The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-29
Hsu. from North Paeolet

ErrA JANE, March PA slow rsin Is
slllug this morning, with fair prospect Oh '
, rainy day. This will binder farm opera a
i've, which have been carried on with v'gor
since the blowing season set in. As q gen.
eral thing our people have never been more
fully up with their work at this time Oh
year than now.
Good health is almost universal. We
don't know Of single case Of sickness IN
This section and with the exception OF
little "rumpus' among some of our coiorod
pepulation at a quasi prayer meeting ono
night last week, our country is peaceiul.
Il might not be amiss to hint that such pro-
ceedinps are not to be tolerated in THIS COM
munity, and if it occurs again the prinaipsi |
actors are likely to get one full year s'ra'h-
;ny at manual labor iu Col. Lpscombs re-
formatory school in Columbia. "a word 10
the wise is sufficient"
Although but little is said abou. 1t, our
| people are chatting under the influence st
| the Mormon Elders, who ore said to DO
preaching at certain places to motley crowd''
in tbi, vicinity. We are glad to state, how
ever, that the morals of their converts are
beyond the reach of contamination-rotten
exgs don't spsil. We are no exponent OF
any organized opposition to the pernic'ous
doctrine of polygamy, yet wc know that
our people would gladly adopt any leg't'-
mate measures that will rid the country oi
such nuisance.
Messrs. Buice s. Macarthur have com
pleted one of the stone pillars upon which,
. to put the bridge ut Thomson's Mill.
r-f-s~~A- .. -.-ainds one Of the invuneratil;:,
, Of Fort Sumter in its pelimiest days. A
mistaken idea has crept into the minds o
| some people that VIC were opposed to build
l ing stone pillars upon which to put tha
r bridge. AS matter Of convenience (if no
}, ecenemy) we suggested, incidentally, tina
| the bridge be placed upon substantial tim
bers that would answer for u or 15 year,
0 rather than have no bridge at all. Tn
y county coull only pay $1,000, AMI W.
ihought this amount too small to cover tn
: expenses of building it according to the spe
It cifcations, hence our suggestion in tn
r matter.
l. In answer TO cur scriptural questions G
r three weeks ago We will say: THE Jus
d shall live by faith" is found in Habakkuk
u I'd chapter and 18th worse; and the devi
L quoted tho 1lth and 18th verses Of the 9ls
q Psalm.
- What is the third and half third of th
third Of 335?
The many friends of Mrs. 'Vox," viii
4no doubt, be pleased to learn that her fnge
! has got well; yet the old oman thinks it
shorter than its mate on the other hant
> What is beyond human Imagination? sins
its recovery the frowns have left her fac
IL and she looks several years younger. This
o may be because she's more ixy now tha
= formerly
We are sorry 10 learn that Marion Smitl
# son of Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Smith
g 1Iopewell, York County, died yesterda
i morning. He had been sick with pneumc
l. MIA for some time and had apparent
passed the crisis. lie was q young man
l good moral character. His parents, famil
4 aud friends have our heartfelt sympa,hic
70 The peach blooms are out in all the
grandeur, and the wheat and oats ha,
How differently one feels now with the pro.
8 poets before him, than he does in the Fa
. Of the year when his crops have been d,
stroyed aud cold uncharitablc winter
coming on, is more readily imagined ,ha
described.
Mrs. 7. JEFF Hughes who is sutfsrinq
q from q cancer went to Atlanta last S.tur.
day for treatment, She is An excellent Ia "
and we are sorry to learn of her troua O.
She expects to be gone 3 months.
, The marriage we noticed last week turned
out to be failure, Some people say tha
the knot slipped; others that the wax WASH
good, but we say The fault is in the mate
rial and nothing is wrong with the work
manship-eVerybody to their notion.
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