Lily b. Lane,
Gertrude Clark, Alfred Clark, S.
X. Aycock as Assignee, Mrs. b.
+. Greene and Conquest Allen as
Administrator OF the Estate OF 6.
l.. Allen, deceased, Assignee,
Defendants.
10 the Defendants VIM. Nj. Clark,
Thos. d. Clark, Lily Lane, w. ].
Stokes, Lily B. Lane, Gertrude
Clark Alfred Clark, S. K. Aycock as
Assignee, Mrs. Nj. F. Greene and
Conquest Allen as Administrators OF
the Estate OF c. l.. Allen, deceas ed,
Assignee,
You are hereby summoned and re-
CURED to answer the complaint in this
action OF which a copy is herewith
served upon you and to serve a copy
OF your answer to said complaint on
the subscriber, at their law office at
Union, 5. c., within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive OF the
day Oi such service: and if you iail to
answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action
]
demanded in this complaint
! Beatty & Walker,
! Attorneys for Plaintiff.
! TO the Defendants above named:
/ Take Notice. That the Summons i'm
this action OF which the foregoing is a
copy was filed in the Office oi the
| Clerk OF Court OF Common Pleas and
General Sessions for Union County i'm
the State aforesaid, on the sth day OF
April, 1907.
Beatty & Walker,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
To the Defendants Gertrude Clark and
the infant Alfred Clark,
| Take Notice! That unless YOU pro-
cure the appointment OF guardian ad
litem to represent you the said Alfred
| Clark within twenty days after the ser
vice OF the Summons and Complaint in
this action upon you, the Plaintiff will
alter the expiration OF twenty days
! from the date OF such service upon
you, apply to the Hon. W. w. John
son, Judge oi Probate for Union
| County and State aforesaid, at his office
at Union, s. c.. for an order appiont.
ing some suitable and competent per
son as guardian adj Item Tor you and
authorizing and requiring him to ap.
ipcar and defend this action in your be-
! half
Beatty & Walker,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
/ CSealD ]. Frank Peakc.
Clerk Of Court
Date, April 5, A. D., 1907.
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SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
Complaint Not Served.

Complaint Not Served.
To the Defendants. w. A. Robinson.
Mary J. Day, Ellcr Subcr. Hattie Cole
man, Wallace w. Robinson and +. S.
Robinson:
You are hereby summoned and re-
qurcd to answer the Complaint in this
action. which is filed in the Office OF
the Clerk OF Court OF Common Pleas
for said county and State. and to serve
a copy OF your answer to said Com
plant on the subscribers at their law
offices at Union, S. c., within twenty
days after the service hereof. exclus-
i've OF the day oi such service. and il
YOU fail to answer the Complaint with
i'll the time aforesaid. the Plaintiff in
this action will apply to the Court for
the relief demanded in the Complaint
Beatty &, Walker,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
(ScaD |. Frank Pcake.
Col Court) Clerk OF Court.
By J. w. CD. c.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03

One of the gratifying features of
our contest is in the fact that we
are adding new names to our list
daily. This enables us to give our
advertisers better advertising med
ium. And every new name we are
adding in our contest is for one
year, paid in advance. Thank you,
kind friends, one and all.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03

Spartanburg is discussing the ad-
visibility of holding a county fair.
A number of we'll known men are
pushing the project, and it is safe
to say Spartanburg will have fair
it she wants it.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03

A fat-witted" man is defined by
sdpa fpSief y d nope pef tne sh3t edmmSahH9t II SahH9
ment orators who will soon begin to
pour forth their eloquent strains
will not be 'fat-wittcd." " How
could we endure it through the hot
summer time?
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03

Our contest for trips to the James
town Exposition grows in interest
daily. You will see how the vote
now stands if you will look on page
one. Do not hold back your votes.
Let them come in now.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03

Plant watermelons, brother far
mer. Plant plenty of them. Bring
us one of the very first. The money
is already burning our pocket.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03

Is this the kind of weather the
poet had in mind when he wrote ::
In the Spring young mans fam
cy lightly turns to thought of love?n
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03
Elizabeth n. Robinson

Elizabeth h. Robinson.
Plaintiff,
against
w. A. Robinson. Mary J. Day, Eller
Subcr, Hattie Coleman. Wallace w.
Robinson and +. S. Robinson,
Defendants.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03
UNION s. c., MAY 3, 1907.

