The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-05-16
= OYER THE COUNTY =

way home from Columbia. The train
gave me time to shake his hand and
have short talk.
What Gov. Blease says about laws
delays may be in a great part true,
as to lynch laws, and as to lawyers
defending negro brutes, or any other
kind as to that, let us say bad char
acter whom the lawyers know, may
also be true, but again let us say
the abuse Of the pardoning power
by an INSCRIPTIONS man, turning
out all of the worse characters, is
far worse. 1t is the most brazen
cheek or gall that that sort of a man
should ever say anything about en-
forcing laws, and when laws are en-
forced tears down the courts work.
Three men, a German, a French
man and an Irishman, were discuss
ing once, the nationality of those
things which infest the human body
and causes sickness, believe profess
sional men call them microorgan-
isnhs, etc. The Irishman claimed
them to be Irish because they were
named mike (being microbes.) The
Frenchman claimed them to be from
Paris, as they were Parasites, and
the German said they were from
Germany, being germany. Well
let them have it SO, but if colds come
from germ, microbe or a parasite,
and each is of distinct national
ity," 1 think the whole team of the
foreigners get on to me in one night
without giving me any warning for
they had me aroused before day
with such sudden cold that for a
while I thought it (or they) were en-
htirely foreign to me, and / was feel
ing entirely too bad for Sunday. r
believe I had as soon a witch would
ride me. Hadn't you Mr.. Editor.
The clerks and the merchants have
commenced to close up at six o'clock
and people, especially farmers, if
they need anything touching their
business, they must hustle around
and quit work earlier to go to the
store, or they are out. There is
some amusing Incidents connected
with the six o'clock closing in the
past. In one instance the stores
would close, and the merchants and
clerks would sit on the doors until
dark, but they would not sell you
anything. Once a man rode three
naiks to-the store to trade, and got
there about $3.50 o'clock, and another
customer being ahead he had to wait
a while, then he got a cake of soap,
a Hackage Of soda, a pound of cof-
feel rs cents worth of sugar, a TO-
cent plug of tobacco, and turned to
- do Is worth of bacon and a |
GYgar, but alas. the old
p, % But they CLOSED at six; and
Sd 3 had to go home, and next day
had to stop blowing and ride the
thrde miles again each way, to get
somfthing for his people to
eat. After that, he always went in
the morning, for he made more time
to \ fait an hour and half for them
to let up, so he could trade.
Pill you answer me and tell if
this is a repetition of the spring and
sumlher of 1911? 1t is so dry down
thisI way that very few seeds will
gerr4inate, and then plants won't
grow. There is not much cotton seed
to be planted, the farmers were much
earle this year, but much corn is
to be planted, and what is worse,
much land that has not been touched
with plow, and it is very hard to
plow we'll. Land was very trouble
some to prepare this year, and the
greatest part of it was very roughly
prepared. Narrowing land is a great
benefit, and 1 believe that about ev-
cry man tries to work too much land,
at least to the amount of that which
he has not time to harrow well, for
| do3not believe there ever is an acre
of land prepared well with only one
blowing, no matter how good the
blowing is done. We have too much
to go over. At the beginning of the
season this year, land hardened rap
idly, and / had some which broke up
cloddy, but in few days we had
some; good rains and then l ran an
Acme" harrow over the toughest
places, and when the land was "laid"
off that portion felt almost like walk
ing on carpet compared with the
other, and held the moisture SO much