The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-08-25
TOWNSVILLE

anu SPehI pleaSanC Qay together
out at Mr.. John Shell Pickens. Mr..
Pickens had bought cider mill from
Mr.. Alexander at the hardware store
and we were invited by Mr.. Pickens
to take dinner with him and drink
cider. Well, Mrs. Pickens had one of
tn good country dinners, such as
tow! folks don't often have at home.
Mr.. Pickens said not thing on his
table was bought except the sugar,
coffee, salt and pepper. Mr.. Pickens
has good apple orchard and up to
this time he has made 300 gallons of
cider. He will make vinegar out of
most of the cider. Mr.. Pickens has a
good corn and cotton crop and will
make corn enough to do him next year.
He says he owes no money and has
some money on hand. His farming
is composed of his wife and four chill
dren, two girls and two boys, all
grown, and they are a happy family.
MIR. Pickens has hogs to make his meat
end good cows for milk and butter.
lie has no automobile but has a nice
top buggy and rural mail box nea, :.
bis home. There are many other such
fomes in the country but not near SO
many as there should be.
This world is made up of all sorts
of folks and will be so to the end.
L saw young man the other dav
who works in the cotton mill. He was
passing my home and he had a sack
under his arm. ! said, "John, where
are you going?" Moving to Trough
Shoals" Got all your things in that
sack?" eyes, sir" "Got any mon
ey?" "No, sir" And this poor fell
low was happy. Since then saw an
other fellow passing by with bundle
under his arm. 1 inquired: "Where
are you going, Henry?" Moving to
the Union cotton mill" "Got any
money!" "No." "All your stuff in
that sack?" eyes" This fellow was
as happy as mortal man can possibly
be. The third man met up with was
man of means, lands stock, crops
and riding around in an automobile.
Ihls fellow was very much troubled
and dissatisfied, complaining and
sweltering in the heat and all about
the condition of his crops hid lands
and losses by the floods. No pleasure
yor satisfaction for him in this old
world. Now, Mr.. Editor, who is the
happy man in this world? Those
with their broad acres, bank stock.
merchandise stocks and bonds or the
farmer with his nice little country
home out of debt and bank account
or "Rowd" Adds with all his belong
ings IN croker sack swung across
his arm moving from Jonesville to
the Union cotton mills?
Mr.. j. Wright Hodge died at tho
hospital for the insane at Coiutnm8
last Friday and was buried at the
cemetery here Saturday. Mr.. Hodge
was Confederate Veteran, having
cone in with the 16-year-old bows in
1864.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Chambers of
Union spent the weekend with the
family of DR.. M. w. Chambers on Main
street
Miss Ruth Dorrell of Orangcburg is
the guest for several days of Miss
Bell Free on Church street
Mrs. r. f. Bates and son, J. W.. are
visiting relatives in Columbia.
Mrs. Ida Foster Gooddell of Jack
sonville, Ill.,, and Mrs. David w. Grin,
and two small children, who have been
visiting their father, Mr.. ]. B. Foster,
on Main street for some time, left for
their respective homes last week.
Ihe summer meeting, which has
been Going on at Gilead for some days,
closed Friday night. The Bogansville
meeting for the summer ran through
last week. Bro. w. b. Justus did mis-,
OWE preaching ard his meeting was
a good one. \ bunch of 10 nice youn. =
people united with the church at that
place.
hrother JuStus will run his pro-
;r"c;cd meeting for the summer at
New Hope the present week.
Miss Saliic Lybrand of the Text.le
Industrial School at Spartanburg is
Vi,i'in" relatives in Joncsville.
Mr. Clyde Whitlock of Spartanburg
visited his parents, Mr.. ard Mrs. Mum
ro NhitIock, near JoncSville Sunday.
Mrs. II. c. Brandenburg and two
mai children of Orangeburg spent
last week with Mrs. Brandenburg's sis
ter, Mrs. Hamp Page, near Jonesville
McSSrs. Paul Free. Albert Little
ohn and Forest Spears have returned
from their maiden trip TO New Yor!!;
MIR. ID. Il. Free, Jr., is breaking dirt
on Pacolet street between the resi-
dence of J. C. Motley and the central
phone office for large metal builIing
There will be two rooms in the build
inE, one for Mr.. Frees own use and
tie other room will be used as an
almory by the United States for the
guns and munitions of war Of ,be