The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-07-03
Correspondence Of the Times.

fslephsns spsaks Right cut for JonesvilIs.
Josn'vnLE. juno. 2s.-I wa, both elad
ana sorry to see tho communicable, Of Mr..
~. z. AIrsan in the TIxEs last week. Gal
10 know that Mr. Altman wa. wiliog 10 sp-.k
'hroash The press In defence OF a misrepre.
sentcd and s'andersd peop'e, blt sorry 4,
Know that there was ciuse fJr him thu, to
speax. feel rhu 1 woulf not be true
patriot IL did not .n~.t ,h-~.,-L -
phone in contradiction Of the false report,
that Mr.. Altman aludss to.
The 10th U. s. census. taken in 1sso
gave Jone,vi'ls 200 inhabit ,nts. Tne IIth
census taken in 1890, gives 400; . f,c, tba,
speaks fnr itself Now these four hu,.ireI
human beings binched 'os .,her q. q rsiIroai
asion don't constitute much Of town. bit
aim Tor then - suoh mqfa aify q ,a,r
!. .osity, s,c'sb'lity fnteItiee6&1 ~ n1rr.,&
num6Sif f4Axn or CON- oodS
thing 1, the eoafrary - lshsssnding. aads ?
l nvit. inves iyrtion, not erparse investigs.
ton, but free and open, AMI on oil sides.
We have five churches iu our town; two,
however are not quite completed Three Of
them belong t) the white people and two to
the colorsd people There are three Sun lay
schools, aud these charches an Sund.y y
schools are very vel attended. The Secta-
rian Tomaha~k has loag sincs been buried
by the different denominations, and peace,
harmony aud libcrIlity prev ills in this res
pct.
We have eight storc,, all doing very well,
and they sell their rods rs cheap rs any
other place i'll the c,untry.
We haze \ fnc scho i, which is in the
hands OF that christian gentleman, Prof. N.
G. l. ttlcjohn, as principal, with that faith.
ful, earnest christian youn lady, Miss Anna
| flames for his Assistant-Miss Lizzie Little
tnl,n nf I 1lxya
| having lately retired from th,t pos tion on
| account del cate health. We have q prohibi-
tion law whi;h has been very eff ctual io It's
| operations.
The Sunday laws are very we'll observed.
| not, however to perfection, whls pace hsr-
| mony and family affiliations, for the most
| part prevail. The town is he ,lthy, beiug
upon high ridge. with the head waters Of
| four creeks AMI thirty-tw, springs Of good
water within its corporate limits; though, rs
said at first, We are MT mici Of a town.
Mr.. john II, Col,m,n, SIN Of NJ. j. II.
| Coleman, h,, beea aijuds sed n luu tic, an
will be sent to the Asylum soon,
Several ho-s's and mules have died in tho
community lately, with collie.
Miss Eps'in of Newbcrry, who has bren
Wis ting the family Of Rev. d. p. Boyd went
up to SPn-tanbnrg t,-day.
Miss Marion Porter, Of Santuc, has been
visiting relat yes in knoxville.
Mrs. Harvey Anderson an l two children.
of fSpartsnburg, have been i>,>isvaanp1assles..
of Mr.. G. Is. Fowler. ~
Miss Mollie Littlejohn is visiting relatives
in town. -
MIR. Thomas McNally, Of Union. i. In
town to-day.
A number of person, from Jonesvlle went
up TO Pac'iet yesterday. 1t was children's
day there.
The weather has bsen fine f.r farmers the
last few days. The thermometer has stood
at nb ,ut 900 each day for nearly week,
which is the kind of weather to kill grass
and make cot' II grow.
Thanks to Riverside joe but mlst decline
to attempt m answer to your request, when
yol ask what kind Of oflsgis'ati,n is nee led
to make thing, right, &c, etc; but will say
this much, don't really think that lcgisla-
ton is the thing so much ncsdcI. l am Of the
opinion that whit hive already n lvoclc
we'll seas mel with in iustry aud economy.
will bring morn relief to tho people than all
the legislation in the world could bring.
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