The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-01-03
Santuc News Letter.

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self of the opportunity of saying
Merry Christmas, I guess can say
all right enough, "a Happy New
Year."
The Christmas that lis now lust
ebbed away was common place, dull
one, or to be more optimistic, was a
plain, unassuming one. That is,
there was no very big noise or extra
put on (no rowdyism) but guess al
most if not quite all of everybody
enjoyed it, period of rest. 1t COM
ing just at the time when the. pendu-
lum of the season is starting to
swing back towards summer. The
people generally are about ready to
cut loose, so to speak, from( 1.-THE joli-
ties of this holiday seaa1ithe hol-
iday season of holiday eakons-and
get about business again. But there
will be some found, manyBI guess,
will be drawn into The suction, and
held there. But have tlnined my
self to float like cork oh That vor-
tex, if l feel the suction at fll. 1t is
all in the training.
There was "whole raft of peo-
pie visiting, or coming home to spend
Christmas, from Clemson College,
Furman University, Greenvle Fe-
male College and those \waf teach
ing school or following otfiel bccupa-
tions. But if l would try I'd yet all
of them down, 1 might overlook one,
and be accused of "forgetffngk some,
unless l could get some help,
Those pretty Christmas cards that
came from some young ladies ''up the
road, was remembrance, a big
deed in little thing, and wasl with
all very sweet of them. Wellsome
girls have a way of being swedk any
way, more so it seems than aAother
would, and lives long time; and,may
they never change, except in name.
Our section, or community, is get
| ting a thinning now. Mr.. w. T.
Stokes has rented out his farm, sold
| out stock, feed, household goods, etc.
and has with hus daughter, Miss
Minnie, moved to Burlington, N. c.,
to make their future home. Miss Min
ME was conspicuous in church, mis-
sions, and Sunday School work, and
these kind are distinct loss to any
community when they leave it.
Mr.. R. G. A. Jeter has bought a
farm over at Sedalia, and is now
moving over there, with his two little
children, Earl and Irene. These lit
tie children have been making their
home in the household where the
writer lives, since the death Of their
mother and their two littA baby
brothers, who were killed by rail
road engine more than a yearSaga.
and don't you know that
mss fhem~these little Children :,
we will miss our fellow citizen. -
Mr. r. ]. Jenkins, since the early
fall months, has left town, having
moved to his farm about three miles
out and while he has not left the COM
munity entirely, we miss them from
our little town.
Mr.. John Wix has given up farm
ing and has gone to Bufftlo cotton
mills where he has a position. All
OF these numerous citizens, white
citizens, from a place and it is like
sending off circulating medium, it
leaves a vacancy that is hard to fill in
some cases. When church and Sun
day School workers step off a place,
and no one comes in to take their
place, the loss will be telling though
some other place will gain by the
transfer. We wish them much good
luck in their new homes.
Magnets draw iron and steel, and
| am of the opinion that there ard
kinds of magnets that draw stockI|
We, that is myself and brothers, havd
some little farms in a bunch and
about all the stock in the neig ghboriI
hood is want to drift to them, liktI
water running to a depression. III
some little potato patches there, arlI
hogs roofing, from two miles around
From all points north east, south and
west, and the intermediate points
hogs, come. Every path leading Il
the farms is thickly printed by no
tracks. In one day l think Their
were forty hogs around. ] thini
they are taking Christmas there, d
are having a field party. But theI
have been coming since before l fiu
lshed pulling corn or picking pea{
AS the negroes say, they did not red
ognize me the crops nor my right
there. For while l was very ud
easy fearing they would destroy mi
shocked corn before / could haul