The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-11-29
News From the Junction.

HOW, IL is cOld and clear and is good
hog killing weather and some few have
been killed
There seems to be more home-raised
meat and corn in the country now
than has been for years before; every
one responded to the call of the
country to plant and raise food stuff
and they have made it sure Now do
this again next year, don't stop the
good work, plan to plant wheat and
not so much cotton. You see plainly
what the short crops does-make the
prices go sky high and it looks like
the move for sowing more wheat has
affected the price of flour already. If
we make our own wheat next wear,
flour will get back normal in price,
like it was when you could buy a bar
rel for what you pay for one hundred
pounds now. 1t is mighty nice to
have everything in the way of food
stuffs at home and have none to buy.
There will be many that will witness
that the coming year that fellow can
go to his crib and barn and get his
own feed forhis stock and saw. this
is mine." He has none of it to buv.
1 like that idea.
This is more than can be said of
last years farmers, for they had
much to buy and they paid two prices
for it, because there was not enough
made for the demand and then some
speculation got into it, too.
Well, dear people, I never saw
time just like this when everything
was running along so close together
in prices, cotton is of course a good
price. If you have any cotton YOU
can hold it for few months, and now
| is the time to hold it for there is
no reason for it not going any lower,
and I believe it will 90 higher. Soon
it will all be out of the farmers hands
and then the speculation will rally,
see if / am not right.
DR.. Thrasher and the written spent
few hours with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II.
Parks of the Elford Grove section
Sunday where we had dinner and sure
enjoyed it. Mrs. Parks prepared many
good things to eat and Mr.. Parks
is good farmer. He tells me he is
making this year off Of his two-horse
farm 81 bales of cotton between three
and four hundred bushels of corn, so
gallons of molasses, so bushels of peas
and will kill enough hogs he thinks
to make meat to do him for another
year. Now listen, he said he would
make six bales off of A acres and he
only had three regular working hands
to make this crop. | think that is hard
to beat and DR.. Thrasher and I did
enjoy his kind hospitality. 1t does
me good to report farming like this
an dit should encourage others to do
likewise.
I I attended the hot supper given at
Bishop school house last Friday even
ing and everything in the way of
good things to eat was prepared by
the ladies and very large crowd was
in attendance. Among the visitors
from a distance wer four soldiers
from Camp Wadsworth These Young
men were Corp. Stage, Corp. Schrin-
er, Privates Wood and Miner of Co.
M. 10th Infantry. They are four New
York boys and seem to enjoy them
selves very much and spent their
money freely, buying cakes and were
lucky enough to win a cake at the
cake walk. One of them sang de-
lightfully and gave us solo. 1t was
fine for he has a trained voice and
gave up his career to answer the call
to the colors. These young soldiers
were nice and entertaining and one
of them was newspaper man in his
home state. He said he was the only
son of widowed mother and could
have been exempted but never asked
for it and his mother told him to go
If he wanted to, for she had some
support and a little money and he
hehrs from her every week and
writes to her often. He expects to go
to France and we pray he may be
returned we'll and strong. He in
vited me to his camp and said he
would make it pleasant for me and
/ am going.> These soldier boys are
very dear to us all and they are
courteous, kind hearted and very ap-
Ipreciative of any attention shown
them. We must treat them as we wish
others to treat our boys. When it
comes home to a fellow, when his
very own is at the front you will
want to take every soldier by the
hand and invite him in your home for
someone may be will do the same
thing for Your bow. These northern