The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-03-09
KELTON

A few more weeks of wet weather and
the farmers will be badly behind in
their preparation Of land.
| hoped that after nv last COM
munication l would not deem it neces-
sary to say. anything more for the
present about great European war, but
how can one help from talking about
that which should have their most seri-
Gus attention. Some time last wear
had something to say in The Times
about Japan, Spain and Mexico. If
our country got involved in the great
est of wars now waging and it now
looks very much that way. l was GER
tain the feelings that Japan had to-
ward the United States on account of
the California alien law, which was
very radical, but probably just and
Cuba, which had been taken by the
United States from Spain and I am
not well enough posted on the history
OF our own country to say how much
of the western territory taken or
bought from Mexico by the United
States. But in either case it was un-
just to force an individual or a nation
to sell that which justly belongs to
them, although they get full value for
it. There is too much of that bust
ness done to individuals in this coun-
try now. You will see corporation
buy water power, build a dam, run
a power line through a mans planta-
ton against his WILL if he does not
sell them right of way and their
dam flood and ruin valuable lands that
the private parties do not want to dis
pose of at any price and the plea of
the corporation is that it is for the
benefit of the public. Now, if it were
not possible to run cotton mills, light
up towns and cities, ETC., by any other
power, it would be right to force men
to sell right of ways, but we all know
there is. Take the railroads: they
have to have right of ways or they
could not be built and we are com
PEELED to have them stop the railroads
30 days and what would be the result?
If these Western States Justly be-
longed to the United States how came
Mexico or other nations possessing
them? If they did righteously belong
to the United States we ought to have
had them. Otherwise they belong to
the original owners and one day this
country will pay for her wrong doing,
as l understand the teaching of the
great moral law means the same to
nations as to individuals, but greed
and selfishness rules the world TODAY
and it is no use for little kittles to
call the big pots black for human ma
ture has always been the same but
there is something better than nature
and that is love and righteousness.
If our nation gets in the war prac-
tically all the world will especiallv
the western hemisphere, so let all
prepare for it fy it is day of
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er nations for they are not truly
friendly to the United States and we
need not lay all the blame to Ger
many, for she is not sleeping. I have
read England's statement blaming
Germany with the cause of the war,
and l have read what Germany said,
blaming England with it and it seemed
like to me that both sides made it
very plain who was to blame, but
am like Uncle ST Foster was when
he was converted as he used to tell
me. He was converted going to his
work in little path and naturally
wanted to unite with some Christian
church, so he went to certain church
and the preacher made it very plain
that his church was right. In short
time he heard another of another de-
nomination and the preacher made it
equally as plain that his church was
right, so he said he never was so glad
that he could read the Bible and be
his own judge who was right. So am
reading the reports that have gone
out through the press and will be my
own judge. But oh, the lies that are
being sent out by both sides we can
never know the real facts. I see the
big dailies are criticising those con-
gressmen who voted against armine
merchant vessels. Sometimes mi
nolaty is right. Look back to 1860
and see the ones who voted against Sc
cession, how they were criticized, but
they were right. But heard speeches
and read other speeches about seced-
ing from the Union and from what
they said State or States had
right to withdraw from the Union.
But L say that no State or nation has
a right to make slaves of people, it
makes no difference what the color of
the skin is and treat them as many
owners did, beating them, half feeding
and clothing them, working them very
hard, and the worst of all, they were
not allowed God-given privilege of
an education. But I know many of
them who had good masters are worse
off now then then.
l nominate Mr.. Dan Inman for