The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
A STRANGE TALE,
lost fer Thirty Years Bus Founo
At Last.
HAPPY FAMILY REUNION
Georgia sscry That Reads
Lika Fiction, But Which
Is Said To Be the
Truth.

A special dispatch from GAINESVILLE,
Ca, tot the Atlanta Journal relates the
following remarkable story. The dis
patch is as follows:
Mr.. Jim Num- tells rather strange
story this Heck-oae seemingly moos-
sibIe in this enlightened age Of rail:
roads, telegraph, splendid mail facili
ties and newspapers, but one tIue never
theless. 1t runs this way: In the
year 1869 Mr. Nunn's father, the late
Seaborn j. Num-, moved to Atlanta
from Clarke county. His health was
poor, and after remaining there for
few months he decided to try GAINESVILLE
in the hope Of getting we'll. According
" he came here and after few weeks
wrote back to his son, Mr.. Jim NunD,
TO bring the family here, as he had been
benefited and had decided to make this
place his home. The old Air Line
railroad, now tie Southern, was only
completed to Buford and the household
effects were shipped to that point and
hauled By wagon teams to Gainesville e
Mr.. Num-, senior, was the father OF
several children, boys and girls. His
daughter, Sall;e. married Frenchman
of the pame cf Thomas Per Dee, who
was located at that time at penheld,
this s:ate. Some time before her
fathers removal to Gainesville she
visited the family in Atlanta aud spent
some time ministering to his wants, he
being very feeble at that time, snd re-
turned to her middle Georgia homs.
He did not then entertain the idea OF
moving to G sinesville and when the
decision was made to com here she was
not notified. About the time Mr..
Num- decided to come here Mr.. Per
Dee made up his mind to make change
also, but be went to the then thInly
populated section Of south Georgia to
engage in the sawmi!l business. No
letters were written by either family In
some time aud neither knew where the
other was, but each presumed that the
other was living at the same place:
Weeks passed and Mr.. Mum failed
to hear from his daughters family and
vice versa. Weeks grew into months
and still no message passed. Finally
months grew into years and there was
still no news. Many letters had been
written by Mr.. Nunns family to Mrs.
Per Dee at her former postofioe, but
each was returned marked ''u7calied
for" Mrs. Per Dee had also written
to her fathers family at Atlanta. and
likewise her letters were returned with
the same explanation. Mr.. Mann wrote
to gentleman who lived near where
the Per Dee's formerly resided asking
for information as to where they were,
hut the answer came back that he didn t
know; that Mr.. Per Dee did not know
where he was going to locate when he
left there. Both sides gave up and
thirty years passed.
a few weeks ago Mrs. PR Dee,
whose home is at Glennwood, Mootgom-
cry county, where her husband moved
to from Pe1i Id, decided that she would
make one last effort to 6nd her Tels-
tives. she went TO Atlanta, secured 8
city directory aud looked it over for the
name of N1nns, but their initials did
not correspond with those of any of her
brothers or sisters. She f 1slly cam,
across one that she decided TO look up.
Sne went to his boarding house, but he
was out. Ioquiry put her on the track
of another Num-, and afser considerable
delay she found him. 1t was her
brother, Dilmus Num-. Explanations
were soon made and brother and sister
were happy together. They at once
notified other brothers and sisters, ex
cept one, Mr.. j. NJ. Num-, whom they
decided to surprise and they all joined
in happy reunion. Monday Mrs. Per
Dee arrived in the city and at once was
driven to Mr.. Nunn's home. He had
not been notified of her coming, and it
is safe to ssyit was the most joyous
surprise of his life. Mrs. Per De will
rem ain here some tius and will visit
all her rela lives before returning home.