The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-02-23
KELTON

Kelton, Feb. 19.-It is raining this
morning. We hope for more favor
able weather the next few weeks, so
the farmers can put in more good
work. They had begun to prepare
their lands for another crop, but they
will have to wait for the present.
The people of Kelton were some
what disappointed yesterday evening.
They were looking for 4 cyclone to
hit kelton, but it did not come. The
curiosity seekers were the ones most
ly disappointed for those who were
seeking something good were not dis
appointed for the Rev. l.. Nj. Rice of
Union gave us an instructive talk on
the narrow way in the time consumed
he said many good things. He is a
very forceful speaker speaking plain
and to the point with but few words.
L am somewhat hard of hearing, but he
speaks so plain that l can understand
almost all he says. But l find that
preachers are pretty much like all the
rest of us men folks are. They seem
to love to look towards the good look
ing women. Who can help it? r. it
were not for the good women this
world wouldn't be worth living in. l
thought once he was going to give me
gentle tap. | was thinking if did
l would turn the other cheek also.
Knowing we were good friends, but if
we had been enemies l don't know
SO well whether I would or not.
Mrs. Thos. j. Vinson died last Fri
day after a long illness and was
buried Saturday at Bethlehem, Rev.
D. ID. Croft conducting the burial SER
vices. She left besides her husband a
little 7-months-old baby, one sister,
Mrs. Laurence Johnson of Union, and
one brother, who lives in Gastonia. and
other relatives and friends to mourn
her death. Her maiden name was Miss
Alexander and was from North Caro-
Ina. The bereaved ones have the sym-
pathy of their friends.
Also an old colored woman, Lot
Kelly's wife, died last week. She had
been great sufferer and almost blind
Tor the last year or so. She was born
free in free state or had been given
her freedom by her master several
years before the Civil war.
The most we hear now is war and
prohibition. If congress or the Pres
ldent is going to declare war at all
the sooner the better before the farm
ers prepares their lands for another
crop. They had better plant plenty
OF land In corn, war or no war. The
great cry is now the violation of in
ternational laws. I don't know what
the international laws are. guess it
will take such great financiers as Mr..
MORGAN fn foil Tba., L
or unjust, just like many of our ma
tlonal or State laws are. If it wasn't
true we wouldn't have so many par
ties or factions. Nations may differ on
international laws and what is each
ones rights are under these laws lust
as honestly as people disagree on the
great moral law, the law given by God
and holy men wrote as they were
moved by the holy spirit. Gods law
is just but honest men do not inter-
pret it to mean the same. Well, if
men honestly disagree on the teach
lngs of Gods law we should not be
surprised If men disagree on mans
law, for they are not perfect, but Gods
is. Look at the different denomina-
tlons in the Christian world today.
Sometimes almost ready to fight over
the construction each one construes to
teach and some of them seem to be so
simple. If / don't see or understand
what Baptist or a Presbyterian sees
or understands the great law to teach
that doesn't keep me from giving them
a hearty handshake and God-speed.
Let me say right here that can speak
to any man, although he has treated
or acted mean, but | would not extend
my hand to such one for handshak-
ing means more than speaking.
Back to the war. | don't know wha.
real neutrality is. 1t seems to me it
ought to mean absolute letting either
nation have anything that would aid
them in prolonging their hositilities.
10 illustrate: Suppose I have two
trends who get into a fight. | want
1T ended; both are my friends. | can't
part them. One of them says give
me loaded pistol; l will pay you
for 1T. The other | couldn't help, but
would if I could. Now would 7 do
right to let the other have the pistol
/ say emphatically no, and there is no
neutralityff aid either Oh, but you
will hear the cry by the spectators
and money-lovers. If we do that you
will demoralize and ruin trade and
Kill prosperity; wheat would drop to
$1.OO bushel; cotton to 10 cents and
everything else in proportion. | say
let it go rather than plunge this ma
tion in war, even if there were not