The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-11-10

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Last vssk the Norsh PaooSst Ai,isnds
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@ghe farmers are gathering in their crops
- fast as possible. The damaged corn has
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that sSpeass sound now win rot yet. Some
are sbsllipg IL to grind for their hogs.
A little cotton Is still In the field, but IL
Is al open.
I think large area of wheat win be
sowed, but unless people observe the pro-
visions Of the stock law themselves and
enforce on others, will be time, labor
and seed thrown away.
A good many families in this section have
been chilling this fall. Some have tried
fodder tes, and assert that il successfully
cured them.
Dir. James Garner expects to have the
Howefs ferry Hat in readiness for the York
| county people to come to preaching at Salem
| on the Bird Sabbath Of this month.
Mr.. I. ID. 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, ]. NJ. Ayeock, Esq, is quite uuwell
Il
While we are having superabundsnce of
rain in this county. we learn by q private
letter from North Alabama that they are
having O water famine there.
| We attended the Teachers meeting ut
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 qualiiy. and the work
i went on. .rF
The main subject discussed was Fractions
--reduction aud addition. Several mem
bers took 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 elected for the ensuing year: s. NJ.
Rice, Jr., President l.. w. Dick. 1st Vice
President j. II. Inman, 2nd Vice Presi-
dent; W. W.. Bruce, 3rd Vice President ;
Miss Minnie G. Gist, Secretary and Treas
| urer. Cue OF the mos; interesting features
Of the Association is the music, both vocal
and instrumental, in which most of the
members take part. Last Saturday the
music was conducted by Miss Salle Munro,
who is one of the best performers and teach.
ers in the county. The next meeting of the
Association will be on the 1st Saturday in
December.
| Mr.. John Estes had n big corn shucking
last Saturday night. He had about 20 or
25 hands at the corn pile, but 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.
MIR. Jim Proctor says the best possum
hunting grounds he knows of is on the
DeLoach place. A few years ago he caught
four in one night the smallest weighed 10
pounds and the largest 49, pounds when il
was cleaned and ready for the bake.
In speaking of our friend A. F. Ken.
drick's barrel of Glenn Spring water we
failed to state that the Dispcpsary officers
got after it and inspected it before he got
| home.
We understand that Mr. T. NJ. Littlejohn
intends to euclose large body of his Gilky {
Creek land with 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 enquiring about some of his cancer
patients. lie snys that he is the only cancer
specialist in the Stale.
AS Gov. iiiiman sw;uss his iwcapi'a;.u, ,
axe around and cuts off the official heads
of the notaries public on and otter the Isl
the bachelors Of North H1Ntt NPttacoiet to take time
by the forelock, lest tue ministers and tria
justices combine and raise the matrimonial
fees. Vox.