The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-02-17
Correspondence Of the TINES.
News from North Pacolet.

ETrA J>SE. Feb. l3-Ra'n and mud is all
the So now and the appearances are this
III rning that it will coutiuuc, for while at
least
MIR. James Burkhcai, on cd and infrm
citizen, fell from II hsn-houso he was repair.
ing one day last week, and some of the tim
b,rs fell on him. Since then he has been
lying in very critic,l condition. lie is
not likely TO recover. 1t is thought he re-
ceivcd some informal injuries.
On account Of IA u aud high watcr in Gil
Gy's creek, our ncighbors failed to get to the
Alliance Union meeting at ElBcthel last Sat.
III day, consequently We can give no repor,
of it this week.
The Oat crop in gray land is thought to be
generally frozen out IN many PAGES. We
hope the warm weather, when it comes, will
prove these feals untuundcd
We attended The debating society at vii.
kinsvlle last Saturday night. Notwith-
standing the btd weather there was n good
turn out and n so Il deal of fun. Tlo query
was ResoircI, That South Car,lina is bet
ter Stat" than Texas. The arguments pro
and Go" were exhaustive, hut the Judges
finally dc.idcd j.: Lvor GrTeras
There we're many original idens aI-amc e.!
OH each sile, and we might mention some
laughablc ones. One young man said lie
cou!dn SEQ how any man who had been
bread bred AMI butlered il South Carolina
cou.d say anything against the old State.
Another said that the best and most progress
sye people in Texas went there from this
and other States TO do something for them
,elvc" and their families and it is the loss of
these that gives !.s sau9e for compliant
just for n few old men and country boys,
we venture 10 say this society will compare
tayorabIy with any in the country, aud we
have reason TO congratulate ourselves that
most OF our young men are trying to make
something of themselves.
The query for next Saturday evening
draws the line principally between the
young and old men. Ii is this Rcsolrcd
That the new South is better than the old
South. The affirmative will be represented
by l.. y Byrse>", w s. Wollord, J. l..
Strain, Frank Mcrluncy. c. Jc,lcres and
VIII. Webbcr. Negative. T. s. Webber, &.
nett, :. T. Estes and ". A. George. Hale
ID. Jcicrics, reader Boyer Whisonaut and
Willie Woods, disclaimers.
The election oil officers resulted as follows ::
j. + vau"hn, president Y. 5. Wcbbcr. vice
president; J.. :. burgess, secretary Frank
McCluney, treasurer The lhsEla;, II will be
elected al ihr next meeting.
Mrs. j. L. White aud her daughter. Miss
Leon, OF Gnilncy City. are visiting relatives
~ Wi'kinsvil'c.
Rev. Mr.. Clarkson preached at Wilson /.
Chapel yesterday. Ills text was the
H., fur verses Of the 39th Psalm
MIR. Cul&sOn ~ " profound reasonsr and his
remarks were enough u conyi,.ce my rca-
sonablc man that the sin of omission was
just ~ odIous i'll the sight of God as that Of
commission.
iicv. J. j.. swami will preach at Salem
next sabbath, l4h inst.
From private source VIC are iufornIcd
that the ciiAcns of Williamsburg and James
Guy county. Va. will hamaue. :hs Union
County Survivors Association on its visit 10
the old Williamsburg battlefield this sum
aer.
On account of the bad weather the Salem
Sunday school has not mct IN three weeks.
Since DR.. Walker moved TO Trough Shoals
this scct;o" has bad no doctor. NoX.