The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-06-22
JONESVILLE

JONESVILLE
Jonesville, June 1S.-On the 18th
of June, 1864, I fought with my COM
pany, "A", of the 18th S. C. Volun
teers, in the trenches in front of
Petersburg, Va. 1t was the second
day of the siege of Petersburg. 1t
was a hot day and the battle was a
hot one and resulted in victory for
the Confederate arms. We lost but
one man in our company and that
man was poor Abe Dunaway. He fell
at my feet with bullet hone through
his head. l stood in the trench and
fired my gun until It was so hot had
to lay it down for awhile and let il
cool. | will say to the boys who are
going over to France to fight the Ger
mans that you will find it much more
preferable to fight in trenches than in
the open, but l had rather not fight at
ALL
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Harris and chill
dren and B. f. Harris of Browns
Creek spent Sunday in Jonesville with
the family of w. H. S. Harris and
attended the meetings at the Meth
odist church.
Fat backs is pretty high in our
country but is just about half as high
as dried horse and mule meat is over
in the war zone of Europe.
Quite number Of people in the
surrounding country are attending the
revival meeting here.
Miss Josephine Rogers of Atlanta is
of q.
Chambers.
l note what Editor Rice said in the
editorial colmn of The Times last
week about the German kaiser pray
ing for success; that he prays fervent-
ly that the German arms NAV be sue
cessful and that the trouble of war
prayers that they are prone to ex-
press self will and greed hence thew
can find no response in the will of
heaven. Well, of course, our war
prayers and many other prayers are
made for greed and in the interest of
selfishness. We people of the South
lost out in our prayers in time of
our war In the sixties and it was try
ing to our faith to fight and pray as
we did and then lose out but we
should remember that we should al
ways pray with an if; yes, if it is
Gods will. If the allies and the Ger
mans both pray for success both can't
be granted. If it is Gods will that
one or the other shall succeed why
that side will be sure to succeed. I
am constantly praying for the Ger
man kaiser, but it is that he may be
badly whipped and run out of France
and Belgium and that his flag NAV
go down in defeat and that he NAV
meet his fate, but the question is,
am | right and is it consistent with
Gods will? If so, it will end that
way; otherwise it will not.
The crop prospect in this commun-
ity is not at all good but the farmer .
are working and hoping.
Mrs. j. c. Edwards of Union visited
Mrs. E. L. Littlejohn Friday and Sat-
urday.
Mr.. John A. Hames of Rehoboth
was in Jonesville on business Satur-
day.
Mr.. Claud L. Smith and Miss Mo-
zell Wheeler, both of Jonesville, were
married by w. H. S. Harris at his
nome on Main street Saturday even
ing.
In the automobile contest at the
Jonesville Drug company which end
ded May 31st Mr.. j. l.. Mckinney was
the winner. There is another contest
on for an automobile and so the end
is not yet. There are contests after
contests. Some about something and
some about other things.
DR.. M. w. Chambers, who has been
at Spartanburg for treatment for
some time, is at home again.
The meeting at the Methodist
church continued through last week
with much interest. Rev. Walt Hol-
comb, the great evangelist, was
booked for every day but on account
of the illness of his wife in Georgia
he did not arrive until Monday morn
ing. Rev. j. d. Swargetery. who
came week ago to do the singing
and who is also a preacher, has been
leading the singing and doing the
preaching and while he is a fine singer
he is very good preacher also. The
meeting is expected to continue for
several days yet. The services don't
conflict much with business, as only
one service is held in the day, $3.50
p. M, and one at night. Rev. MIR.
Holcomb, the evangelist, came in
Monday morning and took charge of
the meeting and preached at $3.50 and
500 p. m. The meeting was held the
past week in the Methodist church but
Monday evening it was moved to the
armory building for the rest Of the
meeting. Telephone.