The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-01-30
TOWNSVILLE

jah Phillips died at the home of his
son in the mill town here last week
at the age of ~. His remains were
carried to Pacolet the following day
and buried in the cemetery there.
Mrs. T. A. Littlejohn has been in
the hospital in Spartanburg for more
than week and just now she is some
better and in a way to improve. Two
little boys of five pounds each are
Ter companions and have been for a
week.
Mrs. J. F. Altman has been quite
sick for some time and but little
change, if any, for the better.
Mr., j. w. Bates is slowly improv-
ing and is able to attend to his store.
Mrs S. A. Porter is suffering with
the loathsome disease, asthma, and
at times she is much better, but Just
now she is not so well.
1t seems that according to the re.
port of Comptroller General Jones,
some of the counties of the State
have been doing some poor bookkeep-
ing or some reckless handling of the
counties funds, as they had used or
overdrawn their appropriations and
that said counties will be quite def
cient in funds, a thing the law for
bids. The names of the counties are
not given but it seems that the comp
troller general will report these
counties to the grand juries of said
counties which will bring these con-
ditions to light. Well, we will see
what we will see.
The Widowers Club of Jonesville,
has opened it's doors to the old bach
elors which l think is done more to
stir the old maids to more energy and
greater diligence.
have been requested to write
some old time tales and stories, and
| will give one incident that occurred
in Union away back when l was a
kid. The town was not called Union
then, but was called the Court House
md most all the men all over the
county went to the "court house" ev-
cry salesday. The bar rooms were in
existence then with variety of liq-
uors and / must acknowledge the lfq-
uor then as rule was pure and did
not run men crazy like the cheap
stuff does now. One salesday I went
to the court house" with my father
and had never seen a "court house"
light up to that day, but two old
farmers from the county had fight
On Main street near where the Con-
federate monument is, and I happen
ed to be on the ground and saw the
beliggerents punching and knocking
and gouging each other and the baaog
flying and scattering over the fig..~,
ers and some of the bystanders, /and
there was a big fuss and mix up of
the men, and they were taking sides
and it seemed there would be a gem
eral melee and l declare I was more
scared than was many years after
ards on the firing line at Bull Run
at the first great battle of the late
var. There were at least two hun
dred men in the streets mixed up in
this row. But lsten There was not
am sure a hip pocket pistol in the
whole bunch-but the attorney gem
eral was not there that day.
l.. G. Southland, of the Union bar,
spent Sunday with his parents, in
II town.
Messrs Jonathan Buice and Robert
Foster of Cherokee county, visited
relatives here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Whitlock, of
Denver, Colorado, are the guests of
Mr.. Whitlock's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Munro Whitolck.
The oyster supper furnished by the
ladies of the Methodist church last
Friday night was we'll attended AMI
$1,000 above expenses was realized.
Professor H. w. Alderman, IF
Landrum, was in our town on bust
ness last Saturday
1t seems that our legislators are
doing and going to do much business
this session as they have up to this
date 996 bills before them for con-
Slderatlon. Telephone.
The report of Comptroller General