The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-07-20
JONESVILLE

Jonesville Friday night and the re-
mains were buried at Gilead Saturday
evening. Young Horn was 1S years
of age and a good young man. He
had typhoid fever and hemorrhages of
the lungs.
The account given by young Nr.
Moore, who has just got out of Berlin,
Germany, as prisoner of war since
February last published in the daily
papers this week, is very interesting
reading and gives things as they are
over in the German capital and really
it is very familiar to me and reads
very much like a nation or govern
ment that is on its last legs and is
nearing a desperate end. have seen
something like it myself and really it
is surprising to see how big men will
hang on to a lost cause and hold out
bold front when their doom is so
near at hand. The German kaiser
had better he preparing FOR himself a
city of refuge for his days as kaiser
of Germany are certainly numbered.
The reason Germany succeeded so
we'll at the first of the war was be-
cause she was ready for the fight
at the start while England and France
were not ready and little Belgium
was too small to even be in the way
then when England and France did
get ready so how the tide turned and
now Uncle Sam is coming and things
are going much better still.
Mrs. Woodie Brown and daughter,
Miss Carol of Greenwood, and Mrs.
Eliphus Bates of Clifton were the
guests of Mrs. Sallie Southard last
week.
Mrs. w. c. Johnson returned a few
days since from an extended trip to
Chimney Rock, n. c., where she Wis
tied married daughter Mrs. john
son gives fine description of the
Chimney Rock country, as did M. c.
Gault in his letter in The Times of
last week.
The riany seacIn com:,anccad hert
about this time last year and the
people will remember we'll how the
heavy rains came and washed lands
and destroyed the crops and all this
and the great European war on us
has made times so unusually hard.
Mr.. John T. Fowler, who has been
quite sick for several weeks and
whose life was despaired of, has tax
en- turn for the better and there is
hope now of his recovery.
Mr.. w. A. McWhirter is about hold
ing his own while this scribe is about
the same. Mr.. J. F. Altman is some
days better and again he is worse.
Some of the negroes that have left
this neighborhood and gone up North
have sent some very fiattering tales
back about the fine country up in the
North. One fellow went up to New
York and left his wife to follow; has
written back for her to come on to
New York and spend one day in heav-
en- before the end comes. Well, these
emigration spurts have come alon.
this way before but they have at~rS
acted and the fancy tales have turned
and the prodigals have returned.
Mrs. S. Haddon Geer and little son,
William Munro, have returned from
visit of a month to Mrs. Milton E.
Pier of Jersey City while there. Mrs.
Pier accompanied them on a number
of visits to relatives in New York
Icity, Brookshire, Newark, N. j., AS
bury Park, N. j., West Point, n. Y,
and to Sharon, Conn. Mrs. Pier is a
sister of the late DR.. w. o. Southard
and has spent many winters in Jones'
vile and other parts of the South.
Mrs. Pier has many friends in this
country.
Miss Marie Littlejohn entertained
at a pleasant and much enjoyed tea
on Monday evening of last week in
honor of Miss Carol Brown of Green
wood.
Rev. w. B. Justus, Thos. H. Gore,
Henry j. Hames and J. w. Scott at
tended the Spartanburg District con-
ference last week at Inman. They give
good account of the meeting. Dun
can was elected for the next district
conference year hence.
The young people have organized a
Sunday evening prayer meeting at the
Methodist church, to meet at 5 p. m.
every Sunday.
Mr.. John T. Scott lost fine
milch cow Saturday evening, thought
to be from eating too much green
cane.
Mr.. j. J. Black has been out with
his separator threshing the wheat
crop. The wheat yield is not very
large but the grains are good and will
turn out fair yield of good flour.
The growing corn crop is right
promising at this time. If we could
get good rains there would be much
corn made in the country, but it is
very dry just now and the weather
man won't promise us any rain soon.
One of the county road machines is
doing some good work on the roads in
this township.
Mr.. Cit Lancaster from across The
forest stream is in our town this