The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-13
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Esvs from the Munieipsllty Of santus.

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SASTuc, Feb. 7th 1891. :,
The night has c,ms, with oil her silver train.
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The time is come that can rest sRain and
But before take that rest will make 2.
visit. aud tell some things-probabiy All :
can ,hiuk sf now. I cannot speak OF much
progress on the farms, as il has been 90 very !,
rainy since the advent Of the new year, IN
connection with the scarcity Of hands io =.
great many instances, that bot little wsrk Z
has been done. -.
NV own work is very much behind, for
1 finished ginning cotton the very last day
OF January. We lost something on the price ;
Of our cotton by putting OF ginning 1t until
the last in order 10 accommodate the PuoE'c.
think made q good run this season.
ginning several hundred bales, but II was
such hard work, being my own engioeeI.
and having every thing to superiotend. bat
l have such nice, temperate. and reRu az
little engine, which is, except q pretty girl,
the prcttiest moving object you ever saw
and il is n real pleasure to run it.
In this connection permit me TO tell OF
Joke on myself. or q "muddy scrape go'
into: After finishing ginning you can
imagine fet little free, aud on Monqay
afternoon started out on collecting tonr,
thinking would get some pocket hoing
and was imagining how it would feel TO noia
it in my hand. l had not gone over two
miles. before took out my account book TO
look at it and shape my course by what "
showed, when my mule, which wss "foxi
trotting, ;" tro'tcd under come low hanging
locust limbs, and they began seEa1o ~
VIE ;'NfdfRiesu fdfRiesu hYYt tbsy t9Sr XaldsSsss 1ns ~
dodge when my said. .eq9si22ch W.
gifted turned, the mule suddenly whif!c
and ] came down iuto the red mud and.
water. The mule ran around kicking, and
| got up running. to get out of his way, with
mud plastered on me rom my waist to the
knee. and my overcoat muddy from the elbow
down. fs;t worse than hog looks after
taking a mud bath, but caught the mule.
pick ed up my hat and papers, and after peep
ing round to see if anyone was looking,
uaded back through the mud, few hun
dred Yards, to where some colored women
were washing, washed my face aud hands,
dried my papers by the fire, aud hung my
self ON the fence to dry. This is the same
mule that fell down with mo two years ago,
and then made footpath over me.
The parsonage of the Baptist church hero
is completed and the pastor, Rev. y. r.
Williford, will probably be moved into ita
before this i, in print. His. members have
| one year, that he may give the Phillip churchs
morning services. a.:
Mr.. J. p. Jeter has bought two acre lot
| from Mr. i. Jeter, and has n handsome house
nearly completed thereon.
The store of W. T. Jones, is about ready
for the finishing touches. Mr.. c, ID. Ran
dolph, of Grecnvilee, is contractor and
builder of both Of them.
DR.. Geo. Douglas has purchased the Owens
house and lot of Mrs. c. Crocker.
Tho officers elected at the first municipal
AaI. fN1ln
Intendant, l.. B. Jeter;
| Wardeus, C. w. Austell, r. G. Hobsou,
R. E. Moss aud w. Il. Jones.
There is great deal of guano talk among
the fsrmers, and it seems that some have
orc -rcd, ard are preparing for large crop
Of low price cotton, which forces them TO sell
their seed at low price also, it seems.
AS have said above, hands are sc'rce,
but money is scarcer. 1t so scarce that l
believe if the moon was shining and anyone
would offer it, would quit writing this, and
get out aud trIt mile for "quarter.
And the appe frances are now that it
be scarcer later on, for l don't think
| is n single acre Of Spring oats sowed, a.
Is Almost too late to SOW them now.
farmers have no oats and are compelled %
ouy corn, to supplement that crop they will
undoubtly, have n tough time next Fail,
Almost everyone will have to buy their seed
oats, and they are very high, eighty cents
per bushel. With all these, it is enough
to perturb the imperturbable, for as oats is
now said to be indispensable to successful
farming, we will have to dispense with the
indispensable; but we can all sympathze
with each other, for all are drinking from
the samo canteeu.
camc very near forgetting to tell these
was marriage here in the Baptist church
last Wednesday night, the 4th. Miss Genie
Zealy, of Fairfield, was married to Mr.
Martin, OF that county. There WAS good
many at the church 10 witness the eeremony
but as for any other news concerning il l
have been unable to G can.
There have been from two TO three we'd
dings evero week since the beginning of
Christma', among the colored people.
! was down at Fish Dam last Monday,
and saw good many little homes being
built Glen Cannon, colorcd, is having \
store built, and there are some other smaller
buildings being built.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail-
road has purchased q beautiful lot there.
and is having nice little cottage built there
on, for the Section Master. The wall uadsr
the S. U. s. c. road is frc p:Uss VI work .
mansnlp. The new road is smooth track.
and there are some fine trains passes over
| it.
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