The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-01-31
'GlEANINGS FROM GOSHEN HILL,
An Interesting and Newsy Letter
From Ivy Green.

An Interesting and Newsy Letter
From Ivy Green.
Happy new year to all! This is
my first letter for this year and 1
send this greeting to the Editor, cor
respondents and all the readers of
this paper. The new year is not
present with us-enly a new day.
We shall see but one day at time.
If each day is lived right the whole
year will be right. IF each day is
wrong the whole year will be wrong. =.
Each day is white page to be writ
ten-write it beautifully and the book
Of the year will be beautiful.
We have had beautiful weather
most of the time, ideal winter weather,
skies blue and clear. May it be
auspicious of beautiful and bountiful
year.
o. Since my last writing the Christ
mas holidays have been enjoyed and
passed away quietly, and the farmers
are all at work again.
There has been a great deal of
moving among the colored folks and
some of the "white folks too, are
changing around. In fact it seems
that the 'spirit of unrest" has poses
session of the people. Almost every
one thinks if they were only some
place else they would 10 better.
"Hard times is the cry of everybody
but | never knew prospects to look
better and the health of the county
to be better than at present.
Since my last writing it has been
my pleasure to visit your beautiful,
progressive town. always enjoy
the ride from home to Union, the
scenery is so picturesque and grand.
The high hills, the deep valleys, the
silent river and the forest trees clad
IN their autumn foliage, the farm
houses on the distant hills and the
cattle wandering listlessly through
the fields and the loving birds filter
ing around makes a picture worthy
of an artists pencil. AS we draw
near town our eyes view the magni-
ficent Monarch Mills with it's mirlads
Of pretty, bright houses, then the
Knitting Mills and the neat houses
Of its operatives, then the churches,
school buildings, lovely residences,
surrounded by pretty flower gardens
and then the elegant stores filled to
overaowing with everything you
need, in fact everything seems to be
, on "boom," 1 met friend recently
in Newberry, a former resident of
this county, and he said, 81 never
saw place come out as Union has in
the last few years. / hardly knew
the place when / was there recently"
and II smiled a proud acquiescence
1t is also very pleasant to meet old
friends and exchange kind words
with them for "Old acquaintance
and days of Auld Lang Syne shall
never besforgotten." Ispent an enjoy
able night at the home of our former
neighbors and friends Mr.. and Mrs.
JIG. Hunter and was glad to find
their four hearty, happy and lovely
grand daughters there. They gave
me full account of their school and
their friends which l enjoyed very
much. l was glad to see their names
on the honor roll last week.
1 dined with Mr.. R. M. Aughtry' s
family and was glad to find them in
good health and so cheerful for they
have had lots of sickness since they
moved to your town. Mrs. Aughtry
gave us delicious dinner. She is
one of the finest meat cooks that
ever ate after and she excells also iu
stirring up the sweets" was
happy to see Eimira's name also on
the honor roll this week.
/ dropped into the ''sanctum sane
torium" of our Editor aud found bin
|busy as . bee, but he always takes
zti4esSo have chat. I don't wonder
d.