The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-13
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SECOND INSTALLMENr,

on the approach Of the lighter tho rail
was lined with agents for the different
hotels trying to persuade us, in their
broken English that theirs was the baSS
IL sounded strange and W, irl to hear
their jarson, with just enough strangely
pronounced and transpos,d English
words, connected in diSjointed s,ntcnceS,
to be unintelligible until you disc ,vercl
what they We're trying to say ana thea il
WAS very plain. Our arrangements had
been made, throuyh the kindness uf a
friend of Mr.. Gonzales, with the Hotel
lnglaterre, the best in the city, and thit,cr
we went after passing the custom houss
inspector, who discovered what every
body i'll the States know. that newspaper
men have nothing dutia5lc and little b.
sides.
After registering we were not put il
charge of 4 bell boy as is customary here,
| but shown the elevator, put out on The
proper floor and placed in charge of the
porter OF that floor who showed Us Our
rooms. Mine WAS on third II ,or about
twen'y feet square with ceilings Of about
the same height and two windows six fee
wide and extending from within feet
of the floor to ceiling, no glass. bat tilici
with lion bars to keep anyone from enter
ing, with wooden shutters to make ii
| private when H. ceSSSry, the Il ,Hg. of
white marble and the furniture of
| mahnrHny. In fact. all the sHcoal an
third ilDorS with the sttirways are o.
| white marble. No wood in sight cXcept
doors anl window shutters This hotc,
has gas, electric lights and candles, the
latter very necessary, as the gas ana
| electric lights are cut off of the second
aud third floors at - O'clock, befuvo we
generally got in.
was delighted to find waiting at the
| hotel Mr.. Barney B. Evans who hasap posi-
ton in the post Oil .e deplrtmen speaks
! Spanish ilucnt'y AMI shovel ths hos
pitab.e influence incu.catel in all Sou!h
Carolinians by promptly getting leave
of absence from his department aai Hcc-
ing as our guide and interpreter, taking
charge Of us day and night while on the
island. Another South Carolini,n whn
called next morning and placed himself
at the service OF our party and who is q
peach rs a c.cerone was d.. ArtliuG
Mccain, a son of the Rev. J. X Nc.
Cain, whom all the older people OF this
county will remember as faithfully ser
wing his Maker on the JoncSvile circuit
before the war The Doctor left lucrative
practice in Marion to volunteer in the Gu
ban Army and made a good record; chance
threw him Oh one side of the riocha ami
| Editor Gonzales on the other, hence they
neN CT met until our visit to Havana. TIE
experience Of these two young veterans
! would make good clmaxes for novel
| writer The d. ctor has located in H.
vana ana is building up fine practice,
but 10 one is surprised at it for brains
will tell anywhere.
The morning after our arrival began
TO move around and was at once struck
"'S'i shS ohpSS'iiIisil SlidltI VI IlS
huildiHgs-evcrything is cf S,oAo. Ma
ture has again provided here for the lazy
man. lie only has to g)'to the quarry
WITH il!s mattock dig out chunk of
this peculiar formation shape it in
blocks j to . feet square by 3 or feet
| long, allow it to lay in air a few days
and lie has his dimension stone rs lard
rs is necessary FOR building purpoS; 8
Tie bnilG.n IS on the principal streets are
two or III &c StOri-S high with broad
walk or piazza or the street which takes
the place Of Il side walk. The roofs OF
these walks. which are always on sane
eight Of the main building are support
Cd bi massive columns and the whole
reseit pleasing sight to the eye rs il
freaks tie lnonotony of bare walls and
G!ss;rates that reelected glare of the sui
usually 50 G.SaGreehble. There is not a
wooden building in the main pat of the
city. law having been passed 200 years
ago prohibiting them, hence the ci.y has
hecn free from fires and age has put in
lis work and stained everything a yel!ow
tint The city years ago was enclosed
ly wall and space being scarce little of
IL was given to the streets, hence in the
oder pat the streets arc very narroY
barely permitting two vehicles to pass
AID the side walks, or as we would call
lhtm b;olI cub stones, will not admit
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