The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-23
Correspondence Of the TINES.
N.ya from North Pacolet.

p 49, ~. 10 --p~. G. CliH"rd
preached at Salem yesterday. Young people
who heard him will please remember "na'
he told you.
The announcement made by this c'rres-
pondent last week that the protracted meet
inc At Wilson'S Chapel would begin on the
St6 Of July is rescinded. 1t will begin later
in the summer.
Miss. Minnie Walker, who has been teach
ing in the Fema'e Seminary at Columbia Tor
some time, is at her home at Sunpyside.
We are somewhat indisposed at present
and our readers will please excuse any sins
of omission or commission that may be COM
nitted by us ip this weeks letter. We can't
think Of everything at once.
George Petty, our perpetual ;alker, killed
snake Of the coach-whip species. last week
tina, measured . feet and . lncne, In Iength.
In q private letter from Joe Littlejohn,
color ed, late of this county, we learn that
the crop prospects in Arkansas is gloomy.
They have had rain almost continuously Tor
eight weeks, and crops are drowned Out.
An excitement took place among some
boys near wilkinsvills one day last week
which is funny enough to entitle 1t 10 no
tice in our news budget. young man, jim
Harman. came running to the house for q
gun, aud said he had found bear or some
Kind of a "varmint" in briar thicket.
Mrs G.. W. Whisouant and others remon-
/ strated with him and told him it was oil non
sense TO think of such thing: but he held
| TO his opini N and determined to make In
vestigation. Accordingly he proceeded 10
the briar thicket gun in hand, when, 10 :
aud behold he found it was some buzzards
di.seoiins tlse o~ree-s of . dead cat.
We can beat the world on absen'-mihued-
| ness. Here is our sample: An old gentle
| "a ~ cA
| a pig. lie went 10 work and made box
for shipping it. His little grandchild stood
| by and watched Ii m make the box, and when
| he had nailed the top on "hard and fast, y
the child said: "Graudpa, how are you going
to put the pig in the box, now?'
| Through the late wet spell the grass has
had full sway, and in many places it seems tc
have come to stay A few dry days, how
ever, will make a wonderful Improvement on
the farms if our people make proper use o
them.
Mr.. @. B. Fowler is remodeling the Gar
ner mills at Skull Shoals. DR.. Garner prom
iscs that no Pains or expense will be spared
to make those the best mills in the county
and he is right, too. If q thing is wortl
doing at oil it is worth doing right. People
who raise wheat will go u long way TO gloC
mill TO grin it.
over the Goals by an anonymous correspon
dent, simply for speaking in kind terms o
the editor Of the TINES, and also for endors
ing Gov. Tilman's action in committing til
death sentence Of Charner Thomas to life
time imprisonment 10 reproduce this doc
ument would give our article q "crazy quilt
appearance, aud we only ask the in :ulgenc
of our readers to say that if we have givel
any offence to people who attend to thei
own business in what we said of ethe
gentlemen, we will take off our hat ami asl
pardon, and also to congratulate the write
upon his being 50 fortunate as to live in sucl
a neighborhcod of such folks. a communit
that minds its own business is moustrosit
, now a.days come again, cousin. We though
nothing wrong in saying what we did i
regard TO the Charncr Thomas matter, as tn
most blatant Tillman men and the stronges
auti-Tillman men all agreed that the Cover
= nor did right. How Gov. Tillman could d
right at ali, in the eyes of some people,
rather mystery to us.
9 If the writer of that article will take tn
t time and trouble to iuform the public as
the merit of the case (for he says W
know nothing ab ut it) he will do favor
Y tho people OF this State, generally and W
| will nssuro hi'~ 'l.o' ,~c will trv Ia I've tl
VINO mind their own business Vox.