The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-12-25
SANTUC NEWS

Santuc, Dec. 21.-To be on time-a
Merry Christmas to all, especially
The Times force and correspondents.
There is nothing like being on time
for anything, so l had better say
christmas gift" now. Every New
Year people say something about
turning over new leaf. If | have
not turned it over in advance | am
ready to flop it, with {. rattling flop.
News is scarce about here as sun
shine. | am not able to pick up
single personal item. If it was III
plentiful as rats, then you could hear
me talk. Mud out of doors is entirely
too deep for tennis shoes, and CHEAP
summer slippers. They won't match.
Last week was cold, Is degrees on
Wednesday, this was the coldest day
of any day for several years. The
creek was frozen entirely over where
not too swift.
| have not heard of any Christmas
entertainments, but l had some cir,
cumstantial evidence. | saw two bug
gy loads of evergreen go by. |
thought it was holly, but to equal
"MoXy" l was looking at the girls
who had them, and failed to get a
convincing grip on the "nater" of the
evergreens.
| have about come to the conclusion
that sometimes "sorter" long hair is
a good thing. l got a hair cut last
week, cold wave overlook my head
and it liked to have froze. Whcw!
Cotton seed is now worth, or is sell
ing for one dollar hundred pounds
at this place. Umph! They are not
worth any more now than they were
one month ago. or rather they were.
worth one month ago every cent that
they are selling for now. But the
not wish to accuse anybody but it
seems significant to me. About all of
the seed are out of the producers
hands. Lots of people and mostly
negroes, just had to sell to get little
living money, and now the present
high price for seed is likely to be an
excuse to put up the price of meal
from the cheap seed-back to the
users. Watch it. You will soon hear
of the rise in G. S. meal.
l saw negro man yesterday who
needs good new shirt, grown man
and last week | saw few punches of
little negroes who were very ragged
had no good cotton cloth and | have
seen few white men of late who
would look more dressed up if they
had a new shirt. And then I have
been bothered with a dining in my
ears-that the farmers have gone and
made too much cotton, that there is
no demand for it-or to that effect
and | wondered why that negro man
and others ragged, why all those little
plcaninnies could not hide their skin ?
You remember that once Ben Terrell,
OF Texas said: there was never such
a thing as an overproduction of cot
ton as long as single person in the
world went ragged, for the want OF
money to. buy new shirt" There
might have been an over production
of cotton at the expense of home sup.
plies for the producer.
This is indeed a very wet month
Everything on the farm is tied up
there will be both cotton and corn ir
the fields during Christmas. 1t is i'm.
possible for the farmers to get
through with this years crop this
year. There is much of the enSi,,s
up of ginning to be done, but the
rains have wet the cotton and wet a:
it is hauled to the gin and the cir
cannot run on any sort of time, bul
a. very heavy expense on account ol
it. Every available shelter has &
wagon load or more of cotton under
them. Oh, well, we will only have tc
grin and bear it, and wait, and try tc
haul light loads of firewood. Roads
are badly cut up and one has to 1t
careful how or where he takes a team
and wagon out of the road or in tht
field. This miry conditions of The
fields is helping the corn as there ha!
been but little favorable weather pre-
vailed since the 28th of November.
That was a sad bit of news, that o.
Mrs. Franklin of Ottaray mills ant
also her husband, leaving the providel
with no chance to make support fol
sometime at least. No doubt the peo
pie who are able will respond anC
many others may strain point tt
assist them.
Are birds to go by the board,
have heard that it is becoming hare
to enforce the game laws anywher,
That there are no appropriations t,
pay game warden and he canno
give his time for nothing. Their,
have been cases reported where tn,
warden tried to enforce the gam
laws as to fish, etc., and others woul,
connive to aid the offenders to escap
a penalty. Especially is the par
fridge scarce this year. | had cove,
which | had petted and fed and shel
tered and tried to avoid frightenin,
: them, but was afraid some one woul
shoot them, and some one went on m
place without my permission and sho
my birds and / don't like it, and an
going to stop hungry dogs from
prowling around there next year an
hunting partridge eggs and baby rab
bits. This country would be drear,
place with nothing on it but dogs an,
men. While / am on the bird question
let me add that last May the section