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

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capt myself aud one Of my boys and
1 will spend a while chatting with
you.
Sometimes Like to be alone yet
l know that / am not alone foI
There is an unseen being near us, i
doesn't matter where we are. &
On new years day my mind dWei'
mostly back on my boyhoad days
and. strange to say, ye, true, therst
seemed to be face and and even 9
voice of one 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 Git being regular preaching
day at the old Calliham's church,,
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 4
! Time swiftly speeds along
We come again to praise and pray
And sing our greeting song. !,
We come WITH sssong to greet yon
We come, we come with song
again:
These may not be the exact words
but still l seemed to hear again that
deep clear voice of B. NJ. Talbert
and, knowing him as / did, another
thought came: Where is he singing
now, and what is his song?
The next day being Sunday and
went to the Sunday school and in
a conversation with a preacher 4
told him of the thoughts that; had
been running through my mind, and
his reply was, Yes, / remember
that song very we'll"
And the preacher, who is pastor
OF the echurch we attend, Is enong
Hike ~. Parks Of ksviite t6
De q twin brother and / told him
SO and he said, well, ] have met
several iCarolinians who know w.
P. Parks and they all say he and 1
are very much alik." / 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 /
call him Brother Pat.
find a good many people down
here that l knew their grand parents
and near relatives, so you see | am
or do not feel like am entirely
among strangers.
1t grieved me to read of j. II.
Aliens wife's death, because for
some reason can't help feeling
near to them and it must be because
| loved their father.
"One 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. :"
Why do I muse thus 1 don't
know. For the first time in my life
since have had a family, except
ing a few years, / have been near
enough to all except one (He in
Texas) to visit them all in almost q
days time but now we are scattered
here and there in Carolina, three in
Emanuel county, Ga.,, two in Co
Iumbia county, Ga, five in Nc.
Dufie county. Ga, and one in Tex
as and / find myself wondering why
so and the thought comes: / wonder
if God isn't just cutting loose the
Ecords that bind me to this earthsand
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 mora. But l
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 expect
to make a crop without guano?
Well, we must have something to
put under our corn and cotton, we
might haul the dirt from one part
of the field to another, fill up the
distributor, hitch the mule and put
out the dirt. But, say you, would
that pay? Well, 1 don't know, but
from what / can learn, it would pay
about as we'll as hauling dirt from
the factory or depot. And besides l
understand the guano men say they
will not sell except for cash, and
pray tell me how many or what per
cent. of the farmers have the cash
and if they had would it pay to buy
the low grade fertilizers that will
be put on the market. Better plow
NOR. and do without.