The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-08-14
TOWNSVILLE JOTTINGS.
CorOner's Inquesf-StOIen Goods
Being DfscOvered-PersonaI
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giving much more promise of fair
Yields. Farm work is about rounded
up and the country people are
enjoying themselves in many
ways such as attending protracted
meetings, visiting and going to
White Stone and the mountain re-
sorts. There are plenty of ways iA
which the people enjoy themselves
and all quite different from what it
was in my boyhood days. The
amusements and entertainments of
the present day are more expensive
than they were when 1 was young,
but of course we live in progressive
age and must keep apace with the
progress Of our civilization.
Miss Johnnie Sanders gave one of
her usual missionary talks in the
Methodist church mere last Thurs
day eight to a large audie: ce. Miss
Sanders is good conversationalist
and talks was very intcres ingly and
entcrtainingly.
The coroner held an inquest on
the body of a dead negro man here
last week named Tom Mccullough
who had been cut in the neck with a
knife at Strother's on the Southern
Railway by Charlie Gillian about
three weeks before his death. The
jury, in accordance with the report
of Drs. Southard and Chambers de-,
cided that the wound did not cause
the death of Mccullough.
The veterans of this township
met here Saturday and elected N. b.
Eison pensioner delegate to meet
with the other delegates the first
Monday in September.
Mr.. j. N. Lit,lejohn has opened
up the brick yard of the Joresville
Manufacturing Co. and is making
brick for the big brick store of the
j. j. Littlejohn Co, which is held
up for few days waiting for building
material.
The Pacolet Mfg. Co. has for
the last week been securing the
country in search of cloth and cotton
which was carried away from along
the river banks after the flood by
people without leave or license. A
great many people from over the
country aocked to see the sights of
the floods and the sights were so
tempting many of them helped them
selves by loading up and carrying
away the goods Of the company and
now they are made to unload or
answer to the law in such cases made
and provided. Quantities of cloth
and one bale of cotton have been re
covered and the end is not yet.
The company has Magistrate Bates
employed to 60 along with their
wagon, so if any one refuses to let
the company search for their props
city they issue search warrant on
the spot and if they then find any
goods q warrant Of indictment will
follow. But so far the company has
not met with much resistance
Mr.. Morgan McWhirter of Frank
lin County, Ca, and his son made
a short visit to the family of Mr.. ].
L. McWhister.
Mr.. Cornelius Holconb of Aetna
Mills, Union, is visiting his sisters
in town.
Mr.. Govan Hancock of Kelton
and two daughters made short visit
to j. B. Fosters today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Scott of
Union are visiting the family of Mr..
D. A. T. Farr.
Miss Beulah Spears of Greenyille
is visiting her fathers family near
town.
Miss Etha Hamcs has returned
from pleasant visit to the family of
Mr.. w. P. Harris near Woodruff.
Mrs. John Holcomb of the Kelton
community fell yesterday and frac.
tured her shoulder bone. DR..
Chambers is attending to her.
Mr.. G. B. Fowler is laying off a
special school district at Buffalo Cot
ton mills.
A protracted meeting continued
ali through last week at Gilead
church and eleven candidates for
membership were baptized at the
pool here in town yesterday as the
good results of the meeting.
Mr.. Ernest McWhirter is spend
ing few days at Glenn Springs.
Mr.. Isaac D. Page, o farmer near
Jonesville has hog nine months ID
that weighs 400 lbs, Mr.. Page hes
a fine crop of corn and cotton and