The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-22
Correspopdsnce oftho TlMEs.
Eexvs From, North Pacotst.

-
y ETA JANE, April ls.-Thc call for
Teachers Association should elicit the sup
port aud stten'i,n of every teacher and
friend ~ edecation in the county, and We
Ebope twill proyoa success. = ss'es'
On MIR. w. s. Wikinson's place, in York
county, last Saturday. the little seven year
old boy of Mr. VIII Drakeie'd, csme near
hanging himself. lie got up on a chair to
get into swing, and by some means got the
rope around his neck, and was swinging
when another boy came 10 his assistance
and relieved him. lie was noarly dead
when taken down.
is beautifully illustrated by Addison, in the
following lines:
"Wbat though in solemn silence AL
Move round this dark terrestrial ball,
What though no real voice nor sound
Amid their radiant orbs be found;
In reasons ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth glorious voice.
Forever singing as they shine,
The hand that made as is diUins."
On Sunday nigh, Of last week we had q
/ sensational runaway match, in which Mr..
Ward Rice, and Miss Hattie Ross, (both
| colorsd) were tho principal actors. Rev. j..
ID. Bailey pronounced tho ceremony, anu
Mrs. Lewis, the brides mother, gave Waddy
| Thomson good pounding with her fist. She
| told him she was q man of-a-womsn.
Prof. Aycock, Of the Kelton school, gave
| us pleasant coil last Saturday. He was
| accompanied by Mr.. "Boss," Fowler. one Of
| his pupils.
Miss LAURA Estes visited relatives and
friends in York county last week, and
returned home yesterday highly pleased
with her trip. , - 81
Our friend E. W. j. will please under
stand that we are far from accusing his
people of anything wrong in our endorse
meut of L. c. Us ar icle. We hold . theory
that the character Of the church can't be
sullied by the misconduct Of even its minis
ter. We believe the people Of Salem (Bap-
tist) church did their full duty as chris
tisus in supporting and upholding their
min; ;ster until in an unguarded hour, and
perhaps in demented condition, he proved
recreant to his trust. We are among the
last men on ea,th to throw a straw in the
pathway of such devoted self-sacri6cing
christians os make up that church, and H.
c. ]. no doubt feels just like We do in regard
10 such an un for; ;unate q matter-ons which
the devil only will try to make capital out Of
Mr.. Editor, you are certainly correct in
your estimate Of the character Of our people
and their readiness 10 punish any outrage
upon the Chief Executive or even the hum
blest citizen cf our State, while in tho dis
charge of duty or in the enjoyr ent of theil
constitutional liberties. But if lynchinS
had been necessary Capt. j. 7. Moorhead,
dyed-in-the-woo'. Tllman man would
have "bossed" the job, though you and me
would have taken a hand too, no doubt,
Of our farmers planted cotton last
uoek- This week wo will plough early
planted corn il the ground is In season.
The peach crop on the high lands is re
ported not seriously damaged by frost.
We planted a variety of garden seeds las
Friday.
Mr. SIN tn Wood has been running poria
be saw mill on this side Of Pacolet. Suitl
is q 60. ahead fellow.
| No freshes this year, for Mason Millwooc
found a wasp nest nclr the ground down BY
the waters edge.
| Mr.. Noah Buce, of Goudeysville, is frs
class pho otographer. His outht is in readi
uess to do any work in that line.
Miss Anna MiIluood is still very sick
DR.. Jack Wood, Of kelton, is now attending
her,
While our farmer brethren are complain
ing, and perhaps justly, too, of hard times
we must say they arc woefully remiss in
their duty to themselves aud their children
Not q single boy among us is trying 10 learn
how to shoe horse, mend chain, sharpen
! plow. or to half sole shoe.
Brother farmers, let US not spoud all Of
our time and ammunition in "cus,ing' and
discussing pubic men and measures, but
look moro to those little leaks about home
which are largely responsible for our pcnury
George Petty apd Joe Estes caught a cat
fish last Saturday that they said weighed
seven pounds. 1T was o whopper." VIZ
didn't see it weighed.
have no fault to find with the m anage
ment of this paper or o single one Of its COR
respondents. They are all clever fellows
and are doing what they can to improv.
the people. mentally, morally, socially
and financially; but there are some
writers in the world who ars certainly
disgusting when they 60 to slsshinl
around among us "clod.hoppers' AND
"Shylocks," If some of them would pluck
the feathers from the wings of their imag ma
ton and put them in the tail Of realty, their
pieces would be moro readable. The success,
Of one person is tco often made to depend
upon the failure Of another, and facts are the
poorest thugs in tho world to depend upon,
when they a'e against us. Old mon are
often as bad rs little boys. They want tu
have great big rag tied over little ssre.