The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-07-18
For the Times.
Letter from Big Ike.
GOUDEYSvIII.E,


Mn. EnITon 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 arc
almost ticklcd 20 death over that last note little
1eems wrote about getting only twenty-five cents
for sitting on The Jury at j. Nj. Grecr's Court of
Trial Justice, and wonder if he ever got that.-
The rest Of us think it good fun, 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 n charm)
and, last of all, talk potics-that is, who we
will run. North Of Pacolct, next year We arc
inclined to think that Jcems intimatcd in his
article that he does not enjoy the fun like some
Of us but sincerely hope that the next Leg
isluturc will make more Trial Justices give them
big pay and, above all, raise little Jccms' wages
at least to thirty-sevcn and half cents every
time he sits as juror. We hope hc--that is, lit
| tie Jccms-wiil not get rHcd at what we say,
but we do hope that he will always BE prompt
to attend the Court, when lie is drawn for II u-
ror. But one thing he says, wherein his head
is level, and that is, where lie intimaes that we
all should take the Times. Well, Mr.. Editor,
we know we ought, but how we, when we
can raise enough spondulix to run the old wo-
men and children? But somc of us will take it
next year, if it breaks us. BE assured, Mr.. Ell
itor, we will help 20 out just can,
for We have always been chnritably inclined to
home institutions If Trial Justice Greer will
draw as juror eight times and pay us TWEEN
tyfivc cents each time, then will he able
| to take the Times. Now, Little Jccms has
never thought of how easy he could in that
way, nay for n newspaper, or he would not have
struck for higher wages We don't think we
could raise enough money to buy drink of
Blockade Sweet mash if it was not that we have
some pious pcop'c in this corner who persist in
going 10 law, not to get justice, hut simply to
pay some of us broken down aristocrats n quar-
ter now and then to sit rs jurors. Little Jccms
may say what he plcascs, but we say hurrah for
the man who is so happy to get his quarter a
day for sitting still and listening o some Josh Bill
lings talk, and more than all, being instrumcn-
| 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 We arc all pretty
well up with oul crops.
by the way, the and cotton crop is about
an avcragc-but badly in need of rain IN this
| Immediate ncighborhood The wheat crop is
better than last year, averaging about seven to
eight bushels per acre, which is fair yield for
the land around here, and especially the
way it is put in. \ New Englandcr would
be surprised at doing even that well if he
would come down here n few days before Christ
mas and see how we hurry up things to get in
our wheat lie would simply call it . farce
or course there are some exceptions there be-
ing q few individuals who give their attention
TO this important crop.
The dam--!hat is. the mill dam--Qucstion, is
now being discussed, ADD cxcitcs a good deal of
interest to outsiders Every man in our com
munty has an opinion Of his own about it, and
of course everybody is right. One says the
dam is the cause of running the Bottom lands
above il, and another says il is curious thing
how II dam which has been standing over hun
drcd years has Just been found ont being in %
strumen;al in destroying so much inc bottoms.
One man said tc,y days ago he huIrl the pGU,
/ Question wouli he settled al tie October Court,
one way or another. B!G IKE.
Bee. The pastors Of the Methodist and Pres
! bytcrian churches arc in tho mountains.