The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-04-19
J0nesville News Letter.

Jonesville, April 15.-A good shower
OF rain Is very much needed as the
ground is baked and In bad plow or
der.
Some corn has been planted and cot
ton ground prepared. II a few show
ers would come along at intervals 80
that the ground could be plowed farm
ers would soon be we'll up with their
work
The election for town officers came
off here last week and there was much
interest taken, although there was no
special issue nthe campaign. John
T. Scott, the former mayor, was elect
ed over his opponent, J. w. Bates, and
DR.. F. M. Bllerbe. John M. Gault, r.
j. Kirby and W. w. Wood were elect
ed aldermen. Some, at least, of the
defeated party is charging fraud In
the election and are claiming that
outsiders, minors and some not prop
erly registered, voted and there is talk
Of protesting the election. We GER
tainly ought to have a clean, pure bal
lot box and If fraud Is practiced, It
should be rebuked in all elections, be-
cause free press and an honest bal
lot box and clean jury are necessary
to good government.
Petitions are being circulated In
this town for signers to secure an
election on the establishing OF q dis
pensary In the county. No doubt the
necessary number of signatures will
be obtained to get an election on the
liquor issue but the question is. Will
the people vote q return to the dis
pensary. or will they, as they have
done before, snow It under? We will
see what we will see.
Yesterday in some respects didn't
look much like the holy Sabbath, as
no less than fourteen trains over the
Railway went putting through our
town, to say nothing about the auto
mobiles, bicycles and motor cycles
that were putting and blowing and in
the country the creeks were lined in
I attended the unveiling Of the
Womens Monument in Columbia last
week and It was a great day for South
Carolina. The crowd was immense
and all passed of lovely. I dislike to
criticise the monument but I will say
that to my mind it Is too low. The
bronze statute is all right but the
base Is not high enough to give the
monument the commanding appear
ance that it deserves. Three or four
feet more upon the base would have
added much to the looks Of the monu-
ment.
The Battery store here, w. F. Braw-
ley, manager, has moved to Newberry.
There was cotton fire here last
week and IS bales were burned. 1t
was cotton on the railway platform
which caught from passing engine.
There was about 200 bales upon the
platform and 35 bales were entirely
consumed by the flames. The railway
had receipted for the cotton.
Mrs. w. B. May Of Carlisle is visit
ing Mrs. George G. Wood.
Mrs. Hattie McWhirter, Mrs. N. B.
Eison, Mrs. w. H. 8. Harris and Mrs.
John T. Scott, from the John Hames
chapter U. D. c., attended the un-
yelling of the Women's monument in
Columbia last week.
Miss Hannah Barton who is teach
ing in the graded school here, went
to her home near Rowsville last week.
her father being very i'll and died af-
ter she reached her home. She has
returned to her work In the school
room again.
Moxey, from Lockhart Junction in
his communication to the Times last
week, spoke of two chapters in the
Bible being just the same. Now IL
Moxey will look in the New Testament
he will find two more chapters nearly
the same! They are the oath chapter
of Mathew and the 18th chapter Of
Mark.
I would like to ask some Bible
readers Just how long Noah was
building the Ark and Just where in
| the Bible to find It.