The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13


nate.
Second Onestioa: Is the study ofthe Scrip
lures essen ial to the attsinment Of n sc:eD-
iifc or n business eJu"atipn? Opened by
G. G. Roberts; &. W. Wbisonant, alternate.
Third Oueston: How should our Sabbath
Schools be conducted. 50 as to secure the
best results? Opened by J Il. Jeffeiies; Rev.
A. A. Gilber', alternate.
QUESTION BOX.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
BENEDICTIoN.
All S. S. rkers are respectfully invited
to attend AMI take part in the exercises. IL
is hoped that e.ch school within the bounds
| Of the Convent on will be represented by at
least two delegates.
Visiting brethren viii please come pre-
pared 10 give talk upon some Of the subjects
before the Convention for discussion.
The Executive Committee will do every
thing i'm its over to make the meeting a
| success.
The weather sti lcontinues wet, and our
farmers arc wearing long faces. But little
was done by them last week but speculate
Wlfiyctt. ttS lHyry That impression w'th Su, sd',
| gcuilelnen, through the planting sea- on, and
| devote mo,c c time and attention to raising
corn and ether food crops for man and beast,
and you viii surely find that ma erial re-
llel you hiNc Occi wv N NJ i' q" 'o"S """
| so nnxipusly.
As agreat many of our people were at
| Union last week we can't tell the citizens of
the town (and good many in the country
any more than they know already. Suffice
| it to soy that mc were among them and en-
| joyed ourself hugely, especially at the dim
| ner and oyster supper, given by the ladies
| of the Baptist church. We were picked up
| from among our "chums' tho street "loafers'
by iha. fully developed specimen Of man
| hood, DR.. A. E.''Fant, who invited us to take
dinner with him at the "Dunn bui ding"
OF course We accepted his kind invitation
with all the modcs'y we could command: On
| entering the house We found Mr.. w. G
Counts, the bet looking man connected with
the TIMES Office, either ns Editor, Cor.
respondent or IT mechanic, at his post, assist
ing the ladies in making the occasion both
pleasant and profitable. The insllc Of the
house WAS whirlpool Of beautiful
ladies, dishes and substantial cdib' cs
Any thing from boiled ham to The mos
cxquisitely finished poundcake was on tha
table. The Doctor and myself had scarccl,
entered The building before young lad.
asked us to take seats, another who evl
IDENTIFY had taken into consideration cur eat
ing capacities placed "Benj jamn's mess
before each Of us, supplcmenting 1t VIII
DIR. Fsnt is we'll known to most Of ell
readers as wholc-sonled man. He was
member of the "McKissick Rangers Tha
he q better soldier never drew q sabre ii
was partially deprived Of hi, hearing by til
, concussion Of n b>mb shell at Fort Harrison
Va, October 81, 1864, au account of whic
has already gone into history. In that bat
Tic, Garys brigade was charged by the fed
: eral troors, seven columns deep, and in iron
O its line they buried 2,200 of thcr men
We spent Monday night with Col. j. G
Mckiss;ck, who wc were sorry to lind $
feeble and indisp scd. His excellent wife an
interesting family made us fee! at homo wit i.
or ff our state. ffc now occupic, a posi'io,
on the top round OF the Journalistic ladder
We are Lot Of that hide-bound class Q
country people who think it is right to max
war upon town people, simply because the
are town eoplc The citizens of Union
as we'll as other towns,-always treat nj
/. with ~ much courtesy and respect as | rt
ceive in the country. | have much NOR
to say along this time, but will stop for thi
time and say it hereafter.
4 We would be glad for some little boy O
I girl 10 tell us tn. name ofthe Oldest city i
+ the world. md where it is first mcntione
in the B!b;c. Give us your name and age
please.
3 Our friend "ke'ton Wheel put out
puzzle for the young folks last week. vii
he give q scientific rule by which I is worked
Here is our solution of it, Each of the boys
Jim, jack and Tom were given TO- 80 and 81
bushels Of corn. respectively, by their father
and snch made three different soles at tire
differen, times and prices rs follows.
1i~'s Is, sale was 8 BUSH at 2 90. SIG OF
" I'd " III. a
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