The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-14
Correspondence Of the TIMES.
News from North Paoolet.

ETA JANE. July l0.-Your correspondent
and BRO. L. ). Wcbber made visit to Broad
River Academy Sunday School yesterday
and were rece we'd in good style by the good
people OF York county. MIR. wsbber made
one OF his best talks to the children and they
were much pleased with him.
Mr.. W. s. Wilkinson expects to start to
tce Worlds Far this week and will be gone
about three weeks. He says he wants to SEQ
wEere all the corn, flour aud bacon we have
been using for "Lo! these many years."
comes from, and how those people in the
Northwest manage to raise so much of il.
lie VIII me as near fudipg out as any man
we cou!.l send.
We are having some Of the hottest weather
we have had for a long time. The thermom-
eter registered 1000 in the shade last week.
! 1t is something like 1868. We haven heard
OF single case of sun stroke, yet.
Miss Sallie Bisham will begin her school
at Sunnyside this week.
The mills are busy arinding the wheat
crop.
W. A. Pceler, of Gaffney City, is an expert
| b'cyc'ist, and we expect visit from him this
summer.
Mr.. Editor, it's about time you and were
| getting up our bicycles and getting around
on them, or these youngsters will get ahead
| of US.
We take pleasure this week in Introducing
| to the readers Of the TINES our young friend,
Hustler" who has set sail unpon the jour
nalistic sea. lie is everything that his nom
de plume suggests, and We feel assured that
his racy pen will make the news bureau
unusually inter, sting.
We would be glad If our North Pacolet
| friends, especially, would be kind enough to
| give us an inkling Of any news in their
respective neighborhoods that might be of
| interest to themselves or to the public gen.
orally. We will take pleasure iu sending it
to the paper. Frequently we meet people
who tel us of something that took place in
| their neighborhood, who will say: You
don't think enough of us to speak Of it in
your correspondence" Dear friends, it is
your fault. We are net ubiquitous. You
let the matter lie until it becomes old and
uninteresting. Send it to US while it is hot
and crisp, aud we'll dress it up and print it.
| II it is worth notice, and q matter that q
respectable newspaper can handle.
MIR. j. +. Vaughn's daughter, whose III
ness we mentioned some weeks age ;s s.:!!
| in a low state of health.
MIR. "A. +. Kendrick, chairman of the com.
mittee for this township to organize o Sur
| vivors' Association and to enable the young
men and boys who wish to become members
| OF the Association, bas called a meeting for
thut purpose 10 % helu at owens thursday,
| July 10th, at 10 o'clock q. III.
Our neighbors who attended court as
suitore, witnesses and jurymen last week
| returned much sooner than We expected
| them. We haven't heard how Uncle Frank
| likes being discharged so soon.
We have had ON abundance of blackberry
and other fruit pies this summer. Our
friend Thomas Giles used to say the black
| berry was the poor mans pie.''
The presentmcnt of the grand jury at the
last term CT the court smacks smartly with
the hint that somebody hasn't been atten ling
to their business in road matters. 1t is a
lamentable fact that road oversecrs aud
hands care about as little for any orders
from the commissioners as they do from any
other set of citizens who might ask for better
roads. We know Of some gully bridges now
in dangerous condition aud think they
| ought TO bs repaired at once. VoX.