The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-05-20
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News frsm North Pacolet.

News fran North Paeolet.
Err, JAxE, Mry l6.-Thc wiikiusyilic
Literary AMI dcba ing society organ zed Is
Saturday evening by electing Davis Jeferies,
President; NJ. II. Macpmson, Secre'ary
Prauk Mc"lurcY. Tre,snre-. ed J.
Stra,n, Cbarl .ir. Quite number of young
men ecro'led their psmes as members.
few older men have joined il, too. The sub
jec' discussed was
.'RcSolrcd, That the sword is more power.
ful than The pea" Affirmative j. c. JEFF
ferries and NJ. X. Macoms1n. Mega i've
Davis Jeffer.s and Frank Mckinney. The
young men acquitted themselves handsomely
and stubbornly contested every inch OF
ground. The young men made the subject
so il teresting that the older ones couldn't
| help taking u hand in it too. The judges
| finally decided in faytr of the pen.
The subject for ,be next meeting, Saturday
| evening, 2Sih. inst, is:
"Resolped, That Washington is the greatest
| General in History. All mltive-M. C. Dor
man, and J. J.. Strain. Negative-W. 5.
WoRord and J. G. Jeffe, les. Decluimcr-C.
| j. Dorn,au; Render, Frank McCluUey.
In reference tp the egg VIC notiecl last
week, it was an cmbossiug on The blunt end
of It that represented the inverted tdr.
Otherwise it had its na'ura! avoid shape.
Mr. Jack Kendrick is quite unwelI, DR..
| Walker II attending hlm
We see the column ofcandidatcs is length
| en- np yut somewhat. We hoIc there will be
no coat tail men, lut that every man viii
ride in on his own merit Co ahead gcut c.
men, We II have cooling boards c;dy for
those who need lhem after the primary cleo
tion.
"Evcrybody is at work "choppirg out
cotton this week. The stand IS generally
g,oi.
We raised n little fuss few weeks ago by
saying that there were no young men IN the
county learning trades. Since lhat time We
p Ssy%p IHR4f fosr ~ INV, 10 aosI, unl
-u,nos ss!Iu use.|"8t ishr. We have but
tew mechanics in the county who arc pre-
pared with tools etc, TO do Il rcSpectab c job
in the blacksmith line. Our f,icnd, Z. 5. Web
Der has the only complete outfit this side of
Union or Gaifncy City that we know of, and
he sands at The anvil aud work bench him
self. Pink is enc Of our leading and most
useful men.
MIR. +. a. Gofrrih is un Ioubicdly on" of
the most independent men IN this section.
lie has four boys that are now good plough
hands, and they make things move. We are
glad they take after ;hcir mother as much rs
they do.
Rev. Mr., Sans, theological student,
preached a. Abingdon Creek yesterday from
| We learn that arrangements have been ma ie
TO secure his pastoral services The remainder
of the year.
We had the pleasure Of visiting the Broad
River Academy Sunday School in York
couuty yesterday, and arc free to say that it
is the most syStcma icaliy conducted school
we know Of. Not only The lesson, but the
music is selected one day FOR the next, and
| by 10! subjects are drawn from question
box, to VIII CHI speaker is assigned. For.y
seven out of fifty scholars answered t, loI
| call yesterday morning. \ number Of vsi-
tors wcr pre-. cn;. This is branch OF the
| Mt Vernon school. At which place they
expect soon to have a grand rally of fore, S in
which their Union county friends and CO.
laborers are cordially invited TO take part
Wheat is beginning to head cut The
crop is fair enc we think.
Notwithstanding severe frosts We have n
good fruit crop. Now is the time for our
Lady friends to prepare for drying and can
ming il.
Miss Anna Millwood was able to at end
church at Abingdon Creek yesterday. She
is n member of that church.
Master Willie Kirby is suffering c,nsid
! crably from having a nail stuck in his foot
| last week.
We arc glad to learn that the County Com
missioncrs are considering the practicablity
; ; rnrcS1'y creek nt or near Goudelock's s ford,
as we suggested few weeks ago in the TIMES.
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