"The Free Lance" Issue: August 19, 1904 UNION: Union, Aug. 15- The police last week received their new blue uniforms and now present quite handsome appearance. T. S. TOWNSEND is having his home on the corner of South and Mountain streets moved next to Judge D. A. TOWNSEND's on Mountain street, where it will be fitted up with electric lights and other modern conveniences and in the spring he will build a handsome residence on the corner lot. Jefferson TAYLOR, of Sedalia, was in the city Sunday and is now spending some time at Gaffney and Hendersonville. Union, Aug. 17- Mrs. H. W. MARKS and child and Mrs. J. A. MARKS had a narrow escape from being killed in a runaway while going to the home of the latter eight miles from Charlotte last week. The horses carrying their baggage became frightened while going down a long hill and ran into the carriage. Mrs. J. A. MARKS and the child were thrown under the carriage and badly bruised, but fortunately these were the only injuries sustained. Mrs. Josie L. WRIGHT of Ashland, Va., is visiting at the home of her son Geo. M. WRIGHT. Miss Bessie TOWNSEND has returned after a week with her parents at Lumberton, N.C. Miss Nina WEST of Dardenelle, Ark., is the guest of Miss Ina McNALLY. She will also spend time with her cousin, Miss Blanche GARNER. Spencer PERRIN has resigned his position with the Rice Drug Co. in order to rest before returning to Clemson College. He is now visiting Winnsboro, and Monday he, with Wm. PERRIN witnessed the baseball games in Spartanburg. D. L. WRAY, formerly of this city, but now of the firm of Irwin & Wray, electrical contractors in Spartanburg, was in the city yesterday on business. J. M. CLARDY, clerk of the Union hotel, returned the first of the week from visiting his parents in Laurens. A.P.H. WALKER left Friday for Marshal, Mo., to join his family who will return with him via Mammoth Cave. J.K.W. DAVENPORT, who installed the electric plant at Buffalo, is again in the city, and is to superintend the work of adjusting that plant to switch on to the current from the Neals Shoals power house, where it is brought to Union. Mrs. DAVENPORT is visiting her parents in Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. SEXTON and children, Hiram, Leyellyn and Minnie, Iva and May WARDOP (?) of Oconee spent last week there are now at Cross Keys. BUFFALO GLEANINGS: Buffalo, Aug. 16- E. W. JETER of the county was in town yesterday. He reports splendid crops in his section. Miss Annie SUTTON, on of Union's fair damsels, attended services at the Methodist Church her Sunday morning. Dr. McELROY of Union was here yesterday. Dr. R. G. HAMILTON and H. L. MORRIS took in the game of ball at Spartanburg Saturday. O.A. SWYGERT and J. L. GAULT spent Sunday with L.L. GAULT near Kelton. They report having had a royal good time. J. D. SMITH Jr., of the county is in town today. Miss Julia BYARS of Glendale visited friends Sunday. Mrs. Covis HANCE and daughter Ollie, left today for a two weeks' visit with relatives at Glendale and Clifton. J. B. WILLIAMS of Union, spent Sunday with his brother R. H. WILLIAMS on Oakland Ave. Dr. C.E. JOHNSON of Cross Keys moved his family here yesterday. He will occupy the Dr. HAMILTON house on Church street. S.S. GALLMAN of Jonesville is here today the guest of J. L. GAULT. Lester B. GADSDEN of Union, representing Hames Grocery Co., is here today. Solomon GEER, who has been visiting his mother at Rutherfordton, N.C. for the past week returned home yesterday. The Buffalo and Union boys crossed bats Saturday on the grounds of the former. At the end of the ninth inning the score was declared 3 to 1 in favor of Buffalo. Dr. AUSTELL of Union was here yesterday in a consultation case with Dr. C. E. JOHNSON. Miss Emily SHARKEY of West Springs who has been stopping at the Hotel Buffalo for the past week, left today for Atlanta. Ira TURNER of Union is in town today. W. T. CORN visited Spartanburg and Glendale yesterday. F.P. HAMILTON, the dentist here, left yesterday for a week's visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.P. HAMILTON, at Herberts, S.C. Several of the county candidates are in town today wearing pleasant smiles. THE DOG WAS LOADED {This is from the June 10, 1904 issue - I just had to go back and add it!} A dispatch from Raleigh, N.C. says: T. M. PEARSON, private secretary to Gov. AYCOCL, who has just returned from the northwestern part of the state, where he was sent to inspect the Wilkesboro-Jefferson turnpike, one of the finest highways in the United States, tells a very remarkable story of an occurrence during his trip. Mr. ROBERTSON, editor of the Wilkesboro Hustler, owned a half grown setter dog, which he was training to retrieve. The dog was very fond of bringing objects from the water. His owner was on the bank at a deep pool when some men came up, and one of them threw a dynamite cartridge into the pool in order to kill the fish. As the cartridge was thrown the dog dashed after it and to the horror of the editor, came out with the cartridge in his mouth, the fuse being tolerably long. The men fled and so did the owner of the dog, the dog following the later. Frightened almost to death, the editor rushed toward a deep ditch, fortunately quite wide and leaped across this continuing to run for fully half a mile. At the moment the dog reached the bank of the ditch the cartridge exploded, literally tearing him to pieces. Mr. PEARSALL says there is much talk about this occurrence, which is declared to have been the strangest that ever happened in that section of the state. Only the ditch saved the life of the editor, he says. WHISKEY AT PICNIC Chief FANT has received notice of two important arrests made by constables in his division in York County, who captured a couple of sharpers from Charlotte who had adopted a most unusual method of violating the dispensary laws and selling liquor at a picnic. The scene of the affair was a big gathering in York County, several days ago. The two men arrested entered the crowd with grip sacks and old valises loaded with North Carolina liquor and proceeded to dispense the same to the crowd in small drinks. Constable ROSE who worked up the case and captured the two men at their slick game had them placed on trial and they were fined $100 each. The men were from Charlotte.