The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-05-22
TIE VETERANS.
An Interesting Letter from Captain ID.
]. Bra0ham.
New Orleans. Nav IS, 1895.

New Orleans, May is, 1895.
Editor Manning Times-After Thomp.
son Wilder and had taken in the city to.
day thought your readers would like to
ale doing on our long trip
west of the Great Father of Waters.
We left Manning Friday morning at one
O'Clock, reaching Sumter in due season
We departed fro,r Sumter at H19, and ar-
rived at Augusta tvia Denmark) about eight
O'Clock. BY this time the cars were filling
up with men, women and children on their
way to Texas.
We remained but short time at Augusta
and only left one of Our party behind
Colonel j. D. Banding who stopped over
a day with his daughter, Mrs. Alfred
Brand
Without any mishap we reached Atlanta
at 12 80, mud spent several hours there It
is progressive and enterprsirg city of a
hundred thousand inhabitatants, with
large, wide, clean streets and beautiful
buildings. Thompson and I took in the
city after enjoying good dinner at the
Markham House. il commenced to rain
after our arrival in the city. AS the people
here do not let the rain mar their pleasure.
we joined the thropg and spent the even
ing in sightseeing.
The Exposition buildings are going up
Just in the suburbs-say two or three miles
away-and cover over hundred acres of
ground. The Exposition will be one Of
the finest shows the world has ever seen.
and the Atlant. people say it will surpass
the Worlds Fair of Chicago.
We lett Atlanta a: 20 p. m. and had q
fo oft nr
ltaas). At Atlanta several fine palace cars
o'clock they were filled.
As We were nearing New Orleans we got
up, dressed, had something to eatand took
position where we could get fine views
of the surrounding scenery. The Gulf of
Mexico lay off to our left. and much water
surrounded US on all sides.
Arriving here at 1856 we decided that we
hal better stay over to-day and see the
sights, because we feel now that after the
great reunion is over we will be homesick
and will d, sire to get home as soon as pos
sible and will not care to see the sights.
We first went out to Lake Poncbartrain,
six and q half miles from the city. The
scenery was grand. After spending an
hour out there we returned to the city and
visited many places. The cemeteries are
very numerous. We next visited the United
States barracks and there found, to our as
tonishment, more than dozen South Caro-
lima boys in the army-the Third regiment
of artillery. Our friend C. C. Cox, who
used to work at Davis Station, was one of
the boys. He has improved, and in his
new uniform-white pants. blue coat and
white helmet-he looks fine. I say this
about him because he says when his en-
listment is out he intends coming back to
Clarendon and claim the hand Of one OF her
fair daughters. She may read this, and
it may make her heart light.
There seems to be much hope out here
for free silver and better times, and every
body seems to be pushing on to take ad-
vantage of the boom now approaching.
You can see on all sides placards STANDARD
OIL" ""Octagon Soap" "Beeman's Pepsia.
which remind of the fact us that t::sse
articles are advertised extensively.
We leave this evening for Houston. and
T will write you from there. In the mean
time tell the people this in your paper
The people on every hand are III sympathy
with us in our Affections at the hands Of
the United States judges. am not an
advocate of selling liquor, but if it must
be sold the verdict on all sides Island
agree with 1.-THE State ought to contro, it.
The dispensary law has gained friends
siace my last trip at Birmingham.
hope we have fine seasons at home, SC
that our people may have good crops and
get them laid by soon, so that we can give
our attention to the Constitutional conyen-
ton and see that justice may be done and
that white supremacy may reign supreme
Yours truly. DANIEL J. BRADHAM.