The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-09-28
LOCKHART JUNCTION

Locknart junction, sept. Z3.-Ihere
has been few more September gales
and is very cool again for few days
There was a very hard rain in this
section last Saturday evening. This
will do the potatoes and turnips good
and will finish up all late crops.
| don't know when I have seen any
prettler time for saving fodder. All
the fodder seems to have been saved
without any rain on it. Well, hired
some pulled and had to pay 75c
hundred for pulling. | never did that
before; never paid over soc. 1t does
seem that labor is going up, following
high prices Of everything, | guess.
Well, the government is paying good
prices for labor, that is, carpenter
work, but the farmer can't compete
with that.
| see the price of cotton has ad-
vanced some. | will say don't sell
too fast and the market will reach
25c, l believe, before a great while.
see no cause for it going lower
1t seems there is a good cane crop
and everywhere you hear of they are
making molasses and surely that is
the idea, everything made at home is
the thing and have as little to buy as
possible
This writer attended the picnic last
Friday at the stand pipe station. This
is few miles south of Union, near
Mr.. Jack Harris place. This was
Sunday school picnic and there was
speaking on the subject of Sunday
schools. The principal speaker for the
occasion was Rev. Mr.. Kelly. Also
| Mr
tendent of two Sunday schools. Miss
Aisle Smith made her speech to the
ladies as she was trying to organize
the ladies' club, which is her work. Il
will say this was about the best picnic
that / have attended. There was a
i large pot of hash and the good lady
folks brought well-filled baskets of
everything good to eat and there was
plenty left. | was told that a great
many people came there from Union
and other places for recreation and
pleasure.
Thanks to the pupil who invited me
to the Farr school house to the pic
mic sometime ago, but | could not get
there. | also was invited to the Ma
bry school house last Saturday, and
thanks also. | appreciated the special
invitation to be there but was sorry |
couldn't be present. Miss Vero, one
OF The Times correspondents, was
there and she will tell you how much
she enjoyed the picnic at the pump
station last Thursday.
forgot to mention in my letter
last week that | met three young la
dies from Union county on their way
to Asheville, n. c. to attend the high
school at that place These were
Misses Ruth Sprouse, Ruth Farr and
Miss Augusta Trefzer. These young
ladies go to the Normal and Collegi-
ate Institute at Asheville. Miss
Sprouse subscribed for The Times as
she wanted to keep up with the newss|
in the county.
The are two new visitors in this
community. Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. White
have one at their home. This is little
Miss White. Also Mr.. and Mrs. R. C.
Little has visitor at their home. His
name is Robert G.. Little, Jr.
Dr. Thrasher and the writer took
dinner at the hospitabe home of Mr..
and Mrs j. G. Garner Sunday.
Mrs. Pearl Eubanks has returned
from a trip in Texas. Mrs. Eubanks
says she enjoyed her trip fine. Says
Texas is fine country and thinks she
will go back again.
The people met last night at the
Gault school house to consider where
they will have community fair. Mr..
Carwlle and Miss Aisle Smith were
present and outlined the work. There
was committee appointed to see the
people. | think this is a good thing
for a community to come together and
have such and then great many of
these exhibits will go to the county
fair. This writer is always ready to
go forward in the work of building
up any enterprise in the community
and | hope the people will take in
terest in this. | know one family
that has 700 cans of tomatoes and
other things. This family can have a
pretty good exhibit of their own.
Miss Florence Haney is at home
from the summer school, where she
has been teaching Miss Lii Younger
of Columbia came home with her.
Mr.. Reuben Harmon and Mr.. Henry
James go this morning to work on
the cantonment in Columbia.
Moxy.