The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-03-23
LOCkHART JUNCTION

seems like about the time the land gets
ready for the plow it rains again.
Spring begins the goth, so says the
almanacs, and we are always glad to
see the beautiful spring time, when
everything puts forth its beauty.
Gardening time has come and very
little work has been done in the gar
den. Some have bedded potatoes.
l hear some say they will not plant
any Irish potatoes for the price is too
high. 1t does seem that the people
hardly know what to do. There have
been so many changes and happen
ings in the past year.
Some say the United States will
soon be at war. Some think it will
soon be over when the United States
goes to war for the Germans want
that and will surrender, but it might
be like the war of the COS, the Con-
federate war. Some prophesied that
they could drink all the blood that
would be shed, but they were mis-
taken and this war went on four years.
Have you stopped to think that the
people are going through a great crisis
This must be the perilous times that
the Bible speaks of. There have been
about ten million killed, captured.
wounded and missing-more even than
history or the Bible has recorded. This
certainly must be the last days of the
Christian era. 1t benooves the hu-
man family to be ready when that
great day comes.
| have read so much of woman suf-
frage. That is a great subject now
before the people. believe the time
Will come when we will see the little
white paper go in the box placed there
by ladies' hands.
This writer was in Cherokee county
last week. found the roads in better
condition than they are in Union coun-
ty. Where I travelled the roads had
been gone over with the drag, done
by the different farmers of the COM
munity. I was told they did not make
any charges against the county. I
would like to know if there have been
any dragged in Union county that
way. The Cherokee people seem to
have hold of the same end of the rope.
pulling the same wav. We find good
school house. good churches and good
people.
l attended the play given at the
Sunnyside school house by the school
and the teachers as leading characters
and others that made up the show. I
surely did enjoy it and it was full of
fun from start to finish. We find MANY
good people in this section. I stopped
at several homes in the Sunnyside sec
ton. Among them was that of Mr..
z. Y. Poole, where he is with his moth
er, Mrs. j. R. Poole, and sister. Mrs
Ingram. Mrs. Poole is very old lady,
soon will be 81 years old. She is the,
wife of Mr.. j. R. Poole, who lived to a
very old age. He was elected sheriff,
before he was FL years old, but he
came Fl before he took the oath OF
office. Mrs. Poole is now living where
she was born and reared She is a
kind woman with a strong mind, ready
to express her views on any subject,
She is not in favor of woman suffrage
and gives a good reason why. She
''kes The Union Times and many 9TH
er papers and she keeps up with all
the happenings and changes. I spent
the night with them and surely did
enjoy my stay.
Also stopped at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. S. j. Strain, where we took
dinner Mr.. Strain is another reader
of The Times. He is a son of Mr..
James l.. Strain, better known as
l"VoX," as he was one of the Times
correspondents before he died and was
good man and well known by many
people in Union county. I appreciat-
ed the kindnesses shown me by these
good people.
visited Mrs. j. H. Fowler's home.
where I enjoyed myself, as 1 always
do, when | go there for Mrs. Fowler
was born and reared in Union county
on Pea Ridge, near Kelton, and she
and her family feel like my own
neighbors.
could keep on telling you of .e
good people | stopped with, but it will
take too much space and this might
not seem like news to you, but had
to mention these good people as they
are known in Union county.
DR.. P. p. Claxton of the Bureau of
Education, Washington, D. c., gave a
splendid address on the fundamental
needs of the public education in the
Southern States. He travels from
Canada to Porto Rico and is we'll up
on his work.
There will be box supper at the
Gault school house next Saturday
night, the Goth. Come boys and buy
box and eat with your girl
Mr.. John Little has returned from
the Fox Hunters association held in
Columbia. He reports large gath
ering and a nice time.
Miss lula Gault of Union spent
Sunday with her father, Mr.. w. G..
Gault.