Now! we'll get to wear our Eas-
ter clothes.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03

Get ready for the old soldiers
reunion in Columbia May 10.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03
Summons for Relief.

State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
Court oi Common Pleas.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-05-03
Summons for Relief.
Compliant served.)

IIPI"IIIl HCINtN.y
State OF South Carolina,
County OF Union,
Court Oi Common Pleas.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22

at me with that foolish smile O. his.
an said he, I'd put it to rights N.Y.
SELL
Again I tried him with church.
going. Said I, Archie, IL We had a
wife that some Sawbeth morning
would up an tell We she was too tired
to bide the thoughts o. sitting under
the minister, what'd you dor And
again he smiled foolish at me. an
said, I'D go an listen for two
And at last I tried him with the
vanities O. this world. said, Archie
II We had wife that would take some
O. your hard-earned money an spend
1t for gay ribbons an kickshaws tc
put on herself, what'd you do?' An
he smiled broader than ever, an says
he, I'd take my pleasure lookin' al
her WI 'em on her.
SO then / up an told him he'l
best be looking eleowhere for a wife
You'd be fearful pleasant mar
to We'd said to him, but such easy.
going ways would ma train lass like
me-.
"The answer to every one o. the
three questions should "a been, 'To
take stick to her. an you know
it!
$50 now we've parted, ma am.
Youths Companion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
The Poor Spinstcr!

Sometimes wife, happy or un.
happy, adored or abandoned, as the
case may be, makes it clear to the
objects of her gentle scorn that it is
their inexperience with Man that puts
them in the kindergarten class OF
humanity. Mazda herself, married
from her fathers house at twenty.
two, after an exhaustive acquaintance
with all the possible vagaries of mas.
cuiinity in the persons of our grand.
father. the village clergyman, oul
uncle, his clerical successors; oul
father, the village doctor; oul
brother, his assistant; and Frederick
Mazda will prate fluently by the
hour about what man likes and what
he doesn't like; what are his tastes
in food, and what he, really thinks
about the heroine of THE Garden OF
Allah" what sort of women he really
admires, and at what temperature he
likes a room. To Grace she will
prattle thus: Grace who, in the course
of her fifteen years wandering since
she was Maida's bridesmaid, has
made sprig of Continental royalty
wish to renounce his kin and his
coronet and emigrate to America as
her spouse; has caused a duel at a
German army though that
she says, lis nothing; stein of beer
more or less, misstep on the side
walk. would have quite as we'll sui.
feed" has figured as the heroine OF
a popular novelist's most popular
novel;. has had her picture painted by
three competing artists. each deter.
mined to make her loneliness quite
unlike what the others made it, and
all succeeding in making it quite I'm.
like her own; and who now, at well
past thirty-five, is about to marry 3
millionaire woollen-manufacturer Of
Rhode Island. To Grace will Mazda
c~1~-ly and glibly explain Man.
Anne O'Hagan, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
Boys Ar. Bigger These Days.

Ready made" clothiers have dis
covered that the average youth is
many degrees bigger than his fellow
of comparatively few years ago.
ri do not know to what 1t Is due
if 1t be not to athletics, but the ma
jority Of the fourteen-year-old boys
whom we now aress are as big as the
ordinary eighteen-yeaT-old youths of
q few years back" said the manager
Of one OF the larger clothing stores.
ct is not uncommon for fourteen
year-old boys to require chest meas
urement of 81, and even 38 inches
these days. Tn puny lad is the ex-
ception now.
Schools nave gone in for physical
culture on big scale during recent
years, and the development of the
body is now considered as important
as the improvement Of the mind. The
lad who is not. proficient in. baseball,
football, rowing and other kindred
sports these days is a curiosity in
deed.
Athletics are making big bodies
Of heretofore small frames,and while
i believe in lad going in for all
sorts of muscle-making pastimes, I
shudder to think of the poor tailors
who have to give away men-size suits
at lad-size prices" New York Press,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
Dogs as Guests.

