The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-03-13
WILKINSvILLE

thI. buieoH. cOT ABOUT IOrCy years |
l have been a reader of The Times
and am satisfied that it is betterI
paper today than 1t has. ever been. NV
first newspaper correspondence for
it was done under the administration
of the venerable Robert M. Stokes.
who for many years was the editor.
l would be glad to tell the readers
how Mr.. Stokes drew me into the
corps of correspondence for the pa
per. He said l had turn for news
paper work and he wanted me to de-
velop it. He wanted q correspondents
in each section of the county (ofl
which this North Pacolet was then a
party and /, with some others could
represent this section. told him II
did not think I could get up a letter
that would interest his readers on in
any help out the paper. eyes, you
can," he said, "an account of a dop
fight would be read with much inter-
est by people away from the scene.D
BY the way, | want to say right here
that the town Cor rather city of I'm
ion now) owes r. M. Stokes a debt it
can never pay. He was a pioneer of
the progressive spirit that made I'm
ion what it is today. He was the
first man we knew of to advocate the
building of cotton mill at Union-r
said it would start a movement thavl
there was no telling what it would
amount to or where it would end. He
was really laughed at by men who
had the money to do what he said.
Time and again he brought it up, in
fact he kept hammering at it until
others began to see that there was
something in it and the progressive
spirit took root and Union began to
grow and from that day to this we
have held in high esteem the wonder
ful influence of a well-conducted
newspaper-one that stands for some
thing. Mr.. Stokes hadn't the money
himself (for we are told that liter
ary men are always poor and gener-
ally ugly) but he had brains that viii,
always count. But the time came
when North Pacolet and sections of
York and Spartanburg counties, the
best portions of them of course,
thought it would be advisable to un-
tie and form a new county and. set
up county government of their own,
with a court house more convenient
than those of either of the old coun-
ties. This we have found to all con-
cerned. But while it is true we ar.
separated by county lines still our
high esteem of the people of old Un-
ION county has remained in tact and
we note their progressive spirit with
great deal of pleasure We believe
1t takes small counties as we'll as
smaller farms to make happy, pros
porous and progressive people, as a
whole we have better roads, better
schools and many other public con-
veniences by reason of them.
Mr.. Jeff Hughes, who is well and
favorably known in Union county and
who spends good portion of his time
IN Cherokee with relatives and
friends, gave us call yesterday. He
Is pretty we'll advanced in years but
he has never yet had the measles and
he is dreading it. I1&
l. We regret to hear Of the death5
Mr.. William Sanders, of Pea RidreJ
He is son of our old friend and com,
rade in arms, w. H. Sanders whom
we highly esteem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Blackwell, of
York county, visited their relatives in
the Fairforest section this week and
they are highly pleased with their
trip and the people they met on the
trip. We are sorry that the cold
weather was such as to prevent their
seeing more of the country and the
people than they did. They are go
ing over again when they can stay
longer. Mrs. Bennett is a grand
daughter of the writer and he is
proud of her
The Sunnyside High School is NOV
ing along nicely with its work of edu-
eating the young. Prof. L. B. Haynes
has three lady assistants. This school
that has been operating for
quite awhile. We believe it will do a
good work for our district, although
it is somewhat difficult for some of
the children who live in the remote
parts of the school districts to attend