The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-02-21
LOCKHART JUNCTION.

LOcknart Junction, FEB. 1S.-Well,
the weather has been real fine for
week or more but it is little cool
thi smorning. Yesterday was very
pretty time for church going and
there was good crowd out at New
Hope to hear our preacher in charge,
Rev. Blackmon as there were many
who had not heard him on account of
tic bad weather He preached a fine
sermon.
met Mr.. Jennings Otis at Union
last week; he is representing a large
publishing house and is travelling
though this part Of the country. He
is interesting agents in selling books
for the house which he serves, he has
several kinds, also has Bibles. Mr..
Otis is a fine young man reared at
Kelton in Pinckney township. I am
in hopes he will be successful in get
ting agents.
While travelling last week stopped
at Mr.. Clough Farrar's home in
Pinckney township near the old ferry
on Broad river. Mr.. Arthur Fowler
and family live there now, he is sup
intendent of that farm; this farm is
now owned by Miss Mary Emma
Foster of Union. I was invited to din
ner and was served handsomely and
I sure did enjoy it as had driven
II miles and had eaten an early
breakfast and sure did justice to the
good things set before me, Mr.. Fow-
Ter showed me some fine pigs of the
Red Duroc kind, full breed and he
had five that looked like picture.
Then he showed me a couple of fine
milk cows that he had been offered
one hundred dollars for one that
morning and he refused to take it as
he wanted one hundred and twenty
five for her. I have been to a great
many places but here is where I saw
the most corn in one place. I think
from the size of the crib it has been
measured accordingly to the size of
the crib. I suppose there was some
thing like 5000 bushels of corn. Mr.
Fowler says he had many acres that
made 60 bushels to the acre I sure
enjoy myself with Mr.. and Mrs. Fow-
Ter and their kind hospitality was
much appreciated by your scribe. Yes
I am going there again.
Now as I 60 on I found the road
gave out like I found once before in
{,-n al II -
road and I found some parties boring
a we'll and there was a log house
standing close by-that was all I
saw and asked them where the road
was that it had given out. One man
replied to me "this is the end of the
road and there is nothing ahead of
you but a grave yard" That kind Of
made me feel a little A-----,us - X
told him I wasn't hunting a grave
yard right now and you can Just
imagine how I felt and the sun was
just about down and thinking about
where I would stay all night, but
soon got Strengthened out into a bet
ter road and went on my way reioic-
inc. will tell you sometime where
this road was.
The end of the road I came back
to at Mr.. Fowlcr's was not as bad as
this. Il was The place where Union
county's first court house was built
many wears ago. 7 had no one to
give me any information only ar old
negro woman living there. 7 asked
her if there was grave yeard n""r
this place and she pointed ont one
near by and I went and found marble
box tcmhs with name, dates and epi-
taphs engraved thereon. Teh name
Of one was to memory of Thoma; c..
TAYLOR. who was horn IN Ireland, he
25th Of March 1776 ard died at
Pinckncyyil1c s. c., 10Th of June
1892 in the 57th year of his life and
here is his epitaph:
"Silcnt grave to thee I trust,
This sacred and worthy dust.
Keep If safe. o Sacred Tomb,
Until wife shall ask for room
There are two brick buildings
standing there also in memory of the
old place. One building was the
store house and the other one was
the Jail so the old negro told me.
There is another old land mark left
at this place and it is an old oak
tree-part Of it standing and is alive,
and it seems it was a very large tree
at one time, not part of the tree
has rotted off and leaves a hollow
stump near the bottom which makes
a place for depositing the old ploughs
and other junk around. There was
several pounds Of iron around here at