The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-27
LOCKHART JUNCTION

Lockhart Junction, Oct 23.-We
are having fine weather but little
cool. l don't mind the cool weather.
so it is fair. l guess others are the
same way.
l have just returned from Great
Falls, where | went to visit my son,
who is at work in the company store
at that place. Mr.. T. NJ. Tweed went
with me, as he had relatives in York
county. We drove through the coun-
try by Lockhart Mills and Wilkes
burg, stopping at Mr. James Simp-
sons home near Chester, where we
spent the first night. We enjoyed
our stay at his hospita6le home with
his kind family. Mr.. Simpson lived
IN Union county few years ago, liv-
ing near ,Jonesville when he moved
back to Chester. He is well known
in Union county. He keeps up with
the happenings and changes in Union
county for he tells me he takes The
Union Times.
We stopped in Chester with Mr.. r.
M. White, prominent planter. He
has large dairy near town. His
home was our home while we STAYED
with him and he was delighted in
showing us around his farm and dairy.
He had many fine cattle to show us
and has fine farm, improving his
farm by sowing clover and alfalfa.
He is making a great deal of his fer
tilizer from his cattle.
We took in the Chester fair, seeing
two thousand school children in pro-
cession with their banners floating in
the air with the name of their school.
Made fine show. / heard two
speeches by Governor Manning, one
on Education and the other on the
Boil Weevil. He has been in Louisi-
ana and other States looking into
the situation and what effect the boil
weevil has had on the crops. He
says they will be in South Carolina
soon and we had better prepare for
them.
l will say it is good to make friends
and to have them. l will go back to
Mr.. R. M. White. Mr.. White sent us
to Great Falls in his auto, distance
of about 25 miles, free of charge We
surely did enjoy the kind hospitality
shown us in his home by him and
his kind family. Many thanks for his
accommodations to us.
Well, we will travel on, as I told
some | would give them the news this
time, as l never got to write last
week.
After arriving at Great Falls l met
my son and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. l.. Gault, who were glad to see us
of course and we were glad to see
them. found them we'll and in a
nice business place. After being there
awhile l met several who had moved
from Union county to that place.
These people all made us feel like
we were at home.
Great Falls has it's right name.
The Catawba river has it's great rock
shoals and water falls and power
dams. / was shown around over the
power plant. Met Northern man
from Philadelphia who was willing
to give me information and if had
been short hand writer I could have
got enough news from that man to
NIL newspaper, let alone column.
He was machinist; knew all about
the plant; benn in the business twen-
Iy years. He carri-a .... to where
the electric power was transferred
from one place to another. Showed
me the nitric plant, where they caught
the nitrogen from the air. | saw
the compress air engine running
with air and by air and catching air.
What about that? Well, some might
say that is nothing, but go and see
for yourself and you will think it is
something. One engine was hot as if
1T was running by steam, while the
other one was run with the same
speed and the engine was not so hot.
One was only running by his guage
at % lbs. or degrees, like | have
seen on the old Tozier engine. They
are still in use today but are running
quite differently. 1t is run by steam.
You see the difference. I had better
close as | haven't enough space 20
tell you all this time. / will tel! va
some next time.
will tell you walked through a
little town of shanty houses where
the work hands stayed. There were
only $50 houses and 900 work men.
?ave been in Chester county, but
| not through this section. I will cav