The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-09-18
continue several days. Rev. Mr..
Anderson, of Whitmires. is expected

continue several days. Rev. MIR.
Anderson, of Whitmires. is expected
to- assist.
The sub-contractor to build the
dirt dam across the river bottoms,
has been at work several days.
and expects to have it complete in
six months.
Mr.. G. o. Tenney, the contractor
for the dam, comes down right often
of late, and the wages have been cut
so often that there are only a hand
full at work now, it is reported.
Allow me to make correction for
my last article. Where 1 told of my
stay at Mr.. H. p. McKissick the
printer left out a word which made
me say, "There is doubt of a well
come" when l really wrote, There
is NO doubt" Now that little word
might mean much if noticed closely,
but | feel that those good people
would believe that there was mis-
take and all would be well.
Mr.. Fish, who has been recently
working at the Monarch Mills is
here curing a lot of tobacco and
managing the barn. He was raised
in the tobacco regions of North Car
olina and seems to understand his
business thoroughly, and can talk in
terestingly of the culture, curing,
and grading of tobacco, aud he can
get along with the work with dis
patch.
Cotton is opening, being picked.
and ginned, to some extent, but there
is little demand for it, the factories,
| am told, waiting until the price
gets lower. There is anything but
a promising prospect for a crop.
All crops are sorry. There is not
even good nay crop. Peas are the
poorest for years. Yet there are
some papers, and even The TINES,
Dragging about the bright prospects
of the farmers and their prosperous
conditions-cn top of a sorry food
crop, short cotton crop, and buyers
waiting for short prices.
Sometimes a person may do bis
level best at anything and fail, and
sometimes not fail so much, but
never get word of appreciation or
praise. Often that is pigeon. holed
until one is laid in the silent tomb.
Now, l am not at all vain, but as to
my efforts at this correspondence, l
was assured while at Kelton, that
my work was liked by at least one
household. Recently, l received q
letter from a friend whom l always
entertained as a friend, and who,
without my ever thinking such would
reach my ears, said, "Ihave always
read your letters in THE TINES with
a great deal Of interest, and was dis
appointed when they failed to ap-
pear Coming from the source
they did, I hardly know how to use
words to make known how I appre-
ciatc them, feeling that the writer is
a capable Judge. Yet 1 often think
that | am the very poorest of would
be writers: so many find fault, saying
that l ought to leave out much that
l nam sometimes tempted to throw
away the pencil, and say, "Away
with such foolishness," for it seems
as weak and foolish to me then, as to
my critics. But thank you, my
dear friend, I hope to be able to
shake your hand ere many weeks
pass over our heads.
I was for short while at a 'ssur-
prise party" and was surprised, bat
agreeably so, one night last week.
A party of pretty girls, some of the
prettiest that Santuc has, and it has
always been noted for its pretty
women, went on a serenading tour,
and came around to where brother
and | were temporarily keeping
"bach, the queen of the home being
away on visit, and cheered our
feelings smoothly. l thought par
ty was going to pass, and 1 placed
myself where | could see who it con-
sisted Of; but when they stopped at
our gate, | made bold enough to 60
out too; the moon had just risen
from her cavern deep and was
throwing around them her robes of
silvery light; and there in the bright
moonlight night those girls looked
exceedingly pretty, and sweet TOO, as
for that, and L, not having dreamed
of such treat being forth coming,
had to just admire and appreciate, in
the ahsance of haipo ahlo to nynroes