The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-10-05
LOCKHART JUNCTION

LCckhart Junction, Oct. 1.-The
rain last week stopped the farm work
for few days.
Today is the first day of October
and it feels very much like frost this
morning, but we haven't seen any yet.
Sunday was a beautiful day; also
today is pretty and we surely like to
see the pretty weather for gathering
the crops.
Cotton in some places is opening
slowly and there is great deal of late
planting and will take a favorable fall
for it all to open.
News is scarce at this time in this
section and l have been at home the
past week and there has been nothin@
new happening around in these parts.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Gault of Great
Falls are visiting in this section to see
their parents and relatives and their
many friends. They speak we'll of
their town, saying it is building up
very fast and is very business town.
| Union county and Pinckney town
ship has lost another good citizen by
death. Two weeks ago Rev. John
Farr was buried at Fosters Chapel.
Rev. Farr was not in the county when
he died, but he was reared in Union
county. 1 knew him we'll. l heard
| about the first prayer he ever made
and the first sermon he ever preached,
and can say for him, not that it will
do him any good, but for my own
good feelings l want to express, and
for his relatives and friends I will
say he was devoted Christian, from
the time he connected himself with
the church he set out to work. He
did his part in the prayer meeting:
as an eXhorter he did a great work
in his community, in his church, be-
fore he became a minister of the Cos
pei; and l will say his good influence
will forever live in his own township.
where he was reared and his good
works will follow him.
Uncle George Gault died at his home
in Pinckney township last Saturday
morning, 10Th, and was buried at Flat
Rock, his old church, Sunday. I viii,
say he was man firm in his belief in
what he thought was right he never
wavered, and always stuck to what he
thought was right. regardless of what
others might think or say. He ALWAYS
backed his own Judgment and went
ahead. He was a Confederate sol.
der; would have been 73 years old
had he lived until the 11th day OF
November. He would attend all the
reunions and would always look for
ward to going. 1t was never held to
far away for him to 90. He was an
official member of his church.: had
been steward for many years. He
was a worker in his church. There
was large concourse of friends at
the burial. There were between seven
and eight hundred people there.
Among them was large crowd of
negroes to look at him the last time.
There were many old negroes with
tears in their eyes, for they knew he
had been a good friend to thefnf He
has many relatives and loved o&eI and
many friende-eyo muufn MS TOSS
Mr.. w. G. White, who has been with
the Coast Artillery at Fort Moultrie
is at home. He has an honorable dis
charge on account of his health
Mr.. B. F. Gregory raised a very
fine watermelon weighing 81 pounds
and sold it for $1.OO. He has many
larges ones to sell yet.
The Gault school will open the fall
session October Is. We want all pa.
rents and pupils and all who are in
terested in this school to be present.
Moxy.