The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-26
LOCKHART JUNCTION

Lockhart junction, Jan. 22.-The
day is cloudy and threatening bad
weather again.
January is one long winter month,
carrying 81 days, but it will soon be
thing of the past, only about another
week. So we see time is passing
away, leaving it's marks visible upon
things around us, and as we grow
older or live longer we can only
look back upon the past and wish we
were boy again.
Dear reader, life is a royal path;
life is not mean, it is grand. If it is
mean to any, he makes it so. God
made it glorious, it's channel he paved
with diamonds, but it can be a> mill
stone about ones neck or diamond
on ones brow.
Human life is a watchtower and it
is the purpose of God that every one,
the young especially should take their
stand on this tower and look and listen
and learn. Wherever you go, wher-
ever you tarry, let your eyes and ears
be always open.
We are glad to know that Mr.. John
X. Hamblin is trying to pass some i'm
portant bills. There is one 1 must
say have thought about-to do away
with charges or rent on operatives
houses. l think that the farmer or
landowner has just the same right to
charge his tenants or renters for the
house in which he lives, but he doesn't
charge him any rent and he also gives
him wood to burn. Now this might
seem hard to the mill man or stock
holder for awhile, but it will if passed,
soon be forgotten, and will work all
right.
| don't believe in making laws to
do injury to corporations for corpora
tions help employees and employees held
corporations and everything should
work to advantage of both.
Someone asked me to say something
on woman suffrage, but I can't write
anything for or against the good wo-
man. haven't given it enough
thought, but l don't believe if they
had to vote that they would hurt poll
tics, for some of them, if allowed to
vote, would perhaps vote more in
telligently than some of us men.
met a lady two years ago from
Maryland, one of our Northern State,
and she was lawyer. In her con-
verSation she spoke of woman suf-
frage. This writer, feeling his inabil-
ity, sat and listened but never said
much. for he thought he was facing
mighty woman. She led me out on
one thought. told her l did not think
it would amount to anything in this
country, for if the woman had to-
vote in this country the men or es-
pecially the married, woman would
vote the way her husband wanted her
to, and in her reply she said, eyes,
and if | were your wife or any other
mans wife / would vote you the way
l wanted to VOTE" so we quit off at
that point. a
Those who are sick are improving
and hope to be we'll soon.
This writer spent the weekend at
Lockhart, stopping at the home of Mr..
j. Louis Hames, where we are always
treated with kind hospitality by him
and his kind family.
Mr.. Roy Fowler, who is staying at
Union, is spending a few days at his
old home in this community.
Mr.. f.. l.. Johnson, a we'll known
young man, who has lived in this Sec
ton, has gone to Sarasota, Florida,
and writes back that he is we'll pleased
with Florida. Says the beans are
ready to pick and squashes are grown
and they are eating cucumbers. He
wrote back to J. S. Thrasher that
Florida was as he recommended it.
Moxy.