The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-05
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FJ1xEsyILLs. august Tho bot d,y'spell
Was broken lest 4 ixht by a gentc shower
aud to-day il Is somescooler with fair .pfos-
pee sof more rsin. This shower just lcone
IN tIebi Of fine. for crops were abbit Co
fail under The 500. ...--,,..,..g sun, WA AL
week drJuth.
The meeting at the Presbyterian cn
VIII ch commenced last Friday night. ca II
to-day. Rev. N. J. golme', Of GreenH
was here and preached four sermon, one
ofthese sermons wss The deiicaiory sermon,
on yesterday, at ii A. 81, from the tcIt--
''Th' Il art Peter, and upon this rocK will ]
bn'ld my church and the gates II he'll shalt
not prevail ag ,in.t it."
Mr. Holmes il one these magnetic diyiues
who draw men 10 him wherever he goes.
lie is not u strickl.r about doctrine, but
says, give him u trdc Christian, and t.
the d"ctriue that is a,smail mater, a change
of heart is worth more than all the doct 10 al
points in religious chr' ches. | say amen TO
this The closing exercises 10 day developed
lecp rcl'ei Il, feel NJ AMI hcllty hand
shaku by prn:c.Scd christians OF al de-
Rom nations. This was by invitation of th ,
Rev Mr. llOlmc.. 4 prayer meeting wa,
organized an several OF he brethr eli OF the
church promised to engage in this work Of
the prayer meet ng
Such II meeting as we hal kc c to-day il
worth more TO JOncsvillc than dozen
Camiaign meetings.
Mr.. -Cnsom. father or Mrs. j. II. Braut,
who is whiting the family of Mr.. Brant,
went ont to Ike Forest fishing last Fr.d,y
and white sitting On the bank of the creek p
large limb fc'l from II tree upon him and
| bruised and wounded him so much thu he
had TO be hlued home. Although suffering
considerably y he is doing we'll and VIII re
cover.
Earnest the little year oil son of J. J..
McWh'rtcv, fcl f.vm fence last Saturday
and broke his right arm. lie is doing well.
There has been heavy mortality among
the col ,r.d people Of J0nesvi'c III the last
week. Some of them. however had hcer
absent temporarily. Nine deaths occurred
during the week. Ono OF them WIS Louis
Fcruaudes, who had gone to Monro, \. G.,
as n baptist preacher. Two others had gone
to Spartanburg to work the ether six lived
| in JoucSvllle and vic nifty.
Mrs. Jane McHowan. wife of the late DR..
| John McGowan died ut her nome tear Skull
| Shoals yesterday. She had been afflicted
| for long time with dyspepsia.
Mrs. }. l.. McWhirter with her brother
ard three sisters, has several suits in the U.
| s. Court of claims for land and cotton coniis-
t Gated and destroyed by the Federal Gov
ernment during the lttc WAR Two OF the
| cases have lately been decided in favor Of
the PLAINTIFFS, amounting to about three
| thousand dollars. The other cases will be
| decided by the court next winter, which
amounts to about seven thousand dollars
and the plaintif, will very likely gain these
cases, rs they did the two first ones. The
| property for which these claims were made
vas in Beaufort county and belonged II
| Capt. Fripp, the father Of Mrs. McWhi,thr.
Mr.. 3. W. Whitlock, of Recky Greek
started to mill yes crday with his wa"
and team, aud in going down Hockey
hill the breast tree come unhook cd
| the wagon run on ,he mules ant ava,
went W tn oil mule speed. Mr.. VIII!
Jumped out with but littlo inJury. but
| trying to hold the wagon hack which Ia
caught with his honi, he was badly wremc|
| cd and twisted rouud and Il SO got his hau
! badly bruised. One of his sons iumpe
from the wagon and the wheels ran over HI
leg, but did not break it, 81 the boy is doisf
very well \ negro man that was en- tlr
wagon jumped oil and his thigh bone was
| broken The wagon was pretty badly done
| up and the wheat AMI SINE melons on the
wagon were scattered IL The four winds
| The wounded are all doing well to-day
! Every wagon ought 10 have u brake to il.
Mir. Ja'uca lIarrcll is in JoIcsviIle, get.
ting up writing school. Mr. llarrel
taught II writing school here about three
years ago and give general satisfaction.
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