The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-04-26
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the farms-one more week lost. Farm
ers are badly behind with plowing.
Very little land has been gotten ready.
[ have heard of some who have plant
ed cotton seed(, but it must have
been on poorly prepared land, or not
prepared at all. That may do, but it
Is poor doctrine to preach
There was frost in portions down
here last week, and two other morn
ings very cool. If anyone had had
little cotton up, with the land cold and
damp, it would have been badly in
jured, so here is the danger in plant
ing too early. Cotton needs warm, or
rather hot nights, and l do not be-
lieve our midsummer nights are as
hot as when l was "kid."
There has been a greater amount of
sweet potatoes bedded this season
than for long time past Evidently
people are going to try to raise more,
for home use, for hogs, or some may
try to raise some for the cannery:
and / understand some will try their
hand at tomatoes but land has been
cold and wet, and putting things be-
hind. For individual use, a tomato
and | are not on the very best of
terms (only for a little soup) and
have never tried raising them, but
when boy plowing a garden, | did
want to tramp on every vine (but was
afraid), but as for sweet potatoes,
they are very easily grown, the most
tedious part is the transplanting, and
with good rain, that need not be.
The great trouble is they are not half
cared for after the growing.
There was beautiful home we'd
ding at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. P.
Jeter on Thursday evening, April
goth, when their youngest daughter,
Miss Polly, was married to Mr.. G.. S.
Easley of Greenville. Quite a large
number of relatives and friends were
present and gladness prevailed. Then
the newly married couple left on
Train No. 10 for a ten days bridal
trip. The best of wishes of the people
go with them.
Rev. w. A. Stephenson filled his
appointment at the Baptist church
Sunday, and he preached a good ser
mon. At the Sunday school exercises
delegates were elected to the conven
ton at Lockhart on the fifth Sunday.
At the church services the church held
an election for two deacons, and
Messrs. l.. B. Jeter, Sr, and R. E.
Moss were chosen. The ordination
ceremonies will probably be on the
fourth Sunday in May.
The new road grading is going on
and when completed will be a great
improvement, all told, but at an ex-
rense that might not have been, fol
scmc work WAS absolutely unneces-
sary for good travelling, it seems.
| reckon | have right to criticise some
times, and some things, and at the
risk of being called a knocker, and ]
know | have some sense about some
| things. At some slight little bend in
6. road, go outside of this to straight
en- but make a larger bend elsewhere
And where the road is comparatively
level, to dig great ditch at per-
sens door, plow down and take all
the natural top soil, to the red, then
go out in some field and take soil to
recover this seems like throwing away
money and running land All that
| seems to be needed is to grade, arch
it with slight side bitches. Another
place, where the road has been for
over century, | reckon, and the old
Hst man living here never has seen it
muddy, and was not likely to see it
muddy in another hundred years, and
it so level billy goat could pull a
buggy over it, but the engineer laid
Off road alongside of it, lowered it
about 10 inches, to the red subsoil, and
now they will have to take the cotton
field to recover this. Some places nat
ural soil is covered about foot or
two deep with red dirt, and this will
have to bn covered up. The people
VIII pay fCf tearing up good job
tc rebuild it, and some men must
give more in land to topsoil it. You
would call me silly if I cut off the
legs of my overalls, and run the right
leg to the left side, and hind part be-
fore, and vice versa, because there is
a little bag in the knees. Then right
in this tOwnette where the "public
square" is as level as an athletic field
they have to haul dirt to build a
20 inch or two foot high embankment
and when a motor car comes in, it
must tumble off that bank to get out
into the parking place; and the engi-
neer's embellishments of road. Don't
think am not in favor of good roads;
| believe in broad smooth roads, take
out all big curves, if possible, lower
all bad pulls, but for slight curve,
low rise, that an auto can go over
in high gear at five miles an hour;
with natural non-mud SOIL and all
that is needed is little grading up
with road scrape, why go to the
expense of tearing it up, put on red
dirt, or plow down to it, and maybe