The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-03-17
A NEWSY LETTER
from Our Sanfuc Scribe About
People and Things in
That Section

| oASTuC, March 13.-Forward,
March! but L believe March will be
mostly in April this year.
We are having some brushes of
the cold wave that was Friday and
Saturday playing around in Michi-
gan, principally around Marquette,
where the temperature was 4 de-
grces below zero.
That ground hog" business must
have been ground hog scrapc this
season for he played us false. He
is not up-to-date, for verify the
seasons seemed to change, the same
as this is a fast agen everything
except the seasons and he needs a
new almanac,
Little Johnnie Jcter, son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. p. Jeter, has been con-
fined to the house and a consider
able time to bed this winter from
being crippled, and he can't re-
member when or how he was hurt,
II at all. He is able now to go on
crutches, and may soon have full
use of himself. ~
There was an examination here
Saturday last for Rural Free De-
livery carriers for Fish Dam, Union
and Jonesvillc, The applicants
were from Carlisle, Messrs Thomas,
Fincher and Page; Union, Mcssrs
Harris and Parr; Jonesville, Weber,
Fowler and Hyatt.
Contractor Capt. Sam Dunnovant
loaded his camp equipment, grad
ing tools and about SO head of
mules and horses Saturday, all to
go to Atlanta where they have a
contract. Carpenter Bros, arc the
only ones of the contractors on the
new road who are still here at this
writing, but cars have beer ordered
for them,
With the good weather prevailing
for several days the farmers were
enthused, and pushed farm work
right along, bnt the tide turned and
our miniature blizzard Saturday
night to Sunday gave progress a
blockage.
Oats were not all killed by the
hard winter, but many made mar
row escapes, Those sown in open
burrows stood wcH. but the broad
casted suffered,
l am glad the farmers and bust
ness men are allied for the better
ment OF the cotton market, but
while farmers are encouraged to
reduce acreage to lower production
to raise prices, will the men who
receiXe big rents reduce the rent
bills to the numbers of those who
must rent or get out, that the re-
duction of production be equalized,
or will they still get their big full
crop, say?
Mr.. P, E. Davis who. occupied
the Crockcr House for two years has
moved his family back to his farm.
A fine step am of the opinion,
considering the small business in
from keeping boarders here, and
too, that the owner of the premises
saw fit to sell it out to negroes, an
crstwhile desirable property, in the
heart of town, joined in among the
good white citizens, making black
spot as the care of the town, / try
to be lcnient, for no white person
here considered himself ghump
enough to give the price asked for
it, and it had to go the other route.
The coldest and. worst of the win
ter is over / guess, yet people had
better not be too premature about
planting, for cold, wet spring is
detrimental to good termination of
seed. We had a seige of bitter
cold and bad weather from Jan.
18th, to Feb: 18th. Many, | have
heard say, this is the toughest
weather | ever saw" When the rec
ords show that in the past eleven
years we have had several much
worse than that spell, if you con-
slider tho temperature, snow and,
yes, rain. If | had space and time
at present, | would give some COM
PARSONS as they are available. If
one does not keep a record, one
scarcely can remember Just how
past years have been.
According to my eye the power
house over at Neal Shoals is near
ing completion. | was over there a
few hours last week and saw a great
deal. a large force of hands were
at work, and every department of
the work going on except the actual
laying OF stone on the dam. Work
had to be stopped on that ac-
count of the condition of the wealth
er. The river has been on a sort of