The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-08-04
TOWNSVILLE

ooneSNille, aug. 1.-MT. JeI1 TarKS,
one of Jonesville's old citizens, is
seriously sick. Mr.. Parks is a Con-
federate Veteran and did good service
for his country.
A protracted meeting has been in
progress at the Presbyterian church
here since last Wednesday evening.
Rev. George Steen of Columbia, Tenn,
is doing the preaching and he is do
ing it we'll. Mr.. Steen is of the same
family of our old Union county Steens.
The Masons at their lodge here
last Wednesday night conferred the
third degree and served refreshments.
1t was most enjoyable occasion.
There were twenty-five Masons pres
ent and the supper was bountiful and
plenty left. Col. T. c. Duncan from
Union lodge was present by invitation
and assisted the lodge in their work
of comforting the degree. The lodge
here has been adding some good ma
terial to it's membership of late.
The rains have been holding up for
past few days and it is so nice to
have sunshine after rain. The farm
ers have gone into their grassy crops
with vim and determination to
clean them of the grass and hope for
good weather from now on and if they
get the weather to suit there can be
a great outcome in the crops after all.
Much of the cotton has Il good weed
and can make a good crop with fav-
orable weather. AS to the corn crop
it is bound to be a short one, as so
nf hn
Mr.. R. w. Hamilton has about 80
acres of fine bottom corn all swept
away. DR. .Hames and Hawkins Smith
just below Mr.. Hamilton, with many
others on the Pacolet river, while all
the other creeks and rivers suffered in
like manner, which will certainly cause
a short corn crop in this country. This
d of year coming at this time
while the great war is on over in Eu-
rope makes us shudder at the thought
of hard times and we'll we may, for
really the hard times are here now.
The Bible tells us that what has
been will be again and that there is
no new thing under the sun or some
thing like it and now and then we
have history to repeat itself. Mr.. j.
Lancaster (Uncle Jodie, as he is
familiarity called) tells me he attend
ed an all-day Sunday singing at
Spartanburg in the courthouse Sun
day. He said the courthouse was
jammed with people, the book used
was the old Christian Harmony, COM
posed by William H. Walker, Spar
tanburg man of a few generations
ago. Mr.. Walker was known as
Singing Billy" Walker. He taught
my father to sing and many of the
men and women of his day. They
sang the old shape notes and then
applied the words. The men sang bass
and the women sang treble and the
men and women both sang the tenor,
as they called it then, and the alto !
and they could sing and don't you
forget it. Mr.. j. ]. Burnett was chair
man of the singing convention, but
quite number of the singers led in
the singing. "Uncle Jodie" says the |
singing was just perfectly grand. I
know nearly every tune in the book
used.
Mr.. Elmer Littlejohn of Paducah,
KY, is visiting his fathers family,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Littlejohn.
Mrs. Kendrie Littlejohn, nee Mile
Jeffries, of Atlanta is visiting her
fathers family, Mr.. ]. d. Jeffries of
Cherokee and other friends and rela-
'tives in JoneSville.
Mr.. II. l.. Spears of Landrum and
w. Charles Jeffries of Gaffney were
in Jonesville Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Harris of At
lanta are the guests of Mrs. Harris
mother, Mrs. Lou Crawford.
Rev. Mr.. Steen preached Saturday
evening and Monday evening at the
depot. He had a good congregation
to hear him Saturday evening but
Monday there were but few. Monday
was quiet day in Jonesville, the
country people were all at home at
work. The plows and hoes were un-
usually active working the belated
crops.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. Southland, Mrs.
Samuel Lipscomb of New Jersey and
Mrs. Kendree Littlejohn of Atlanta
were the guests of Mrs. George Wood |
Sunday to dinner.
The Wallace cotton mill will shut |
down next week for holiday week.
Telephone.