The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10
TOWNSVILLE


from Jonesville named Rev. Haney |
and considered pretty good fellow
went to Union, tanked up on dispen-
sary liquor, he says of two different |
kinds, came home on the train late in |
the evening and started home and he
got mixed up with gully on the way |
and didn't reach his home. He was
found Saturday in the gully in seri-
Gus condition. He was carried to his !
brothers, William Haney, here in
Jonesville. DR.. Hames was called to !
see him and the case was so serious he |
wired for DR.. Steedley of Spartan
burg, who came down and he, with Dr. |
Hames, pronounced it a fatal case. |
Ren says he had pocket book with |
$500 in it in his pocket, but that is |
rome. So much for the dispensary
in its last days.
A few days ago | visited the grand |
old gentleman, Mr.. NJ c. Rollins, in |
company with Mr.. Henry Herring of
Columbia. We found him at his |
home at Mr.. R. G. Haney's, his SON
in-law, near Lockhart Junction. He
was in his room all alone seemingly
| comfortable and content. Mr.. Rollins
| in his o8th year and during all
these years there has never been an
accusation brought again him to my
knowledge. He stands like monu-
ment of truth, honesty and justice.
He was soldier in the Gist Guards
in the War Between the States and
was wounded by the conclusion of
shell, which paralyzed his whole sys-
tenn and his paralysis has gradually
grown worse all along through the
years since. He is now blind and his
"ticulation is so bad he can hardly
be understood. We have foreign mis-
sionary societies, home missionary So
cieties, ID. A. r. chapters and u. D.
chapters, but none of these has ever
visited Mr.. Rollins. Then there is his
comrades, the u. d. c. veterans; and
he is member of the camp here at
Jonesville and member of Pacolet
lodge, A. F. NJ, but no response comes
from any of these societies. These
things ought not to be. l am re-
minded in this connection of two little
verses / saw more than 60 years ago
which | have seen published in these
columns before, but l will repeat
them :.
When Nature first sprang into life
And all was fresh with youth
The first instructions man received
Was friendship, love and truth.
Parted friends again shall meet
From the tolls of Nature free
Crowned with mercy, o, how sweet
Will eternal friendship be.
Not long since l heard prominent
man say that Woodrow Wilson and
William Jennings Bryan were the two
greatest men on earth and l agreed
with him, but right now we have an
other man added to these that has,
just come before the people that I
link is equal to either Wilson or Bry-
an, l mean Henry Ford, and if he sue
ceeds in bringing peace to the war
ring nations of Europe he will be the
greatest man of modern times. He is
not only risking his life and health
but spending hundreds of thousands
of dollars in his grand undertaking.
Since l commenced my letter Rem
Haney, the negro spoken of in the first
part of my letter, has died. Rem was
a good worker. He made 20 bales
with one mule. He has 200 bushels
of corn in his crib and some 5000 in
the bank.
Mr.. j. M. Tweed made this year 1870
bushels of corn on two acres of land.
Messrs. NJ. R. Sans, T. A. Little
john and Elizer Mabry are gone down
to Barnwell county on a deer hunt.
Miss Maude Garner of Union spent
Saturday in Jonesville with relatives.
Mr.. Thos. A. Gallman and Miss EN-
mie Hames, two of our young people,
were married few days since.
Mrs. R. E. Bates is spending few
days with her daughter, Mrs. M. M.
Lawson, in Columbia. n
The ladies of the Methodist church.
will conduct bazaar in the base
ment of the Methodist church next
Friday and Saturday evenings, the
proceeds to go for church purposes.
. Our chief of police made a raid on
a bunch of Saturday night sinners and
he pulled about Is gamblers.
Mrs. Joe Walker died at her home
here in town last week. Mrs. Walker
has been suffering for some time with
pellagra. Telephone