The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-10-26


Several Of my friends asked me
to write them after getting here,
But knowing that could not write
to all Individually, promised them
short letter in the TIMES. So if
you will grant me the space, | shall
sketch as briefly as possible, my
trip and give some facts about the
place and my work here.
Leaving Maryville on the morn
ing Of Sept, II, and stopping off at
Rockford for short visit, re ched
Knoxville Tuesday morning (27th)
took the train at 10:3O A. Nj. for
Bristol wnere ! arrived sometime
after 3 p. VI. Here remained till
the morning of the Goth when at Il
30 | took the train for Big Stone
Gap, Va. 1t was an excursion to
the big Democratic Barbecue and
Speaking at Big Stone Gap.
OF course / took in the speaking,
but didn't get smell of the dinner.
About I p. M. we took the Dummy
for the l.. & n. Depot where arriv-
ing, the train WAS waiting for us.
Once on board we moved off at
very uncertain speed for Penning-
ton cap Va. where we were glad
to arrive alive sometime in the fore
part of the night.
II is the next thing to impossible
to have anything more than a very
indeinate idea of the rapid success
ion of eventS that came in to being
during the lapse of that fearful
period of time between Big Stone
and Pennington Gaps. For, if the
devil ever reigned supreme over
any spot on the earth, he did, in
his fiendish glory upon the cars that
night.
think there were five coaches
and think there must have been
hundred of US jammed into each
coach and on the platforms.
Virginia's hope has been taking
on an ample supply of mountain
dew during the day and that night
they crowded on the cars-nen and
women-zwith their apple jack
They filed the seats and space be-
tween-They crowded the isles and
platforms-Every available space
was occupied-Men and women
We're packed together in an indis'
cribable mass--Your humble ser.
vant was jammed in between the
water stand and wall but by ar
open window where he could MOI
be suffocated and being about {
head higher than anyone about me
/ could easily see all that passed
AS to the croWd:- surged, i
seethed, it drank, it black-guardeC
il cursed, it fought, it hurrahed til
it followed itself hoarse-Had al
indiscriminate shooting taken plac,
no telling the damage that nigh
have been done, as it was, only en-
shot was fred and no body wa
hurt. 1t was simply whiskey tina
let out the pent up meaness.
Friday morning Sept Both | lief
Pennington for Harlan c. II. Ky. b.
buggy where I arrived about 5 Pm
I'll will take some time to get tn
work Strengthened out when | ge
things ia running order the wor
will I've about thus:-Sabbath 9 A
NJ. S. 5. 1915 Preaching 3 P. N
Junior S. c. F.--3 p. VI. Senior S. {
E.-6;39 p, NJ, Preoching-Thurs
day night $50 Prayer meeting
But few people here seem to hav
any higher motive than the pleas
Uras Of life-They have no marke
and do not seem to care for any
They make what they eat and ca
what they make. They seem
think that to live is all of life.
Real Estate is as high or highe
hera than in Maryville But roor
rent aud board are reasonable
enough. My room furnished wit
bed, full light and etc 81 per month
Good, plain board, $40 per month
This is, premently, Masonic Tow
and nearly everybody is akin---I
has been dry here for long time
The Wells are becoming dry an
Cumberland River is nothing NOR
Ahsn a small branch. In fact 70
Can walk across it anywhere dr.
sh0d except where there are stant
ing pools.
This town-Harlan C. II. is tn
County seat Of Harlan Co. 1t is |,
Gated on the north side of the CloN
er Fork of the Cumberland Rive
almost at the Junction ofClover an
Martin's ForkS-Martiu's For
comes in towards the Town fror
q, South aud below the town Poo