The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-09-24
TOWNSVILLE

Jonesville, Sept. 21.-The weather
man wouldn't promise US any relief
from the hot dry weather, but the
clouds rolled up yesterday afternoon
and gave us a good shower and
changed the atmosphere to some
cooler.
Cotton picking is on in earnest for
the fields are white and there is a
rush to get it out Yet / saw 18
negro men and boys sitting along on
the curb stone yesterday doing moth
ing. If our country should get into
war think it should draft all these
idle negroes and put them. right in the
f---- If,ave Just learned that q terminal
has been established at Rocky Creek
bridge on the public road from Jones'
vile to Union. The automobiles come
up from below and they bring much
booze and then other autos come down
from above and they meet at the
terminal and exchange their goods and
each turn back.
A change in things sometimes is
for the best and is an Improvement
on the old, but ,alas, we have too MANY
changes. Let's enumerate a few of
them and see here is the change i'm
the fashions, in society, in church
worship and the singing. Then the
version of the old Bible has been
changed from the authorized to the
revised and then the conduct of church
members. Why, Mr.. Editor, you can't
tell church member these days from
a non-church member by their lives.
The church member swears, CANDLES.
drinks, commits adultery just the
same as the other fellow. Thus has
the standard of religion been lowered
till it has become a joke. He'll
has been modified. All the fire and
birthstone has been eliminated, which
makes it bright, clear place and so
the world moves on in it's pleasure and
luxury and the devil is just doing
about as well as he wants to. Now
this is a right dark picture, so let's
see If we can't pick up little some
thing on the other side for encour-
agement. Yes, the whole State the
other day, except Charleston and one
other county, voted for prohibition.
That's good. Gov. Manning says the
law must be obeyed. If so, that will
be one step in the right direction. L
may have more to say on this subject
later on.
The gins are doing a good business
ginning the new crop and the market
has been right lively the past week;
10 Ia cents being the ruling price.
There is one case of scarlet fever
in our town and hear there are sew
eral cases of it at Pacolet Othere-
wise our folks are healthy.
Mr.. Fontane Webber and Miss Myr-
tie Coleman were quietly married
few days ago. Mr.. Charles N. Alex
ander performed the marriage cere-
mony that made the youthful couple
one.
Mr.. John Ross has succeeded Mr..
Lee Burrell as section foreman for
the Southern railway at this place.
Mr.. Burrell has been transferred to
Spartanburg.
Mr.. j. E. Meyers has resigned as
superintendent of the Wallace cotton
mills and Mr.. W. P. Lester, a prac-
tical mill man, has succeeded Mr..
Meyers.
We certainly have two men at the
head of affairs, one of the State and
the other of the United States, that
will pull our country through the
threatening difficulties that lie out be-
fore US. Gov. Manning went = in
among the street car strikers and |
made himself one of the boys and the
strike was soon settled. Then Presi- |