London society has adopted one Of
the New York Four Hundred S fads
that of taking ones pet dogs out
to dine. Invitations to dinner, among
the :smart set" now include the
woman guests toy Pom Or gryphon,
and some women carry the love me.
love my dog" principle so far as to
refuse invitations to houses where
the honor" of her pets presence is
not requested.
The tiny toy-dogs lie in their mis-
tresses' laps during dinner, and are
fed with tidbits from every course in
the menu. The bigger dogs, mean
while, are allowed to dispors them
selves under the dining table.
The intrusion of dogs in the dining
room is source of much embarrass-
ment to the butler and footmen;
while everybody who is not devoted
-cog-worshiper scrlpulously avoids
houses where the four-footed guests
are allowed at table.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
Women and Lighthouses.

The only two lightnouse-keeper
whose names are known to millions
have been women.
Grace Darling has been dead sixty
i've years, but her aid in rescuing
nine survivors of the wrecked steam
ship Forfarshire still makes her
name household word. Ida Lewis,
whose record of skill and daring as a
life-saver surpasses that of the Eng
lish heroine, kept recently at Lime
Rock, near Newport, the fiftieth ami
versary of her coming to the light.
She has saved eighteen lives. How
many she has indirectly saved by
keeping her light burning no one
knows.
Women are we'll adapted for light
house life. Only few are officially
keepers, like Mrs. Walker OF the Rob
bins Reef light in New York Harhor,
but many stay in lighthouses with
their husbands or fathers. The life
is not usually more lonely than that
OF many farmers wives. Patience in
daily round Of duties is characters
tic Of women. So too are the home
touch and the faculty Of doing fancy
work or other trivial means of killing
time. Men who serve long on light
houses take up wood-carving, or col
lecting specimens or some other
hobby to serve as knitting work to
relieve the mind. They become wtm-
anishly fussy about their simple
housekeeping.
In courage women are neither in
ferior nor superior to men. Courage
is a matter not of sex but of individ-
ual temperament, and even more OF
environment and habit.--New York
World.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
Tests For Boiler Water.

Will you please print some simple
tests for boiler water?-E. G. A.
Answer. TEST for hard or soft
water: Dissolve small piece of
good soap in alcohol Let a few
drops of the solution fall into a glass
OF the water. II 1t turns milky, it
is hard water; if it turns clear, it is
soft water.
Test for earthly matters or alkali:
Take litmus-paper dipped in vinegar.
and, it on immersion the paper re-
turns to its true shade, the water
does not contain earthly matter or al
kali. If a few drops Of syrup be
added to a water containing any
earthly matter, 1t Will turn green.
Test for carbonic acid: Take equal
parts of water and clear lime water.
II combined or free carbonic acid is
present, precipitate is seen. and
If few drops of mu-!atic acid be
added. effervesence commences.
Test Of magnesia: Boil the water
to twentieth part OF It's weight, and
then drop a few grains OF neutral
carbonate of AMMONIA into glass
of it and few drops Of phosphate of
soda. II magnesia is present. It viii
fall to the bottom.
Test for iron: Boil little nut-gall
and add to the water. II It turns
gray or slate-black, iron is present.
Second: Dissolve little prussiate OF
potash. and. il iron is present. it viii
turn blue. Technical World Magas
zine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
Not a Safe Man to Wed.

The notions in regard to courtship
and marriage held by Tibbie, the
young Scotchwoman who presided
over the Jameson kitchen, were a
never-ending source Of amusement to
her mistress. I've taken me mind
of Archie MacLachlan, ma'am,"
Tibbie announced one day, referring
to a young carpenter who had haunt
ed her domain for some weeks. He's
no the man for me. / can see that
weel.''
What has poor Archie done?"
asked Mrs. jameson. her heart filled
with JOY at the knowledge that she
was not to lose her domestic treasure.
as she had feared.
It's what he has ma done, ma am. =
responded Tibbie, briskly. Il put q
few tests to him. / said, Archie. Il
We had q wife, an come home some
day to find she'd gone gadding with
her kin and left the hoose III disor-
der. what'd you do? And he looked
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
Inconvenience Of an Indian Jail.

