The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-02-23
UNION COUNTY NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered from
Various Sections by our
Correspondents.
Sanfuc Sifin9s,
Is a goats milk butter milk?

Is a goats milk butter milk?
Nearly a whole week Of rainy
weather makes the land very wet and
sloppy.
Wouldn't the contemplated broad
tires do an exceedingly nice job
packing the road just at this time.
Rev. and Mrs. G. P. Burns infant
is.critically ill with dyphtheria at this
writing.
Tho 10 O'clock train Friday last,
broke or slipped valve at this place
and was delayed for over two hours.
While the train in question was
delayed hereRepresentative Sawyer,
who was passenger, told some of
hisfriends that he would oppose the
wide tire bill. That ,is right. f-
they won't do on our clay hills in
the mud. (
The cold wave Of the FIRST week In
January, the temperature at from 8
to IA degrees, proved too severe for
oats and many were killed. Some
of the latest sowings, whole fields
were almost entirely killed.
Farmers are clearing lands, shrub
bing fields, breaking land, making
terraces and ditching bottoms, and
some no doubt doing nothing; some
working for cotton and some for corn,
and so work is going on, merrily on.
Two weeks ago during our prettiest
weather the ground was too frozen
to SOW oats, since it has been too wet,
ard now it is getting well on in the
season for sowing oats, and | am Of
the opinion that good crop offspring
oats will be very valuable addition
to ones feed crop.
This writer, few days since, re-
ceived letter from Mr.. Holmes, of
the North Carolina Geological Sur
vey, requesting me, if in favor of a
Geological Survey for South Caro-,
nf interest to our State as such sur
vers have been to other States, Dut
wb,s,ber we are ready for it at this
meeting of tho Legislature l 90 no, no.
know, but hope that body VIII CIV M
It their careful and serious consiaer
alton. and l will be content to aola
by their judgement along TINS a1ne ah
If we have any resources OF weal',
or any whose extent Is not !arse,
Known, inside or out, and is ne
, iu 1evcloned as q consequence
t which will add to our State 8 wellar
: let us by all means have Geologic {,
Survey: want to get ahead OF !, y
k North in everything except trlcs
e Now let US say WORD IN 1eh @
1T Of heavy pulling roads, etc. Mn
it the Legislature is hard oy trying ;
of enact laws for wide tires to prl
ID about good roads, as good easy ro' o.
,s, is for the public good, let them P
so a law to have all roads run arou
he and missing long steep NV nsM ,&ai, Mae
ny cnn De uono, "ho'hcr ~,
elp U uaIs wish,he road to- be changed or +,
tho "rbe most good to the greatest !, n
mo s NC 7 Know roads that run
nee ,oncest vv1 route up steep hills that 9; g
no eircled and made company,
on "a sssy pulling. That would DC "a u
Sec than wide tires LOT lhuu ~
and reads. The cutting season '1o on.y my,
liok- a portion Of the year. %nllS , S'eUi s.a
the L LONG p hills, like the brook S;s sta
has forever. Improve auo 49,
,nce. road laws we have already, "r
dside rO" mnch hill climbing and we
niles, w;,hout the wide tires "ntl
,rder, "iucatea to them. They may
,ouses .nssl sandy natured roads but
yards, 90 around hills: ,hor Of
# the There arc quite numoci u. W
in our and people crying fight the s,, re :,
f Mr.. the,baggiug trust ana 'eey s:,;,;a, G
t Of us in ike manner, the fertll,z'
after N Now WI. lst me say, please, tn
hill. 1 Vow NJ" talk Of the bagsing trq
, name whipped, please say yi;, tne +,
Union Alliance did it. Credit !
oint and credit is due. Even should
: of the napors T.U say the Alliance is
y direc- say, if 50, do a kina aS aos a. a,
did not credit for its many, goou ~
D top and was never selfish, but away ".
ugh the for the greatest numue, ora
g as the Us get together and see see,
, horizon, we are to manage 'ne i. n