The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-12-06
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DECEASED(
Mr.. Geo. 7. Bu
Union County N
Oklahoma, Pay
His Comrades
Passed Beyond I

Cbickasha, Okla, tQl
you give me space 4 gr
( marks? Fifty year ws
to brood over evnet pc
help only by the sa, tn
great Architect and wi
can we expect to gan(the me sId 10
gifts that has been handed "a qts
US through the ages. Today
day in American history. II,
day Of Thanksgiving. But tDn tS
many and how few are ceiebrs
this day in the true principlel e 8
way that God would have thenk -!
many of my dear old cdmradsk q z
say that they are thankful "a
and tens of thousands - -
that God has so gens1
lshly poured out upq(
dear comrades, we of
left OF that once great ar
lowed Lee and jackson, ho
we should be today. Neve
but with true reverence - ~
doeth all things well. Sad g. da!
day to realize that our depleted ranks
are thinning so fast. Some five yeaa
past l tramped the hills of my A e
native old Union. My associate =.
then and there was of an inspiring ms
ture. Men whom shared the fate d
battle; men who 1 had loved from
early childhood; men who had sprup)
up IN natures own gift and had fvso
70 serve their country in the caS mn
IL noblemen. Oh, what thoW ere
Inspiration that thrills my seuk the
oday to know that 1 have seas ocl
'assing of these years. am sa the
With my day and generation, tn Ih'
ny days have been days of event kne
When l recall the names of TN nar
ear old boys who stood high in anl
steem of a great people. They wee
zen OF the noblest type of manhd6l0
Il. w. Tinsley WAS good man + y p
ay his children rise up and caiE
essed. But he is gone FROM fSes
Ill we meet again? God - y
Is wisdom and mercy.
Captain Douglas, noble rnaAoXS i
as. r. c. Robinson was my H I92
the army and that was the plad
arm of men. But my conrad
ushes my heart when I hal
at j. c. Hunter isl gone fr
c& only say FaA well,
truest friend, Nal HdsS a.
fffsesahh-afith hesft and purs
re the same age to a day. ct
h day of November Cal "a
$ 6s years old. and we have eF4 tn
N on the best of terms. When lv3 SO
re in our seventh year our frs he
ool teacher was the venerable old 6u
MT Joseph Holmes, of Goshen Hill, eli
o has long since passed to his re- fo
I'd into eternal rest. Our next H
cher was the Hon. George Coield, u
o died few years ago in the city -
Spartanburg. Our next teacher Be
s Miss Anna GOWN, afterwardY &
wife of Lafayette Hunter. All Ith'
ght at Goshen Hill, where I first gr
v the light of day and spent my th'
'ly years. But my reader, the old dy
dmarks of that dear old spot are !co'
ne, gone. Those good people have th
ssed from the stage of action but Iiv,
" are not forgotten when we look
'ough the backward mist of time.
my eventful days come rolling back
our memory. Our few fleetingI
ars seem but short while. SlEt
Yes, my Comrades, this. day is al
' that was set apart by our nation'sl I
lders and as custom that has fol-j
yed the tradition of this great re-
bic until today, it should be keptl
red. We have so many things toi
thankful for. Yes, you, my COM
les, you should be thankful forl
DIS watch and care in the heat OF
tile. Yes, and for making as hon
citizens as you made soldiers.
S, you should be thankful for food
d raiment. And that you have not
IN hungry since you made step to
Irtial music in the days that tried
, souls of men. Yes, you should
ank God that you made a history
1T will go sounding down the ccrri-
RS of time and nations yet unborn
II reverence the name of the boys
10 wore the grew Yes Won should