The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-25


i'rh'ful hr''z" !" fan nr" t,.n.
N"fcr told ~. nr Saturday l,at It d,i
not RAN her" "Ac.li ~ summer. but
that wr w"rd ,r"'ahI. iind the d,w
very heavy |" b. than -ix hour
there w,- f.irrr fr,n the Iravcn>
Whit Snuti, t,r"lin,an- would call a
yer! hrat> rt'" t"'i ,t krpi thlIinE ali
n'rkt y Il h>> ,han two ar ,h,. c
l"cic- ~ W..t"r fril dur,nv the nivhf
y vri! ll-a,A dew inhrcd | am glad
that II wa not 5" heavy lat n,vht
Our narch fr",n the h"at tn camp
W., n long aud h"t one. but the -cru-
cry waA 80 n"vrl aud go attractive
tha; the march seemed short t. the
rhrn On every hand there w4- some.
thing IL attract attention. We passed
thr"ush fur or five ml.s uf streets
and every here the residents Of the
city would wave United STATES flags
aud >omrr,riirs Cuban flags, too, and
thc men c',rtrrd themselves hDarse.
As we nraitd the suburbs and as we
passed through the c"nn,ry 1T every
house flags were waved and the sol
dirr- chccrrd Wine aud fruit we're
given the men almost all along the
way aud crowds "f Cmbaus followed us
the entire way t" ca,np
The railroad passes within fifty feet
"f the tents. aud the depot at Bruua
Vista is m"t unrc than three hundred
yards off The train passes abnut
every hour Use the singular, as
there IL but one train on the road 1t
runs fr"m Havana 20 Maranan. dis
tance "f sixteen or eighteen miles, aud
returns, making as many trips IA pos
sihlc day aud nigh,. The cars are all
always pretty we'll filled, too There
are three classes where we ouly use
two. The fare from any point on he
road To any other point is the same;
that is, distance max. no difference
The fare from her. to Qucnlado-
about thrrc n,lrS. is the same Il, from
here to Marianne, Il distance uf about
eight miles. l'rum Havana to Mari
ana" II Is III. same, about seven
crntI This i, the first class; ). G.
"nd class Is cheaper, aud third class
cheaper >till
THE s'ld,rrs go TO the ncighbnring
towns in great NUMBERS. Your CORES
pendent went with party of officers
to Marianao, thence back by Sauna
aud Oncmad"- yesterday The stores
aud workshops we're all open aud
work going on as on any other day.
No notice Of Sunday seemed to be-
taken. The shoe and hat factories
were all at work, aud the saluons and
other stores were doing what looked
like rushing business / regretted
;!isn that We were :Urcrd to w,.rk .;,
Sunday to Hrt our camp ready for the
night, for it did not set such an cx-
ccllcnt example to the natives. At
Sauna we noticed quite Il crowd, a
noisy, cheering crowd. in magniG
cent building an IA principal rect aud
upon Inquiry ("nly inquiry across the
strcct,) we f"uud that cuck fighting
was g"ing IN.
NJ Qutmiains VIC noticed some men
leading cows aud the r,pcs had been
placed thrnngh the beasts noses in-
stead Of around their hnrns, IA we put
them. don know how the thing was
donc, but the poor animals wcrc
blccd'ng profuscly at tho nose and
the rope was red with blond for at
least u foot from each COW Il head
There are proves guards at all Of
these towns, but there does not seem
to be any need of them unless it is to
prevent American s"liiers from rails
ing disturbance, for they seem TO be
the noisest crowd.
Last week soldier in tho 2nd
Louisiana regiment, in camp right
near us, shot aud killed fellow SOL
dicr. The murderer was tried by
Court martial and sentenced to be
shot. There seemed to be no mitigat.
ing circumstances at all. and the SEN
trncc was approved and read at dress
parade yesterday afternoon. Accord
insly the unfortunate fellow was shnt
t" death AT sunrise this morning on u
hill in plain view Of all the surround
lug regiments.
IL Is hard matter to get pass to
=" int" the city of Havana. An az
rlca'inn for such a pass has t. gn
through the entire lcngth "f army red
tape, fr"m captain to major general,
so our men will not visit there so
often. am happy in the idea that
an official :isit will take me there on
a