The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-03-27

Guano has been hauled off from
here the past week by the tons, and
at times the yards were crowded with
wagons and teams. The evidence
points to a great deal being used
this year.
We had solid week of cloudy
weather, but last week was an ideal
one for farm work, until Friday
night when rain set in, and through
Saturday and part of Sunday and
Sunday night we had stormy wealth
or. 291 inches Of rain fell in a
little over 24 hours. and 3.s3 from
Friday night to Monday morning.
Quite heavy you see.
| am glad there IS going to be a
Sunday School Convention, for I am
afraid the previous bad weather and
rough roads. was going to cause it
to be neglected. Aud 1 can say l
am glad The 1st Church at Union
will entertain it. l hope it Will be
well attended.
| saw en- Irish potato tha. Mr.. j.
McJ. Fant got out Of turnip, or if
1T was not a pota'o, no potato could
grow more like one, the ewes were
perfect. l asked Mr.. FAINT to plant
it, bit he feared he had carried it
too long in his pocket. 1 have seen
hog hair in potato but never any
thing like this before. But that was
potato or Fam no judge.
0ne of the greatest nuisances that
l can think of is a dog tro.ting
about in a church during preaching,
nosing around people, trying to get
acquainted with everybody; trying
to attsin familiarity, generally, and
contempt" is bred spontaneously in
me right there on the spot.
l saw girl recently trying to be
very pretty, but scarcely saw her
for she, was estoped by stupendous
bat, with elaborate embellishments,
and it had about put her out of
sight. She may have been pretty,
but | did not stoop down to peec
under it to see who was there, or.
how she looked. That would haSE
been the height ofimpertinelce. =
was sorry to hear Of the death Of
DR.. Sam w. McJunkins, of Texas,
which your correspondent j. s. G.
informed us of. DR.. McJunkin had
many relatives in, this county and
here at this. place as he was born and
reared here. Mr.. J. McJ. Fant,
first c5usin of his, now owning the
house in which he was born. have
but faint recollection of him and
would not have known him if had
seer him although a first cousin my
self, and l hope and believe. he did
live and conduct himself wiih,credit
to his family. | have negkrsheard
aught but that he did. / haze often
heard that he was very successful
physician. lie never did'live in
Union but his very carly life and
until he securel a position as sur.
geon in the. United States Navy was
spent here at Santuc.
Mr.. Gary Jeter told several of US
how some negro or negroes used the
inventive genius to get some peas
from him. He had box containing
about twenty-five bushels in it in
his gear house, and began to miss.
them and he always had the key,
but after losing considerable, perhaps
half, he discovered that an anger
hole had been bored through the
floor and box, and threw this they
drew the peas and would put in a
corn cob until they were ready f,r
another draft. l heard once of an
Old negro prayer meeting holder
boring hole in gin house fl ,or
and getting wheat. Some young
men. caught him at it following him
TO: where he held prayer meeting,
3nd when he gave out by lines the
song "Hark from the tomb, etc )"
they steppep into tho house and said:
T ."Hark l. from the tomb doleful
sound
I:Horace bored the hole and the wheat
4. .yun down., a
That would be good song for the
pea "hookers."
Readers, be not angry with me
for MY lsmuch sayings on the per-
m fneht ysaJees Of good roads, but
n gives .ReEtba glircd feeling"
spokenrof So mdcRby2the patent men
when there is so much saving and SO