The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-30
Santuc

nave not visited the paper with a let.
ter yet. I have started two, believe
but the material did not suit me, and ]
dropped them. tried to get one OF
Personal Mentions" Christmas, but
could not get the names of all, and SC
dropped that. Today is the first day
week day, that have a chance to sit
by the fire in broad daylight since "be-
fore last Christmas" 1t is showing
today. l have been able to do some
out-of-doors work every day this year
! am not aiming to blow my little tin
horn too much, but beginning before
Christmas and continuing through
Christmas week-instead of useless
frolicking-I was able to turn about
sll my bottoms with two-horse turn
plow. Since then I have cleared off
nearly all my terraces, have cut wood,
have cleared up a small swamp for
1. pasture and have not many washes
to brush, so l am not "mumbling''
about having to stay in. Even this
forenoon / was busy in the crib
screening some white table peas, and
oh, they are prettier than the ugli-
est girl in the world and far more so
than Jezebel's temper. So I am feel
ing very good, but as the old negro
song used to 60, 81 amt got no money,
o. by-Joe," but am neither hungry
nor cold; can't take any stock in the
cannery nor potato drying house, but
have to conduct myself in contribut-
ing good wishes and hope, and 1 am
feelink like tackling the job again
even if do know the boil weevil is
sleeping, comatosely, on the place,
but the wise worm can get my corn,
the Harleuan bug my potatoes, the po-
tato betle my collards, the Hessian
fly my turnips, the aphides my wheat,
the smut my oats, the girdling beetle
my sorghum, the botfly my corn, the
aXwabble my horse and the rats eat
my goobers, and the hogs go crazy
but ] will try again, I must. Is any
one else as we'll Off, or as bad off as
am? What are you goind, corre-
spordents
While I am hearing SO much about
the finding and destroying of blind
tiger still I would like to hear of
arrests. Unless arrests and convic-
tions go hand in hand with the de-
struction of stills the operators of
these stills will get more and operate
at some other place. suppose there
are people who will wink at those
unlawful stills, and maybe connine
with those operating them. While the
wind was whstling by my ears and
the snow falling around me, "wise-
less" was caught from one man talk
ing to another, in which / heard that
4 young white man said that he wish
ed he knew where there was a still
"this bad day." and was told, "You
know where a still is" And the young
man. said, ."Oh, yes, know where one
is, but they are just putting that one
up" Therefore, guess they are near
US, and when that one begins to brew,
said man will be we'll wisher Or
more's the pity, or shame-a patron.
The editor kepps urging to plant
one grape vine, apple tree, ETC., (and
say strawberry bed) but why not say
{. few peca ntrees. used to think
our section was not just suited to their
best, and that man would be almost
too old to eat them, when they came
into profitable bearing, but it is prov
en- that they bear early, very. Mr..
j. M. Jeter, Sr., is the pioneer in our
section, if not the county, in growing
them on anything like calling scale,
as he has 65 tres in bearing, and he is
an enthusiast, and he says they will
grow anywhere. Their greatest enc.
my is the tiny girdler. I sam him
some days ago, and he handed me a
pocket full of the Stewart variety
and and they were fine, and I was
almost like the Indian when he again
tasted buffalo meat, for felt much
like going on the warpath for pecans
Yes, pecans will grow in Union coun-
ty, but they need care to start them
What doesn't, except a pest?
Despite the fact that the weather
prophets-as the chief of the weather
bureau once called them "long range
weather forecasters"-said this was
going to be ''hard" winter, we have
not had as yet much very cold wealth
err. Since the 1st day of January we
have had it down to IA degrees one
day and 18 degrees one day, whereas
last winter our lowest temperature
was ID egres in February, but gen
orally, this is so far warmer win
ter. And do you know there were
farmers who were almost afraid to
sow oats because of these predictions.
Yet we may have much severe wealth
err yet, and kill oats-and pinch the
boil weevil. But as to insects, a few
most always get deep enough or wrap
up well enough to survive the severe
weather in our section.
The newspapers are mostly on the
job with "How to beat the boil wee.
l. q L L