The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-10-05
,IONESVILLE

JoneSville, Oct. 2.-We had lot
of rain last Friday night, enough to
satisfy the ground for the next month
or more.
1t seems that the tropical storm has
passed by and left us without frost
and beautiful sunny weather and now
for picking the cotton and peas and
putting in the small grain. Farmers
are having hard time to get work
done. The government camps are TAX
ing all the hands and giving them big
wages, which leave the farmers to do
all their work or let it go undone,
which is bad state of affairs for a
country, especially one like ours. Our
country will have to undergo a revo-
'Ition in agriculture or our farms will
to pieces. You can farm to success
on hap hazard ways. It's true the
government work at the camps will
give out after awhile and then, no
doubt, the very people that left the
farms will want to flock back to them
for their government money will not
last long or at, at least, that is my
prediction. War always brings cor
ruption, speculation and extortion to
country and the afterclap is usually
the worst. After the Franco Prussian
war of 1870 the streets of Paris was
regular field of internicine war
They fought till the streets were
bathed in blood. This continued for
sometime. 1t was the different polit-
lcal parties that fought it out among
themselves. And it was the same way
In this country after our civil war
We were in state of way for ten
years after Lees surrender the politi-
cal parties came in right off and later
on the ku kluX bobbed up and it never
ended till '76. So you see that war
brings the riff raft to the surface. War
is just what General Tecumseh
Sherman, the great fire bug of the
Civil war, said it was-"Hell"-and
| think he was about correct.
attended the meeting of Union
Lodge, No. rs, A. f. NJ, last Friday
night at their regular communication.
Robt A. Cooper, grand master of the
Grand Lodge, A. +. NJ, of South Car
olina, was there by invitation and pre-
sided. Three fellowcrafts were raised
to the sublime degree of Master
Mason. Grandmaster Cooper is we'll
up on the work, which he did we'll
Refreshments were served by the
lodge and it was nice to behold how
brethren can work together in unity.
How true is that saying that "In
the midst of life we are in death"
Mr.. George Il. Gault attended the fun
n VNh
Chapel on Saturday, the oath of Sep
tember, in his usual health. He wrote
his usual letter to The Union Times.
of which he was regular correspond
ent, on Monday following and on Tues
day he was up and attending his af-
fairs about home and on Saturday he
died suddenly and on Sunday his re-
mains were laid to rest in the ceme-
terry at his beloved church, old Flat
ROCK. Some six or seven hundred
people came from over the country to
pay their last respects to his memory.
The funeral services were conducted
by his pastor, the Rev. w. C. Kelly,
assisted by the Rev. Mr.. Croft, both
of whom spoke of the virtues and
faithfulness of the deceased. Mr..
Gault was pillar in his church, Flat
ROCK, and one of the land marks of
the community. He was the son of
u. Washington Gault and Lucinda
Gallman; born in November, 1914, en-
listed in the Confederate service in
the latter part of 1862, Co. X, 5th
Cavalry, and did good service It'll the
close of hostiities. He was married
to Miss Ellen Fowler in 1870, who
still succeeds him. Five children were
born to them, four of whom are living,
three sons and zone daughter. He
leaves an estate of ten or twelve thou
sand dollars, free from encumbrances.
He was Confederate Veteran that
loved the name of Veteran. He was a
member of Camp J. r. r. Giles, No.
,7O8, U. c. ", OF Union He attended
most all the reunions. He got a new
Confederate grey suit to wear to the
reunion at Washington last June and
he was buried in the suit. He was