The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-06-20
LOCKHART JUNCTION NEWS

Lockhart Junction, June live
have had good shower of rain in
this section today-a fine cotton sea-
son, hardly enough for corn, but it
looks now that it will rain more this
evening.
Well, went to Great Falls Sunday,
and with me were Mrs. Anna Gau!t,
Mr.. B. F. Gregory and Misses Nell and
Sara Gregory, Mr.. and Mrs. / B
Kelly, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde White, I.
B. Fowler and Ray Fowler. All going
in autos and we enjoyed a nice trip.
On our travels through the eastern
part of the county of Chester, find
that they have had hail storms, dcn-
aging the cotton, corn and the grain
crops; in fact, everything seems to
be damaged. In find great deal of
cotton had to be planted over on ac-
count of the hail; some was just COM
ing up in some places. I guess there
was near travel of 10 or IL miles
that seemed to be damaged. We
looked on large fields of cotton that
was not planted over-standing a
stalk now and then, stripped with only
leaf or two and had been ploughed
and worked out and left to see what
it would make. The leaves on the
trees were beaten off by hail and it
looked like the trees had ben singed
by fire where the hail beat the leaves
off.
find some errors in my last weeks
letter which I will correct. 1t was
Mrs. r. C. Little who visited her sis
ter. Mrs. w. C. Edmonds, in Spartan
burg instead of Mrs. r. G. Littlejohn,
and it was the Rev. Swope who con-
Quoted the burial services of little
Billie Edmonds at Abbeville instead of
Rev. Sweet.
I had a good friend of mine that |
met the other day and he said to me,
81 read your letters every week and |
do like to read them, but am jealous
of the good dinner you get" Well.
now this is good friend of mine and
a big g-hearted fellow, too, and / am a
friend to him, with no reflection on
him, but I go by special invitation
This gives me a thought, and I will
mention it. There are times when a
man is in agents work or travelling
business he will go into a home and
get a meal when he is not expected,
and is treated with the same kind Of
hospitality, and made welcome just the
same. I am glad that we have so
r:any big hearted people where l go.
Pardon RE, my dear readers, for tell
ing you I have been into many
strangers homes but | was not a
stranger there any more and when
leaving l was invited back again. IL
had rather have friends than md
and as one writer said, if. you~y 80
to make friends you must show yotFf
self friendly. am glad to say that
I believe was born with some of that
in me and guess l have learnd some
by experience and observation. can
take every man or woman by the
hand of a bow of the head or tip of
the hat as token of courtesy and
friendship whether they want to do
the same with me or not. l am not
writing or boasting of anything or
wanting notoriety, l am speaking
from the heart / thank God That /
have many friends and few enemies,
for the Bible tells us, "Woe be unto
that man whom everybody speaks
well Of" l heard good nan say he
could tell his enemies by looking un-
der their hats.
1 am going to tell you this and then
I will tell you something else. I met
man the other day and he was a
stranger and he asked me, Don't you
write for the paper?" and 1 told him
did, and he said he thought so for
talked like | wrote. He reads my
letters and this got us acquainted. |
appreciate all those that compliment
my letters for | believe if you have
anything good to say or tell about
man, tell him while he lives and don't
wait until he is dead and then go and
spread the flowers over his grave. You
had better give him one while lives
Mrs. A. II. Gault has come back
from Winthrop College, where she