The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
"VOx" Comes. Again.

h"a any WING w say 10 Inc
Times readers and 1 thought during
a lull in business affairs and be-
tween coughing spells, superinduced
/ by a severe cold, l would take upon
myself the task of writing you a
short letter.
With us as with everybody else
there is nothing to talk about but
the cold weather and the low price
OF cotton as compared with the
trouble and expense of making it.
Nearly all the cotton left over and
kept for better prices was let loose
this and last week at 10 cents per
pound and farmers, many of them,
were glad to get it. =
i think our people have learned a
lesson-that reduction of the cot.
ton acreage and the raising Of more
bread and foodstnffs is the correct
solution OF the cotton problem.
which has for years and years been
mostly talk and 'taffy." :"
More wheat and oats have been
sown in Gowdeysville and Drayton.
vile. townships than has been sown
at any. one time since the fall of
1881. The following year bumper
crop OF both was raised and it ap-
pears that farmers thought they
would never need any more and
they practically quit sowing.
\, A few farmers adopted the "hog
and, hominy" policy many years
ago and they are the men who are
living easy now. Your townsman.
Mr.. W. R. Walker, is one of those.
He cut out" the cotton raising
business many years ago and he has
a stock farm-hogs and cattle-that
Is credit to any country. In his
absence from home Mr.. James L.
Walker has charge of his business
and he is managing it in business
like way.
There has been a great many
changes in this section since nv
writings to The Times has been sus-
pended and 1 have been cut off in
the new county of Cherokee, but |
have been pushing my pencil in be-
half OF those whom l thought and
still think l can help in many ways.
The Gaffney Ledger has been ex-
tremely kind, patient and lenient
towards me in my feeble attempts
at journalism. At this work l
spend all or most of my spare time
and think 1 love the work. NV
first newspaper writings were for
The Union Times under the edito-
rial management of the venerable
K. NJ. Stokes, who insisted that |
take up the work as it's North Paco
let correspondent, which L did after
he convinced me that it was not
hard. Why" said he, among
other things, an account of dog
fight will be read with great interest
by those living away from the
scene"
Occasionally get hold of a CODY
OF The Times and it seems like
meeting with and renewing the ac-
quaintance of an old friend.
Mr.. &. Wash McKown, an old
Confederate soldier, a member of
Go. F, 18th S. c. Regiment, and at
present commander Of Camp JEFF
fries, U. CIV, had the misfortune
to slip and fall on the ice some
weeks ago and get his thigh bone
broken. He is now in the CITY
Hospital at Gaifney for treatment.
1t is hardly possible. that he will
ever walk again without crutches.
With the exception Of the epi-
demic of colds, superinduced by the
extremely cold and changeable win.
ter. the health of this community ia
fairly good.
Ours schools are, all of them, in
successful working order and we are
still moving on, only getting older
as the years go by.
We think that we have a fine,
splendid county, Cherokee, and a
fair average Of good citizens, a pro-
gressive people with high ideals.
We are glad, too, to note the many
improvements made in Union and
Union county since our section was
part of its territory. Union is a
grand old county and many great
men have been born, reared, lived
and died within its confines to whom
1t can point with pride.
Occasionally will let you, hear
from North Pacolet. Many OF our
older citizens still take The Times
and through some of them / have