The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-06-01
Correspondence OF the TIMEs.
Matters in Sautuc.


SANTuc, May 2S.-The slight frost here
last Sunday and Monday 10th aud 2lst did
considerable damage to corn and cotton,
checking its growth. c ton was not killed,
but much of it has shed its leaves, and if it
it has made any growth during the week, it
is imperccptabe.
Farmers are well up with their work and
all are nearly through chopping out cotton.
Stands are good, except in q very few in
stances. Stands of corn though are not
good OH rough or damp lands, for worms
have been making ravagcs upon it, making
rcptautin% and re replsnting necessary, con-
sequcnly the corn is irregular. Unmanured
Germ, especially the first planting, is not
starting off very well, even on good land :;
it seems too cold. "manurcl' some of
mine with clean sand, aud will watch the
result and report later if it comes up to my
"sanguinc expectation or not, so don't ask
ques ions now, if none cf you have done
such maDuring.
Fal! oats will make very good crop, but
there is so few of them. Spring oats, though,
are almost Il complete failure.
Several farmers are going to cut and feed
their wheat in the sheaf to stock as they do
not think it will Pay to thrcsh, it is making
so Little Many of the heals como out like
dry chaf, having been killed ty the March
freeze.
Yesterday was Childrens Day at Gillian 5
Chapel, (Mcthodst) and your correspondent
had the pleasure Of attending, and enjoyed
it very much. Ali the exercises were Pret-
ty, well arranged and carried through with.
out single mistake. Four little girls were
in the from; ranks with worked notices
dlagonally across their breasts, respectively
Japan, Brazil, Mexico and China-which
mission fields they were charactcrizing, and
1t certainly made II very Impressive show
The pastor, Rev W. T.. Barr, seemed heart
aud soul in for the success of the OCCASION
and it was Il pronounced success.
There We're three addresses made, which
were listened to attcutivelv. The speakers
were w. w. Bruce, j q. Rice and Dr.. j. L
Thomas.
An ice cream festival was given by the
Methodist ladies one night last week, At the
residence of Mr.. c. 7. Sims, with the result
of nice col ccton. The proceeds, under
stand, will go for the moving of the church
TO this little town. Should that be done it
will be great step forward, for this is II
central point, thickly settled and easier Of
acc than its present location. Where it
now is the country is sparccly settled by
white people.
The railroad company has built Il big
- 600 gallon tank at this place, aud moved
what some one has called it, the little keel
Err that was here before.
y large number of people here are await
ing TO see what the uev Prohibition law Is
going to do in supprcs-ing whiskey traffic.
1t is rumored that ''blind tigers, if not oi /
tigers. then their cubs, are around, and ii is
evident that whiSkcy is being received by
shipment, sold and drank with more freedom
than when there was no Prohibition. One
total abStiuancc' man told me that he
could catch easily, one pers n, selling with
out L. :. license, even, but ~ the commits
stoned diSpensury Constabes received so
much condemnation rs spies, lie would
not place himself in position 10 receive
:a1t cpirnct.
] am glad To hear that the Union factory
is doing so we'll, and that in all likelihood
the I.ockhart Mill will be completed soon.
Then Union county will need one at Muir
ply Mill. There will BE- work enough for
AL and cur cotton ought to be sod right at
home. | saw in the TINES some time ago
that the GaiFncy mill was running day aud
night to fill orders. and The Union mill
must 10 so TO fill orders 80 there is more
factories needed to be abe to do all their
work in the day time. We hope, too. that
we will not hear any more that the doors of
factories Dclng blockc with goods awaiting
sac, is Tie reason why the price of cDtton
rules so low, prcsumiug that while two
factories are ruuning double time, others
arc likely doing good business.
f.. W..