The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-05-26
KELTON

Kelton, May 22.-We had light
shower of rain last night and this
morning and is cloudy today. We
hope for good rain, which is badly
needed.
l returned home yesterday after an
absence of week attending the U.
c. V. reunion at Birmingham. Com
rades John HI. Foster and A. G.. Bent
ley of the Ridge attended tt onven-
tion. We had ar enjoyable Getting
and the hospitality given the old Vet
Grams was good and all seemed to
enjoy themselves the very best. II
did not meet scarcely any of the Un-
ion county boys of the sixties. Geo.
Buchanan, Lee Armstrong, Capers
Scott, Robt. Howell and others who
usually attend these meetings were
absent. I guess some of them have
crossed over the river of death since
our last meeting like my dear brother
w. H. had. We are passing away
very fast and soon will all be gone.
The South Carolinians and their de-
scendants entertained the Division of
South Carolina in a four-story build
ing. They had cots and beds for all
who wished to stay at our headquar-
ters and gave us good breakfast in
order that we might enjoy ourselves
together without going to the camp,
where all could be sheltered and fed.
l spent one night with my lifelong
friend, Mr.. Frank Moseley. Mr..
Moseley was reared in our county and
his mother lived in our immediate
II
later he worked in The Union Times
office under Editor States. His faith
er, William, was a member of the Is
S. c. V. and was killed in the great
battle of Gettysburg, Va. He said he
was disappointed in not seeing J. G.
Long, Zack Reaves and others at the
reunion. He is editor of labor pa
per published in Birmingham.
1 also met Susan, his sister, who
married a Mr.. Miller of Union coun- |
ty. He died and she married a sec
ond time and lives about forty miles |
from Birmingham. She and her hus-
band said they were coming out here
In their car this or next summer. 1t
seemed to me that nearly all the peo-
pie of Birmingham that I talked to
Carolina. The last day was parade
day. l never have seen so many
school children at one time. They
were in the march and made more
noise than a thousand geese quacking
together. 1 have no idea the number
of people lined the streets during the |
march.
Mrs. M. E. Britton, who taught the |
Kelton school several years ago, has
recently been visiting her many
friends on the Ridge. I did not get |
to meet her, which 1 much regretted. |
Come again, Mrs. Britton, you have
many warm friends here.
Mrs. Mace Going, who has been sick |
for many months, quietly passed away
last Friday and was laid to rest at |
MT. Joy church Sunday in the pres
ence of the largest gathering of peo-
pie that has been in many a day at
her church. She was faithful and |
devoted Christian. Mt. Joy church
has lost one of her most consecrated
members and her husband a loving
wife and the community true friend
She was Tennessean by birth and |
besides her husband and two little
children she left many friends and |
relatives to mourn her death. The be-
reaved ones have the profound SYM
pathy of this community.
| forgot to mention in my Birming-
ham write-up of a lady who came
into South Carolina headquarters
looking for husband. She was we'll |
dressed and a very good looking lady. |
AS you know, the most of them are
pretty. Some of the old Vets were
talking to her, 1 don't know whether
they were widowers or not. I thought |
of my friends, Dan Inman and J. NJ. |
Greer, and wished they had been
there. Stir up, boys, you may be
left. only got to kiss one little |
sweet 13-year-old girl while gone.
| hear that Mr.. Foster Gault and |
Miss Vera Gault were arried last |
evening.
G. T. G.