The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-08-18
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JoSEsyiLLx, August 14th.-It has. been
raining for about four hours this morning
and everything is In water. We had good
| shower last Saturday and were not suffering
, :. -. -. -.... Va RAID. crops sre good in
this community, and the farmers ss o rule
have made their accounts as small as posi-.
Bile this year. III good price, say cents,
| could be realized for cotton this fall our
c'untry would certainly get in pretty good
| condition ; but there Is where the trouble
| will come 10. CqttoR will no doubt be very
low, which will bring great many out be-
| hind, as usual.
know, Mr.. Editor, that you cautioned
local correspondents not long since to make
their communications short and conhne
them to local news matter, but L must ask q
departure from that rule this time, as have
been from home for the past week, attend
ing U. s. Court 10 GreenvilIe, consequently
have not kept up with local news, but
would like very much to tell Of soma things
saw and heard while away.
Having o spare day from the court ran
up TO Marietta, o little town fifteen miles
above Greenville. on the G. X. & w. r. R. =,
and spent the day with relatives. I don't
think ever saw more fine corn in fifteen
miles travel than l saw on that trip, aid
was told that still further up on the MIDDLE
and south Tiger rivers 1t was like Egypt IA.
Joseph's time.
A friend Of mine at Marietta has been
running q team up in the cove between
Cmsar's Head and Table Rorck mountains.
He Is doing peddling or barter business,
and says there is plenty TO eat in this cove
and very cheap. On one occasion he bought
one hundred pounds of buttor from ono
man at 5 cents per pound. Honey is plenti-
full at cents per pound fowls of most all
kinds, eggs, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc., are
there almost without number and very
cheap. My friend said one man told him
he owned l40 head Of hogs. Wool is pleu-
tiful ut 20 cents per pound. The corn and
fruit crops are immense. man, if he was
not supposed to be n dspeusary spy, might
get little mountain dew 10 the cove. l
have concluded, if ever get short Of rations
at my house, will take my wagon aud q
few dollars and make for that cove. 1t is
only about seyenty-fve mile, from Jonesville
Spartanburg also has fine crops. That
county made the largest crop of wheat this
year they ever made, and it Is selling in the
city at fifty oeDts bushel. 1 don't see
much cause for starvation in this county.
Mrs. ID. Is. Free had q second stroke of
paralysis last Friday, from which che is not
expected to recover.
Mr.. j. F. Altman has moved into his new
| residence.
Rev. A. A. James filled his appointments
at Grindal and Joncsville yesterday morn
ing and evening.
Rev. D. Tiller has q meeting. in progress
at New Hope.
The colored church here had II additions
and baptsms last Saturday.
| Samuel 7. Reid, ono of our Jonesvi;le
boys, now at Spartanburg with d. d. Wood
& Bro, has typhoid fever in that city.
Mr.. j. T. Fowler, of Kelton, has taken 0
| position with Harris & Foster, in the music
business. Boss is young man who has au
ambition to rise in the world and he ha:
started out to "get there"
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