The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-02-06
TOWNSVILLE

JONESVlLLE, Feb. 3.-Thls good
weather is almost unprecedented in
the memory of our oldest people but
then the weather man is promising
some bad weather soon. The last few
days the gardens begin to show signs
of the coming spring but would adj
wise not to be deceived by a Few
spring-like days.
Yesterday most people all over the
country went up to the court house
and it was like reunion with many
but it had only been a month since
they were all there together and life
is only what we get out of it,, Some
men have lived to be old and feN,s
took holiday nor ate meal alta
hotel in their long life. I heard q
merchant in certain town in this
state say few years since that he
had not taken day out from his
business. He is now dead and he died
rich but he only got decent burial.
The churches of our town had fine
congregations Sunday, at the Pres
byterian church in the morning and
the Methodist church at night, the
pastors seemed to be at their best
and their subjects seemed to be of
the best selection and they were
handled well-with skill and ability
and their hearers were well paid for
the hour they gave to the service.
The building of the Methodist
church in the near future seems now
to be an assured fact, as six thousand
dollars has been subscribed and that
will insure the building and the work
will begin in the near future. I am
in favor of the bill in the Legislature
that has recommended strongly by
Gov. Blease to sell the State farms
and hire the convicts to the counties
from whence they came. Our people
are clamoring for good roads and
they are badly needed and this plan
would be one of the best and be-
lieve the cheapest way to get good
roads. The farms could be sold with
the stock and implements which
would help some in liquidating our
large State indebtedness. Our Sem
ator Macbeth Young has his old sol
diers' pension bill before the senate;
his bill would give every veteran and
widow bounty of $24.0O per annum.
l can say for myself that am not in
favor of the bill. was in the war
four years and l am sure killed one
Yankee and perhaps killed several
more and wounded many, but was a
volunteer and l don't expect any
bounty. The three mill levy under
the Young bill would bring about one
million dollars but It would \l;ke
swapping dollars with maay,.a
that would get the bounty as the iey
upon their property would amount to
as much as the bounty would give
them. I think we had better 90 slow
on special levies and appropriations.
The debate upon the topic Of Wo-
mans Suffrage that was scheduled
for last Friday night was continued
till last night. There was very good
audience at the school house, eager
to hear the oratory of the debate and
they were not disappointed for the
subject was we'll handled by both
sides. DR.. F. NJ. Ellerbe and the
Hon. L. G. Southard stood for the
positive side while Rev. w. S. Porter
and Rev. J. A. Cook stood for the
negative. This subject and debate is
something new under the sun inl
Jonesville, but no doubt we will hear
more of it as the sun makes its daily
rounds, but then somebody will say{
"Stop. Mr.. Telephone, the sun does
not rum" Well, maybe not, but wo1 4
mans tongue does, hence, say we
will hear more of this subject.
The three judges on the debate
lstood. one for the positive and tw4
for the negative, and it's just thA
least bit funny oneru' was one womad
and two men of the judgeAr and thS
woman stood for positive.
Mrs. T. A. Littlejohn, who is in al
hospital in Spartanburg, desperately
i'll, is no better today; her life seems |
to be hanging in the balance.
Miss Lois Altman, who is also in
Spartanburg hospital is doing very
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