The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-11-17
Correspondence of the TIME.
News From North Pacolet.

CURED in the back woods during the past
week that will interest the readers Of the
| TINEs this week.
We forgot last week to give our opinion Of
| the question submitted to US by "court Of
competent Jurisdiction" made up princi-
| pallv ~ TIE, Jrs.iess, Dcputys, snerifs,
| Lawyers, Editors, Print ers, newspaper cor
respondents. Doctors, Merchants, Clerks.
Teachers, wage workers and citizens gener-
ally. A man who is trying TO shoot squir-
rel follows il around n tree, without getting
| 10 gee it, the squirrel keeping the tree be-
tween the man and himself ell the time.
The question is: Does the man 90 around
the squirrel"
The first and only thing for us to decide in
| this case is, what is meant by "going around "
| If q number Of coDcentric circles are drawn,
we evidently conclude that the outer or
| larger circle encloses lis around) the smaller
| ones. This being true, the circle made by
the mau around the tree encloses that made
by the squirrel around the tree, and conse
quently the man has gone around the sanir-
rel. Viewed in this light it matters little
whether the motion Of the squirrel be around
the tree or up and down it, it is practically
aud logically the same, simply because the
man has placed himself at every point ofthe
compass from the squirrel, and therefore
has gone around it. But, on the other hand,
il the argument prevails that the relative
positions of the man aud the squirrel are
not changed by the motion of each, then the
mechanical conclusion is that the man has
not gone around the squirrel. This of course,
in our Judgment, is the weaker of the two
arguments. Yet, ut the same time il ;S
entitled 10 such consideration as TO make it
potent factor in explaining the question
what is meant by "going around" While
we do not claim that our judgment is correct
mechanically, yet it is logically, and therefore
those who differ with US are at liberty to
appeal to the following committee chosen TO
| correct our errors Messrs. Lem Brown,
Mike Ssllars, and Mack Dorman.
Several COWS in this neighborhood were
made sick from eating drowned corn last
week. Drs. Brown, White and Sarratt,
were each called to see some of the worst
| eases. Although .ha -"...:...n; vI eaUn WAS
somewhat different, yet each patient re-
covered.
Arnold Cato, the pieballed colored man,
came down from Gatfney last Saturday with
the mail To most people he is q curiosity.
r Our friend and Brother, L. W. j., in his
iippant description of our situation, resour-
ces and surroundings, went so far as to stir
up the ireful Indignation of some of our best
neighbors who think he was relecting on
d them and the neighborhood generally.
Deputy Sheriff, John Whitlock, was
around last week trying to regulate the do
@ | mestic aud marital affairs of q few house
- | holds in this section. lie is always trag-
', ging about what good wife he hae, and
II white we believe everything he says about
$ that, we can't help thinking how baily
O cheated she and Mrs. VoX have been in the
- way of husbands.
e What say you, Mr.. Editor
u There will bo preaching at Salem next
a Sabbath, 10Th, instant Unless our Presby-
terian brethren do better in the future than
in the past they will soon find their church f,
q Sunday school and prayer meetings all run
}. mainly by Methodist forces. Especially Is
this true in regard TO numbers, 1t least. But
in committing the work to them we feel that
we are leaving it to true and loyal hands
Fl and hearts, Come welcome, welcome, well
n | come. brethren. VoN
y The editor is too old and too smart to
,e have word to say about it, We are not n
# bit afraid of Vox and John Whitock, but We
n have no wish to get into fuss with their
v wives, by telling The public how badly they
were imposed upon in their younger days.
! ''' Es.~S-.n 'DuSy JulnesvItig."'" 49,"
JoNEsvILLE, Nov. l3.-We have had some
line weather for several days, which has
n been appreciated by everybody. Farm work
- IS well up for the sea.on. The health of
a pie say times arc hard and money scarce
but it is no use to telephone this news, for
n 1t has "donc gomez ahead of the phone and
is known all over the land
Cotton Is rolling by to Trough Shoals
pretty lively today. The farmers held I'M
l. selling for while for better prices bu,
= better prices did not come and they have
Commenced selling again.
Some large potatoes have been reported
, in the TINES, but Mr.. James l.. Ward, of
, this place, comes forward with the lorrcst
I one have yet heard Of lie laid Fra
lillian yam on tho Telephone table thc
other day that weiged six pounds. Mr..
t ward Is good farmer and not only raises
5 large potatoes. bnt makes good crops all
round, and generally has large fat hogs to
Kill Tie potu" cror is above the average
III this community.
Mr.. r. A. Whitlock has bought the beau
liful residence of Mr.. Il W. Scott in our
town and his place is now to rent Oh good
terms. Mr. Scott will not leave town. lie
only wants 10 get nearer his store.
MIR. y. y. Gault has rented the residence
of MIR. W. l.. Altman and will move TO town
IN few days. Mr.. Altman is talking of
gong TO Union To pursue his trade rs con-
tractor and builder. lie has a natural gift
for mechanics All. arcnltecture
MIR. Hamlet G.. Smith, uT Union and Mr.
LAWN ifucKer, OF Joncsvillc, with Their
families will leave for Texas about the 2O,b
INST. am sorry To lose these men from
our county. thin!; they had better stay
III the old county where they have both done
well.
Miss Mildred Perkins is much better and
will 60 down to Pinckney in few DAYS to
her uncle, }. c. Farrar's, to recuperatc.
Mr. It!Tsr iiarr:On Ri EqyhS ly hS serious sickness
| :, ,h;s mart nf county.
:" affs. D. Tillcr and three children have
returned from Rowsvitlc, s. c., where they
have been on visit for the last eight weeks
Miss Lizzie Penny, of Abbcvillc, is on n