The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-12-08
THANKSGIVING AT TOWNSVILLE
Telephone Thinks is Cent Cot
ton FOO High. JOneSviile 10
have a Telephone System.
Fight on the Street. Other
Local News of Interest.

Thanksgiving was generally OBJ
served in our town last Thursday
and the day was quiet and orderly.
Rev. ID. +. Camak preached at
his church here last night to n large
and attentive congregation. He
will preach his last sermon for this
conference year next Sunday. Mr..
Camak's work has been very accept
able to his church here this year
and he will be acceptable for the
next year and he will no doubt be
returned as he will carry good re-
port up to the annual conference at
Spartanburg next week.
| understand some farmers in
the country are criticising me for
what | wrote in the columns OF
The TIMES in regard to the pric'
the cotton growers association put
upon the cotton when they moved
the price from II to Is cents. ]
wish to say in these same columns
that | meant no harm to any farm
or or farmers organization for | was
born and raised OH a farm and hav,
always been Il sort of a farmer, and
| know the soil supports everything
and from Mother Earth we all com
and to her we must all return, and
to the tillcrs of the soil | have the
greatest respect and am much inter
estcd and for that very reason ]
wrote what / did, and this is my
position still. If cotton goes up to
Is cents, most, if not all of the
neccssarics Of life will 60 up in pro-
portion to the advance in cotton
and the farmers, (and they are in
the majority, tee,) that have sold
their cotton up to II cents, the
price once fixed by the association,
will be forced to pay these advanced
prices, and will be hurt by it, so /
am talking in the interest of the
majority Of the farmers as | under
stand it, and those who were not
able to hold their cotton but must
sell it to pay their debts. The cot
ton season is nearly over and it is
too late now to raise the price after
SO many have sold at the price the
association fixed. I am not alone
! in my views about this matter, for
! have had Il number of farmers to
tell me that they agree with me and
some of them belong to the cotton
growers association.
DR.. w. O. Southard, Mrs. South
ard, and their daughter, Miss
Mary, will go to Jersey City this
week to attend the wedding of
relative of DR.. Southard's. The
doctor will then go over to New
York and spend several days in the
further study of medical science.
, Mcssrs. w. w. Wood and A. J.
Wright have returned from Okla
, homa where they have been for
some days attending the big land
sales. Mr.. Wood bought five lots
and Mr.. Wright bought six lots.
Joncsvillc is to have q local phone
system soon. The Bell Telephone
Company will put in a central office
in the former office of DR.. H. T.
Hamcs and Miss kittie Altman,
daughter of Mr.. Ezra Altman, will
be the hello girl. Most Of the fix
lures for the Office are now here
and as soon as the balance arrives
the system will be installed.
The entertainment at the graded
school house last Friday night was
a success. Some fifty dollars was
realized, which will be used for a
Christmas tree for the school.
The corpse OF Louis Jeter, who
was killed at Moorc's Station at q
hot supper Thursday night of last
week was brought here on the train
Saturday night and buried in the
country yesterday. Louis was the
son of Ci Jeter, a good old colored
man that lives here. \ negro who
is charged with the killing is in Jail
at Spartanburg with two bullet
holes in his body.
Our Mayor, J. W. Gallman and
John Conner had fight in the
streets here yesterday, and Conner
was locked in the calaboose where
he spent the night. He will have q
trial next Saturday and will be rep
rented by b. +. Townsend, Esq, of
the Union bar.
Mrs. J. w. Beatty and two grand
sons spent Thanksgiving day at the
home of Mr.. +. II. Jcter.
Mrs. NJ d. Harris, of Union,
spent Thanksgiving Day in Jones'
vile.
Rev. +. X. Harden, of Spartan
burg, filled the Methodist pulpit
here on Thanksgiving night, and he
took the Presidents message for
| the basis of his rc,nnnrks and hn