The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-05-17
Cor. OF the TINES.
The Washington Centennial.

ised to send O, account Of the Washington
Inauguration Centennial to your readers,
was quite unaware Of the magnitude OF the
undertaking. 1t would take dozen papers
like the TINES to give an adequate idea OF
tho "three days jubilee" and must refer
NV friends to the New York and Charleston
dailies for q more extended account OF the
doing, of eve Centcnuiel people,
On Monday last, May 20, the grand pa
s.ant, yclept the Naval Parade, opened up
the Centennial Celebration. 1t was . cake.
"Faks," is New York for any deception,
and tho naval parade, although grand in
some senses, WAS failure in others. we
viewed it from tho deck of an ocean steamer,
aud if there bad been anything worth seeing
we might have caught it.
The City was full of strangers, and many
of the strangers werc full, too. HARRISON
was given big reception in Wall street, and
he seemed to enjoyit more than great
mapy Of the spectators. The first day
wound up with the much talked of Centen-
nial Ball and Banquet, at tho Metropolitan
| Opera House, for which event The city ap-
| propriated 100000! The free champagne
flowed like water, and the consequence Sa,
| an indescribsble sceuo of drunkenness.
without exaggeration this was one OF tho
| greatest exhibitions ever given of the intem-
perance Of the American people, and tho
| les. said about II, the better. crowd is
crowd, and this WAS decidedly ovorcrou-
ded affair. "Sassiety," donchcr know
Tuesday, the military parade That was
| worth going a thousand miles to with ness,.
any day Fifty thousand uniformed troops
marched up Broadway to the tune of''fau-
kes Doodle representing all quarters OF the
United States. and it was a fne and impos-
ing sight! We didn't squauder enough cash
to pay a six months bill for the privilege of
sitting on roug. hemlook plank, full Of
spliuters, but we secured ticket for tho
Grand Stand Con the curbstone.) We then
purchased soap box from newsboy for
so cents, (private box, you know and
mounting thi, elevated oursef head
above our ncighbor,.
The procession had just started, AMI We
we're Watching tho advancing hosts. when
Smash Our box collapsed, aud in COM
pauy with two hundred pounds Of ave rdu-
pois, We resumed our station Of height
among the cosmopolitan crowd.
Il However, we saw the South Carolina con.
tingent approaching, and just q, tho Cover
nor Of North Caroline came along the
Governor of South Carolina came along also,
and they smackei their lips, whispered in
each others oars, and pointed over to the
Hoffman House. What they were suggest
| ing to each other, of course l can't imagine,
but it csused good many smiles.
We recognized several familiar faces
among the boys from South Carolina, Of Co.
lumbia Greenvillc, ani Spartaaburg par
ticu'arly our old frieni Capt. Bill Hunt, Of
the Butler Guar Is. Our b,ys marched
beautifully, but Gen. W. T. Sherman says
that the President did not recognize them
l. as they passed the reviewing staud, because
thev did not curry the national colors. The
lutte, and of course it tickled old Sherman, ms
he loves to find any prctc1t for beli.tlins the
State in which he so courageou.ly warred
against and conquered" helpless women
and children during tho "lato unpleasant
ness. That the first brgals of the
). Z. troops carried the State AMI not tho
National colors, is true. But it wa. clearly
an oversight, "a the second brigade dtd
carry the "stars and stripes"
At noon the marching columns n.teI AMI
formed in line AZ the President and staff
rode up the entire limo in carriages. The
people roared. We caught glimpse OF the
white haired President, hatlcss, smiling and
bowling at tho cheering populace. Glorious
moment FOR B. ii d. A heathen Ch;n.c and
an Italian Count -ere at this momen at crowd
ing us, so We withdrew and sought moro
'0"ffssss z 1ssrss'astf 'astfaftiaRi fhHRhistrp
Wednesday. caught a s so..r'de came of
- -r--,srU sat ir .,aicohy 1t rhe
Fictori' Hotel Mr. Clcve'and is looking
corpulent an happy, whereas Harrison ar
pears pale AMI "shsky." The reason i. Oh.
viou..
The Z vic parade corta;nc opr l0J,O)O
participants, and innumcrlbIc fl. .us. r.p.
rescntinS almo-t every branch Of Industry.
and was in notion fro $40 m to 5 n. m.
II WAS gran success. and we'll worth 500
ing.
Ihe Military Banquet. the fireworks, and
numberless other events and amuserents
would take week 10 describe. Il will
suffice 10 say that everybody was happy
and voted the celebration great anil glo,i-
Gus success. The weather wa, fine thr,pob-
out, and it only cost New York 100000
to give the picnic
have lots more {, tell Of tn, Centennial
but space will not permit. So with prem
| iso TO write much moro ab,ut tn. D.rt cen