The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-02-28
News From Santuc.

with their parents, DR.. and Mrs. J. T.
Jeter.
Mr.. Frank H. Jeter, a graduate
of, and recently assistant director at
Clemson College, but now with the
German Kali Works, with office in
Atlanta, was here last week, seeking
to interest farmers in fertilizer tests
or demonstration work-they to fur
nish fertilizer, and the farmers to
furnish the plots of land and do the
work. Two or three will try the
tests. This is way to try fertili-
zers to see which will pay.
This section is getting honey
combed with telephones now. Sever
al new lines of posts are already
up, wires will be put up soon and
phones installed-then 1 guess there
will be talking.
Just about the time farmers were
putting on "elbow grease" to go to
plowing, the rains started, and now
almost all farm work is stalled. We
have had much rain in February. A
few wanted to sow spring oats. This
writer will yet, if it dries off soon,
on bottoms. Well, there has not been
any big amount of work done since
Christmas, anyway, averaging things
up. People have seemed to be rest
ing.
l have heard it rumored that sew
eral young men are taking on =
gambling habit. 1t is only rumored,
l do not know. But is sounds very
bad, and l wish they would not. AL
most all negroes gamble and keep
late hours, and I hope every young
white man in the section would stand
far above them, in habits, too.
One night last week heavy steel
truck wheel fell from through
freight train passing through here.
1t was found beside the track next
morning by passerby. 1t was
marked to a firm in Columbia. That
certainly was way to lose freight.
No doubt more freight is lost just
that way.
AS regards the law about the
burying of dead animals. I wonder
if many people really know it, or ever
observe it. They may not, but I be-
lieve everybody ought to bury dead
animals, chickens, ETC., anyway, even
without a law. 1t is much more de-
cent for noses, and to streams. Con-
sequently health would not be en-
dangered, especially that of domestic
stock, if any died with contagious
diseases.
Every summer you, or somebody,
may brag about the first cotton
square, bloom or boil of cotton, then
later the first open boil; but Santuc
has peach tree that was in bloom
the last of January, and now some
leaves an inch long are on it. Those
little peaches, still encased in their
coverings, went through the two cold
days of a week ago and were not
killed either. Some other things San
tue has too land don't forget-some
big bull frogs.
Speaking of endurance, how is
this? A few weeks ago, on a Wednes-
day morning, l heard cat in the
me-ows, but I thought it was only a
lonesome cat. Sunday afterwards a
colored man heard the cat in the same
place and again on Monday evening.
Going to the workshop here he told
the men that he thought a cat was in
something there and could not get
out, and if he could get in, he would
see. The keys were at the shop, and
one of the men went with the COL
ored man, and they found the cat in
the press-box, which was too slick for
1T to climb out off. They worked
around and with some bagging got
the cat-almost a skeleton and very
weak-out. 1t was later learned that
the cat belonged to Mr.. r. E. Moss's
two little girls and had been missing
for more than a week, and the house
hold had given it up for lost. But
those little girls were glad to get the
poor thing back, gave it kind atten-
ton and tabby is getting in condi-
tion to go back to business catching
rats.
A few nights ago took a trip
through "Dreamland" and such a
time | had. / was trying to remedy
steam boiler that was "foaming"
and putting in a new waterguage,
and young lady volunteered to help
and got me so frustrated that / did
not know whether or not had it up
side down, and 1 had to stop, or burst
a boiler. Waking relieved me.
Well, and when I was running a
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