The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-04-14
OUR SANTUC BUDGET.
About $4,000 Feet of Lumber
Consumed by Fire---Hey
Denver Hurt in q "WreCk." "
Other News.

| MI. Erwin, Oh ADDcNllfc, Is nero
on a visit to his brothcr-in- Law
Rev. r. B. Owens.
Mrs. l.. l.. Shcalcy has gone tC
Trenton on a visit to her parents
Constable F. NJ. Israel was in
Santuc Sunday.
Contractor Abrams and force o
men arc here now ut work on his
job.
In the school at Winston Salem,
\. c., Il teacher was taken sick
and Miss Ethel Jctcr, of this place,
and former teacher there has gone
there to fill out the remainder OF
the session in her place.
Two good Sunday schools were
organized here last Sunday. At the
Baptist church in the forenoon and
the Methodist church in the after
noon. Much material here for
Sunday schools.
Quite Il heavy frost and some ice
a thin crust on the ground was seen
here on the morning of the eth inst.
1t is too early after that to prove
whether the fruit is killed or not.
After some time of dry weather,
in which the ground got consider
ably hard, Il good rain fell last week
, and farm work is progressing.
There has not been much plant
ing done, some corn and sorghum,
no cotton, but there is time enough.
/, Crops always grow best when the
weather and soil is warm.
1t is reported that the power
house and dam viii be completed in
60 days, but unless the timber is
cut off the ovcrtlowcd lands, to be,
it may be Il long time before it can
be used.
The census reports put big crop
of cotton for us to think about but
it is too high, say what you please,
for according to their own statement
they put even our own individual
gin down for ginning as much to
January as to December and we
did not gin bale from Dec. Is, to
Jan. 10. That is where it is swell
ed.
A fire occurred at the dam on
Neal Shoals last week, and every
man was taken from his regular
work to fight fire. A cement house
with considerable cement and
market house was burned, and some
cars on the track was caught. 1t
took fast work to save the cars of
machinery.
Santuck had quite Il fire Sunday
morning, when a tobacco barn in
which about %, 900 feet of lumber
was drying, caught all through the
lumber, at almost the same time,
and no efforts to save anything
would have availcd. The property
belonged to Mr.. w. II. Jones.
There was some hot work done to
keep nearby clubhouse from catch
ing, as Il precaution to saving the
residence of DR.. J. II. Jcter, which
was in close proximity.
A negro, Bill Hill, was sent to
the chain gang Saturday, for viola
ton OF contract. He had rented a
farm on''sharcs from Mr.. .Jetcr Corn
well and had gotten about $50 in
debt. Some one agreed to pay
him out in order to- get his labor,
and it seems too, that he was pre-
pairing to go to Florida with crowd
of negroes, he acting as the cmmi-
grafton agent, but his movements
were caught on to, and he was given
up = slipping his cable thcre-and
ne was sent on the gang just in
time to prevent his exodus to the
land of flowers with his immigrants.
If this be true, he ought to be sent
to the penitentiary for violating the
immigration laws, and perhaps for
gambling and selling whiskcy too,
if the truth was known. 1t seems,
il must be plain that the people
arc a right smart foolish about Bill. .
He is not known to have staid with
man even six months, / don't be-
licve, except once. He would get
in debt jump his contract, be pros
ccuted, and some one would pay
him out, and 50 on, he being on
that line regular medium of cx-
change. He stayed in Florida
some time and if / am not mis-
taken he ran away from there, leav-
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