The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-03-14
LOCKHART JUNCTION

again, preparing for another years
crop. Now it is hoped they will plant
plenty of grain for feed stuff-we
have learned from past experience
what we realized from a short crop
of cotton last year. Now don't plant
too much cotton and plant plenty of
corn and make all the feed stuff you
can and let the cotton be a surplus.
We are all learning by now that we
are in a great war; let us do every
thing we can to help win the war. The
government has had man around to
see how much flour you had and we
don't know what else is going to come
or happen, so as the old saying goes
"in time of peace prepare for war;
see, we have not done that!
Well, my readers experience and
observation will learn US a whole lots
and as the old saying goes "exper-
ience is a dear school but fools will
learn in no other" Sometimes the
smartest of people will act foolish
sometime. We profit by our mistakes
and now we all see that We have
made mistakes and we are going to
improve from them. I find that the
people are trying to save everything
they can. met good man on the
streets the other day with buttons off
his vest and ragged sleeves and some
one said to him "what are you wear
ing such looking clothes for?" and he
said "the war is on" This man could
afford better but it suited him and he
did not look bad in these clothes and
of course this was joke from the
other fellow but he explained it we'll
by saying ''the war is on"
/ want to relate another thing that
happened in my presence, once there
was prosperous farmer and mighty
good man selling cotton and I drove
up to the yard, too-this man had
several wagons of cotton and was
very prominent man. | said to the
buyer, "don't you know that man 2"
he said he did not and when I told
him he was surprised for he was such
a horney looking man, he thought he
was only renter. This man was pre-
pairing for war in time of peace.
Again let me tell you something
else | noticed. | met two ladies after
they had been to the millinery parlors
to do their shopping and they showed
me their hats and they asked me
which was the prettiest one and of
course I could not tell for they were
both good friends of mine. One lady
had her hat trimmed over and it cost
three dollars while the other one
bought hers out right and paid seven
dollars for it and one looked just as
good as the other; now l am not
ing pretty hats, but the war is on
now. / heard my mother say when
| was a boy that pride would take
fall and I hardly understood that, but
| have learned a great deal since then
and again she said she had rather
have patch on her back than whit
against her.
Well, guess if the war goes on,
we will have to still give high prices
for those hats and shoes or go bare
headed and barefooted, the girls con
go bareheaded for see them in sum
mer without hats, riding over the
country and oh, boy, they look good
to me!
1 was treated with great courtesy
as I went around taking the flour cen
sus, but some funny things and jokes
were passed. One old time negro said
"boss, you can't get any here for we
haven't got more than 4 mess in the
barrel. You can look under the bed
and anywhere else you want to, we
amt got none" | said to her ! had
not come for any of her flour for
when I came for flour, would come
in a wagon. Another joke on of the
other census takers had piled on
him. He had several hens promised
him if he would not take any of their
flour.
I attended the box s@pper at the
Cohen school house last Saturday
night and I was made auctioreor
I cried the sale Of boxes and there
was lively bidding on some Of the
girls boxes-one box brought $50OI
and I heard afterward that one fc}-
low said he was little doubtful about
the box being the girls ne thought it
was or he would have made it bring
twice that amount. Mrs Belue, the
teacher is doing q good work at This
school; she has worked up an enroll.
ment of so pupils. The children gave
| some SONGS the boys and Girls tnL-