The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-15
Correspondence II the TINES.
Interesting Letter from Telephone.

JoSEsyILLE, April 1lih.--Last Tuesday
Messrs Peske spd Perrin, civil engineers,
with q esrps Of hsDds, commenced the eur
yey Of the Lockhsrt Shoals Railway. They
started ou' =. ...s s-..:.:. vviow the Depot
on the s. U. & T.. X. X. and made their way
TO Ke!ton pretty much with the eoustry road.
Other surveys will, Of course, DO made before
tho road bed is located.
On Friday evening Enorse Presby terry Con
vsped in the Presbyterian Church. Rev. w.
l.. BsgSs was elected Moderator, DIR. W. Z.
Jacobs stated clerk, and J. Il. Cotton read
ing clerk. The attendance Of both ministers
and laymen was fir. The business Of the
Presbytery was conducted in . very smooth
and harmonious manner. The preaching
was very Interesting ard sdifying, which will
always be the result Of such a talented boiy
as compose The Enoree Presby,ery. Tho
place selected fGr the next session Of the
Presbytery is Mount Harmony Church. Lau-
rens county.
Tho people of Jone.ville were much
delighted with their guests, and many pleas
ant acquaintsnces have been formed, and the
social aud religion, conversation enjoyed
will no doubt no like bread cast upon the
waters, to be gathered many days hence.
The Presby,ery finished it's business by noon
to-day and adjourned, and in a short time
the Railroad and private conveyances had
carried our guest all away, aud tho town
seemed TO heave a sigh Of regret for their
absent friends.
The township Democratic club was reor-
ganiced lat Saturday evening. About II
names woro enrolled. T. l.. Hames was
elected president; J. L. Lindsay, vice presi-
dent; and II. ". Long, Sect'y and Treas.
yenton are 4. l.. Hsmes, ID. B. Free, and II.
c. Smith There was no bitterness INDUCED
in the procee tings, though at times things
were spirited ami lively.
The election for Town coupclmon csme Off
today. Whi'e there was no issue made yet
there was two tickets run. This, however,
was on account cf some individual preferen-
ces. c. X. Long was elected iutendaut, and
J. W. Bates, Z. l.. Williams, j. +. Altman,
and ii. G. Smith, wardens.
A small coored girl that got badly burned
in town the other day of which mention was
made in my last communication, d:ed from
the effects Of her burns to-day.
MIR. James burgess, who lives on Mr.. W.
Z. Littlej ohn's place, about two miles from
Jonesville was hunting for Spring in q
ravine near his house the other day and in
digging into the hillside, where there was y
drain or seep Of wster, he found, about six
feet under the ground, nice Spring Of
good water running out of solid rock
and nicely walled around with granite. This
spring must have been made there by some
of the old pioneers. There are some signs
| OF an old settled pace near by the spring.
Mr.. J. w Scott and his son John are both
seriously afflicted, and have been for some
time, with the quinzy, They have both
suffered great pam in their throats, neither
Of them having hecn able to swallow any
solid food for several days, and 1t is with
much difficulty that they can even swallow
liquid uourishment.
Mr.. W. T. Lttlcjohn is gradually recover
ing from paralytic stroke.
The cold snap was rather unexpected and
some eally patches of corn that was up,
Irish potatoes aud few ether early yegcta-
bles, have been set hack by the frost, but
fruit and other things are not killed or even
much injured.
Some people commenced painting cotton
during tho warm spell that preceded the
cold snap, but they have gone into winter
quarters again.
The oat crop il looking fine, and there is
an abundance.
Wheat is looking we'll, but there was not
full crop Of IL scwn.
There has bson q mighty hunting round
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own molasses. TELEPHONE.