The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-07
Correspondence Of the TrAEs.
u.vs from North Pacolet.

rr, J.SE. April 3.-Good Friday has
.n.. and gone. Gardens are planted, and
m, owners can sit down now and watch the
results.
Some of our people, however, disagree
with the almanac makers and say that uooa
Friday is the first Friday after the fourth
full moon in the yesr, and that next FRIDAY
will be gooi Friday, 50, we Will nave TWO
,ood Fridays this year. We would be very
eI.d n have the .'good Fridays" but we
dnn't want so many .rotten Saturdays.
From present appearances We will have
a, .hundauce of fruit this year, although We
ore Informed that it will be scarce in some
sections.
Our chickens are Matching out all right.
we nre planting corn every day. Our
;r,med;ate neighborhood hasn't resciuded its
re solve 10 make corn the leading crop
From private letter we learn that Mrs.
Harriet Harvey. nee Osmsnt, disd WIN
congestive chill, at her home In Cralgneau
county, Arkansas, on the 23d OF feoruary,
I..t She was o member Of the Bap'lst
church and was fr.t attacked by this dread
ful malady while attending church on the
sabbath before she died. She was well
known to many Of our North Paco'ct people
She left here u charming young lady with
her fathers family during that unfortunate
neriod of 1871, which has gone into history
az the "Murrill reign" Her family, and
| csneciolly her aged father, has our heartfelt
| sympa,hies in their loss.
We had the pleasure of attending the
Teachers Association at Union last Sa:ur-
| dav. Although we felt quite ind'sposed
| from bronchial affection, yet we must
| admit that We in q great measure forgot our
trouble while enjoying the rich fe'st OF
thought aud diligent study served oy the
| IL, &C ,Ia AsSocistiop
Several prominent citizens of both town
and oounty were present, and some Of them
Mt least. were Impressed with the idea that
tic Union County Teachers Association is
no .one-borss concern" To cur vigilant
| School commissioner and other officers oi
the Association, too much credit cannot be
given for their di l,gcnt, self-sacrifcing work
in bringing it up to the present high stand
ard of proficiency aid usefulness.
Mr.. Editor, at the next meeting, the 9th
of Nav, we hope you will be present and see
and hear the proof of what we say in behalf
of our teachers and friends Of education in
and throughout the county. You will then
60 back /, your sanctum and tell your read
crs that "the half has never yet been told
| At present it seems that the weather has
settled down to veritablc spring, and al
nature seems to rcjotce at its coming. Th,
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green, bedcckcd with flowers of almost every
hue: the birds. like living meteors, arr
fitting from tree to tree in quest Of food o.
material TO build their nests, while thel
| notes mingle with the song Of the merr,
| plourhman as he drives the relentless shar
through the generous soil. In fact, every
thing in the animal and vegetable kingdom
is furnishing its contribution TO the bo'k o
nature s poetry: while man alone will 81
down on the stool of de-nothing and com
lis misfortuncs, of which he, himself, is tn
sole author.
J We arc glad that our brother of the quill
Telephone" has discovered suitable MAJ
to take charge of the very responsible oific
J Of state taster' under the Dispensary act
We can safely endorse the applicant: an
} recommend him as man who will "stick I
: | business" For this office we think frien
"liarp' will get the solid support of tn
. county.
: George Petty i. frstclass kilnappc,
He left home yesterday morning at o clpc
n and returned ut noon with the fruit of hi
= conquest-a little girl six months old
Although we were not on the ground q
n the time that the accident occurred, yet "
' witnessed the evidences of the sickenin
U sight that took place on the railroad two an
half miles above Union last Saturda
morning, in which Mr.. Joseph Kelly lost hi
n horse and buggy and narrowly escaped wit
q his life. We do not pretend to say that
. was the fault Of the railroad company alt,
fst"66iHt Git With 6im Il Is a great @ one iIow.ye
we are g'ad to know that he lives in coun
ty and among people who are always read
' and willing to aid any one who has met wit
such misfortune as he has. Vox.
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