The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-05
Correspondence Of the TIMES.
News From North Paculet.

ETA JANE. July so. The good people Of
McSsopotamia have had an outpourlng of the
word this week. Revs. Waddcll and Tiller
were on hand 10 assist Rev. Mr.. Clarkson in
ihc discharge of his ministerial duties We
| are not prepared 10 report the number of
conversions yet, as tho meeting will not
| close until tomorrow night.
Misses Bessie and Matte Carter, with
their brothers famine and Joe Carter. Of
| Santuc, are visiting friends in this ncighbor-
hood. Miss Bessie viii begin teaching
| school at Timber Ridge next week
Tie county Sunday school Convention will
be held with Santuc Presbyterian church
August 9th and 25th.
Crops are suffering for want of rain. Cot
ton is firing and so is corn and gardens.
All the parties accused Of raiding Mr.
Richard Harris have been bound over for
preliminary hearing before s. S. Stokes
Esq, trial justice, on the 9TH September
next.
Rev. y. :. James VIII preach at Salem
Saturday 18th Of August at II a. NJ. Chill
drens day will be- observed there Saturday
Angus, 2O;h
Our thanks are due Mr.. W. c. Kirby for
4 lot Of fire melons. When Coleman fats in
this crop il is II bad time FIR other folks.
Oar Alliance people are fixing for big
time m August lOih. The meeting will be
ai Niik;nsyilo Academy.
Asyct. no time ms been set 10y the W. l..
and ID Society, ior the public debate. 1t will
August or first days in September.
We called on Miss Sauic Bigham's school
last Friday amI heard the rscitaions,
speeches etc, Of the scholars.
We had pleasant call from Mr Mike
Sellers lat fr day Mike is jolly good
FELLOW, and always has good witty things
10 say.
We have just returned from trip 10 Union
to-day We find crops along the roai suGer-
ing baiIy for want of rain. Should the dry
srciI continue fr FEW days, serious dam.
age TO c'ors, cS.cci lily corn WILL bc the re
su t. We are sorry that We did not have
time 10 call at the FINES Office. and pay
our respects to It's venerable editor and the
Young mcr with him. We hryc special
'cncraton fW the rlMEs, and hink It should
VISIT every home ia the county regularly.
We found Col Mckissick i'll god spirits
lie ",ks as If the clock Of time hid rolled
back 80 years of his life and he could sprinr
into the saddle with the agility of a twenty
year old hoy in case his country should
need his military services. Nutwithstaud-
ING he IL not Il member o. the noble order"
yet the Alliancc men would support him
almost to man for the lcgi-lIturc. He
crew up between th" plough handles and
bas given lie best days Of his life TO his
country.
We are asked how it is that christianizcd
people support blasphomcr ior governor.
We can only say that religion and politics
"oh max worth cent these days. The
more We have Of one the less we have of the
other.
NJ the Mckisslck graveyard, Is miles from
Union, on the Skull shoa's road, is a yer;ta-
hic long leaf pine. We hear it was planted
there about ;hc time Of the war
Our friend James Garner has workcd his
pea fell out Ike garden lie is a farmer
VIII SC example is worthy Of imitation.
icrhAl< our next letter will bc written
from GrccmylIc where We expect 70 Lc f,r
some 'rys ., II reader Of HE Tpir,G St,,c.
s!Hni J.uy