The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-02-02
TOWNSVILLE

Jonesville, Jan. 30.-Mr. Preston p.
Williams died at his home here last
Wednesday after an illness Of seven
years. Mr.. Williams was So years of
age. His wife died eight years since,
and shortly after her death Mr.. Will
liams' house was burned; then his
health gave way and the doctors told
riff he was to go to another part of
the country or he must die and he
went to Arizona, where he stayed a
few years and his health didn't i'm
prove and he then went to Texas and
stayed there a few years and then
came back to Jonesville with his
health about the same as when he left
and he then went up to the mountains,
where he thought of engaging in truck
farming and poultry raising, but the
floods of last year literally washed
his lands away and ruined his pros
poets and he gave up his place and re-
turned to Jonesville, where he has one
brother, Mr.. F. T. Williams and he re-
mained here growing gradually worse
all the time till death ended his trou-
bles and suffering. One of his sons
was with him here and there is one
son in Texas, one in California and
small son and daughter with Mrs. Nc
Claw, their grandmother, in Atlanta
Mr. Williams was a member of the
Methodist church and had expressed
willingness to die and declared him
self prepared for the change. His re-
mains were buried at New Hope
OH fnr ha.
Quoted by the Rev. w. S. Porter, his
pastor, Rev. w. B. Justus, being alb
sent.
Miss Sarah Black, one of our school
teachers in the graded school, received
notice several days ago that her moth
er, who lived in Rock Hill, was ser-
ously ill. She left Immediately for
her home in Rock Hill, and few days
since her mother died. Miss Blacks
father died several years ago. Miss
Black has many friends in Jonesville,
who sympathize with her.
Mr.. R. S. Spencer and his wife died
at their home in Cherokee county near
Corinth last Saturday and were both
buried at Corinth church on Sunday
in the same grave.
Mr.. ]. H. Fowler, Jr., son of Mr.
John Henry Fowler, died last week at
his mothers home in Cherokee county.
Mr.. Fowler was about % years of age,
and not married. He was a fine youth
man; had typhoid fever and hemor-
rhages, which ended his life in about
two weeks.
Away back in the years long ago
there was a law upon our statute
books called the insolvent debtors act.
1t was something similar to the Unit
ed States bankrupt law. A man that
was hopelessly in debt could claim the
benefit of this law and could go
through the requirement of the law
and be absolutely discharged from all
his debts. He must first go to prison
and serve a certain number of days
and apply for discharge, surrender
all his property, then go before Judge
and make oath that he had nothing
more and was discharged from his
debts. There was man in certain
neighborhood that was hopelessly in
debt and he claimed the benefit of the
insolvent debtors act, went to prison,
surrendered his property and when his
time was up he was brought before the
Judge with a walking stick in his
hand, stood up and held up his stick
and swore that he had nothing in the
world but the clothes he had on and
his walking cane which he held up in
his hand. He was discharged and of
course allowed his clothes and walk
ing cane and he went his way and it
was found out afterwards that his
walking cane had all the joints bored
out and was stuffed full of paper mon
ey, five thousand dollars.
The Methodists are going to have a
walking festival on Valentine day.
They will commence at certain home,
where there will be refreshments
another home where refreshments will
be served and from that home on to
another and so on until they make a
round of several homes. l predict that
some will eat too much at this moving
picnic.
Mrs. H. B. O'Shields little girl, while
playing in the yard of Mr.. d. l.. Nc
Laughlin last Friday with Mr.. Nc
Laughlin's little boy, was shot in the
eye by the little boy with a parlor
rifle. The little girl was carried to
Spartanburg for examination and
treatment. She returned Sunday with
her mother with the hope that the
eye will be saved. It's a pity there
is such a thing as parlor rifle in ex-
istence.
Not long since I declared myself in
favor of woman suffrage, and l will
now more particularly define myself in
regard to woman.
Yes. I'd walk for her: I'd ride for her.