The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-22
WILKINSVHLE

Wilkinsville, May 16.-The Times
readers are frequently asking me
why l do not write more for The
Times, aud this inquiry leads me to
believe that my poor letters are still
more or less appreciated by some, att
least. The fact that The Times is
been during the long time of forty
years it has been a regular visitor
to my home and l am satisfied its
corps of correspondents are equal to,
if not superior to, the best it has
ever had. 1t seems that every nook
and corner of Union county is prac-
tically covered with contributors who
take pride in their county paper
more readable with each issue. This,
of course, excludes the necessity of a
correspondent from another county
Quitting in TO help those who are so
fully competent and able to help
themselves. But as l am in a way,
still part and parcel of the old county
| feel that line now and then from
this section will not be out of place
altogether.
l am highly pleased with what Mrs.
B. G. Clifford has done and is still
doing to preserve the rolls of the men
Union sent to the army in the War
| between the States. AS long as a
single veteran survives who took part
in that struggle, he should place him
self and his services at her command
to help her in this laudable work for
which coming generations will rise up
and call her blessed. We have quite a
number of people in Cherokee coun-
| ty who have been life long subscrib-
ers to The Times and these have not
lost their interest in the old county or
the paper that represents it.
Farmers are now at a standstilI
with their work. Much of the plant
ing, especially corn is yet to be done
and a good deal of the land is yet to
be prepared. In many places cotton
is up to good stand but the ground
is too dry to work it yet.
For two weeks or longer l have
been on the sick list suffering with
grip. have lost so pounds in
weight within the past two months
Mrs. H. R. Fowler and her brother.
Mr.. Dave Farr, from over on the
Ridge, are visiting Mr.. John H Fow-
Ter and family.
Several new automobiles have re-
Gently been bought and brought into
this neighborhood. They are now
gies used to be. One thing about it'll
is very evident-the automobile has
brought an era of good roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Patterson
of Washington visited in this section
last week. They left home on the 23rd
of April and will be away until the
first of June, or perhaps, a few days
latter. Mrs. Patterson is daughter
of Mr.. Hayes B. Estes, who left this |
country during the stormy days of !
III in the Ku Klux times. He went
to East Tennessee and finally to |
Washington territory, where this |
child, Mrs. Patterson, was born. Mr.. |
Patterson is a native of the State of |
Pennsylvania, he with his family emf
grated to Washington whenS he was
quite child. He is railroad man,
having been employed on one
great trunk lines through the1
for several years Nff. and Muir Car
terson have for number of h ~
been laying up funds to make their
homes of their parents and we have
been much pleased with them and
their visit and hope son to give an
extended account of it. 1t will read
like romance but it is new
ertheless, solid facts. The providencel
of God that brought girl of South
ern blood and man of northern birth
into the happy relationship of mani
and wife with a large connection on
both sides is lesson that ought to be
learned. 1t proves beyond the shadow
of doubt that God moves in a mys-
terious way His wonders to perform.
He plants His footsteps in the sea
and rides upon the storm. Vox.