The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-10-07

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| Sunday night the Baptist meeting was
in session. The house and ward we're
full, several had to sit in their bugpies
and / was among them and at the side
door. A man was bringing his little
boy out the door and it being a high stem
and he . short man he stepped in a wav
that he and the child both fell: this was
during preaching and everything, was
quiet and the child didn't cry but saws
papa did you hurt your foot2" Enough
of this.
The next week the people of Coppell
were planning for something to eat and
somewhere to sleep. What was this
aboutp "Y" the Dallas County Baptist
Association was to meet at the Baptist
church, and 1t did meet too. Thursday
afternoon when the FIVE O'Clock train
rolled In from Dallas, you could see We
hlcles OF different kinds going and COM
ing for the delegates. Some one said
there were seventy-five and others came
later on. They'send ladies too-the men
consider their women out here. A num-
Der OF the hosts and hostess had to sleep
on palates, which were hard after having
to COOK and fix for delegates and visitors.
This was great meeting and a number
of good talks and encouraging reports
were heard. This meeting adjourned
Saturday afternoon. The ladies also
held missionary meeting in the Metho
dist church Friday afternoon.
will tell Of a hail storm saw here
early in the spring. l never saw as
much and as large hail in my life. IL
was tolerably dark cloud but did not
frighten me, but my aunt aud some of
the children were and wanted to 90 in
the storm pit. When the cloud came
over few large pieces of split hail fell
off the house and the boys ran out and
and got some for me to eat. 1t looked
like pieces of stones. Well, it began to
pour down as thick as rain and of ali
sizes and shapes. Some were very large.
round balls and had clear and white
rings through it; others were very rough
and were more the shape of French can
dy than anything can tell you. could
not meet around some of it with nv
forefiDger and thumb. 1t pelted the
poor horses until they ran from one side
of the pasture to the other; and it broke
out number of window panes, DESTROY
ed lot OF young chickens and the grain
in some places. After it quit the ground
was covered thick in places. 1t began
raining but quit before it melted the
hail and it looked like it had showed
"A perfect fog of smoke arose and the
most OF it melted away, but not before
we secured q wash tub full to make ice
cream with. A few pieces were brought
to school on Monday afterwards. The
nail came on Saturday evening. 1t was
more destructive and great deal larger
In other parts of the state. They saw
some men cursed God for sending il.
but 1t only did them harm and it has
visited them again recently.
Everyone here that is ableshas a cis-
tern, strom house, tank, windmill and
have their windows, doors and porches
screened. Some of the cisterns are un-
der the ground and keep the water cool:
others are OF zinc and are sitting by the
back porch, more like barrel to catch
the water as it runs off of the house.
This is called soft water; most, or all of |
talking aboaen fbasaent whesh wths artssisn s are hard
go to bathe, they would say, ssget soft
Water" l know now, You get this
hard water and put soap in it and it will
not lather, but curdle. If you wash
your clothes in it throughout they will
be very yellow. 1t was a long time b--
fore got good "drnk'' as thew call
getting water. OF course have gotten
accustomed to it all except the artesian.
like it splendid to wash in but not to
drink.
am in the black "vax' belt. Itcer.
tainly has the right name without it was
tar. After it rains the least sprinkle
you cannot put your foot out without
getting load and then have to kick
lively or get rag and water and use a
little elbow grease and patience. You
bet you don't see the rubber tires out Inn
mediately after rain, but hacks. old
buggies and wagons.
1t was pretty scene here during har-
vesting. Nearly every one who owns
land owns reaper. They use them to
cut cane with too for the hogs.
l have seen them baling hay. blowing
with steam plow and the cultiyators'
They plOw with the cultiyator all. the
time and drive from two to six mules or
horses. They do not shear their mule,s
tails but a very little at the top. and saw
they would not have them sheared.
tell them they look ugly and lazy. They
do not work the horses they drive at ali
and good many have horses and coils
walking up and down the road MAXIM
their own living. They say when Won
see boy or man driving mule it ia the
sign he wants to marry. Let me tell
you here, have been riding mostly in
rubber tires and behind fiery horses.
Several of the boys have road carts and
are breaking colts and have rode with
them in them too.
attended an annual picnic here the
26th OF April. 1t was the Odd Fellows
and Fraternals. They had a band and
marched. There was large crowd; the
largest ever saw and the most dinner
at picnic. They had speaking, a lem
onade and soda pop stand, water in
barrel and two lively games of ball. i
attended another large one at Carrolton.
They had different amusement to make