The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-12-19
JONESVILLE

can be no complaint at the weather
man for he is giving us the finest
weather that can be afforded and
there can be no good excuse for any
one to complain either of the weather
or the fine crops and good prices. 1t
has been a bumper year for all South
Carolina and then Woodrow Wilson
is managing the affairs of the gener-
al government up at Washington. As
it has never been so we'll done it is
really a year of jubilee, but I fear
our people do not realize it as they
should. Everything is high and near
ly equal; what we have to sell in this
country we get good prices for, and
of course we may expect to pay the
other fellow pretty high for what we
have to buy.
l bought drove hog the other day
and paid $42.25 for it. | have seen
the time when | could almost buy a
drove of hogs for that much money.
| paid forty cents a dozen for eggs
today and have seen the time that
could buy five dozen for forty cents,
but l blame my hens for this, for
they have joined the strike and won't
lay an egg for Thanksgiving, we'd
ding of Christmas either.
| was so glad to see letter from
VoX in The Times last week, would
like to hear from him oftener.
Some fellow wrote a letter to San
ia Claus in The Times last week and
said he wanted Santa to bring him a
wife but he was too shamed faced,
timid or bashful to sign his name.
Well, that sort of fellow will never
get a wife; he will have to come
across and tell his name and call
himself smoky" or something that
Santa will understand
Last Saturday was one of those
big days for Jonesville, ninety bales
of cotton went on the market at 13
IA cents, which means about fifty
eight hundred went into the farmers
pockets in this community. The mer-
chants had good trade and got a
good part of the money that is float
ing around.
Rev. j. A. Cook, the new Methodist
minister, preached for the Jonesville
circuit at the Methodist church Sun
day morning. He preached a good
sermon and made a fine impression
on his congregation. Bro. Cook has
not moved to Jonesville yet but will
move this week. Rev. w. H. Ariail.
the retiring minister, will vacate the
parsonage this week and will go to
his new work at Black Swamp cir
cult. The parsonage on that circui.
is' at Garnett, small Uowrt>-uh iy4J
Seaboard railroad, about forty miles
from Savannah.
Mr.. j.. w. Bates, who has been very
sick and went to Columbia for trc,t-
ment, has returned and is improving
DIR. H. T. Hames and Mrs. Hanes
went to Chester last Saturday to at.
tend the funeral of one of Mrs.
Hames' sisters.
The time for Christmas gifts or
presents is here. / have already re-
ceived one from Chicago. The giving
of Christmas presents originated at
the birth of our Savior when the wise
men from the East came and BROUGHT
gifts of frankincense and myrrh and
presented them to Mary the mother
OF the young child Jesus and giving
of presents has been practiced ever
since. This is right and proper but
the modern WY of celebrating the
birth of Christ is a departure from
the original and to my mind is a sin.
think | can see the forecast of
wedding bells in our town.
Mr.. w. c. Johnson is the champion
hog raiser in Jonesville. He butch
cred three hogs the other day of his
own raising, 13 months old, that
weighed 475-4S9-5O5 respectively.
Prudence Lodge No. 139 at a COM
munication Saturday night elected
and appointed the following officers
for the ensuing year: w. H. S. Har-
ris, w. M; j. W.Scott, S. w.; S. w.
Goforth, j. W.; w. A. McWhirter.
Treas; }. w. Bates, Sec; DR.. G. w.
B. Smith, S. d.; N. S. Thackston, ].
ID. Boyd, E. Scott, j. L. Hodge, Stew
ards; r. j. Kirby, 'Tiler.
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