The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-02-26
WILKINSVuLE

| 'hlSy W, Gu. lf.-lI HAS
been sometime since | have written
q letter to The Times, but l have
been reading it regularly all the
time and take great interest in it.
In nearly half century the paper has
been welcome visitor to my home
and l feel much interest in the town
and county it represents.
Since my last letter cloud has
come over my life and pathway that
is impenetrable by human eyes and
at times | grope in darkness as it
were in the darkness of despair
But a knowledge of the fact that
the setting sun of today will be the
rising sun of tomorrow gives us
cheer and hope that the world can
not take away. Only those who
have such experience will agree with
me that the shock of hundred bat
ties is as nothing compared to the
loss of dear and devoted, loving
wife, whose whole life was spent
in making hers an ideal and happy
home. No sacrifice was too great or
labor too arduous for her when the
welfare of dependents was the object
for which she strove. For twenty
| nine years she had been a teacher
| in the Sabbath school and nothing
gave her more pleasure than to teach
| the little children to "Sing of a
Saviour's dying love" and of his ris-
| ing power. Since she was called
away from us on the 18th of January
| have had letters of sympathy and
| coincidence from friends scattered
from Washington to Texas. Frorl
these we have the assurance thai
the writers are helping us to pea.
the burden, which if left alone to
bear would crush us beneath its
might. Her life went out as gentle
| and quietly as the sun sets behind
the western skies and we mourn not
| as these without hope, for the LorG
gave and the Lord taketh away;
| blessed be the name of the Lord"
Mr.. F. A. Goforth, one of our best
citizens had the misfortune to cut
his foot last week with an axe while
| chopping wood. He was some dis
tance from his home when the acci.
dent happened but he managed to get
to the house and called Mrs. Lee,
his nearest neighbor, who with her
daughter, came to his assistance and
bound up his wound and it is doing
very well, but it will be days and
| maybe weeks before he can walk on
it again. 1t so happened that none
of his family were at home when
the accident happened.
Mr.. Jonathan Buice, one of our old
neighbors VINO now lives near Hich
| ory Grove, came over and spent
few days last week with his friends
on this side. We were all glad to
! see him and would have been glad
| for him to have stayed longer.
Herbert Finley, the little five year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam j.
Strain, has been sick for several days
and DR.. w. A. Hard of Hickory
Grove was called to see him and
treated the case. He has grippe and
| jaundice.
Your correspondent was very
much disappointed in consequence of
| sickness in the family, he did not get
to attend the Laymen's Missionary
convention in session in Charlotte,
N. G.. This convention is made up
of representatives of the Southern
Presbyterian church and it's object is
to send the gospel to the heather
lands as well as strengthen the faith
| and influence of its members in the
| home land.
The rain night before last has put
our roads in bad condition again. The
writer had been over them and they
were in good condition last week, SO
much so that automobiles were run
ming glibly last Sabbath.
l met Mr.. w. j. Morehea1 OF
Blacksburg at Hickory Grove last
week, he is an old neighbor of ours
and life reader and subscriber to
The Times and he speaks so we'll of
the paper.
According to the old Dutch rule,
today-Ash Wednesday, decides the
fate of the wheat crop this year. If
the day is fair it will be good crop
| if otherwise, it will be a failure. But
we take no stock in such only to
merely mention it in passing.
Messrs Sam. j. Strain and Asa
| Blackwell are doing some house
building and improving.
Rev. Keaton, the new preacher on
the Gaflney circuit. preached at
Mopotau2ia last Sabbath.
There will be no sli! moon hi
month, this has not happened be-
fore since 1866.
We were so glad to have our
friend "Moxy" call upon us last week.
He is representing a marble and
granite company in Spartanburg, and
doing a fairly good business in Cher
okee county. He is a jolly good fell
! low, a fine talker, and no doubt would
make one of the opposite sex an
| agreeable life partner. | allude to
this much for brother "Smike's" ben
| eft as any other of The Times read
ers, except "Moxey" himself.