Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-01-30
JUNGLE w" WRITES.
Wheatless and Meatless Days
for Men and Oatless Days
for Horses. Farmers
Will Sow Again.
Dear Old Advertiser:

went to bed last night with you
on my mind, and after an almost
sleepless night / still was thinking
of you. Why it is so, I cannot un-
derstand; so I will see if writing
you will relieve my mind.
AS lay on my bed my mind
took in review-the condition of
our country at the present time
and l thought Of the soldiers of the
U. S. in France, and / admit it was
not pleasant to think on. also
thought Of our boys in training in
the many camps II have one there)
in the United States, and my very
heart and soul went out TO them.
I also had other thoughts that |
cannot understand; but one of them
was this: The food administrator
or the government has asked and
insists On wheatless, meatless and
sugarless days, which is all right;
but there came another thought, and
it was this: Yes, and God has said
in a very decided way, oatlcss days
for the mules and horses, for the SIX
weeks freeze has killed the oats and
the wheat-if not killed, badly hurt.
And again there comes thought:
In Europa men are killing each
other almost daily; and in the
United States of America the like
of pneumonia, meningitis and other
diseases are filling graves daily.
Not only from the ranks Of the sol
dier boys in the camp, but every
where. The old, middle aged, faith
ers, mothers, young men and wo-
men, boys and girls and the little
children.
Why, sir, in the neighborhood in
which l live pneumonia is prevailing,
and to-day mother is TO be buried,
leaving four children motherless and
a husband in grief and sorrow, she
being the third to be buried in the
neighborhood in the last hree
weeks -one week land others sick
three of them very sick. The ply
sician attending them says he has
never known or heard of such in all
his practice of several years. What
does it all mean? Is it not God
speaking, and saving to all: Pre-
pare to meet thy God," for meet
Him we must sooner or later. Is it
fact that men and nations have
forgotten God and seeking every
thing else? 1 have come to the
conclusion that such is the case, and
if it is so, the terrible waT now rag
ing is only the beginning of trouble.
Look out men and nations, and re-
member that God will not hold His
anger forever. Oh, no! He always
has and always will punish men
when they sin.
Now / have had my say, and l
feel better for saying it, and will
tell about the unprecedented freeze
of six weeks, commencing on Satur-
day before the second Sunday in
December; and on last Monday
morning it was a sight to behold
trees covered and bend;ng in ice,
icicles hanging from the caves of
houses from twelve to fifteen inches,
and possibly longer, but this morn
ing is almost like spring weather.
No farm work has been done, or
very little, and during the six weeks
of extreme cold weather there were
very few days, if any days, that ice
could not be found. The ground
was frozen several inches deep, and
it reminded me of the winter 1886,
when the ground stayed frozen for
three weeks.
1 can hear of some farmers that
are going to SOW oats as soon as the
weather will admit. | tell them 1t
they can get the seed to sow some
anyway. That is what intend do
ing, but some say what is the use,
for two winters they have had their
crops killed, and l tell them of the
little poem about IF at first you
don't succeed, try, try again." and
I to make it stronger, l tell them of
the discouraged general, after losing
two battles went into barn to rest
and brood over his defeats, and was
attracted by spider that was try
ing to catch a hold on beam so as
| to spin his web. The little spider
failed once, twice, but the third at.
tempt it succeeded in its object, and
from that try again of the spider he
took courage, and in his next en-