The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
Correspondence Of the TINES.
dappeninEs at Jonesyille.

& happenings at Jonesville.
,JoNEsvILLE, Msy 21.-Last week the
weather was verytcool and was disastrous
to the young cotton; today, however, is o
god Gotten day.
1 attended the Spartanburg District Cvn-
ference in paitahburg last week. Bishop
Duncan presided with dgui,y and to the
sansIacti'n of the members. The Bishop
scd the people of Spartapburg, generally.
opened their hearts and homes to the Cor
ference, and never was body of people
more hospitality entertained. Spartsnburg
don't do things by halves. Joresville was
selected as the place for the Conference next
year.
was on the train that killed the woman.
amanda Vinsou, last Wednesday. The sad
"nair occurred about y miles ab,vc Jones'
vic. Ihe unfortunate woman lived with
nor son Jamison Vinson, on the. west side Of
the railroad about two hundred yards from
ue uack. She was crossing the railroad to
MI r. Her bonnet prevented her from see
ing on either side, and being very hard of
hearing, accounts for the accident. She
certainly did not look 10 tho right or loft
as the train approached, but STEPPED onto
the track only q few feet 10 front of the
engine. The engineer, Ed Bird, blew his
danger signals and app'i,d the air-brakes,
but he might rs well have tried to stop the
sun rs to attempt 10 stop his train in 50
snort distance. The train came to n .top
about so yards distance. The engineer,
conductor and several tf the pa.sengers
.ss iHI...;:s.ly ;ssend {4RR{Is peot;
iho bank, quite dead. Her lower Iimt 5 we're
beth broken in several places, and there
wefc ,,her bodily bruises. Her body was
feaken to Parks house near by, and left for
sthe coroner. Her son car before she was
I. taken up and ,aid he had been afraid some
thing Of tho kind would happen to his
) Sfnethcr.
:ss This .ad affair should be warning to all
people to be careful in crossip pg the railroad
track, for Amanda YInspn n one was TO
blame for her sudden and unlims'y death.
Mr.. B F. Jones. Of West Tennessee, has
< been on visit to Jonesvills 10 see his rel
gAtives, the families of Messrs. I. L. Hames,
j IN. B. Fison, and others. Mr.. Jone, is n
sea of john Jones, one of two BROTHERS who
came 10 This community from Chsrles'sn
1evay back, lung before this Telephone"
WAS in existence. John settled about two
miles above here, and his brother Charles
Psettled at the brick house ace. where Mr..
w. I. Ettlejohn now lives. From these
men the town got its name. MIR. Jones
try they raised cotton also, making bale 10
the acre. He lott for home last Friday
Chil,lren's Day was observed yesterday at
New Hope Church for Jonesville circuit,
except Bogansville Church. The audience
was very large and composed of PEOPLE
from all oIer the country. The exercises
were in-accordance with the programme
published at Nashville. Mr.. Spencer Rice,
Of Kslton, and Rev. L. s. Pickett, OF Colum-
bia, were present ami addressed the audi
euce. There was IN at undance Of lunch on
hand Of which NIL partook. A nice collec-
Acn was taken for needy Sunday Schools.
Z Last night Mr.. Pickett preached in Jones
) vile. lie is n fluent talker and goes to the
Z very root Of things, and d. es it, to-, in a
plain, unoffen,ive manner
81 Mr.. A,bury McGowan is at Mr.. Sam Lit
tlejohn's, very i'll with consumption.
Mrs. Mitchell is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. G. B. Fowler.
Landy Hames, who has been out with the
railroad surveyors TO Lockhart Shoals, is at
home again, the survey having been COM
plcted.
Boyd L. Hamcs, of Gaffncy, is at his faith
er's on visit.
G. C. lIarri, is iRs4Qp pesSilISfarSaiisw
days. nx
buggy yes,9 killed, near tho same
pace that NJ. 81 Kelly got killed in q
similar manner few years ago.
E. l.. Eison was up from Union Yesterday
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