The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-02-06
NEWS ARoUKDssANTuc.
Good Roads Needed worse Than a
New Court House -RaiId Roads
to a Grade even Thonkh Crooked
THE NEAL SHOALS MATTER.

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i Who can answer? Did you eve
SEQ or htar dsy.break2
February is a borrower, it S 'arte
N borrowing from March.
I After several days of L,ndo,
wesshsr last week we had sewers
fdays ef sunshine. ..
Willie Randolph, of Landruu, i
yhtting relatives in S lntuc. H, ma
Hgrown to be almost man in sizs sims
10. left here.
Feom talk eeFarrl farmers around
here expect to "raise cane" this year
That would be good thing. CUES,
they mean sorghum cane.
l smelled the frs: guauo this seasor,
yesterday. Tba. shows it is being
sent out in time, and no d ,ubt much
twill be rsed.
Young mules are being bought
quito numeroasly this year. Tnat
shows confidence is restored or never
1been lost despite the cry of sea rcity of
"hands," or there have been many old
mules that have slipped the cable"
slately.
4, It farmers eaa COW spring oats they
shad letter COW them il land will per
NIT in time. You know though that
there is way to feed oats which is
waste, aud sowi 'g oats is a losing bust.
lnets, but it is mighty good feed
Icrop. The acreage Of fall oats I d !,
mot think is as large as previously.
took one day last week to thresh
some peas with corn shredder, but I
find there 10 too mush waste by that
method. We have a homemade
thresher that is as good as any, Ily
You have to fan the peas With an old
fashioned grain fan, but then W, can |
do 30 at odd times and have tbem
clean too. All we need is a tanning |
attachment.
l do not care how much 40 manv
ay :. can make moro on 50 aod 30
sSS % Ssa %anSa e satts tbs.Eson L going sof
Claim 8 big part OF every ones attsn:
.tion. And they had better sing "Gsd !
.xave the King" : z 7
sHsJf good wife is ivs.shillingsta
hdsl!and, = good pasture is several
i1allais to farmer and all ought to
strive TO have some sort Of % pasture
for their stock to get some grazing.
I believe the hest acre on q farm if
already in such grass IS bermuda |
would pay better n,trying to raise
corn On it. am for A'gqod pasture
first, Last and all the tims. i
@, While feeding shredding mi chine
recently .hnliing peas . negro let his
" watch chain come unfastened and g
through the machiue. 1t Was bisected
and dissected and male very scrappy
and little bits could be found about
in the peas, but it only suggested
watch. If man had not been before
the machine the negro probably would
never have known where his watch
had gone. p. :;
I can show you, if you we're here, q
crooked pole that has been in almost
constant AMI regular motion since
before Christmas. You might cay
am exagerating or had seen the par.
petuai motion. Butfor all you know
the pole may: be so crooked that it
csn't possibly lie still, but that is not
1t. I know exactly what causes the
,metiop.. Can you, guess? -
s, County Superintendent of Elpca-
ton started on his roubd, this week
to visit all of the schools in the county.
H, informs me that all of the teschsrs
are bging pad for their services apd
are not compelled to have their slsitn'
discounted. l am sure that is more
satisfactory to the teachers f3ri
knbw of q claim that was discounted
10 per cent. aud i'd less tn IN weel
il vas presented - the Treasurer
office and paid FOR its face value. Aht
while tslkipg over what, Tslephpn'
said about books being sold At cost.il
that Office, and figuring q; littie,sit
essy for any one to see there Ia a sres
Saving to Tie pstTons. I believe N
Eapt il striving IL. DO HIS full duty,
I do not objeetto crookt d road q
much when tits made 81 to get 9
near on a,level as possible, but whe
tits crooked "9rd twisted and vino
into hollows and up steep long hills
goes nightly against the grsin wit
me and VI We have such. Let d
: Grand Jdrors and takers quit prgib
tha building of an up t0.datel c0g