The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-08-31
LOCKHART JUNCTION

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Lockhart Junction, Aug. 27-Th.
summer months have passed, lacking
few days from this date, and this
morning is a little cool, feeling very
much like fall season is coming early.
This kind of weather will mature the
cotton, make it quit growing, while
an some places it has already quit and
is SPEEDING on account of rain.
This writer met Mr.. James White
head of the West Springs section and
he says they are very dry over there,
needing rain very bad. Mr.. White
head is visiting relatives near Kelly
| see the cotton market has gone
down some, like I prophesied some
time ago it would. Some speculative
scheme, l said thing would occur to
make prices go down, but isn't it
shame if it does, and everything keeps
up. Everybody who had to buy and
there is very few that didn't have to
buy more or less corn, flour, bacon,
everything in the way of feed stuff
this year. l know some men had to
buy corn this year that never had TO
before and they pair an enormous
price, just twice what it ought to have
been. Now to make things look right
and make it easy should not the
farmer realize higher price for his
cotton than he has ever before?
Talk about regulating prices of
things, if congress can or will regu-
late price of things they should fix
cotton standard price. There is no
need of cotton going lower than 25
cents pound at this time, but we
see it has gone below that. God save
the world, for there are men today
betting on when the war will end.
My! Mu! People, are there not men
that would bet on the time when the
world will come to an end. We see
most anything taking place these
days. Well, we are up against the
war and the people of America will
fight to finish. There is more prep
aration now for war in the United
States than ever there has been be-
fore. | am like Telephone said in his
last letter, how can nation like Ger
many whip the world and they can't
when all the forces Of the United
States get ready and stands as one
great army. Let us stand by the
Stars and Stripes, the Star Spangleo
Banner of the red, white and blue.
There is as many noble sons of Amer
lea that will stand by that flag that
our forefathers fought and died for
and America has today some as true
sons as there was then, who stand
ready for the call of President Will
son as they did when they followed
Washington in his time, one who was
instrumental in helping to plan for
our independence and freedom. 1t
seems to me that President Wilson is
an inspired man; he did all he could
to keep the United States out of war,
as / see it, and there is no blame on
him as some might want to make it so.
Did you not hear Mr.. Sam Nichols
speech at Union? He said that the
United States did not declare war on
Germany. They declared war on the
United States, if I see it, they were
fighting the United States before we
knew it. Those who are not for the
United States is against her and our
liberty and freedom.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Leister of
Jonesville and Mr.. w. A. Martin of
Mosberry, N. c., and Mrs. w. w.
Beason of Alabama were visitors at
the writer's home last week, Mr..
Lester bringing them in his car. We
surely enjoyed their visit. Come
again! The string hangs outside the
door for all my friends.
Miss Dora Lipford, who has been
the efficient telephone operator at
Jonesville, has resigned and has gone
to Spartanburg to take a course in
the business college at that place. She
will take stenography as her course of
study. We wish her success in her
course.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Gault and Mrs.
j. G. Gault and Miss Leila and Lula,
all of Union, visited in this commun-
ity Sunday.
Miss Rebecca Cunningham of Ches-
ter, who has been spending a few
weeks with her aunt, Mrs. A. Lee
Gault, left for her home last Friday.
Mrs. w. c. Edmonds has gone to
Great Falls, S. c., to visit her brother,
Mr. c. u. Gault, of that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Hart and fam
lily of Pacolet are visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Kelley.
Mrs. w. Newell Smith of Green
vile is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Amanda Little. Moxy.