The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-31
SANTUC SIFTINGS.
Il Boy Hurt-PersOnaI Paragraphs
One Negro Killed, Another CUT
A Picnfc-Death of a Good Man.

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The other telleth of her grace
The one an index to her health,
The other to her heart (rich peariD
But speaketh clear, the priceless wealth,
And sweetness of the Country Girl u
Yes, and now is a time when tn e
country girl looks the swectest-to
ge,her with autumn, winter and
spring.
1t is hot, and l wish that cheat
wave" would stay on the other side
of the Mississippi river.
Miss Alma Merritt, who is in bus.
iness at Greenwood, is here on a
visit to her parents. Rev. and Mrs.
T.. NJ. Merritt.
Mrs. Merritt, of Pelzer, is here
visiting her father.in law, Rev. E.
NJ. Merritt, while her husband is in
the encampment at Columbia.
Little Malcolm Jeter, son of Mr..
and Mrs l.. B. Jeter, fell from the
barn loft Saturday, striking his head
above the eye, and was badly hurt,
but is now doing very well.
Some farmers have laid by"
crops, some are laying by, but quite
a number will continue working until
later, owing to the lateness of the
crops.
l wish May-pops were ripe and
the little "niggers" would take to
the fields gathering them and let
fruit get ripe. a little "nigger"
knows how to steal as soon as it can
toddle we'll. if it is done crudely.
l asked the question, "Why cant
a negro plow out at the ends of rows
like | do?" and young man ac>
quainted with farm life answered:
because he is a niger, that's why"
Well. | might have known that my
self.
The folks over on the river build.
ing the dam are about to be besieged
with picnics, as there have been a
"protracted' or "series" Of pichics,
and almost a camp" picnic one day
this week, and lot of good stuff has
gone up--not in smoke.
AS to the fruits of the usual pas
time, gambling, over at the dam, one
negro man was killed Saturday night,
and Sunday morning a woman was
cut. The negro who did the killing
cleared out. The shooting was done,
it seems, on little provocation. The
dead man simply picked the money
up, and the other pulled down and
shot him, and when he found his
victim would die, he moved on. The
woman was gambling too, when she
was cut, guess. 1t is reported
several of our local gamblers 90 over
right often, and they may some time
get mark too, for there are both
white and colored gamblers.
There arc several coming here and
going over on the river to sub. bid on
the building of the earth dam across
the bottoms. Some are regular con-
tractors, | hear, and we may have
some local bidders who may like to
figure in the great contractors world.
But would look at it, that if one
had no previous knowledge of build
ing such thing, contracting, had no
experience above a four to ten horse
farm, unless he had good coaching"
by some one, he would be liable to
get his foot into a big hole Would
be as a small potato ard few in a
hill, but would like to take hand
Quite a good size company of both
settled and young people went
from over about Tinker's Greek to
Meals Shoals to have a picnic last
Friday. Through the kindness and
generosity of Mr.. D. J. Gregory,
received an invitation to join them
and enjoy the occasion, but a brother
being unwell | tried to act in his
place in the work shop during a
pressing time and could not attend,
but | appreciate the recognition
all the same and hope they will never
have dull picnic.
We are having burning hot weather
and a "dry drought" as the negroes
would say, although it has been
scarcely week since we had rain.
But having such wet spring plant
roots were shallow, and cotton, had,
mostly to take such a drastic dose of
medicine to be made clean that it
consequently was made to suffer the
more. But it seems tue weather is
so hot, the wind blows 80 much, that
even a short dry spell hurts more
'han spells of longer duration used
to. We do not know what is the
matter, honestly, unless VIC must