The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-23
Correspondence Of the TIMES.
N.va from North Paco1et.

Eta JANE, juno 19.-Rev. b G. Clifford
preached at Salem yesterday. Young peopie
who heard him will please remember what
he told you.
The announcement made by this o'rres-
pondeut last week that the protracted meet
ing at Wilson'S Chapel would begin on the
9th Of July is rescinded. 1t will begin later
in the summer.
Miss Minnie Walker, who has been teach
inc In the Female Seminary at Columbia for
some time, is at her home at Sunnyside.
We ore somewhat indisposed at present
and our readers will please excuse any sins
of omission or commission that may be COM
mitted by us in this weeks letter. We cant
think of everything at once.
George Petty, our perpetual ta'ker, killed
a snake Of the coach-whip species. last week
tha. measured feet and inches in length.
In O private letter from Joe Littlejohn,
cslored, late Of this county, we learn that
the crop prospects in Arkansas is gloomy.
They have had rain almost continuously Tor
eight weeks, and crops are drowned out.
boys near Wilkinsvills one day last week
which is funny enough to entitle it TO no
tice in our news budget. young man, Jim
Harman, came running to the house for a
gun. aud said he had found bear or some
kind of "varmint" in q briar thicket.
Mrs C. W. Whisouant and others remon-
strated with him and told him it was oil non.
scnse 10 think of such thing: but he held
to bis opini N and determined to make in
vestigation. Accordingly he proceeded tt
the briar ,hicket gun in hand, when, 10
aud behold he found it was some buzzard'
disasoiins tho oaroa~s of . dead cat. -
We can beat the world on absent-minded
ness. Here is our sample: An old gentle
man concluded to give his married daughter
| a pig. He went TO work and made o DO,
| for shipping it, His little grandchild stooc
| by and watched Ii m make the box, and whei
| he had nailed the top on "hard and fast,
the child said "Grandpa, how are you goini
to put the pig in the box, nowf"
| Through the late wet spell the grass ha
had full sway, and in many places it seems t
have come to stay. few dry days, how
ever, will make wonderful Improvement OF
the farms if our people make proper use Q
them.
Mr.. G. b. Fowler is adeling the Gar
ner mills at Skull Shoals. DR.. Garner prom
Uses that no Pains or expense will be spare
to make these the best mills in the county
and he is right, too Is thing is wortl
doing at oil is worth doing right. Peopl
who raise wheat will 60 long way TO o goo
mill TO grini it.
| We have been unceremoniously draw
over the Goals by an anonymous correspon
dent, simply for spe"king in kind terms o
the editor Of the TIMES, and also for endors
ing Gov. Tillman's action in committing til
death sentence of Charner Thomas to life
time Imprisonment. To reproduce this doc
ument would give our article q "crszy quilt
appearance, aud we only ask the in iulgenc
of our readers to say that if we have give1
any offence to "peopie who attend to thei
| own business in what we said Of eithe
gentlemen, we will take off our hat and asl
pardon, and also to congratulate the write
upon his being so fortunate as to live in sucl
n neighborhood Of such folks. A communit.
| that minds its own business Is u moustrosit
now a.days come again, cousin. We though
nothing wrong in saying what We did il
regard 10 tho Charner Thomas matter, as tn
most blatant Tillman men and the stronges
anti-Tillman men oil agreed that the Cover
nor did right How Gov. Tilman could d
right at ali. in the eyes Of some people,
rather o mystery to us.
If the writer of that article will take til
time and trouble to iuform the public as I
the 'merit of the CASE (for he says W
know nothing ab ut tl he will do favor I
tho people OF this State, generally |; and W
| will assure him tLnt- wo will trv tn he tn
who mind their own business" Vox.