The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-03
LOCKHART JUNCTION


There are two seasons of the year that
seems to me the most beautiful, and
that is the spring and autumn. They
are neither too hot nor too cold.
l attended the old-time singing at
Jonesville Sunday. There was large
gathering of people present. Several
counties were represented. The sing
ing was fine.
The program was carried out by
MIR. j. j. Burnett, the probate Judge
of Spartanburg county. Mr.. Burnett
is a fine singer and is a Christian
gentleman. There was some inspira-
tion in this singing as there was a
power of the holp spirit present.
This writer, along with Mr.. Law
renee of Inman and Rev. J. d. Bailey
of Cowpens, was invited to the hos
pitable home of Mr.. J. F.. Altman.
where we were served to a bountiful
dinner. Rev. Mr.. Bailey showed us
an old-time singing book which was
80 years old. This was his grand
mothers book, Mrs. Elizabeth
Adams, but he has it now and keeping
it as an old relic or souvenir and
seems to admire it very much as this
was his grandmother's. This book is
forerunner of The Christian Har-
mony, the book they used at the sing
ing at Jonesville Sunday.
Mr.. j. ID. Bailey was glad to meet
his friends at Jonesville and says he
takes The Union Times: can't do with
out it. likes to read the correspond
ents' letters.
Mr.. Munro Inman from Cowpens,
while attending the singing at Jones'
vile, motored down to Lockhart juno
ton to see his sister, Mrs. B. F. Gault.
Mrs. M. A. Cunningham and daugh-
ter, Miss Sallie Cunningham, of Lib
erty Hill. is visiting at Mrs. A. L..
Gault's. Miss Sallie Cunningham will
teach at the Mabry school again this
session.
/ forgot to mention in my letter last
week about meeting two ladies who
were well known in Union county
when they were ladies in their teens
Misses Matte and Ella White-who
were born and reared in this section
and who have many relatives and
friends they inquired about. These
two ladies are both married now one
married Mr.. H. H. Crosby and the
other j. E. Castles of Chester. Mrs.
Crosby said she left Union county Is
years ago. They were glad to see us
and I was glad to meet them. There
is no change in these ladies. Their
appearance and looks are about the
same.
Mr. and Mrs. A. l.. Gault visited
relatives in Chester last week while
on their way to Columbia Fair from
Chester in an auto. They had an ac-
cident which liked to have been seri.
Gus. While in few miles of Colum.
bia tire bursted and their car turned
upside down, throwing some of the
party underneath the car and bruisinp
them up considerably. MrteH. L
Gault received severe bruise and scal
on his forehead which shows he was
in a bad wreck. Some others got
their legs bruised. Mr.. Gault seem:
to have suffered the worst. Mr.. Gault's
wife said the first thing she remem
bered while under the car was tn,
gasoline and water falling on her fror
the auto but she was not hurt, onl,
scared. We never know when an acci
dent is going to happen, not only with
the automobile but your horse or YOU,
mule may run away and throw yor
out of your buggy. Everything ha;
its first time to happen.
Well. l never finished telling you ol
my trip to Great Falls. They have
just about completed another larg
mill and I was told there wasn't g
piece of wood or timber in this build
inc. 1t is all concrete work.
| was shown at the power dam s
Toledo crane, 80ton hoster lifting
the weight of so tons and 60 foot spar
81 revolution with 55 foot of water
head equal to several hundred horse
! power.
We saw the great air drills. Thi.
machine is run by air and drilling
through the rock; no steam about it
Well, you know there are othe,
places where there are greater thing.
but remember this is in our State.
could just keep on telling you, but
will tell you this and I will quit this
subject Right on the other side OF
the Catawba river from where I was
is where two counties join-Lancaste,
and Fairfield-and the river divides
Chester from them.
was told there was only one vote
that kept one of our great militar,
schools from being at that place-that
is West Point-which is now in the
State of New York.
Well, there is much to learn and as
an old saying, the longer we live the
more we learn.
But, my dear people, I have seer
people who knew a great deal that
didn't want to tell you anything, SC