The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-09-22
TOWNSVILLE

Thursd Y in the country at the home
of Mr.. J. l.. Mckinney. Rev. w. b.
Justus went over with me. After par
taking of a sumptuous dinner the
preacher, Mr.. Mckinney and I went
over Mr.. McKinney's farm, or por-
ton of it near the home. We walked
through ten acres of cotton that will
certainly turn out ten bales of cotton,
for the bolls are all grown and are
opening. Then we walked through 25
acres of corn that will certainly turn
out 25 bushels per acre and this land
Mr.. Mckinney calls poor land and the
land really is old poor land for have
known it for more than SO years for
an old relative of mine once owned it
and l visited him before the late war.
There are peas in all Mr.. McKinneys
corn and he will gather some 60 or
70 bushels of pea sand then turn the
vines under. This poor has been put
in fine state of cultivation by rotat-
ing the crops and planting peas, clover
and rye and turning it under. The
sun doesn't shine on any of the land
as it is kept shaded by cover crops
and the cover crops turned under. AS
to oats, fodder and peavine hay Mr..
Mckinney has quantities of it and will
have nothing of the kind to buy for
another year. / think Clemson Col
lege will do well to send an expert
farmer down to see Mr.. McKinney's
farm and learn how to make corn and
cotton and build up and improve poor
land. Mr.. Mckinney was born and
reared up in Greenville county near
the dark corner, as it is called.
The remains of Mr.. Joseph Sanders.
who died at his home in Union, were
brought to Jonesville this morning
and buried in the cemetery here by
the side of his first wife and daugh-
ter that are buried here. Mr.. San
ders once lived in Jonesville and his
wife and daughter died while he lived
here.
l rode with a man on the train
the other day from Jonesville to Union,
who lives away up in the northwest
corner of the United States. and he
told me their wheat crop up there this
year was a bumper crop, but he said
we would get none of it down here;
that it would go over into Canada to
help feed the British army. This same
man said there were few hogs in his
country and that we would get no
meat from up there. He said he would
advise our people to go to raising
hogs.
The Wallace mills have hauled their
coal from the railway to the mills.
about a half mile, in wagons, and
since the mills have been running at
night it takes three wagons with two
good mules each to haul the coal to
the mills, but the mills has just put
on motor truck tohaul the coal that
will do the work of two wagons. The
wagons make nine loads day each,
while the motor truck makes 18 loads
of $500 pounds each with two hands.
The truck is pulled by a 25 horse
power Ford gasoline engine.
The meeting at the Baptist church
is still going on. The preacher, Mr..
Whitesides, is drawing large crowds
to hear him and several persons have
applied for membership into the
church.
The oil mill here commenced grind
ing the precious cotton seed Tuesday
morning.
The services at the Methodist church |
last Sunday were beautiful and inn
pressive, the pastor received two per-
sons (boys) into the church and ad-
ministered the sacrament of the
Lords supper to large number of
persons.
What has become of the birds-the
blue bird, the mocking bird. the blue
Jay, the red bird and the bull bat have
all disappeared from about here. The
English sparrow is here in great num-
bers.
A member of the post guards ar
tillery company of Jonesville request
ed me to say that the members of
the company were anxious for the
people to know that DR.. F. M. Ellerbe,
captain of the company, was very kind
and accommodating to the boys of his
company while in camp at Fort Moul-
trie.
There were nine of our young ladies
to leave Tuesday morning for Rock
Hill to attend Winthrop college. 9th
ers will attend other colleges.
Miss Annie Kelly left this morning
for Columbia, where she will enter the
State university and take special
business course.
Mr.. j. M. Gault has purchased a