The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-02-21
JoneSviIle News Notes.

TOWNSVILLE, Feb. 17.-Thc snow
is here and it seems it is hers to
stay. 1t measured IA inches Oh =
level Satu, day morning. This is
hari weather on people that live out
|Sof paper sacks, and this is the way a
great many people live.
Farmers will not get to start in
for crop before March, and by that
time most all the corn in the country
will be gone and then the rub will
come for food to make crop on.
The cotton has been about ali sold
in this country and the cotton seed
has also been cold, and now cotton
and seed are still going up. 1t ia
doing the country no good, but harm,
60 it seems the times are against us.
IA man among my acquaintance
over in Georgia died not long since.
he was an old man with wife but
no children, he and his wife lived n
hard life, they never had cook
stove, buggy or carriage, nor lamp
IN their house. In the old mans
last illness his wife told him they
needed lamp and he finally agreed
for her to get one but cautioned her
not to pay moro than fifteen cents
Tor it, he also needed q rocking chair
and was told one would cost about
" 60. he said no he, could not stand
that much and would 30 without it.
a neighbor loaned him chair. After
his death his wife looked up his as
sets and she found seventeen huu-
dred dollars hid about in the house
in old shoes and behind the clock.
She also found six thousand dollars
on deposit in the bank and six thous
and dollars of good notes besides two
grod plantations. The widow bought
a ,phaeton and other things of COM
fUfr, but the poor woman didn't live
long to enjoy her comforts.
Mr.. Durben Little.johD. Of AsJury,
has an orange uce with about 20
oranges on it that are now ripe. the
oranges are small. Mr.. Littleiohn
planted the seed .eight years ago in
a hot house flower pot, the tree is
kept protected from cold in winter.
The infant child of MIR. and Mrs.
S. L. Bassett died last Friday night.
Two or three colored people have
died in the country i'll the last few
days. There are much colds and
gripp in the country and also pneu-
monia.
Rev. L. T. Carroll did not get to
his appointment here yesterday at
the Baptist church. Rev. D. Hucks
did not go out to his appointments
in the country but attended Sunday
School and talked to tho school on
the lesson text.
Mr.. G. H. Foster came up from
Union yesterday and spent the day
in Jonesyille.
I notice in the tax levy by the
legislature that Union county has
the highest levy of any county in
the State.
The stockholders Of the knitting
mill held their annual meeting Tues
day 18th. MIR. j. j. Littlejohn,
president and treasurer. had good
report, one that shows some prosperity
in the mill for the last year, although
circumstances were all unfavorable
in the textile business.
Mr.. G. B. Fowler while surveying
the other day ON Pacolet river just
above the bridge at Grindall found
part of human skeleton. The river
had washed the bones up and they
were very easily identified as those
of human, but as to whose skeleton
it il will probably never be known SIS
it has been there so long Mr., Fowler
has the bones in his possessiop.
Mr.. j. w. Bates has parrot that
is entertaining more people than any
one thing in our town. Polly is very
entertaing when she feels so disposed.
DR.. w. 0. Southard and Mr.. r..
A. Whitlock went to Charleston last
week to visit the exposition,