The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-02-11
KELTON

some fine weather after the big rains
of last week.
There is still much sickness, colds
and gripp, on the Ridge. Some are
getting up and others are being seized
with the same diseases. We have no
doctor now, so when one gets sick
! we have to send to Jonesville, Union
or Lockhart for one We need one
here very much. There is an opening
for an active young doctor just now.
We don't want to get sick, but when
we do we want the doctor.
Will Garner and his wife moved
from Spartanburg to the Ridge ano-
are living with their mother, Mrs. w.
II. Gault.
Mr.. J. HI. Foster and his son, James,
with his family, moved from Spartan
burg to Mr.. Fosters old home. He
moved from his home in 1891 and has
been in Spartanburg ever since.
Mr.. Thomas Vinson of Browns
Creek has bought house from Mr.. J.
E. Kelly and has moved in with his
family and his son and family.
Mr.. Ellison Garner, who moved
from the Ridge some years ago TO
Cherokee county and later moved
above Jonesville, has moved back to
the Ridge this year.
So you see the Pea Ridgers are re-
turning to their old country. We well
come them all and as many others a.,
will come. But we hope that their re-
turning is close at hand for we are not
tired of living in this old troublesome
world, as the old darkey puts it,
1t looks now more like the United
State will be involved in the great
war and if we do get into it Others
| will be enrolled in the great European
will follow, for there is Mexico, Spain
and Japan, all would like to get a
lick at the United States. 1t seems
to me it would be better for Uncle
Sam to warn all Americans who are
travelling on the high seas not to
travel on any ships that do not sail
the American flag and if they did not
heed the warning let them do it a.
their own risk. This is no time for
pleasure or curiosity seekers. Never
in the history of the world have we
witnessed such appalling times as now.
1t would be far better for few men,
women and children to go down than
for hundreds of thousands of men to
grave and millions of women and chill
dren to suffer untold want and misery
as they are now doing in Belgium,
Servia and all over Europe | got sat
lsfied with war over so years ago and
some of those hot heads who are so
eager to ge! into it will get enough of
it before it is over. Gen. Sherman
said, "War is hell" Americans had
no training for soldiers in the Civil
war. History tells what they have
done on both sides and if any nation
doesn't think we can put up a good
fight let them come over on our land
and we will show them. But let US
not invite war, but work for peace
and the God of the universe will help
fight our battles. Let us 90 back
so years gathering few men in our
State and see the results. If we had
had enough men as ex Judge Robert
Monroe and ex Gov. B. F. Perry we
might never have had the struggle we
had and the South might have re-
celved some pay for the negroes, but
hot heads would not listen to such men
as named above and we all know the
results. But when those men could
not carry the State when the time
came to try men they fell in with this
State too old for soldiers they were
represented by their sons, Judge Mon
roe with five or six sons, as l have
been told, so let us listen to sober
and well balanced heads and have
peace if possible on reasonable terms
Search deep down to the bottom of all
wars aid you will find that money is
at the bottom of all disputes between
nations. The love of money is truly
| the root of all evil G. IT q