The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-08-10

"o wv Guy ''CnuFCn. i kept
on the lookout for comparison of crops
and to see all things to be seen. I
went by Union and after I left the
maid road to Jonesville, saw where
there seemed to be no grass this wear.
All about Kelton, all along on the
ridge the crop1 were perfectly clean,
aud there was no dead grass lying
about; while below Union, If the cr,ss
was not alive, the rows were full Of
dead bunches. But the crops up tn ere
are very little larger than the crops
IN this section. Some places on
branches and creeks weeds and bushes
were in the corn, while about here
bottom corn is very near ruined
People all along are about ready to
clay by" crops, and the leisure seas,n
is fast approaching. The roads that
morning, Friday 9th, we're "heavy"
from the rain the evening before, un-
til we began to get near the church,
That section seemed to have been
H,sen Fa ths bat HHa hheT s
all day Friday.
The convention was a success in
every particular, except a full repre-.
sentation of all the schools. Quite
number of speakes were on hand, ia.
cludiug some from other denomina>
tions, notably, Rev. j. N. Isom, who
took part in the discussions, and this
was interesting and edifying. The
committees got their reports eff
promptly. No need to designate the
various committees. The collections,
considering the "of" time were very
good, resulting in a total Of over twen-
ty>three dollars. This will be given
to State Missions and the Orphanage
at Greenwood. Sunday morning the
convention met, and sat with the Mt.
Joy Sunday School, taking part some
as teachers, and some as scholars.
After this, Rev. L. Nj. Rice preached
the Missionary sermon from Luke 16:
8, to crowded house, and q large
number was out-of doors, not being
able to fad seats. Then Mr.. j. T.
Goings and Mr.. j. G. Garner were
ordained as Deacons. Saturday night
Rev. A. b, Kennedy preached to a
we'll filled house; and will help through
series of meetings there. The next
meeting of the convention will be with
the Mt. Lebanon church.
Aside from the business part of the
convention, this OCCASION was the most
enjoyable social event of recent date,
to myself, everybody is so social up
there. was none too much gradu.
| a,ed to be greatly benefited by the
convention proper. l met 80 many
friends, many whom l bal not seen
for some time. They were enjoying
themselves, which aided me wonder.
fully, eni Dyed seeing my lady friends
most, I always do. You can't get q
crowd of men together without them
liking; the grounds wore swarming
with candidates, and [ would take 6
turn at joking too. They are all a
good, solid, upright set of men too
who are Offering themselves, and ]
trust, an honor to our county. l me-
aud made the acquaintance of on,
brother correspondent "Homo," ant
real glad was to meet him. In fact
We were the recipients of the hospital
ity Of the same homestead. I saw
Bro. Thos. II. Gore Sunday, but be
ing pressed with business I did no
talk much with him. S>me very
pretty girls were on committee rails
ing mission money. and they woul
corner fellow and am only sor.
that ! was one OF those unfortunate
who did not possess fat pocket-book
bat bevitching girl c,n collect some
thing if',t is only "browney." Tw
f my rough male friends tackled me-