A prisoner in Rampore Boalia jail
has a clear grievance against the
Government. There are certain in
conyeniences inseparable from prison
life which all reasonable criminals
more or less unwillingly accept, but
the most complaisant. draws the line
at being marked down and clawed by
a leopardess in the seclusion Of the
prison yard. The. animal seems to
have been inspired by suffragette-
like curiosity as to the inside of a
prison, and having got in by the
highly irregular method of leaping
the wall, she ensconced herself
among the low brick piers on which
the old barracks are raised from the
ground. In the early afternoon she
espied prisoner in the yard, clear
ing up, and like the impulsive crea-
ture she was, promptly leaped upon
him, striking him to the ground and
at once started to clawing his back.
Then, with the fickleness of her sex,
she suddenly changed her mind, and
In an access Of shyness ran away and
hid herself among the brick pillars.
Now Colonel r. r. Weir, Inspector
General Of Prisons, happened to be
In the village, and to him the Incl
dent was reported. Though it can
not be said that the duties of an In
spector-General of Prisons includes
the destruction Of vermin, Colonel
Weir did not stop to consider techni-
calities, but borrowed a rife. After
some difficulty in getting within strik-
ing distance of the intruder as she
lay In her fastness. he succeeded in
planting his first shot behind her
shoulders, after which nothing re-
manned to be done but to drag out
the carcass and record its tape meas
urement as more than seven feet
London Daily Telegraph.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
His Wife's Little Contraptions.

Mr. Bennett was about to leave
town for. a weeks vacation, and his
wife was helping him pack his suit
case Here, George" said she.
beaming with the consciousness of a
good deed done. is nice little linen
case that I've made for your cake o!
soap, and here are two others, one
for your collars and one for your
cuffs This long one with the ribbon
bows is for your ties. They'll kcer
everything SO nice and clean"
4sYe-es," agreed George, cycling
them somewhat doubtfully, so they
will
And this continued thoughtful
Mrs. Bennett, lis a little case for
your handkerchiefs. with a violet
sachet inside; and here are two 9TH
ers. lined with oil-silk, for your wash
cloth and bath sponge
What's this pillow-case thing?n
asked interested George. holding up 6
large white bag.
why, that's to put your starched
shirts In, dear. See, it's just the
length of your suit case-I measured
to get it just right
Il see,' said George, thoughtfully
ANY more?''
Eyes, indeed. I've been planning
for this trip for weeks. This blue
denim case is for your overshoes and
this striped one is for your slippers
This one with the cunning little but
ton and buttonhole is for your whisk-
broom, and these others, embroid-
cred with forget-me-nots, are for
your comb and your military brushes.
This largest case is for your night
shirt, here's another for your razors.
and this little long one is for your
toothbrush. did intend to make a
case for your soiled linen. but
Just at this moment Mrs. Bennett
was called downstairs. When she
returned. half an hour later. George
was sitting on the side Of the bed
among his personal belongings and
gazing disconsolately at the bullying
sides Of his suit case.
Why exclaimed Mrs. Bennett,
looking at the array on the bed. 'you
haven't packed single thing!''
Yes, have, replied George. mop
ping his brow. Il succeeded In get
ting all those cases into that suit
case, but there isn't room for any Of
my clothes. =" Youths Companion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
WHAT'S THE USE?
To Pour in Coffee When 1t Acts as q
Vicious Enemy

