The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-02-23
TOWNSVILLE

Jonesville, Feb. 2O.-Last Saturday
there were two foreigners in Jones'
vile, German and a Frenchman.
They were looking after cotton lint
erS their respective governments had
in Jonesville. They make gun powder
out of the linterS. Mr.. f.. +. McWhir-
ter talked with both of these foreign
ers, not, however, at the same time.
They could talk English and Mr.. Nc
Whirter got some information from
them, mostly from the Frenchman,
about times over in the war zone.
The Frenchman said he had served
two and one-half years in the French
army. He thought the Germans were
getting weaker and as for proof of
this fact the Germans had been throw
ing about so shells to one for the
French but now the French were
throwing many more shells than the
Germans. Mr.. McWhirter said these
man never spoke to each other
Sunday evening it cleared off pref
ty and clear as though it meant
week following of the same sort but
long before day Sunday night the rain
came pattering down and it continued
Monday all the day long.
Miss Bessie Denton, a sister of Mr..
w. B. Blackwood, died in a hospital
at Asheville last Friday and the re-
mains were brought to Jonesville Sat
urday and buried at Mesopotamia
Sunday.
Mr.. Willis Black of Jonesville and
Miss Minnie Woodruff of Spartanburg
We're married last week.
Mrs. j. w. Lipscomb and Mrs. Dan
Whitlock have both been to the North
ern markets and bought their spring
millinery
You boys who are courting and ex-
pecting to get your girl given to you
without any trouble, listen: Once a
young couple were courtng and the
young man finally asked the father
for his daughter, expecting a walk
over, but the old gentleman handed
him a string and told him if he would
show him three ends to it he could
have her, otherwise he could not.
thinking he would block the game on
the young man. The young fellow
took the string and asked for few
moments time and then held up one
end of it and says, "This is one end,
is it not?" "Yes," was the reply. He
then held up the other end and said,
This is another end, is it not?" and
the answer came, "Yes." He then
threw the string into the fire and it
was burned up and he said, "That is
another end to it," and the old gen.
tleman assented and caved in and
the young man got his girl.
Another incident that might interest
man who died in a home once, and
his corpse was laid upon bed in a
upper room for the night and covered
over with a sheet. About night an
lrishman came to the home and want
ed to spend the night, which was
granted, and he was sent up to the
second floor to sleep. There were two
rooms above and he was given direc-
tons to his room and no one went
with him and he got the thing mixed
and went to bed with the corpse. think
ing 1T was another lOdgcr. He took
his place very quietly on one side of
the bed. After awhile a Young man
and a young lady went up to sit up
with the corpse, as the custom was
They had very dim light. The young
couple sat down at the fireplace and
were soon in lively courtship. The
lrlShman had not gone to sleep and he
quietly turned his eyes on the vigil
keepers. who got to huggng and kiss
ing, which was more than Pat could
stand and keep quiet, so he reached
over and shook his bed fellow 20
wake him and show him what was 90
ing ON and he found he was stiff in
death and he sprang from the bed
and made For the top of the steps.
The Toung couple thought the dead
man had come to life and they made
for the top of the steps and all made
Tor the bottom in mess. The young
man spread out like a flying squirrel
and flew down while the young lady
Int aStridc Of the Irishman's neck
and rode mm down the steps. Pat veil
ING as he went. They all collapsed i'm
pile at the bottom of the steps.
Mrs. Eliza McNcacc of Danvcr, Cal.
IS the guest of her niece, Mrs. J. +.
Altman, on Main street.