The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-06
Correspondence Of the Uoi,u rinrs.
santue City and surroundinss.

ssntue C1fy and Surroundings.
sA--"c 49, ursuans % desIrS'
10 make smother rem visit. and when asked
whats the news" to tell something, but
being poor couvsrsationalisf, with nothing
much 10 please the reading publies an
inclined TO think / had better make these
sits few and far between" Ns,erihe-
less, will try and give - psws.
"A MssJ n Bsosns ef q ny, .Sgsns o.
'souibern Boilding and Is S<ociailou, Sf<
Nashville Tenn, wss fn - ,wstx
aud organized a branch Of The Association,
with the fol owing officers: President, L.
Is. Jeter; Secretary and Treasurer, W. T.
Jones /; Directors, Rev. G. r. Willeford, J.
p. Jeter, c. W. Austell, and j. W. Gregory
About seventy five shares have been taken
here.
The Town Council Of this place has elected
Mr.. j. l.. Jeter, Marshsl, but the place is so
quiet and orderly, that he has not had an
occasion for exercising his authority. A
strong little prison has been built Though
sm' IL. it looks formidable aud cbeerless.
Preparation are being made TO improve the
streets.
Mess s j. ". Gregory, and C. W. Austell,
have purchased township right of patent
fence, and good many panels of the fence
is being built in this section, on account Of
the economy Of rails.
There are great many oil field pines
being cut down in this section to open up
more land to put in ton, while others have
more than they can we'll cultivate, If planted
ing 10 TURN their attention iIivre to corn ana
peas. The weather has been so wet that n
| great many farmers have not been able to
| SOW oats. Those who have done much SOW
ing, did so when the ground was very wet.
| These are, generally, renters, or those who
| are careless of the future productivene.s of
| their land. III n little care was taken of the
land the country would be largely benefited,
and somebody would receive thanks from
| somebody in the future. 1t the land owners
III long time raSt, had been more thoughtful
of the future welfare Of the generations then
h come, il wou not be such II hard matter
for tilers of the soil to exc out subsistence.
do not want to upbraid the dead, but we
| sec their mistake, aud il is our duty to seek
| to improve upon their methods.
Some ime ago one of your Keton CORES
poudents, "Kelton Wheel" told of the man
ner in which birds were hunted, and which
| was beginning t. make the bird dog and
shot gun offensive 10 q great many farmers
&c, and ,hought, judging from his de,crip-
tion, it would poe into insignifcence, when
| placed alongside of some bird hunting that
is done solely for money, down here. 1t
| cSShio 'hat parry 10 lnc cur
pose of killing birds for sale, nnd it has re-
suited in the almost complete determination
Of the "Bob White" family and his followers
good many, both white and colo ci, dis
| approve of such hunting. While some have
| no ohjec ion to hunter going OH his piacc
| to hunt for pastimc and for fami use,
they do object to their going there to hunt
birds, which src the .ane as their own pro-
perty, for sale. Such hunting, has len
denoy to lead the public to believe that it is
imre'led by greed, to satisfy their own ex-
| iremely selfish aims, md it aso incincs the
| public to think they have an almost IRE.
pressible inclination to gloat over the
almighty dollar and TO fl their pockets with
them.
There is something | am constrained to
mention, that Of The filthy habit of using
tobacco in church, to say nothing of using
it elsewhere. L don't think should have
mentioned it here. Mt losst not now, If hada
not. white ia church, Sunday or two ago,'
got my hand into some OF .hs filh. II they
must chew in church why not spit in their/
even seen &c on f,Cs rriye il 2gt a their own
don't mean to insinuate that consider .s~--
ing tobacco sir, - i.o. Iui l do tnink
to take it in the house of God, cvcu if done
by n church member, and wilfully abuse
that house, by spi,t'ng over the floor, on the
pulpit and sides of the house, is sacrel gious.
They would not think Of doing sc in Their
own residences, then why do so in the church.
do say, AID cmphaticaly, that if | Iii use
tobacco would have some deccncy about
it, and not spit about in the church where
other peeplo arc annoyed by it, and ladies
valuable dresses are ruined by it. And wors,
OF al, some of those who use the weed thus
regardless of common dccency, will some
times glibly cri;icisc the ladies styles an
s"saons vi dress, and even their habits and
tn nix if talked reform, l would rcformd
myself in such matters, or would seek the life
OF recluse and forever hold my peace,
L. w. j..