The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-14
Correspondence of the TIMES.
Weather, Crops Health, Personals and Cotton
Mill at Jonesyille

JoSEsviLLE, July 10.-From last Tuesday
to this morning the weather has been
intensely hot. The thermometer went I'm
every day TO about $50 in the shade This
morning there is a drop of about 200 in the
mercury.
We bad our last shower of rain on the
Ord. The crops were very sappy and tender
up to that time, consequently they are
willing under the hot SUI, and q shower
would be very acceptable.
have one death to report this week, a
young co ored man, Wallace Gaffney, who
died list week Of Consumption, on Mr.. w.
L. L't,lejohn's place near this town. II
seems there is more consumption among the
colored than the white race. This was not
the case in slavery times.
Mr.. I. z. Sanders, of Spartauburg, passed
through Jopesviile last Saturday, going
down III the Keltou neighborhood. to deliver
an address at Fosters Chapel yesterday, it
being Children's Day there. Mr. Sanders
is member Of the Methodist church and a
good worker in his Sunday school.
Rev. A. A. James filled his appointment
yesterday morning at Grindals, and at
Jonesville in the evening
Rev. &. +. Clarkson was in Jonesville last
Saturday. He came to meet MIR. Sanders
on the 12:4O train,
MIR. j. Ii. Littlejohn, Of Gowdeysville,
was in Jopesville yesterday and aiteu ded
church.
Mrs. - McClair, of walhalla, is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. P. p. Williams.
Mrs. G. Is. Fowler is ON a visit to her
daughter, Mrs. J. F. Belsill, at Cross Keys.
Mr.. G. B. Fowler is still at Skull: Shoals
repairing DIR. Gamers mills.
The bicycle is coming very much into use,
and is great friend TO the pedestrian. The
only drawback there is about it is the price ;
but that will no doubt be reduced in q short
time, so they will be used generally and to
great convenience. Everybody has not got
well scquain'ed with the bicycle. gem
tleman rode one through a certain part of
the county few days ago, and the next day
an old lady reported that some one went
down the road riding se,oing machine.
My friend Harp Vinson-"Old Pard'--
has about given up n l hope of getting the
appointment Of State faster. He don't
think Gov. Tillman will have any faster up.
pointed, but will do the tasting himself.
"Old Pard' is willing now, as he can't
get to be chief faster, TO be bottle washer.
lie thinks il he had the latter place he
might get to do some good tasting while
washing the Palmetto bottles. He wants
the matter hurried up or ho don't think he
will get TO do much washing or tasting either,
tom out of the concarn.
Mr.. d. w. Fowler has returned from
Alabama, where he has been visiting for the
last three months. haven't seen him to get
q report from that country.
MIR. Darby Fowler a young mau of our
town who has been about Birmingham, Ala,
for the last six years, came in last Friday.
He ssys Birmingham is q dead town just
now, as all the manufactures, furnaces, ETC.,
there have shut down, for q while at least,
consequently the town has a clear case Of
heart failure.
A commission has been issued by the
Secretary of the State to The corporators of
the Jonesville cotton mills. The corporators
are DR.. X. Nj. Li,tlejohn, DR.. w. U. South
ard, j. Z. Lindsey, j. Is. Foster, D. A. T..
FAIR and j. +. Almln.
LATER.
JoNEsvILLE, July IL. - Mrs. Fletcher
White died in Chester county last Friday
night. Her husband is the son Of Mrs.
Lou White, who lives near JoDesville, but
:. he married Miss Ferguson iu Chester
nn,anfv md 49, few wears AGO.