Fasters have gone without food for
many days at time, but no one can
go without sleep. For long time ]
have not been sleeping well, often
lying awake for two OF three hours
during the night. but now / sleep
sound every night and wake up re-
freshed and vigorous" says Calf.
woman.
DO you know why? It's because
] used to drink coffee, but I finally
cut it out and began using Postum.
Twice since then / have drank coffee.
and both times / passed sleepless
night, and so am doubly convinced
coffee caused the trouble and Postum
removed it.
Ny brother was in the habit of
drinking coffee three times a day.
He was troubled with sour stomach.
and would often notice him getting
soda from the can to relieve the dis
tress in his stomach: lately hardly q
day passed without dose OF soda
for relief.
Finally he tried cup OF Postum
and liked It SO well he gave up coffee,
and since then has been drinking Pos
tum In its place, and says he has not
once been troubled with sour stom-
ach.
Even after this lady's experience
with coffee her brother did not sus-
pect Tor time that coffee was caus-
Ing his sour stomach. but easily
proved tt
Coffee IS not suspected ID thou
sands Of cases Just like this. but it's
easily proved. A ten days trial
works wonders. There's Reason"
Read the famous little book. s.The
Road TO WellvilIe, !" IN pkgs. -'--
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
Children Barred.

Among the surprising things which
mother discovered during visit to
New York was that of all the hotels
in the city the only one in which chill
dren are not allowed is the one con-
Quoted exclusively for women. This
mother also discovered that at a
restaurant which caters onIv to
women signs are conspicuously post
ed informing customers that children
are not allowed in the room Well,
why should this not be so? If women
run SO far against nature as to flock
by themselves, why should one ex-
pect them to desire the presence of
children with them?-Youth Com.
panion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
The crinolins and the Apartment
.,e ~ House.


~ House.
Wouldn't it be funny if the coming
of the crinoline should work change
in our building laws, or at least in
the fashion of dwelling places? What
ever condition it brings about, how
ever will be of short duration we can
easily see, knowing the whimsical
way Dame Fashion has of changing
her mind, so we can afford to dis
cuss the hoopskirt and its influence
without getting too serious. And we
should like to know how wearers OF
balloonlike skirts can expect to find
themselves accommodated in quarters
where they were crowded almost to
suffocation clad in their sheathlike
raiment. Will fiat jewellers desert for
Suburbia and further? How else can
they live in comfort? Here furniture
manufacturers have worked day and
night for years to produce furniture
that would make living in flats less
like problem than it was at first,
and the results have been happy in
HaAy VASES. appointments luat GA
pand or collapse atstheir owners will
have worked miracles, almost, in re-
stricted apartments, so that living in
them has really become joy. And
now the crinoline comes, or says it is,
coming, and unless that too is fitted
with callapsfble qualities it does seem.
that life while it remains with us is.
to be made uncomfortable for many
besides wearers of the alleged i'm.
prover.-Bostcn Transcript.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
MARKET.
] went to Market yesterday,
And IL ;o IiLo Eo;r

went to Market yesterday,
And it is like Fair
OF everything you like to see;
- But nothing Live is there.
The Pigeons, hanging up to eat
And Rabbits, by their little feet
But no one seemed to care. ~
And there were Fishes out in rows
Bright ones, Of every kind;
And some were Pink, and Silver, too:
But all of them were blind
Yes, everything you want to touch:
1t would not make you happy, much
But no one seemed to mind.
And loveliest of all Deer!
Only It's eyes were blurred.
And hanging by 1t, very near,
A beautiful great Bird;
SO could smooth his feathers through.
And kiss them livery softly, too
But oh, he never stirred!
e-Josephine Preston Peabody, in Harper's
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
PATERNAL CONFIDENCE.

The Young Man with some embar-
rassment)-':.There is one question you
haven't asked me yet, Mr.. Hurpop.
You haven't wanted to know whether
or not think can make living for
your daughter"
The Other Man-"That isn't neces-
sary, Henry. She'll see that you make
the living, all right, if she's at all like
her mother-and I think she is.''-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-22
Fashion Novelties.

The very newest items, If one may
call such conspicuous features items.
are the folded IDLE, with sash elds,
the long sashes Of full-width silk.
crepe, or chiffon; the sash and fichu,
and the enormously long wells that
are widely adopted for summer hats.
These wells are made of full-width
Chiffon" says Harper's Bazaar, which
"sets the fashion" "They are
wound once about the crown of the
hat, and caught firmly together in
the back at the centre, whence they
float quite to the foot of the dress!"