The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-09
Correspondence of the TIMES.
Nsws from North Pacolet.

ETA JANE, June 0.-"Ibe way OF Tue
,ransgressor is hard This no one VIII
dare to dcny-cspec' ally newspaper cores
pondents. If they say sone things 'hey arc
"cussed' and if they don't say them they
are also "cussed,'' and so they are "cussed
and discussed" all the time.
Last week very little plowing was done
and not great deal of hoeing, anu now we
want dry weather about as bad rs we wanted
rain before.
Early wheat is badly tangled by the wind
in some places. This week some of 1t will
be cut. Oats are good They have been
Greatly benefited by the recent rams.
We are sorry we couldn't attend the eX-
hlbitjon exercises of the Kelton High School
on the 10Th ult We congratulate the teach
ers pupils aud patrons upon their success.
The principal, Mr.. S. NJ. Rice, Jr., Is man
of pure and uuscltiish motives, and we ad-
wise the patrors to keep him and Miss WOOD
as long as they can.
Mrs. p. A. Duncan, who has been spend
| ing some time with ner grand'daughter
Mrs. G. B. Estes, returned home last Satur
Mrs, Amanaa .Iv0 III -, ssSs-aivcs III Chester
Mr. c. c. Roberts had fine mule ball,
injured by wire fence few days ago.
| DR.. Bates has been called to see 8 m,
cases OF sickness on Gilky's creek. On,
county has, been unusually healthy thi
| spring, hut the sickly season is now at haud
| Mrs. Jemima Mitchell, widow of the lat,
| Capt. j. w. MITCHELL deceased, died sudden
| ~ at her home, in York county, last Tuesday
| evening, and was buried at Salem ON We'd
nesday, 3lst ult. Our brave old Colonel
| Mck'ssick and other survivor, will doubt.
less remember her kindness to us in this
army, and we know their generous hear $
VIII 60 out in sympathy with ours for her
| family
The North Pacolet Alliance Union will
meet at ElBethe' on the 9th inst
Notwithstanding some people and papers
express surprise at the appointment of Mr..
IL. W. Harris, as postmaster at Union, tha,
surprise is not shared in by the people of
this section, generally. Some CT them ex-
pccted 1t, and are ready to say, Il told you
so.'
great Ssal lhse eqS hue %fds n this
ana collecting the poll tax: A number nf
alleged polls agreed to test its validity in
curt others paid up, thinking it the chson-
esI ana best way out Of the trouble. Som,
cain they were not living IN the county
at the time the returns were made. and 9th.
ers say they were not II years old until
AFTER II was made, etc. One man has writ
Ten 10 Coy. Tillman about it. How or wbera
1t Will end is yet to be seen.
Inc following were elected as the execu-
1--WE committee Of the Union county Inter.
S. S. Couyention S. N
hlce, Jr., l.. U., Chairman f. W Je..r
Z. Is: Bobo, Eben Pryor and IL. W. Gosscrt
ana Foster chapel WIS chosen as the plocc
lo' 'he next meeting of the Convention i,
August. 1893. ~
we are now luXuriating in almost all kinds
ol garden vegetables. To the old Oman onI
Aunt Iildy is due our thanks for their n,-
ience and industry.
Miss Orrie kendrick, of SuunvsiJe bo,
been quite sick for a week.
Farmers will have to "humnn ,bom,o,,o
ms Is, week If they keep ahead of the Grass
me teams from Lockhart Shoals ar. now
laullng feed from this section. If tho oood
meet OF building the factory can be felt This
ariy, what will be the result when tLorn
re 900 cr l,6OO well paid operatives ot
YORK there: We say let us have nil ,h,
ac'orlea we can get, and let our pcon'c on
WORK TO supply them with all the uccss.o.
,es OF lie, OF which we en- raise suner-
ouhdance, If we will only do so.
we are Informed that Mr.. A. 4 Sor,o,,
'tehds putting The Thomson mills in Gr.i
ass working order Cor this years crop.
Inc acllon OF Coz. Tillman i'm commnt;rr
harner lhomas to life ri.onment mcciS
ith the general approval OF our reople
Oar North Pacolet friends will n,coss
rnlsh us with any items OF news from ,hsir
SpectIyc nrighnorhoods. or else wri.c il nm
the IIME5 and send it in for public,tion
i us near from you, friends. Voy I