The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-07-18
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Letter from Big Ike.
GoUDEYsvILLE, j


Mn. EDITOR There being no correspondent
from this community to the Times, that we are
aware of, we have thought perhaps you would
like to hear what we arc all doing and the gos-
sip generally. Well, in the first place, we are
almost tckled 20 death over that last note little
Jeems wrote about getting only twenty-five cents
for sitting on The Jury at j. NJ. Greer's Court of
Trial Justice, and wonder if he ever got that-
The rest Of us think it good fun, as we then all
get together to talk horse talk, swap mules
discuss the great benefits Of the Fence Law (for
it is working in this community like charm)
and, last of ALL talk politics-that is, who we
Will run, North of Pacolet, next year. We are
inclined to think that Jcems intimated in his
article that he does not enjoy the fun like some
OF as but we sincerely hope that the next Leg
islature will make more Trial Justices, give them
big pay and, above all, raise little Jeems' wages
at least to thirty-seven and half cents every
time he sits as juror. We hope he--that is, lit
tie Jeems-will not get rHed at what we say,
but we do hope that he will always be prompt
to attend the Court, when he is drawn for ju-
ror. But one thing he says, wherein his head
is level, and that is where he intimates that we
oil should take the Times. Well, Mr.. Editor,
we know we ought, but how can we, when we
cant raise enough spondulix to run the old wo-
men and children? But some of us will take it
next year, if it breaks us. BE assured, Mr.. Ed
itor, we will help yo out just as soon as we can,
for we have always been charitably inclined to
home institutions. If Trial Justice Greer will
draw us rs juror eight times and pay us TWEEN
ty-fye cents ench time fhen wa hA oh IN
to take the Times Now, Little Jeems has
never thought of how easy he could, in tha
way, nay for newspaper, or he would not have
struck for higher wages. We don't think we
could raise enough money to buy n drink of
Blockade Sweet mash if it was not that we have
some pious people in this corner who persist in
going TO law, not to get justice, but simply to
pay some Of us broken down aristocrats quar-
ter now and then to sit rs jurors. Little Jeems
may say what he pleases, but we say hurrah for
the man who is so happy as to get his quarter q
day for sitting still and listening to some Josh Bill
lings talk, and, more than all, being instrumen-
tai in adjusting the little difficulties existing
between his pieus neig 'lbors. Now, we mean
when we have nothing very particular to do,
and just now we have not, as VIC are all pretty
we'll up with ouI crops. ' o.
BY the way, the corn and cotton crop is about
an average-but badly in need of rain IN this
immediate neighborhood. The wheat crop is
better than last year, averaging about seven to
eight bushels per acre, which is fair yield 70,
the land around here, and especially the
way it is put in. A New Englander would
be surprised at our doing even that we'll if h,
would come down here few days before Christ
mas and see how we hurry up things to get in
our wheat. He would simply call it o farce
or course there are some exceptions, there be-
ing a few individuals who give thcir attention
TO this important crop.
The dam--that is, the mill dam-question, |,
now being discussed, and excites good deal o.
interest to outsiders. Every man in our com
munity has opinion of his own about it, and
of course everybody is right. One says the
dam is the cause of running the Bottom land.
above IL, and another says it is q curious thing
how dam which has been standing over hun
dred years has just been found out ms being 10
strumental in destroying so much fine bottoms
One man said few days ago he hoped the Dan
Question would be settled at the October Court
| one way or another. BIG IKE.
Be1. The pastors of the Methodist and Pres
byterian churches are in tire mountains.