The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-02-20
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The down passenger train from Chat.
tanooga hatfeached Atlanta WeCuesday.
night last brought among It's nurneroiis.
passengers family of eleven psTsons
who were on their return home TO South 4
Carolina from Texas, where they have
m 1sen existing for the past three years.
Ihe head OF the family gave his nana MS +
q. "a. Cokers and asked 4. policeman at
the depot to show him and bis party. "a
aome place where they could stay for tie
night. The policeman took Tho entire
party to the statiou-houss, where 4 s..nI-
Portable room with fire In IL was si,Iac,M {.
at their disposal. Here tSey remained
until Major D. A. Coolr, the kind hearted
and fcient station-house keepar5 natrIa
ON duty in the morning. Major Cook.
upon visiting them in the room. lesrnad
from Mr. Coker that neither he nor any
member of his family had eaten n rnoraeI
on the day previous, and In conseduenca
were nearly furnished for want Of food
AS soon as Major Cook learned thiss l,a
sent out and got eleven breakfasts for tho
starving family. .157 So :, q
"Well, it would have done you good 4,
said Major Cook TO the reporter. TO see
how that family demolished the colitantsis I
of the numerous dishes thatwera saE tel
fore them. The little ones Just pricked
up their ears and snapped their ewes as;
soon as they heard the Rattle of the dishsa
es. "A little three, yeae old blue. eyed ho-- S
eprang out of his mothor's lap and CONE
menced clapping his hands for Joy. IS:
Faces that were without particle of !
| life in them changed la the twiakling of
an eye and boFe expressions OF delisht.
Despite the great hunger of eyery one
there was plenty. for all and after d half
hour cpent ia Btufting themselves with
the good things, the family, from slle old
man TO the baby In the arms oftlie moth
OF, bad their appetitea fully eatisfad. Z
At noun tha rennrtnr 1nakAs s.: !; I'm In
| tho group. There were tho old man and
his wife, apparently sixty years of ara.
seated On sne ,iIoor, and ns6f them was
! their family. slA
In conversation with Mr. Coker, The
reporter learned that tho family vent to {
| tho southeastern Fart of Texas about
| three years ago, and thst they had set
| tled upon o tract of land that thew refS :.
ted, which 10 iocateda d few miles ffrogiY, i
Huntsville. During their stay mi tIisi. the
Lone Star State, Mr.. Colter sf,ys he han
met with nothing but adyeFsity on eyerv
turn. He Gays that he nlade poor crops. !.
and in consequence had little to est:
The land he said was poor, and would
bring nothing whatever, although ha
worked hard to makea living for llirl,s
self and family. Two of his d6ug tiers y
who are grows, assisted him III pi ffsIi-s
ing in she fielda and worked uISon tra
iarm IN various other'ysgs Shortly af.
ter their arrival IN Toxns, the members
OF MS family were taken sick with chiIISs
and fever, Gud mp to the date Gs their
leaving that State, nearly ell 81 SSheait
were still snbjecs to this kind of fBickne1s.
Mr. Coker says thSt having become
| dlsgusted with the land and cliiaatel Of
Texas, he concluded severai months ago
10 return 70 his former homo, near Will
Hamburg, Soash Carolina, Every effort
that he made TO secure money enough
upon which 70 return home proved to Be-
q iaiiures until o few dnya ago when he
Isecnred two hundred dollars from hiss
brother .in-law, who resides at W. liaEa,as
burg. With this money he at nnea ss..s= sss..ss -
oiiasod tickets which brought hin, ana
| his family to Chattanooga. Here, he Ens
again without money. The chief Of tho
Ipoiice learned of the destitute condition
of the family, and Informed Mater TI;liS
Of their situation. This aantieraam n5o.s$
after repaired to the Office iof The JVes.a
\ tern and Atlantic Railroad and requess
tea tne leeAn.ager to pass the iaGlil 10,
Atlanta ior hall rates, sting that IL the
road would DO this Chattanooga would
pay for the Tickets. ;i,hs request was
promptly granted and the party arrived
In this city without accident
II Mr.. Coker states that th8 00rcttcfcTa.