The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-02-08
Santuc News Letter

least, all Is just gong along, not even
news" is putting up" any more than
spring pasturage. We have been laid
up about week with nothing much
but good appetites to prey on our
rations while we wait till the clouds
roll by, Jennie"
l have not read much from the CIR.
Gle of correspondents, from the fact
that they have not been contributing
much for me TO read-only few
They maybe, the girls at least, trying
to, or is going to, get married, to ''fol-
low suit" of some (no use for the men
correspondents, who are not already
so. 20 try no one will have themt for
instance, recently Vero. If it were not
Nero l would say Jumped the broom
stick" but l must not speak SO, of a
number of our circle. 1t is not digni-
fed enough. While there is a certain
and peculiar friendliness, social rcla-
tionship, existing between us that is
not with outsiders, We must then be
mindful of our "p'S and q's." So
here is congratulations to Vero, and
especially to her, we'll / believe the
woman is always the Better half
but the young man. wish her q
whole lot of happiness, not unalloyed
that would be too much like sinlcss
perfection. You know little trials anC
sutferings will creep in, has done so
in every life it would not be human
life If it did not, not Christian. There
fore with this, We would be the better
able to appreciate the good things
the happiness, some of which is sure
to come our way if we are Christians
as | am sure you are, Vero, so won't
YOU accept these best wishes from tho
writer?
True to normalcy-if l may call i:
that-February has started in to be
one Of the wettest months. The very
first day we had the heaviest precip
itation since the beginning Of the win
ter. The land was so wet when
went out in the field afterward.
mired down but had on rubber boots
and could splash through almost any
where. Then came Saturday night ant
Sunday with excessive rainfall, anC
those who are accustomed to goirp
to Sunday school or church had, as tn.
little boys say, "to stay to home" an
it was lonesome. Saturday "our folks
rugged up n road drag and smoothC,
over a section Of bottom-so clay roa,
preparing for Sunday, but the rain. Il
old jim knight, colored blac'
smith around here. used to say, "nuli
fled his exertions," and there we were
But in the afternoon Mr.. R. p. Red
dick came to our home. and we hac
an eating match at parched pinders
and he won the match
Well, if farmers didn't let SOM
good weather for hauling, slip by, ir
January, I'm goat. But it was rath
er hard to get hands to get to work
And some perhaps didn't try. There
was full measure of idling, which is
milder than loafing, all around. Fact
is, hunting, more hunting. most hunt
ing borders close on to being a curse
to farms. There are a number of ne
groes who do little more than hunt
perhaps without license or permis
sion, but they can never look to thu
future; but if you can find white coun
try people, who are confirmed hunters
and ought to look little TO the f.,
ture good of the mud sill of the coun
try, it would be bad. Patching" |,
farms in January, or since crops W.,
gathered last fall, would have bee,
good work. But one may go up or
some high hill and look over the land
scape, and it looks like vast area.
of the farm lands has been abandoned
No evidence that there has been an at
tempt to stop the gullyings 1t is g
regular land les )cape.
"Outsidcrs" may talk about living
off the fat Of the land, (say farmers
ought toy and extend gentle hints t.
them to raise hogs, meat, etc, (anC
the required corn). SO far, so good
but if farmer would have his hogs
good cow, a few acres of good
wheat, sorHnd corn for good corn
bead; variety garden; a potato
patch Of white and sweet potatoes, a
Hltch Of white table peas, a water
melon patch, small orchard for
peaches, for fresh or canning. and dry
/ <, apples. grapes. yard full Of
game hens to lay eggs, and raise fry
iGg size, stewing size and baking size
plump chickens, and lot of home
grown peanuts as an ever welcome
companion to keep company with be-
tween meals, why wouldn't that hn
really living Off the fat Of the land ,
Even if the boil weevil did step in and
take the jingle of cotton cash out of
your pocket. And no joke, couldn {
not be very nearly so?