The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-29
MT. TABOR HAPPENINGS
THE NEWS IN BRIEF \BOUT MI. IA
BOR AND DsURROUNDING COUNTRY.


Mt. TABOR, May "a, ls2;-It
1t is very seldom that we see any of
the happenings of Mt. Tabor in TIE
TIMES and not being satisfied at being
''Outen it" always we have resolved
to try to let the world know that Mt.
Tabor is still in existence.
Business is very quiet just now, we
only hear the gee whoa haw of the
piowman, the wlOOping cough uf the
children, and strange tinkling of late,
possibly the marriage bells of Tabor. or
Is 1t a change In the ring of our own
dinner bellsy
The farmers will SOON be up with their
work. We are needing rain, the gardens
especially are suffering.
Can't We reasonably expect lO, ,OOO. .OsO
bale cotton crop this year, We notice
there IS IA per cent more cotton planted
this year than last, every nook and corner
is planted III cotton, and what does il
mean, D cent cotton of course. Who is
to blame for the low price of cotton, the
farmer or the capitalist2
The wheat and 0at crop of this section
is reported short owing to the ''dry
Miss Lizzie Moorliead, OF fGowtleysvillc
:. g., and Miss Tosa Duncan. of Paris
Texas, have been visiting relatives and
friends at Mt. Tobor. They are now
visiting in Columbia. :. c., but will
return to their neighborhood.
Miss Minnie Gregory has been quite
sick the past week but is now able =, NJ
sumo her work, that of teacbiag the Mt.
Tabor school.
Prof. w, W. Edge who has been
teaching near Asbury is now home spend,
ing vacation. We wonder il some of the
AsOury girls are not sorry that the vaca-
ton time ever comes. Wo welcome you
home old boy.
Mr.. w, &, johnson has d very sick
chlla, We are glad to note it is conva-
leSohig.
Mr. AshmOrc VaIslerforl has the
Drag water melon patch of this section.
Mr. AshmOre sa ''hustler'' in the true
sense Of the word.
Rev. w. X. Owings attentlesla 4 reunion
OF the graduates of the Columbia Seln-
mary last week. They only meet once
In twenty years, and as he returned with
severe euh and was hardly able " fill
disappointment ut Mt. Tabor, guess he
won't mind waiting twenty years for
another.
Owing to the change in the price of
weaving from dollar per day. to So
much per cut in LOcklnrt mills they
have had some trouble with the weave1s
of Late. The mill will soon be tillesi with
hands again and everything sunnulS on
full time.
Mr.. Cary's new lSSiste4ee at I-ckllart
Is almost tiDislYal 1T Rs a heauty.
Misa herta Whitlock, of River Si:le,
Il Sick We hope she will soon he able
TO- pay Nit. Tabor visit.
NO hear picnic and lava party
spoken of i'll the pear future That's
right, SO II White you arr. young
The largest NAV ip, the neighlM.
hooa IS hauling. wood to Lock
hart, 81 he slys. We see him pass
re9NttArhN but see nothing of the wood.
Prs Brawley and Montgomery re-
port great deal of sickness in their
territory.
We spent one afternoon of last week
with one of our bachelor frie,HiS down
Oh the river. He was Very kind and
rode over his farm with us. He has a
nice place and is rapidly improving it.
We can't help but wonder why he don't
marry.
We are destined to have IL great hand
shaking this summer as it is election
year, and the candidates are getting
thick already.
This neighborhOod has more widow
ers, bachelors and pretty girls than any
In the county, surely, according to the
population. We wish we had al, y n,y
turned upon the hearts Of SOME OF the
bachelors SN we could read the sequel of
it all
Edo Orr is the champion bicyclist of
Mt. Tabor. Ask him how Inc rides.
We wonkl like to know what Super
VlsT Scott is going to do with the de-
lmfi,lent rta,d tax payers.
We hear that two of Jim KinayAs.,
colored, children, were burned 10 death
this morning by the explosion of an oil
can while making \ rfre around tlu,
wash pot. PaC0Ass should be very care
full as to hpw they allow tlWir chilS,ren
to- lsapete the oil can,
OF thermGaneter registers lO4 today.
!kow's l.At for hot.
IT may seem little strange. but is
truf nevertheless, and your correspon-
dent can prove it; that we had Hail here
most every day for three months of this
year Mr.. Hail was our mail rider.
This Is certainly day of improvement
and If Mt. Tabor is to have anything i'm
the way of a factory we sincerely hope
it will be an ice factory. &. l.. J.
.
For eyary uuartpr i'm q mans ,uu.l, of