The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-11-10
Correspondence of the TINES.
News From North Pacolet.


ETA JANE, Nov. 6.-Dr. w. II. Sims died
on the 29th and was buried ut Mesopoi ama
on the 3lst of last month";.
Last week the North Pacolet Alliance
Union paid off their guano bills, amounting
TO nearly $500
The farmers are gathering in their crops
as fast as possible. The damaged corn has
been shucked out and .'sorted," but much
that appears sound now will rot yet Some
are Smelling it to grind for their hogs.
little cotton is still in the field, but it
is all open.
| / think large urea of wheat will be
sowed, but unless people observe the pro-
visions of the stock law themselves and
enforce it on others, il will be time, labor
and seed thrown away.
A good many families in this section have
been chilling this fall. Some have tried
fodder tea, and assert that it successfully
cured them.
Mr.. James Garner expects to have the
Howelrs ferry Hat in readiness for the York
county people to como to preaching at Salem
| on the 3rd Sabbath of this month.
MIR. I. d. Goudelock, who was gored
sometime ago by vicious bull, is getting
along very well, we are glad to learn.
We regret very much to learn that our
coroner, j. NJ. Aycock, Esq, is quite unwell
| at his home near Skull Shoals
While we are having a superabundance of
rain in this county, we learn by a private
| letter from North Alabama that they are
having water famine there.
We attended the Teachers meeting at
Union last Saturday. Although the attend
| ance was smaller than the Importance Of the
| occasion would seem to demand yet we
conclude that what was wanting in quantity
| was made up in quoiiiy, and Tho work
| went on.
| The main subject discussed was Fractions
| reduction aud addition. Several mem
bers took a hand in the discussion, and some
| good suggestions were thrown out as to the
best methods of teaching this important
part of arithmetic. The following officers
were eleced for the ensuing year: s. NJ
Rice, Jr, President l.. w. Dick. 1st Vice
| President; j. II. lnman, 2nd Vice Presi-
dent; W. W. Bruce, 3rd Vice President ;
Miss Minnie c. Gist, Secretary and Treas
urcr. One of the most interesting features
| OF the Association is the music, both vocal
| and instrumental, in which most of the
| members take q part. Last Saturday the
music was conducted by Miss Sallie Munro
| who is one of the best performers and teach
ers in the county The next meeting of the
| Association will he on the lst Saturday in
| December.
| Mr.. John Estes had big corn shucking
last Saturday night. lie had about 20 or
% hands at the corn pile, out good many
more at the supper table.
A "blind tiger was in this neighborhood
last Saturday. We saw some parties on its
trail and some others who had seen him and
was pretty badly used up.
Mr.. Jim Proctor says the best possum
hunting grounds he knows of is on the
DeLoach place, \ few years ago he caught
four in one night the smallest weighed 10
pounds and the largest Is! pounds when it
was cleaned and ready for the bake.
In speaking Of our friend a. F. Ken.
dr!ck's barrel of Glenn Spring water we
failed to state that the Dispcnsary officers
got after 1t and inspected i, before he got
| home,
We understand that Mr.. 7. NJ. Lttlejohn
intends to euclose n large body of his Gilky's
| Creek land with q wire fence and 60 to cat
| tie raising. This is almost the only way
that much of the lands along the creeks and
rivers can be made TO pay expenses. Thick
| ETY. and Gilky's creek bottoms of late ears
have been failures, so far as farming is con-
| cerned.
We met DR.. Jerome Miller the other day.
who was enquiriug about some of his cancer
patients. lie says that he is the only cancer
| specialist in the State
| AS Gov. Tillman swings his decapi'ating
| axe around and cuts off the official heads
of the notarics public on and after the lst
I nfalanuarv- next it might he ndvis"hi" for
the bachelors of North Pacolet to take time
by the forelock, lest tue ministers and trial
justices comtiue and raise the matrimonial
fees. Vox.
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