Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-01-19
"UNCLE" w WRITES.
New Year Reflections. Found
Double of w. Pat Park,
Family Scattered.Fertili- #
ger Problem.

cApt myself aud one Of my boys and
I will spend a while chatting with
you.
Sometimes like to be alone yet
l know that / am not alone for
there is an unseen being near rls, IT
doesn't matter where we are. @
On new years day my mind dwelt
mostly back on my boyhoed days
and, strange to say, ye, true, there
seemed to be face and and even q
voice of one 1 loved when a boy and
as long as he lived. He was my
Sunday school teacher before the
war and on the lst Sunday of every
new year (it being regular preaching
day at the old Calliham's churchr,
he being leader of the singing,
would sing song the words OF the
first verse being, if my memory
serves me right,
"A year again has passed away $
Time swiftly speeds along
We come again to praise and pray
And sing our greeting song. !, &
We come with ssong to greet you
We come, we come with song
again.
These may not be the exact words
hnt atill 7 seemed to hear again that
deep clear voice of B. M. Talbert
and, knowing him as l did, another
thought came: Where is he singing
now, and what is his song? %
The next day being Sunday and
I went to the Sunday school and in
a conversation with a preacher I
told him of the thoughts that had
been running through my mind, and,
his reply was, "Yes, l remember
that song very we'll" Il
And the preacher, who is pastor
of the, church we attend, is enough
like w. Il. Parks Of Farksviile t6
be 4 twin brother and l told him
SO and he said, well, / have met
several iCaroliaians who know w.
P. Parks and they all say he and |
are very much alik." I then aahed
him if I could call him Brother Pat
and be put one hand on my shoul-
der, said yes, if you want to. So l
call him Brother Pat.
find good many people down
here that l knew their grandparents
and near relatives, so you see | am
or do not feel like am entirely
among strangers.
1t grieved me to read of j. Il.
Aliens wife's death, because for
some reason l can't help feeling
near to them and it must be because
| loved their father.
Zone by one they pass away
And at no very distant day
We shall see them again.
They only sleep they are not
dead
Oh no, they will live again" Z"
Why do I muse thus | don't
know. For the first time in my life
since 1 have had family, except
ing few years, have been near
enough to all except one tHe in
T.yas) to visit them all in almost a
days time but now we are scattered
here and there in Carolina, three in
Emanuel county, Ga.,, two in Co.
lumbia county, Ca, five in Nc.
Duffie county. Ca, and one in. Tex
as and find myself wondering why
so and the thought comes: / wonder
| if God isn't just cutting loose the
fcords that bind me to this earth'and
makes me look forward to that day
when ii all are Gods children we
will be near to each other again
never to be parted any more. But !
am no preacher and will write OF
something else.
The farmers around in this sec
tion are beginning to turn their
land and on every side the question
is being asked, how can we expec,
to make a crop without guano:
Well, we must have something tc
put under our corn and cotton, we
might haul the dirt from one par,
of the field to another, fill up the
distributor, hitch the mule and pu,
out the dirt. But, say you, would
that pay? Well, / don't know, bu
from what l can learn, it would pay
about as we'll as hauling dirt from
the factory or depot. And besides
understand the guano men say they
will not sell except for cash, anc
pray tell me how many or what PEI
cent. of the farmers have the casf
and if they had would it pay to buy
the low grade fertilizers that vii
be put on the market. Better pillow
more and do without.