The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-19
LOCKHART JUNCTION

Lockhart Junction, Jan. 15.-The
day is cold, raining and freezing. The
weather prophet hit it; he said it
would be freezing today. Well, we
are all pretty we'll up on the weather,
for we are likely to have one bad day
for every good day at this season of
the year.
Yesterday was a beautiful Sabbath; ;
seemed very much like a spring day.
Many visitors were at Sunday school.
Among them were Mrs. O. b. Belue
and two little daughters of the Bon
ham community. Mrs Belue is inter
ested in the Sunday schools and mis-
sion work. She attends the Sunday
school at the Oakland school house.
We were glad to have her at the GauIt
Sunday school Sunday. We welcome
her any time and invite all others to
our Sunday school.
The lagrippe is prevailing in many
places. A great many are complain
ing of colds; some are in bed.
Mrs. T. b. Kelly is very sick at
this writing. The doctor has been at
tending her. We hope she will be bet
ter soon.
This writer is not feeling the best
in the world today. We have had a
light attack of cold, but the few pret-
ty days last week made us feel like
l could get out and so Itook a drive
in the West Springs section, coming
back with more cold than | left with
so | am going to stay in few DAYS.
| met many good people of the Bo-
gansville section, stopping at the home
of Mr.. G.. T. Hyatt. We found him in
bed sick; said he had been sick sew
eral weeks. We hope when we hear
from him again he will be better. We
found very sick child at Mr.. Thurs
ton Began of the same section. We
spent the night with Mr.. J. Boyd Ian
caster, where we were treated with
kind hospitality.
Well, thcrc is nothing doing on the
fHrms hmt eating and hauling of fire
wood. We find in some places the
people IN the country are using coal
1t seems that wood is rcttinw scarce
in some places. and some are buyinc
coal, because. they say it is the saw
ing of cutting for they have to cut
tn" wood and they don't have to cut
the coal.
Well, prices are advancing again.
Flour went off some and now it has
gained what it lost. The war has
been the great cause of high prices
1T seems. This war is a war of specu-
lation. When the war broke out two
years ago it scared the price of cotton
down. Now, since there has been talk
OF peace, the market went down, or it
seems that kept the market weak.
Yo and I read but we don't under
stanu all this speculation. I think
about condition of things as I read
and then again I stop to think how
long will things 90 just like they are
l think sometimes if man doesn't dc
right God will fix things.
Congress should look into the mat
ter of speculation, for all this specula-
tion is gambling.
People, l have come to believe I
can't be fooled all the time, don't you ?
Abraham Lincoln said you could fool
part of the people part of the time,
but you couldn't fool all the people all
the time. 1t looks like everything pos
sible has been done to fool the peo-
pie and I think about what else is
going to come. Many prophesies have
been fulfilled and we don't know what
is coming next.
Mr.. B. F. Gault, who now lives at
Union, has been up to see his brother
in this section.
| met many young lady teachers at
the Junction Saturday on their way
to Union to get their claims cashed
Mr.. w. G.. Trady, travelling man
well known in this section, was in this
community Saturday. MoXy.