The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-05-12

f1os.;".. to Girls is the proximity Oh
xxx .nIIeoc or n university. b"t u!
1 ,,,, there comes along .cna'e
,nl,o,n in the same town or ci'S ano
,l,nr tbev bows have an equal chance
Nv visits to this Classic CITY nave
saw onl fnr between. L do not
snuposc there is soul i,V'"E i. o,r
WHO was here in 1894, when hrs' snI
the little embryo city. My parents "n'.
NV lro,her and I stopped over h'en'
.tthe old Sledge hotel ms we tourney
ON from Boston to Georgia III cur
,.;,o, We went to Boston by Sc" from
c"rorrol, bu. came back all the why
,,r.Jond in n private carriage ana never
.e.l - railroad There was none u
,~V' ntuies tr tandem
pulled our little car from Union Point
forty miles to Athens. There were
common pas .engers below and score
of uncommon ones on top, for they
were cnllege boys, and as such pre-
ferred to ride high, just as college
boys do now With what fear and
trembling we went through the exam
ination that was to determine our fate
whether we were titten to enter or
only iitten to get titten.
1t was thrilling and momentous
ordeal, but we survived it. What
awful majcsty appeared in DR.. Church s
classic features and in the quick chances
of his dark and piercing eyes. He was
from New England. and after he came
south married n sister Of our Judge
Trippc, beautiful woman and the
mother Of five Of the most beautiful
daughters ever seen in one family.
They were qucenly. These yankee
school teachers all mated with our
southern girls and didn't mind owning
n few negroes any more than so many
horses or COWS, especially v if they came
with the wife's patrimony. Old Judge
Warren got his that way, but it cut
him of from his yankee relations.
Nathaniel Bemnn was another distin-
guishea yankee teacher, but whether
he became slave owner or not | have
not learned
My father was n yankee school
teacher. but didn't get any slaves by
marriage. He bought some, how ever,
and that created a coolness anon g his
northern kindred. 1t took those yam
cry unless they came down south Old
Bill Seward tried to marry Putnam
county girl who had about hundred,
and because she wouldn't have him he
wen back north and raised howl
about slavery. Josiah Meicgs, another
Connecticut yankee and grandson Of
Return Jonathan Meiggs, was the first
president of this college and held his
place for twelve years. | think that
he, too, married southern girl-a
sister Of Governor John Forsyth. Next
came Moses Waddell, an educator Of
great rcnown.
He married sister OF John G.. Cal
honn and educated him ond Legare
and Pct:iGrew md other notable men
before he became president. After
TINT he had for his pupils many Of the
great men of Georgia. including Ste
phcns. Toomhs. Howell Cobb, John
son. George Pierce AMI the Crawfords.
And there We're giants in those days
Some folks say there are Just as great
men now, but there are so many more
of them that they have become com
mon and do not attract SO much ntten-
tion. Maybe so--yes. maybe so.
ne poet says, -! feel like one who
trcads alone some. banquet hall de-
Serted and so 10 | when viewing
these classic halls and meanlering in
the shade Of these classic trees. All
of my prcceptors save one have passed
over the river.
All my co'lr%c-mrtns save perhaps
dozen have followed thcm, and if
Swedenhorg Iivined the future state
CORRECTLY they are going to school