The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-09-07
KELTON

the fierce lightning began to play in
the clouds, then the wind began to
blow and the hail began to rattle on
the houses for few minutes and all
of a sudden as an advancing army
about faced and began to retreat, so
was the wind and the storm. The
wind blew harder and the hail pep
pered down harder than | have ever
seen before. l have seen heavy rains
pass over and then the wind change
and more rainfall but I never have
seen it so completely turn around, at
the same time the wind, rain and hail
getting harder for several minutes and
then all was over. The hail was small,
about the size of large wild grapes.
The worst damage l have seen was on
part of my farm. Cotton leaves and
little bolls lay thick on the ground.
Corn lay fiat on the ground in places
and the fodder beaten into strings
You might call it practically ruined.
Fortunately the area covered by he
storm was small.
The protracted meeting at Foster
Chapel has closed. Rev. Mr.. Kelly
had no outside ministerial help at any
of his special meetings. While he
looks sharply jaded- he has held out
well and preached an able sermon at
II o'clock yesterday, his subject being,
"The New Birth" There was a we'll
filled church of attentive hearers pres
ent
| In the afternoon Mr.. Robert Gar
ner's son, just reaching young man.
hood, was laid in his last resting
place in the presence Of large num-
ber of Sorrowing relatives and
friends the burial services conducted
by the Rev. Mr.. - of I'm
ion, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Kelly of
Kelton.
Some say why don't you reply to
Mr.. Harris criticisms of what my
views on political matters. Well, l
say there is nothing to be gained on
newspaper controversies on either
political or religious questions and if
l ran newspaper no such should ap-
pear in it. I have my opinion on poll
tics and everybody else should have
theirs and not somebody else's and we
should not fall out about our honest
opinions, but I do not think that ones
criticism of another's that they should
personate and the editor should cut
out all such for 1 suppose that most
people know who G. T. G. is and also
Telephone. We are friends and to re-
main friends is to keep all contro-
versies out of newspapers. met some
ladies recently and they voluntarily
commended my stand and if 1 got into
trouble they said they would come to
my assistance. I had rather have the
good women on my side than the men.
We all have our difference of opinions
on politics and religion. Great men
have differed. st. Paul and Barnabas
differed. There is one thing I am op-
posed to; that is deception in man or
nations. Is it not a fact that our ma
ton has ever intended finally to ex-
empt able-bodied men from service
whose families were dependent upon
their husbands support for a living.
1t seems clear to my mind from what
| see in the press that the families of
able-bodied men whose families are
dependent will be cared for by the gov
ernment. Is there anything wrong in
this? No, if there is no deception
used there is no just reason for an in
dividual or a nation to practice it;
they sooner or later will suffer for it.
| am not so big fool as to think that
nation engaged in war should not
use all the stratagem they can to gain
the victory. Let us use few Bible
characters and see what they gained
by the practice. First, what old ia
cob gained by cheating his brother
Esau out of his birthright? Nothing
but trouble. First what his jealous
sons did because Jacob loved Joseph
and Benjamin more than the others
Joseph had coat of many colors. His
brothers conspired together how they
might heap trouble on their father,
Jacob, for his greater love for Joseph
While out watching their flock they
sold Joseph to a band of Ishmaelites;
killed kid and dipped his coat of
many colors in the blood and told him
an evil beast had killed him, showing
him the coat. That probably was the
beginning of his many troubles. At
last these same brothers had to go
down into Egypt and humble them
selves for bread and finally old Jacob
had to send Benjamin, his younger son
whom he loved next to Joseph, before
he could get food. Great was the
trouble Jacob had to endure for tell
ing his old blind father, Isaac, a lie
and deceiving him. My young Christ
ian men and women, just read the
whole story in the book of Genesis
of Gods dealing with Jacob and his
family. 1t is one of the most beauti-
full pieces of history in the whole BIZ
BILE. How is it that our nation will
stop selling to neutral countries any,