Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-12-06

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MIR George Eichelberger Re
members Edge6eld.
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| Dear Old Friend:
line rolls very rapidly, and we
grow older. at each tick Of the clock,
and I begin to realize that ! am sixty
lene years old. / have been watching
she course Of events, and the rapid
Efalfllment Of prophecy. So accurate.
fty have events transpired that the
EEsnost skeptical mind cannot reason
sably doubt. ~ -
ia The 18th chapter of. Revelations is
olding its sayings. We seesfhe vio-
fence. the loud noise, the e.fervent heat
CORNING, morally, mentally, as well
rs the physical horrors. Ocean disas-
|ssers, civil strife in every form, train
wrecks, murders, robberies, land
Igrabbers, disastrous fires, air plane
|ealanlities, tidal waves, storms, mine
|zisasters.
81 trust you are enjoying life, and
the blessings that should accumulate
Eto an ndustrious and honest man and
!a Christian gentleman. often think
Eef the pleasant times I have spent
|@iifth. Wit. you and Willie Reel I trust
willie is enjoying the blessings Of
Hife, though it is trying to one to lose
||the eye sight.
({:s / would like so much to see you all,
but shayeia store which keeps me busy
from daylight till dark. This is trying
on me having travelled for twenty
years, and traversed hills, mountains
and plains.
Every foot Of land would give me
anew thought, new diea ,of the won
derful power of God. Prospecting for
Oil has shown me the wonderful
workings Of nature in every form,
has taught me the secret powers hid
den from man..
I know that you have grand chill
dren ereSthis. My oldest daughter,
Mary Marguerite married Price
Huiitt ni Two years ago. They live III a
rieW.s S4are now building a
S,.ie
automobile business. His father is a
ranchman and has a beautiful place
on Cedar Bayou and thousands of
head of cattle.
Carrie Lucille married Theodore
Jennings. He is an oil field worker
and gets good pay, but the work is
very hazardous, as many men are
hurt and killed. Some of the gas
blow-outs are destructive to life, and
gas and old fires reach hundreds of
feet in the air and spray oil over
miles of area. If this should catch on
fire everything in it's path would go
quickly. An accident occurred today
which manned a derrick man for life.
than people. Their opinions are as
Nothing is more uncertain now
variable as tempest. There is neith-
er truth no true judgement in them.
They are not led by judgment but by
violence and rashness. After the man.
ner of cattle they follow the herd
that goes before.
/ wish / could see you all. If the
roads were good I could come through
to Edgefeld in six days. I want to
see all the old places, where I once
roamed and note the changes in the
country and among the people.
Please write me about the old peo-
pie who were there when I was. What
has become of Jim Minis, Arthur
Tompkins, Will Penn, Willie Adams,
Ed McHugh, Wyley Turner, Dick An
derson, John Sheppard and his broth
er who practiced law? What has be-
come of the Wilkers? Sam and Pomp
Cheatham, Jim Lanier, Brunson
Hollingsworth, Art Brunson? met
Mat Brunson's son short time since.
He was in the mercantile business
near Crosby in this county. Tell me
about Crum Jackson and his wife,