The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-01-31
LOCKHART JUNCTION

nearly every day. 1t has been very
cold for the last six weeks as we all
have witnessed and the weather pro-
ohets say we are to have snow till
the middle of March, so we will see.
News is scarce to the readers this
week. The public roads are getting
very bad and those that go will sure
have tough time going, but we
need not complain for they have been
good up until now. The auto will
be put out of business as they can
not go on the bad roads.
have been kept in doors for a
few days and have not heard any
news. We hear only of the same
old story--the war; we can only ina
gine what might be, for none of us
know when the war will end but we
are in hopes it will not last much
longer. There has been no peace
proposition settled on yet and [ am
fearful that there will not be any
time soon.
There is a little politics kindling all
ready as I read between the lines.
The Bible tells us there will be fear.
full times and so it is coming. The
time are perilous and many things
are confronting us today-the food
question, it seems is going to be
limited and is already to certain ex.
lent. I fear that the flour will get
SO scarce that we cannot get il af-
ter a while. We read of the scar
city of wheat in some places ami then
there will be several months unit.
harvest time comes again. We
learn a great deal in time like this;
the government is trying to regulate
things the best they can and the peo-
pie should help and stand by the gov
ernment.
Now listen what I am going to
tell you. My father had plenty of
wheat in his garner in time of the
Civil War. I heard him say he
never had to buy any flour and moth
ing else but sugar, so you see they
were better prepared for the war
in those days than we are now and
that war lasted four years.
Now if the food Inspector was to
90 around to see how much wheat he
would find in the garner in Union
county, [ don't expect he would find
the garner let alone the wheat for
the old garner is not used any more.
Don't need it-took it for something
else, put something else in it. Well,
there is plenty of corn in the coun-
try which is n great blessing. Let
rs eat more corn bread. I eat some
every meal, not because we have no
Our it is because I like tit is
healthier and better for the diges-
ion. I used to be troubled with
indigestion and | quit eating flour
bread altogether for / found out the
corn bread was the best for me, YOU
can take a piece of corn bread and
YOU can crumblc it back to meal but
the cake bread you cannot. Try it.
YOU sec it Is best for the digestion
We can save a great deal by using
corn mcal--thc good home raised
hom" ground, baked by some Of the
rood ladies for they know how to
cook j. as most of them do.
Say let me give you q receipt
mix one half flour with your meal
and put it in the oven to bake, turn
it over If YOU wish it brown, it looks
good, eats good and then it won't
take much lard to season for it will
not be tough bread any way. Good
corn muffin bread is all right.
We have been living too fast it
may be; heard and knew some peo-
plc that did not get any sugar before
Christmas and they had to do with
out, so they had to do without cake
no one was hurt and no one got sick
because they got no pound cake. Now
again long sweetening can take the
place Of sugar that is molasses as the
long sweetening was the right name
during the cold time for it sure took
a long time to pour out of the vessel.
| heard my mother say there was
not so much wheat flour used in time
of the war, only has this and cake
bread on Sundays or when company
came in but she said nearly every one
was used to eating corn meal |
heard her say that pride and sty.e
would some day take fan a1I she
was not proud and had plenty: she
wore homespun cloth and the rest Of
the family and others did the same
thing. Before leave this subject,
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