The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-14
q cd\espondencs Of the TIxss.
Health. Personals and Cotton
I'LL at youesville

"a cfspondence Of the TiMss.
Health. Personals ana Cotte,
I'LL at yopesvils.
sosssviILE, July l0.-From last Tuesda,
20 tnis morning the weather has beer
intensely hot The th.------.a..
every day TO about go in the shade Th;,
morning there is drop Of about 200 in tbs
mercury.
We bad our last shower of rain on IN.
o'd. Inc crops were very sappy and tender
up 10 that time. consequently they are
.g uoaer the hot SUI. and shower
would be very acceptable.
i have one death 10 report this veek a
young 'ored man, Wallace Gaffney. who
aied Fst week OF Consumption, on Mr.. w.
4. Lsuiejohn's place near this town. Il
seems there 10 mere consumption among the
eoiored than the white race. This was not
the case in slavery times.
mr. =. T. Sanders, Of Spartanburg. passed
ihrongh Jonesville last Saturday, going
Gown Ia the Keltou neighborhood. to deliver
aa;tss at Fosters Chapel yesterday, il
Is . member Of the Methodist church and A
good worker in his Sunday school.
Rev: A. A. James filed his appointment
yesterday morning at Grindals, and at
Jonesville in the evening.
hev. u. +. Clarkson was in Jonesville last
Saturday. He came to meet MIR. Sanders
on the 12:4O train,
MIR. J.. III. Li,tlejohn, Of Gowdeysville,
was in JoDesville yesterday and alton ded
church.
Mrs. - McClair, of Walball. ia Welt
ing her daughter, Mira. P. p. Williams.
Mrs. g. Is. Fowler is On n visit tn ber
daughter, Mrs. j. F. Beisill, at Cross Keys.
Mr.. g. B. Fowler is still at Skuii: Shoals
repairing DIR. Gamers mills.
The bicycle is coming very much into use,
and Ii great friend to the pedestrian. The
only drawback there is about it is the price
but that will no doubt be reduced in a short
time, SO they will be used generally and to
great convenience. Everybody has not got
well acquain,ed with the bicycle. gen
tleman rode one through certain part of
the county q few days ago, and the next day
an old lady reported that some one went
down the road riding a se,cing machine.
My friend Harp Vinson-"Old Pard"-
has about given up q hope of getting the
appointment Of State faster. He don't
think Gov. Tillman will have any faster up.
pointed, but will do the tasting himself
"old Pard' is willing now, as he can't
get to be chief faster, TO be bottle washer.
He thinks il he had the latter place he
might get to do some good tasting while
washing the Palmetto bottles. He wants
the matter hurried up or he don't think he
will get TO do much washing or tasting either,
as Judge Hudson has about knock ed the bot.
tom out of the concarn.
Mr.. ID. w. Fowler has returned from
Alabama, wher e he has been visiting for the
last three months. haven't seen him to get
a report from that country.
Mr.. Darby Fowler. a young mau Of our
town who has been about Birmingham, Ala,
Tor the last six years, came in last Friday.
He ssys Birmingham is q dead town Just
now, as all the manu- factories furnaces ETC.,
there have shut down, for q while at least, |
consequently the town has clear case Of
heart failure.
A commission has been issued by the |
Secretary of the State to the corpora,ors of |
the Jonesville cotton mills. The corporators |
are DR.. X. NJ. Li,tlejohn, DR.. w. q. South
ard, J. L. Lindsey, j. Is. Foster, d. A. Il. |
FAIR and j. +. Altman.
JoNEsvILLE, July IL. Mrs. Fletcher
White died in Chester county last Friday
night. Her husband is the son of Mrs.
Lou White, who lives near JoDesvlle, but
he married Miss Ferguson in Chester
county and moved there a few years ago.
MIR. White is a mute and his -xifA-.sns -rar-
tally 50. Mrs. Lou White has gone to her
son.
Gen. Hugh L. Farley was in Jonesville n
short while last week. He came TO talk to
1.-The boys" about q military company, but
he paid his respects also to Senator lrby.
He handled the Senator with gloves Oft.
Let them fight, they are no kin.
Mr.. J. C. Spears is going to move to West
Springs and open the Murphy House, and
will take all the boarders he can get.
The hot sun expanded the iron on the
railrond track n few miles above Jonesville
last Sunday tell the track was twisted all
out of shape. The track walker happened
to find it in time to flag the down train aud
save bad wreck and perhaps the loss of
several lives How is that for hot?
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